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Hack[AI]Thon 2.0 is an AI hackathon organised by Sphere Hive at VRIF VTU Belagavi, open to all with a ₹35,000 cash prize pool. The online data audit is due by July 25, 2026.
An online innovation and design hackathon for students and early-stage innovators across India, with ₹3,00,000 in cash prizes. Register by 21 July 2026 for the 1–2 August event.
A worldwide online hackathon hosted by UiPath, offering a $50,000 (about ₹46,00,000) cash prize pool to teams of up to four building enterprise AI agents. Entries close 7 July 2026.
A 10-day online startup challenge for women, with mentorship across three structured rounds and a ₹7,500 cash prize pool. Open to students, professionals, homemakers and mothers, in teams of 1–2.
DevsUnite's online hiring hackathon on Devpost, focused on machine learning and AI, with a ₹3,000 prize pool. Open to all, and registration closes 25 July 2026.
SquidHack 2026 is a 24-hour hackathon-style challenge hosted by SAGE University, Indore for UG, PG and Dual Degree students across India, with a ₹1,10,000 prize pool shared across six categories and first-round registration closing on July 15, 2026.
HackOcean is a national-level online frontend hackathon by DLG and MITS Gwalior — two rounds, a 12-hour finale, ₹1.5L+ in total prizes, and AI tools allowed.
A national online hackathon by PaperBuddy where Indian students build production-ready edtech and fintech software, competing for a Software Engineer PPO and ₹50,000 in cash prizes.
A national online case competition run by Mochatrade (YC P26) across three rounds in fintech and business strategy, offering ₹15,000 in prizes and a pre-placement interview for the top team.
A national online ideathon by Code Capital & Coffee inviting students across India to pitch scalable solutions to real-world problems. Cash prizes worth up to ₹15,000, internships for winners and .xyz domains for the top 20. Register by 14 July 2026.
A fully online national case competition by Dot and IIM Ranchi, open to all Indian college students, with a ₹50,000 cash prize pool and a grand finale on August 9, 2026.
A two-round consulting competition for MBA and PGDM students, run by XLRI Jamshedpur, with ₹30,000 in prizes.
An online hackathon run by IIIT Delhi that asks students and early-career professionals to build AI tools for Indian problems — regional languages, farming, rural healthcare, civic transport and financial inclusion. Register by July 15, 2026.
IIM Lucknow's online strategy case competition for teams of 2–3 students, with a ₹75,000 cash prize pool and free entry through Unstop.
Airtel's national case competition for first-year flagship MBA students, with a prize pool of up to ₹6 lakh, Airtel mentorship, and PPI/PPO opportunities for finalists. Registrations close on 17 July 2026.
Airtel's flagship innovation challenge for second-year MBA teams of three — up to ₹8 lakh in cash prizes, mentorship from Airtel leaders and PPI/PPO opportunities.
A beginner-friendly online hackathon run by the ML Empowerment Foundation, inviting individuals and teams worldwide to build machine learning and AI solutions for social good and compete for a $1,000 prize pool (about ₹92,000).
An open-ended online hackathon on Devpost, held 17–31 July 2026, with a ₹2.85 lakh prize pool and no age, skill or location bar.
NeuroX1.0's opening online round is a Devpost hackathon run by Hackathon Hub, inviting projects in enterprise and AI/ML for a share of a $490 (roughly ₹45,080) prize pool. Submissions close 12 July 2026.
A week-long virtual hackathon run by OpenAI with a $100,000 (about ₹92L) prize pool, held July 13–21, 2026 and open to Indian developers, teams and startups.
Pixel Whisper - Design by Voice is a two-person technical competition by Chennai Institute of Technology where student teams crack an inverse coding challenge and then rebuild a UI using only spoken instructions.
A free innovation hackathon on AI, blockchain, cybersecurity and cloud computing, open to participants from India, with a $5,300 prize pool and registration closing on 17 July 2026.
Tetrathon 2026 is a 36-hour AI hackathon hosted by Navrachana University, Vadodara, with a total prize pool of ₹1,00,000. Open to students and early-stage innovators across India.
A 36-hour AI hackathon run nationwide by NexVerse-IITM New Delhi, with a ₹21,000 cash prize pool and entries closing 31 July 2026.