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HackOn With Amazon 6.0
Amazon's flagship student hackathon in India, now in its sixth season - teams build against Amazon-set problem themes for a shot at cash prizes and a pre-placement interview.
Brabble editorial · Updated 12 Aug 2026 · Official page
Particulars
- Organiser
- Amazon
- Mode
- Online
- Prize / outcome
- Around ₹2.25 lakh total (recent edition), plus PPI opportunities
- Team size
- Team-based, limit set per season
- Application fee
- Free
- Rounds
- 4
What it is
HackOn With Amazon is Amazon India's recurring student hackathon, run as an online-first competition where teams build solutions against themes Amazon sets for that season (recent editions have spanned retail-tech and related problem areas). It's positioned as one of the larger student hackathons in India by participation.
Rounds
01. Registration and theme release
Teams register and Amazon publishes the season's problem themes, usually spanning retail-tech and related problem areas.
02. Idea/solution submission
Teams submit a proposed solution against a chosen theme, typically as a written proposal or short deck rather than working code at this stage.
03. Shortlisting
Amazon shortlists teams whose submissions move forward for deeper evaluation or a build phase, narrowing a large applicant pool to a manageable finalist set.
04. Final judging
Shortlisted teams are judged for final prizes and PPI consideration, often presenting to an Amazon panel.
Who can enter
- Open to students at Indian engineering/technical institutions - exact year-of-study and graduation-year windows are set fresh each season
- Team-based; team size limits are set per edition
- Free to enter
What you actually get
A total prize pool in the low lakhs (recent editions: around ₹2.25 lakh) split across winning teams, plus a pre-placement interview (PPI) opportunity at Amazon for standout participants - the PPI shot is the main draw for most entrants.
Frequently asked questions
- Broadly four stages: registration with theme release, an idea/solution submission against a chosen theme, a shortlisting round, and final judging where prizes and pre-placement-interview consideration are decided. Exact round structure is republished each season on Amazon's own event page.
- A cash prize pool split across winning teams (recent editions: around ₹2.25 lakh total) and, for standout participants, a pre-placement interview (PPI) opportunity at Amazon.
- No - it's versioned by season (the current is 6.0), and the theme, eligibility window, and prize pool are reset each edition. Check the current season number and theme on Amazon's own event page before assuming a past edition's details still apply.
- Yes, free to register and participate at every stage.
- Yes - it's a team-based competition, though the exact team size limit is set fresh each season on Amazon's own event page rather than fixed across editions.
- Recent editions have centred on retail-tech and adjacent problem areas relevant to Amazon's own business, rather than an open-ended "build anything" brief - the theme is published at registration, so entrants know the problem space before committing.
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Checked against aggregator reporting on the 6.0 edition, 12 Aug 2026. Themes, prize pool and eligibility windows reset every season - confirm on Amazon's own HackOn event page before applying.