over 8 years ago
Winner Announcements
Dear Opportunity Hack Participants
eBay and PayPal would like to thank to the entire community of developer and non-profits that participated in the 36 hour long event, and collectively contributing towards some impactful causes.
The winners of the hackathon were
FIRST PRIZE : CHENNAI DATA PORTAL - SCHOOL PROJECT
SECOND PRIZE : TEAM EVEREST - e-RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Congratulations to the winners and Kudos to all participants.
The photographs from the event are posted at
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1570935436467824.1073741829.1557172387844129&type=3
The presentation on Oct 11, by our esteemed keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is now available at : http://tenet.res.in/Publications/Presentations/pdfs/Technology_and_innovation.pdf
Thanks
Opportunity Hack Chennai…
over 8 years ago
Introducing the Social Coaches for the hack
Dear Opportunity Hackers
We are glad to let you know we will have 2 esteemed coaches who have deep experience in Social Innnovation, Entrepreneurship and Non-Profit management. They will be available on Saturday to help guide the ideas and make them more solid !
Sriram Ayer
Sriram is the founder and CEO of NalandaWay Foundation.Personal experiences during the 2002 Gujarat riots, motivated him to set up NalandaWay. Sriram believes in using the power of the arts to change the way education is perceived and delivered to children from low-income groups in India. He was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2006…
over 8 years ago
Introducing the panel of judges
We will have an esteemed and experienced panel of judges both from the social sector as well as from the tech sector. Scroll down to learn more about the judges ...
Aarti Madhusudan
Aarti is an alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore. She is the founder of Governance Counts, an initiative that helps strengthen the Boards of NGOs.
Aarti has worked both in India and abroad on the subject of good governance. Her clients have included ActionAid International, Sense International, the Resource Alliance, Magic Bus, Dignity Foundation, Dasra, the…
over 8 years ago
Keynote Address by Prof. Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala
The presentation on Oct 11, by our esteemed keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is now available at : http://tenet.res.in/Publications/Presentations/pdfs/Technology_and_innovation.pdf
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Dear Opportunity Hack Enthusiasts,
We are delighted to have Professor Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala as the Keynote Speaker at the eBay Inc. Opportunity Hack 2014 to be held this weekend
Dr. Jhunjhunwala is a renowned professor at the prestigious IIT Madras. A graduate in technology from IIT Kanpur, Dr. Jhunjhunwala completed his MS and PHD from the University of Maine. From early 1979 to 1981, he was associated with the Washington State University, post which he joined IIT Madras where…
over 8 years ago
Hackathon Agenda now available
Dear Fellow Hackers
We have 3 more days to go before the event. We are overwhelmed by the response so far both from the participating non-profit organizations as well as the participants.
The PayPal organizaing team of Opportunity Hack 2014, Chennai has been working hard on the preparations for the event.
We have now published the agenda for the event and we look forward to welcoming you at 8AM on Saturday October 11, for a weekend packed with coding action, social consciousness and sheer fun
The eBay Inc. Opportunity Hack Team
DL-eBay-CHN-OpportunityHack@ebay.com
over 8 years ago
RULES FOR PARTICIPANT SUBMITTED IDEAS
All ideas submitted by participants (as opposed to non-profits) MUST
- Either serve disadvantaged populations or
- Address a broad social issue (e.g. healthcare, education)
- Meets the needs of the target audience
If you have your own idea that meets these criteria that you’d like to hack for at the event -
Post it on the DISCUSSION BOARD as a new discussion by 11:59 pm Thursday Oct 9th. If your idea does not meet the contest guidelines we will inform you by Friday Oct 10th.
Bring your own team to the event to hack for this idea or…