Great Indian Hackathon 2026
Great Indian Hackathon
📌 About the Event
The Great Indian Hackathon 2026 (GIH 2026) is marketed as India’s most beginner-friendly hackathon. The event is conducted 100% online, allowing participants to build projects, complete specialized training milestones, and compete directly from home.
Uniquely structured as a hybrid learning and building sandbox, the program integrates a structured 5 day online technical internship alongside massive open online course (MOOC) certifications. This ensures that even foundational builders can learn modern engineering stacks before final project evaluations.
📅 Event Status & Timeline
- 🏁 Event Live Window: October 15, 2026 (@ 10:00 PM IST) – December 30, 2026 (@ 6:00 PM IST)
- 📍 Format: Completely Virtual / Online (Live streaming link provided on the official portal)
- ⏳ Ticket Booking & Registration Strata:
- Super Early Bird Tier Lock: Closes June 30, 2026 (@ 10:21 PM IST)
- Regular Tier Lock: Closes September 30, 2026 (@ 10:21 PM IST)
- Techie Premium Tier Lock: Closes November 30, 2026 (@ 10:22 PM IST)
📋 The Integrated Curriculum & Deliverables
Every registered participant, regardless of ticket tier, receives access to the core skills ingestion framework:
- 🛠️ 5-Day Online Internship – A time-locked virtual internship requiring daily 2-hour commitments. The specialized tech stack focus is Android Development using Kotlin & Jetpack Compose. Includes an official Internship Certificate upon completion.
- 📚 Supplementary Learning Pathways – Access to a curated MOOC Course with a certificate, plus incremental Digital Skill Badges issued as individual milestone tasks are locked down.
- 💻 The Hackathon Layer – Direct pass into the primary GIH 2026 software development bracket with a formal Hackathon Participation Certificate.
🎟️ Registration Tiers & Fee Structure
Promotional coupon codes can be entered natively on the application portal to apply discounts to the base fee layers:
- Super Early Bird Tier (₹749) – Includes all primary core deliverables and certificates at a heavily discounted rate. Available for a limited time up to June 30.
- Regular Registration Tier (₹1,499) – Includes all primary core deliverables, MOOC access, and internship routing. Available up to September 30.
- Techie Premium Tier (₹2,499) – Includes all primary core deliverables plus Physical GIH Goodies (Custom Event T-Shirt, Premium Laptop Sticker Set) and a 1-Hour 1-on-1 Interaction Session with industry developers. Available up to November 30.
🏆 Prizes & Elite Selected Perks
- 🥇 Hardware Infrastructure: Electronic Gadgets distributed as physical rank rewards.
- 💼 Corporate Integration: Direct pipelines to claim paid Tech Internships with a recurring monthly stipend.
- 🎓 Ecosystem Leadership: High-performing winners gain a direct selection pass to return as Paid Mentors for the next iterations of the Great Indian Hackathon (GIH 2027).
- 📜 Credentials: Official Hackathon Winner Certificates and priority access to all supplementary pre/post networking events.