WHAT IS AN IDEATHON, YOU ASK?

Good question! An ideathon is a short, intensive, workshop-like experience for students to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Participants work in teams and use design thinking and innovative learning practices to ideate and collaborate on possible solutions.  In fact, the best ideathons combine students from many majors – a biology student working together with a linguist, a drama student and a political science major. The wider cross-section of students involved, the more perspectives there are to come up with insights that are relevant and novel.

The Ideathon is like a hackathon, minus the hacking. It’s about getting people together to try to solve a problem. 

AREA OF PROBLEMS

HEALTH

FOOD

ENVIRONMENT

AGRICULTURE

problem statements

RULES AND REGULATIONS

#1 You can pick any of the problem statements from the website or frame your own problem statements.
#2 Maximum 3 and minimum 1 in a group.
#3 Group members can be interdisciplinary.
#4 A team can enroll one idea only.

Selection procedure

The ideas will be selected based on the following criteria.

1. Is the problem statement defined clearly?
2. Is the problem worth solving?
3. Is the solution specified clearly?
4. Is the solution viable/easy to prototype/innovative?
5. How interested/capable is the team/individual in building a prototype?