Media Release
Mangaluru, Apr 22: Yenepoya School of Engineering and Technology (YSET), will host OpenLoop 2026, a 24-hour national-level hackathon, on April 25 and 26, at the YMK Auditorium, Yenepoya Kulur campus.
The event is being organized by YenTech, the official technical club of YSET, and is open to students from institutions across India. Teams will collaborate, build, and present technology-driven solutions within a competitive time frame.
OpenLoop 2026 is structured around four high-impact innovation themes. Learning and developer productivity, healthcare and medtech, banking and fintech, and open innovation. Participants will identify real-world problems within these domains and engineer functional prototypes within the 24-hour window.
The hackathon encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration, rapid iteration, and practical problem-solving under real-world constraints. It is open to students of all disciplines and degree programmes from colleges and universities across India.
Teams will be evaluated by a panel of judges comprising industry experts, academics, and technology leaders. The event will be held at the YMK Auditorium, a state-of-the-art facility equipped to support large-scale technical competitions.
The 24-hour schedule includes orientation, mentoring sessions, mid-hackathon reviews, and a formal demonstration and judging round.