Flipkart's Gridlock Hackathon sees participation from 400 companies

Flipkart's Gridlock Hackathon, a one-of-a-kind initiative to crowdsource innovative, implementable solutions from the tech community and concerned citizens, that could help ease Bengaluru’s perennial traffic problem has seen participation from 400 companies. 

The initiative was announced as part of the ‘Month of Innovation’ at Flipkart, a part of its 10 year anniversary celebrations. 

Gridlock Hackathon was announced on 7 June and concluded the online submissions on July 2, 2017. The contest witnessed close to 3,000 registrations including over 1,000 teams. The top 10 entries will be shortlisted and invited to present their solutions on July 8 to the panel of esteemed jury comprising Binny Bansal, Group CEO, Flipkart; Sridhar Pabbisetty, CEO, Namma Bengaluru Foundation; and Abhishek Goyal, DCP, Traffic East Division, Bengaluru City. 

The jury will pick the best 3 ideas judged on parameters like impact, feasibility, scalability, sustainability, and completeness....Read More