SocioHack: Social Hackathon Innovating for a Sustainable & Resilient Future
SocioHack Hackathon Partner
The ICSRF 2025 Social Hackathon, held as part of the International Conference on Sustainable & Resilient Futures, invites interdisciplinary teams of students, technologists, researchers, and social innovators to design real-world solutions for rural sustainability and resilience. This is your chance to build something that matters—frugal, scalable, and socially impactful.
Innovating for a Sustainable & Resilient Future
Tackle pressing grassroots challenges through creative technology, community engagement, and sustainable design.
Team Composition:
- 4–6 members per team
- Points awarded for diversity in discipline, gender, and experience
Select one challenge from the following domains:
- AI/ML for Rural Groundwater Management
- Precision Agriculture Solution for Smallholder Farmers
- Rural Health & Wellbeing : A Personal Healthcare Management Solution
- AI/ML for Vector-Borne Disease Outbreak Prediction
- Visual AI Programming Tutor for Village Students
- Rural Community Waste Management Solution – Citizen Participation through Gamification
- Village Sustainability Index Tracker – Empowering Rural Citizens
- 31st July 2025 Deadline for submitting Initial Proposals
- 6th August 2025: Notification of selected finalists
- 7th Aug – 29th Aug: Teams can work on prototyping and developing solutions
- 29th Aug – 30thAug: Final presentations and judging at the conference venue
Round 1
First Round Submission (Deadline: 31st July 2025)
Teams must submit a High-Level Proposed Solution, including:
- Problem Statement, that their solution will address, and contextual relevance
- Understanding of the Problem in the rural/sustainability context
- Proposed Solution Overview: The core idea, how it works, and how it addresses the problem
- Design Approaches Considered and why the chosen approach is best
- Initial Architecture or conceptual framework of the solution
- Potential Impact and Scalability Considerations
- Social and Environmental Value Proposition
- Clarity and depth in problem understanding
- Creativity and practicality of design approaches
- Soundness of solution architecture
- Early thinking on scalability, impact, and social innovation
Round 2
Final Round – Prototype Development
- Shortlisted Teams from Phase 1 will be notified and invited to build a working prototype, along with detailed documentation.
- Teams will have several weeks to refine, implement, and test their solution, with a strong focus on:
- Frugality: low cost, minimal resource burden
- Ease of Use and Maintenance
- Suitability for low-income, rural communities
- Scalability and adoption potential
Hackathon Finale at ICSRF 2025
- Finalist Teams will be invited to the ICSRF 2025 venue to:
- Present and demonstrate their working solution
- Explain their solution design, engineering, business, and social impact
- Please note: All members of the finalist teams will have to register for the conference.
- The top 3 teams will be awarded prizes based on the final presentation and demo.
Final Evaluation Criteria
- Functionality, Effectiveness, and Ease of Use
- Efficiency and Robustness
- Frugal Design & Maintenance Simplicity
- The Overall Solution Engineering & Testing Process, Comprehensiveness & Quality
- Scalability and User Adoption Feasibility
- Business Model (Social Enterprise)
- Target Market Strategy & User Personas
- Social Return on Investment (SROI)
- 🥇 1st Prize: ₹1,00,000
- 🥈 2nd Prize: ₹50,000
- 🥉 3rd Prize: ₹25,000
Hackathon Registration Form
The ICSRF Hackathon isn’t just a competition—it’s a launchpad to build real, scalable, socially impactful innovations. Work on real problems, with real constraints, and build something that can change lives.
