Web Hackathon

Eligibility:

• Open to all college students.
• Participants may register individually or in teams of up to 4 members.

General Rules:

• This is a completely offline 24-hour hackathon; all participants must be physically present at the venue.
• The hackathon theme and problem statement will be announced at the start of the event.
• All development must take place within the hackathon duration; pre-existing projects are not allowed.
• Use of third-party libraries, APIs, frameworks, and AI-generated assets is permitted only if properly disclosed and credited.

Team Formation:

• Each team must designate a team leader for communication with the organizers.
• Participants cannot be part of more than one team.
• Teams cannot merge or split after registration.

Development & Coding Guidelines:

• Projects must be original and built entirely during the hackathon.
• Use of boilerplate code (e.g., UI templates) must be disclosed.
• Plagiarism, offensive content, or unethical practices will result in immediate disqualification.
• Submissions must be functional; non-working projects will not be evaluated.

Submission Requirements:

• Submissions must be completed before the deadline.
• Each team must submit:
• A working demo (hosted or locally runnable)
• A GitHub repository with proper documentation
• Slides (maximum 5) explaining the idea, tech stack, and implementation
• Team details and member roles
• Late submissions will not be accepted.

Late Submission Policy:

• Late submissions will be accepted with penalties applied as follows:
• Up to 2 minutes late: 10% penalty
• Up to 5 minutes late: 25% penalty
• Further delays will incur progressively higher penalties, as decided by the organizers.

Git Commit Policy:

• Git commits made after the allotted submission time will not be accepted.
• Any commits pushed after the deadline will be ignored, and penalties will be applied according to the late submission policy.

Judging Criteria:

Projects will be evaluated on:

• Innovation & Creativity – 20%
• Functionality & Execution – 30%
• Technical Implementation – 25%
• UI/UX Design – 15%
• Adherence to Theme – 10%

Code of Conduct:

• All participants must maintain respectful and professional behavior.
• External help, outsourcing, hacking, or cheating is strictly prohibited.
• Any concerns should be reported to the organizers immediately.

Hardware & Internet Usage:

• Participants must use their own devices.
• Cloud services may be used if disclosed.
• Organizers are not responsible for hardware failure or data loss.

Intellectual Property:

• Teams retain ownership of their projects.
• Organizers may showcase submissions for promotional purposes.

Prizes:

• Winners will be announced after evaluation.
• Total Prize Pool: ₹20,000

Venue:

• UHL, IIT Bhubaneswar

Point of Contact:

• Rohith Marpina
• 9848482121
• ️ events.pravaah@iitbbs.ac.in 

• Santosh
• 9000793809

Event Timeline :

• Feb 7th 10:00AM to Feb 8th 10:00AM