What is Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2026?

Smart India Hackathon (SIH) is the world’s biggest open innovation hackathon organized by the Ministry of Education, AICTE, and MIC, where student teams build hardware and software solutions for problem statements submitted by Government Ministries, Departments, and State Agencies.

How many problem statements are released in SIH 2026?

SIH 2026 features 226 official problem statements, comprising 172 Software category statements and 54 Hardware category statements across themes like Smart Automation, Agriculture, Disaster Management, MedTech, Clean Water, and Cybersecurity.

How does the SIH ONE AI Team Matchmaker work?

The SIH ONE Matchmaker takes your 6-member team’s frontend/backend/AI skills, hardware experience, domain preferences, and exclusions, then runs a multi-factor weighted scoring algorithm to rank the top 25 highest-fit problem statements.

How does the itinerary generator prevent tourists from facing unexpected monument closures or traffic jams?

The optimization algorithm incorporates real-time operational constraints: statutory monument opening/closing hours, weekly holiday closures (e.g. Taj Mahal on Fridays), real-time traffic congestion travel times, and dynamic crowd queues to build feasible, stress-free daily schedules.

How does the Location-Aware Audio Guide function without draining mobile data?

The mobile app uses GPS and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon geofencing: when a tourist enters a specific monument courtyard, the app automatically triggers the corresponding high-quality audio story cached locally in the app, functioning with zero streaming data.

How does the platform promote lesser-known rural and heritage destinations?

The recommendation engine dynamically suggests 'Hidden Gem' offbeat cultural sites within a 30 km radius of overcrowded tourist hotspots, dispersing tourism footfall and boosting rural local economies.

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PS 26202SOFTWARETravel & TourismFast Prototype (36h)

Student Innovation

AICTE• AICTE, MIC-Student Innovation

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30-Second Plain English Summary

AICTE Open Innovation: Smart Tourism & Hospitality (Software) — Tourists visiting Indian cultural destinations face disorganized itineraries, language barriers, unverified local tour guides, and over-crowded tourist attractions. Build an AI-Powered Hyper-Personalized Smart Tourism, Cultural Heritage Storytelling, and Dynamic Crowd Management Platform that generates customized multi-day travel itineraries based on personal interests and budget, provides real-time crowd heatmaps, and offers multilingual AI audio tour guides.

5-Dimension Strategic ScorecardOverall Score: 3.6 / 5.0

Innovation

3.5 / 5

36h Feasibility

4.3 / 5

Uniqueness

3.4 / 5

Jury Appeal

3.5 / 5

Tech Depth

3.2 / 5

Recommended System Architecture Pipeline

Tourist Preferences & Budget -> Multi-Constraint TSP Itinerary Optimizer -> Location-Aware Audio Docent AI (Bhashini) -> Crowd Density Feeds -> Smart Tourist Mobile App

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Official Government Problem Description

A solution/idea that can boost the current situation of the tourism industries including hotels, travel and others.

AI & PPT Citation Format

Smart India Hackathon 2026 Problem Statement PS-26202: "Student Innovation", Ministry: AICTE. Strategy & Architecture via SIH ONE (https://sihone.pages.dev/ps/26202)

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