48 Hours. ₹5,00,000+ Prize Pool. Build The Future.

India's Premier 48-Hour Technical Championship & Autonomous Innovation Sprint

Ashwa 2026 is the ultimate crucible for collegiate and early-career developers, software architects, and AI researchers. Compete across 6 specialized high-impact tracks, receive 1-on-1 direct mentorship from industry leaders, and present your working system to top tier venture capitalists and technical founders. No slide-deck theater — pure engineering, measurable real-world problem resolution, and verified execution.

Team size: 2–4
Registration closes: 14 Nov 2026
Format: Think · Build · Solve · Compete

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ThinkBuildSolve

48 Hours. ₹5,00,000+ Prize Pool. Build The Future.

Engineered to reward true technical audacity over slide decks.

One clear path from idea to final.

Your branch. Your challenge.

Autonomous AI & Agentic Systems

High-Performance Cloud & Distributed Systems

FinTech, Web3 & Next-Gen Payments

HealthTech & Precision Bio-Informatics

CleanTech, Smart Mobility & Autonomous EV

Open Innovation & Cyber-Physical Systems

Clear criteria. Careful evaluation.

Guidance that stays close to the work.

Ananya Deshmukh

Dr. Arvind Kulkarni

Karthik Raghavan

Priyanka S. Patil

People and organisations making this happen.

Plan around these.

Event updates.

Ashwa 2026 Registration Portal is Now Live!

AWS Cloud & Anthropic API Credits Added to Track Bounties

Competition rules.

Questions, answered.

Put your team in the room.