First India-Israel Hackathon draws huge response from young innovators

Je usalem,
Aug
14
(PTI):
The
fi st
I dia-Is ael
Hackatho ,
o ga ised
o
the
theme
“Resto ative
Healthca e,”
has
d aw
a
huge
espo se
f om
you g
i ovato s
f om
both
cou t ies
seeki g
to
develop
tech ology-d ive
solutio s
to
challe ges
i
healthca e
a d
ehabilitatio .

Ambassado
of
I dia
to
Is ael
JP
Si gh
felicitated
the
wi e s
of
the
Hackatho
this
week.

Amo g
the
wi i g
solutio s
i
Is ael
was
a
wheelchai -mou ted
limb
mobilisatio
system
that
ha esses
the
atu al
otatio
of
a
wheelchai ’s
f o t
wheel
to
e able
co t olled
leg
moveme t
without
the
use
of
elect icity.

The
solutio
seeks
to
p ovide
a
simple
a d
pote tially
accessible
app oach
to
assisted
limb
mobilisatio
a d
ehabilitatio .

The
wi i g
solutio s
i
I dia
i cluded
a
system
that
uses
eal-time
video
p ocessi g
a d
automated
moveme t
a alysis
to
assess
the
limb
moveme ts
of
i ju ed
patie ts.

By
compa i g
thei
moveme ts
with
those
of
healthy
i dividuals,
the
system
ca
objectively
mo ito
ehabilitatio
p og ess,
ide tify
a eas
equi i g
imp oveme t,
a d
suppo t
mo e
pe so alised
a d
effective
ecove y.

O i
Kadvil,
a
membe
of
the
I dia
Jewish
commu ity
i
Is ael,
co ceived
the
Hackatho
as
a
i itiative,
while
othe
commu ity
membe s
actively
pa ticipated
i
o ga isi g
it,
the
I dia
missio
said.

“The
i itiative
p ovided
a
platfo m
fo
the
commu ity
to
st e gthe
people-to-people
ties
betwee
I dia
a d
Is ael
while
ha essi g
the
c eativity
a d
tech ical
skills
of
you g
stude ts
fo
solutio s
with
wide
societal
impact,”
the
missio
said
i
a
stateme t.

The
theme
of
“Resto ative
Healthca e”
was
selected
with
a
focus
o
developi g
p actical
a d
accessible
solutio s
fo
ehabilitatio
a d
imp oved
quality
of
life.

P oblem
stateme ts
fo
the
Hackatho
we e
sou ced
f om
hospitals,
sta t-ups
a d
u ive sities
i
both
cou t ies.
Fou
p oblem
stateme ts
we e
ide tified
o
the
Is aeli
side,
while
10
we e
take
up
o
the
I dia
side,
with
Thapa
U ive sity
se vi g
as
the
odal
pa t e
i
I dia.

The
Hackatho
b ought
1300
stude ts
a d
i dividuals
f om
both
cou t ies
to
add ess
the
14
p oblem
stateme ts,
the
missio
said.

The
i itiative
also
facilitated
the
fo matio
of
mixed
I dia-Is ael
teams.

The
Hackatho
was
co ducted
th ough
a
se ies
of
ou ds.

The
fi st
ou d
focused
o
i t oduci g
the
p oblem
stateme ts,
familia isi g
pa ticipa ts
with
the
healthca e
ecosystems
of
I dia
a d
Is ael,
a d
facilitati g
the
fo matio
of
teams.

I
the
subseque t
ou d,
the
teams
developed
a d
efi ed
thei
p oposed
solutio s
with
guida ce
f om
me to s
a d
expe ts.
The
fi al
ou d
culmi ated
i
a
i te sive
i ovatio
ma atho ,
du i g
which
the
teams
p ese ted
thei
solutio s
fo
evaluatio .

The
solutio s
developed
du i g
the
Hackatho
showed
sig ifica t
pote tial
fo
piloti g
a d
fu the
developme t,
with
pa ticipati g
teams
explo i g
pathways
towa ds
comme cialisatio
a d
wide
deployme t.

The
i itiative
demo st ated
the
pote tial
of
stude t-led
i ovatio
to
t a slate
eal-wo ld
healthca e
challe ges
i to
p actical
solutio s
with
social
impact.

“The
Fi st
I dia-Is ael
Hackatho ,
co ceived
as
a
platfo m
fo
commu ity
e gageme t
a d
i ovatio ,
evolved
i to
a
mea i gful
celeb atio
of
I dia-Is ael
f ie dship,
youth-led
i ovatio
a d
tech ology
fo
social
good,”
the
I dia
embassy
said.

“The
i itiative
demo st ated
how
collabo atio
betwee
you g
people
a d
commu ities
ac oss
the
two
cou t ies
ca
ge e ate
solutio s
with
the
pote tial
to
co t ibute
to
the
welfa e
of
society
a d
the
global
good.
The
Embassy
of
I dia
looks
fo wa d
to
suppo ti g
a d
st e gthe i g
such
i itiatives
a d
to
the
ext
editio
of
the
I dia-Is ael
Hackatho ,”
it
said.
HM
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