Online labs (OLabs) is an innovative virtual learning platform that brings lab experiments online, addressing challenges like limited access to physical labs, costly equipment, and geographical constraints.
Key Features:
Subjects and Disciplines Covered
The OLabs platform provides an extensive array of labs and activities for students in Classes VI-XII, covering a wide range of subjects, including: Science: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Computer Science and Programming, Indian Sign Language (ISL) and Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP).
These labs have been meticulously designed with pedagogical and user interface considerations, ensuring they are suitable for the target audience. Currently, the OLabs portal hosts 473 labs, with an additional 100 labs under development. The labs are accessible through the following platforms:
The OLabs Hackathon (OLabsThon) is a prestigious national-level technology event organized jointly by Amrita School of Computing, ACM Student Chapter, and Amrita Center for Research in Analytics, Technologies & Education (Amrita CREATE), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri. This dynamic hackathon aims to bring together innovative minds from across the nation to enhance the OLabs platform by developing creative, practical, and scalable technological solutions. This event is supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.
Core Goal: Enhancing Olabs with creative, practical, scalable, technological solutions.
Problem Statement: Design and develop innovative, scalable, and technology-driven solutions to enhance the OLabs platform, addressing key challenges in virtual education. Focus on improving the accessibility, functionality, and effectiveness of virtual labs while ensuring security, reliability, and data integrity.
Ready to Make a Difference?
The Hackathon calls for developing solutions to improve the OLabs ecosystem.
Participants can explore and contribute to a diverse set of themes, such as:
Participants can develop solutions related to various subject areas, including:
The OLabs Hackathon empowers participants to innovate and create impactful solutions that redefine the future of virtual education and learning.
Start Date of Registration & Idea Submission Period
End Date of Registration & Idea Submission Period
Result Announcement
Grand Finale Day 1
Grand Finale Day 2
Judgement: All the shortlisted eContent will be judged.
OLabs Hackathon has two tracks: Students and Industrial Professionals.
Prizes for Student Track
Industrial Professional Track
Our hackathon is designed to inspire and challenge higher secondary school, college students, and industrial professionals to participate and showcase their unique skill sets. Participants can participate in either of the two categories: students (school, college (including PhD scholars)) and industrial professionals.
Once the top teams from each track are selected they will be invited to the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri (Vallikavu) campus for the grand finale.
There will be no participation cost.
The registration can be done by clicking the register button here. Registrations close on 4th February 2025. Ensure accurate details and valid contact information are provided.
2 to 4. Yes! Teams of two to four people are encouraged to apply. Check out the rules and regulations.
Following the initial screening, top participants will be invited to our campus. The offline hackathon will last for 36 hours.
We offer two tracks for participants to choose from students and industry professionals. The domains participants can select from include: AI-powered virtual labs, cybersecurity in virtual labs, blockchain for lab integrity, Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR) integration, Data science & analytics for virtual labs, collaborative learning, and IoT and virtual Labs.
Teams must submit a PPT (maximum 5 slides) with the following details:
Slide 1: Team Information and Track
Slide 2: Domain and Theme Focus
Slide 3: Problem and Proposed Solution
Slide 4: Technical Details and Scalability
Slide 5: Concise Summary and Impact
Details provided here.
There is an attractive prize pool of 4.5 lakhs.
A team of seasoned experts and professionals will review the entries based on various parameters including creativity, innovation, feasibility, scalability, and relevance.
The event is organized at the Amrita School of Engineering building.
Write to us at olabs.ncert@am.amrita.edu.
