ANNOUNCEMENT
Shortlist has been announced! If you have been shortlisted, you would have received an email from us informing that your idea is shortlisted. We Will get in touch with shortlisted teams on the next steps.
Welcome to SHIFT 2022, the healthcare hackathon by Siemens Healthineers for students and startups.
Participate to shape the future of healthcare and your future. Get mentored to advance and SHIFT your idea into reality. Also gain internship opportunities for students and partnership opportunities for startups.
- Rs. 14 lakhs in prizes
- Focus themes:
- Access to care
- Digitally enabled services
- Smart fluoroscopic imaging
- Important dates:
- Oct 10: Last date to submit ideas | Oct 21: Shortlist announced | Nov 17-18: In-person hackathon
- Open to students and startups (see eligibility)
SHIFT is the Siemens Healthineers Innovation Ecosystem. SHIFT is driven by Siemens Healthineers New Ambition that addresses the greatest opportunities in healthcare: fighting the most threatening diseases, enabling efficient operations, and expanding access to care. SHIFT connects people, resources, and tools in one comprehensive ecosystem, enabling collaboration beyond borders and accelerating innovation globally.
Students and startups as specified hereunder can participate in SHIFT 2022
Students in undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programs in science, technology, engineering, computing, and medical disciplines can participate.
Level |
Engineering |
Medical |
Technology and computing |
Undergraduate |
B.E/B.Tech |
MBBS |
B.Sc/BCA |
Post-graduate |
M.E/M.Tech |
MD/MMST |
M.Sc/MCA |
Doctoral and post-doctoral |
PhD |
DM |
PhD/MPhil |
Only early-stage startups which are less than three years old can take part.
- Registration (Sep 13 – Oct 10) involves two steps:
- Register yourself individually on the microsite
- Form a team with others who have registered
- Click here for a PDF guide on how to register and form a team
- Idea Submission (Sep 13 – Oct 10) is only possible after you have registered and formed a team. You need to select a theme in the theme section, and submit an idea based on that theme. Click here for an idea submission guide template.
- Announcement of shortlisted teams (Oct 21) for the in-person 24-hour hackathon event in Bangalore. Kindly note, teams need to organize their travel and stay as mentioned in the Rules section.
- In-person 24 hour hackathon (Nov 17-18) and finale will be held at the Siemens Healthineers Technology Centre, Bangalore.
- AMA sessions: Two ask me anything (AMA) sessions will be held.
- AMA session 1 for all registered participants will be held in the calendar week (Sep 26-30)
- AMA session 2 for all shortlisted teams will be held in the calendar week (Oct 24-28)