Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is Sustainovation?

Sustainovation is India’s No. 1 sustainability-focused hackathon, designed to bring together young innovators, students, mentors, and industry leaders to solve real-world environmental and social challenges. The platform enables participants to ideate, build, and present impactful solutions across critical sustainability domains through a structured and mentor-led process.

Sustainovation 2025 successfully brought together teams from diverse backgrounds to work on carefully curated sustainability problem statements across themes such as clean water, energy and soil. The edition witnessed strong participation, high-quality solutions, and meaningful engagement from mentors and partners, reinforcing Sustainovation’s position as a leading national sustainability innovation platform.

Sustainovation is open to students and young innovators from all academic disciplines who are passionate about sustainability and impact-driven innovation.

Yes. Participation is team-based. Each team can consist of a maximum of four (4) members, encouraging collaboration, interdisciplinary thinking, and balanced skill sets.

No. Participation in Sustainovation 2025 is completely free. Just register and bring your best ideas.

Each edition of Sustainovation features thoughtfully designed problem statements aligned with pressing sustainability challenges. Tracks from previous editions are archived on the website. Tracks for upcoming edition would be announced soon.

Submissions are evaluated by a panel of experts and jury members based on innovation, relevance to the problem statement, feasibility, scalability, and potential for real-world impact.

Organizations, mentors, academic institutions, and industry partners can collaborate through mentorship, problem statement sponsorship, knowledge partnerships, or strategic engagement. Interested parties are encouraged to reach out via the Contact section of the website.

For the latest updates, announcements, and opportunities:

  • Visit the official Sustainovation website regularly
  • Follow Sustainovation on its official social media channels

All updates related to future editions are communicated through these platforms.

Details, highlights, and outcomes from previous editions — including Sustainovation 2025 — are available on the website under the respective edition sections.