Meesho announces internal hackathon to build GenAI talent pool and drive innovation
Meesho, India’s only true e-commerce marketplace, is excited to announce
its 30 hours GenAI Hackathon, scheduled to take place from Thursday,
July 13, to Friday, July 14, 2023. This hackathon aims to fuel creativity,
expedite innovation, and drive impactful solutions that can be swiftly
implemented within the organization. It serves as a platform to foster
innovation, critical thinking skills, analytical skills, and talent development
among Meesho employees.
With a focus on Generative AI, the hackathon will center around
achieving Meesho's Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs) and enhancing internal
efficiency. Participants will have 30 hours, starting on Thursday, to
collaborate, ideate, and develop their projects. Winners of the hackathon will
have the chance to win exciting rewards provided by three tech giants who have
been onboarded as sponsors.
"We are delighted to host Meesho's GenAI Hackathon," expressed
Mr. Debdoot Mukherjee, Chief Data Scientist and Head of AI at Meesho. "This
event provides our employees an excellent opportunity to showcase their
abilities and foster innovation. We anticipate innovative solutions utilizing
GenAI, addressing specific business goals set by Meesho and benefitting the
e-commerce industry as a whole."
The hackathon will emphasize on technological proficiency and promote
departmental cross-collaboration. To create holistic problem-solving
approaches, teams will be encouraged to include people from different
departments, including business, technology, product, and design.
The hackathon will have a minimum team size of three people and a maximum of
six people to ensure fairness and effectiveness. Teams will present their
concepts and minimum viable products (MVPs) in a 10-minute pitch session after
the projects are finished. Given that the conference is centred on creativity,
innovation, and problem-solving, even unfinished projects or broken hacks will
be encouraged to be presented.
The judging criteria for the
hackathon will consider creativity, impact, technical excellence, practicality,
scalability, and presentation quality. Meesho's use-cases and their connection
to the projects will be evaluated. Projects that demonstrate the ability to
increase user growth, conversion rates, revenue, as well as address pain points
faced by Meesho's buyers, sellers, and employees, will be given special
consideration.
“The Indian e-commerce industry is at a crossroads and technology is the
great enabler. At Meesho, AI is the key driver of innovation and this hackathon
will provide our employees the opportunity to think of solutions and come up
with out of box ideas that will set us apart in the industry. We look forward
to the collaborative energy and the impact that this hackathon will
bring.", said Mr Sanjeev Barnwal, Co-Founder & CTO, Meesho.
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