Dates

• Registration Opens: November 6, 2025

• Hackathon Kick-off: November 8, 2025

• Project Submission Deadline: November, 2025

• Winners Announcement: November 13, 2025

Eligibility

• Open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students from UPL University.

• Solo participants or teams of up to 4 members are allowed.

• Participants must have an active AlgoZenith account and register through the official link.

• Basic programming knowledge and interest in algorithms or development required.

Project and Submission Requirements

• A working prototype or algorithmic solution addressing a real-world or open innovation problem.

• A GitHub repository with clean, well-commented code.

• A demo video (2–5 min) showing the workflow and explaining the logic behind the solution.

• A project summary outlining:

  • Problem statement

  • Proposed solution

  • Algorithmic or technical approach

  • Tech stack used

  • Future scope or scalability

Optional but encouraged: screenshots, short slides, or deployment link.

Prizes

1st 🥇 - Algozenith Goodies

2nd 🥈 - Mentorship with AZ core members & printed Water bottle AZ

3rd 🥉 - Discounted AZ course's 

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

• Innovation & Creativity (25%) — Originality of the idea and how effectively it solves a problem.

• Algorithmic Depth (25%) — Efficiency, optimization, and implementation of data structures or algorithms.

• Technical Execution (20%) — Code quality, stability, and functionality.

• Impact & Usefulness (15%) — Practical relevance and scalability of the solution.

• Presentation & Demo (15%) — Clarity, design, and storytelling of the final submission.