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Highest award
State Champion
₹51,000
₹1,00,000 in exclusive benefits
UKIS 2026: Uttarakhand Innovation & Solutions Hackathon
Not just a hackathon. A journey.
Registration is open for students, developers and working professionals. Join UKIS 2026 online and on-ground, either solo or in one team of 2–4, to solve real-world problems from Uttarakhand.
- Format
- Online and on-ground
- Cities
- Dehradun · Roorkee · Rudrapur
- Focus
- Real products, real problems
In Association With
- Hiring & Mentorship Partner
- AxoComMedia Partner
Prize pool
Build for Uttarakhand.Win at every level.
Cash awards, partner benefits, and career opportunities for solutions that create measurable impact.
Total rewards & benefits
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Kumaon Level
₹21,000
₹50,000 in exclusive benefits
03
Garhwal Level
₹21,000
₹50,000 in exclusive benefits
04
Problem Level
₹10,000
₹25,000 in exclusive benefits
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AI Credit
₹5,000
UNIUN AI credit
The win goes beyond cash
Mentorship
Internships
Certificates
Job opportunities
Chief Patrons
Distinguished leaders of Uttarakhand
The programme is supported by the Hon'ble Governor, the Hon'ble Chief Minister, and the IT Minister of Uttarakhand.
Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh
Hon'ble Governor, Uttarakhand
Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami
Hon'ble Chief Minister, Uttarakhand
Shri Pradeep Batra
IT Minister & Good Governance, Uttarakhand
About the series
What UKIS Is
UKIS 2026 is the Uttarakhand Innovation & Solutions Hackathon, organised by Axolotl Emprise LLP. It brings builders from India and beyond together to develop AI, GovTech and civic-innovation solutions for published real-world problems, with mentors and hands-on support at every stage.
The strongest solutions move beyond the hackathon toward pilots, implementation, incubation, and funding. In doing so, UKIS becomes the bridge between industry, problem solvers, and government.
Explore problem statementsReal problems
Challenges rooted in Uttarakhand’s civic and developmental needs.
Hands-on building
Builders explore, ideate and develop products around real problems.
Expert guidance
Mentorship from engineers and leaders at leading technology companies.
Path beyond
Selected ideas may be refined further with support from Axolotl Emprise LLP.
The UKIS journey
From online ideas to on-ground impact
- Stage 1
Online Hackathon
Where ideas begin. Open to students, developers and professionals working on published problems.
- Exploration
- Ideation
- Early product building
- Stage 2
Evaluation & Shortlisting
Submissions are evaluated on problem relevance, practicality of solution, and execution approach. Selected participants move forward in the journey.
- Problem relevance
- Practicality
- Execution approach
- Stage 3
On-Ground Hackathons
The series continues as a three-city offline journey across Uttarakhand: Rudrapur, Roorkee and Dehradun, with a final hackathon and culmination.
- Rudrapur · Roorkee · Dehradun
- Final hackathon & culmination
Who can participate
Built for builders across the world
Enter on your own or build with a team
Participate solo or in one team of 2, 3, or 4 people. Each person may participate only once and cannot enter both individually and as part of a team, or join more than one team.
- Solo
- Team of 2
- Team of 3
- Team of 4
Students
Learn by building real solutions for state challenges alongside peers and mentors.
Developers
Ship prototypes that address published problems and grow through expert feedback.
Working professionals
Apply industry experience to Uttarakhand’s real-world problems and mentor others.
Mentors & Speakers
Learn from engineers and leaders
Working at top tech companies guiding builders through the innovation series.
Rohan Pant
Program Manager
Amazon
Virendra Pal
Operations Manager
Amazon
Kevin Patel
Software Engineer
Alexandra Maxi Dudzinski
Data Scientist
Prasant Shekhar Singh
Staff Engineer
Qualcomm
Bhavesh Saini
Risk Manager
IIT Roorkee, IIM Calcutta
Himanshu Rawat
Software Engineer
Google Warsaw
Anmol Dixit
Senior Software Engineer
Rubrik
Ayush Gupta
Data Engineer
Zeta
Sagar Singh
Software Developer
Scapia
Sparsh Goil
Senior Software Engineer
ThoughtSpot
Ankit Jain
Software Engineer
Stripe
Niraj Kamdar
Blockchain Technical Lead
dOrg & Zenchain
Chandrakant Purohit
CEO
TechYard Labs
Anshul
Founder & CEO
Nirikshan AI & AVR AI Technologies
Hiring Partners
Where great builders get hired
Our hiring partners meet standout builders through real work — opening doors to interviews, internships, and full-time roles.
PACE
Hiring & Mentorship Partner
Featured problem statements
Start with a real challenge
Knowledge Management & AI
AI-Powered Government Knowledge Repository
Develop a secure, conversational AI interface that turns decades of Government Orders, circulars, notifications, policies, manuals and departmental records into a searchable institutional knowledge bank with verifiable source references.
P-001View Problem
GovTech & Document Automation
AI-Assisted DPR and RFP Generation
Build an AI drafting assistant that helps officers prepare compliant DPRs and RFPs while consistently applying financial, procurement, security, SLA, penalty and other mandatory government frameworks.
P-002View Problem
Data Governance & Welfare
AI-Driven Integrated Beneficiary Data Governance
Create a privacy-conscious data intelligence platform that connects beneficiary records across departments to provide a holistic view of scheme participation while improving inclusion, integrity and policy planning.
P-003View Problem
Partnership opportunities
Four ways to move good ideas forward
Bring a challenge, technology, talent opportunity, or knowledge network into one programme built around real outcomes for Uttarakhand.
Partnership pathway
Challenge Partner
Support one specific problem
Challenge Sponsors support one specific problem, its operations, prize or conditional pilot fund.
As a challenge or pilot partner, a company gets a structured way to bring a real business, CSR or public-interest problem. Builders work around the approved challenge, with mentor and expert engagement, approved challenge-level visibility and content, product demonstrations, evidence and an outcome report. There is also a possible route to test a strong solution under a separately agreed pilot.
What challenge sponsors get
- A structured way to bring a real business, CSR or public-interest problem
- Builder participation around the approved challenge
- Mentor and expert engagement
- Approved challenge-level visibility and content
- Product demonstrations, evidence and an outcome report
- A possible route to test a strong solution under a separately agreed pilot
Hiring opportunity
Hire the best talent of Uttarakhand
For students and professionals, UKIS is a chance to showcase real talent through work, not résumés. By solving published problems in the open, you build a track record that speaks for itself.
Through our hiring partners and PACE, we give standout builders visibility across an industry actively looking for real-world problem solvers. UKIS becomes the bridge between that talent and the companies that need it.
Talk to us about hiringHow hiring works here
- 01Consent-based access to builders evaluated through real work rather than CVs alone
- 02Verified solution links, work samples and participant contributions
- 03Role matching for internships, apprenticeships, contract roles and employment
- 04Structured showcases and interview coordination
- 05Opportunities to mentor teams or sponsor relevant challenges
Uttarakhand Innovation & Solutions Hackathon
Build for Uttarakhand
Explore the problems, meet the community of builders, and learn how UKIS connects real challenges with solutions across the state.
Final goal
This is not about winning a competition. This is about building real products, solving real problems in Uttarakhand, and creating solutions that can be developed further, supported, and taken towards real-world implementation.
Beyond the hackathon
Selected ideas from the series may be supported and guided by Axolotl Emprise LLP, refined into real products (apps/platforms), and explored for potential presentation to relevant stakeholders.
Get involved
Join the journey
Whether you are a student, a developer, or a working professional, if you want to build something meaningful for Uttarakhand, UKIS is the programme for you.
Community
Stay in the loop with the cohort
Join the PACE WhatsApp channel for problem clarifications, mentor access, workshops, reminders, and official programme updates.