Biomedical Hackathon -BioMed Bharat 2024 at Gitam

Attention all students across India!
Get ready to unleash your potential, because the biomedical hackathon is back in town for the year 2024.
The countdown has officially begun for this exciting event. Its time to brainstorm potential solutions or devices that can address the real-world healthcare challenges.

Biomedical Hackathon- Biomed Bharat

Organizer	GITAM School of Technology (GST) & GITAM Institute of Medical Science and Research (GIMSR) of GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam.
Eligibility	Full time undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD students enrolled in recognized university in India.
Team members	Each team must have minimum of two and maximum of four members.
Mode of event	Online offline (Grand Finale)
Final event venue	GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam campus.

Biomedical Hackathon- Important Dates

Workshop 1: Clarifications regarding problem statements	8th December 2023
Registration deadline First round- idea presentation & evaluation (Online)	15th December 2023
Result announcement	22nd December 2023
Boot camp: mentor interaction (Online)	29th December 2023
Last day for concept submission and Bill of Materials (BoM) by participants (Online)	26th January 2023
Shortlist of finalists	2nd February 2023
Workshop 2: prototype development and grand finale	1st and 2nd March 2023

Hackathon sequence of events

• Registration
• Workshop 1: clarifications regarding problem statements
• First round- idea presentation & evaluation
• Boot camp: mentor interaction
• Shortlist of finalists
• Workshop 2: prototype development and grand finale

Before beginning the registration form, choose problem statements (a maximum of three) and prepare a brief description of how to approach each problem statement to fill in the form.

Registration

1. Fill out the Google form to register for the event.
2. Access the Google form by clicking “Register Now” on the hackathon’s official website.
3. A team leader or contact person can fill out the form.
4. Choose the problem statements and provide a brief description of how you are about to approach them.
5. Each team can select a maximum of three problem statements. But the evaluation team will select only one for the competition after the first round.

Workshop 1: clarifications regarding problem statements

• This workshop is conducted online.
• Expert faculty mentors from GST and GIMSR will provide clarifications to questions from team members through online interaction.

First round- idea presentation & evaluation

• The first round is an online event.
• Each team has to submit their understanding of the problem statement(s) selected during registration and additional information in a presentation format. The template for the presentation is provided during registration.
• The teams can select a maximum of three problem statements. But separate presentations are to be uploaded for each problem statement.
• A panel of experts will evaluate the presentations submitted by each team.
• The evaluation team will select only one problem statement if more than one is submitted.
• Teams chosen will progress to the boot camp stage for further participation.

Boot camp: mentor interaction

• This event will take place online.
• The aim of this event is to assist participants in discussing their design ideas with mentors, assessing their feasibility, and also receiving feedback to enhance the design.

Shortlist of finalists

• This is also an online event.
• The teams have to submit the methodology of the design and the final Bill of Materials (BoM) to the evaluation team.
• The teams selected by the evaluation team progress to the final hackathon event.

Bill of Materials– A bill of materials (BOM) is a comprehensive list of all the components, parts, quantity, and cost required to design the product.

Workshop 2: prototype development and grand finale

• This is the grand finale event and will take place at the GITAM (Deemed to be University) Visakhapatnam campus.
• The full prototype of the design is to be developed and presented.

Problem Statements

P1. A non-invasive device to monitor blood sugar in neonates born to diabetic mothers.
Expected outcome: Non-invasive and harmless device to monitor blood sugar levels in a neonate.

P2. Portable audiometry device to measure the degree and type of hearing loss in patients.
Expected outcome: Portable, lightweight, economically viable and short test-time device.

P3. Design and fabrication of a shield to reduce the discomfort/pain caused during IM injection.
Expected outcome: To design a shield/tip to be integrated with/associated with the syringe tip for safe injection thus avoiding injury to neurovascular structures.

P4. A portable device for monitoring Fetal Movement Count.
Expected outcome: Wearable device for Fetal Movement Count monitoring.

P5. A portable device to identify organisms associated with wound infections quickly and accurately.
Expected outcome: A portable, sensitive, economically viable device that can rapidly and accurately identify the organism in wound infections.

Official Website: https://biomedbharat.gitam.edu/

This is a golden opportunity to channel your creativity and potential into making a significant impact in the field of healthcare. Your innovative ideas might pave the way for transformative advancements that benefit society on a significant scale.

Best wishes to all the participants!