New Delhi, July 17 -- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee was a nodal center for the Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2019 Hardware Edition. The five-day hackathon was held from 8 to 12 July. It was organized by MHRD innovation cell (MIC) and hosted at the Tinkering Lab, IIT Roorkee. The Hackathon had received more than 1,20,000 student registrations with submission of more than 20000 ideas. Pan-India, hackathon involved 2235 institutions, 198 problem statements with more than 40 industries and 9 union ministries and departments. After two rounds of evaluation, 2000 participants from 250 teams of 178 different colleges, including IITs and NITs reached the Grand Finale. This edition of hackathon included problems based on food technology, agriculture smart textiles, sustainable environment, and smart cities areas....