PEC HACKS

4.0 36 Hours Hackathon

August 29, 2026 → August 30, 2026

@Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai

Welcome to the much-anticipated Hackathon 2025! We are thrilled to host a diverse group of industry experts and passionate tech enthusiasts hailing from various corners of the globe.

This is your opportunity to delve deep into the fascinating and ever-evolving future of technology.

Agenda Agenda

Day 1 - August 29th

Time	Event
6:00 AM – 7:00 AM	Participant check-in
7:00 AM	Hacking starts
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM	Breakfast
8:45 AM – 11:15 AM	MLH pitch session
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM	Tech Together meetup
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM	Power mentoring session 1
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM	Round 1 evaluation starts
6:00 PM	Round 1 evaluation ends
8:00 PM	Dinner

Day 2 - August 30th

Time	Event
12:30 AM – 2:30 AM	Fun activity: game night
2:30 AM	Fun activity ends: ice breakers
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM	Elastic workshop
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM	MLH workshop
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM	Power mentoring session 2
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Submissions due (soft deadline)
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Round 2 evaluation
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Hacking ends (hard deadline)
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Snacks
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM	Round 2 evaluation ends
5:15 PM – 6:45 PM	Finalist demos start
6:45 PM – 7:00 PM	Finalist demos end
Closing Ceremony
7:00 PM – 7:05 PM	Closing ceremony
7:05 PM – 7:10 PM	Event summary
7:10 PM – 7:35 PM	Event recap
7:35 PM – 7:50 PM	Announce winners
7:50 PM – 7:55 PM	Closing ceremony ends
7:55 PM	Venue closes for participants

Track Prizes Track Prizes

Track 02

Gemini API

Awarded to: Top performing team
Perks:

Advanced AI models — chat, vision, code, UI automation
Powerful API for GenAI apps
Seamless integration with Google Cloud

Google Swag Kits Best Use of Gemini

Track 03

ElevenLabs

Awarded to: Every member of the top performing team
Perks:

Human-like AI voice generation
Text-to-speech & voice agents
Emotionally expressive audio

Wireless Earbuds For each team member

Track 04

MongoDB

Awarded to: Top performing team
Perks:

$50 student credit / free-forever Atlas tier
MongoDB University learning resources
Vector search built into Atlas

M5Stack IoT Kit For the top performing team

Track 05

Snowflake

Awarded to: Top performing team
Perks:

Free 120-day student trial
Full Snowflake API access
Cortex AI functions on your data

Raspberry Pi 4 For the top performing team

Track 06

Solana

Awarded to: Every member of the top performing team
Perks:

Ultra-fast blockchain
Near-zero transaction fees
Ideal for DeFi, games and payments

Ledger Nano S Plus For each team member

Track 07

Vultr

Awarded to: Top performing team
Perks:

$100 Vultr credits for every participant — no card needed
One-click deployment + cloud compute
Cloud GPUs for AI workloads

Portable Screens For the top performing team

Track 08

Render

Awarded to: Top 3 performing teams — credits to the team account
Tiers: 1st — $500 • 2nd — $300 • 3rd — $100
Perks:

Instant deploy from GitHub, zero DevOps
Free tier for web services, static sites & Postgres
Auto-scaling + managed databases

Render Credits Top 3 teams

Track 09

n8n

Awarded to: Top 3 performing teams — every member
Perks:

400+ ready integrations, drag-and-drop workflows
Self-hostable, AI agent nodes built in
Automate anything without heavy backend code

1 year n8n Pro + swag box • Top 3 teams

Track 10

Trace AI

Awarded to: Split across the top 3 performing teams
Perks:

Your agent's work record stays on your own machine
You choose what gets shared — anonymised before it leaves
Earn Trace Credits when a record teaches an AI something new

$200 Prize Pool Split across top 3 teams

Track 11

Actian

Awarded to: Split across the top 3 performing teams using Actian Vector DB
Perks:

Free 30-day trial + free Community Edition
Python & JavaScript SDKs, LangChain and LlamaIndex ready
Runs local, on-prem or cloud — you keep the data

$250 First Prize

$150 Second Prize

$100 Third Prize

Coupon's Code Coupon's Code

Render

Received

In-Kind · $50 credits for participants (350 slots)

Claim Credits

n8n

Received

In-Kind · 350 n8n Cloud Pro licenses (valid till Sep first week)

Coupon Code:

2026-COMMUNITY-HACKATHON-INDIA-7B5D82F8

Redeem

Interview Buddy

Received

In-Kind · 50 complimentary 7-day coding interview prep course licenses ($50 value)

Winners & Runners-up code: INTERVIEW15

Participants code: JC10

Winners & Runners-up Form Participants Link

Interview Cake

Received

In-Kind · AI Interview vouchers worth ₹550 for winners, 90% off for runners-up, 10% off for participants, 15% off for organizers

Claim Offer

Slido

Received

In-Kind · Free professional annual plan

Event Name: PEC Hacks 4.0

Event Code:

#3208935

Wolfram Alpha

Received

In-Kind · 1-month Wolfram|One access for all participants (Language, Cloud resources, API credits & tools)

Check WhatsApp for access details

Navan AI

Received

In-Kind · Lifetime community membership for participants · No user limit

soda.navan.ai Documentation

Check mail for access

.xyz

Received

In-Kind · 350 free .xyz domain registrations · Expires Sep 30 2026

Coupon Code:

PEC26

Registration Instructions

Tin Computer

Received

In-Kind · $299 in Tin Computer credits to 100 eligible teams

Claim Page

Miro

Received

In-Kind · Starter pack for 3 months · 300 members ($8/licence)

Fill Form

Jury Panel Jury Panel — Meet Our Judges

Aakash Dhakshanamoorthy

AI ML Engineer

Zenardy

Hari Dhishan V

PMO & PR

Internetartsy

Roja Gnanavel

Lead Software Engineer

Trimble

Sankara Velu S

Engineering Architect

Aquaconnect

Vinithaswath Alagarsamy Suresh

Senior Software Engineer

Walmart

Kumaravel N

Sylvester Daniel

CEO & Co-Founder

D2R AILabs

Karthik Anandan S

Technical Lead

Zeb

Anush S

Solutions Architect — AI Research & Development

Zeb

Charan A

Technical Lead, AI

Zeb

Yogesh C

Technical Lead

Zeb

Bharanivelan J

Tech Enthusiast

Contact Info

Name	Role	Contact No
Nancy Margaret B	Organizer	9342549643
Rohit Muralidaran	Organizer	7358449369

Nancy Margaret B 9342549643

Rohit Muralidaran 7358449369

Booth Station

Booth Stations	Venue
MLH	Hacking Arena

Rules and Guidelines

Code of Conduct

All participants must adhere to the event's code of conduct

Original Work

All submissions must be original and created during the hackathon

Intellectual Property

Participants retain ownership of their projects

Judging Criteria

Projects will be evaluated on innovation, technical complexity, and presentation

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