Opportunity brief
The Bharat Academix AI Innovation Hackathon 2026 is an online hackathon designed to challenge students, freshers, and aspiring developers to build innovative solutions for real-world problems using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI, and modern software technologies.
Participants will receive a problem statement and will be required to design, develop, and demonstrate a functional solution within the given time period. Participants are encouraged to focus on innovation, practical usability, technical implementation, AI capabilities, scalability, and user experience.
Eligibility
- Open to students, freshers, and professionals.
- Individual or team participation as specified for the challenge.
- Participants should have an interest in AI, ML, software development, or emerging technologies.
- Prior professional experience is not mandatory.
Competition Process
Round 1 – Registration & Screening
Participants register through the platform and complete their profiles. Eligible participants will be shortlisted for the technical challenge.
Round 2 – Hackathon Challenge
Shortlisted participants receive the problem statement and build their solution within the specified timeline.
Round 3 – Final Presentation & Evaluation
Top participants present and demonstrate their solutions before the jury/industry experts, followed by a technical Q&A.
Submission Requirements
Participants may be required to submit:
- Source Code / GitHub Repository
- Project Documentation
- README & Setup Instructions
- Working Prototype/Demo
- Presentation
- Demo Video, if required
Rules
- Submitted work must be original.
- Participants must follow the assigned problem statement and submission guidelines.
- Open-source libraries and publicly available resources may be used with appropriate attribution.
- Plagiarism or copied solutions may result in disqualification.
- Participants must submit their solution before the specified deadline.
- The jury's decision will be final.