Bhubneswar, Dec. 12 -- The Odisha AI Hackathon 2025, an integral part of the Odisha AI Symposium-2025, was conducted across the state in four Regional Nodal Centres with AIC-SOA Foundation.

SOA was designated as the Central Zone Nodal Centre and entrusted with hosting and coordinating the regional hackathon activities for the seven districts of Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Nayagarh.

As part of the initiative, the offering of concepts closed on December 5 with 107 ideas submitted, while the online concept evaluation round was held on December 7 where 48 shortlisted teams presented their proposals virtually.

Based on merit and innovation, 16 teams were selected for the prototype stage. The prototype demonstr...