An innovative event that blends students, technologists, academicians to ideate, formulate and render automotive concepts embodying the future of connected cars. HackamotiVE serves as a blithesome, explorative platform nurturing originative ideas affirming innovation. An opportunity for application pitching, idea transformation, realization with competent teams for building, delivering prototypes, consequently presented and evaluated by the mentors. Hackathon winners will be credited with astonishing rewards along with a chance to intern in latest tools and technologies trending automotive companies.

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Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), was founded in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College by the Chancellor Dr. G.Viswanathan.VIT attracts students from all the 29 states of India and more than 41 different countries because of its academic excellence. The credentials of VIT in academics and research, has placed VIT in the 13th position among the engineering institutions and VIT Business School has placed 17th position among the business schools in India by NIRF, Govt. of India Ranking. The world ranking body namely the QS has given 4 STAR rating to VIT, with that VIT becomes the first institution in India to have the 4 STAR rating. In addition to this, the consortium of industries, FICCI has adjudged VIT as the “Excellence in Faculty””. VIT has the record of publishing maximum number of SCOPUS Indexed Research Journal papers in 2016, among Indian Universities, overtaking all the premier institutions. VIT has also completed 3 cycles of NAAC accreditation and has been rated as “A” grade institution. In addition, VIT also has obtained for the coveted ABET accreditation by US agency. VIT has introduced many innovations in academic processes which adds value to every student. FFCS (Fully Flexible Credit System), PBL (Project Based Learning) for better learning, fully digitized academic portals that assists students in equipping themselves for 2020 market place, Hackathons / Makeathons as part of curriculum exercise which kindles the interest and the curiosity of students, which moulds them to be better problem solvers, 8th module in every subject being handled by industry experts, making the students contextualize the concepts they study in the classroom, are a few of the innovations that VIT has introduced.

School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE) at Vellore Institute of Technology , was established for imparting state-of-the-art knowledge in Electronics and Communication Engineering and allied areas. B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. Students who are eligible are placed on campus and many of them are placed in core companies every year. The school has set up laboratories with excellent infrastructure in the areas of Electronics, Communication, VLSI, Embedded, Sensors and Nanotechnology. The latest simulation tools are used to cater to various specializations and are equipped with facilities for measurement, characterization and synthesis of experimental as well as theoretical results. Students are encouraged to take up their final year projects abroad too. The School has many industry sponsored advanced laboratories for carrying research and development. MoUs with many Foreign Universities, Research Organizations and Industries facilitate student and faculty exchange. Faculty are actively involved in R&D activities and are working on research projects funded by government organisations like DRDO, ISRO (RESPOND), BRNS and agencies like DST.