About this hackathon
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 & ScreeningParticipants register through the platform and complete their profiles. Eligible participants will be shortlisted for the technical challenge.
Round 2 – Hackathon ChallengeShortlisted participants receive the problem statement and build their solution within the specified timeline.
Round 3 – Final Presentation & EvaluationTop 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.