A LITTLE CLARITY.
A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

No. Bring a team of 4 currently enrolled students from recognized Indian colleges.

To be announced. The final eligibility guidelines will clarify cross-college teams.

Only for the Grand Finale at Bangalore Palace. The preliminary round is fully online.

Travel and accommodation arrangements for finalists are to be announced.

A working prototype. The finale is for presenting, demonstrating and judging, not building from scratch.

Participation in the online preliminary round is 100% free of charge. Any fee for the Grand Finale will be announced.

Pre-existing work stays with participants. Terms for work created during the hackathon will be published before registration closes. Using HackCulture does not transfer ownership.

On the Challenges page: twenty statements under eight sectoral themes, from the JanAI Mass Entrepreneurship Challenge. You can also download them as a PDF brochure.

Yes. Sandboxed or simulated integrations are allowed as long as they are disclosed, and mock integrations are clearly labelled wherever public or banking systems lack open interfaces.

₹3,00,000 for the overall winner, plus ₹1,00,000 for first place and ₹50,000 for second place in each of the eight themes: a ₹15,00,000 prize pool.

On two dimensions. The technical dimension covers architecture, quality of AI, a working prototype and innovation, while the entrepreneurial dimension covers problem relevance, market, business model, scalability and job creation. Final criteria and weightages are published with the registration details.

Email the organising team at tech4bharath@rvce.edu.in. All enquiries are handled by email.