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{
"title": "Judging Criteria",
"sections": [
- {
- "title": "Social Impact",
+ {
+ "title" : "Relevance to Track",
"paragraphs": [
- "Enabling long-term sustainability entails a multifaceted evaluation from social, environmental, and economic perspectives, emphasizing the project's responsibility and impact beyond immediate implementation. This holistic approach underscores the importance of considering broader societal implications, environmental footprints, and economic viability in the project's design and implementation phases, ensuring that it aligns with sustainable development goals and fosters positive long-term outcomes."
+ "The alignment of the project with the selected hackathon track is crucial in evaluating its purpose and direction. This criterion assesses how well the project's goals, problem statement, and solution fit within the thematic boundaries of the track. A strong relevance indicates a clear understanding of the track's intent, showing that the team has identified a genuine problem within that domain and crafted a targeted solution. Judges will consider whether the project meaningfully addresses key challenges specific to the track and demonstrates depth in exploring the theme."
]
},
- {
+ {
"title":"Uniqueness of Idea",
"paragraphs": [
- "The project is primarily marked on its creativity and uniqueness, as these elements serve as the cornerstone of innovation. How the end-result properly justifies the technologies used in the project heavily decides the marking for innovation, demonstrating not only a mastery of tools but also a deep understanding of their application to solve real-world problems. The project is primarily marked on its creativity and uniqueness, as these elements serve as the cornerstone of innovation. How the end-result properly justifies the technologies used in the project heavily decides the marking for innovation, demonstrating not only a mastery of tools but also a deep understanding of their application to solve real-world problems."
+"The project is primarily marked on its creativity and uniqueness, as these elements serve as the cornerstone of innovation. How the end result properly justifies the technologies used in the project heavily decides the marking for innovation, demonstrating not only a mastery of tools but also a deep understanding of their application to solve real-world problems."
]
},
- {
- "title" : "Relevance to Track",
+ {
+ "title": "Economic Feasibility",
"paragraphs": [
- "The alignment of the project with the selected hackathon track is crucial in evaluating its purpose and direction. This criterion assesses how well the project's goals, problem statement, and solution fit within the thematic boundaries of the track. A strong relevance indicates a clear understanding of the track's intent, showing that the team has identified a genuine problem within that domain and crafted a targeted solution. Judges will consider whether the project meaningfully addresses key challenges specific to the track and demonstrates depth in exploring the theme."
+"A great idea must also make financial sense. This criterion evaluates the commercial viability and potential profitability of the project. Judges will look at the project's economic feasibility by comparing its projected revenue models against its anticipated operating costs. Teams must demonstrate that their solution is not just technically sound, but financially practical, showing a clear path to generating sustainable revenue, operating within a realistic budget, and achieving long-term profitability."
]
},
{
- "title": "Market Study",
+ "title": "Sustainability (Non-Financial Viability)",
"paragraphs": [
- "This criterion evaluates the clarity and feasibility of the project's intended user base and the plan for transitioning the solution into practical use. Teams should demonstrate a well-defined understanding of who the end-users are—be it individuals, organizations, or communities—and how the system addresses their specific needs. Additionally, the handover strategy should outline how the project will be deployed, adopted, or integrated after completion. Judges will assess how realistic and actionable the implementation pathway is, including documentation, onboarding support, scalability considerations, and readiness for real-world use."
- ]
- }
+ "While Economic Feasibility examines financial survival, Sustainability evaluates the non-financial resilience of the project. This criterion assesses the long-term survivability of the idea against external risks that could cause the project to fail. Judges will evaluate the project's reliance on fragile external dependencies, the risk of the core technology or idea quickly becoming outdated (technological obsolescence), and its ability to adapt to changing user behaviors. A sustainable project is one that is built with foresight, adaptability, and minimal points of critical failure."]
+}
+
+
+
]
}