📌About the Event

MIET Smart India Hackathon 2026 is the institutional participation and selection process for students of Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology (MIET), Meerut to compete in Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2026. MIET officially initiated its SIH 2026 process by appointing Dr. Mukesh Rawat from the Department of Information Technology as the institute SPOC on 12 August 2026. The institute will coordinate team formation, internal selection, mentoring and submission of shortlisted ideas to the national SIH platform.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Institute: Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut
• Categories: Software and Hardware
• Focus: Solving real-world problem statements issued by ministries, government bodies, industries and NGOs.
• National Idea Screening: Online
• SIH Grand Finale: Offline at designated nodal centres across India.
• MIET SPOC: Dr. Mukesh Rawat, Department of Information Technology.

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📅 Important Dates

• MIET SIH 2026 announcement: 12 August 2026.
• SIH 2026 idea submission: Begins in August 2026.
• Final deadline for team nomination and idea submission: 15 September 2026.

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Eligibilty:
• Teams must consist of exactly 6 students, including the team leader.
• At least one female member is mandatory in every team.
• All six members must belong to the same institution; inter-college teams are not permitted.
• Students from different branches/disciplines within MIET can form a team.
• Only teams selected through MIET’s internal selection/hackathon can be nominated for SIH 2026.
• Each team can submit ideas against a maximum of 2 problem statements.
• MIET can nominate up to 50 teams — 45 shortlisted + 5 waitlisted.
• Ideas must be new and original and should not have previously appeared in another event/program.
• Evaluation considers novelty, complexity, clarity, feasibility, practicability, sustainability, impact, user experience and future potential.

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• Winning Prize: ₹1,50,000 per problem statement for the winning team, subject to the problem-statement creator accepting the solution and declaring a winner.
• Shortlisted finalists participate in the offline national Grand Finale.
• Accommodation is arranged at the nodal centre for finalists.
• Eligible finalists and mentors can receive travel reimbursement of up to ₹3,000 per person, subject to actual bills and SIH rules.