HACKATHON to
Solve India's
Garbage Problem
Use AI to build a cleaner Bharat
150,000 tonnes of waste every day - and the systems to handle it are broken. Build AI-first products that fix what's missing. Software, hardware, or both. Open to students and adults of all experience levels.
It's not a cleanliness issue.
It's a systems failure.
Streets overflow not because nobody wants them clean - but because reporting a dirty drain leads nowhere. Kids litter not because they're careless, but because civic responsibility was never made meaningful to them.
Whether you're a middle schooler with a simple app idea, a high schooler who wants to wire up a sensor, or a college student building a full-stack product - there's a place for your solution here.
Six tracks. One urgent mission.
Pick one track or combine them. The best products often sit at the intersection of two.
You can build physical things.
Wire up an Arduino, prototype a smart bin, attach a sensor to a drain - it's all fair game. A working hardware prototype paired with an app or dashboard is a fully competitive submission in every division.
One event. Three divisions.
You're judged among your peers. A middle schooler is never compared to a college student.
Build something
India needs.
Register on College.dev, start building from Jul 20, 2026. Submit by Oct 10, 2026 · 8:00 PM IST.