Barco India hosts its first-ever Geekathon to attract talent

Barco hosted its first-ever Hackathon – Barco Geekathon 1.0 to strengthen its focus on software development in India. The contest designed to inspire India’s developer community and technology enthusiasts is a step towards attracting talent to join the new wave of growth and digital transformation at Barco.

The event hosted 130 professionals from all over India at its Noida office. The professionals were given two days to solve real challenges under the theme of smart cities across Governance, Safety & Security, Public Health and Transportation.

The two-day event attracted a large group of developers and enthusiasts from corporations and colleges across different cities of India like Mumbai, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jaipur etc.

Teams worked using technologies, platforms and languages like Machine learning, Data Analytics, Blockchain, Computer vision, IoT, C++, Node.js, Android apps, iOS apps and Python aiming at supporting India’s Smart city mission and providing solutions like road safety, newer trends in the traffic system, environment management, water management, helping people without vision, waste management, managing natural calamities or epidemics, smart governance through citizen’s feedback and remote physiotherapy.

A total of 41 teams participated, with 10 teams making it to the finals. The winners (team TAZITURN) won a cash prize of INR 1 lakh and the runners up (team SHARP) won a cash prize of INR 50,000.

Barco’s Geekathon gave teams of developers and enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to create breakthrough ideas and solutions that will support India’s smart city mission.

These geeks also enjoyed networking with each other and Barco mentors as they worked on the problems together for 2 days at a stretch.