System Siege
By Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), Chennai
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Quick Answer
A systems-focused engineering hackathon where teams build, ship, attack, and defend live products over 24 hours.
- Funding amount
- Up to ₹20,000
- Funding type
- Competition
- Provider
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), Chennai
- Application deadline
- Closed
- Location
- Open to startups registered in India
Results & next round
Applications for this round closed on 15 July 2026. The organiser has not published a selection list that we can verify yet.
Selections for this programme are announced by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), Chennai. Official links are listed under Sources below.
We update this page when results are published, and when the next round opens.
About this competition
System Siege is a systems-focused engineering competition organised by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), Chennai. Unlike typical hackathons, this event tests your ability to build a product from scratch, ship it live, think adversarially, respond under pressure, and recover gracefully from attacks. It rewards strong engineering judgment across the entire lifecycle — building, breaking, defending, learning, and hardening under pressure.
Who Should Apply Open to all undergraduate students. Teams of 2 to 4 members. Inter-college and inter-specialisation teams are allowed. All team members must actively participate in building, defending, and presenting.
What You Can Build Your project must be deployable, testable, and accessible during the entire event. Allowed project types: web applications, APIs with usable interfaces, browser-based tools, dashboards, and containerised multi-service systems. Not allowed: hardware-dependent projects, mobile apps, kernel-level OS modifications, non-functional mockups, or projects needing manual environment rescue.
Format & Timeline Phase 1 (Build Window): 6 hours on 16 July 2026 — teams build and deploy an MVP. Phase 2 (Live Game Window): Continuous 18 hours from 16 July to 17 July — repositories become visible, bug reporting opens, and teams attack and defend each other's systems. Scoring includes build quality, attack points, recovery points, and time decay for unpatched bugs. No team is eliminated; a score floor of 25 points keeps everyone in the game.
Prizes 1st: ₹10,000 + Internship at Nithilam Tech 2nd: ₹6,000 3rd: ₹4,000 Total cash prize pool: ₹20,000.
Eligibility Open to all undergraduates. Team size: 2 to 4 members. Inter-college teams allowed. All code must be original work created during the event.
How to Apply Register by 15 July 2026 via the Unstop link. Registration fee: ₹300 per team.
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Organizers
Organizer
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), Chennai
Prizes & Awards
- Amount
- Up to ₹20,000
What You Get
This is a cash-prize competition, not an investment or loan. Prizes go to the top three teams: ₹10,000 for 1st place plus an internship at Nithilam Tech, ₹6,000 for 2nd, and ₹4,000 for 3rd, making a total prize pool of ₹20,000. The internship is a non-cash benefit tied to winning, giving the first-place team direct industry exposure. All other support is in the form of the competition experience itself — building, attacking, defending, and presenting a live system.
How to apply
Four steps from draft to disbursement — one action each.
- 1
Submit on the official portal
Use the official application link and verify all details before final submission.
- 2
Follow up
Reach out 5–7 days after submitting to confirm receipt and ask about the review timeline.
