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**MITE Hosts State Hub Round of SAP Hackfest 2025, Fostering Innovation in Sustainable Business and AI Ethics**

MANGALURU, July 2nd, 2025 – The Department of Master of Computer Applications at Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE), Moodbidri, in collaboration with SAP and NextGrids, successfully hosted the “State Hub” round of the prestigious “SAP Hackfest 2025” on June 28th. This national-level hackathon brought together 50 teams of young innovators from various colleges to tackle real-world business challenges.

Participants pitched innovative ideas aligned with key themes including Sustainable Business, Preventing Digital Fraud, and Ethics in AI Models for Business. N.S. Pavan Thanai, founder of Last Link, commended the students for addressing these cutting-edge domains and emphasized the valuable industry exposure and mentorship opportunities hackathons provide.

MITE Principal C.M. Prashanth congratulated the selected teams and praised SAP’s thoughtful themes. He highlighted MITE’s commitment to industry collaboration and its Global Innovation Centre, urging students to leverage the hackathon as a crucial reality check and refine their skills for impactful product development.

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