Kerala Startup Mission's Hackathon to Pre-incubation track for women student innovators — 20 hours of building, 2 months of mentorship.
Application Deadline
Every team starts with a problem statement and 20 hours on the clock. The ones that hold up get two months of real support to become a company.
Shortlisted teams build a working AI prototype offline, based on the problem statement and solution proposed at application. Four tracks to choose from:
Top 20 teams turn their prototype into a startup-ready MVP.
A six-stage funnel used to find Kerala's sharpest women innovators — each stage narrows the field and raises the stakes.
Paired with real founders and sector experts across both phases, not one-off advisors.
The top 20 teams receive funding support to carry their prototype into pre-incubation.
Networking with founders, mentors and ecosystem experts across Kerala's startup mission.
Any UG, diploma or polytechnic branch — as long as one teammate can build the AI solution.
that's the whole bar. Open to every woman student in Kerala with a problem worth solving.
Any UG programme, any discipline — from CS to commerce.
Fully eligible — built around potential, not pedigree.
Build with your people around one shared problem statement.
Someone able to develop the proposed AI solution.
Students from any year of study, including final year, are eligible to apply. Recent graduates are not eligible.
FREE TO APPLY · TEAMS OF 2–4 · DECISION BY OCT 4, 2026
Apply by September 10, 2026