HACKATHON COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
GreenMind Hackathon 2025
Pioneering
Sustainable AI Innovation
Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026
Download Sustainable AI PlaybookHACKATHON COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY
Pioneering
Sustainable AI Innovation
Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026
Download Sustainable AI PlaybookOrganized by Green Computing Foundation (GCF) in collaboration with Bangalore BioInnovation Centre (BBC), Software Technology Park of India (STPI), Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM)
The GreenMind Sustainable AI Hackathon, a pre-event to the India AI Summit 2026 organized by Government of India concluded successfully as a national platform bringing together students, start-ups, corporates, policymakers, and sustainability leaders to co-create climate-conscious, low-impact AI solutions aligned with India’s sustainability and digital transformation goals.
Energy, Healthcare, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Governance
A national platform enabling sustainable, low-impact AI innovation with strong cross-sector collaboration.
Across Students, Start-ups & Corporates
Institutions & organizations represented
Sustainable AI solutions developed
From industry & academia
Sustainable AI Centre of Excellence launched
Sustainable AI Playbook released
GreenMind Hackathon 2025 successfully demonstrated how Sustainable AI can address real-world challenges while significantly reducing environmental and infrastructure impact. The hackathon catalyzed innovation across critical sectors including governance, healthcare, agriculture, urban mobility, waste management, and built environments, with a strong emphasis on energy-efficient, low-carbon AI systems.
Participants developed deployable solutions using lightweight models, CPU-based inference, edge computing, and renewable-powered systems, proving that high-impact AI does not require high energy consumption. The solutions showcased measurable benefits such as reduced emissions, optimized resource usage, lower operational costs, and improved accessibility, particularly in resource-constrained environments.
Through mentorship, industry collaboration, and rigorous evaluation, the hackathon created a pipeline of incubation-ready Sustainable AI innovations, strengthened cross-sector collaboration, and reinforced India’s leadership in Responsible, Secure, and Climate-Conscious AI development.
Student
Team Name: Null Pointers*
Solution theme: Compliance Automation
Institute: JSS Academy of Technical Education
Sustainability Impact: Enabled energy-efficient regulatory compliance by using lightweight AI models to automate analysis while reducing computational and carbon footprint.
Team Name: Coastal Coders
Solution theme: AI-Powered Arecanut Harvesting Robot
Institute: Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management
Sustainability Impact: Enabled safer and more sustainable agriculture by automating Arecanut harvesting using energy-efficient AI, reducing labor risk and operational emissions.
Team Name: Green Tech
Solution theme: Solar Powered Autonomous River Cleaner
Institute: Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering
Sustainability Impact: Protected freshwater ecosystems by using solar-powered, AI-driven autonomous robots to continuously clean rivers with zero operational emissions.
Start-Up
Team Name: RTI Bot
Solution theme: AI-Driven RTI Search
Start-Up Name: RTIwala
Sustainability Impact: Improved transparent access to public information using energy-efficient AI search, reducing computational load while enabling faster, low-carbon citizen services.
Team Name: Sorteco Innovations
Solution theme: AI-Powered Plastic Waste Segregation
Start-Up Name: Sorteco Innovations
Sustainability Impact: Improved recycling efficiency and reduced landfill waste through low-power, edge-based AI that enables intelligent and scalable plastic waste segregation.
Team Name: Krushi Sahayak
Solution theme: AI-Weeding Machine
Start-Up Name: Samsan Innovation & Labs Pvt. Ltd.
Sustainability Impact: Cut chemical usage and environmental pollution by enabling precision weeding through energy-efficient AI, reducing herbicide use by 90% while improving crop productivity.
Corporate
Team Name: Tathyashodh
Solution theme: Retrofit Measures for Buildings
Company: Tathyashodh Development Consultants
Sustainability Impact: Reduced building energy consumption and emissions by using AI-driven insights to optimize retrofit decisions and improve overall building performance.
Team Name: Cognitive Crew
Solution theme: AI-Powered Arecanut Harvesting Robot
Company: Seneca Global IT Services Pvt Ltd.
Sustainability Impact: Democratized access to advanced cancer care by delivering accurate treatment recommendations through CPU-efficient AI, reducing energy use and healthcare infrastructure costs.
Team Name: Pragati Dhara
Solution theme: Smart Traffic Routing
Company: Infosys Ltd.
Sustainability Impact: Reduced urban congestion, fuel consumption, and emissions through real-time, CPU-efficient AI traffic optimization powered by Kompact AI
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Contact UsGreenMind Hackathon 2025 featured high-impact panel discussions that brought together industry leaders, policymakers, startups, and researchers to explore the future of Sustainable AI.
This panel brought together business leaders to discuss real industry challenges, showcasing how AI-led collaboration between corporates, start-ups, and academia can unlock tangible business value and accelerate digital transformation.
This panel highlighted how emerging AI solutions can transform energy management, reduce waste, and optimize resource efficiency across sectors—demonstrating clear pathways for measurable climate impact.
This panel emphasized ethical development, data security, green computing principles, and low-carbon AI architectures—setting the foundation for future-ready, climate-conscious AI systems.
GreenMind Hackathon 2025 was made possible through strong collaboration across industry, academia, government, and civil society.
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