hackFront
India
hackFront India -
where India builds what's next.
hackFront India is a annual distributed innovation league running across PAN India, 8 themes and 2 sectors. Participant teams work on real industry problems over 20 weeks, move through 4 Milestones, and ship solutions that get reviewed by the companies that posed them.
- 48 hours
- Demo slide
- T-shirt
- Certificate in a drawer
- 20 weeks
- Production pilot
- Mentor network
- Ranked league standing
Diagnose. Design. Deploy.
Three phases. Four milestones. One production pilot at the end of it.
Diagnose
Problem briefs from industry. Teams pick a track, study the space, and ship a diagnosis deck.
- →Campus Roadshows - 25+ campus days across 5 talent hubs in India to onboard students.
- →Structured Cohorts - 6-week cohorts to learn the partner stack, work the problem space, and shape ideas with mentors.
- →Ideathon Submission - Teams ship a working prototype and a problem brief — gateway to the national hackathon.
Design
Prototyping sprints with mentor reviews. Teams build, test, and iterate to Milestone 3.
- →Top 200 Invited - Best teams across India qualify for the National Finale, hosted in Delhi.
- →36-Hour Build - Live, in-person hackathon to take your Ideathon prototype into a final, demo-ready product.
- →Grand Finale - 30 finalists pitch to industry juries. Winners crowned per theme and per track.
Deploy
Pilot deployment with partner org. Final showcase and league awards at Milestone 4.
- →Incubation Access - Top teams are placed into partner incubators and corporate innovation labs to take their build forward.
- →Hiring Pipeline - Standout builders receive direct internship and full-time offers from sponsor companies.
- →R&D Adoption - Selected solutions move into pilot deployment with the partner that posed the problem.
2 sectors.
8 themes.
One league.
Pick the cluster that fits how you build. Every cluster has industry partners, problem briefs, and mentor capacity.
AI and Developer Tools
LLM integrations, AI agents, developer productivity tools and APIs
Cybersecurity
Threat detection, fraud prevention, digital identity, secure infrastructure
Telecom and Connectivity
5G applications, network optimization, OSS/BSS platforms, rural connectivity solutions
Fintech
Digital payments, lending platforms, wealth tech, regtech solutions
Agritech
Precision farming devices, soil and crop sensors, smart irrigation, post-harvest tech
Automobile & EV
EV systems, autonomous driving, battery tech, smart mobility
Sustainability & Green Energy
Renewable energy hardware, energy monitoring, resource optimization, circular tech
Space & Defence Tech
Satellite tech, drone systems, sensor fusion, defence hardware
Good teams ship. We give them everything to ship with.
Problem briefs
Curated from all partner organisations. Real constraints, real users, real data.
Mentor pool
Industry practitioners for 1:1 reviews at every milestone checkpoint.
Drill platform
Team collaboration, submission, and tracking on our proprietary platform.
Prize pool
Cash + compute credits across clusters and overall league winners.
Pilot support
Winning teams get deployment runway with the partner organisation.
League standing
Ranked positions that travel with you for internships and hiring.
Don't sponsor a hackathon.
Back a league.
hackFront India is not a logo placement event. It's a structured R&D and talent access program running once a year, with 20 weeks of visibility into 8 clusters of student teams solving briefs you set.
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The exclusive headline sponsor with league naming rights and full theme ownership across all tracks. Gets premier visibility, full talent pool access, IP first refusal, and complete CSR compliance documentation.
Co-Powered by
Owns one entire Innovation Frontier theme with all tracks, problem statements, and finalist access within it. Includes theme bootcamp, hiring sprint, white paper rights, and full CSR eligibility.
In Association with
Owns one track within a theme with priority candidate access and IP rights for that track. Includes workshop activation, judging seat, booth at finale, and direct hiring slots with track winners.
Our Track Partner
Sponsors one track with a dedicated problem statement and standard candidate access. Gets judging seat, mentor slot, track signage, and winner announcement visibility.
Where U Elevate
hackFront India, an initiative of Where U Elevate, draws on WUE's platform infrastructure, corporate networks, and academic relationships to operate at a scale most first year programs cannot. The result is a launchpad built for India's next million innovators.
