BharatHacks
- July 18, 2017
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In June 2017, I organized BharatHacks, a hackathon for solving India-specific problems. Programmers, designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs came together to build products to make lives better. Organized in collaboration with Facebook Developer Circle Delhi-NCR, BharatHacks helped hundreds take their idea forward, from hacking to raising investment and launching their products in the market.
BharatHacks was free for both entrepreneurs and hackers, to join hands and work towards a better India. From a pool of over 1,000 applicants, we invited the top 200 to participate.
Participants had the opportunity to pitch their ideas to industry-leading investors and startup mentors, including Anil Chhikara, ex-Principal of Jaarvis Accelerator; Bharat Sethi, Forbes 30 Under 30; Paritosh Sharma, Author; and many more. There were prizes worth thousands of dollars for the winning teams.
I partnered with some incredible technology companies to make BharatHacks possible, including DigitalOcean, which offered free servers to all participants; the .tech registry that provided free domain names; IBM’s Global Entrepreneur Program; and iSPIRT, the parent organization of IndiaStack (the team behind Aadhaar, UPI, and eKYC APIs). Other partners include Neuron, Digio, HackerEarth, Aadhaar Bridge, .tech, F6S, HackSociety, Melangebox, Bizztor, and more.
I personally organized the event, arranged logistics, delivered the keynote, and designed the brand identity (sans icon) and website.