Odiapreneur 3.0 State-Level Hackathon Inaugurated at IIT Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar (Odisha Tazanews) :- The State-Level Hackathon 3.0 – Odiapreneur was inaugurated today at the IIT Bhubaneswar Campus, bringing together 192 students from 101 schools across Odisha to showcase innovative solutions to real-world challenges . The programme was graced by Smt. Niyati Pattnaik, IAS, Director, DHSE; Smt. Sasmita Mali, Joint Director, DHSE; Smt. Ch. Vijaya Laxmi, Deputy Director, DHSE; Smt.

Lalita Pattnaik, State Head, UNICEF Odisha; Shri Soobhankara Pati, CEO, IIT Bhubaneswar Research & Entrepreneurship Park; and Prof. Umaprasana Ojha, Dean, Faculty Affairs, IIT Bhubaneswar. A collaborative initiative of DHSE, Government of Odisha, UNICEF Odisha and IIT Bhubaneswar Research & Entrepreneurship Park, Odiapreneur aims to nurture creativity, innovation, problem-solving and entrepreneurship among higher secondary students .

The initiative received 969 ideas from young learners, of which 749 were selected for the district-level event. The State-level event features 192 students from 101 schools, supported by approximately 100 mentors. Odiapreneur encourages students to identify challenges in their communities and develop innovative, practical and technology-enabled solutions.

The State-level Hackathon is envisioned not as the end of the journey, but as a beginning—providing promising ideas opportunities for further mentoring, prototype development, incubation and technical support .

The initiative reinforces a powerful message :

“When young people are given a platform, mentorship and an opportunity to solve real problems, their ideas can become the starting point for meaningful change.”- Smt. Niyati Pattnaik, IAS, Director, DHSE