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Promptathon — AI Hackathon (In Collaboration with C2C Community)

"Think Smart, Build Art!"

A one-day, inter-college AI hackathon under Rotary Club Vizianagaram Central's Navatarotsav — YUVA 2026 Youth Service Month celebrations. Teams don't need a finished idea going in — the challenge is revealed on the day, and the solution is built live.

Date Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Venue 📍 SITAM Engineering College, Vizianagaram
Prize 🏆 ₹10,000 prize pool
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Organized by Rotary Club Vizianagaram Central
Community Partner C2C Central
Venue Partner SITAM Engineering College
Presented by Queen's NRI Hospital, Vizianagaram

How the day flows

1 Learn
→
2 Reveal
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3 Work
→
4 Submit
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5 Pitch
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6 Results

Learn from Experts • Discover the Challenge • Build with AI • Submit Your Solution • Pitch Your Impact • Celebrate the Winners

Themes to explore

Detailed problem statements are revealed on the day — these are the broad areas to start thinking about.

🎓 Education Learning, teaching, skills & beyond
💼 Employment Jobs, skills, career & growth
🏪 Entrepreneurship Small businesses & MSMEs
🏙️ Citizen Services Roads, water, clean & better living
🌍 Everyday Public Life Smart solutions for daily challenges
🛡️ Women's Safety Safe, secure, equal future

Full schedule

Time Programme What happens
9:00 – 10:00 AM Inauguration & Guest Sessions Registration, welcome, Rotary Guest/Chief Guest address, opening remarks.
10:00 – 10:45 AM LEARN — Knowledge Sharing Generative AI, prompt engineering, AI-assisted development, and responsible use of AI.
10:45 – 11:00 AM Team Briefing Final team confirmation, rules, submission requirements, and judging process.
11:00 – 11:30 AM REVEAL — Challenge Announcement Problem statements are revealed; teams define their users and plan a solution.
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM WORK — Build Phase I Ideation, prompting, research, solution design, and initial development.
1:00 – 1:45 PM Lunch Break Lunch and informal networking.
1:45 – 4:00 PM WORK — Build, Test & Deploy Teams integrate AI/tools, test their solution, and prepare the final pitch.
4:00 – 4:15 PM SUBMIT Final submission: presentation, prompt log, prototype/demo link, and materials.
4:15 – 5:45 PM PITCH — Demo & Presentation Teams present and demo their working prototype; judges interact with teams.
5:45 – 6:15 PM Results & Shortlist Final evaluation and announcement of the winning shortlist.
6:15 PM onwards Networking & Closure Photos, certificates, and interaction with mentors, Rotarians, and guests.

Come prepared with

  • A 3–4 member team
  • Laptop / required equipment
  • Basic understanding of AI tools
  • Curiosity and willingness to solve a real problem
  • Familiarity with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, AI coding tools, no-code tools, APIs, or open-source models
  • Your preferred development environment

At submission (4:00 PM), bring

  • Solution / project name
  • Problem statement
  • Problem & user understanding
  • Solution overview & key features
  • AI / prompting approach
  • Technology & tools used
  • Working prototype / demo
  • Source code / GitHub link, where applicable
  • Short presentation deck
  • Prompt log / AI interaction evidence

Point of contacts

Naveen Polipalli Tech Coordinator 📞 9182444341
Rtn. Natraj Rotarian 📞 8121373773
Rtn. Jagadish Boggu Rotarian 📞 9390820837
Rtn. Sai Kumar Kattamuri Rotarian 📞 9010244245
Rtr. Saranya Rotaractor 📞 9347282517
Rtr. Balu Rotaractor 📞 8309426521
Rtr. Swaroop Rotaractor 📞 6304913181
Rtr. Shilpa Rotaractor 📞 9441258258
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