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Krishna College hosts  UYIR Road Safety Hackathon 2025

Krishna College hosts UYIR Road Safety Hackathon 2025

The grand finale of the 'UYIR Road Safety Hackathon 2025' a key hosts an award function on Feb 9 at 4.00 pm in Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology (SKCET). 
It is organized collaboratively by the Coimbatore District Administration, Coimbatore City Police and UYIR, an NGO.
Dr. S. Rajasekaran, Managing Trustee of UYIR welcomed. 
S. Malarvizhi, Managing Trustee and Chairperson, Sri Krishna Institutions and Trustee of UYIR, Project Incharge of the Hackathon, cited the remarkable submission of 3263 innovative ideas for this flagship event and highlighted the transparency in the evaluation process. 
M. Sivaguru Prabakaran, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, A Saravana Sundar, Commissioner of Police, and Kranthi Kumar Pati, District Collector, spoke.  
The chief guest Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji, stressed the critical need for collaborative efforts in road safety. He highlighted the initiatives taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu in laying of good roads in the city of Coimbatore. 
In the event, the team from NexTurn secured the First Prize along with a cash award of ₹1 lakh, DromoLys Research & Development Pvt. Ltd., second and Intel/Dassault Systèms, Third Prize.
In the student category, the team from St.Joseph’s Institute of Technology, Chennai, won the First Prize with a cash award of ₹1 lakh, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College second and Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, third Prize.
T. Senthil Kumar, IG, West Zone, K. Karthikeyan, SP, N. Azhagarasu, Joint Transport Commissioner, Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, Chairman of UYIR, Dr. K. Sundararaman, CEO, Sri Krishna Institutions, Coimbatore were present.
Dr. K. Porkumaran, Principal, proposed the vote of thanks.