AI × Biotech × Animal health × Dairy
ThemeLivestockLivelihoodLongevity
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01About × The hackathon
AI & biotechnologyVeterinary scienceRural innovation
Hack4Pashudhan, hosted on the Impact Hackathon platform, is a national-level innovation initiative organized by Verdant Impact Pvt. Ltd. We convene engineers, veterinary researchers, data scientists, and rural innovators to solve the most critical challenges facing India's 535+ million livestock population.
Focus areas
Organizer spotlight
Verdant Impact
Pvt. Ltd.
Dedicated to pioneering livestock telehealth, AI-driven animal health diagnostics, and rural animal welfare infrastructure across India. Hack4Pashudhan is our flagship national platform to turn bold ideas into field-ready solutions for smallholder livestock farmers.
02Challenge × Tracks
SoftwareHardwareBiotechInterdisciplinary
We are working on 12 real-world problem statements at the intersection of livestock, technology, biotechnology, AI, sustainability, and rural innovation. Choose a problem and build a software, hardware, biotech, or interdisciplinary solution.
Diagnostics
Develop edge-optimized computer vision solutions to identify early symptoms of Lumpy Skin Disease and subclinical bovine mastitis using optical or thermal images, with the ability to work in low-connectivity rural environments.
Computer Vision · Deep Learning · Edge AI · Mobile Diagnostics
AI Advisory
Build a dialect-aware voice AI system that allows farmers and pastoralists to access reliable veterinary knowledge in Hindi and Rajasthani, including support for regional accents and noisy farm environments.
Speech AI · ASR/TTS · Dialect NLP · LLM Agents
Sensors & IoT
Develop a system that combines temperature, humidity, THI, respiration and other physiological indicators to detect and predict heat stress before it affects animal health, milk production, or reproduction.
IoT Sensors · Time-Series Forecast · THI Modeling · Animal Welfare
Diagnostics
Create digital systems for monitoring veterinary antibiotic usage, auditing prescriptions, tracking antimicrobial resistance, and promoting responsible antibiotic stewardship across livestock healthcare systems.
AMR Surveillance · Clinical Informatics · Prescription Auditing · Bioinformatics
One Health
Build a geospatial intelligence platform connecting livestock health, zoonotic disease patterns, animal mobility, environmental changes, and public health data to support proactive disease prevention.
One Health · Geospatial GIS · Epidemiology · Predictive Modeling
Nutrition
Develop an optimization-based solution that creates least-cost livestock feeding plans using local forage, crop residues, agro-byproducts, and animal-specific nutritional requirements.
Optimization Algorithms · Feed Science · Cost Modeling · Offline PWA
FPO & Tools
Build digital platforms that help Self-Help Groups and Farmer Producer Organizations with transparent milk accounting, collective management, credit assessment, and livestock micro-insurance workflows.
Fintech for Agritech · FPO Management · Smart Contracts · Rural Credit
Diagnostics
Develop a camera-based computer vision system that analyzes animal gait, posture, and movement patterns to identify lameness at an early stage and flag animals requiring veterinary examination.
Computer Vision · Pose Estimation · Gait Analysis · Animal Welfare
Biotech
Develop an innovative and practical alternative to conventional liquid-nitrogen-based semen storage and transportation that can maintain the viability of bovine semen under real-world field conditions, especially in areas with limited infrastructure.
Reproductive Biotech · Cryopreservation · Cold Chain · Hardware
Sustainability
Design an integrated system that converts livestock waste into multiple valuable products beyond biogas — such as biofertilizers, recovered nutrients, bio-based materials, or other useful resources — while improving sustainability and farm economics.
Circular Economy · Bioprocessing · Biofertilizers · Sustainability
Biotech
Build a software platform for mapping, monitoring, documenting, and supporting the conservation of India's indigenous livestock breeds, using pedigree, geographic, population, genetic, and historical data to identify breeds or populations requiring conservation attention.
Genomics · Geospatial GIS · Data Platforms · Conservation
Diagnostics
Develop a system focused on reducing or eliminating unnecessary antibiotic use in livestock through preventive health management, rapid diagnostics, vaccination strategies, alternative interventions, microbiome-based approaches, or intelligent decision-support systems.
Preventive Health · Rapid Diagnostics · Microbiome · Decision Support
03Event × Timeline × 3–28 October 2026
Build onlineSubmitPitch live
Two stages. Teams build online and submit a PPT and their GitHub code by 15 October 2026, 11:59 PM IST. The top 10 teams then pitch to the jury in person on 28 October 2026.
Phase 1
3 Oct
Problem statements and rules are shared. Teams pick one of the 12 tracks and start building.
Phase 1
3–15 Oct
Teams build their solution online — software, hardware, biotech or interdisciplinary.
Deadline
15 Oct · 11:59 PM
Last time to submit your presentation (PPT) and GitHub code on this website.
Phase 2
16–18 Oct
Judges review every PPT and GitHub submission.
Phase 2
18 Oct
The top 10 teams are announced and invited to the venue for the finale.
Phase 3
28 Oct
Finalists pitch to the jury. The winner is announced and certificates are presented the same day.
Venue day · 28 October 2026 · PGIVER Jaipur
Pitch format
9 min
per finalist team · 10 teams · 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
04Rules × Guidelines
BuildSubmitPitch
Everything teams need to know, from registration to the finale. Read them before you start building.
Submission deadline
15 October 2026, 11:59 PM IST
PPT (Google Drive) + GitHub code
05Recognition × Honors
National recognitionPilot deploymentsInstitutional backing
Pending announcement
Prize details coming soon
Official award categories, partner grants, and incubation opportunities are currently being finalized with our organizing partners. Full details will be revealed well ahead of the event.
Top overall prototype demonstrating technical maturity, clinical validity, and rural adoption potential.
Outstanding implementation of computer vision, speech AI, or predictive telemetry in livestock health.
Solution with the most immediate practical utility for smallholder dairy farmers and pastoralists.
Special recognition celebrating women innovators leading livestock tech and rural enterprise teams.
06Expert × Network
Veterinary leadersAI researchersDairy experts
Participants will collaborate with leading veterinary clinicians, artificial intelligence researchers, and rural dairy leaders throughout the hackathon.
Individual mentor profiles, jury credentials, and keynote speakers will be published following the registration review window.
07Key × Logistics
StudentsResearchersProfessionals
Essential verified event details for prospective teams. All technical sessions, mentorship rounds, and jury evaluations will occur in person at the venue.
Eligibility guidelines
Open to
every field.
08Startup × Pitch
Separatefrom thehackathon
The startup pitch is its own programme. Founders building for livestock, dairy and rural livelihoods apply with their startup — no hackathon team or build period needed.
Hackathon
Startup pitch
Who can apply
The hackathon is open to both students (undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral) and professionals (engineers, veterinary researchers, data scientists, and agritech startup developers) across India. Cross-functional teams blending veterinary science and technology are strongly encouraged.
No — the startup pitch is a separate programme. Hackathon teams of 3–5 build a solution for one of the 12 problem statements during the online build period. The startup pitch is for existing startups, which apply as founders with the product they're already building. Use "Apply to pitch" in the Startup Pitch section, not the hackathon registration.
Each team must comprise between 3 and 5 members. Individual participation is not permitted, as the challenges demand multidisciplinary collaboration across domain knowledge, design, and software/hardware development.
Yes, registration for Hack4Pashudhan is completely free of charge. There are no fees to apply, register your team, or participate in the hackathon.
The hackathon starts on 3 October 2026 and teams build online until the submission deadline — 15 October 2026, 11:59 PM IST — when the PPT and GitHub code must be submitted. Judges evaluate submissions from 16 to 18 October, the top 10 teams are announced on 18 October, and the finalists pitch at the venue on 28 October 2026.
The build period is online, so teams can work from anywhere. The top 10 finalist teams pitch in person at the Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary, Jaipur, Rajasthan on 28 October 2026.
There are twelve national challenge tracks: (1) LSD & Mastitis Detection, (2) Voice-First Advisory in Hindi & Rajasthani, (3) Heat Stress Monitoring, (4) AMR Tracking & Stewardship, (5) One Health Dashboard, (6) Ration Balancing Calculator, (7) SHG & FPO Collectivization Tools, (8) Computer Vision for Lameness Detection, (9) Alternatives to Liquid Nitrogen for Semen Storage, (10) Livestock Waste Biorefinery — Beyond Biogas, (11) Indigenous Breed Conservation — Software Intelligence, and (12) Zero-Antibiotics Livestock System. You can build a software, hardware, biotech, or interdisciplinary solution.
Judges review every PPT and GitHub submission from 16 to 18 October, and the organising team selects the top 10 teams. Finalists are announced on 18 October and invited to the venue, where each team gets a 9-minute slot: a 5-minute pitch, 3 minutes of jury Q&A and a 1-minute changeover.
Yes. Every participant receives a virtual certificate after evaluation, and the top 10 teams receive certificates at the venue on 28 October.
Prize details are currently pending official announcement. The organizing team at Verdant Impact Pvt. Ltd. is finalizing the award categories and ecosystem opportunities. They will be published on this website once confirmed.
Detailed logistics, jury announcements, dataset specifications, and daily briefing schedules are marked as pending and will be officially released closer to the event date. Please register your team to receive verified updates directly.
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113–28 October 2026 × PGIVER Jaipur
Free registrationTeams of 3 to 5Finale in Jaipur
Build online with engineers, veterinary researchers, and rural innovators — the top 10 teams pitch at PGIVER Jaipur. Registration is 100% free for teams of 3 to 5 innovators.