Students from Higher Education Institutes such as engineering colleges and universities can participate in the hackathon.

• • All participants must be from the same college or school; inter-college/school teams are not permitted.

• • Members from different branches or disciplines within the same institution may form a team.

• • Each team must comprise of minimum 2 students and a maximum of 6 students.

• • We encourage multi-disciplinary teams – which means your team should have a good mix of Computer engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electronic Engineers, Product Designers, Programmers, etc.

• • Option 1:- Participating colleges can register through the Teachers / Professors of the college, who are called SPOC. The SPOC in turn can create teams of students from within the college, to solve the problem statements assigned.

• • Option 2:- Students can register their Teams directly. One student from the team who is the Team leader must register & choose the designation as Team leader as mentioned on the portal and the team members.

• Check the Registration Process document given above in resource section.

• • Problem statements have been shared on website and brochure. Teams are free to select any problem statement that appeals to them.

• • Teams may apply to multiple problem statements, however, if multiple submissions are selected and the team gets a chance to go into the finals, then the team may only participate in 1 problem statement for the final event.

• Participants must submit the idea on the portal. portal@i4c.in

• • Post Idea submission process, the ideas will be evaluated by experts.

• Evaluation criteria will include novelty of the idea, complexity, clarity, and details in the prescribed format, feasibility, sustainability, the scale of impact, user experience, creativity and simplicity and potential for future work progression.

All updates related to the hackathon will be given on the website itself and email will be sent for ease of communication. We would recommend regularly following the i4C website, to avoid inadvertently missing any emails. Please add support@i4c.into avoid emails from us going into your Spam / Junk folder.

The grand finale of the hackathon may be online or in-person, depending on the circumstances. Selected teams will be notified prior to the grand finale dates.

• • The Prizes will be mentioned in detail on our Landing page andbrochure.

• • If there is a tie between two or more teams, the final decision of the prize money distribution will be taken by the organizer of the event, and all decisions are final.

• • Organizers have right of not announcing the prize money or winner if the idea or solution is not satisfactory or deserving.

• • The team members of every winning team will be individually awarded a certificate.

• Apart from the winners, all other teams who submitted the idea will get Participation certificate and teams selected for finale will get Finale certificate.

• Intellectual property (IP) of all submitted ideas shall lie with the student innovators.
  
  
• If the ideas are selected for further development support, IP sharing would be applicable, and details will be decided upon and formalized accordingly.

The ideas or solutions provided/developed/proposed by the team must be new and must not have been present in any previous event/program of any sort. Any IP infringement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with seriously.

• Collaborate with financial education experts and NCFE team
• Learn from qualified mentors specializing in financial literacy, technology, and game development
• Present game prototypes to an esteemed jury panel
• Solve challenges impacting India’s financial inclusion and literacy landscape
• Potential for game
  adoption by NCFE for nationwide implementation

• Virtual platform accessible from anywhere in India
• Mentorship support throughout prototype development
• Two knowledge-sharing webinars with domain experts
• Structured evaluation framework focusing on Innovation, Impact, Feasibility, and Relevance
• ₹7,00,000 total prize pool with multiple awards
  
  Certificates for all valid participants