Commit for Good | AI × Open Source × Public Good

COMMIT FOR GOOD is a three-day hackathon focused on building open-source AI solutions for real-world public-good challenges.

The Hackathon is being organized under the Indo-Swiss Research Grant, with ETH Zurich, University of Lausanne, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad), and Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) as participating research institutions, alongside Techideate Qureka, Directorate of Student’s Welfare (DSW), Department of Information Technology, and WikiClub Tech. The event brings together students, researchers and collaborators to encourage innovation at the intersection of AI, open source and public good.

Participants will explore broad challenge domains, identify real-world problems that deserve to be solved, research and validate those problems, and develop innovative AI-driven solutions. The hackathon emphasizes original thinking, practical implementation, collaboration, open-source development and social impact.

Eligibility:

• Open to college students from recognized institutions.

• Students from any discipline can participate.

• Inter-college teams are allowed.

• Inter-specialization/inter-department teams are allowed.

• Students from Manipal University Jaipur and other institutions can participate.

Team Formation:

• Participation is in teams of 1–3 members.

• Team members may belong to different colleges, universities or academic disciplines.

• Each participant can be a member of only one team.

What is COMMIT FOR GOOD?

COMMIT FOR GOOD challenges participants to go beyond simply solving a predefined problem.

Teams will be given a broad problem domain or challenge theme and will be expected to independently explore it, identify a meaningful and well-defined problem, understand who is affected and why the problem matters, and investigate existing approaches before proposing their own solution.

The hackathon progresses from problem discovery and validation to solution development, prototyping and open-source release. Participants are encouraged to explore overlooked problems, challenge existing approaches and develop AI-powered solutions with meaningful public impact.

Event Format:

The hackathon follows a hybrid format, combining offline and online phases for problem discovery, development, mentoring, evaluation and the grand finale.

The event consists of:

• Day 1 – DISCOVER: Explore the given challenge domain, identify and validate a real-world problem, and propose an innovative solution.…

---

Curated listing from Unstop. Organized by Manipal University (MU), Jaipur. RSVP happens on the organizer's page until they claim it. Run this event? Claim it on Jamao to get free RSVPs, WhatsApp reminders and UPI payouts.