Hack This Fall 2025 - Milestone Edition

Get hyped and join us for the Opening Ceremony of one of the most awaited hackathons, Hack This Fall 2025 - Milestone Edition! 🎉

Mark your calendars: November 3, 2025, at 18:00 IST.

Opening Remarks

Discover how to take your projects from local builds to global deployments with Vultr, a cloud platform built for developers who move fast. Learn how to deploy compute instances, host applications, and integrate open-standard services seamlessly into your stack. This session will guide you through Vultr’s global edge network, API-first design, and Terraform support—helping you scale from prototype to production with confidence.

From Local Builds to Global Deployments with Vultr

# Ideation Round

In this round, mentors will help teams refine their ideas, problem statements, and approach.

Expect guidance on validating your concept, identifying the right tech stack, and defining a clear roadmap.

This is your chance to ensure your project starts strong — with purpose, clarity, and direction.

Mentorship Round - 1

The city of dreams meets the spirit of innovation. Join us in Mumbai to kick off the Build Station journey with high energy, diverse talent, and an atmosphere that never stops buzzing. Collaborate with builders, explore fresh ideas, and set the tone for an epic hackathon month.

Mumbai Build Station

A vibrant hub of creators and emerging tech talent, Ahmedabad’s Build Station is where community and creativity converge. Expect an intimate yet high-energy environment that fuels innovation and meaningful collaboration.

Ahmedabad Build Station

Learn how to turn your coding skills into income in this hands-on workshop powered by Apify. You’ll explore the future of the Creator Developer Economy by building, deploying, and monetizing web scraping tools using Crawlee for Python and the Apify platform. Follow along as we go from idea to income—developing Actors, publishing them on the Apify Store, and learning how to promote them effectively. Perfect for developers looking to create sustainable revenue streams with their code.

Build, Deploy, Monetize: Future of Developer Economy

Learn how internalization allows you to ship at planet scale. 74% of internet users are non-native English speakers, and yet we ship apps assuming English covers all the geographies. In this talk, you will go over how that is not the case and how to navigate it.

Prerequisite - a laptop with a working react dev environment (NodeJs, a package manager of your choice (npm for example), some experience with CLI tools)

Ship at Planet Scale: The case for Internalization [Lingo.dev Workshop]

# Implementation Round

This round focuses on building, iterating, and overcoming technical challenges.

Mentors will support you in refining your architecture, improving workflows, and troubleshooting blockers.

The goal is to help your team translate ideas into functional, impactful solutions.

Mentorship Round - 2

Get hands-on with GitHub Copilot in this interactive workshop! We’ll explore everything from its core capabilities to the latest updates, practical tips, and real-world use cases. Whether you’re new to Copilot or already using it, this session will help you unlock its full potential and boost your productivity.

Breaking the Ice with Copilot - all things old and new

In the heart of India’s capital region, the Delhi NCR Build Station brings together some of the country’s brightest minds. Here, you’ll find a mix of ambitious hackers, startup builders, and student innovators — all ready to create impactful solutions.

Delhi NCR Build Station

Kolkata blends heritage with a growing tech spirit. At this Build Station, expect a close-knit community vibe, deep conversations, and builders who bring thoughtful ideas to life in unexpected ways.

Kolkata Build Station

Mentorship Round - 3

Known for its thriving tech ecosystem, Hyderabad’s Build Station is the perfect place to meet passionate hackers and industry mentors. Join this energetic gathering to collaborate, learn, and accelerate your hackathon journey.

Hyderabad Build Station

# Final Round

As you approach submission, mentors will assist you in polishing your project — from final touches in code to presentation strategy.

Expect feedback on your demo, storytelling, and how to make your submission stand out to judges.

This round is all about making your project pitch-perfect and ready to shine.

Mentorship Round - 4

It's time! Join us one last time for this edition as we announce the top teams and invite them to our Finale Hacker House & Demo Day in Bengaluru! 🎉

Hack This Fall 2025 - Milestone Edition

Hack This Fall 2025 - Milestone Edition

Ali Mustufa Shaikh

Biao Wang

Deepak Bhaskaran

Deepthi Gopi

Erioluwa Asiru

Hrishikesh Omprakash Yadav

Ishaan Agarwal

Lakhan Saiteja Kamireddy

Madhu Chavva

Nastassia Shahun

Sai Mayukha Aitha

Sunil Gurram

Udayan Maurya