ZSI Hackathon

Structure

Level-1 (Regional Level): Projects must align with the thematic areas of the ZSI Regional Centres.

Sl. No.	Topic	Regional Centre	Date of the 1st Screening
1	Northeast Biodiversity	NERC, Shillong	23.05.2025
2	Deccan Peninsular Biodiversity	WRC, Pune	24.05.2025
3	Semi-Arid Biodiversity	CZRC, Jabalpur	21.05.2025
4	Desert Biodiversity	DRC, Jodhpur	26.05.2025
5	Himalayan Biodiversity	NRC, Dehradun	22.05.2025
6	Eastern Ghats Biodiversity	SRC, Chennai	28.05.2025
7	Gangetic Plains Biodiversity	GPRC, Patna	27.05.2025
8	Trans-Himalayan Biodiversity	HARC, Solan	28.05.2025
9	Maine Biodiversity	MBRC, Chennai	23.05.2025
10	Island Biodiversity	ANRC, Sri Vijay Puram	28.05.2025
11	Mangrove Biodiversity	SbRC, Canning	28.05.2025
12	Wetland and Riverine Biodiversity	FBRC, Hyderabad	27.05.2025
13	Western Ghats Biodiversity	WGRC, Kozhikode	27.05.2025
14	Estuarine Biodiversity	EBRC, Gopalpur-on-Sea	29.05.2025
15	Transboundary Biodiversity	APRC, Itanagar	20.05.2025
16	Coastal Biodiversity and Conservation	MARC, Digha	23.05.2025

Level 2 (National 1): Sixteen top projects from the regional level will be invited to present at the ZSI Headquarters (or at a designated Regional Centre). The top five presentations from this group will advance to the final national level.
Level 3 (National 2): The final competition will take place on June 30, 2025, in Kolkata, in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister, MoEFCC. The top three presentations will be awarded as the National Winners.