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Impact in action

2025

Hack4Purpose Edition 1

Hack4Purpose’s first edition saw 8,500+ registrations from 16+ states, engaging students from 4,000+ colleges, with 46% female participation. Participants tackled real-world challenges through four key themes

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2024

Hack4Purpose Edition 1

Hack4Purpose’s first edition saw 8,500+ registrations from 16+ states, engaging students from 4,000+ colleges, with 46% female participation. Participants tackled real-world challenges through four key themes

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2023

Hack4Purpose Edition 1

Hack4Purpose’s first edition saw 8,500+ registrations from 16+ states, engaging students from 4,000+ colleges, with 46% female participation. Participants tackled real-world challenges through four key themes

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2022

Hack4Purpose Edition 1

Hack4Purpose’s first edition saw 8,500+ registrations from 16+ states, engaging students from 4,000+ colleges, with 46% female participation. Participants tackled real-world challenges through four key themes

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  • Innovation is not just about ideas—it’s about solving real problems that matter.
Empowering Young Innovators Across India

Hack4Purpose Edition 1: A Journey of Innovation

Hack4Purpose’s first edition saw 8,500+ registrations from 16+ states, inviting students from 4,000+ colleges, with 46% female participation. Participants tackled real-world challenges through four key themes:

Hack from Us

Real challenges from our SDG Database

Hack from You

Innovate your own
solutions

Hack from Native

Address local industry challenges

Hack from Seniors

Enhance senior
projects

Covering 14 critical domains like agriculture, AI, climate, and disability, the event empowered students to build purpose-driven solutions for a better future.

  • When purpose meets innovation, the future is shaped.
A Stage for Purpose-Driven Innovation

Grand Event Highlights: The Beginning of Something Big

Held on June 26 and 27th, 2024, at Anna University, Chennai, the two-day finale brought together the Top 100 teams of 400+ students.

  • ₹50,000: Waste Warriors (waste-to-energy, Odisha) & Team Synergy (precision agriculture, Tamil Nadu)
  • ₹30,000: Nutrimasters (nutritional snacks, Maharashtra)
  • ₹20,000: Solar Desalination Project (Andhra Pradesh)
  • ₹10,000: TONIC (nutritious snacks & sustainable tourism, Uttarakhand)

In collaboration with United Nations UNLEASH, E-Yuva, and Anna University, and with Veera Group as the title sponsor, the event featured 31 esteemed judges, an inspiring keynote by Dr. Vivek Manoharan (UN UNLEASH Ambassador), and a panel discussion with four renowned women entrepreneurs.

  • Success begins when preparation meets opportunity

Training Sessions: Empowering Innovators

The Top 100 teams underwent specialized training covering technical domains (AI, IoT, agriculture, medtech etc.) and technical skills (idea validation, pitch deck creation, financial & business modeling). Over 18 experts led one-on-one mentorship and three “Pitch Perfect” sessions to prepare participants for the finale.

Key Training Aspects:

Domain-Specific Sessions

Technical Idea to MVP Sessions

Insight Personalized Sessions

Life Sessions & Investor Pitching

  • An idea backed by an execution ecosystem creates lasting impact.

Grand Finale: From Innovation to Investment

The Top 10 teams pitched their MVPs to 7 investors from globally acclaimed investment capitals, including leaders from Google, Lingov Capital, Venture Wolf, and WEH Ventures. Beyond funding, The Purpose Awards celebrated innovation in 10+ categories like Best Pitch, SDG Impact, and Teamwork etc, with Team EcoFungi winning Best Pitch.

Investment & Recognition:
  • Platform to pitch to global investors
  • Awards recognizing grit and character

DPurpose Foundation’s Hack4Purpose had the opportunity to serve 400+ students empowering them to take a chance on themself and reflect as a platform to take their ideas to real-time impact. 

Our Family Speaks

Hear our community spill their hearts out about their Hack4Purpose experience. Real stories from real people who’ve walked this purpose-filled path with us.
“I have only compliments for the event. If talking about improvement, I think there should be a little more advertising for the hackthon, because that is an outstanding hackthon, and if people get to know about it, they will definitely participate. Most students were from the south. With a little more advertising, this hackathon could attract a lot of students from all over India.”

Deepak Singh

Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology, Dwarahat, Almora, Uttarakhand

  • Dehradun
“We suggest allotting more time for hands-on workshops for specific entrepreneurial skills. The judges were highly experienced and provided very valuable insights. However, the judging time could have been increased a little to explain everything perfectly.”

Hemasri M

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode, Tamil Nadu

  • Tamil Nadu
“Hack4Purpose was a valuable experience where I gained insights into start-ups and practical business applications. The judging panel was highly commendable. On June 26th, all judges shared their insights, which proved immensely beneficial for personal and professional development. The panel comprises a diverse range of judges suited to various project types, each aligned with specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on my experience, I find the judging panel to be exceptionally proficient. “

Acharya Mauli

Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Anand

  • Gujarat
“I think the event was awesome for me and my team, there is no need for improvement in my point of view. Judging time could have been more”

Subhajit Biswal

Driems University, Tangi, Cuttack, Odisha

  • Bhubaneswar
“In my opinion no correction is needed because everything was done very well.”

Dangar Drashti

Gyanmanajari Inovative University Bhavnagar, Gujarat

  • Gandhinagar
“We are comfortable with the judges as they are kind and nice to us and gave suggestions to improve our project.”

Janadharshini T

Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

  • Tamil Nadu
“I guess you can add on mid program fun activities or surprise events that makes things interesting.The judges were very skilled but the time wasn’t sufficient for them to hear out every teams presentation completely because they took too much time to judge the early teams and the teams at last were made to rush also they didn’t even see the ppt of last few teams.”

Srivarshan V M

Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • Tamil Nadu
“I have only compliments for the event. If talking about improvement, I think there should be a little more advertising for the hackthon, because that is an outstanding hackthon, and if people get to know about it, they will definitely participate. Most students were from the south. With a little more advertising, this hackathon could attract a lot of students from all over India.”

Deepak Singh

Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology, Dwarahat, Almora

  • Uttarakhand
“We suggest allotting more time for hands-on workshops for specific entrepreneurial skills. The judges were highly experienced and provided very valuable insights. However, the judging time could have been increased a little to explain everything perfectly.”

Hemasri M

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode

  • Tamil Nadu

“Hack4Purpose was a valuable experience where I gained insights into start-ups and practical business applications. The judging panel was highly commendable. On June 26th, all judges shared their insights, which proved immensely beneficial for personal and professional development. The panel comprises a diverse range of judges suited to various project types, each aligned with specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on my experience, I find the judging panel to be exceptionally proficient. “

Acharya Mauli

Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Anand

  • Gujarat
“I think the event was awesome for me and my team, there is no need for improvement in my point of view. Judging time could have been more”

Subhajit Biswal

Driems University, Tangi, Cuttack

  • Odisha
“In my opinion no correction is needed because everything was done very well.”

Dangar Drashti

Gyanmanajari Inovative University, Bhavnagar

  • Gujarat
“We are comfortable with the judges as they are kind and nice to us and gave suggestions to improve our project.”

Janadharshini T

Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

  • Tamil Nadu
“I guess you can add on mid program fun activities or surprise events that makes things interesting.The judges were very skilled but the time wasn’t sufficient for them to hear out every teams presentation completely because they took too much time to judge the early teams and the teams at last were made to rush also they didn’t even see the ppt of last few teams.”

Srivarshan V M

Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai

  • Tamil Nadu
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