Your one-stop destination for the world's most impactful student innovation challenges ā with complete project lists, timelines, and mentor guidance.
Two flagship opportunities ā one national, one global ā to showcase your innovation and win big.
A flagship initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Identify real-world problems and build impactful solutions that serve the nation.
Turn your idea into a working AI Agent and compete for a share of USD 750,000 in grants. Hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy.
Compare both challenges to choose the right fit for your project.
| Attribute | Seva First Innovation | Dubai AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Organizer | Ministry of Education, India | Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy |
| Prize Pool | ā¹5.4 Crores | USD 750,000 |
| Per Winner | ā¹10L / ā¹5L / ā¹3L | USD 150,000 |
| Eligibility | Class 6 ā PhD (India) | Global (all ages) |
| Team Size | Individual or team | Max 6 members |
| Focus | 5 Domains (Health, Agri, Edu, Sec, Env) | AI Agents (Societal, Personal, Business, Youth) |
| Entry Fee | Free | Free |
| Reg. Deadline | 24 Oct 2026 | Jan 2027 |
| Grand Final | 10ā17 Dec 2026 | First week of May 2027 |
| Location | New Delhi, India | Dubai, UAE |
| Mentorship | Technical + Business | Industry + Pitch |
Explore student innovation projects submitted across both hackathons. Filter by domain to find relevant solutions.
Autonomous multi-agent orchestration for medical and property insurance claim verification.
Ultra-low-latency medical voice dictation and automated EHR clinical note synthesis.
Hands-free voice assistant for operating rooms with WHO checklist orchestration.
CDC pipeline for real-time agricultural data vectorization and Apache Iceberg sync.
Multi-agent network for carbon sequestration verification and compliance certificates.
Bare-metal Edge-AI compiler for deploying crop vision models on agricultural drones.
Layout-aware RAG for educational institutions with multi-hop curriculum routing.
Real-time multilingual voice AI tutor with adaptive Socratic questioning.
Autonomous multi-agent OS for personalized STEM curricula and exercise synthesis.
Zero-trust gateway protecting LLM endpoints from prompt injections and data exfiltration.
Multimodal inspection gateway detecting facial swaps, voice cloning, and synthetic fraud.
Zero-trust proxy gateway filtering user prompts and LLM completions in real-time.
Graph RAG for supply chain carbon mapping and greenwashing verification.
Graph RAG integrating solar, wind, and battery storage into power grids.
Multi-agent energy negotiation for microgrid load balancing and battery management.
Layout-aware RAG for parsing multi-jurisdictional labor law compliance documents.
Sub-80ms full-duplex voice AI assistant for hands-free biological laboratory research.
Zero-dependency bare-metal neural network compiler for microcontrollers.
Key dates for both hackathons, side by side.
A step-by-step guide to maximize your chances of winning.
Essential references, data schemas, and standards for students and mentors.
The official data schema, project formatting standards, and reference materials for both hackathons.
Standardized JSON structures for submissions
Guidelines for titles, descriptions, tags
Scoring framework used by evaluators