CodeFury 9.0 — ₹60,000 Online Hackathon for Indian Students — Frequently Asked Questions

It is the ninth edition of the flagship annual hackathon run by the IEEE UVCE Computer Society. It is a national-level, fully online competition in which Indian college students pick a problem statement, build a working solution over a 24-hour window, and present it to judges remotely. It is a competition with cash prizes, not a startup funding scheme or an accelerator.

The total cash prize pool is ₹60,000. The winner receives ₹20,000, the first runner up gets ₹15,000, and the second runner up receives ₹10,000. A further ₹15,000 is set aside for consolation and appreciation prizes. This works out to "Up to ₹60,000" across the prize pool.

Registration closes on 19 August 2026. Sign-ups happen individually on the Unstop platform, and team formation is coordinated after you have registered.

Any student enrolled at an Indian college can take part. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students are welcome, and there is no restriction on discipline. Because the hackathon is entirely online, you can join from any part of the country.

No. CodeFury 9.0 is a hackathon for students, and the eligibility criteria are built around college enrolment rather than around business registrations. DPIIT recognition, MSME status or having an incorporated company does not feature anywhere in the requirements.

Teams can be as small as one person or as large as four members. Intercollegiate teams are explicitly allowed, so you are free to build with students from a different institution. Everyone registers individually first, and the organisers help with team formation afterwards.

Your final deliverable has to be either a website or an Android application that addresses the problem statement your team selects. The problem statements, which are drawn from real-world challenges across multiple domains, are released at the start of the hackathon, so you choose your track once the event begins.

The event runs from 21 to 23 August 2026, and the core development period within it is a 24-hour window. Project submission, evaluation and presentations all happen remotely. You must push code to a GitHub repository at regular intervals, and your final commit has to be in place by 5:59 PM on 22 August 2026.

Judging is based on the final product your team submits. Alongside the evaluation, the organisers run plagiarism checks using the commit history of your GitHub repository, so a genuinely incremental set of commits matters.

No. It is a competition with cash prizes, which means the awards are non-dilutive — no equity, stake or repayment is involved. You keep full ownership of whatever you build.

Applications are made through the Unstop platform, where you register as an individual before the 19 August 2026 deadline. The registration fee is non-refundable, so confirm your availability for the 21–23 August 2026 dates before you sign up.