Dates

  • Hackathon Start: September 18th, 2025, 01:00 AM IST

  • Hackathon Ends: November 18th, 2025, 11:00 PM IST

  • Winners Announced: December 1st, 2025, 11:00 PM IST

 

Eligibility

  • Open to all students across the world

  • Individual participation only

  • Must register with college email via provided links to get early access to Comet Browser

 

Project and Submission Requirements

  • Must leverage Comet Browser in some way

  • Must fall under one of the hackathon tracks

  • Include project description, workflow, or demo

  • Optional: links to code repositories, videos, or slides

 

Prizes

Track Winner Cash + Certificate
Smart Learning 1 ₹1,000 + Certificate of Excellence
Automation 1 ₹1,000 + Certificate of Excellence
Knowledge Discovery 1 ₹1,000 + Certificate of Excellence
Open Innovation 1 ₹1,000 + Certificate of Excellence

All participants: Certificate of Participation ✅

 

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

  • Innovation (25%) – Creativity and originality

  • Usefulness (25%) – Practical value for students

  • Execution (25%) – Clarity, polish, and presentation

  • Impact (25%) – Potential to scale beyond students

 

Judges:

  • Jishanahmed AR Shaikh - Full Stack Developer @ PassionBytes PVT LTD
  • Prasad Sawant - Co-Founder @ LetsUpgrade , Co-Organiser @ ML Mumbai & FlutterFlow Developer Group Mumbai
  • Prashant R Dalai - SDE 2 @ Direction Software LLP , Flutter Developer
  • Manas S Nanivadekar - Research Intern @ IISc Bangalore, Cloud Engineer, IIT Madras
  • Om S Bhojane - AI Engineer, ex-Intern @ Cars24