36 HOURS. ZERO SLEEP. PURE INNOVATION: HACKATHON 4.0 LIGHTS UP SRMS ENGINEERING COLLEGE

57 teams across India. 198 participants. One mission to build, code, and create solutions that matter…

Bringing innovation to the forefront, HACKATHON 4.0 (Innovate Locally, Impact Globally) kicked off on an electrifying note at SRMS College of Engineering & Technology (CET), Bareilly. This 3-day tech marathon (April 2–4), organized by the Techedge Cell in association with IIC and MoE’s Innovation Cell, revolves around one powerful theme, “Innovate for Impact: Tech Solutions for Advancing SDGs.”

With a prize pool of up to ₹1,00,000 and a ₹5,000 special reward for the top all-girls team, the stakes are high and the energy even higher. Guiding the journey are industry experts like Ankit Patel (Senior Consultant, Capgemini), Krishna Bhasin (Architect, Hashedin by Deloitte) and Saransh Shukla (Legal Consultant, Oxyzo).

The event was formally inaugurated by Shri Dev Murti, alongside Aditya Murti (Trust Secretary), Er Subhash Mehra (Trust Advisor), Dr Prabhakar Gupta (Principal, CET), Dr Jaspreet Kaur (Principal, IAHS) and Dr Shailesh Saxena (Dean, SRMS CET&R), marking the beginning of an intense 36-hour sprint powered by creativity and code.

From the very first hour, it was game on! Ideas flying. Teams locked in. Screens glowing. Solutions taking shape in real time. Behind the scenes, Dr Saty Dev, Er Ashwani K. Chauhan & Er Nipun Pande ensured the experience stayed seamless, sharp, and high-energy.

What makes it even bigger is the participation from institutions across the country — Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology (TN), Nandha Engineering College (TN), MIT Moradabad, Gyan Ganga College of Technology (MP), Amrapali University (Haldwani), ITS Engineering College (Greater Noida), Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya (Haridwar), Bansal Institute (Lucknow), RBMI (Bareilly), Ambalika Institute (Lucknow) — along with multiple teams from SRMS CET & CET&R.