Zero Origin

🚀 ZERO ORIGINIDEATE. INNOVATE. IMPACT.ZERO ORIGIN, organized by theRotaract Club of SNS College of Technology, is a problem-driven online hackathon focused on transformingreal-world problems into practical, innovative, technology-driven solutions.Participants can choose challenges acrossAI, Automation, Cloud Computing, Finance & Economics, and Healthcare Technology, or bring their own validated problem throughOpen Innovationwithin the official themes.📋 REGISTRATIONReady to participate? 🚀Complete theofficial ZERO ORIGIN Registration Formto register your participation and provide your participant/team details.🔗Registration Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegAz4Ghchcc1eCbLRpmPE0CfApY4UQYATrlkN_ZiUKOjjGag/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=116678800314912500429💬 JOIN THE ZERO ORIGIN COMMUNITYStay connected with the organizing team forimportant announcements, updates, reminders, clarifications, and hackathon-related communication.👉Join our Discord Community:https://discord.gg/EfDrTERj5👉Join our Whatsapp Community:https://chat.whatsapp.com/BkQp1bfOX0q6thpsd5RgeY?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4📌Please provide accurate and complete information. The details collected will be used for participant communication, hackathon coordination, submissions, and Round 2 invitations🔥 HACKATHON JOURNEY🟢 ROUND 1 — IDEATE & VALIDATE | FREEIdentify a meaningful problem, understand the affected users, explore existing gaps, and develop your solution concept.Round 1 Submission Window: 27 August – 26 September 2026Teams must submit their Solution withPitch Videothrough thisDevpost hackathon pagebefore the deadline.🔵 ROUND 2 — BUILD & PROVE | ₹50/PERSONShortlisted teams will be invited to Round 2 through theDevpost hackathon page. Teams will transform their ideas into afunctional prototypeand demonstrate its technical implementation, feasibility, and real-world impact.Round 2 is exclusively for shortlisted teams.⏳ HACKATHON TIMELINEDateActivity27 Aug 2026🚀Hackathon Launch & Round 1 Registration Opens27 Aug – 26 Sep💡Round 1 Submission Window — Problem, Solution, PPT + Pitch Video26 Sep⏰Round 1 Submission Deadline28 Sep – 4 Oct⚖️Round 1 Judging5 Oct📢Shortlisted Teams Announcement5 – 11 Oct💳Round 2 Registration — ₹50/person11 – 14 Oct🛠️Solution Development18 – 23 Oct⚖️Final Judging26 Oct🏆Winner Announcement💡 PROBLEM STATEMENTS   🤖 AI1. Intelligent Business Document AnalysisBuild an AI system that extracts deadlines, obligations, anomalies, missing data, and financial values from invoices, contracts, reports, or compliance documents, with outputs traceable to the original document.2. Predictive Food Waste ManagementDevelop a demand-prediction system using historical consumption and factors such as weekdays, holidays, events, and weather to recommend preparation quantities and reduce food waste.⚙️ AUTOMATION3. End-to-End Event Management AutomationAutomate registration, verification, attendance, communication, feedback, certificate generation, and reporting while reducing duplicate data entry and manual administration.4. Dynamic Queue ManagementDevelop a real-time queue system with registration, priority rules, estimated waiting time, resource availability, and live queue updates to minimize unnecessary waiting.☁️ CLOUD COMPUTING5. Scalable Real-Time Application InfrastructureBuild and deploy a cloud-native application demonstrating horizontal scaling, load balancing, monitoring, fault recovery, database scalability, and performance under normal and high-load conditions.💰 FINANCE & ECONOMICS6. Real-Time Digital Fraud DetectionDevelop a system that generates fraud-risk scores using transaction amount, frequency, location, device, timing, and transaction history, while explaining alerts and minimizing false positives.7. Intelligent Scholarship Matching — Finance & Economics + AIBuild an AI-powered platform that matches students with scholarships based on academic, financial, demographic, geographic, and other eligibility criteria, while explaining eligibility, identifying missing requirements, ranking opportunities, and tracking deadlines.8. 30-Day Small Business Cash-Flow PredictionDevelop a forecasting system that predicts a business's cash position for the next 30 days using sales, receivables, payables, expenses, inventory costs, and other relevant data.🏥 HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY9. Intelligent Healthcare Service NavigationBuild a platform that helps patients find suitable healthcare facilities based on required services, location, operating hours, accessibility, and appointment availability. The solution must remain anavigation and coordination tool, not a diagnostic system.🌟 OPEN INNOVATION10. Real-World Innovation Within ZERO ORIGIN ThemesIdentify a validated real-world problem and develop a working solution withinAI, Automation, Cloud Computing, Finance & Economics, or Healthcare Technology. Teams must demonstrate affected users, evidence of the problem, existing-solution limitations, and measurable improvement.🏆 CASH REWARDS • RECOGNITION • REAL-WORLD IMPACT👥Team Size:2–4 Members🌐Mode:Online🟢Round 1:FREE🔵Round 2:₹50/person🏆Cash Rewards for WinnersIDENTIFY → VALIDATE → INNOVATE → BUILD → DEMONSTRATE → IMPACTDon’t just build a project. Solve a problem that matters.ZERO ORIGINSolving Problems That Matter Most.