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 × 24 hours
IdeateBuildShowcase
A focused, sequential journey engineered to take livestock tech concepts from ideation to validated functional prototypes within a continuous 24-hour sprint on 28 October 2026.
Official opening ceremony, briefing on livestock challenge statements, dataset walk-through, and orientation on evaluation rubrics.
Teams brainstorm architecture, validate problem feasibility with veterinary clinicians, and finalize technical system blueprints.
Intensive non-stop coding, model training, and prototype fabrication supported by round-the-clock domain and engineering mentors.
Repository commit freeze, documentation finalization, and deployment of functional demo links / hardware staging for review.
Live prototype demonstrations before the jury of veterinary leaders, AI experts, and rural development stakeholders.
04Recognition × 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.
05Expert × Network
Veterinary leadersAI researchersDairy experts
Participants will collaborate with leading veterinary clinicians, artificial intelligence researchers, and rural dairy leaders throughout the 24-hour sprint.
Individual mentor profiles, jury credentials, and keynote speakers will be published following the registration review window.
06Key × 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.
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.
Each team must comprise between 3 and 5 members. Individual participation is not permitted, as the 24-hour sprint demands 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 runs for 24 continuous hours, starting on 28 October 2026. Teams will build, prototype, and refine their solutions throughout the 24-hour window with mentor support.
The hackathon will be hosted in person at the Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary, Jaipur, Rajasthan. All team members must be present on site for development and final jury demonstrations.
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.
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.
0828 October 2026 × PGIVER Jaipur
Free registrationTeams of 3 to 524 hours in Jaipur
Join engineers, veterinary researchers, and rural innovators at PGIVER Jaipur. Registration is 100% free for teams of 3 to 5 innovators.