Dhiraj Tripathi
Founder & CEO
AutoBridge
About
India deserved an innovation league, not another hackathon.
hackFront India is a nationwide annual innovation league connecting builders, industry, academia and government. We turn ideas into pilots and pilots into companies.
Founding brief
The thesis behind hackFront India.
The founding brief lays out the why, the model, the league structure, and the outcomes pipeline. Read it before you register to understand exactly what you are building toward and what opens up when you deliver.
hackFront India · Founding Brief
PDF · 2026 edition
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Vision & Mission
Limitless Builders. Lasting Outcomes.
Vision
A India where no builder is undiscovered, no idea dies at a dead end, and innovation has a national stage it deserves.
Mission
To become India's most impactful innovation league — where the country's best builders compete, grow, and shape what comes next.
Core pillars
Four pillars. One league.
Industry
Real briefs from companies who deploy what wins.
Academia
Universities as launchpads, not bystanders.
Startups
Where top builders land and early products find their first pilots.
Government
Policy rails for innovation at national scale.
Impact goals
Numbers we're chasing.
100K+
Builders mobilised
500+
Campus activations
50+
Industry partners
20
Cities on the league map
Advisory Council
The voices we build with.
A standing council of operators, academics, founders, capital allocators and policy leaders who shape the league each year.
Amresh Khar
Sr. Vice President
Rodim
Dr. Alok Nikhil Jha
Coordinator & Head Applied Innovation
IIIT Delhi
Mohan Khilariwal
Principal Advisor & Fractional CAIO/CTO
Santosh Sharma
Founder & CEO
BookMyJet
Tridib Raman
Founding Chairman & CEO
NTI Media Limited
Executive Council
The team running the league.
The founding office spanning programme, industry, cohorts, campus, capital and brand. Accountable for shipping the league from start to finish.
Rishab Ilwadi
Co-Founder & CEO
Sunil Kumar
Co-Founder & CTO
Sangya Srivastava
Co-Founder & CXO
Santosh Maurya
Co-Founder & COO
Avanish Pandey
Director, Sales
Rajat Gupta
Program Lead - Community Initiatives
National expansion
Five cities today. India tomorrow.
hackFront India launches across five of India's most active talent hubs in edition 01. Every season the map expands. More cities, more campuses, more industry presence, all building toward one national finale. The league is designed to scale and edition 01 is where it begins.