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The Western Ghat Regional Centre (WGRC) of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kozhikode, organised Hackathon 2026 connected June 1 arsenic portion of the 111th Foundation Day celebrations of the ZSI. The lawsuit focussed connected ‘Traditional Biodiversity Knowledge of Kerala and Karnataka’ and brought unneurotic students and researchers from assorted acquisition institutions crossed the 2 States.
Eight teams, each comprising 3 members, presented projects addressing assorted aspects of biodiversity conservation. Dr. Vishwanatha D. Hegde, idiosyncratic F and serviceman successful complaint of WGRC, presided implicit the programme. The presentations were evaluated by a five-member sheet comprising experts from starring probe and world institutions.
The archetypal prize was awarded to ‘Arivu—The Knowledge That Talks Back’, developed by a squad led by Yash Sarogi of RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru. The 2nd prize went to ‘Traditional Knowledge connected Freshwater Fish and Fisheries of Kerala’, presented by a squad from the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos) nether the enactment of Dr. C.P. Shaji. ‘Biowave—A Mobile App for Traditional Knowledge Associated with Biodiversity of Kerala’, developed by students of Government Higher Secondary School, Balussery, nether the enactment of Avani Chandhra, secured the 3rd prize.
