Why Challenge-India?
There is a huge Talent paradox in India. On oneside, candidates are worried about jobs and on the other side, Industry is clamouring for the right Talent. The disruption being caused by AI is only increasing the problem many folds.
We democratise Talent for corporates and opportunities for candidates.
TalentFarm.ai powered by Idealabs has a track record of skilling more than 1 million candidates with their project based learning pedagogy and have been a pioneer in Hackathons. Triumphs of Talent has been working with an extensive network of corporates for their Talent Solutions
Why Rotary.TalentFarm.ai? Solving the Talent Paradox
Education is a powerful catalyst for social and economic transformation, yet traditional educational frameworks in India are failing to meet the evolving demands of the job market.
- The unemployment rate is alarmingly high
- lack of skills needed for today's job market
- Industry is grappling with a shortage of skilled talent
- Piecemeal solutions from have not yielded results
Value for all Stakeholders
An industry-driven Innovation and Talent marketplace with a structured approach providing value to all stakeholders in the ecosystem
Corporates & SMEs
- Access to diverse, pre-vetted talent
- Access to innovative, pre-validated solutions
- Corporate brand visibility
Students| Professionals
- Cash awards or innovation grants
- Access to incubators, investors, and industry mentors
- Internships and Job offers
University| College
- Access to top notch Corporates
- Increase success rate of your students
- Build stronger ecosystem partnerships
Mentors
- Be a catalyst in building the future of India
- Network with Ecosystem
- Payforward
Impact
A well-designed framework to ensure high participation and quality outcomes.
Corporates Post Challenges
Companies post real problem statements across domains and technologies
Candidates Build Solutions
Candidates pick challenges and build innovative solutions and showcase them
Mentors Provide Validation
Mentors provide validation and guidance throughout the solution development process
Win Opportunities
Successful solutions get high value Internships/ Job offers and commercialization pathways
Timelines
A well-designed framework to ensure high participation and quality outcomes.
Ideate
Build
Demo Day
Take a Tour
Partners
Our Mentors
Rajesh Duddu
Partner, PwC
Rajeev Ranjan
Head of GenAi, Wipro
Prasanna Lohar
India Blockchain Forum
Pankaj Diwan
Founder, Idealabs
Mukesh Marodia
Senior Product Leader, Google
Bala Prasad Peddigari
Chief Innovation Officer, TCSSkills in Demand
Intro to AI/ML concepts, tools, and models.
Introduction to blockchain principles, structure, and use cases
Frontend and backend web development from scratch
Explore Generative AI models and applications
Build fundamentals in Internet of Things systems
The Digital World needs guard rails to survive
With so much of Data around, Data Visualization is in great demand
Accounting is big time opportunity especially in MSME
Presence on Internet is a basic necessity of life
Events
Rotary Club of Hyderabad East and TalentFarm Sign MoU for skilling 1 million youth
The Rotary Club of Hyderabad East signed a MoU with TalentFarm.ai for skilling 1 million youth. Recognizing the significant potential...
Launch of Rotary – TalentFarm initiative for skilling by RI President Elect
The Rotary.TalentFarm.ai initiative by Rotary Club of Hyderabad East and TalentFarm.ai is all set to be launched on 27th September...
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the purpose of this Hackathon
The Hackathon has been conceived to host Real Challenges from Corporates and challenge students and young professionals to solve these challenges
What is the eligibility for participation
The participants can be students or professionals upto an experience of 6 years.
What are incentives for participants
The participants get access to senior Industry leaders for validating and mentoring, Pitch to Investors and Interview Opportunity with Recruitment leaders from GCCsÂ
What is the incentive for Corporates
The Corporates get brand visibility in more than 100 premiere colleges across India in addition to access to pool of candidates with data driven insights and an opportunity and an opportunity to get a view of how GenZ approaches the problem statements
What is the duration of the Hackathon
The Hackathon is spread over four months and the timelines are mentioned above. Expect more details as you participate in the programme.
When does the Registration start
The registration will start from September 1, 2026
Can I participate as an individual.
While you can participate as an individual, we would recommend a team of 3-4 members to be ideal for participation.
Is there any participation fee?
No there is no participation fee. However, if you are shortlisted, you may have to travel to Hyderabad for the demo day/interview at your own cost.
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