A National level hackathon named “KRITAGYA” has been planned by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) along with the Animal Science Division of ICAR on "Precision and Economical Animal Farming". This hackathon 2.0 has been organized in 2021-22 to promote and enhance the learning capabilities, innovations and disruptive solutions, employability and entrepreneurial drive in the livestock sector. Students, faculties and innovators/entrepreneurs from many universities / technical institutions across the country participated in the event in the form of a group. There were 15 problem statements for the livestock sector in India. All the participating teams presented more innovative solutions for them. Registrations commenced from 15th September 2021 till 10th October 2021
This hackathon received a great response across the country, where more than 269 teams (865 participants) actively participated in the event. The KRITAGYA 2.0 (2021-22) awards was presented at the VC Conference on 13th April 2022 by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar. Overall 4 teams were awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 9 lakh .