IDEAJAM 2026 : Student Innovation Challenge at ELEVATE 3.0
Organization Name Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering & Technology (SVIET)
📌About the Event
IDEAJAM 2026 – Student Innovation Challenge is an innovation and problem-solving competition conducted under ELEVATE 3.0: Launching Future 2026 at SVIET. Inspired by the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) format, the challenge encourages students to identify real-world problems, develop innovative solutions, refine their ideas through mentorship, and pitch them before a jury. Participants can work on SIH-based or Open Innovation problem statements across domains such as HealthTech, Smart Automation, Sustainable Energy, Cybersecurity, and Smart Education.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Part of ELEVATE 3.0: Launching Future 2026
- Mode: Offline
- Venue: SVIET Campus, Punjab
- Format: Innovation challenge with idea selection, mentorship, pitch refinement and final jury evaluation.
- Participants can choose between SIH problem statements and Open Innovation tracks.
- The roadmap includes a Top 50 team selection, followed by SIH-style mentoring and a final jury round.
📅 Important Dates
- Registration Opens: 29 August 2026
- Registration Deadline: 1 September 2026
- IDEAJAM Event Date: 9 September 2026
- Venue: SVIET Campus
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibilty:
- Open to student innovators from different academic departments, including engineering, management and other streams.
- Organizer posts primarily describe participation from students across the SVIET campus; eligibility for students from outside SVIET has not been clearly stated publicly.
- Participants must select either an SIH-based problem statement or an Open Innovation challenge.
- Teams are expected to propose innovative solutions to real-world problems.
- Shortlisted teams progress to the Top 50 stage.
- Selected participants receive SIH-style mentorship and pitch refinement before the final round.
- Finalists present their ideas before a jury panel.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- Total Prize Pool: ₹25,000
- Certificates for participants/winners as applicable.
- Exclusive customised IDEAJAM goodies.
- Goodies may include:
- Backpacks
- Bottles
- Notebooks
- Mugs
- Participants also get exposure through mentorship, pitching and interaction with the innovation ecosystem.
- Individual prize-wise distribution of the ₹25,000 pool has not yet been publicly specified.