HackDUCS 2024

The [Department of Computer Science](https://cs.du.ac.in) is organizing HackDUCS, a hybrid inter-university hackathon as part of its 20th Annual TechFest - [Sankalan 2024](https://sankalan.ducs.in). Cash prizes worth more than ₹60,000 and prizes worth more than ₹18,00,000 to be won across events at Sankalan 2024. Check out [https://sankalan.ducs.in/](https://sankalan.ducs.in/) to register. Note: This is a hybrid hackathon. Main Tracks will be released soon. Teams need to present their ideas in a virtual meeting to a panel of judges in order to be accepted for the hackathon. Qualified teams not from New Delhi, India may join virtually. **Hackathon Tracks:** - AI for India 🇮🇳 - Innovate for India and present unique ideas that inspire the nation’s AI journey. Focus on empowering the Indian society with toolkits to promote citizen participation in vernacular languages. - Human-Centred Design 🤖 - Develop and design solutions that address complex and everyday socio-technical problems with tools like accessible design, GenAI and XR. - Sustainable Technology 🌱 - With focus on low-carbon footprint, come up with solutions to enable and monitor sustainable development at the grassroot level. - Sponsor Track: Polygon 🔗 - Build solutions on Polygon that democratize Web3. - Sponsor Track: ETHIndia 🔗 - Build an innovative project on the Ethereum blockchain. **Prizes:** - Cash Prizes: INR 8,000 for the winning team; INR 4,000 for each runner-up team (2) - Wolfram Award: One year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro. The value of each individual award is $375.00. This award is for all members in winning and runner-up teams. - Interview Cake Award: Full access to coding interview prep course. The value of each individual award is $60.00. This award is for all members in winning and runner-up teams. - Gen XYZ Award: .XYZ domain which will be free for the first year. This award is for all members in winning and runner-up teams. - Axure Award: One year license to Axure RP Team Edition worth approximately USD 500.00. This award is for the winning team. - Polygon Track Award: USD 200.00 for the best hack built on Polygon, Eligibility to apply for internship/full-time roles and seed funding of up to 5,000 USD for winners! - ETHIndia Track Award: Winner of this track receives USD 100.00 in prizes from ETHIndia. - Complimentary Access to 30 days of Wolfram|One for all participants. For detailed rules, schedule and updates, refer to [hack.ducs.in](https://hack.ducs.in) and [sankalan.ducs.in/updates](https://sankalan.ducs.in/updates).