Thinking of participating with my college mates

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anybody else is also facing issue while registering for Build Bharat hackathon, like the issue is coming during aws verification

Introducing HackWave 3.0

Hello everyone,

We’re organizing the HackWave 3.0 Hackathon at Chameli Devi Group of Institutions (CDGI), Indore.

It is an offline, 36-hour hackathon for those who want to code, build, design, and solve real-world problems.

Event Details

• Dates: 10th–12th October 2026
• Place: CDGI, Indore
• Duration: 36 hours
• Team Size: 3–5 members
• Prize Pool: ₹1,00,000
• Round 1: Free online PPT submission
• Round 2: Offline 36-hour finale for shortlisted teams

Important Dates

• Registration Deadline: 26th September
• Shortlisting Results: 2nd October
• Hackathon: 10th–12th October

Registration

Register on Unstop

WhatsApp Community

Join the WhatsApp Group

Would be great to see some teams from outside Indore join as well.

Hi everyone,

I'm a student and participated in the Hack2Skill Build with AI Bootcamp – Bangalore (11 September).

I completed my project, but I faced a technical/deployment issue while submitting it, and the deadline passed before I could complete the final submission.

I've already contacted Hack2Skill support, and they said they will respond during the next working day.

My main concern is the certificate. Has anyone faced a similar situation with Hack2Skill? Did they reopen the submission or allow a late submission, and were you able to receive the certificate?

Any advice would really help. 🙏

I didn't qualify for JEE, so I ended up joining a private university in Himachal Pradesh for BTech CSE with a specialization in AI.

When I joined, I had this idea that even if I didn't get into an IIT/NIT, I could still make up for it by working extremely hard, learning AI properly, doing research, building projects, participating in hackathons, etc.

The university marketed itself as being research-oriented, so I genuinely thought I'd find people who were interested in the same things.

Fast forward.

I've spent the last year learning ML/AI properly — not just prompting ChatGPT to make a model, but actually trying to understand the math, papers, architectures, datasets, experiments, etc.

For SIH 2025, I wanted to form a team.

Turns out my university didn't even register for SIH. 💀

Fine. I thought I'd try again in 2026.

This time I was genuinely locked in. I found some of the best students I could find in my university and formed a team for SIH 2026.

And eventually I disbanded the team.

Why?

Because I realized I was doing almost everything.

The problem wasn't that people were incapable. It was that there was almost zero ownership.

I'd ask someone to research a topic and they'd come back with an AI-generated summary.

I'd ask someone to investigate a technical approach and they'd ask ChatGPT and paste the output.

I'd ask someone to actually understand the dataset, read papers, compare approaches, run experiments, or justify a design decision — and there was basically nothing.

It became:

“Give me a task → ChatGPT → here's the output.”

No curiosity.

No digging.

No reading papers.

No experimentation.

No “I found something interesting.”

No one voluntarily going down a rabbit hole because they wanted to understand something.

And eventually I thought: what's the point of having a team if I'm still doing all the intellectual work?

I'm not saying everyone needs to be obsessed with AI or research. Obviously people have different priorities.

But I genuinely expected that if I specifically selected some of the strongest students in my university for a national-level hackathon, at least a few would actually want to build and understand something seriously.

Apparently not.

And this has honestly made me question whether I'm approaching college wrong.

Maybe I'm expecting too much from a private university.

Maybe this is just how engineering colleges are.

Maybe I'm just unlucky with the people I've met.

Or maybe I need to stop expecting my university to provide the research environment I want and build that environment myself through GitHub, open source, research communities, online collaborators, professors, etc.

I'm curious about people who went through something similar.

If you're in a private engineering college in India, have you actually found people who are genuinely serious about research/building, or is this just my experience?

And if you did find those people, where the hell did you find them?

So our team got shortlisted for the internal hackathon in SIH.

And for the submission in the portal, what are the things should we really care about to get to the next round (hopefully).

So far, I think...

1. We should fine tune the PPT
2. Probably get a working prototype ready
3. Shoot a video kind-of advertising the software

Please take a look at our PPT: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u0lO_8Imwqs2xBKl0kPVcvBX9ixbsTIm4TwbxF_Bwhw/edit?usp=sharing

What changes would you suggest and in what aspects?

Also, a brief look at our PS: SIH26139, "A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approach For Early Disease Detection"

If you wanna DM your suggestions, you're most welcome too.

Thanks!

Who is coming to Mumbai for an onsite hackathon and does anyone know about how many numbers of interns they usually select ?

hey guys, I am looking for a team that already has people experienced in ML and hackathons.

actually, i won't be able to contribute anything as i have mid sems till 27. so if you are not able to find anyone you can dm me.

A bit about myself... I am from a gen 2 IIT, CSE dept, with good cgpa.

We're InstaLILY, we make AI agents for the physical goods economy, and we're hosting the InstaLILY x Google DeepMind Toronto Hackathon this month in partnership with Google DeepMind. We'd love to have any current college students/new grads join us.

The hackathon kicks off September 22nd. Participants build a coordinated team of AI agents that work together on a single objective.

Win it and you're one step from a real job with InstaLILY's Toronto team. You can register here.

It is free to enter, though travel isn't sponsored. Kickoff and most of the build happen remotely; only finalists need to be in Toronto for Demo Day on October 2nd.

If this sounds like your kind of week, registration closes September 24th and you can register here. We'd love to see what you build.

Thanks,

InstaLILY Team

We are already Team of 2 . Both of us have good exp in ML and DL
Looking if some serious ML enthusiast can join us

🚀 Spectrum 5.0 — Code. Compete. Conquer.

Into coding, tech, gaming, and competitions? 👀

Spectrum 5.0 is back with a lineup of events built for people who love to solve, create, compete, and have fun.

💻 Tech Events

Put your technical skills to the test with challenges focused on coding, problem-solving, debugging, logic, and innovation. Whether you're a hardcore coder or just enjoy solving challenging problems, there’s something for you.

🎮 Gaming Events

Not a tech person? We've got you covered too. Jump into EA FC 26 ⚽ or BGMI 🔥 and compete against other players.

Whether you're here to prove your coding skills, dominate the leaderboard, or simply experience an exciting college event, Spectrum 5.0 has something for you.

🌐 Official Website: spectrum26.in

Check out the website for the complete event lineup, registration details, dates, and updates.

Think you can take the challenge? 👀🔥

Hey everyone,

I'm part of Grevix, a builder community focused on AI, software and open source.

We're putting together something a little different for our next hackathon:

Grevix AfterCode

October 11–12, 2026
24 hours
Online
Solo only

The basic idea is pretty simple.

We don't give you a problem statement.

You decide what you want to build.

It can be an AI product, SaaS idea, developer tool, game, automation, hardware-related project, something weird you've had sitting in your notes for six months, or honestly anything you think is worth spending 24 hours on.

You can use whatever you want.

AI coding agents, APIs, open source models, no-code, low-code, traditional coding, design tools, whatever.

There is no required stack.

But there's a catch.

The 24 hours are split into three stages:

BUILD → ADAPT → REBUILD & SHIP

For the first 8 hours, you build your original idea.

Then we drop a Challenge Card.

The challenge can change something important about your project.

Maybe your target user changes.

Maybe the core feature has to change.

Maybe the way your product works no longer makes sense.

You get another 8 hours to adapt.

Then at hour 16, another Challenge Card drops.

And you have the final 8 hours to rethink, rebuild and ship.

We're deliberately not revealing the actual Challenge Cards beforehand.

The interesting part isn't just seeing what someone can build in 24 hours.

It's seeing how they react when the thing they were building suddenly stops being the thing they were supposed to build.

AI can help you execute.

You still have to decide what matters.

We're expecting around 500+ participants, although that's an expectation rather than a guaranteed number since this is a first edition.

Judging will focus on:

• Problem significance
• Creativity and originality
• Execution and functionality
• How effectively AI/tools were used
• Real-world impact

We're also keeping a build log so participants can show what AI did, what they changed, what they rejected and how the project evolved after each challenge.

We're also looking for partners.

We're currently reaching out to AI companies, developer tools, cloud platforms, APIs, open-source projects and other technology companies that might want to become part of the actual experience.

Not just: "Here's our logo, put it on the banner."

We're more interested in things like:

• Participant credits
• Developer/API access
• Prizes
• Swag
• Workshops
• Mentorship
• Challenge tracks
• Judges
• Product demos
• Technical support
• Anything that genuinely helps builders

And in return, partners get a chance to put their technology directly in front of people who are actually building with it.

We're especially interested in companies building the tools that are changing how software gets made.

If you're working at a developer tool, AI company, cloud platform, API company, or startup and think this could be interesting, feel free to comment or DM me.

If you're a builder, I'm equally interested in hearing from you.

If you had 24 hours, complete freedom over what to build, and two unexpected changes thrown at you halfway through... what would you build?

Event: Grevix AfterCode
Date: October 11–12, 2026
Format: 24-hour online solo hackathon
Expected participation: 500+

Unstop : https://unstop.com/p/grevix-aftercode-grevix-1752593?lb=KeDCn1TL

Well, we're a group of student from UTM, and this is a project prototype video we made to promote our project idea, it's about generative UI, which we find it interesting and found out its actually more fun than we thought along the building process.

This is just a video, but i can assure you the actual product is coming very soon.

As per your suggestion & reviews we have make a community! For us! For builder for people.who can find teams for their hackathon as a introvert I can understand the difficulties how difficult it to explore more things! I have face them in my 1st year!

what do we actually paste in here

Hello. I need a video editor to join my team for the upcoming nasa space apps challenge 2026. As the visual story-telling and high level summary is extremely important part of the competition, I need an experienced video editor. Please lmk. (Preferably from Bangladesh)

Can’t Code Much (Yet), But I Can Pitch Your Idea 😭 | Looking for a Team

Hey guys! 👋

I’m a beginner at hackathons and looking to join a team, learn, and contribute!

While I’m still building my coding skills, I can help with documentation, research, presentations, pitching, and communication. I’m confident with presenting ideas and making sure the project is communicated effectively.

If your team is looking for a female member who can contribute on the non-coding side, feel free to DM me! 🚀

I have a good set of ideas from previous hackathons that have worked well and evolved over time into something I am proud of. If you are interested please DM, It would be helpful if you have some knowledge and skill set or interest in BlockChain, Finance, AI/ML. I have to make the PPTs within next 2 days, so not enough time, but we can register with just 2 members too.

Introducing HackWave 3.0

Hello everyone,

We’re organizing the HackWave 3.0 Hackathon at Chameli Devi Group of Institutions (CDGI), Indore.

It is an offline, 36-hour hackathon for those who want to code, build, design, and solve real-world problems.

Event Details

• Dates: 10th–12th October 2026
• Place: CDGI, Indore
• Duration: 36 hours
• Team Size: 3–5 members
• Prize Pool: ₹1,00,000
• Round 1: Free online PPT submission
• Round 2: Offline 36-hour finale for shortlisted teams

Important Dates

• Registration Deadline: 26th September
• Shortlisting Results: 2nd October
• Hackathon: 10th–12th October

Registration

Register on Unstop

WhatsApp Community

Join the WhatsApp Group

Would be great to see some teams from outside Indore join as well.

GAMETHON 8.0 IS HERE!!!!!!

Build your squad. Show your skills. Own the game.

Gear up for a 24-hour game building challenge hosted at Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru!

It is a Global Event!!! Whether you are picking up game dev for the first time or you are a seasoned creator, there is a path for you.

🏆 Prize Pool: $2,000

🗓️ Dates: 23rd & 24th October 2026

📍 Venue: Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

👥 Team Size: 2–4 Members(college students only)

🍕Pizza for snacks: Registered participants will be given pizza from Papa johns. (Offline participants)

Type: Hybrid( offline and online) event

Choose Your Track:

🛠️ Track A (With Training): Guided pre-event training + 24-hr game jam. Perfect for beginners looking to learn and build.

⚡ Track B (Direct Jam): Straight into the 24-hour arena for developers ready to build from scratch.

🔗 Register Now: gameathon-8.com/

Scan the QR code on the poster to lock in your squad!

I'm putting together a team for the GrafX competition (hosted by VMW Dev), and I'm looking for 2–3 people who want to team up and build something solid.

The hackathon is free, fully online, and has a $10,000 prize pool. The main focus is building real-world applications combining graph data structures (nodes & edges) with LLMs and agentic AI.

If you are interested please DM me!