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An online cyber investigation hackathon from IIT Kanpur-incubated FCRF, where participants work through real malware cases for cash prizes and certificates.
Internshala's Great Indian Hackathon 2026 is a long-running online coding contest for Indian developers, students and tech enthusiasts, running from 15 October to 30 December 2026 with cash prizes, certificates and internship access for winners.
A national student hackathon held over 24 hours at Inderprastha Engineering College, Ghaziabad, with online idea submission, expert mentorship and an on-campus grand finale on 26–27 September 2026.
A multi-round international marketing case competition run by IIM Indore for college students across India, with the final round held on campus.
Prodyssey is IIM Indore's product management case competition for college students across India. Teams of 3 to 6 members solve a business case and present a product roadmap. Register by 20 July 2026.
A multi-round strategy case competition hosted by IIM Indore, open to college teams of 3–6 across India. Registrations close 20 July 2026.
Avant Garde is a three-round business plan competition hosted by IIM Indore for college students, moving from an online pitch deck to on-campus pitching, investor simulation and networking.
A global online hackathon from Girls In Stem MENA & Central Asia where girls and young women build social-good projects. Beginner-friendly, with low-code and no-code entries accepted. Runs June 23 to July 25, 2026.
Grand Hack IPEC is a national 24-hour offline hackathon run by HackShastra with Inderprastha Engineering College, open to students from colleges across India.
A statewide GovTech challenge by the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub inviting startups, MSMEs, students and innovators to design a Startup Assessment and Ecosystem Intelligence system for Andhra Pradesh.
E-Cell's one-day hackathon on 14 October 2026 with a ₹50,000+ prize pool; registration closes 29 September 2026.
A free annual global hackathon where teams solve space and Earth challenges using NASA's open data, held on 2–4 October 2026 with virtual and in-person participation worldwide.
A free, fully remote 72-hour hackathon for women worldwide, using AI, no-code and low-code tools to take an idea to a shipped product.
An online hackathon by H & P Projects inviting individual innovators across India to build technology projects across 12 domains. Submissions close August 10, 2026.
A free, worldwide online AI buildathon run by Evorozen on Devpost, open from 17 July to 20 September 2026 to Indian builders and teams, with API credits and a distribution partnership for winners.
A flagship industrial process optimisation case study competition by the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, open to engineering and MBA students across India as part of Fugacity 2026.
A free pan-India hackathon from Adobe for students at Indian universities, offering MacBooks, Pre-Placement Interviews and internships with a ₹1,10,000 monthly stipend.
A two-round auditing case competition from IIM Bangalore's Vista summit, run with the Audit Committee and Unstop. Indian students enter in teams of 1–2 by 28 July 2026.
Buildathon 2026 by TechVerse Solutions is an online, two-round innovation competition where Indian students and teams turn an idea into a working prototype and demo it live.
A one-day Ethereum hackathon hosted at IIT Roorkee on 8 August 2026, open only to enrolled IIT Roorkee students and building towards Devcon 8 in Mumbai.
A hybrid, national-level business plan competition by MLA Academy of Higher Learning where MBA, PGDM and UG student teams pitch startup ideas across five tracks and win mentorship plus an investor finale platform.
24-hour hybrid hackathon in Coimbatore with ₹30,000 cash prize, internships, PPO, AI credits, and learning tracks in Cyber Security and MedTech.
15-day online hackathon by Caspian: build AI agents using caspian-sdk on at least two channels. Win ₹20,000 cash + $1,500 credits.
A national-level 24-hour offline hackathon in Pune for college students — ₹1,00,000+ prize pool, internship offers, and themes in AI/ML, cybersecurity, blockchain, and open innovation.