About the challenge
🚀 MVP Sprint Challenge – AI-Powered Innovation Competition
Welcome to the MVP Sprint Challenge, a practical, industry-style innovation competition where students apply AI tools, product thinking, and engineering workflows to solve real-world problems.
This is not a theory-based contest.
The focus is on how you think, design, and apply AI to build feasible MVP-level solutions — similar to real startup and industry environments.
🎯 What This Competition Is About
- Applying engineering knowledge to real problems
- Using AI tools (like Gemini 3.0) effectively and responsibly
- Presenting ideas with clarity and structured thinking
- Demonstrating feasibility, innovation, and impact
- Optional MVP/prototype for extra recognition
🎓 Eligibility
- Open to all engineering students
- Any college, Any branch, Any year
- Solo participation or teams of 1–4 members
- Cross-college teams are allowed
MANDATORY TO REGISTER HERE
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🧠 Competition Structure
The competition will be conducted in two rounds:
🟢 Pre-Round Orientation (12th January)
A live online session covering:
- Understanding MVP thinking
- How to structure your solution & PPT
- Tips for effective presentations and demos
- Q&A to clarify doubts
- (Attendance is highly recommended)
Requirements
What to Build
💡 Problem Statements
Participants can choose any one:
- AI Study Planner & Quiz Buddy
- Public Transport Tracker & Route Optimizer
- Event & Workshop Recommendation System
- Eco-Friendly Waste Management Dashboard
- Open Innovation – Identify a real-world problem and propose an AI-powered solution
What to Submit
🧠 Competition Structure
The competition will be conducted in two rounds:
🟢 Pre-Round Orientation (12th January)
A live online session covering:
- Understanding MVP thinking
- How to structure your solution & PPT
- Tips for effective presentations and demos
- Q&A to clarify doubts
- (Attendance is highly recommended)
🟡 Round 1 – PPT + Video Submission (12–16 January)
Participants must:
- Prepare a PPT using the official template
- Submit a mandatory video explanation (3–5 minutes)
- Optionally submit a working MVP/prototype
- Top 10 teams will be shortlisted for Round 2.
🔵 Round 2 – Live Online Presentation (18th January)
- Live presentation and demo via video call
- Judges’ Q&A
- Focus on AI usage, workflow, and real-world impact
🤖 AI Tools Usage
- AI tools such as Gemini 3.0 are allowed
- AI should be used as a productivity and reasoning tool
- Blind copy-paste of AI outputs is discouraged
- Participants must be able to explain and justify their AI usage
- Effective and well-explained AI usage may receive bonus consideration
Prizes
Featured on our LinkedIn & Community Pages
One-week mentorship for top performers
Networking and future collaboration opportunities
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Backtracking With MINDS
Judging Criteria
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Usage of AI tools Effectively
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