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Code. Create. Conquer.
When
11 Apr – 12 Apr 2026
Participation
186 participants · 37 teams · ₹50,000 prize pool
Code. Create. Conquer. Hackwarts’26 turned the ADYPU Pune campus into a 24-hour school of builders, where student teams went from a blank screen to a working project in a single day and night.
Hackwarts’26 opened the 2026 ALTA Hackathons season. Organised by ALTA School of Technology with Sunstone and Ajeenkya DY Patil University, it brought students together to solve problems with AI, build fast, and pitch what they made to the judges.
ALTA Hackathons are a multi-city series of 24-hour builds where students work on real AI projects. The 2026 season ran across Pune, Delhi NCR and Indore, bringing together 516+ participants in 131+ teams.
Hackathons are where classroom learning meets real building. In a single sprint, students practise everything that matters in a tech career: choosing a problem, working in a team, shipping under a deadline and explaining their work clearly.
They are also where many students build their first project worth showing on a CV or LinkedIn.
Innovation
30%Originality and creativity of the idea
Technical execution
30%Quality and completeness of the build
Impact
20%Usefulness and potential real-world impact
Presentation
20%Clarity of the demo and pitch
What participants, guests and the ALTA School of Technology team shared about this event.