Gujarat Police Innovation Hackathon 2026
Gujarat Police, Home Department, Government of Gujarat
📌About the Event
The Gujarat Police Innovation Hackathon 2026, also promoted as the Gujarat Police Innovation Challenge 2026, is a nationwide technology challenge focused on using Artificial Intelligence, computer vision and advanced video analytics to improve policing and public safety. Participants will develop scalable solutions that can help integrate Gujarat’s network of 80,000+ CCTV cameras and generate real-time intelligence for law enforcement.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Theme: AI-powered CCTV integration and real-time public safety intelligence.
- Key focus areas include:
- AI and video analytics
- CCTV system integration
- Suspicious activity detection
- Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)
- Person and vehicle identification/tracking
- Watchlist matching
- Cross-camera search
- Intelligent alerts and real-time event detection
- Mode of conduct: Registration and initial participation are managed online through the Sentinel Gujarat portal.
📅 Important Dates
- Registration deadline: 15 September 2026
- Hackathon dates: 22–23 September 2026
- Venue: i-Hub Gujarat
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibilty:
- Open to participants from across India.
- Eligible participants include:
- Students
- Researchers
- Innovators and developers
- DPIIT-recognised startups
- Small and medium-sized startups
- Industry professionals
- Technology companies
- System integrators
- The Open Innovation Challenge has been structured around separate participation categories, including students/smaller startups and larger startups/established technology companies.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- Total prize pool: ₹51 lakh.
- Winners get an opportunity to showcase technology directly to Gujarat Police and the wider public-safety ecosystem.
- Selected solutions may receive opportunities for large-scale real-world deployment.
- Participants gain exposure to government, law-enforcement, AI, deep-tech and innovation stakeholders.
- The challenge offers an opportunity to test AI and computer-vision solutions against real policing use cases.