Overview
DYPDPU Hackathon is one of the biggest Hackathon on emerging technologies like GenAI, AI/Ml, Web/Blockchain, IoT. The 30 hour Hackathon is being organized by Dr. D. Y. Patil Dnyan Prasad University's, School of Management and Research, Pune.
For more details about the University: www.smr.dypdpu.edu.in
The Challenges have been sourced from Industry patrons and you get the advantage of renowned Industry mentors for any support and hand-holding.
Get ready to win huge incentives including Cash Prizes, Funding for your idea, Market Access, Mentoring and Paid PoC with potential Customers.
Key Stakeholders
Mentors
Prasanna Lohar
Chief Executive Officer
Block Stack
Pankaj Diwan
Founder
Idealabs FTV
Sharat Chandra
Blockchain & Emerging Tech Evangelist
IBF
Kajal Shah
Adv App/Cloud Supp & Eng Sr Manager
Accenture
Kamlesh Nagware
Co-founder
FSV Capital
Dharmen Dhulla
Co-Founder, CTO
AssetCues
Manish Gupta
Director
SAP India
Ravinder Pal Singh
Director Software Engineering
Amdocs
Rohan S Raverkar
Vice President
Barclays
Shivam Oswal
Solution Architect
Kipi.ai
Kalyan Kulkarni
Co-Founder & CTO
Ayanworks Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Adrija Dey
PMO - SAP Delivery
Volkswagen GroupTechnology Solutions India
Timeline
Launch Feb1, 2025
Applications Acceptance: Feb 22th, 2025
Shortlisting Feb 28, 2025
AMA Session Mar 03, 2025
Hackathon March 7-8, 2025
Incentives
Theme
Partners
Investment Partners
Silverneedle
Investment Partners
Sucseed Indovation Fund
Investment Partners
Chaincode consultancy
Technology Partners
FAQs
Applications for DYPDPU Hackathon 1.0 are open from February 1, 2025 Register on the platform to receive updates regularly.
Platform url:-https://DYPDPUhackathon.talentfarm.ai/
At Dr. D. Y. Patil Dnyan Prasad University, School of Management and Research, Pune
The mode of the Hackathon is offline (in person) on March 7-8, 2025.
Participation in DYPDPU Hackathon 1.0 is completely free.
Students, Developers and Startups
We are flexible with team size. The minimum size of the team is 3 and maximum size 5. However, we would recommend a team size of 4 members.
The Jury panel will comprise of Leaders from Industry, Academia and Investors. The names will be announced closer to the date of the Finale.
The prize pool of DYPDPU Hackathon 1.0 includes Cash prizes, opportunity to meet best-in-class mentors, Internship and job opportunities, and connect with investors for funding your ideas.
Checkout the info on this same page above.
The final pitching will be in person to the Jury Panel on March 8,2025
You are welcome to use any library, component etc provided you are following the guidelines. Do not share anything that cannot be shared on a public forum as per the licensing guidelines by the owner of those components /libraries.
The choice of technology stack, programming language, etc is entirely your choice.
This is an open competition and we do not bear any responsibility of protecting the IP as it will be reviewed by multiple mentors and peer reviewed. Please share things which are ok to be shared/ Do not share anything that cannot be shared on a public forum.
Please mail us on hackthon.smr@dypdpu.edu.in and we will update this list as well so that everybody profits from the answer.
The Hackathon is centred around emerging technologies like GenAI, AI/ML, IoT, Web 3.0, Blockchain and Metaverse broadly. Multiple sponsors and technology companies have shared problem statements.
Our partners and sponsors regularly share material, conduct workshops and AMA sessions. Keep checking your email and keep visiting the platform to get the latest updates
Here is the youtube playlist link for all navigation on the Hackathon platform:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0tQpKbuCXYOEzIUj6Obrh-bR_em3rlWN&si=5lk7spAgnb9D55hY