Hackathons 💵 ₹50,000

WINNOVX Hackfest 2026

Stanley College of Engineering & Technology for Women

📅 12 Jun 2026 📍 Stanley College 🏷️ Free

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🏆 About the Hackathon

WINNOVX Hackfest 2026 is a premier national-level, multi-disciplinary hackathon hosted by Stanley College of Engineering & Technology for Women (Autonomous). Operating under the flagship banner “Women Who Innovate, Challenge, and Win,” this intense 48-hour build sprint is engineered to champion female leadership in technology, bringing together student builders, industry mentors, and enterprise architects to engineer scalable, real-world solutions.

📅Critical Dates & System Timeline

• 🚀 Phase 1 (Registration Open): Active now through early June 2026.
• 🏁 Event Execution Dates: June 12 & June 13, 2026
• ⏱️ Duration: Two-Day National Level Live Hackathon.

📋Team Formation Rules & Diversity Mandates

• 👥 Team Configuration: Teams can consist of 1 to 3 members.
• ⚠️ Diversity Safeguard (Strict): While the hackathon is open to students across all academic disciplines, each team must have a female team lead to clear registration screening.
• 💰 Registration Investment: ₹300 per individual participant

💡 Core Technology Focus Areas

Projects must align directly with one of five critical innovation vectors:

• AI & Emerging Technologies: Generative systems, neural architecture applications, and automation engines.
• Cybersecurity & Privacy: Cryptographic protocols, zero-trust frameworks, and data protection modules.
• Sustainability & Social Impact: Green-tech infrastructure, clean energy optimizations, and circular economy tracking.
• HealthTech & Well-being: Biomedical software nodes, diagnostic assists, and localized healthcare accessibility platforms.
• Smart Cities & Future Living: Intelligent transit networks, localized grid distribution solutions, and IoT urbanization frameworks.

🥇 Prize Pool Matrix

The tournament features an official cash purse of ₹80,000, evaluated by an independent panel of industry specialists: