Coding world is a creative and logical space where people use programming languages like Scratch, Python, or Java to build software, games, apps, and robots. It develops problem-solving, critical thinking, and innovation. Coding connects technology with imagination, shaping the future in education, industries, and everyday life globally.
Zarnavadi Primary School, Narmada explored AI/IoT-driven solutions to local challenges
🎓 “Hack the Future” – IIT Gandhinagar (Mar 21–23, 2025)
A 36‑hour national hackathon by IIT Gandhinagar’s IIEC & MoSPI/NSO
Themes:
AI/ML predictive model for Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE)
Semantic search to map text → NIC codes
Legacy data extraction tool
Timeline:
Applications: Feb 7–28
Orientation: Mar 10
Hackathon: Mar 21–23
Prize pool: ₹5.7 lakh (₹2.5 L / ₹1.5 L / ₹1 L + 2 special mentions)
Outcomes:
18 finalist teams from top institutes; valedictory ceremony held Mar 23 at IITGN
Winning teams include Plaksha University, IIT Jammu, NMIMS Mumbai, and IIT Vadodara—though no Gujarat institutes won in the national IITGN round
🔍 Gujarat's Role & Impact
Quest Alliance event (Bengaluru): strong representation from Gujarat’s rural primary schools; students applied futures thinking, community empathy, and tech prototyping in a residential setting
IITGN national hackathon (Gandhinagar): a broader platform on the Gujarati campus driving national-level data science and AI innovation, though top winners were from other states/institutions
✅ In summary:
Aspect
Quest Alliance (Jan)
IITGN MoSPI Hack (Mar)
Audience
School students (Gujarat teams present)
University students & researchers
Location
Bengaluru
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Themes
Community problems via AI/IoT
Public data & ML tools
Outcomes
Prototypes & mentoring
Cash prizes + national recognition
Let me know if you’d like specifics on team ideas, Gujarat’s impacts, follow‑up incubation, or future editions! 🚀
At the Scratch Foundation, our mission is to ensure that Scratch is available for free, for everyone, so that kids around the world can express their ideas through coding. As champions of the Scratch project, we raise funds to support the project and share stories of innovation, collaboration, and learning within the global Scratch community. We focus on Scratch, the block-based programming language and online community developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch makes it easy for young people to create their own interactive media projects -- like games, animations, and simulations -- and then share their creations with others in an active, online community. Scratch is available for free, for everyone. And that's why the Scratch Foundation is so important. Through gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations, we raise funds to support the entire Scratch ecosystem, including development of new technologies, organization of events, and dissemination of learning resources. We were founded in 2013 as the Code-to-Learn Foundation by Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, and David Siegel, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the investment management firm Two Sigma. Mitch and David first met as graduate students in computer science at MIT in the 1980s, and reconnected 25 years later when David's son learned to program with Scratch, developed by Mitch's research group at the MIT Media Lab. In 2015, we changed our name to the Scratch Foundation to reflect our specific focus on Scratch and its dynamic ecosystem of interacting projects (Scratch, ScratchJr, ScratchEd) and events (Scratch Day, Scratch Conference, Scratch Educator Meetups).
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PICTOBLOX MISSION
The mission of PictoBlox is to make coding, artificial intelligence, and robotics simple, fun, and accessible for learners of all ages. It aims to promote creativity, problem-solving, and hands-on learning through block-based and Python coding. PictoBlox’s mission supports STEM education, empowering students to become future innovators and technology leaders.
Scratch makes it easy for users to create animations, games, stories, and interactive projects without prior coding knowledge.
Scratch is a visual programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab, designed especially for children and beginners to learn coding in a fun and interactive way. Unlike traditional programming languages that require writing complex syntax, Scratch uses a drag-and-drop interface with colorful blocks that snap together.
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