NIT, Raipur students first runner-up in Idea Factory competition
   Date :29-Jun-2020

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 The team of champion trio from NIT, Raipur.
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
Raipur,
 
Team Cloud9 has secured runner-up position in National Engineering Industries Idea Factory 2020 organised by NBC Bearings. The team comprising Aayush Bansal, Piyush Yadav and Pratik Tolambiya were among the nine finalists selected out of more than 100 teams initially participated in the competition. The competition was organised in seven rounds and out of the 9 finalists, 2 are from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur.
 
Due to COVID-19, the final round was held virtually and Cloud9 stood overall second in the competition, winning a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. The participants from Institute of Technology Raipur came up with the idea of developing a chatbot. An AI solution for customer handling. The chatbot NOHA which is an acronym for “NBC Online Helping Assistant” is a robust solution to solve the customer queries, providing qualitative solutions. It will help the company in enhanced customer engagement and improved Public Relations.