But is it possible to engineer a better design to tackle how we manage our waste? The event will focus on waste generated by street food vendors. One of the interesting aspects of this hackathon is that it brings on board the people involved in the problem – in this case, street vendors. Manish Arora, assistant professor with CPDM, said that this year participants comprise a mix of design students, entrepreneurs, pourakarmikas and street vendors. Over the next few days, they will identify a problem and come up with a prototype to fix it.

Source: The Hindu August 11, 2017 15:18 UTC