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Students create AI solutions for document retrieval, healthcare, and traffic management at Tamil Nadu hackathon

Students from Jaya Institute of Technology and Jaya Engineering College presented an AI document retrieval system at Tamil Nadu hackathon, hosted by Sustainable Living Lab and Intel India. This innovative solution leverages optical character recognition technology to improve information accessibility and efficiency for users.

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Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read
Students create AI solutions for document retrieval, healthcare, and traffic management at Tamil Nadu hackathon

Key Takeaways

  • The hackathon, organized by SL2 and Intel India, showcased innovative AI projects from Tamil Nadu's youth on October 15, 2023.
  • Priyanka M. and her team developed a document retrieval system that utilizes OCR technology for instant searches.
  • The Non Fungible Minds team created an AI traffic management system that adjusts signal timings based on live traffic feeds.
  • Nalam AI, developed by Sriram Engineering College students, analyzes data to predict disease risks and monitor outbreaks.
  • The event was part of the TNSDC's Naan Mudhalvan programme, aimed at fostering innovation among young minds in Tamil Nadu.

Innovative AI Solutions from Tamil Nadu Hackathon

Students unleashed creativity and tech skills at recent hackathon by Sustainable Living Lab (SL2) with Intel India. Part of Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation’s (TNSDC) Naan Mudhalvan programme to promote young talent .

One standout from Jaya Institute of Technology and Jaya Engineering College. Priyanka M. explained their AI tool: it reads,understands documents automatically. Uses optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from scans,indexes info,allows instant searches later. Her team: Naveen Pandian N,Yuvaraj S,Priyadharshini C,Keerthana M.

Team Non Fungible Minds tackled traffic. Their AI tracks live feeds,predicts jams,adjusts signals . All on edge hardware . Keeps Chennai roads moving.

Meanwhile,Sriram Engineering College team with Bhavana Shree J. and Ganesh K . created Nalam AI. It's for healthcare,disease prediction. Analyzes health, environmental, location data to spot disease risks, possible outbreak sites . Offers symptom checking,health tips, outbreak alerts. Raises public health awareness.

Young minds in Tamil Nadu using tech to address real issues…

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