Rules and Regulations 

1. It is a 36 hours online hackathon.

2. Participating team should have at least 2 members and can have a maximum of 4 members.

3. All participants must be pursuing an undergraduate course.

4. Each participant can only be a member of one team.

5. The team members can be from different academic levels (years/program).

6. Interdisciplinary participation is more than welcome.

7. All participants must have a valid university/Institute issued ID with them throughout the hackathon, which has to be attached during registration and may be asked for, based on need, at any time throughout the competition. Participants will only be eligible for prizes once they have cleared this criteria.

8. Once a team has registered, any changes in the team members will not be entertained.

9. Participants will be given a list of 7 problem statements to choose from. Each team can choose any one problem statement to work on.

10. Round 1 would require the teams to submit a video entry of maximum 4 minutes and a descriptive PPT which elaborates on the idea and technical stack used. This round will be held by the end of 12 hours.

11. Software submissions must be in the form of Web applications, Mobile applications or any GUI based application. A video demonstrating the working of your application in a clear manner is required. Hardware submissions will require a video demonstration showcasing the entire working of the project, alongside any required details and software implementations.

12. Protection of intellectual property rights and copyrights issues must be strictly followed, i.e. you cannot submit content that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have the permission from the rightful owner to post the content.

13. Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

14. It is highly advised to use the existing datasets from data.gov.in or Kaggle. Generating own datasets is strictly not allowed. In case if the team does so, IEEE-SBM is not responsible for any consequences.

15. For the healthcare problem statement, the contestant should avoid purely database-related solutions.

16. Submission of final code/project must be done by the given deadline. Late submissions will not be considered for evaluation under any circumstance. Please make sure to communicate any issue you’re facing with regards to submission as soon as possible.

17. The decision of the judges would be final.

18. IEEE-SBM reserves the rights to make any modifications to better the event, important updates would be duly informed to the participants.

19. While the hackathon will be held online, we request all participants to please follow all COVID and health protocols specified by the WHO, any illness/issues as a result of working for the event would not be the responsibility of IEEE-SBM.

Organisers' decision is final in case of any dispute.