Gujarat Police

Check the status first

• Submissions are closed, so confirm whether new registrations are accepted before you prepare an entry.
• The homepage still shows Register Now and Participate Now buttons, and the site does not settle which status is current.
• The contact email for the challenge is listed on this page.

Choose the right category

• Students, graduates, postgraduates, doctoral scholars, academic or research teams and DPIIT-recognised startups apply in Category 1.
• Companies, industry partners, system integrators, technology solution providers, LLPs, partnerships and other established enterprises apply in Category 2.
• The About page describes legally registered startups as welcome, while the category rules name DPIIT-recognised startups. Check which applies before you enter.

Build for deployment, not a demo

• The challenge asks for scalable, secure, interoperable and deployment-ready solutions.
• Phase 1 runs against about 50 live-simulated feeds from different departments, so plan for footage from several sources.
• The organisers say the test is designed to separate production-ready solutions from prototypes.

Know how teams advance

• Phase 1 ranks teams, and the site gives two different rules for who reaches the six finalists: the top three in each category, or the six highest-ranked teams overall. Check with the organisers which one applies.
• Results and prize distribution are scheduled for 13 October 2026.

Gujarat Police runs the CCTV Integration Hackathon, a challenge organised by the Home Department of the Government of Gujarat. It invites innovators to solve real-world public safety challenges with scalable, secure, interoperable and deployment-ready solutions. Contact details list an office at the State Crime Record Bureau in Sector 18, Gandhinagar.

How the challenge works

The challenge has two phases. Phase 1 is a sandbox round. After registration, teams can access about 50 geographically distributed live-simulated camera feeds from different departments. The test is designed to separate production-ready solutions from prototypes. Phase 1 gives prizes to the top three teams in each category, and consolation awards to the next four best-performing teams, selected across both categories. Phase 2 has its own prize pool, which includes a Grand Winner prize. A Special Jury Award is also given for standout innovation, technical excellence, originality or impact.

Submissions are now closed. The last date to apply and upload a submission was 28 September 2026. The hackathon event runs at i-Hub Gujarat on 12 and 13 October 2026, and results and prize distribution are scheduled for 13 October 2026.

Who can apply

There are two categories. Category 1 covers students, graduates, postgraduates, doctoral scholars, academic or research teams and DPIIT-recognised startups. Category 2 covers companies, industry partners, system integrators, technology solution providers, LLPs, partnerships and other established enterprises. The About page describes legally registered startups as welcome, while the category rules name DPIIT-recognised startups.

The test data

The challenge describes 30+ cameras, with about 12 hours of CCTV footage from each, drawn from five Government departments: Health, Police, GSRTC, Panchayat and Municipal Corporation. The test runs on a live simulation pipeline. The homepage describes working with footage from live Government CCTV infrastructure. Other pages describe about 50 live-simulated feeds for onboarding, and the site does not say how those feeds relate to the 30+ cameras.

The challenge also notes that 26 Government departments each run their own standalone camera system. It asks for solutions that could support a secure, intelligent CCTV network across Gujarat at a scale of 80,000+ cameras. That is a design scale, not a count of cameras already installed.

Who runs it

Gujarat Police describes the challenge as an initiative for India's builders, and the Home Department of the Government of Gujarat organises it. The challenge describes itself as a Government-backed, statewide innovation platform. Its knowledge partners are the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) and Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT). The homepage logo names the second partner as Dhirubhai Ambani University, and the site does not reconcile the two names. The technology partner is i-Hub Gujarat, which the site lists as a Gujarat Government enterprise.

Locations

Contact details list an office at the State Crime Record Bureau, Next to Police Bhawan, Sector 18, Gandhinagar. The hackathon event is held at i-Hub Gujarat.

How to apply

Registration is free. The homepage says submissions are closed, yet it still shows Register Now and Participate Now buttons that link to the registration page. The site does not say whether new registrations are being accepted, so check with the organisers before you register.