Opportunity brief
Not another "make a PPT and call it innovation" hackathon.
Forged in Fire 2026 is all about building stuff that actually works — hosted at BPIT, Delhi.
Online Round: 21 September 2026
Offline Finale: 29 September 2026
Prize Pool: ₹10,000
Venue: BPIT, Delhi
How It Works:
Round 1 — Online:
- Don't have a fully polished product? Who cares.
- Just show us:
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- Your technical architecture
- A working demo/prototype
- What you're building + why it actually matters
- If your tech is solid and your demo works, you're through to the offline round.
- No unnecessary 50-slide pitch deck energy.
Round 2 — Offline Finale:
- Qualified? Now you're in the fire.
- Come to BPIT on 29 September, build further, break things, fix them, and ship your final solution.
- And yes — every team that qualifies gets a FREE n8n account to use during the offline round.
Pick Your Battle:
n8n Sponsored Track:
- Automate everything.
- Build crazy-good workflows using n8n — AI automation, agentic workflows, integrations, data pipelines, autonomous processes, whatever you can cook up.
- If it involves AI + automation + workflows, you're probably cooking.
Agentic Track:
- Chatbots are cool. Agents are cooler.
- Build systems that can actually think → plan → use tools → take action.
- Multi-agent systems, coding agents, research agents, AI assistants, agent orchestration, autonomous systems — go wild.
Open Innovation:
- No box. No predefined problem.
- Got an idea that doesn't fit the other tracks?
- Build it.
- FinTech, Cybersecurity, Web3, EdTech, HealthTech, AI, DevTools, Sustainability, IoT — whatever problem you wanna solve.
- If it's innovative and actually works, we wanna see it.
Team Rules:
- Inter-college teams? YES.
- Different branches/specializations? YES.
- Mix your skills. Build together.
- Pick one track for your project.
- Your project should be your team's work.
- Open-source tools, APIs, frameworks, etc. are allowed.
- Don't pull a Ctrl+C → Ctrl+V on someone else's project. Plagiarism = instant L.
- Online round requires a working demo + technical architecture.
- Qualifying teams must attend the offline finale at BPIT.
- Judges will evaluate tech, architecture, innovation, execution, impact & demo.
- Judges' decision is final.
What's in It for You?:
- ₹10,000 Prize Pool
- Goodies for participants + winners
- FREE FOOD during the offline round
- FREE n8n account for every team that qualifies
- Build with other cracked builders
TL;DR:
- 21 SEPT → Build + Show us your tech online.
- You qualify → FREE n8n account
- 29 SEPT → Pull up to BPIT
- Build. Break. Fix. Ship.
- WIN ₹10,000 + goodies + bragging rights.
Don't overthink it:
You don't need a perfect product.
You just need something that works, has a solid technical backbone, and makes us go:
"Okay… these guys are cooking."