Programme

Twelve sessions,
one problem each

All lectures and workshops are online and free. Every lecture ends with one open ended problem statement for teams to work on. Times are India Standard Time.

DateTime (IST)SpeakerSession
5 September 2026
Saturday
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Inauguration
  1. Inauguration and prayer
  2. Welcome note by the President, SSI
  3. About the Hackathon by the Convener, SciHi
  4. Introducing the speakers by the Secretary, SSI
  5. Words of motivation by the speakers, five minutes each
  6. Open discussion with the students
6 September 2026
Sunday
11:00 am to 12:30 pm Dr. T. Madan Raghavan
University of Houston, Texas, USA
Talk
45 mins
Mrs. Garima Nanda and Mr. Sumat Nanda
Plantables, Agra
Talk
45 mins
12 September 2026
Saturday
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Dr. M. Jayakumar
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram
Talk
45 mins
26 September 2026
Saturday
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Speaker from the Arduino Team
Arduino®
Talk
45 mins
Mr. Hardik Chadda
DEI, Agra
Workshop
45 mins
27 September 2026
Sunday
11:00 am to 12:30 pm Dr. Samyak Munot
Indian Youth Nuclear Society (IYNS)
Talk
45 mins
Dr. Sonali Bhatnagar
DEI, Agra
Talk
45 mins
3 October 2026
Saturday
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Dr. Monika Aggarwal
Professor, CARE, IIT Delhi
Talk
45 mins
Dr. Mridul Kumar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Talk
45 mins
10 October 2026
Saturday
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Mr. T. Preetam C. Anand
CTO, C2i Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru
Talk and Workshop
90 mins
11 October 2026
Sunday
11:00 am to 12:30 pm Dr. Arun Pratap Sikarwar
Associate Professor, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
Talk
45 mins
Ms. Portia Putatunda
Planet Spiti Foundation, Spiti
Talk
45 mins
1 January 2027
Friday
Time to be announced Grand Finale
In person at Agra

Programme final as of 17 August 2026. Talk titles are announced closer to each session.

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