Hackathon News - Latest Updates & Headlines
IISF 2025 witnesses record-breaking footfall of over 2 lakh visitors
Panchkula, December 10: The IISF 2025 event recorded an impressive attendance of over 200, 000 participants, comprising 1, 800 students, 167 educators, and 32 resource individuals. This participation spanned several key activities, including the Hackathon, Gurukula, Science and Technology Village, Nari Shakti, Youth Science Congress, and the Thought Leaders' Roundtable.
Smart India Hackathon 2025 valedictory ceremony held in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Dec 10: The grand valedictory ceremony of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2025 – Software Edition, a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell (MIC) and AICTE, was held at Shivanand Ashram, Ahmedabad, in the encouraging presence of Minister of State for Education, Rivaba R. Jadeja.
IFFI 2025 to feature country first AI film festival and hackathon
Goa, November 3: The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will launch the country's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Film Festival and Hackathon in Goa.
Viksit Bharat Buildathon is nurturing global innovators in school: Dharmendra Pradhan
New Delhi, Oct 13: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday kicked off the country’s largest school hackathon, ‘Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025′, vowing to nurture global-level innovators in schools to help make Viksit Bharat@2047.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates Building Bharat Buildathon 2025 virtually in New Delhi
New Delhi, October 13: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated, Building Bharat Buildathon 2025 in New Delhi on Monday. During the Programme, he addressed the students, gave innovative ideas to overcome from problems and appealed to adopt Swadeshi in their life.
AI will transform agriculture: Maharashtra CM
Mumbai, Oct 11: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that technologies like AI, blockchain, and digitisation have increased transparency and efficiency not only in the industry but also in the governance system.
K'taka Minister Priyank Kharge writes to EC; demands court-monitored ethical hackathon & audit of EVMs
Bengaluru, Sep 9: Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, IT and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge has, on Tuesday, written to the Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Sushil Chandra, demanding government-backed hackathon auditing of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
SBI and IIT Guwahati honour winners of PSB Hackathon 'FINNOVATION 2025'
Guwahati, August 23: State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest bank, in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G), successfully concluded the PSB Hackathon Series 2025 - FINNOVATION with a grand felicitation ceremony.
Maha CM pitches for use of technology in the agriculture sector
Pune, June 3: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday made a strong case for the use of advanced technology amid the increasing cost of agricultural production and the lack of availability of adequate manpower.
Govt to launch nationwide hackathon on CCTV solutions for law enforcement
New Delhi, May 22: The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on Thursday announced to organise a nationwide hackathon on CCTV solutions for law enforcement in association with NCRB and CyberPeace Foundation.
Jammu student wins US scholarship, award for novel solar thermal system
New Delhi, May 5: A Class 12 student in Jammu has won the US HonorsGradU 2025 Scholarship, securing the coveted “Build a Better Future†award for his groundbreaking invention of a solar thermal system.
NFRA, IIT Kanpur jointly organise Hackathon on large language models, generative AI
New Delhi, March 30: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur jointly organised a Hackathon to encourage students to build cutting-edge solutions using Large Language Models (LLM) and Generative AI.
NFRA and IIT Kanpur host Hackathon to simplify financial statements using AI
New Delhi, March 30: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) and IIT Kanpur have jointly organised a hackathon to encourage students to develop advanced solutions using Large Language Models (LLM) and generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), an official statement said on Sunday.
Agri Hackathon to provide direction for progress of Maha farm sector: Ajit Pawar
Mumbai, March 25: The Maharashtra government will hold the Agri Hackathon competition to provide opportunities to innovative researchers and also give a promising direction for the progress of the state's agriculture sector, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, said on Tuesday.
DoT announces launch of 5G Innovation Hackathon 2025
New Delhi, March 17: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced the 5G Innovation Hackathon 2025, a six-month initiative aimed at accelerating the development of innovative 5G-powered solutions to address societal and industrial challenges.
Centre launches '5G Innovation Hackathon 2025' to address societal, industrial challenges
New Delhi, March 17: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday announced the ‘5G Innovation Hackathon 2025’, a six-month initiative aimed at accelerating the development of innovative 5G-powered solutions to address societal and industrial challenges.
India's 1st exploration licence auction, AI-driven mineral targeting Hackathon launched
New Delhi, March 14: The Ministry of Mines, in partnership with the Goa government, jointly launched India's inaugural Exploration Licence (EL) auction -- a transformative step aimed at unlocking critical and deep-seated mineral reserves across the country.
Centre launches Statistics Hackathon for empowering youth
New Delhi, Feb 25: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in collaboration with MyGov, is launching an exciting data-visualisation hackathon titled "Innovate with GoIStats", centred around the theme "Data-Driven Insights for Viksit Bharat".
WAVES 2025 to unveil AI-powered solutions for combating misinformation in live broadcasting
New Delhi, February 4: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with the India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA), has announced the TruthTell Hackathon as part of the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025.
RBI announces results of its Hackathon 2024; check award winners
Mumbai, January 7: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the results of the third edition of its Global Hackathon - HaRBInger 2024.