Participation & Rules
Guidelines for the next generation of AI guardians.
Eligibility
- Open to UG/PG Students & Working Professionals.
- Teams of 2–4 members allowed.
- Inter-college teams are permitted.
Format
Stage 1: Innovation Sprint (Virtual)
Submit your proposal and initial prototype. Top 20 teams qualify.
Stage 2: Grand Finale (IIIT Pune)
Present and defend your solution.
Evaluation Criteria
Themes & Problem Statements
Select a theme to explore specific challenges.
P.S. 1 | Identity Manipulation (Deepfakes)
Develop detection and watermarking to prevent unauthorized synthesis of likenesses.
P.S. 2 | Adversarial Prompt Engineering
Design defensive guardrails against harmful jailbreaks and prompt injections.
P.S. 3 | The Accountability Gap
Frameworks to resolve liability in AI-generated harms between User, Platform, and Architect.
Timeline
Registrations Open
Start of the journey.
Proposal Submission
Submit your team's abstract.
Finalists Announced
Top 20 teams selected.
Grand Finale
Final Presentation Pitch at IIIT Pune Campus (10 am- 5pm)
Prize Pool
Total Cash Prize
Guest Judges
Mr. Gaurav Taywade
Managing Director, Vicon, India.
Mr. Ravi Mulchandani
Principal Engineer at Dell Technologies.
Dr. Deepak Kshirsagar
Assistant Professor COEP Technological University, Pune
Dr. Ganesh Bhutkar
Professor and Assistant Head (Research) in the Department of Computer Engineering at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune, India. And Coordinator of Centre of Excellence in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) at VIT Pune.
Dr. Sanga Chaki
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India.
Dr. Priyank Jain
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India.
Dr. Shrikant Salve
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India.