hackFront India is a 20-week innovation league spanning 5 cities and 8 frontiers. Six weeks of structured mentorship. A 30 hour national hackathon. An outcomes pipeline that routes top builders to jobs, internships, and incubation seats. A production pilot at the finish line, not a participation certificate.
Building Bharat's Innovation Decade. A National Dialogue on Talent, Technology and Entrepreneurship.
A closed-door national dialogue at the Constitution Club of India. Members of Parliament, Vice Chancellors, CXOs, government officials, and startup founders gathered in one room to shape the agenda for India's builder decade. The conversation that started hackFront India.
This isn't a hackathon. It's a season.
Twenty weeks across five cities. Four phases that compound on each other, with outcomes built into every stage. You enter as a student. You leave as a builder with proof of what you delivered and a pathway for what comes next.
Six weeks of cohort mentorship built around real industry briefs. You arrive at the hackathon prepared, not guessing.
A 30 hour in-person hackathon across 5 cities. Real problem statements, judged by the companies that wrote them.
Top teams are referred directly to incubators, innovation labs, and early stage investors. Your prototype is the brief.
Finalist builders enter a direct hiring pipeline with companies that tracked their work across the league. No cold applications.
Three phases. Twenty weeks. One outcome pipeline at the end of it.
Problem briefs from industry. Teams pick a theme, study the space, and ship a diagnosis deck.
Build, test, and ship a functional solution reviewed by the companies that set the brief.
Performance from the hackathon activates the outcomes pipeline. Top teams move into hiring, incubation, and R&D tracks.
Solo or as a team of up to 4.
Choose from 8 innovation themes.
Six weeks of structured curriculum with domain mentors.
Ship a working prototype. Qualify for the National Finale.
30 hour build in Delhi. Top 200 only.
Top builders enter the incubation and hiring pipeline.
Pick the theme that fits how you build. Each one comes with real industry problem briefs, domain mentors, and a sponsor company actively reviewing your work.
Build the next generation of AI agents, LLM-powered applications, and developer productivity tools. Work on real integration challenges across APIs, production-grade AI systems, and platforms that developers actually ship with.
Build solutions that protect systems, identities, and data at India's scale. Work on threat detection pipelines, fraud prevention layers, digital identity frameworks, and secure infrastructure that holds up under real-world pressure.
Build applications and platforms that make connectivity faster, smarter, and more accessible. Work on 5G use cases, network optimization, OSS/BSS platforms, and solutions that bring reliable connectivity to underserved regions.
Build the financial infrastructure that India's next billion users will depend on. Work across digital payments, lending platforms, wealth tech, and regtech solutions that make finance faster, fairer, and more accessible.
For builders who refuse to stay in one lane. Work on cross-domain challenges that blend multiple technologies, tackle frontier problems without a defined playbook, and ship experiments that push the boundaries of what Indian builders can produce.
Build the technology that powers India's shift to electric and autonomous mobility. Work on EV systems, battery management, autonomous driving components, and smart mobility platforms that redefine how India moves.
Build hardware and software solutions for India's clean energy transition. Work on renewable energy systems, energy monitoring platforms, resource optimization tools, and circular technology that closes the loop on waste and consumption.
Build the deep technology that powers India's space ambitions and defence capabilities. Work on satellite systems, drone platforms, sensor fusion algorithms, and defence hardware that operates at the frontier of what Indian engineering can produce.
The Leadership Forum brought together voices from industry, academia, government, and India's startup ecosystem. More speakers will join across cohorts, roadshows, and the national finale.
Full lineup announced shortly · Subsequent events to follow
We are onboarding campus partners, student chapters, and individual ambassadors across India. Tell us where you are from and we will take it from there.
Host a campus roadshow, anchor a regional cohort, or bring your institution into the league as an official academic partner. We handle the program. You bring the builders.
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