First-ever Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 begins: Prize money of upto Rs 3 lakh, know other details here

New Delhi: Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) first-ever Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 for young innovators began on Thursday.

The first ever Hackathon, from October 28 (midnight) will run till October 31.

"Innovation is the Aadhaar of life. Innovation, mixed with cutting edge open source technology can help in solving some of the challenges being faced by the Residents. Come and participate in the Hackathon 2021 - first ever event being conducted by UIDAI and stand yourself a chance to become part of the Digital Journey of India," reads the Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 website.

Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 

Team Registration is closed now ! However, if you have already registered, you can visit this link https://hackathon.uidai.gov.in/manage and view participant details.

The hackathon consists of multiple problem statements categorized under two broad themes --Enrolment and Authentication. Participating team will be required to solve any of the problem statements from either of the themes. The solution must be demonstrated through working code as required by the problem statement.

Prize money for Aadhaar Hackathon 2021

Each theme carries following rewards.

1st Prize: Rs 3,00,000

2nd Prize: Rs 2,00,000

3rd Prize: Rs 1,00,000 for two teams

Members of the winning teams may get an opportunity to work with aadhaar team to create next generation identity and authentication platform under the Aadhaar 2.0 initiative. Also, the winning team members will get an invitation to participate in the first ever global conference on Aadhaar 2.0. All the teams will get a certificate of participation.