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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Day celebrates the first time IEEE members gathered to sha
 re their technical ideas in 1884. To honor this spirit of innovation and c
 ollaboration\, we propose “Megathon 2025”\, a large-scale hackathon-st
 yle event designed to encourage students to collaborate\, ideate\, and bui
 ld technology-driven solutions to real-world problems. The event aims to b
 ring together passionate minds from diverse technical backgrounds under on
 e roof.\n\n1. Objective\n\n-\nTo provide a platform for students to showca
 se their innovation and problem-solving skills.\n\n-\nTo encourage interdi
 sciplinary collaboration and rapid prototyping.\n\n-\nTo foster a spirit o
 f entrepreneurship and design thinking.\n\n-\nTo celebrate IEEE Day throug
 h impactful technical engagement.\n\n2. Theme\n\n“Technology for a Bette
 r Tomorrow”\nParticipants will develop solutions aligned with one or mor
 e of the following tracks:\n\n-\nSmart Cities &amp; Sustainability\n\n-\nHealt
 hcare &amp; Assistive Tech\n\n-\nEducation &amp; Learning Tools\n\n-\nFintech &amp; Bl
 ockchain\n\n-\nAI/ML for Social Good\n\n3. Target Audience\n\n-\nUG/PG stu
 dents from technical backgrounds (MCA\, BCA\, Engineering(CSE\, IT\, ECE))
 \n\n-\nIEEE student members and non-members\n\n-\nTeams of 2–4 members\n
 \n4. Deliverables from Participants\n\n-\nWorking prototype or demo\n\n-\n
 Brief pitch presentation (3–5 minutes)\n\n-\nGitHub/Code link submission
  (optional)\n\n#IEEEDAY #IEEEDAY2025\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE India Counci
 l\n\nTechno International New Town (Formerly known as Techno India College
  of Technology) \, BLOCK - DG 1/1\, ACTION AREA 1 NEW TOWN\, Kolkata \, We
 st Bengal\, India\, 700156
LOCATION:Techno International New Town (Formerly known as Techno India Coll
 ege of Technology) \, BLOCK - DG 1/1\, ACTION AREA 1 NEW TOWN\, Kolkata \,
  West Bengal\, India\, 700156
ORGANIZER:hemantadey13@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:IEEE Day Activity &quot;Megathon 2025&quot;
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/503206
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;IEEE Day celebrates the first time IEEE me
 mbers gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. To honor this spiri
 t of innovation and collaboration\, we propose&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;8
 93&quot; data-end=&quot;912&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo\;Megathon 2025&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/strong&gt;\, a large-scale 
 hackathon-style event designed to encourage students to collaborate\, idea
 te\, and build technology-driven solutions to real-world problems. The eve
 nt aims to bring together passionate minds from diverse technical backgrou
 nds under one roof.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;h2 data-start=&quot;1174&quot; data-end=&quot;1193&quot;&gt;1. Objectiv
 e&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;ul data-start=&quot;1195&quot; data-end=&quot;1484&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1195&quot; data
 -end=&quot;1288&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1197&quot; data-end=&quot;1288&quot;&gt;To provide a platform f
 or students to showcase their innovation and problem-solving skills.&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1289&quot; data-end=&quot;1358&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1291&quot; data-e
 nd=&quot;1358&quot;&gt;To encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and rapid prototypi
 ng.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1359&quot; data-end=&quot;1420&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;136
 1&quot; data-end=&quot;1420&quot;&gt;To foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and design think
 ing.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1421&quot; data-end=&quot;1484&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;14
 23&quot; data-end=&quot;1484&quot;&gt;To celebrate IEEE Day through impactful technical enga
 gement.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;h2 data-start=&quot;1491&quot; data-end=&quot;1506&quot;&gt;2. Theme&lt;
 /h2&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1508&quot; data-end=&quot;1634&quot;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&quot;1508&quot; data-
 end=&quot;1546&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo\;Technology for a Better Tomorrow&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br da
 ta-start=&quot;1546&quot; data-end=&quot;1549&quot;&gt;Participants will develop solutions aligne
 d with one or more of the following tracks:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul data-start=&quot;1635&quot; dat
 a-end=&quot;1772&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1635&quot; data-end=&quot;1666&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1637
 &quot; data-end=&quot;1666&quot;&gt;Smart Cities &amp;amp\; Sustainability&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-
 start=&quot;1667&quot; data-end=&quot;1696&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1669&quot; data-end=&quot;1696&quot;&gt;Health
 care &amp;amp\; Assistive Tech&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1697&quot; data-end=&quot;172
 5&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1699&quot; data-end=&quot;1725&quot;&gt;Education &amp;amp\; Learning Tools&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1726&quot; data-end=&quot;1748&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1728&quot; d
 ata-end=&quot;1748&quot;&gt;Fintech &amp;amp\; Blockchain&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1749&quot;
  data-end=&quot;1772&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1751&quot; data-end=&quot;1772&quot;&gt;AI/ML for Social G
 ood&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;h2 data-start=&quot;1779&quot; data-end=&quot;1804&quot;&gt;3. Target Aud
 ience&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;ul data-start=&quot;1806&quot; data-end=&quot;1944&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;1806&quot; 
 data-end=&quot;1882&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1808&quot; data-end=&quot;1882&quot;&gt;UG/PG students from
  technical backgrounds (MCA\, BCA\, Engineering(CSE\, IT\, ECE))&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li
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 1921&quot;&gt;IEEE student members and non-members&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;192
 2&quot; data-end=&quot;1944&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;1924&quot; data-end=&quot;1944&quot;&gt;Teams of 2&amp;ndash
 \;4 members&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;div class=&quot;_tableContainer_1rjym_1&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\
 ;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;h2 data-start=&quot;2806&quot; data-end=&quot;2846&quot;&gt;4. Deliverables from Partic
 ipants&lt;/h2&gt;\n&lt;ul data-start=&quot;2848&quot; data-end=&quot;2957&quot;&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;2848&quot;
  data-end=&quot;2875&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;2850&quot; data-end=&quot;2875&quot;&gt;Working prototype 
 or demo&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;2876&quot; data-end=&quot;2916&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=
 &quot;2878&quot; data-end=&quot;2916&quot;&gt;Brief pitch presentation (3&amp;ndash\;5 minutes)&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li data-start=&quot;2917&quot; data-end=&quot;2957&quot;&gt;\n&lt;p data-start=&quot;2919&quot; data-e
 nd=&quot;2957&quot;&gt;GitHub/Code link submission (optional)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;h1&gt;#I
 EEEDAY #IEEEDAY2025&lt;/h1&gt;
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