2.0
Bringing Innovation On-Stage_
A proposal to reboot the CSED Department's flagship hackathon at Thapar Institute. This page is a portfolio of what the last edition shipped — the problem statements, the prizes, the sponsors and the projects — and the case for building BIOS 2.0 on top of it.
> this build documents BIOS's first run. no registration is open here.
22+ problems, two difficulty tracks
Every team picked a track and shipped against a real brief — from campus-scale fixes to harder, open-ended builds.
- The Forgotten Inventory
- Digital Pen-Pal App Across Languages & Cultures
- Hyperlocal Public Transit Timetable Sharing
- Community Skill Swap Platform
- Micro-Investment for Beginners
+7 more — open the terminal and run:cat problem-statements/safe-mode.txt
- Post-Disaster Relief Coordination Platform
- AI-Powered Cybersecurity Tool for Deepfake Detection
- P2P Compute Sharing for Campus Projects
- Fast & Secure Online Transaction Authentication
- Pocket Health Records for Students
+5 more — open the terminal and run:cat problem-statements/overclocked-mode.txt
What last year's builders walked away with
Cash, domains, interview prep and enough refreshments to survive the overnight.
Powered by
The partners who backed BIOS's first run.
Highest-upvoted builds from BIOS
Out of 15+ shortlisted projects in the public gallery, these led the board.
1
Peer-to-peer renewable energy trading between neighbours, priced with game-theoretic, incentive-aligned rules.
2
A risk-free market classroom that replays real historical data so beginners can practice trading before risking real money.
3
Turns idle campus computers into a shared supercomputer for heavy student workloads like ML training and rendering.
4
An AI travel copilot that plans and re-plans trips in real time, with voice assistance and live data.
5
Check bus details by ticket ID or route, book fares, and track estimated arrival times for hyperlocal transit.
6
Real-time feedback and survey platform with live dashboards for students, teachers, and societies.
A look back at the room
Late nights, shipped builds, and the prize handouts that closed it out.
