Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India of NIC, in association with Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and StartUp India organized a 24 hours Hackathon “#OpenGovDataHack” at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Technology Business Incubator (TBI), Bhubaneswar on 28th & 29th October 2017. This was organized for students, entrepreneurs, innovators, start-ups, developers, academicians and communities to create unique and innovative service delivery applications and infographics to foster innovation by using Open Government Data. Shri Rudra Narayan Palai, ITS, Special Secretary, Electronics & IT Govt of Odisha inaugurated the event in the presence of Officers from NIC & OCAC. Shri Manoj Panda, Head TCS Bhubaneswar was also present at the occasion. 52 teams with 198 team members have participated in this 24 hours mega non-stop application coding event. Teams from various engineering colleges and startups from Odisha have developed applications for various sectors such as Transport, Education, Crime, Health and Water & Sanitation. Shri Ashok K.K. Meena, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, E&IT Dept., Govt. of Odisha felicitated the selected teams at the closing ceremony on October 29th. Apart from the six awards conferred by MeitY, KIIT-TBI and Karma also sponsored four awards to encourage participants from Odisha. 8 teams from Bhubaneswar Hackathon of Apps development category would move to the national level. NIC-OGD team from New Delhi and Bhubaneswar extended necessary mentoring to the participants in the 24 hrs coding process.