Child Abuse Prevention Hackathon

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 in the Hackathon?
If you love to code, (from learning to expert) you are more than welcome to participate in the Hackathon.
If you are a social worker or from a related field, you may use the ideation process to participate. We will have mentors to show you how this is done. Here is an example of what you may do:
(a) Brainstorm ideas and pick one to work on
(b) Create a prototype or mockup of your solution
(c) Create a pitch deck and practice your presentation
(d) Submit your pitch deck by 3:00pm on Sunday
(e) Give a 5-minute presentation to the judges and answer their questions

Can a social worker or from a related field, be an active participant at the Hackathon?
First option: You can join a team, pitch your idea and stay on board as their subject/matter expert.
Second option: You can have a team created with individuals with same/similar background/non-coders, and present your ideation process by using a pitch deck. We will have mentors to show you how this is done.

How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon?
You have to develop the application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.

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.

How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas?
You have to develop the entire software application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application.

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 develop the application on your local system based on the given themes and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

Since there is no specific technology mentioned, are there any restrictions on using number of pre-built libraries? There is no restriction to use any language, technology stack, or libraries. You can use any of them to create the web/mobile application.

Do I need to give a demo of the product that I have built?
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 application at a physical event, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

A fully developed application need to have a solid backend for data storage like SQL, SharePoint etc. since it's online, is it acceptable to show only the prototype of it?
Yes, it's absolutely fine to submit just the prototype. If you use any database like MySQL or PostgreSQL you can also submit a database dump along with your submission. However, you are allowed to submit just the prototype.

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 log in 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.