{"id":11298,"date":"2026-09-25T02:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:39:28","slug":"multimodal-ai-hackathon-2026-by-iit-mandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/multimodal-ai-hackathon-2026-by-iit-mandi\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimodal AI Hackathon 2026 by IIT Mandi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc<strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Multimodal AI Hackathon 2026 is a nationwide online hackathon organized by KamandPrompt, the Programming Club of IIT Mandi, along with Augli.ai, PurpleRain Tech, and LDV Labs. The competition challenges students to build practical solutions at the intersection of Multimodal AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. 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