Hack For Sport

Do I need to pay any money to register for the Hackathon? No. You do not have to pay anything to anyone to register yourself for any Hackathon on HackerEarth.

Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the Hackathon? If you have a solution based approach, you are more than welcome to participate in the Hackathon.

How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon? You have to make a video/presentation deck on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format.

Do we need to have the entire idea fully working? The entire idea need not be fully implemented however, the submission should be functional so that it can be reviewed by the judges.

Does one have to be online and available for the entire duration of the Hackathon? No, one does not need to be logged in on HackerEarth or be online for the entire duration. You can curate your idea/prototype on your local system based on the given themes and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

Do I need to give a demo for the submission I make? If you want you can submit a small presentation or video that demos your submission, however it's not mandatory, and only good to have. In case you are one of the winners, you might be invited to demo your project at a physical event, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

If it is a team submission, does that mean all team members will have access to work at the same time? Yes, all team members can login from their account and do application submission on HackerEarth.

Who will own the IP(Intellectual Property) Rights to the product that I have built? The developer/developers of the web/mobile application will have all rights and own the IP of the product. However, all code needs to be in public domain (open source) so that it can be evaluated by the judges.

Can I participate as an individual or is it necessary to be in a team? Yes, you can participate individually or in a team with upto 5 members.