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HELPSTiR

HELPSTiR

📅 19 Jun 2026 🌐 Hybrid 🏷️ Free
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About the Event

HELPSTiR Innovation Challenge 2026, also called Power to Help, is a student innovation challenge by HELPSTiR. It focuses on real-world social impact, where participants identify people in their community who need help and create a case study on how HELPSTiR’s AI platform can solve such problems at scale.Unlike a regular idea-pitch competition, this challenge requires fieldwork. Participants must meet two real people in need, understand their problems, raise help requests for them on the HELPSTiR platform, and then submit an 8–10 slide case study. The challenge encourages students to think like social impact founders and use technology to bridge gaps in education, livelihood, and disability support.

 Critical Timeline

  • Registration Deadline: 19 June 2026, 12:00 AM IST
  • Rounds: The competition is listed as a single-round challenge.
  • Mode: Hybrid
  • Fieldwork: Participants need to meet real people in their community.

 The Process (Stepwise)

Go through the process to apply

  • Sign up on the HELPSTiR platform as well as unstop and complete the profile.
  • Identify two people in the community who need help. Take documented consent from both beneficiaries.
  • Raise two help requests on HELPSTiR under the participant’s username.
  • Prepare an 8–10 slide case study using the HELPSTiR template.
  • Submit the case study PDF on Unstop along with the HELPSTiR username and personal details.
  • HELPSTiR verifies the requests and reviews the submission for final evaluation.

 Eligibility, Constraints, & Fees

  • Access: Open to Indian undergraduate and postgraduate students.
  • No. of participants: 1 (solo participation is mandatory)
  • Participation fee: Free

 Cash Prize – ₹ 10,000 and Certificates

The cash price is divided accordingly :

  • 1st prize: ₹5,000, LinkedIn feature, and HELPSTiR Certificate of Merit.
  • 2nd prize: ₹3,000, LinkedIn feature, and HELPSTiR Certificate of Merit.
  • 3rd prize: ₹2,000, LinkedIn feature, and HELPSTiR Certificate of Merit.
  • 4th and 5th place winners get a 30-minute one-on-one session with founder Alice Luke, priority preference for the HELPSTiR Campus Ambassador Programme, and branded merchandise.
  • Top 10 submissions receive a Certificate of Merit and LinkedIn shoutout.
  • Participants who complete both verified help requests and submit the case study receive a Certificate of Participation, community member status, and priority consideration for HELPSTiR internships.