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HACKFEST: INNOV8 TMRW

BUILD BEYOND INFINITY

16 Feb – 7 March 2026 | CESA X VIT Mumbai

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About the Event

What is INNOV8 TMRRW?

HACKFEST – INNOV8 TMRW is a structured, multi-round hackathon initiative by CESA-VIT designed to transform innovative ideas into real-world solutions. Built around carefully curated, domain-specific challenges, the event provides students with a dynamic platform to explore problems, develop strategic approaches, and implement technology-driven innovations that address practical needs.

The hackathon fosters creativity, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving by encouraging participants to move beyond theoretical concepts and focus on tangible outcomes. With expert mentorship and a competitive yet supportive environment, teams refine their ideas, strengthen their execution, and enhance their presentation skills.

Through this journey, participants don’t just build projects — they design scalable, impactful solutions engineered for meaningful and lasting change.

Structured Innovation Journey

Multi-Stage Competition

Diverse Real-World Challenges

Multiple Domains

Guidance. Evaluation. Excellence.

Mentorship & Recognition

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INNOV8 TMRW • NATIONAL LEVEL HACKATHON •CESA X• VIT MUMBAI • BUILD • BEYOND • INFINITY •

INNOV8 TMRW • NATIONAL LEVEL HACKATHON •CESA X• VIT MUMBAI • BUILD • BEYOND • INFINITY •

REGISTRATION BEGINS • FEBRURARY 19 •

REGISTRATION BEGINS • FEBRURARY 19 •

REGISTRATION BEGINS • FEBRURARY 19 •

DOMAINS

Innovation Across Dimensions

Choose a domain, solve real-world challenges, and build beyond limits.

AI01

AI/ML/GenAI

Intelligent Energy Management for Educational Institutions

Build an AI/ML-based Energy Intelligence System that predicts future energy consumption, incorporates historical usage, environmental factors, and occupancy data, recommends actionable optimization strategies, and provides interpretable insights instead of just raw forecasts. The goal is to move from passive monitoring to intelligent, data-driven energy optimization.

Energy OptimizationPredictive AnalyticsSmart Campus
AI02

AI/ML/GenAI

Predictive Maintenance for Urban Systems

Build an AI/ML-based predictive system that analyzes sensor logs, maintenance history, and usage data to detect early micro-failure patterns, predict infrastructure risk scores before critical breakdowns, recommend preventive maintenance prioritization, and provide interpretable risk indicators. The goal is to shift from reactive maintenance to predictive, data-driven infrastructure management.

Infrastructure MonitoringPredictive MaintenanceAnomaly Detection
W01

Web Development

Streamlined Community Issue Management System

Build a full-stack web application that allows users to report issues easily, enables real-time tracking of resolution status, provides administrators with tools to manage and prioritize requests, and ensures transparency through status updates and notifications. The goal is to create a reliable and scalable issue management system with an intuitive user experience.

Issue ManagementReal-Time SystemsFull-Stack Development
W02

Web Development

Smart Professional Opportunity Matching System

Build a scalable web-based platform that matches users with relevant opportunities intelligently using structured profiles, skill indicators, experience data, and preferences, generates match scores, provides clear reasoning behind recommendations, and dynamically updates matches as profiles evolve. The goal is to move beyond simple keyword search and create an intelligent matching ecosystem.

Intelligent MatchingTalent DiscoveryRecommendation Systems
SI01

Social Impact

Smart Food Waste Reduction and Donation System

Design a technology-enabled platform that allows donors to report surplus food in real time, intelligently matches donations with nearby verified recipients, optimizes collection and redistribution timelines, ensures traceability and basic quality checks, and measures and displays social impact. The goal is to create a reliable, transparent, and efficient food redistribution ecosystem.

Food SecurityWaste ReductionCommunity Platform
SI02

Social Impact

Data-Driven Service Equity Analysis

Design a data-driven system that analyzes geospatial, demographic, and infrastructure datasets to identify underserved regions, quantifies accessibility gaps using scoring mechanisms, highlights critical service deserts, and provides prioritized intervention recommendations. The goal is to enable data-backed planning and equitable resource distribution.

Data AnalyticsGeospatial AnalysisPublic Services
AG01

Agriculture

Intelligent Agricultural Decision Support

Design a technology-driven decision support system that recommends suitable crops based on local conditions, analyzes soil, weather, and resource availability data, incorporates historical trends and market signals, accounts for risk and uncertainty in predictions, and provides clear, actionable farming recommendations. The goal is to enable informed, low-risk crop planning through intelligent data integration.

Decision SupportRisk ManagementSmart Farming
AG02

Agriculture

Computer Vision for Crop Damage Analysis

Design a computer vision based system that analyzes crop field images, detects lodging patterns, differentiates between healthy standing crops and lodged crops, estimates severity levels of structural damage, and provides actionable insights for intervention or yield adjustment. The goal is to enable fast, scalable, and data-driven crop damage assessment.

Computer VisionCrop MonitoringDamage Assessment
H01

Healthcare

AI-Assisted Healthcare Triage

Design a technology-enabled patient triage system that captures basic patient details, symptoms, and vital indicators, assists healthcare staff in prioritizing patient care, generates risk or urgency scores, provides explainable reasoning behind prioritization, and supports decision-making without replacing medical professionals. The goal is to enhance efficiency, transparency, and safety in patient prioritization.

Patient TriageDecision SupportMedical AI
H02

Healthcare

Predictive ICU Monitoring System

Design an AI-driven telemetry monitoring system that analyzes multi-parameter vital data streams in real time, detects early deterioration patterns, generates predictive risk alerts before critical thresholds are crossed, reduces false alarms, and provides clear and actionable risk indicators. The goal is to shift from reactive threshold-based alerts to proactive, intelligent clinical decision support.

ICU MonitoringPredictive AnalyticsCritical Care

Event Flow

The Journey of INNOV8 TMRRW

Kickoff

Problem Statement(s) Release

PS will release on unstop. Registration opens and teams begin ideation.

23rd Feb

Submission of PPT

Submit the abstract or PPT in the prescribed format. Submission evaluated on innovation, feasibility and clarity.

1st March

Shortlisting Announcement

Shortlisted teams announced will be announced. Selected teams for Round 2 will receive new domain specific PS on 3RD MARCH and team need to pay 200 rupees.

2nd March

Mentorship Day

Mentoring sessions will be conducting online at 8 p.m. Guidance on technical approach and feasibility.

5th March

Final Pitching & Evaluation (Offline)

On-campus final presentations. Jury evaluation. Winner declaration and closing ceremony.

7th March

Final

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Prize Pool

Reward Beyond Infinity

Celebrating innovation, excellence, and impact.

1st Runner-Up

₹8,000

Winner

₹15,000

2nd Runner-Up

₹5,000

Special Goodies

Swag & Gear

Exclusive hackathon goodies and items for the winning team.

Important

Rules & Guidelines

  1. Teams must consist of 2–4 members and complete registration and submission within the specified deadlines in the prescribed format.
  2. All submissions must be original. Plagiarism, copied content, or unfair practices will result in immediate disqualification.
  3. Entries will be evaluated solely on innovation, feasibility, impact, and clarity. The judges’ decisions will be final and binding.
  4. Shortlisted teams must mandatorily attend the mentoring-cum-evaluation round and present their solution on D-Day.
  5. All participants are expected to maintain professional, respectful, and ethical conduct throughout the hackathon.

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