Code to Give Hackathon India<div style=" width:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div><div style="border: 10px solid rgb(72, 201, 197); height: 600px; width: 800px; z-index: 0; position: relative;"><div style="width: calc(100% - 100px); height: calc(100% + 20px); background: #f5f6fa; z-index: 1; position: absolute; top: -10px; left: 50px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Welcome to the Code to Give Hackathon! Get ready to: Collaborate with Morgan Stanley innovators. Deploy your skills to help nonprofits. Make a difference in the community.  Ready. Set. Code!</div></div></div></div></div> Hackathon Overview Welcome to Morgan Stanley’s Code to Give, a virtual hackathon that brings technologists and nonprofits together to solve real-world problems using technology.Through Code to Give, you’ll work in teams to develop technical prototypes for our local nonprofit partners and learn new coding skills along the way! What You Should ExpectAs a Code to Give participant, you will be assigned to a team ( 6 students), and a problem statement from a nonprofit partner will be allocated to your team. Over the  8-days virtual hackathon (March 20 - March 27), teams of students will compete against each other and solve the challenge faced by the nonprofit. The teams will also be assigned Morgan Stanley mentors to guide them throughout the hackathon. On March 27, a panel of judges from Morgan Stanley and the nonprofit will view the demos, pitches and presentations and select the winning teams.   Later this day, the winners will be announced in the virtual closing ceremony. Prizes* Each contributing member of the winning team will receive vouchers worth INR 25,000, subject to the Terms and Conditions. All participants will receive a Code to Give T-shirt and Morgan Stanley-branded merchandize.*All prizes are subject to local tax regulations and are awarded “as is” and Morgan Stanley, to the fullest extent permitted by law, makes no warrant or condition in the respect of any prize or part thereof. Morgan Stanley reserves the right to change any prize at its discretion.  Schedule (Participants are Expected to Attend All Events)* •    Code to Give Virtual Networking Session/Hackathon Kick Off: Thursday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. IST•    Code to Give Virtual Nonprofit Technical Challenge Details: Thursday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. IST•    Zoom Details: To be announced •    Team Ideation and Prototyping: Friday, March 20 – Wednesday, March 26•    Team Project Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 a.m. IST•    Pitch and Demo Session: Thursday, March 27. There will be two rounds of judging. 1st Round - Thursday, March 27  - 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. IST 2nd Round - Thursday, March 27 - 4 p.m. to 5 p.m IST  •    Winners Announcement Session: Thursday, March 27 at 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. IST *The dates and times may change closer to the event start. The final timeline will be announced on the kick-off event.<div id="_com_1" language="JavaScript"><div id="_com_1" language="JavaScript"><div id="_com_1" language="JavaScript"> </div><hr><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.625rem auto; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: var(--text-font-family); color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.625rem auto; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: var(--text-font-family); color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> Nonprofit Partners<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/ideation/image/upload/dpr_auto,q_100,w_260/v1/id-code-to-give-810269/j1rhxhbswl1qwdotqca8.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Pi Jam Foundation is a non-profit aimed at making digital education accessible by providing affordable technology and developing problem-solving skills through computer science. It empowers students to engage with technology, aligning with India’s National Education Policy.Workshops: They conduct workshops that serve as an experience into the tremendous possibilities of technology to learn and create.Pi labs: These computing labs serve as spaces that allow students to explore, experiment, tinker and create. Along with the requisite hardware, PiJam also provide a grade-specific curriculum, comprehensive teacher training and post-training mentorship to ensure optimum learning outcomes. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/ideation/image/upload/dpr_auto,q_100,w_311/v1/id-code-to-give-810269/dbewtcxcamxwzixmibyw.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is a National Award winning NGO established in the year 1997 by Founder Managing Trustee Dr.Mahantesh G Kivadasannavar and his schoolmate and childhood friend, Late Sugur Paramashivaiah Nagesh.Samarthanam works for the empowerment of persons with disabilities and the underserved through its diverse initiatives focused on providing quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training and placement-based rehabilitation. It facilitates opportunities to enable persons with disabilities and the underserved to keep pace with the rest of the society.Today, Samarthanam Trust stands to be a complete solution provider by supporting education and livelihood needs of persons with disabilities and those from underprivileged backgrounds. The organization also facilitates direct livelihood opportunities to hundreds of persons with disabilities and women in distress through its Social Enterprises. Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI), the cricketing arm of Samarthanam, fosters the game of blind cricket and the visually impaired players across India. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/ideation/image/upload/dpr_auto,q_100,w_143/v1/id-code-to-give-810269/smtiacxha9gkwcab9abc.png" style="width: 186px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> Ishanya India Foundation (IIF) is a Centre for Individuals with Special Needs started in 2015, with the intent to make society more inclusive. IIF cater to the needs of individuals with difficulties such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, Learning Disability, Down syndrome, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.IIF team works with varied age groups, use an extensive approach and curriculum tailored to the specific needs and abilities. IIF’s aim is to work along with families and schools as they believe in the holistic development of the child, and they also aim to train these individuals for employment and independent living. <hr> </div></div>