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A free 24-hour hackathon in Chennai by the Rotaract Club of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, where intercollegiate student teams build and pitch around Rotary's seven Areas of Focus.
An 11-hour online AI hackathon hosted by Vel Tech R&D Institute together with Major League Hacking, open to solo builders and teams of two, with certificates, MLH swag and Google Swag Kits for the best projects.
A 24-hour online Build-A-Thon by Manipal University (MU), Jaipur, where beginners team up, start from a supplied application blueprint and unlock features one milestone at a time. Register on Unstop by 3 July 2026.
Deem Dilemma is a three-round HR case study competition run by Team Anthropos at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi University, open to student teams of 1-3 from across India.
A two-round national pitching contest run by Project SPARK and Mission Gen Atlantis for students and early-stage innovators, with a ₹500 team entry fee and registration closing 20 June 2026.
MIT's worldwide hackathon for undergraduates returns on September 19–20, 2026, with cash prizes, certificates, travel support and campus housing for Indian and international student builders.
A free, three-day offline hackathon in Hyderabad run by Reskilll, built for first-year and early-year students exploring AI agents and automation. Prizes worth ₹1 Lakh; register by February 25, 2026.
NMIT Hacks is an MLH-sanctioned student hackathon held in Bengaluru, Karnataka from May 8 to May 10, 2026, with cash prizes and no entry fee.
A national online hackathon by Reskilll challenging Indian builders to create AI engines for marketing automation, with ₹1 Lakh in prizes and a final pitching round for the top 10 teams.
A technical paper presentation contest hosted by MVSR Engineering College, Hyderabad, with three branch-wise tracks covering AI, IoT, sustainable infrastructure and more. Teams of 1 to 3 members can register until 16 April 2026.
A 12-hour on-campus hackathon run by the AI & ML department at T. John Institute of Technology, Bangalore, open to all students in teams of 2 to 4.
GGSIPU Delhi's two-round student hackathon, held under the Secure Bharat Summit 2026, where UG and PG teams of 2–4 build solutions in cybersecurity, blockchain, agentic AI and generative AI.
A worldwide, fully online hackathon run by Major League Hacking, where beginners and experienced developers alike build projects with Google's Gemini models. There is no cash pool — three winners of Best Use of Gemini take home swag, credits and Devpost Achievements.
GLITCHED GAMES is a worldwide online game-making hackathon from GB3-Productions, where solo developers and teams build a web or mobile game and submit it on Devpost by 30 June 2026.
A free-to-enter hackathon lasting 24 hours in Kolkata, for teenagers aged 13 to 19 who want to build and present tech projects. Prize pool of $30,420; entries close 20 June 2026.
A free, worldwide online challenge from Student Innovators Without Borders that invites students to build assistive technology for people with disabilities. Three winners receive Iteration Machine credits worth $299 or more.
A free, beginner-friendly online hackathon on Devpost running June 1 to July 1, 2026, with AI/ML and open tracks. No cash prize — winners receive CodeCrafters VIP memberships.
A free, beginner-friendly online hackathon on Devpost running 7–9 August 2026, with an open-ended brief and a US$420 cash prize pool.
Girlathon 4.0 is a free, women-only hybrid hackathon run by GDG On Campus MACE, open to students, innovators and early-career professionals across India.
Global Innovation Build Challenge V2 is a fully online hackathon where student teams from anywhere in the world spend ten weeks building technology projects for real-world problems. There is no cash prize — instead, five non-cash awards and community recognition go to standout builds.
A free two-day innovation sprint in New Town, India on 1–2 August 2026, where multidisciplinary teams of 1–4 build and present prototypes for real-world problems.
A free, in-person OpenAI developer hackathon in Kochi on 18 July 2026 for developers, students and AI builders who want to create with OpenAI's APIs and Codex.
UnivaBio is BioCataalysis's remote hackathon on health and social good, built for beginners and open to entrants worldwide — Indian teams included — with Devpost submissions closing 17 September 2026.
A fully online hackathon by Innovation Hacks running July 11 to August 8, 2026, with Health, Machine Learning/AI and Web tracks open to participants worldwide.