Hackathons in India, open now
Build something in a weekend, in a team, and leave with a project you can show. 164 hackathons open in India now, 57 closing this week, ₹78.5L in listed prizes, 64 online. Dates, fees and prizes from the organisers' own listings, refreshed daily.
Open now
164
Close this week
57
Online
64
In prizes
₹78.5L
Closing this week
Registration shuts first on these. Sorted by deadline.
- Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge
Cyber HX · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 3,852 registeredSecurityTesting - Hack'em Hex
Galgotias University (GU), Greater Noida · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowDelhi NCRFree 374 registered - Startup Street 11
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore 19 registered - Battlecode
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore ₹10K 6 registered - What The Flag
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore ₹8K 2 registeredSecurity - Manufacture Your Dream: RC Car Building and Racing
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore 14 registered - EC-Council HackAI Challenge: RACEx360
REVA Academy for Corporate Excellence, Bangalore, Karnataka · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnline ₹1.8L 79 registeredSecurityAI/ML - Idea Competition 2026
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (FRCRCE), Bandra · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptOnlineFree 653 registered - Vivekananda Innovation Hackathon 2026
Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptOnlineFree 523 registered - Celestia 2.0
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptVellore 53 registered
Biggest prizes
As the organisers list them.
- Hypnexis 2026
Manipal University (MU), Jaipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 OctJaipur ₹10L 78 registered - MOSIP Decode 2026
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree ₹5L 1,604 registered - Navonmesh 26 - A National Level Hackathon (In Collaboration with Qualcomm)
Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology, Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptRaipur ₹2.8L 77 registeredAI/MLComputer vision - MST Blockchain x Newrro 24-Hour Buildathon
BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptBengaluru ₹2.5L 421 registeredRESTAPIs - Dogfood | 72-Hour Hackathon
Hackathon Raptors · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.5L 2,279 registered - Amazon ML Challenge 2026
Amazon · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.3L 20,528 registered - Hacker's Gambit 2026
Jaihind college of Engineering Kuran · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.3L 1,391 registered - Tech Horizon 2.0 - National Level Hackathon
Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus (GNITC), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptHyderabad ₹2.1L 2,165 registeredCloudAI/ML
Join from anywhere
Online, most registered first.
- Amazon ML Challenge 2026
Amazon · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.3L 20,528 registered - "National Research & Innovation Challenge Season 3 by 3SVK – 4K+ Registrations"
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUH), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 OctOnlineFree 4,212 registered - Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge
Cyber HX · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 3,852 registeredSecurityTesting - Hack Devengers 2.0
Devengers · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptOnlineFree ₹50K 2,413 registered - Agentic AI Hackathon
Product Space · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptOnlineFree ₹80K 2,389 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Dogfood | 72-Hour Hackathon
Hackathon Raptors · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.5L 2,279 registered - Lun4R CTF 2026
Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹1L 1,985 registeredSecurity - Hackathon to Solve India's Garbage Problem
Wonksknow India Technologies Pvt Ltd · listed on Unstop
Register by 10 OctOnlineFree 1,622 registered
Where they are
All 164 open hackathons
By deadline. Each opens the organiser's listing to register.
- Null Origin - 24 Hour CTF Challenge
Cyber HX · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 3,852 registeredSecurityTesting - Hack'em Hex
Galgotias University (GU), Greater Noida · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowDelhi NCRFree 374 registered - Startup Street 11
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore 19 registered - Battlecode
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore ₹10K 6 registered - What The Flag
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore ₹8K 2 registeredSecurity - Manufacture Your Dream: RC Car Building and Racing
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowVellore 14 registered - EC-Council HackAI Challenge: RACEx360
REVA Academy for Corporate Excellence, Bangalore, Karnataka · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowOnline ₹1.8L 79 registeredSecurityAI/ML - Idea Competition 2026
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (FRCRCE), Bandra · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptOnlineFree 653 registered - Vivekananda Innovation Hackathon 2026
Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptOnlineFree 523 registered - Celestia 2.0
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptVellore 53 registered - ARC's Line Follower Hackathon
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET), Coimbatore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptCoimbatore ₹22K 16 registered - Hack Devengers 2.0
Devengers · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptOnlineFree ₹50K 2,413 registered - IGNITRRON'26 - Project J.A.R.V.I.S (24 HR HACKATHON )
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET), Coimbatore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptCoimbatore ₹50K 70 registered - Artemis 2026 | National Level Hardware Hackathon
D.Y. Patil Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology (RAIT), Navi Mumbai · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptMumbai ₹50K 31 registeredAutomation - Bower Builder Hackathon
Bower school of entrepreneurship · listed on Unstop
Closes in 2 days · 17 SeptHyderabadFree 5 registeredCommunication - HackIndore 4.0 – 24‑Hour National Hackathon
Shri G. S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptIndore ₹40K 177 registered - Build With Bharat 3.0
Chitkara University (CU), Himachal Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptBaddiFree 1,568 registered - Medha 2026 (Medical Device Hackathon)
GH Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptNagpur ₹13K 3 registered - Innov8 4.0: A Hackathon by Eightfold Ai X Aries IIT Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptDelhi NCRFree ₹1.5L 2,195 registered - Zinnovatio 4.0
Chandigarh University (CU), Ajitgarh, Punjab · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptMohaliFree 798 registered - ACM Marketsphere 2026
R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptOnlineFree ₹20K 553 registeredFinancial modeling - Hackosquad Cyber Week 2026: Learn, Hack & Compete in 7 Days
hackosquadCTF · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptOnlineFree 434 registeredSecurityTesting - EPINOIA : The Hackathon Event
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptIndoreFree ₹25K 187 registered - MARKATHON 2.0 – India's Biggest Marketing Innovation Challenge
IcyPluto · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptMumbaiFree 115 registered - Enigma 5.0 - Genesis: Beyond The Future
SIES Graduate School of Technology, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 18 SeptMumbai ₹51K 549 registered - Win, If You Can: Code The Solution
S.R.M Institute of Science and Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptOnlineFree 25 registered - Agentic AI Hackathon
Product Space · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptOnlineFree ₹80K 2,389 registeredAPIsAI/ML - TechRoom Innovation Challenge
Arya College of Engineering and Information Technology (ACEIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptOnlineFree 46 registered - Signal Quest – IEEE SPS Hackathon 2026
CMR Institute Of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptBengaluruFree 319 registered - Aven Coding Hackathon 2.0
Kartexa · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptOnlineFree 289 registered - Udbhav'26 – Idea. Build. Pitch.
Pimpri Chinchwad College Of Engineering & Research · listed on Unstop
Closes in 4 days · 19 SeptOnline ₹16K 35 registered - MST Blockchain x Newrro 24-Hour Buildathon
BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptBengaluru ₹2.5L 421 registeredRESTAPIs - AI Skill Sprint 1.0
Chandigarh University (CU), Ajitgarh, Punjab · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptMohali ₹10K 214 registered - NeuraMorphix HackForge 2026
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Kattankulathur, Chennai · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree 1,193 registered - Void Hacks() 8.0
Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya (SVVV), Indore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptIndoreFree ₹1L 463 registeredSecurity - ET AI Hackathon: Agentic Edition | Presented by Accenture
Economic Times · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree ₹2L 1,094 registered - Synapse 1.0 | SIT Flagship Hackathon 2026 | 8-Hour AI Hackathon
Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Pune · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptPuneFree 604 registered - YC Fall 2026 x Moss: The Zero Latency Builder Sprint
HiDevs · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptBengaluruFree ₹50K 485 registered - Global SDG & AI Hackathon 2026
Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Pune · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptPune ₹15K 165 registered - AutoPilot Hackathon: Ahmedabad Edition
Supervity · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree 83 registeredAI/MLCommunication - WCPC 2K26
CodeChef WCE Chapter · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptSangli ₹30K 29 registered - MOSIP Decode 2026
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree ₹5L 1,604 registered - Amazon ML Challenge 2026
Amazon · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.3L 20,528 registered - Vibeathon 2026
A.C. Patil College of Engineering Department of Information Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptKharghar 425 registered - Seattle GiveCamp 2026
Seattle GiveCamp · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptRedmondFree 108 registered - Startup Sprint Challenge 2026
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptBhopalFree ₹30K 136 registered - Code Club Round 2 - Technical Online Assessment
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women (CCOEW), Pune · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 20 SeptOnlineFree 101 registered - The Pareidolia Paradox
SIES GST Nerul · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 21 SeptOnline 99 registered - Agenticthon 2026 – AI & Agentic Technology Hackathon
Mahendra Engineering College (MEC), Namakkal · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 21 SeptMallasamudramFree ₹12K 15 registered - Avartan - Sustainability Ideathon
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 22 SeptOnlineFree ₹1L 105 registeredAnalytics - HackTheStack
Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Institute of Management and Research (BVIMR), New Delhi · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 22 SeptDelhi NCR ₹1L 132 registeredCommunication - Aether HackConquest Hackathon
Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (TCET), Mumbai · listed on Unstop
Register by 23 SeptOnlineFree 637 registered - HerSpark Ideathon 2026
Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (TCET), Mumbai · listed on Unstop
Register by 23 SeptMumbaiFree 57 registered - Ideathon 2026 – Innovation for Impact
Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering for Women, Pune · listed on Unstop
Register by 23 SeptOnlineFree 305 registered - Agnitia 2026 : 36 Hours National Level Hackathon
Prestige Institute of Engineering, Management and Research (PIEMR), Indore · listed on Unstop
Register by 23 SeptIndore ₹1.3L 110 registered - Secura
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Trichy · listed on Unstop
Register by 23 SeptTiruchirappalliFree 91 registeredSecurity - VibeCraft
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Trichy · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptTiruchirappalliFree 167 registered - Data Wars
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Trichy · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptTiruchirappalliFree ₹18K 24 registered - Build for Billions
National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptMangaluruFree ₹1L 106 registered - ZeroBreach 2.0 CTF 2026
Sanjivani College of Engineering (SCE), Kopargaon · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptOnline ₹20K 53 registeredSecurity - Quantique - Quantum Hackathon
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Nuzvid · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptOnlineFree ₹1.8L 733 registered - PROMPTOTHON 2026: AI Edition | 24-Hour Hackathon
AVN Institute of Engineering and Technology (AVN IET), Ramdaspally, Telangana · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptHyderabad ₹40K 253 registeredAI/MLAutomation - National Level Hackathon
Shivalik College of Engineering (SCE), Dehradun · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptDehradun ₹1.6L 128 registered - Codestorm - 2K26
Narsimha Reddy Engineering College, Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 SeptHyderabad 4 registered - Hack Odyssey 4.0
GDG Krishnankoil · listed on Google Developer Groups
Register by 25 SeptKrishnankoilFree - Paradox Hackathon
Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptKolkataFree ₹30K 428 registered - The Black-Box Protocol: Stage 03 - System Convergence
TECHhelp4U · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptKurukshetraFree ₹2L 490 registeredCloudAI/ML - Dogfood | 72-Hour Hackathon
Hackathon Raptors · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.5L 2,279 registered - CodeRumble 4.0
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptJabalpurFree ₹20K 321 registered - Hacker's Gambit 2026
Jaihind college of Engineering Kuran · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptOnlineFree ₹2.3L 1,391 registered - Data Analytics Hackathon
Gradient Learnings · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptOnlineFree ₹60K 1,306 registered - Hackwave 3.0
Chameli Devi Group of Institutions · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 SeptIndore ₹1L 241 registered - Ideation'26
SIES Graduate School of Technology, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra · listed on Unstop
Register by 26 SeptMumbai ₹30K 123 registeredProduct managementCommunication - HackMatrix 5.0
PCCOE'S GFG STUDENT CHAPTER · listed on Unstop
Register by 26 SeptPune ₹70K 169 registered - Qiskit Fall Fest 2026
SRM University, Amaravati · listed on Unstop
Register by 26 SeptMangalagiriFree 14 registered - HackCelestial 3.0
Pillai University, Navi Mumbai · listed on Unstop
Register by 27 SeptMumbai ₹1.5L 2,294 registered - EIC VentureX: Idea To Impact Hackathon
Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh · listed on Unstop
Register by 27 SeptOnlineFree 552 registered - Quant-A-Maze 3.0
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Yelahanka · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 SeptBengaluru ₹1L 217 registeredAI/MLCommunication - Kernel Prime'26 - 24 Hour Hackathon
SA Engineering College · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 SeptPoonamalle ₹50K 92 registered - CodeSlayer 2.0 2k26
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Delhi · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 SeptDelhi NCRFree ₹65K 3,166 registered - Navonmesh 26 - A National Level Hackathon (In Collaboration with Qualcomm)
Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology, Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptRaipur ₹2.8L 77 registeredAI/MLComputer vision - Hacktopia 2026
Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE), Pune · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptPune ₹25K 30 registered - IndustrySolve Idea-Thon & Product-a-Thon 2026
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptDelhi NCRFree 2,212 registered - Tech Horizon 2.0 - National Level Hackathon
Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus (GNITC), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptHyderabad ₹2.1L 2,165 registeredCloudAI/ML - Code-X-Novas Innovathon 2026 – National Software, AI Hackathon
Code-X-Novas · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptOnlineFree 1,113 registered - Hackpulse
University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Jaipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptJaipurFree 366 registered - ZeroCode | Vibe Coding Challenge | Techfest, IIT Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptOnlineFree 298 registered - QuantumXpo
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT)-IIIT Nuzvid · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptNuzvidFree 180 registeredResearch - Singularity Hackathon
AJ Institute of Engineering and Technology (AJIET), Mangalore, Karnataka · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptMangaluru ₹60K 155 registered - Global Mesh AI & Swarm Robotics Challenge 2026: Build Open Source Edge Systems
Vidya Sanskar Public school · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptOnlineFree ₹19K 74 registeredC++ - BioBridge – Bio Innovation Hackathon 2026
K.S. Rangasamy College Of Technology (KSRCT), Namakkal · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptTiruchengodeFree 18 registeredData analysisResearch - Hack It On'26
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET), Coimbatore · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 SeptSulur ₹20K 25 registeredAI/MLCommunication - Fixton Ideathon
S.A. Engineering College (SAEC), Chennai · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptOnlineFree 14 registered - HackNowa Global Hackathon 2026
Innovation Hacks · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptOnlineFree 1,103 registered - INNOVA X 2K26 Global Online Hackathon
Shree Venkateshwara Hi-Tech Engineering College · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptOnline 1 registered - Hack in Hills ’26
Galgotias University (GU), Greater Noida · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptManaliFree 1,025 registered - VJ Hackathon 2026
Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Telangana · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptHyderabadFree ₹1L 695 registered - Hack-O-Octo 4.0
Chandigarh University (CU), Ajitgarh, Punjab · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptAjitgarhFree 523 registeredCommunication - PromptCraft 1.0 – National-Level Hackathon
Meerut Institute of Technology (MIT), Meerut, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptMeerutFree 227 registered - Portfolio in Pixels 2026
itsfolio.tech · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptOnlineFree ₹30K 51 registered - The Golden Hour - A Voice AI Hackathon
Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptOnlineFree ₹1L 44 registered - Codearambh 2.0: Dare to Code, Dare to Create
TechFuison Hiet Ghaziabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptDelhi NCRFree 11 registered - Code Clash
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University Of Science And Technology (DCRUST), Murthal, Haryana · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptSonipatFree 134 registered - Prysm'26
Eshan Group Of Institutions, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 SeptFarahFree ₹50K 104 registered - Jugaad
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Punjab · listed on Unstop
Register by 1 OctLaungowalFree ₹6K 46 registered - Kurukshetra CTF
Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE), Pune · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctPune ₹20K 19 registeredSecurityAI/ML - Bit N Build - Around the World 2026
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (FRCRCE), Bandra · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctMumbai ₹1L 2,072 registeredProject managementCommunication - Hackathon
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Punjab · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctSangrurFree ₹3K 45 registeredCommunication - 36-Hour Hackathon
GL Bajaj Institute of Management and Research · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctOnlineFree 98 registered - Bug Bounty
SRM University, Ramapuram, Chennai · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctChennai 3 registeredSecurityTestingResearch - Red Team vs Blue Team
SRM University, Ramapuram, Chennai · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctChennai 2 registeredSecurityTesting - Capture The Flag (CTF)
SRM University, Ramapuram, Chennai · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 OctChennaiSecurityTesting - Built With Talent S1 | Hiring Hackathon
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi · listed on Unstop
Register by 3 OctOnlineFree 100 registered - Ideathon
GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Register by 3 OctOnlineFree 79 registered - Competitive Programming Hackathon
GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Register by 3 OctDelhi NCRFree 28 registeredC++ - Startupathon
GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Register by 3 OctDelhi NCRFree 26 registered - 36-Hour Hackathon
GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Register by 4 OctOnlineFree 148 registered - Ride Hack-26
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida · listed on Unstop
Register by 4 OctDelhi NCRFree 17 registeredResearchMarket research - BIO-ECONOMY HACKATHON 2026
Indian Institute of Forest Management · listed on Unstop
Register by 4 OctCoimbatoreFree ₹30K 1 registered - HackNext'26 Series 2.0
SNS College of Technology (SNSCT), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · listed on Unstop
Register by 6 OctCoimbatoreFree ₹20K 18 registered - VIT CODE APEX 3.0
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra · listed on Unstop
Register by 9 OctPune ₹2L 211 registered - Hackathon to Solve India's Garbage Problem
Wonksknow India Technologies Pvt Ltd · listed on Unstop
Register by 10 OctOnlineFree 1,622 registered - DataHeist
Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 OctDelhi NCRFree ₹6K 60 registered - Line Follower Race (LFR)
Vijaybhoomi University · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 OctKarjatFree ₹25K 7 registered - UAV Competition
Vijaybhoomi University · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 OctKarjatFree ₹40K 6 registered - Hypnexis 2026
Manipal University (MU), Jaipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 OctJaipur ₹10L 78 registered - Seize da Flaq
Cyberonites Club · listed on Unstop
Register by 16 OctMathuraFree ₹30K 117 registeredSecurity - Signalpost: Build An Agent That Finds Company Information
builderr.ai · listed on Unstop
Register by 17 OctOnlineFree ₹2L 511 registeredPythonAPIs - Forged In Fire 2026
Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology (BPIT), Delhi · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 OctDelhi NCRFree 182 registered - NexHack 2.0
Geeta University, Naultha, Panipat · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 OctPanipatFree ₹50K 350 registered - "National Research & Innovation Challenge Season 3 by 3SVK – 4K+ Registrations"
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUH), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 OctOnlineFree 4,212 registered - Hackcache'26
Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 OctOnline ₹1.1L 146 registered - Qiskit Fall Fest
Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering (NMIMS), Mumbai · listed on Unstop
Register by 24 OctOnlineFree ₹18K 356 registered - SecLeaf Q4 CTF 2026
SecLeaf · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 OctOnlineFree 376 registeredSecurityTesting - Math-O-Stellar
Indian Institute Of Technology Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 OctOnlineFree ₹13K 1,212 registered - CP Contest
Indian Institute Of Technology Bhubaneswar · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 OctOnlineFree ₹13K 1,278 registered - Lun4R CTF 2026
Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹1L 1,985 registeredSecurity - NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 1,215 registered - Singularity 2.0
KC College of Engineering and Management Studies and Research · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 NovMumbaiFree ₹40K 5 registered - Slay CTF
Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College (JGEC), West Bengal · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnlineFree 496 registered - Hacknexus
MASTERMIND RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnlineFree 38 registered - AETHOS - Day Zero
Together We Solve · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 JanOnlineFree 1,139 registeredAI/MLResearch
Matched to you
Which of these are worth your weekend?
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Questions
How many hackathons are open in India right now?
164, with 57 closing their registrations within a week. The list is refreshed from the organisers' listings through the day, and a hackathon leaves it when registration closes.
Are there online hackathons?
Yes: 64 of the 164 open now can be joined from anywhere.
Are hackathons free to enter?
115 of the 164 open now are free to register for; the rest list a registration fee, shown against each one.
Which hackathons have the biggest prizes?
Hypnexis 2026 (Manipal University (MU), Jaipur) lists ₹10L, then MOSIP Decode 2026 with ₹5L. Prize amounts are as the organisers list them.
Listings come from Unstop, HackerEarth and Google Developer Groups, and each links to the organiser's own page to register. Dates, fees and prizes are as the organisers list them; check there before you commit.