East-India Blockchain Summit 2025

The East India Blockchain Summit 2025 is a premier hackathon and innovation competition organized by the Kharagpur Blockchain Society. This event is a platform for students across disciplines to showcase their skills, creativity, and problem-solving abilities in the exciting and rapidly evolving field of blockchain technology. Participants will have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions, network with industry leaders, and compete for a substantial prize pool, incubation support, and exclusive goodies.

Eligibility Criteria & Team Formulation

• East India Blockchain Summit 2025 is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students (part-time or full-time) from any discipline in any college based out of India.
• Participants can register individually or in teams with at most 4 members.
• Cross-specialization and cross-college teams are allowed.
• All the team members are required to verify and confirm their details to form a team.
• A student can be a part of only one team.
• Any deviation from the above-mentioned guidelines will result in the immediate disqualification of the entire team.
• The Participant(s) should be students currently enrolled in a degree/diploma course (part-time or full-time) from any discipline in any college based out of India.
• The Participant should have proof of age and address proof when requested by the East-India Blockchain Summit 2025 and must be mandatorily submitted by the Participant to the East-India Blockchain Summit 2025, as may be required by the East-India Blockchain Summit 2025 to confirm the eligibility of the Participant.

Round 1:

• Registered teams must submit an executive summary of their proposed solution in PDF format with a working prototype.
  
• The Project Should be deployed on Avalanche (Mainnet Recommended).
• Fuji Testnet is allowed for this round of submission.
• The last day to submit entries is 10th January 2025, 6 PM.
• Teams are requested to upload their entries a few hours before the deadline to avoid high traffic closer to the deadline.
• Teams can view and change their submissions any time before the deadline.
• Presentation Template: Presentation Template
• Problem Statements can be accessed here.

Final Round:

• The Grand Finale will be held in person at the IIT Kharagpur campus from 17th January to 18th January.
• Teams will be given 8 minutes to present followed by 7 minutes of Q&A.
• 3 times food will be provided by the team for 24 hours during the hackathon.
• Further details of the Grand Finale round will be disclosed closer to the event.

Rewards:

• A total prize pool of 120,000 INR.
• Incubation Support for Eligible Startup Ideas.
• Quality T-shirts from team Kharagpur Blockchain Society.
• Goodies from team Kharagpur Blockchain Society.
• Networking Opportunity with Industry Leaders.