24-hour offline hackathon · Mangaluru, Karnataka · Oct 30–31, 2026
TechSiege
24 hours. 200+ builders. One campus. Ship real agentic AI — not chatbot wrappers.
Not another chatbot hackathon
TechSiege rewards systems that perceive, plan, call tools, remember, and finish real work — evaluated against an explicit agentic bar.
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- Participants
- Engineering & MCA students
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- Teams
- 2–4 members per team
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- Tracks
- Real agentic problem statements
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- Offline Build
- Mangaluru campus venue
Prompt wrappers don't pass
A single LLM call behind a chat UI — no tools, no memory, no multi-step behaviour — gets screened out, no matter how polished it looks.
Agents that act do
Show a system that reads the world, plans across steps, remembers context, recovers from errors — and leaves an audit trail. That wins.
Six arenas. Pick your mission.
Every track expects working agentic behaviour — tool use, planning and memory — applied to a real problem.
Autonomous AI
Agents that plan, act and finish work end-to-end.
Research agents · Productivity copilots · Enterprise workflow automation
AI for Education
Tutors and tools that actually teach and administer.
Personalized tutors · Assessment graders · Teacher admin assistants
AI for Healthcare
Information & workflow assistants for care teams.
Triage intake agents · Literature research · Discharge-summary helpers
AI for Finance
Agents that read numbers and explain what matters.
Financial research · Expense analysis · Business-intelligence bots
AI for Social Impact
Accessibility, public-service and planet-first agents.
Accessibility aides · Civic-service bots · Environmental monitors
AI Developer Agents
Agents that ship software alongside you.
Code + test generation · Auto-documentation · DevOps & code review
The bar for evaluation
Screening judges check every submission against this list. Miss the core, miss the finals.
Tool / API integration
Agent calls real tools, APIs or data sources — not just chat replies.
Multi-step execution
Planning, task decomposition or workflow orchestration across steps.
Persistent state / memory
Session state, long-term memory or context carried across runs.
RAG / external knowledge
Retrieval over docs, web or datasets grounding the agent's actions.
Multi-agent or human-in-the-loop
Agent collaboration, delegation, approvals or escalation paths.
Safety & auditability
Error handling, validation, sandboxing and a visible action log.
Timeline
24 hours, minute by minute
08:00 AM kickoff on Day 1 → awards by 05:30 PM on Day 2. Tabs switch between days.
Registration & Check-in
Team verification, IDs, kits, workspace allotment.
Opening Ceremony
Welcome, rules, tracks, judging and safety briefing.
Keynote: The Agentic Shift
From chatbots to tool-using autonomous systems.
Hacking Begins
Team formation locked · repos created · mentor floor opens.
Lunch + Mentor Checkpoint 1
Architecture reviews: tools, memory and scope.
Mentor Checkpoint 2
Mid-build review: working tool call required.
Dinner + Night Sprint
Fuel up. Quiet hacking hours with mentor support.
Midnight Checkpoint
Progress log + demo-of-something-working submission.
How winners are picked
Weighted rubric, published upfront. Agentic depth counts the most.
Tool use, planning, memory, autonomy depth.
Originality of the problem + approach.
Architecture, code quality, robustness.
Real need, clear scope, measurable outcome.
Usability, design polish, accessibility.
Live demo quality + storytelling.
Capability
A technically brilliant demo with no tool use, memory or planning caps at 75. Build the agent, not the slides.
Awards
Glory and prize pool
Indicative amounts — the final pool scales with sponsorships. Every finalist gets stage time.
Featured
Grand Champion
Best overall agentic system.
₹50,000* + Trophy
- ₹25,000*
1st Runner-Up
Outstanding execution & demo.
- ₹15,000*
2nd Runner-Up
Strong agent + story.
- ₹10,000*
Best AI Agent
Deepest autonomy: tools, memory, planning.
- ₹10,000*
Most Innovative Solution
Boldest idea, well executed.
- ₹7,500*
Best Education Agent
Top build on the Education track.
- ₹7,500*
Best Social Impact Agent
Top build for public good.
- ₹7,500*
Best Developer Agent
Top dev-tooling agent.
- ₹7,500*
Best Autonomous Workflow
Cleanest end-to-end orchestration.
- ₹5,000*
Best UX
Most usable, accessible interface.
- Goodies + Glory
People's Choice
Audience-voted favourite demo.
What you ship on Day 2
Submission closes 11:00 AM. Incomplete entries don't advance to screening.
Public GitHub repo with a clear README (setup, env, run steps)
Project summary: problem, users, agent capabilities (≤ 300 words)
Agent architecture diagram (tools, memory, flow, models)
2–3 min demo video (unlisted link) showing real tool use
Declaration of APIs, models, datasets & pre-existing code used
Portal link shared at kickoff · Questions? cynex.depticb@gmail.com
Sponsors — announcing soon
We're lining up partners who want to meet 200+ builders. Check back shortly.
Sponsor wall coming soon.
Tiers and confirmed logos will appear here once announced.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Students from engineering/MCA colleges across Mangaluru, Udupi/Manipal, Karnataka and Kerala. Teams of 2–4 members. Beginners with strong fundamentals are welcome — mentors will help you level up.
Final call
50+ teams.
One arena. 24 hours.
Registrations close when slots fill. Oct 30–31, 2026 · Alva's Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar Campus · Auditorium. Bring your crew, your keys, your ambition.