KJSIT Campus Hackathon 2025

Event Details

Dear Students,

Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) and Project Competition Cell (PCC) of K. J. Somaiya Institute of Technology (KJSIT) are organizing KJSIT Campus Hackathon 2025 on September 20, 2025 (Saturday).

The objectives of this internal hackathon are two-fold:

• To recognize students with innovative projects that demonstrate excellence in technology
• Shortlist teams for participation in Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2025

To elaborate, Smart India Hackathon (SIH) is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of the pressing problems faced in daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving. The previous editions during the years 2017 to 2024 were extremely successful in promoting innovation out-of-the-box thinking in young minds, with 13,00,000+ students participating from 6000+ institutes across India. Submissions to SIH are possible from the college SPOC only; direct submission from students is not possible. More information on SIH 2025 is available on www.sih.gov.in.

Students interested in participating in SIH 2025 need to participate and win in KJSIT Campus Hackathon 2025. Following are the rules and details for the Campus Hackathon:

1. The hackathon will be conducted in an online mode, from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM.
2. A team of 06 students is mandatory, of which at least one should be a female candidate.
3. Every team should identify a Faculty Guide and prepare the PPTs and problem solutions under their mentoring.
4. Only students of KJSIT are eligible for participation and interdepartmental teams are allowed.
5. One team can submit ideas against a maximum of 2 Problem Statements only.
6. Any student cannot participate in more than one team.
7. All team members will have to be present during the competition.
8. Students have to either select any one problem statement from the list floated by SIH on: https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2025PS.
9. The performance of teams will be based on the core functionalities developed, innovation in solution, use of technology, implementation of functionalities suggested during initial judgement round, etc.
10. Any team found practicing unfair means will be suspended from the event.
11. Students will have to submit their Code and Project Video immediately after the final round. Submissions made after the designated deadline will not be considered.

Interested students have to register the details of their team and the selected problem statement on google form - https://forms.gle/BXbLe77SVBGbyybs9.    

The last date for registration is September 17, 2025 and there are no registration fees for this hackathon. E-Certificates will be provided to all the participants of KJSIT Campus Hackathon. The event flyer is attached herewith.

Total 50 teams (45 shortlisted and 05 waitlist teams inclusive of both Software and Hardware project teams) will be declared as winners and will be “nominated” for participation in SIH 2025.

For any queries, contact:

• Ms. Nisha Vanjari, Convener, PCC & KJSIT SPOC for SIH (nvanjari@somaiya.edu)
• Dr. Radhika Kotecha, Vice-President, KJSIT IIC (radhika.kotecha@somaiya.edu)
• Dr. Mansing Rathod, Convener, KJSIT IIC (rathodm@somaiya.edu)