Official governance standards for Skaleathon. Compliance with these engineering, originality, and submission guidelines is required for evaluation and prize conferral.
Participation is open to undergraduate and graduate students, bootcamp learners, and independent software developers across India. Cross-college and cross-organization squads are fully permitted.
Squads may consist of 1 to 6 members. Each participant may belong to only one squad. A single flat ₹99 registration fee covers the entire squad.
Timed 30–45 minute assessment evaluating CS fundamentals, algorithmic reasoning, and track domain aptitude.
Shortlisted squads submit a 10-slide PDF deck detailing their self-defined problem statement, architecture diagram, and schema.
Squads build and submit a public GitHub repository and live deployed cloud URL (plus an optional 2–3 min demo walkthrough).
Top finalist squads defend their system architecture and live prototype before the SkaleKraft jury panel.
Core system logic must be authored during the competition window. Open-source frameworks, UI libraries, and AI coding assistants are permitted with transparent disclosure in your repository README.
Stage 02 requires a 10-slide PDF architecture deck. Stage 03 requires a public GitHub repository and a live deployed prototype URL. A 2–3 minute video walkthrough is optional and provides an evaluation advantage.
