Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Grand Finale of the largest ever online hackathon in the world on 1st of next month through video-conference. Announcing this today, Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon-2020 (Software) will be held till 3rd of August.<br />'' <br />''Mr. Nishank chaired a high-level meeting on Smart India Hackathon (SIH) and discussed achievements of the already conducted hackathons. He said that considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Finale for SIH-2020 will be organized online by connecting all the participants throughout the nation together over a specially-built advanced platform.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">This year, over 10,000 students will be competing to solve 243 problem statements from 37 Central Government departments, 17 State Governments and 20 industries during the online Grand Finale.</span>