IIT Kanpur successfully concludes ed-tech hackathon TIDE 2.0

New Delhi: In the recently held ed-tech Hackathon 2022, under the banner name TIDE 2.0 organized by Startup Incubation & Innovation Centre (SIIC) IIT Kanpur, MK Yadav, the founder of AI testified won the first prize for best innovators in India under the technology segment.

Tide 2.0, which is supported by the Government of India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology provides financial and technical support to students, innovators, and startups with an idea across healthcare, deep tech, IoT, AI/ML, and other similar domains.

AI Testified, a startup incubated at IIT Kanpur is a unique platform that blends Artificial Intelligence into the school education system and UPSC exam preparation. Being India’s pioneering AI-driven test platform, it is highly beneficial in understanding and overcoming weak areas among the school-going students, UPSC aspirants, and those preparing for various competitive examinations.

Recently the leading tech platform has also signed various MoU namely with the Delhi Government & Delhi Police pertaining to the capacity building and service training.

“AI Testified is not only beneficial for school going kids but also helps to create a continuum of support for education after school, for various entrance examinations, competitive exams, and capacity building exams conducted at Corporate and Government levels. AEKA (name of the assessment engine) considers various parameters to identify the weakness of the students and generates customized tests for each student in an endeavor to convert the areas of improvements to areas of strength.” Said MK Yadav, CMD, AI Testified

Recently, various amendments have been made in the education sector, and some of them being new changes, AI Testified has assumed more importance, which will help in better learning and analytical applications of concepts. From next year onwards CBSE proposes to conduct term-based examinations, with MCQ-based first term, and various central universities including DU and JNU have also proposed to conduct a common entrance examination. Being well-established players for preparing students for various competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, Bank PO, etc., this platform will assist in helping better preparation.

“AI Testified uses Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning to identify the conceptual strength and weakness of each student, with the belief that “each student is unique and has a different learning curve”. The tests are customized according to the improvement areas of each student. Video lectures are also provided to fill in the identified knowledge gap. Also, students are given the choice to use elimination and 50-50 technique to choose the most suitable option. This helps the students to know the accuracy of their concepts and develop their critical thinking ability” he added.