Dr. Prashant R. Nair, Vice-Chairman – Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, was an expert evaluator for the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2023. He evaluated problem statements of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India at the nodal center, Forge Incubator, Coimbatore at the SIH2023 grand finale from 19 to 23 December 2023. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi interacted with the participants of the Grand Finale on 19th December 2023 via video conferencing. In line with the Prime Minister’s vision of youth-led development, SIH is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve the pressing problems of Ministries and Departments of the Government, industries, and other organizations. Launched in 2017, the Smart India Hackathon has gained massive popularity among young innovators. In the last five editions, many innovative solutions have emerged in different domains and stand out as established startups. In SIH 2023, more than 50,000 ideas were received from 44,000 teams, which is almost a seven-fold increase compared to the first edition of SIH.