New Delhi, June 20 (MExN): The North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong has been selected by MIC/AICTE for hosting Toycathon 2021 Grand Finale, an event conducted by Government of India to promote indigenous toy industry.
Around 10 teams from different parts of India have confirmed their participation at the grand finale from June 22-24, a press release informed.
Stressing upon PM Modi’s ‘Vocal for Local’ in Toy Industry, the Ministry of Education mooted the idea of multi-track nation-wide inter-ministerial toycathon, it said.
The Toycathon 2021 is being organised jointly by Ministry of Education in coordination with five other Ministries viz: Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, and Ministry of Textiles, it informed.
The proposed Toy Hackathon have 3 tracks:
Track 1 for Junior Level Participants i.e., primarily SCHOOL STUDENTS. They mainly focused on designing toys for kids of age group 0-3 years and 4-10 years.
Track 2 for Senior Level Participants i.e., students and faculty from Higher education institutions. This group focused on developing concepts for 0-3 years, 4-10 and 11 years and above. This segment primarily focused on Electronics, Sensors, Mechatronics, and toys based on AI and ML approaches, AR-VR-XR and Robotics.
Track 3 for Startup-Professional Level that incudes overall innovation and development of prototypes. These prototypes are expected toenable toy industry in boosting up the production along with improving the quality of toys in Indian market.
