{"id":7899,"date":"2017-12-03T11:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=7899"},"modified":"2017-12-03T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T11:05:34","slug":"moneycontrol-announces-budget-hackabot-challenge-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=7899","title":{"rendered":"Moneycontrol\u00a0announces\u00a0\u2018Budget Hackabot\u00a0Challenge\u2019 – Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Moneycontrol<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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National,\u200b 1st December\u200b:\u00a0<\/strong>As the country\u2019s leading destination for business news, markets and finance content, we at moneycontrol are looking to take the next quantum leap in terms of using technology to enable stronger value for our consumers and loyalists. With this in mind, as part of our run-up and coverage of the Union Budget 2018, moneycontrol is proud to announce The Budget Hackabot Challenge hackathon.<\/p>\n

This year, in its first edition, the moneycontrol hackathon is presented to you in the form of a \u2018Hackabot Challenge\u2019, a 2-day long immersive learning and co-working experience where participants are welcomed from far and wide to collaborate and develop a solution to the problem statements we have put together in conjunction with our partners. \u201cAs a digital first products company pushing the boundaries of digital experience in India, we wish to engage better with the entrepreneur and tech community at large and work together to discover and breakthrough with new technologies\u201d\u00a0says Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18Digital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our objective is to bring together the best and brightest minds in India\u2019s blossoming entrepreneurial community; problem solvers, entrepreneurs, coders, subject experts etc to solve real world challenges.\u00a0Gautam Shelar, Business Head- moneycontrol, says\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWith over 30 million consumers on moneycontrol every month, there lies significant potential to tap in terms of the data we have at hand and the consumer understanding we\u2019ve developed over the years. We wish to leverage this and synergies\u00a0with the best and brightest minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s a lot up for grabs for participants! Besides the top prize of INR 4 lakhs and runners-up prize of 2 lakhs, the winner gets the opportunity to work with Moneycontrol and partners to fully productize their solutions and bring it to market. If the solutions are ready in time, they will be launched on moneycontrol come Union Budget day 2018. In addition, there will be goodies up for grabs from both us and our partners.\u00a0Avinash Mudaliar, Chief Products Officer, Network18<\/strong>says \u201cThis is a challenge to everyone out there. Financial inclusion, transactions and payments is poised to explode over the next few years. If you understand this space and think you have something to say or try, come work with us and lead the breakthrough.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have partnered with the premiere collaborative workspace provider We Work to host the 2 day hackathon. The hackathon, which will take place on the\u00a016th and 17th of December<\/span>\u00a0will take place at WeWork BKC which is located at Bandra Kurla Complex, the epicentre of business activity in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

Link:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/hackathon\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National,\u200b 1st December\u200b:\u00a0As the country\u2019s leading destination for business news, markets and finance content, we at moneycontrol are looking to take the next quantum leap in terms of using technology to enable stronger value for our consumers and loyalists. With this in mind, as part of our run-up and coverage of the Union Budget 2018, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7901,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7899\/revisions\/7901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}