Opportunity brief
Overview
Ideate. Innovate. Build. Conquer.
The ADDOVEDI 2026 Hackathon is a 24-hour continuous software development and innovation competition (NIT Arunachal Pradesh), organised by Coding Pundit, Dept. of CSE. Build a working MVP for the problem statement, then pitch and demo it to the judges. Held on campus, 28-30 October 2026.
Guidelines
- Eligibility: to be announced by the organisers. Carry a valid student ID.
- Team size: 2 to 4 members. One team per participant.
- Seats: only the top 25 teams, first come, first served by registration time.
- Format: 24-hour continuous hackathon, three stages: Idea Pitch, Prototype Development, Final Demo.
- Problem statement: released by the organisers. A focused, working MVP beats a large unfinished one.
- Duration: 24 hours. Date, venue and clock times announced by the organisers.
- Judging: 100 points: problem and solution 25, UI/UX and product 25, technical implementation 25, presentation and Q&A 25.
- Registration: sign up on the Addovedi website, register for Hackathon to get your Team ID, then register on Unstop with the Team ID + the leader's Addovedi ID.
- Registration fee: Rs. 50 per member (each team member pays Rs. 50).
- Prize pool: Rs. 30,000+ (including goodies).
Rules
- Any language, framework, database or API is allowed. Deployment is optional.
- AI tools are allowed but earn no extra marks. You must be able to explain every important part of your code.
- Keep a public GitHub repository from the start. Commit regularly. The repository freeze time is strict.
- Plagiarism, collusion, faking Git history or functionality = disqualification.
- Do not attack or access other teams' or organisers' systems. Report any vulnerability you find.
- No secrets or API keys in the repo. Credit major external resources in the README.
- Arrive on time. Late arrivals may lose build time. Follow organisers, volunteers and judges.
- Organisers' decisions are final. Material changes are announced to all participants.