COMPETITIONS · ACROSS INDIA
Build-offs for students across India.
Register, build from a real brief over four to six weeks, submit from your portfolio, and put your work in front of the companies sponsoring the prize.
SPONSORED BY NIMBUS PAYMENTS
India AI Build Challenge
Build a working AI tool that solves one real problem for small businesses. Judged by the Nimbus product team on usefulness, not polish.
₹1,00,000 PRIZE POOLENTRIES CLOSE 15 AUG 2026412 REGISTERED
SPONSORED BY LEDGERWORKS
Campus FinTech Sprint
AI-enable one of ten given fintech workflows. Top ten entries get interview slots at LedgerWorks.
₹50,000 + INTERNSHIP INTERVIEWSENTRIES CLOSE 30 SEP 2026188 REGISTERED
COMMUNITY ROUND
AI for Bharat: Local-Language Apps
Build something genuinely useful in an Indian language. Extra weight for tools your own family would use.
₹25,000 + FEATURED PORTFOLIOENTRIES CLOSE 20 OCT 2026JUST OPENED
How it works
01
Register
Pay the entry fee online. It keeps entries serious — and funds the judging.
02
Build
Four to six weeks with a real brief. Use anything you learned in the courses.
03
Submit
Ship your entry from your portfolio — one link, one working project.
04
Get judged
Industry judges score usefulness. Winners get prizes; shortlists get seen.
Last season's winners
🏆 WINNER · SPRING 2026
MandiRate — daily crop price alerts
Tanmay Kulkarni · COEP Pune
Won ₹60,000 + internship at AgriStack
RUNNER-UP
HostelEats — mess feedback that works
Fatima Sheikh · Jamia Millia
Won ₹25,000
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
RailSeat — waitlist odds explained
Arjun Venkatesh · VIT Vellore
Won ₹15,000 + featured portfolio
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Set the brief and the prize; I run registration, the build window, and first-round judging. You see the shortlist.