Registration Details — IMPORTANT PLEASE READ
₹150 per person
Please register your team on the website and fill in the Ideathon Google Form as well to be considered for the hackathon. 
Join this WhatsApp group for updates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/K6uD3gRk6h3Z8mYI2
Once you've added all members and if your team is shortlisted via the Ideathon round, 
our team will contact you to confirm your registration. Please be patient. 
 
⚠ REGISTRATIONS CLOSE on 31st October (Monday) at 11:59 AM (Noon). 

NOTE: Hackathon themes will differ from Ideathon problem statements. 
The Ideathon simply filters out the top 50 teams for the final showdown!
Prize Pool
1st Place
₹25,000
2nd Place
₹15,000
3rd Place
₹10,000
Refreshments
4 meals - Snacks, Lunch and Dinner on Day 1 and Breakfast on Day 2
Themes & Problem Statements
1. Reimagine the Mundane
The Challenge: Take a daily object, boring task, or common routine and reinvent it. Find the magic hiding in the everyday things we all take for granted.
Why This Matters: Everyone has mundane routines—this is your chance to make them extraordinary. Innovation doesn't always need to be cutting-edge; sometimes it's about reimagining what's already in front of us.
2. Art, Code, & Chaos
The Challenge: Create something that is useless but beautiful, or useful because it's beautiful. Build at the intersection of technology and human expression—where function meets feeling.
Why This Matters: Not every project needs a business model. This track celebrates pure creativity and experimentation, giving designers, artists, and coders permission to play without constraints.
3. Retro-Future
The Challenge: What if a past era had today's technology? Or what if today's tech wore a retro aesthetic? Explore the collision of nostalgia and imagined futures.
Why This Matters: It's a stylistic playground with clear creative direction but total technical freedom. Build something that feels like yesterday and tomorrow at the same time.
4. Hack the System
The Challenge: Find a system that's broken, inefficient, or unfair—then build a tool to fix it. Target bureaucratic, social, or digital systems that need disruption.
Why This Matters: This channels the classic hacker ethos of challenging the status quo. These projects have the potential for real-world impact, empowering people to navigate systems designed to exclude them.
5. Tech for the Margins
The Challenge: Build technology that bridges the gap between capability and opportunity for underserved communities. Create tools that address real barriers in accessibility, communication, mobility, or daily independence. Design for agency, not charity.
Why This Matters: Accessibility isn't niche—1 in 6 people worldwide has a significant disability, and 96.8% of top websites fail accessibility standards. By building for the margins, you create solutions with universal impact. This is about removing systemic barriers and designing for the full spectrum of human experience.
Fun Activities
Join the lighter side of Hackerwrath — we've lined up a mix of short, high-energy events to keep you sharp and entertained between builds.
Mini games
Puzzles & brainteasers
CTF (Capture The Flag) — a beginner-friendly CTF for you to try to crack while the code cracks you.
Surprise pop-ups — lightning talks, micro workshops, and other spontaneous events across the event.
Prizes, timings and rules will be announced on-stage and in the schedule. Keep an eye on the timeline and event board for exact start times — and bring your A-game!