First edition · Kolkata · October 2026
AKI HACKS 2026. Build Solutions. Break Barriers.
Build Solutions. Break Barriers.
Solve a real problem with technology that hasn't been built yet. Ship a working prototype. The most innovative work wins.
- City
- Kolkata, India
- Month
- October 2026
- Date
- To be announced
- Venue
- To be announced
Welcome to Day Zero.
- Imagine you and your team have a hard problem worth solving.
- Imagine the obvious answer already exists.
- Imagine the idea only counts if it actually runs.
- Imagine you only have a few hours to build it.
- Imagine your first approach breaks.
- Now build something new.
How you win
Innovation wins.
Judging rewards original, technically strong work above everything else. A working prototype that does something new beats a polished pitch for something familiar. Business viability matters, but it comes second.
This isn't a pitch contest. It's a build contest.
Real problems from NGOs, foundations and partner organisations working with people with disabilities. The goal isn't a slide deck. It's a working prototype that pushes what's possible.
- 01Problem
- 02Team
- 03Design
- 04Build
- 05Test
- 06Demo
- 07Judging
Stage 04 is where it counts: a working build.
Real problems. Not hypothetical prompts.
AKI HACKS will partner with NGOs and foundations to bring real accessibility problems to participants. Partner announcements are coming soon.
- Mobility
- Education
- Communication
- Digital accessibility
- Employment
- Transportation
- Independent living
- Assistive technology
- Visual accessibility
- Hearing accessibility
- Public infrastructure
Before AKI HACKS, we built a community.
Miro Meetups Kolkata became a two-day experience on March 23–24, 2026, across ZIOKS and Techno India University, bringing together 100+ student developers, creators, and innovators around product-first thinking, structured ideation, and real-world problem solving.
That showed us what Kolkata's builders can do when they come together. AKI HACKS is the next chapter.
100+
builders in the room
“TIU Hosts Miro Meetups Kolkata, Igniting a Product-First Innovation Movement”
Read the Techno Times story ↗
See you on Day Zero.
First edition. Kolkata, October 2026. Bring your team of 2–4 and build something new.
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