Hackathons in Bengaluru, open now
Every open hackathon you can go to in person in Bengaluru. 12 hackathons open in Bengaluru now, 5 closing this week, ₹3.1L in listed prizes. Dates, fees and prizes from the organisers' own listings, refreshed daily.
Checked against the organisers' listings on .
Closing this week
Registration shuts first on these. Sorted by deadline.
- BESCOM POWER HACK 2026: "EM" Powering Tomorrow
Presidency University (PU), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowBengaluruFree ₹50K 41 registered - Ideathon
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 81 registered - The Big Hack 2.0
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovBengaluruFree ₹50K 149 registered - Bits2Wave
BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovBengaluruFree ₹60K 1,912 registered - Vidyutspanda - Hardware Hackathon
Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovBengaluru 71 registered
Paid internships for builders
Open now, with a stipend. Most you can do from home.
Biggest prizes
As the organisers list them.
- StarForge : 24-Hour National Level Hackathon
BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 NovBengaluruFree ₹65K 895 registered - Bits2Wave
BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovBengaluruFree ₹60K 1,912 registered - BESCOM POWER HACK 2026: "EM" Powering Tomorrow
Presidency University (PU), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowBengaluruFree ₹50K 41 registered - The Big Hack 2.0
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovBengaluruFree ₹50K 149 registered - The DevForge - Hackathon
Scaler School of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka · part of Yugaantar 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovBengaluruFree ₹50K 685 registered - AlgoSSTrike
Scaler School of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka · part of Yugaantar 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovBengaluruFree ₹20K 89 registeredPythonC++ - Ideathon
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 81 registered - Prompt to Product
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 43 registered
All 12 open hackathons in Bengaluru
By deadline. Each opens the organiser's listing to register.
- BESCOM POWER HACK 2026: "EM" Powering Tomorrow
Presidency University (PU), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowBengaluruFree ₹50K 41 registered - Ideathon
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 81 registered - The Big Hack 2.0
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovBengaluruFree ₹50K 149 registered - Bits2Wave
BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovBengaluruFree ₹60K 1,912 registered - Vidyutspanda - Hardware Hackathon
Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovBengaluru 71 registered - The DevForge - Hackathon
Scaler School of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka · part of Yugaantar 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovBengaluruFree ₹50K 685 registered - AlgoSSTrike
Scaler School of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka · part of Yugaantar 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovBengaluruFree ₹20K 89 registeredPythonC++ - Competitive Programming
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree ₹2K 12 registeredPythonC++ - Build with Agora - BLR
KNOTiC · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree 275 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Prompt to Product
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 43 registered - Capture The Flag
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 27 registeredSecurityTesting - StarForge : 24-Hour National Level Hackathon
BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 NovBengaluruFree ₹65K 895 registered
Matched to you
Which of these are worth your weekend?
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Questions
How many hackathons are open in Bengaluru right now?
12, with 5 closing their registrations within a week. The list is refreshed from the organisers' listings through the day, and a hackathon leaves it when registration closes.
Who runs hackathons in Bengaluru?
Acharya Institute of Technology (5); BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore (2); Scaler School of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka (2), and 3 more organisers. Each listing links to the organiser's own page to register.
Are hackathons in Bengaluru free to enter?
11 of the 12 open now are free to register for; the rest list a registration fee, shown against each one.
Which hackathons in Bengaluru have the biggest prizes?
StarForge : 24-Hour National Level Hackathon (BMS Institute of Technology and Management (BMSITM), Bangalore) lists ₹65K, then Bits2Wave with ₹60K. Prize amounts are as the organisers list them.
Listings come from Unstop, Devpost, HackerEarth and Google Developer Groups, and each links to the organiser's own page to register. Dates, fees and prizes are as the organisers list them; check there before you commit.