Opportunity brief
BHARAT AGENTIC 2026 is a 12-hour online Agentic AI Hackathon powered by AIKart, where participants build AI agents that solve real-world problems across Bharat.
Participants can choose from multiple industry domains, including GovTech, AgriTech, EdTech, HealthTech, FinTech, Manufacturing, Business, Mobility, ClimateTech, Bharat Languages, AI & Developer Tools, and Open Innovation.
Hackathon: 1 October 2026
Results: 2 October 2026
Mode: 100% Online
Duration: 12 Hours
Team Size: 1–4 Members
Prize Pool: ₹50,000
Internship: Opportunities for selected top performers
Rules & Guidelines
- Eligibility
- Anyone interested in AI, technology, innovation, or building products can participate.
- Participants can join individually or in teams.
- Each team can have 1–4 members.
- Project Requirements
- Your project must use Agentic AI in a meaningful way.
- Projects should solve a real-world problem or provide clear user value.
- A basic chatbot or simple AI wrapper without meaningful agentic functionality may not qualify.
- Projects should demonstrate capabilities such as reasoning, planning, tool/API usage, multi-step workflows, or taking actions.
- Development
- The core project should be built during the 12-hour hackathon.
- Open-source libraries, frameworks, APIs, and development tools are allowed.
- Existing templates, libraries, or components may be used, but significant pre-existing work should be disclosed.
- Teams must be able to explain their implementation during judging.
- Submission
Each team must submit:
- Project name
- Problem statement
- Solution overview
- Agent workflow/architecture
- Technology stack
- GitHub repository
- Working demo
- 2–3 minute demo video
- Pitch deck
- Submission Deadline
The final submission must be completed through the official submission portal before the announced deadline on 1 October 2026.
Late submissions may not be considered.
6. Judging
Projects will be evaluated based on:
- Agentic capability
- Problem relevance and impact
- Technical implementation
- Innovation
- User experience
- Scalability and feasibility
- Demo quality
- Originality
- Projects must contain meaningful work by the participating team.
- Plagiarism, fraudulent submissions, or misrepresentation of work may result in disqualification.
- Teams must properly acknowledge third-party technologies or resources where appropriate.
- Responsible AI
- Projects must comply with applicable laws and third-party platform/API terms.
- Projects involving harmful, illegal, deceptive, or unsafe activities may be rejected.
- Team Changes
Team formation and member changes must be completed before the official deadline announced by the organizers.
10. Final Decision
The organizers and judging panel reserve the right to determine eligibility, evaluate submissions, and make final decisions regarding winners and disqualifications.