Opportunity brief

Continuum 2027 Ideathon is an innovation and pitching challenge for students who can identify meaningful real-world problems and transform them into original, practical and scalable ideas.

Participants will move from problem identification → solution structuring → live pitching → jury Q&A. A working prototype is not mandatory. The focus is on the quality of the problem, originality of the solution, feasibility, impact, scalability and the ability to communicate and defend the idea.

The Ideathon is part of CONTINUUM 2026, the technical festival organised by NEXSUS at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur. The festival brings together students, builders, problem-solvers and emerging-technology enthusiasts.

Eligibility:

Open to eligible college/university students.
Participants from colleges/universities outside MMMUT may also participate.
Individual and team participation may be permitted as per the final registration configuration.
Only registered participants/teams will be considered for the competition.

Competition Format

Stage 1 — Problem & Idea

Identify a meaningful real-world problem and define a focused solution. Ideas may address technology, sustainability, education, healthcare, mobility, finance, social impact, campus innovation, business/process innovation or other relevant domains.

Stage 2 — Structure the Solution

Develop a concise pitch covering:

Problem statement
Target users/stakeholders
Key insight
Proposed solution
Innovation/originality
Implementation approach
Feasibility
Expected impact
Scalability/sustainability

Stage 3 — Live Pitch & Q&A

Teams present their idea before the jury at MMMUT, followed by a Q&A session. Participants must be able to defend their assumptions, solution choices, feasibility and expected impact.

Evaluation — 100 Marks

Criterion

Marks

Problem Understanding & Relevance

Innovation & Originality

Feasibility & Practicality

Impact & Value Creation

Scalability / Sustainability

Pitch Clarity & Communication

Response to Jury / Q&A

Total

100

AI & Originality Policy

AI tools may be used for research, ideation, analysis, design and presentation preparation. However, participants remain responsible for the originality and accuracy of their submission and must understand and defend their major claims, assumptions and solution choices.

Copied ideas, plagiarised presentations, false ownership claims or deliberate misrepresentation may result in penalty or disqualification.

General Rules

The idea must be original and meaningfully address a real problem.
External research and existing products may be referenced for learning and comparison but must not be presented as the team's own work.
Participants must follow the instructions of the organising team and jury.
Jury decisions regarding evaluation and ranking will be final.
Organisers reserve the right to disqualify submissions violating competition rules, originality requirements or participant conduct standards.
Final event instructions, pitch duration and other operational details will be communicated by the organisers.

Tagline: Turn a real problem into an idea worth building.

Continuum 2027 Ideathon