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HACK24 is open to all currently enrolled UG and PG students at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. You don't need to be a CS student — participants from any stream, any year, and any branch are welcome. First-timers are warmly encouraged to apply.

Teams must be 2 to 4 members. Solo participants will be matched into teams during the Team Formation session at 9:30 AM on Day 1 — so don't worry if you're coming alone. Solo registrations are welcome.

Absolutely — and we actively encourage it. Cross-functional teams (e.g., a developer + a designer + a domain expert) consistently produce stronger projects. Mix it up.

No fee whatsoever. HACK24 is completely free to register and participate. We cover food (lunch, dinner, breakfast, and snacks throughout the 24 hours), AWS credits, and all event materials.

Register via the form on this website. You'll need your college email ID, roll number, and department. On the day of the event, bring your college ID card — it's required for check-in at 9:00 AM.

The event is capped at 150–200 participants based on venue capacity. Registration is first-come, first-served. Once slots fill up, registration will close — so don't wait.

Yes — all projects must fall under one of the five defined themes: Automating Ops Workflows, Analyst Workflows, Coding Agents, FinOps, or Compliance. Within each theme, you can either pick from the provided problem statements or propose your own project idea that fits the theme. Judges evaluate within themes.

Projects must incorporate at least one AWS service, in line with the GenAI × AWS theme. AWS credits will be distributed to all teams at kickoff. You're free to use other tools, APIs, and frameworks alongside AWS — but AWS needs to be meaningfully part of the solution.

No restrictions on programming languages, frameworks, or tools. Use whatever you're most effective with. Web, mobile, CLI, hardware — all fair game. The evaluation is based on the quality and impact of the solution, not the stack.

No pre-built work is allowed. All code must be written during the 24-hour window (10:45 AM Day 1 to 9:00 AM Day 2). You may come with designs, ideas, architecture plans, and reading material — but no prior code commits. Judges will review repo commit history.

Bring your laptop, charger, college ID, and any peripherals you normally code with. We handle everything else — power strips, high-speed WiFi, all meals, snacks, and coffee throughout the 24 hours. Comfortable clothes and a pillow if you plan to catch a few hours of sleep.

All meals are catered — lunch, dinner, breakfast, and multiple snack breaks throughout the night. The venue is open for the full 24 hours so participants can rest or sleep at the venue if needed. Formal overnight accommodation is not provided, but the space is available.

Projects are evaluated on four criteria: Innovation & Creativity, Technical Complexity, Real-World Impact, and Quality of Demo & Presentation. Each team gets 5 minutes to demo + 3 minutes of Q&A with the judging panel, which consists of industry engineers and architects from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other partner organisations.