Please read carefully before participating.

🧑‍💻 1. General Guidelines

• HackSpire’25 is a 25-hour in-person hackathon organized by FIEM ACM Student Chapter, held at FIEM, Kolkata.
• Participation is free of cost and includes food, swag, Wi-Fi, and access to mentors.
• This is a student-only hackathon. All participants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students.
• All participants must carry a valid student ID card and government-issued ID proof on the day of the event.

👥 2. Team Composition

• Teams must have 2 to 6 members.
• It is not a mandatory rule to have a female candidate in the group.
• You can pre-form your team or find teammates at the venue during the team formation session.

🛠️ 3. Project & Development Rules

• All code must be written during the 25-hour hackathon window. Pre-written code will lead to disqualification.
• However, publicly available libraries, APIs, and frameworks may be used (must be declared during submission).
• Projects can be based on provided tracks/themes or any relevant open innovation topic.
• AI-generated assets (code, design, content) are allowed, but disclosure is mandatory.

🚫 4. Prohibited Actions