Hackathons in Asia

• hackCBS 9.0In person

  Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2026 · New Delhi, India

  starts in 9 days

  24-hour, student-run offline hackathon at SSCBS, University of Delhi, for teams of 2 to 4.

  Organizer

  Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (University of Delhi)

  Who

  students

  studentsgeneralchecked 2026-10-20

• ETHGlobal MumbaiIn person

  Nov 5-7, 2026 · Mumbai, India

  starts in 14 days

  In-person Ethereum hackathon at Jio World Convention Centre during Devcon 8 week, for teams of 1 to 5.

  Organizer

  ETHGlobal

  Prizes

  $126,500 in listed sponsor prizes

  Apply by

  Oct 23, 2026

  web3ethereumdefichecked 2026-10-20
• Singapore-India Hackathon 2026In person

  Nov 15-17, 2026 · Singapore, Singapore

  starts in 24 days

  About 120 selected students from Singapore and India form mixed teams to solve industry problems in fintech, climate and social innovation.

  Organizer

  SMU Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, TiE Singapore, AICTE

  Who

  students

  studentsfintechsustainabilitysocial-impactaichecked 2026-10-20

In-person and hybrid events by country and city. Online ones are open wherever you are.

India 2

hackCBS 9.0 (New Delhi) · ETHGlobal Mumbai (Mumbai)

Singapore 1

Singapore-India Hackathon 2026 (Singapore)

1. 1. Before

   Read the judging criteria and the sponsor prize list first; pick the tracks you can win, not the biggest one. Set up your stack, API keys and a deploy target (Vercel, Railway, Fly) the day before.

2. 2. Team

   Three or four people: one on the backend and integrations, one on the frontend, one on the demo and the pitch. Agree on the idea in the first hour, then stop debating.

3. 3. Scope

   Build one flow that works end to end, not five half-features. Mock anything that is not on the demo path, and use sponsor APIs where they genuinely help (that is how many prizes are judged).

4. 4. Demo

   Judges see your project for 3 to 5 minutes. Open with the problem in one sentence, show the live product, end with what is next. Record a 2-minute backup video in case the Wi-Fi or the API fails.

5. 5. Submit

   Submit early with a README, screenshots, the repo link and the video, then keep improving. Late submissions are usually not accepted, even by a minute.

6. 6. After

   Ship it: put the project online, write a short post, and launch it on DevHunt. Many hackathon projects get their first users that week.

Pack: laptop and charger, a power strip, headphones, a phone hotspot as backup Wi-Fi, ID (in-person events check it), and a free LLM key or two from our free LLM API list.