📌About the Event

Healix AI HealthHack 2026 is a national-level online innovation challenge where students, researchers, developers, startups, and healthcare professionals build AI-powered solutions for real healthcare problems. Participants will research, develop prototypes, and pitch solutions across areas such as diagnostics, digital health, medical imaging, mental health, drug discovery, genomics, public health, and remote patient monitoring.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Mode: Completely online
• Team size: 1–4 members
• Format: Multi-round idea screening, prototype evaluation, expert pitching, and final innovation showcase
• Key tracks: AI Diagnostics, Medical Imaging, Digital Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Women’s Health, Drug Discovery and Genomics, Wearables, Remote Monitoring, Space Medicine, and Open Innovation
• Expected submissions: Source code, AI model, documentation, README file, presentation deck, demo video, and future roadmap

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📅 Important Dates

• Registration opens: 5 August 2026
• Registration deadline: 8 August 2026, according to the official brochure
• Participant confirmation and slot allocation: 12 August 2026
• Round 1 – AI Idea Screening: 25 August 2026
• Round 2 – Prototype Evaluation: 26 August 2026
• Round 3 – Expert Jury Pitch: 27 August 2026
• Grand Innovation Showcase: 28 August 2026
• Results announcement: 30 August 2026
• Award ceremony: 2 September 2026

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Eligibilty:
• Open to undergraduate, postgraduate and medical students, researchers, engineering students, AI/ML developers, healthcare professionals, and early-stage startups.
• Teams may consist of one to four participants.
• Entries must be original and should address a meaningful healthcare challenge.
• Participants must maintain academic and professional integrity.
• Unethical, discriminatory, or improperly sourced data must not be used.
• The organizers’ decisions will be final and binding.
• Shortlisting process:
• Round 1: Top 300 teams selected through idea screening
• Round 2: Top 100 teams selected through prototype evaluation
• Round 3: Top 50 finalists selected through expert jury pitches

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• First Prize: ₹15,000 cash
• Second Prize: ₹5,000 cash
• Third Prize: Premium research courses
• Every eligible participant will receive a digital participation certificate.
• Participants may receive access to expert mentor sessions, learning resources, networking opportunities, and community membership.
• Outstanding teams may be considered for incubation, internships, research mentorship, publication support, platform showcases, and performance-based recognition letters.