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Organizing Annual Hawkathon 2025: Tech for Community
Abhishek Amgain
March 15-17, 2025
5 min read
Event Organization
AI
Leadership
Community Building
As Vice President of GDSC ULM, orchestrating the 2nd Annual Hawkathon with ACM Student Chapter was both challenging and immensely rewarding. Our theme "Tech for Community: Build with AI" brought together 60+ students to solve real-world problems through technology.
Event Highlights
1. The Scale
- • 60+ participants
- • 15 projects submitted
- • 10+ industry mentors
- • 3 days of non-stop innovation
2. My Role
- • Master of Ceremonies (Day 1)
- • Logistics coordination
- • Judging criteria development
- • Sponsor relations
3. Impact
- • Industry Level Projects
- • Strengthened industry-academia ties
The energy during the final presentations was electric, especially when teams demonstrated their AI-powered solutions for blood donation platforms, food distribution systems, and municipal citizen engagement tools.
Key Learnings
Organizing this hackathon pushed my leadership abilities to new levels:
- Crisis Management: Handling last-minute venue changes and tech issues
- Public Speaking: MC'ing for 100+ attendees boosted my confidence
- Team Leadership: Coordinating between 25 organizing committee members
- AI Curation: Ensuring projects maintained ethical AI standards
Memorable Moment
Seeing those impactful ideas and projects that can truly impact the society.
Event Legacy
#Hawkathon2025
#AIForGood
#CommunityTech
#Leadership
#GDSC
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About the Author
Always eager to explore and learn every emerging field in Computer Science.