Event report · Chief Guest & Internship Sponsor

Sustainathon 2026 – National Hackathon at VIT Vellore

Name: Sustainathon 2026 – National Hackathon at VIT Vellore
Start: 2026-10-26
End: 2026-10-27
Location: Centre for Net-Zero Technologies (CNET), Vellore Institute of Technology

Centre for Net-Zero Technologies (CNET), Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore
26–27 October 2026

Quick summary

Sustainathon 2026 was a national-level hackathon organised by the Centre for Net-Zero Technologies (CNET) at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, where student teams built working prototypes for a cleaner, smarter and more sustainable tomorrow. Amit Kumar Singh, founder of MyStartupWave, was the Chief Guest — he addressed the participants and presented the awards. MyStartupWave was the Internship Sponsor, offering paid internships to top performers and selecting winners for MyStartupWave internships and MSWLABS.

Format: National-level hackathon across renewable energy, sustainable mobility, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity

Chief Guest: Amit Kumar Singh
National level
Internship Sponsor
4 tracks: energy, mobility, AI, security
10 teams awarded
₹19 lakh+ reward value

Amit Kumar Singh addressing the participants as Chief Guest at Sustainathon 2026, VIT Vellore

🏆 Winners

Sustainathon 2026 overall winners

22nd placeNexTerraSri Sairam Engineering College
Harini P · Sam Godwin A · Ragulsri · Karthik R
11st placeAstral NovaSSM Institute of Engineering and Technology
Spurgeon Samish S · Nancy Magthalin · Santhosh M · Hari Prasath P
33rd placeTeam SheldonVIT Vellore
Sakthi Deepashika · Aswin N · Pavesh Kamalan R · Kishore S

🏆 Winners

Sustainathon 2026 · VIT Vellore winners

MyStartupWave internship winners

Selected for internships at MyStartupWave

APIKEYS CHAHIYE
VIT Vellore
S Harshithaa Shree · Anushree Behera · Annya Singh · Harshini Dey
The Last Variable
Saveetha School of Engineering
Jason Joshva MJ · Kalyanakrishnan A · Ragavi V · Harini G

MSWLABS winners

Selected for the MSWLABS internship programme

Tru Adams
VIT Vellore
Kavin Kumar · Gokul Y · Jeyanthan K · Sri Riswant
CodeRx
Velalar College of Engineering and Technology
Surya S · Sanjay S · Jayanithyan M R · Jaiakash S
Apex Intervene
National College Tiruchirappalli & SRM Ramapuram
Yash Vishwanathan · Harini Murugan
BhenClaude
VIT Vellore
Nitin Goyal · Lakshya Daga · Aman Sharma · Hriday Chatrath
Sprout.exe
Chennai Institute of Technology
Karthikeyan V · Vishva P · Barath Vikraman S V · Kathy Prasanna P

From MYSTARTUPWAVE

Amit Kumar Singh at Sustainathon 2026 · VIT Vellore

Role: Chief Guest. Amit Kumar Singh is the founder of MYSTARTUPWAVE PRIVATE LIMITED and a hackathon winner himself, with 30+ hackathon, coding and startup honours.

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