Startup Competitions & Hackathons in India

Global virtual hackathon using Claude Code with Opus 4.7, offering a ₹93 lakh prize pool and ₹46,500 API credits for participants. Open to Indian builders.

India's premier 4-day builder residency in Goa for top developers, designers, and AI/Crypto creators, focused on shipping real products with ₹46.5 lakh+ in bounties.

Hack-Nation India: A global AI hackathon offering over ₹27.9 lakh in cash and Open AI API credits, plus ₹1.4 crore+ in API credits for participants.

A two-stage challenge inviting innovators to develop an AI-powered mobile application for digitizing India's 10 core battery fitness tests, with a prize pool of over ₹46 lakh and direct deployment opportunity with the Sports Authority of India.

Dayananda Sagar University's national 36-hour hackathon for student developers, designers, and innovators, featuring a total prize pool of ₹20 Lakhs+.

A challenge to find, back, and scale innovations that turn plastic, textile, and food waste into value across India, offering non-dilutive prizes and a pathway to further funding.

Join the OpenAI Codex Community Hackathon in Kochi to build intelligent systems and developer tools, competing for OpenAI API credits and ChatGPT Pro subscriptions.

Pre-incubation cohort by Maruti Suzuki & IIM Calcutta Innovation Park for early-stage startups in mobility, manufacturing, sustainability and social impact — ₹13 lakh cash rewards, paid PoC and Japan immersion.

India's premier startup competition offering mentorship, exposure, and funding up to ₹10 Lakhs for startups of all sizes and industries.

India's premier startup competition — pitch your ideas, get mentorship, and win funding up to ₹10 Lakhs.

India's premier startup competition offering mentorship, exposure, and funding up to ₹10 Lakhs for startups of all sizes and industries.

India's premier startup competition offering mentorship, exposure, and funding up to ₹10 Lakhs for startups of all sizes and industries.

India's premier startup competition offering mentorship, exposure, and funding up to ₹10 Lakhs for startups of all sizes and industries.

India's premier startup competition offering mentorship, exposure, and funding up to ₹10 Lakhs for startups of all sizes and industries.

India's premier startup competition offering mentorship, exposure, and funding up to ₹10 Lakhs for startups of all sizes and industries.

India's premier startup competition — pitch your idea, get mentorship, and win funding up to ₹10 Lakhs.

A 3-day offline hackathon in Bengaluru for experienced developers to build production-grade AI solutions on edge devices — $6,000 prize pool.

Odoo Hackathon 2026 is Asia's largest recruitment hackathon, offering a ₹5,00,000 cash prize pool and direct job opportunities for coders aged 18+.

The third week of Locus' virtual Paygentic Hackathon series, focusing on CheckoutWithLocus, with a share of ₹3.72 lakh in prizes.

HackPrix Season 3 is a 2-day in-person hackathon in Kismatpur, India, designed to encourage new hackers to build unique and meaningful projects across diverse technologies.

India's premier pitch competition for college students, founders, and early-stage startups — ₹3 lakh prize pool, judged by IIT professors and industry leaders.

HackPrix Season 3 is a 36-hour in-person student hackathon in Hyderabad, India, offering a ₹2.79 lakh+ prize pool for building innovative solutions.