Google TechSprint 2025 – Virtual Hackathon by GDG on Campus, Chandigarh University

Event Description

Google TechSprint 2025 is now LIVE — a fully virtual innovation hackathon hosted by Google Developer Group on Campus, Chandigarh University, and powered by Hack2Skill.

TechSprint is a campus-driven, open innovation challenge designed to empower student developers to solve meaningful problems using the latest Google technologies and AI tools. This initiative enables participants to explore real-world issues within their campus or local communities and convert ideas into impactful, technology-driven solutions.

This hackathon is intentionally open-ended to encourage creativity, rapid experimentation, and hands-on learning. Whether you want to address daily operational issues within a university campus, improve local community services, or build novel applications with Google’s ecosystem, TechSprint provides the platform, guidance, and structure you need to bring your ideas to life.

Participants collaborate in teams, identify real challenges, ideate solutions, develop functional prototypes, and showcase their work to a panel of evaluators. The experience is designed to simulate modern product-building workflows: research, design, implementation, iteration, and presentation.

Join hundreds of innovators, developers, and problem-solvers on a journey where your ideas can become real solutions — and your skills can shape your community for the better.

Challenge Theme: Open Innovation

TechSprint follows an Open Innovation model, giving participants complete freedom to choose any real and relevant problem from their campus or community. The goal is to encourage solutions that are practical, scalable, and rooted in genuine need.

Participants must:

• Identify a challenge that has tangible relevance either on campus or in their local community.

• Incorporate at least one Google technology (e.g., Firebase, Google Cloud, Flutter, Gemini API, ML Kit, Maps Platform, etc.).

• Prioritize innovation, user-centric thinking, and measurable real-world impact.

• Demonstrate technical feasibility and clarity of implementation in their submission.

Ideal problem spaces include:

• Campus management or student services

• Accessibility and inclusion

• AI-driven automation

• Community safety or mobility

• Environmental sustainability

• Digital wellbeing and productivity

• Local business or service enhancements

TechSprint welcomes all skill levels — from beginner developers to advanced practitioners — and focuses on learning, building, and creating value.

What You Gain from TechSprint 2025

• Certificates for all verified participants

• Exclusive Google Swag Kits for the Top 3 teams

• Special recognition for the Top 10 teams

• Opportunity to build with Google’s latest AI and developer technologies

• Experience in collaborative development and problem-solving

• Visibility within the GDG ecosystem

• A chance to contribute meaningful solutions to real problems

Event Timeline

Registration

05 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST – 20 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST
Participants register individually and review guidelines for the challenge.

Team Formation

05 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST – 20 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST
Participants form teams, connect with peers, and define challenge areas they wish to work on.

Project Submission Window

10 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST – 20 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST
Teams submit their project repositories, documentation, demo videos, and solution summaries.

Initial Evaluations

25 Dec 2025, 05:30 AM IST – 07 Jan 2026, 05:30 AM IST
Expert evaluators conduct a detailed review based on innovation, technical implementation, relevance, and impact.

Top 10 Announcement

07 Jan 2026, 05:30 AM IST – 08 Jan 2026, 05:30 AM IST

Final Top 3 Announcement

13 Jan 2026, 05:30 AM IST – 14 Jan 2026, 05:30 AM IST

Participation Requirements

• A team of 2–4 members

• At least one Google technology used in the solution

• A functional prototype (minimum viable version acceptable)

• Project documentation and a short demo video

• Internet access for virtual participation

Important Links

• Register Now: https://vision.hack2skill.com/event/gdgoc-25-chandigarh-university

• Official WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Cg7xLWdKp59Au2qVs3nbFC