SUMMERHACKS

APRIL 17-18, 2026|

ITM Skills University

days

hours

minutes

seconds

WHAT IS
SUMMER HACKS?

Summer Hacks is a 24-hour startup hackathon where innovators, developers, and creators come together to build groundbreaking solutions. Join hundreds of participants in an intense, collaborative environment powered by creativity and code.

Who can participate: Students, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs from all backgrounds. Form teams of 2-4 members!

Teams

Hours

Tracks

₹0

Prize Pool

SPAWN LOCATIONS

Problem statements are out now, click the below tracks to see what problem statements are in each track

Productivity, Focus & Digital Wellness

(The Attention Economy)

Build tools that help people reclaim their focus, filter the noise and take back control of their time and attention.

FinTech, Money & Financial Literacy

(Money & Markets for Everyone)

Build tools that make personal finance less intimidating and financial intelligence accessible to everyone.

Creator Economy, Freelancing & Entrepreneurship

(Build Your Own Thing)

Build the infrastructure for the new generation of freelancers, creators and solo operators betting on themselves.

AI Agents, Automation & Smart Assistants

(AI That Actually Does Things)

Build AI systems that don't just respond — they act, automate and operate autonomously on your behalf.

HealthTech, Fitness & Wellbeing

(Health & Body Intelligence)

Build tools that connect the dots between your habits and how you feel, and tell you something actually useful about your health.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Arrival & Registration

DOORS OPEN

Build Sprint Begins

24-HOUR CODING, MENTORING & WORKSHOPS

Final Submission Window

CODE FREEZE

Awards Ceremony

GRAND FINALE

JUDGES AND MENTORS

JUDGES

Sanjay Chakrabarti

Founding Partner @ Tag8, an enterprise compliance and digital solutions platform he's led since 2015. After 18 years in professional services at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, he transitioned to entrepreneurship. Beyond Tag8, Sanjay is active across the startup ecosystem as an angel investor.

Sunny Gupta

Senior Director of Technology @ Jio Hotstar. He's an engineering leader passionate about building scalable products and enabling great teams, an advocate for developer communities, mentor, speaker and solves complex problems at the intersection of product, engineering & people.

MENTORS

Abdullah Y. Shaikh

Co-founder & CEO @LixtaNetwork. Startup builder, co-leading Lixta Network & Komunity. Turns wild ideas into working products with a focus on clean UI/UX.

Haider Khursheed

Founder @Aeomi. AI researcher and builder, co-leading Lixta Network & Aeomi. Obsessed with building tech and crafting a corporation with a tech monopoly.

Akshit Zaveri

Product Lead @ Winvesta, where he leads the product engineering team building fintech solutions for global investing. He is passionate about software architecture, AI-native product development, and engineering excellence.

Shubham Kanojiya

Founder @ IndiRepair, solving Mumbai's laptop repair pain point through fast turnarounds, transparent pricing, and genuine parts. Hands-on approach to customer service.

Disha Jain

SEO Executive @ IndiRepair, bringing her expertise in AI, automation, and systems design to drive growth. She builds practical, scalable solutions that eliminate manual work and create lasting customer impact.

Abhishek Maurya

Senior Cloud Engineer @ Orange Business India. AWS Community Builder. Designing robust cloud architectures on AWS, mastering Kubernetes, and guiding the next generation of engineers to build and ship scalable solutions.

Sujal Palkar

Currently working with the Government of Maharashtra, he has contributed to drafting implementation toolkits for environmental reporting and state governance. As a Law student with experience at the Bombay High Court, he balances strategic execution with an understanding of regulatory frameworks.

Vishal Dubey

CTO @ Rudra Cybersecurity, experience with 10+ years building hardware to multi-agent systems. At RUDRA, driving LLM automation & agentic workflows. Passionate about optimizing team delivery through cutting-edge AI tools.

Ekta Shah

Data Scientist @ MSCI. Engineer at heart with MTech in Data Science. She's journeyed through ML, AI, NLP, and computer vision, always exploring, always learning. I'm here to help you navigate the data science space with clarity and confidence. Mentoring emerging professionals is my passion.

Sachin Gupta

Final-year Computer Engineering student @ TCET, Mumbai & 16x Hackathon Winner. Passionate about building impactful apps with AI/ML at their core. Hackathon enthusiast exploring ways to create sustainable, socially-conscious solutions. Always eager to collaborate and learn.

PRIZE POOL

1st RUNNER UP

₹25,000

GRAND CHAMPION

₹50,000

2nd RUNNER UP

₹10,000

HIDDEN ACHIEVEMENT

PARTNERS

Title Sponsor

Notion

All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, databases, and project management. Powering teams at startups and Fortune 500s alike, and the official title sponsor for SummerHacks 2026!

Community Partner

Momentum

Based in Navi Mumbai, Momentum is a community-led health club built to help people stay consistent in their fitness journeys and lifestyles by combining accountability with a non-judgmental, socially supportive environment.

Technology Partner

IndiRepair

IndiRepair is a Mumbai-based laptop repair shop offering same-day repairs for screen, battery, motherboard, keyboard, and SSD issues. They serve major brands with genuine parts, pick-and-drop service, and transparent pricing. Highly rated for quick turnaround and professional service.

Event Management Partner

Nivanth

End-to-end event management platform powering hackathons, conferences, and more with QR tracking and logistics coordination.

Swag Partner

Mastra.ai

Mastra is a modern TypeScript framework for building AI-powered applications and agents, with built-in observability and deployment tools. Fully open-source under Apache 2.0.