Idea Hackathon for SNG’s Innovation Challenge Fund (ICF) Round 2

Idea Hackathon for SNG’s Innovation Challenge Fund (ICF) Round 2.

SNG held an Idea Hackathon to identify and find innovative solutions for challenges of public sector planning, governance and climate change in Punjab.

Chairman P&D Punjab chaired the presentation session. While appreciating the initiative, the Chairman stressed on the importance of effective use of data for decision making. He emphasised that the analysis and integration of data is important and innovative pilots for data integration and analysis are encouraged as government is always looking for good ideas to adopt, pilot and scale.

Participants from Planning and Development Board, Punjab Economic Research Institute, Punjab Social Protection Authority, Bureau of Statistics, technology companies, youth, academia and researchers participated in the idea hackathon.