Women Who Master 2026
Aspire For Her
🏆 About the Hackathon
Women Who Master is a high-signal, national-level generative AI hackathon co-engineered by Aspire For Her and Logitech. Tailored exclusively for female university students and recent grads, this initiative provides an entry pad into cutting-edge tech deployment.
The unique differentiator? Zero prior AI/ML coding background is required. The entire tournament is a no-code build challenge utilizing next-generation deployment playgrounds, shifting the evaluation balance away from syntax and entirely toward creative problem-solving, architectural logic, and real-world impact.
📅 Critical Dates & System Timeline
The tournament operates across a highly structured multi-stage timeline. Plan your checkpoints accordingly:
- ⏳ Registration Window Closes: July 21, 2026 (42 Days remaining)
- 🧠 Elimination Round (Online MCQ): July 25, 2026
- 🏁 Zonal Round In-Person Sprints:
- South & West Zones: August 8, 2026
- North & East Zones (Tentative): August 22, 2026
- 🏆 National Grand Finale: September 10, 2026
💡 Sandbox Requirements & Technology Stack
Instead of writing native Python or training deep models from scratch, all participating teams will deploy their products through serverless cloud sandboxes:
- 🛠️ Primary Build Engine: AWS PartyRock (An Amazon Bedrock playground).
- 📦 Core Tech Setup: Zero-code visual application construction. Apps are authenticated using standard Google, Amazon, or Apple IDs.
- 📤 Deliverables: Finalists must submit a verified public PartyRock application URL link alongside a fully functional product walk-through demo video.
- 💻 Hardware Gate: A personal laptop running a minimum of 8 GB RAM (16 GB highly recommended) with a dedicated mobile hotspot backup.
📊 Competitive Matrix & Reward Breakdown
Featuring a unified cash purse of ₹2,25,000, alongside core institutional scouting loops:
| Placement Tier | Cash Award Allocation | Performance Incentives |
| 🥇 1st Place (National Winner) | ₹1,00,000 | Champion Trophy for College + Elite Swag |
| 🥈 2nd Place (First Runner-Up) | ₹75,000 | Merit Certificate + Logitech Talent Tracking |
| 🥉 3rd Place (Second Runner-Up) | ₹50,000 | Merit Certificate + Logitech Talent Tracking |
| 🏅 Baseline Participation | E-Certificate | Automated dispatch to all registered users |
✈️ Travel & Subsistence Coverage Notice: > For the intermediate Zonal Rounds, chosen candidates must navigate to their closest assigned regional city venue at their own expense. However, teams short-listed for the prestigious National Grand Finale will receive a full foundation allowance covering round-trip travel, accommodation bookings, and meal expenses.
📋 Strict Eligibility & Compliance Gates
- 👩🎓 Demographics: Open exclusively to female students currently enrolled in any undergraduate (B.Tech, BCA, B.Sc, BBA, BA, B.Com) or postgraduate (MBA, MCA, M.Tech, M.Sc) track, as well as recent pass-out graduates (Classes of 2024 and 2025).
- 🔞 Age Lock: Ideally 18+ years of age at the time of profile logging. Applicants under 18 must toggle the parent/guardian consent confirmation field on the entry sheet.
- 👥 Team Formation Mechanics: Registration is handled strictly on an Individual Basis. Once the preliminary online MCQ screening rounds conclude, the master organizers will automatically cluster passing participants into balanced project teams.
- ⚖️ Regulatory Compliance: All submitted user metadata and programmatic configurations are fully protected and governed under the statutory mandates of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.