From Campus Projects to National Recognition
Innovation becomes more meaningful when students are asked to build, compete and solve. That happened repeatedly this month.
- 3rd
- ET AI Hackathon 2.0
- 10,000
- Teams registered
- 300+
- Students at Echo Hackathon
Innovation is easy to discuss. It becomes more meaningful when students are asked to build, compete and solve. That happened repeatedly across Vignana Jyothi this month.
A team from VNRVJIET's Computer Science Department emerged third at the national-level Economic Times AI Hackathon 2.0, after progressing from nearly 10,000 registered teams to the Top 30. At the finale held at T-Hub, Hyderabad, Praharshita Tata, Purusharth Mishra, Sai Koushik Pallapolu and Veerabhadra Yerram secured third place and a ₹2 lakh prize.
Another group of third-year Information Technology students secured second place at the AI Hackathon 2026 organised by the Global Minds Summit.
And closer home, more than 300 students came together for the Echo Hackathon, jointly organised by three computing departments, turning classrooms into problem-solving labs for real-world challenges.
The message emerging from these achievements is significant. Students are no longer prepared to answer questions. Increasingly, they are being encouraged to identify the questions worth solving.
“Increasingly, students are being encouraged to identify the questions worth solving.”