Opportunity brief
RunUp Coders Hackathon 2026
Digital Recognition & Showcase Partner: Risers Cre8
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RunUp Coders - Hackathon 2026 is a fully online Open Innovation Hackathon organized by RunUp Coders. The hackathon is designed to encourage students across India to identify meaningful real-world problems and build innovative, practical, and impactful technology-driven solutions.
Participants are free to work on ideas from any domain, including Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Data Science, Healthcare, Education, Sustainability, Automation, FinTech, Social Impact, and other emerging technologies.
Eligibility
- Open to college and university students across India.
- Students from any year, branch, or academic discipline may participate.
- Team size: 1 to 4 members.
- Solo participation is allowed.
- Inter-college teams are allowed.
- Inter-branch and inter-specialization teams are allowed.
- A participant may be part of only one team.
Hackathon Format
Round 1 - Idea Submission
All registered teams must submit a 5-7 slide PPT/PDF covering:
- Problem Statement
- Proposed Solution
- Target Users / Impact
- Basic Implementation Approach
- Technology Stack
- Innovation / Uniqueness of the Idea
Based on the evaluation, the Top 50 teams will be shortlisted for Round 2.
Round 2 - Prototype Submission
The shortlisted 50 teams will be required to submit:
- Working Prototype / Deployed Application Link
- GitHub Repository, where applicable
- 2-3 minute Demo Video
- Updated Presentation
Based on the final evaluation, the Top 15 teams will be selected, and the winners will be announced from among these teams.
No additional submission round will be conducted after Round 2.
Evaluation Criteria
Round 1
- Problem Relevance
- Innovation and Originality
- Feasibility
- Potential Impact
- Technical Approach
- Clarity of Presentation
Round 2
- Working Implementation
- Technical Quality
- Innovation
- Usability / User Experience
- Impact and Scalability
- Demo Quality
- Documentation and GitHub Quality
Rules
- All submissions must be original.
- Plagiarized or copied ideas, repositories, or projects may lead to disqualification.
- Open-source libraries, APIs, and frameworks may be used, but their usage should be clearly disclosed.
- AI tools may be used, but participants must understand and be able to explain their solution.
- The submitted solution should primarily be developed during the RunUp Coders - Hackathon 2026 period.
- Pre-built projects cannot be directly submitted unless substantial new development is demonstrated during the hackathon.
- For software, firmware, or code-based projects, GitHub repositories submitted in Round 2 must be accessible to the judging team.
- Hardware-based, IoT, embedded, and hybrid projects are also eligible. Teams should clearly demonstrate the working mechanism through the prototype, demo video, and relevant supporting material.
- Demo videos must not exceed the specified duration.
- Fake links, inaccessible repositories, false student information, or impersonation may result in disqualification.
- Submission deadlines will be strictly followed.
- The organizers may request clarification regarding any submission if required.
- The decision of the judging panel will be final.
- The organizers reserve the right to update timelines if required, with prior communication to participants.
Mode: Fully Online
Theme: Open Innovation
Registration Fee: Free
Prize Pool: To be announced
Exact timelines for subsequent rounds will be communicated to shortlisted teams through the official RunUp Coders channels and Unstop announcements.