We welcome you to participate in the Online Hackathon on data-driven innovation for Aadhaar, organised by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
UIDAI has made anonymised datasets of Aadhaar enrolment and updates, available to the participating teams to identify meaningful patterns, trends, anomalies, or predictive indicators and translate them into clear insights or solution frameworks that can support informed decision-making and system improvements.
Problem Statement: Unlocking Societal Trends in Aadhaar Enrolment and Updates
Identify meaningful patterns, trends, anomalies, or predictive indicators and translate them into clear insights or solution frameworks that can support informed decision-making and system improvements.
PARTICIPATION
- This contest is open to any student enrolled in any accredited Indian university/Institution.
- Participant(s) must be at least 18 years of age on 1st Jan 2026.
- Participants can participate individually or form teams – ideally heterogeneous, consisting of people with different skill sets – up to a maximum of five members, including the Team Lead.
- The team lead must submit his/her student ID card along with those of the team members during project submission.
- People associated with service delivery at UIDAI and NIC are not allowed to participate in this Hackathon.
LOGIN AND REGISTRATION
All participants must register/sign up at JanParichay. A registered user can directly login at https://event.data.gov.in and submit required details to participate in the Hackathon. It is expected that the participants would submit accurate and up-to-date details and they have to confirm this before submission.
A team leader and each team member can be part of only one team. Any one of the team members can create a team for participation.
STEPS FOR LOGIN AND REGISTRATION
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- Access challenge Page – https://event.data.gov.in/challenge/uidai-data-hackathon-2026/
- Existing User Login
- Click on ‘Login to Participate’ on the challenge page.
- You will be redirected on the ‘JanParichay’ site. Participant can login using any of the following methods:
- Username – Login using username and password.
- Mobile – Login using mobile and password.
- Others – Login using email id and password.
- After successful login, you will redirected back to the event site: https://event.data.gov.in.
- Participants are advised to update their email id in their JanParichay account before proceeding to event site(https://event.data.gov.in). To update the email id in JanParichay account, please follow steps mentioned in Point 4.
- New User Sign-Up/Register
- Participants who are new to JanParichay must first register on ‘JanParichay’ platform.
- The JanParichay registration process primarily uses a mobile number.
- Participants are advised to update their email id in their JanParichay account before proceeding to event site(https://event.data.gov.in). To update the email id in JanParichay account, please follow steps mentioned in Point 4.
- Update Email id in JanParichay account Follow the below mentioned steps to update your email id:
Step 1 – After logging in to JanParichay site, go to Edit Profile page: https://janparichay.meripehchaan.gov.in/v1/pehchaan/editprofile.html
Step 2 – Under ‘VERIFICATION DETAILS’, select ‘Primary Email Id’ from the ‘Select Verification Parameters’ dropdown.
Step 3 – Enter your email id in the text field and click on ‘Verify’.
Step 4 – Enter the OTP sent to the specified email id and click on ‘Submit’.
Step 5 – Log out from the JanParichay service and re-login the the event site using your mobile number or email id.
STRUCTURE OF THE HACKATHON
- Event will be conducted online.
- There would be a time of 15 days from the launch of the Hackathon to register and submit an idea.
- Interested candidates would access the event registration and submission links at challenge page.
- Shortlisted teams will be invited to make presentations before UIDAI officials and the Jury Panel. An award ceremony will be organized by UIDAI in either Delhi or Bengaluru (venue to be notified in due course). UIDAI will reimburse the travel expenses incurred by the shortlisted teams.
Awards:- Top 5 most innovative submissions will be awarded cash prizes upto INR 5 Lakhs
Deadline:- 20-01-2026
