20th-22nd November

What is OctaHacks ?

OctaHacks is the annual flagship event of DSC, Chitkara University, where innovators get an opportunity to merge their creative ideas with their technical skills to build something exemplary. It's a place where your ideas will get acknowledged.

This November, OctaHacks is back with it's third edition, OctaHacks 3.0. Expect more than 36 hours of inspiring panel discussions, working and collaborating on futuristic and empowering tech products, networking opportunities with budding developres and lots of fun!

AND IT'S A WRAP. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ✨

Quick Glimpse of Last Year
OCTAHACKS 2.0


OctaHacks 2

Tracks

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SMART CITY
Smart Cities is a space in which developers, entrepreneurs, designers, professors, researchers and persons interested in making their city a better place can gather to build in a collaboratively fashion a solution that makes our city more efficient and intelligent.
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SECURITY
Security-related issues are growing. The programs for public safety lack and also the increased use of automated technologies is also driving an increase in the advancement of the need for proper security systems.
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FINTECH
From mobile payments to internet banking, an increased number of consumers are adopting fintech solutions today, and therefore there are a lot of exciting career options in this space.
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HEALTH
The increase in patients has led to the decrease in the relative number of doctors per patient which results in a vicious cycle where ignored or delayed diagnostics of an ailment makes the patient more dependent on doctor’s check-up. Some also cannot afford to visit a doctor.
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ENVIRONMENT
We are advancing in technology at a very rapid rate. But this development has made our nature suffer. It is considered more important to expand cities than to save trees.
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EDUCATION
A large part of our population is still not able to receive proper education due to lack of resources. Education is important for everyone, but only a few have access to it. Children of poor families tend to move frequently, which disrupts their education.
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BUSINESS
As technology is evolving, Businesses are accelerating their investments in innovation and digital advancements. Today, in this fast trending world, many innovative ideas have turned into significant business adventures. Here, we are looking forward to our next Facebook, Uber or Zomato.
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WOMEN SECURITY
Everything you know about Women Safety is set to change.From self-driving cars to ride-hailing to micro-mobility, we are in the process of completely reinventing how people move. And while we do know that everything is about to change, we still need to figure out how.

There's more !

Game Nights

Gaming Livestreams, Quizzes, Pre-Hackathon workshops and lots more!

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Title Sponsors

Airmeet

Platinum Sponsors

DevFolio
Newgen IEDC

Gold Sponsors

Fold
Wolfram Alpha
Matic
Institution's Innovation Council
Tezos
Portis
Coding Blocks
Balsamiq
Taskade
Interview Cake
Sashido
EggHead
GiveMyCertificate
Clerky
Todoist
echoAR

Silver Sponsors

Jetbrains
Bubble
Rpsenfeld
Repl-it
Axure

Bronze Sponsors

Linode
1Password

Platform Partners

StreamYard

Community Partners

GDG Jalandhar
DSC Mt. San Antonio College
GDG Chandigarh
Flutter Chennai
DevCircles Chandigarh
Flutter Chandigarh
IEEE CIET
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors

Previous Sponsors

FAQ

1-4 members

Any mid-school or high school student or anyone enrolled in any bachelor's degree or undergraduate programme.

No. In the interest of fairness, students should not be working on their projects before the hackathon begins. However, you can familiarize yourself with all the tools and technologies you intend to use.

Yes, we believe in healthy team spirit which will be ensured if you are allowed to work with the team of your choice.

Not to worry, most people don’t! We’ll have team formation and ideation workshops prior to the event geared towards helping you find people to work with.

Then we're so glad that OctaHacks will be your first ever! It’s helpful to have some programming or technical experience, but it’s not a requirement. We’ll have talks, mentors and workshops to help you with your project.