The hackathon organised by Kerala Startup Mission to seek technology solutions in de-addiction activities was a huge success.
The 30-hour-long National Hackathon was jointly organised by Kasaragod Central University, KSUM, the district panchayat, and the Excise Department.The hackathon’s top prize went to Team Uncertainty from Amal Jyothi College for their solution ideas.
One of the biggest challenges in anti-drug operations is the privacy of the victim and the leakage of information by those involved in it. Through the use of Nirvana software, which combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain, the students successfully developed solutions to these problems.
The software collects the information of those who engage in anti-drug activities and those who are in drug-free treatment in an encrypted manner. It will ensure complete privacy. Machine learning and blockchain provide security in such a way that even those who handle this information do not get personal information. It is designed in such a way that it cannot be hacked in any way from the outside. It has in-built intelligence to detect abuse and hate speech on social media. Anyone can provide information about drug activities to agencies such as excise and the police without revealing their identity.
A reward mechanism is also in place for providing such information. Awareness will be created to use this technology by using a QR code system in public places. It is able to identify and support those who are actively engaged in social media detoxification.
De-addiction center’s counsellors, training, and awareness are comprehensively covered.
Jyothi Engineering College’s Think Sober, which has developed a technology that uses machine learning to identify and report drug use and distribution, Access Denied (Mukti) of Kerala Digital University with a solution that hides people’s personal information and reports and evaluates the authenticity of reported cases using technology. Trinomials of Irinjalakuda Christ Engineering College, which helps any common man to report cases very easily and take swift action to the authorities, and at the same time to carry out an effective campaign against drug addiction. Thrissur government Engineering college helps people report without collecting personal information using block chain technology and rewards people who report. Bugs Bounty of the College of Engineering is one of the other teams that made it to the top five.
In the hackathon, teams were presented with solutions based on information collected from students and teachers of various schools. The data collection was done by the Department of Public Administration, Central University.
