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HACK'A'WAR 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.

Form a team of 3 to 4 members to participate. Individual entries are not allowed.

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. HACK'A'WAR 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 8:30 AM.

Registrations are open to all eligible teams. After the submission phase, teams will be evaluated and shortlisted, and only selected teams will advance further in the hackathon..

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.

Projects must incorporate at least one AWS service if required by the problem statement, in alignment with the GenAI × AWS theme. AWS credits will be provided to all teams at kickoff. You are free to use additional tools, APIs, and frameworks alongside AWS, but AWS must be meaningfully integrated into the solution if required.

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. Boiler Plate codes are allowed All code must be written during the 24-hour window (8:30 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.

The website is a way for you to portray and present your idea with more creative freedom. A PPT generally restricts you in many ways, so to give you more room for expression, we want you to submit a website instead. Note that the website is not the project you will build during the hackathon — it's simply a creative way to present your solution and vision. Also, boilerplate code is allowed before the hackathon — you can set up starter templates and basic scaffolding ahead of time.

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 will be evaluated by a panel of judges based on innovation, technical implementation, real-world impact, user experience, and effective use of AWS services (where applicable). The decision of the judging panel will be final