TRACK 01
AI-Powered Campus Companion
Theme: Intelligent tools for college life
Today's engineering colleges generate massive amounts of unstructured information — timetables, notices, exam schedules, faculty availability, lab bookings — spread across WhatsApp groups, notice boards, and PDFs no one reads. Students waste hours chasing information that should be instant. Build an AI-powered campus assistant that ingests institutional data and lets students query it in natural language to get instant, accurate answers. Your solution should handle at least 3 data sources (e.g. timetable, academic calendar, syllabus), support voice or text input, and work on low-end Android devices common in Tier-2/3 colleges.
TRACK 02
FinTech for First Salary
Theme: Financial tools for first-generation earners
Millions of Indian engineering graduates receive their first salary with zero financial literacy — no idea how to budget, file taxes, invest in SIPs, or decode their CTC vs take-home. They fall prey to bad advice, mis-sold insurance, and impulse spending. Build a personal finance companion specifically designed for first-time earners in India (₹25K–₹60K salary range) that helps them budget using the 50-30-20 rule, understand their payslip deductions, and start micro-investing. No jargon. No generic dashboards. Must include an onboarding flow, a monthly budget tracker, and at least one actionable nudge per week.
TRACK 03
Placement Readiness Dashboard
Theme: Data-driven job readiness for students
Placement coordinators at Tier-2/3 colleges have no real-time visibility into which students are actually ready — who's practised DSA, who's done mock interviews, who's still stuck on basic aptitude. Decisions get made on gut feel or attendance records. Build a placement readiness dashboard that aggregates student activity across coding platforms (LeetCode, HackerRank APIs), mock test scores, and self-reported skills to generate a readiness score per student. The dashboard must have two views: student-facing (my progress) and coordinator-facing (batch overview). Must export a ranked shortlist as CSV.
TRACK 04
Rural EdTech Bridge
Theme: Learning tools for low-connectivity India
Over 60% of engineering students in India come from towns and villages where internet is intermittent, smartphones are mid-range, and English comprehension is functional but not fluent. Existing EdTech platforms are built for metro users on fibre with premium devices. Build an offline-first learning micro-app that delivers 5-minute skill modules (coding fundamentals, aptitude, verbal) that work without internet after initial download, auto-sync progress when connectivity returns, and render cleanly on a 4-inch 1GB-RAM Android device. Include at least 10 sample modules and a local progress tracker.