UIDAI to host ‘Aadhaar Hackathon 2021’

Highlights:

• The Aadhaar Hackathon is set to identify young innovators in the area of information technology.
• The event will start from October 28 and end on October 31, 2021.
• Hackathon will be organised for young innovators who are still at various engineering institutes and seeks to step into the real world.
• It will be the first-ever event being conducted by Aadhaar team.
• Theme : Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 has been themed on two topics:
• Enrolment and Update:This topic primarily covers some of the real-life challenges which are faced by the residents while they update their address.
• Identity and Authentication:Under this theme, the UIDAI is soliciting innovative solutions for proving the identity without sharing Aadhaar number or any demographic information. 
• It is also looking for innovative applications related to face authentication API, which is the newly launched authentication modality of the UIDAI. 
• Its objective is to popularise existing as well as new APIs for solving the needs of residents.
• To solve these challenges, UIDAI is reaching out to all engineering colleges through innovative technological solutions.
• How to register
• One can register for the hackathon by visiting “hackathon.uidai.gov.in” website.
• Prize money and other benefits
• UIDAI will also reward winners under each theme through prize money and other lucrative benefits.

• UIDAI is a statutory authority which was established under the provisions of the Aadhaar Act 2016 on July 12, 2016. 
• It was established under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). 
• It was created to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID), dubbed as “Aadhaar”, to all the residents of India.