🌟 GEN AI CHAKRA – SMART CITIES HACKATHON   🚀 Overview

Join us virtually for a thrilling 45 Days Global Student Hackathon. Harness the power of Generative AI to address critical Smart City and Solarpunk challenges. Dive into rapid prototyping, deep AI development, and multimodal AI integrations. Build solutions that drive sustainability, innovation, and impact.

Dates: Aug 1st–Sept 15st, 2025
Location: Virtual (Discord & Zoom)
Website: hackathon.studentchakra.com

🎯 Themes & Tracks

Solve real-world urban problems using Generative AI. Choose from these tracks:

  • Smart Cities & Infrastructure

  • AI for Solarpunk, Environment & Sustainability

  • AI for Education, Healthcare & Wellness

  • CivicTech, Governance & Public Data

Technical Tracks:

  1. Cursor Coding Track (Cursor.dev)

  2. AgentOps Track (Langchain, CrewAI, AutoGen)

  3. Vision & Media Track (SDXL, DALL·E, Runway)

  4. Civic UX Track (UI/UX for civic apps)

  5. IoT + AI Track (Real-time integrations)

👥 Who Should Join?

  • UG/PG Students globally

  • Solo or Teams (1–4 members)

  • All backgrounds welcome; no prior AI experience required!

📆 Important Dates

 

  • Registrations: Open until Sept 15st, 2025

  • Hackathon Days: Aug 1st-Sept 15st 2025

  • Judging & Awards: Sept 30, 2025

Requirements

What to Build?

Build something to solve a pressing problem you see around that has been present at scale for a long time. Pick something from our idea resources or come up with your own or look around for inspiration. A solar punk future where technology worked for betterment of the humanity in symphony with nature. 

📌 Submission Requirements

  • Code Repository (GitHub)

  • 3–5 min Demo Video

  • Project README covering:

    • Concept and problem addressed

    • Dataset(s) used

    • Model details & results

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$380 in prizes
First Prize
$200 in cash
1 winner

Second Prize
$120 in cash
1 winner

Third Prize
$60 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Abdul Rahuman M

Abdul Rahuman M
IoT & AI Product Lead at Twin | Building Digital Twin Intelligence via Multi-Agent Multi-Modal System

Krishan Meghani

Krishan Meghani
CEO | Co-Founder | Owner@MeghaAI| Making Products For IIOT4.0 | A recognized leader in AI innovation, holding multiple patents

Raju Sagi

Raju Sagi
Engineering & Management Consulting & Training. EXPERTISE in Process Re-engineering; Data Analytics. SPECIALISTS in End2End Mentoring of Start-up Companies

Madhuri
Genzix

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation & Creativity
    25%
  • AI Implementation
    25%
  • Impact & Usefulness
    20%
  • Technical Execution
    20%
  • Presentation & Demo
    10%

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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