A Journey of Innovation, Collaboration and Impact
JECRC University has built a strong legacy of innovation through hackathons, coding challenges and technology-driven problem-solving initiatives. Over the years, the university has hosted and participated in several national-level innovation challenges, including Smart India Hackathon, JU HackQuest and other industry and domain-specific hackathons.
With 50+ hackathons and coding challenges, 11,000+ participants, 200+ institutes and 350+ mentors and judges, JECRC has created a vibrant platform where students transform ideas into innovative solutions.
Our association with Smart India Hackathon spans multiple editions, including four consecutive years as an SIH Nodal Centre from 2017 to 2020. The journey continues to grow, with SIH Prelims 2025 witnessing more than 3,100 student registrations, marking a significant milestone in JECRC's hackathon ecosystem.
From Problem Statements to Real-World Solutions
JECRC Hackathons bring together students from diverse disciplines with industry experts, mentors, researchers, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs and problem owners. Our hackathons provide participants with an environment to understand real-world challenges, collaborate across disciplines, develop prototypes and present their solutions to expert panels.
The ecosystem goes beyond a competition. Participants receive opportunities for mentorship, technical guidance, industry interaction, innovation, entrepreneurship and incubation.
Creating Innovators Who Solve Real Problems
The impact of JECRC's hackathon ecosystem extends beyond winning competitions. Our initiatives encourage students to develop critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, leadership and entrepreneurial capabilities while solving challenges that matter to society and industry.
From Smart India Hackathon and JU HackQuest to healthcare, AI, sustainability and industry-focused challenges, JECRC provides students with a platform to compete at the national level, interact with experts and convert innovative ideas into meaningful solutions. The National Healthcare Hackathon further expanded this vision by bringing together medical and technology communities to address real-world healthcare challenges.
The second edition brought together medical and technology students to address more than 25 real-time healthcare problem statements through a 36-hour innovation sprint. The event included interdisciplinary participation and opportunities for promising prototypes to progress toward incubation and funding.
JECRC expanded its hackathon ecosystem into healthcare innovation through the National Healthcare Hackathon, bringing together medical and technology communities to address real-world healthcare challenges. More than 50 Medical Students including MBBS, PG from top medical colleges of Rajasthan also participated in this event.
SIH Prelims 2025 marked another major milestone in JECRC's hackathon journey. More than 3,100 students registered, making it the largest hackathon in JECRC's history according to the university's Coding Ecosystem page.
JECRC continued its SIH legacy with an exciting edition of the Smart India Hackathon Prelims in 2024. Students worked on real-world challenges spanning renewable energy, sustainability, robotics, cybersecurity and smart education. 45 JECRC teams participated, with one team advancing to the SIH Grand Finale.
JECRC University conducted Smart India Hackathon Prelims 2023 on 22–23 September 2023. The event provided students with an opportunity to work on national-level problem statements and demonstrate their innovation and problem-solving capabilities.
JECRC organized the SIH 2022 Prelims on 25–26 March 2022. The event brought together 115 teams and 690 students, evaluated by 14 expert jury members. Following two rounds of evaluation, 10 top teams were selected for the next stage.
JECRC hosted Smart India Hackathon 2020, completing an extraordinary journey as a SIH Nodal Centre for four consecutive years — 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
The 2020 edition was conducted during the COVID-19 period and witnessed 150+ participants. JECRC's all-girls Team Phoenix went on to win the SIH 2020 edition by solving a problem statement from the Ministry of Power.
JECRC hosted the Smart India Hackathon 2019 Grand Finale, becoming a SIH Nodal Centre for the third consecutive year. JECRC's institutional records highlight its selection among the limited number of national nodal centres and its continued role in bringing students, ministries, judges and technical experts together.
JECRC was once again selected as a Smart India Hackathon Nodal Centre, continuing its national-level innovation journey for the second consecutive year. More than 400 students participated and worked on 340 problem statements from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting during the 36-hour challenge.
The event also featured a live interaction between participants and Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The Chief guest of the Event was Honble Cabinet Minister of HRD Shri Prakash Javdekar.
JECRC Foundation was selected as a Nodal Centre for the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2017, marking the beginning of its remarkable association with India's flagship national innovation challenge. The event established JECRC as a platform where students could work on real-world challenges posed by government ministries and develop technology-driven solutions through intense collaboration, mentoring and innovation.
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