MoSPI, in Collaboration with MyGov is organising Innovate with GoIStats Hackathon 2025. The last date of registration is March 31.
About the Hackathon
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in collaboration with MyGov, is organizing a Hackathon on Data Visualization with the title “Innovate with GoIStats”. The theme of this hackathon is “Data-Driven Insights for Viksit Bharat”
This hackathon aims to create awareness about the data being generated by the Ministry and encourage students and researchers to utilize the data for creating innovative data-driven insights that would be useful for the policy-makers in building a ‘Viksit Bharat’. The hackathon will be hosted on the MyGov platform and will provide participants an opportunity to work with official statistical datasets to create impactful visualizations.
Eligibility
The hackathon is open to the following categories of participants:
- Students enrolled in Undergraduate (UG)/ Postgraduate (PG) degrees/ diploma or equivalent courses, Research Associates currently enrolled in recognized and bonafide Indian universities, colleges, and institutions or completed the above degrees in Financial Year 2024-25.
- Participants must be Indian nationals.
- After evaluation of the entries, the winning candidates are to submit the certificate from their college/institute certifying that he/she is a bonified student of the University currently enrolled in (i) degrees/ diploma or equivalent course / completed or (ii) degrees/ diploma or equivalent course in FY 2024-25.
Important dates
Registration and Submission of Entries: 25.02.2025 and closes on 31.03.2025.
Submission Guidelines
All participants must submit the following:
- Data: Exact datasets used, including details like name and year of survey, report numbers & names, page/table numbers, or microdata block numbers, if applicable.
- Software and Code: Documentation of the software tools used (e.g., R, Python), along with code used (in doc file) for data processing and visualization.
- Visualizations: A clear and well-documented presentation of their data visualizations/ dashboards.
- Documentation: A written report outlining the methods used, the insights derived, and the visualization strategies employed. The word limit would be maximum 1000 words.
If all the requisite entries are not submitted, participation will be treated as cancelled.
How to Participate?
Interested candidates can participate via this page.
Prizes
Top 30 entries with the highest normalized scores will be shortlisted. Among these, the top 5 will be awarded as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes. The remaining 25 will receive consolation prizes. Prize details are as following:
| 1st Prize: ₹2 Lakhs (1) |
| 2nd Prize: ₹1 Lakh (2) |
| 3rd Prize: ₹50,000 (2) |
| 25 Consolation Prizes: ₹20,000 each (25) |
Terms & Conditions
Intellectual Property Rights:
All submissions received during the hackathon including data visualisations, codes etc. will become the exclusive intellectual property of MoSPI. MoSPI reserves the right to:
- Use, reproduce, and adapt the entries for future purposes in the same or edited form any number of times for any official purposes, including but not limited to government reports, publications, or promotional materials.
- The selected entries may also be showcased at relevant public events and/or conferences.
Dispute Resolution:
These Rules and Regulations shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Subject to the arbitration provisions hereinbelow, the courts of Delhi, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any dispute arising out of these Rules and Regulations.
