IIT Kanpur invites applications for hackathon, apply now

IIT Kanpur invites applications for hackathon, apply now

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New Delhi, Updated on Dec 14, 2022 16:24 IST

Interested candidates can apply for Hack & Reboot 2.0 till December 18, 2022 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur’s Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) has invited applications for Hack & Reboot 2.0, a national-level hackathon. The event is conducted every year with the aim to create opportunities for young budding engineering students, innovators, startups to showcase their creative thinking and innovations for the betterment of the society. Students, innovators and startups will get a platform to interact with innovators of SIIC and experts who have distinguished themselves with contributions in engineering R&D, industry and academia. 

The hackathon is being organised under the TIDE 2.0 scheme supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched to support technology startups working in emerging technologies through financial and technical support.  

A prototyping fund will be awarded to the selected solutions under the TIDE 2.0 programme, in the healthcare and clean energy domains. 

The hackathon offers customised hand-holding and problem-resolving portfolio support, access to IIT Kanpur infrastructure and mentorship, follow-up funding opportunities and industry connections and opportunity for physical incubation at SIIC. 

The application window opened on November 11, 2022. The last date to apply is December 18, 2022. The pitch presentation round will be hosted at IIT Kanpur’s Outreach Centre, Noida. The participants can identify their own problem statements or choose one of the proposed problem statements listed on SIIC’s webpage. 

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