IIT Kanpur concludes ed-tech hackathon TIDE 2.0

MK Yadav, founder of AI Testified, won the first prize for best innovators in India under the technology segment at TIDE 2.0. 

MK Yadav, founder of AI Testified, a startup incubated at IIT Kanpur, won the first prize for best innovators in India under the technology segment at TIDE 2.0, the recently held ed-tech Hackathon 2022, organised by the startup incubation and innovation centre (SIIC) IIT Kanpur.  

Promoting tech entrepreneurship through financial aid 

Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurship (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, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence/machine learning and other similar domains. 

India’s pioneering AI-driven test platform for students 

AI Testified 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 students, UPSC aspirants and those preparing for various competitive examinations.  

“AI Testified is not only beneficial for schoolkids 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 customised tests for each student in an endeavor to convert the areas of improvements to areas of strength,” said MK Yadav. 

He said AI Testified uses artificial intelligence and 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 customised according to improvement areas of each student. Video lectures are also provided to fill in the identified knowledge gap.  

He went on to add that 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. 

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