India continues to be the best performing market among BRIC countries with a thriving economy supported by growth of the middle class & a strong demographic dividend. Indian consumers surrounded by options in choosing a product, look for clear value for money. Indian consumer’s needs and wants are different from the western world.

The motivation behind creating this contest is to challenge the HackerEarth Community to come up with Innovative and disruptive ideas that solve real life problems in the connected car space and brings value to these huge mass of young Indian consumers from all economic strata. The winning idea takes home handsome prize money and a lifetime of bragging rights.

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You would be required to send across any high-level block diagram or other presentation material you would want to submit as part of your Idea Synopsis to this E-Mail Id: arihant@hackerearth.com. Please mention your Team Name while you are submitting the same via E-Mail.

About HARMAN:

HARMAN designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions and connected services. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. The Company's software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile.

With more than 7,500 employees, India is home to HARMAN’s largest concentration of software engineers and designers for the company. The India team is focused on developing innovative systems and solutions that leverage cloud, data and analytics to advance the connected car, connected enterprise and connected lifestyle. The company has large development centers across seven cities in India and a manufacturing facility and a state of the art Acoustics lab in Pune.

HARMAN’s Work in Connected Car Technology:

Press releases:

HARMAN and Microsoft to Bring Driver Productivity to the Global Automotive Industry
HARMAN Continues to Drive Innovation for In-Car Audio with Industry-First Sonic Experiences at CES 2016
HARMAN Unveils Advanced Navigation Solution with Live Data Fusion at CES 2016
HARMAN Launches Connected Car Compute Platform for Advanced, Holistic Vehicle Intelligence at CES 2016
HARMAN Announces Open Cloud-based Service Delivery Platform for the Connected Car
HARMAN Demonstrates Industry’s First Pupil-Based Driver Monitoring System at CES 2016

Life Enhancing Vehicle Solution (LIVS)

Industry’s First Pupil Based Driver Monitoring System

HARMAN Leads with 5+1 Cyber Security Architecture

HARMAN Connectivity and Telematics Solutions

HARMAN’s Advanced Navigation Technologies

Advanced Driver Assistance Solutions