<p>Mangaluru: Three fourth semester BTech students from the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at NITK, Surathkal has secured first place in the Bharat AI SoC Student Challenge. The competition was jointly organised by ARM, Chip to Startup Programme, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India, and IIT Delhi.</p><p>The students Shresh Parti, Rushil Jain, and Sriprahlad Mukunthan were mentored by Prof Suman David, Professor at ECE, NITK.</p>.IIIT-B: Students showcase projects at NAIN conclave.<p>The NITK team won in the category “Touchless HCI for Media Control Using Hand Gestures on NVIDIA Jetson Nano.” </p><p>Their project developed a touchless Human‑Computer Interaction system that translates real‑time hand gestures into media control commands (such as play/pause and volume adjustment) for VLC Media Player. The solution utilised MediaPipe for hand landmark detection, classified static and dynamic gestures, and mapped them to keyboard shortcuts using Python libraries.</p><p>The five‑week virtual challenge aimed to enhance industry‑relevant skills through project‑based learning in Artificial Intelligence and System‑on‑Chip technologies. Out of 340 project submissions nationwide, six teams were shortlisted in each category for the final presentation. </p><p>At the award ceremony at ARM Labs, Bengaluru, the students received a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 and certificates. They also had the opportunity to visit ARM’s labs and interact with leading designers. </p>
<p>Mangaluru: Three fourth semester BTech students from the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at NITK, Surathkal has secured first place in the Bharat AI SoC Student Challenge. The competition was jointly organised by ARM, Chip to Startup Programme, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India, and IIT Delhi.</p><p>The students Shresh Parti, Rushil Jain, and Sriprahlad Mukunthan were mentored by Prof Suman David, Professor at ECE, NITK.</p>.IIIT-B: Students showcase projects at NAIN conclave.<p>The NITK team won in the category “Touchless HCI for Media Control Using Hand Gestures on NVIDIA Jetson Nano.” </p><p>Their project developed a touchless Human‑Computer Interaction system that translates real‑time hand gestures into media control commands (such as play/pause and volume adjustment) for VLC Media Player. The solution utilised MediaPipe for hand landmark detection, classified static and dynamic gestures, and mapped them to keyboard shortcuts using Python libraries.</p><p>The five‑week virtual challenge aimed to enhance industry‑relevant skills through project‑based learning in Artificial Intelligence and System‑on‑Chip technologies. Out of 340 project submissions nationwide, six teams were shortlisted in each category for the final presentation. </p><p>At the award ceremony at ARM Labs, Bengaluru, the students received a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 and certificates. They also had the opportunity to visit ARM’s labs and interact with leading designers. </p>