CODERED'26

CODERED ’26 - National-Level Product Development Challenge CODERED ’26, organised by the Entrepreneurship Cell of BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, is a national-level product development challenge designed to take student teams beyond conventional hackathons and enable them to build meaningful, functional products. Unlike traditional hackathons that revolve around solving predefined problem statements within a limited timeframe, CODERED ’26 follows a comprehensive product development journey, from ideation and conceptualisation to development, testing and validation. This edition brings together six participating companies, offering students the opportunity to work on real-world product ideas across multiple domains. Check out our WEBSITE for the Challenge Briefs. https://codered26.xyz Company Tracks: CODERED ’26 features four tracks, with six participating companies: Dedicated Company Tracks: Niveus Technologies Simple Energy Agnes AI XP Robotis Unisys (for BMSIT Students Only) Each of these companies will have a dedicated track featuring one or more product ideas for participating teams. Startup Track: The Startup Track brings together product opportunities from: Think Robotics Sahasranshu Technologies MyStartupWave Cassette Labs The participating companies may provide multiple product ideas within their respective domains. Teams can explore the available ideas and select one product idea from one company to work on throughout the competition. Teams are not required to work on every idea offered under a track. Competition Structure: CODERED ’26 will be conducted across three rounds, progressively taking teams from initial ideas to functional products.Refer the BROCHURE for more information Eligibility and Team Composition: The eligibility criteria, team composition requirements and inter-college/inter-specialisation participation guidelines will remain the same as those followed in the previous edition of CODERED. Participants are required to adhere to the team formation and eligibility conditions specified during registration. Registration and Participation Guidelines: Teams must complete the registration process through the official Unstop opportunity page. Participants must submit their ideas in the prescribed format within the stipulated deadline. Each team may select only one product idea from one participating company. Teams must continue working on the product idea selected during the competition. Teams are expected to develop their ideas into functional prototypes or MVPs during the product development journey. All participants must comply with the competition guidelines and instructions issued by the organisers. The CODERED ’26 Experience: CODERED ’26 aims to provide students with an opportunity to experience the complete product development process while engaging with industry and emerging companies. Through company-led product opportunities, structured evaluation rounds and an intensive offline development sprint, participants will get the opportunity to move beyond theoretical ideas and work towards building functional products. The objective is simple: Take an idea, build it into a product, and demonstrate what it can achieve.Note: The Registration fee of ₹1,500 is collected only for the top 50 teams selected for Round 3 (On-Campus Sprint). The money will be collected outside of the Unstop Platform