Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions govern the Hackathon #OpenGovDataHack 2019. By participating in the event, one is deemed to have accepted terms and conditions mentioned below as well as the terms of use of the OGD Platform India and Government Open Data License.
Participation
• This Contest is open to
MSMEs
Indian start ups
Indian Companies
Students/Developers/Professionals/Community members
• Participant(s) must be of minimum 18-years.
• Students of 3rd & 4th year of undergraduate, graduate, post graduates of professional courses as well as Researchers of are allowed. Documentary proof has to be submitted at the time of city presentation.
• The total employee of the startup must not be exceeding 100.
• Participants can form teams – ideally heterogeneous, consisting of people with different skill sets – up to a maximum of five members including the Team Lead.
• Minimum team composition must be at least two including the Team Lead.
• Employees and relatives of NIC and IAMAI are not allowed to participate in this #OpenGovDataHack 2019 Challenge.
• MSMEs/StartUps/Companies/Student StartUps must provide copy of their registration Certificate during City presentation.
Registration
All participants must register at https://data.gov.in/user/register on the OGD Platform India. A registered user can directly login at https://event.data.gov.in/ and submit required details to participate in the event/challenge. It is expected that the participants would submit the real details and they have to confirm this before submission. There are total of 250 seats (approx.) at each challenge city for the #OpenGovDataHack 2019.
All team members must have to be a registered member of OGD Platform. A team leader and each team member can be part of only one team. Amy one of the team members can create a team for participation.
Themes
#OpenGovDataHack 2019 is for development of Mobile/Web Apps, Dashboards, Bots, etc. using AI & ML, IoT and other latest technologies on the following themes/sectors:
• Solutions for Smart Cities (Smart City Mission) & M/o MSME
• Water Conservation
• Energy Conservation & Renewable energy
• Education & Skilling
• Environment
• Open Domain (any other innovative idea using Open Government Data)
Challenges
A team can participate in one challenge only; and can submit only one project.
Onsite City Challenge
Teams would have to create solutions offline and would submit it before the last date.
Of the submitted entries, the onsite city presentation will be conducted in the following 4 cities on specific venues and dates and time:
• Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
• Calicut (Kerala)
• Rajkot (Gujarat)
• Chandigarh (UT)
Online Challenge
An online Challenge will also be conducted simultaneously and would hosted through https://event.data.gov.in. Presentation of the shortlisted Projects may be conducted virtually through video conferencing.
Phases of Hackathon
The event would be conducted in two phases:
Phase I: City Challenge
• Release of Problem Statements: Area-wise problem statements may be released on https://event.data.gov.in. Solutions can be created as per given problem statements or from the data available open data. Primarily datasets has to be sourced from https://data.gov.in.
• Registration: Students/Developers/Professionals/Community members, MSMEs, StartUps and Entrepreneurs have to register city-wise or online to participate in the challenge.
• Creation of Prototype: Registered participants to work on the prototype submit the solution on the portal before last date, at https://event.data.gov.in/ogdhack19-submitproject/
• Consumption of Datasets: The solution must have used some datasets from OGD Platform. However, datasets from other sources can also be consumed in the making of the solution.
• Onsite City Presentation: City level presentation will be conducted at all cities on a single day. A city-level Jury will judge all the presentations and choose 2 winners and 2 runner-ups. These 4 city winners will be rewarded with cash award and eligible for Final Challenge.
• Online Presentation: Presentation of the Online Challenge participants may be conducted through video conferencing. A Jury will judge the shortlisted presentations and choose 2 winners and 2 runner-ups. These 4 online winners will be rewarded with cash award as proposed for city level challenge and would become eligible for Final Challenge.
• The City and Online Level Winners and Runner-ups will be awarded with Cash Award worth totaling 2.5 Lakhs. And certificates would be issued to all participants.
City Level Jury Composition:
• NIC/OGD Representative (1)
• Smart City Representative (1)
• Local Government/Agency Representative (1)
• Local Partner’s Representative (1)
• Industry Representative (1)
• IAMAI Representative (1)
• Others(1)
Phase II: National Challenge
• Selected Apps/Solutions prototypes from Phase– I will be given around 10 days’ time to make it a full-fledged product and submit it. IAMAI is trying hard to provide mentorship support during this phase.
• A National Jury will be formed to see the final presentations and choose 3 winners.
• The Winners will be awarded with Cash Award worth 6 Lakhs in a National Award Ceremony.
Tentative Jury Members:
• Secretary MeitY (Jury Chair)
• Secretary MSME
• MeitY Nominee (2)
• Director General, NIC (1)
• Smart City Mission (1)
• Relevant Govt. Department Nominees (2)
• NIC Nominee (1)
• Industry Nominee (2)
• IAMAI Representative (1)
Winning Prizes
There would be four token prizes for each onsite city challenge. These selected entries would be given certificate of appreciation and are eligible for the National Jury presentation Round. All other participants would be given certificate of participation.
Phase 1 (Hackathon) would have following prizes at each of the onsite city challenge and online challenge:
• 2 Winner Apps: Rs. 15,000/- each
• 2 Runners-up Apps: Rs. 10,000/- each
Phase 2 (Final App Development) would have three winning prizes as mentioned below:
• First Prize: Rs. 3,00,000/-
• Second Prize: Rs. 2,00,000/-
• Third Prize: Rs. 1,00,000/-
Evaluation and Rating Criteria
All applications will be rated on the parameters listed below
Phase 1
• Datasets used for developing the Apps should be open data and primarily such datasets should be sourced from the OGD Platform India i.e. http://data.gov.in
• Concept: It must be developed on an disruptive unique citizen centric concept.
• User Experience: It must have convenient user interface and simple navigation.
• Responsive (no lag): It must respond instantly to user input.
• Technology Design and Efficiency: Conformance to Open Standards and interoperability Guidelines (as prescribed by the Government of India).
• Quality: It must be a functional prototype.
• Sustenance: Team must adequately demonstrate a plan for its updates, sustenance and continuing usability.
• One of the latest technology like AI, ML, Block-Chain etc has been used
Phase 2
• Usability and Creativity: Application demonstrates superior user experience and ease of use. Its uniqueness and innovativeness, use of Indian Languages and leverage the latest advances in information and GIS/Map technologies.
• Technology Design and Efficiency: Conformance to Accessibility Guidelines of W3C and Open Standards & interoperability Guidelines (as published by the Govt. of India).
• Quality: Application must be fully-functional and run successfully on target device(s).
• Sustenance: Developer must adequately demonstrate a plan for its updates, sustenance and continuing usability.
• One of the latest technology like AI, ML, Block-Chain etc has been used
General Terms & Conditions
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as they apply for both phases of the #OpenGovDataHack 2019. To be eligible to participate and declare as shortlisted or winners in the Hackathon, the participants must accept these Terms and Conditions:
• Primary source of datasets must be open data and one of such source should be OGD Platform India i.e. https://data.gov.in/.
• Participants of Onsite City Challenge must be available at the event venue in the city for presentation of solution before Jury.
• Participants must not provide any false information in the registration and team creation process.
• Participants must keep their contact information accurate and up-to-date.
• Only a single OGD account is permitted for an individual or a team. If more than one account exists for the same candidate then it will automatically result in disqualification of the candidate.
• As a part of the submission, the contestant certifies the originality and ownership of the application as detailed/described in the documentation uploaded at the time of submission.
• The participant(s) must ensure that his/her/their work has not been previously published or awarded.
• If the participants are acting within the scope of their employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, then the participants warrant that such party has full knowledge of the actions of the participants and has consented thereto, including the potential receipt of a prize. The participants’ further warrant that their actions do not violate the employer’s or company’s policies and procedures.
• The participants will ensure code is free from viruses or malware.
• The participants will not use this contest to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
• Participants have to follow the conditions of the Open Government Data License (https://data.gov.in/government-open-data-license-india) gazette notified by Govt. of India.
• The winning applications must be maintained in working condition by the contestant(s) for a period of one year. No functional enhancements are expected, but all bugs identified according to the description in the documentation should be fixed immediately on reporting.
• If any participant is determined to have violated the terms of the contest, NIC (and IAMAI) have all rights to disqualify the participant without prior notice.
• If the Applications shortlisted do not meet the expectations of the Jury, Jury has the discretion and the right, not to confer an award in one or more categories/ subcategories.
• The prize money would be distributed after levying the applicable taxes.
• Jury Decision is final and cannot be challenged.
• If required, NIC may change the terms and conditions.
• The selected projects will have to be made available under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license or GNU General Public License. Please visit below links for details:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
• The organizers reserve the right in their sole discretion to withdraw participation of any individual/team from the event or reject any submission at any point of time during the process.