🦌 DeerHack 2025 — Innovate. Build. Impact.

DeerHack 2025 is a high-energy 48-hour in-person hackathon hosted at the heart of Kathmandu. It brings together passionate developers, designers, students, educators, entrepreneurs, and mentors to co-create technology that solves real-world problems. It's more than just coding — it’s about building teams, learning fast, and making lasting impact.

Whether you're an innovator, a thinker, or a builder, DeerHack offers an inclusive space to sharpen your teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills — all while having serious fun.

📅 Event Info

🧾 Mode: In-person
🏢 Venue: Deerwalk Complex, Kathmandu, Nepal
📆 Date: July 11–13, 2025 (Asar 27–29, 2082)
📝 Registration: May 1– June 20, 2025 (Baisakh 18–Asar 6, 2082)

🎯 What You’ll Learn

🌐 Build Powerful Networks — Connect with innovators across Nepal
💡 Mentorship & Idea Support — Refine your ideas with expert help
🚀 Career Acceleration — Showcase skills through real-world challenges
🤝 Interpersonal Growth — Thrive in a collaborative, high-energy space

🧭 Tracks & Prizes

🔌 Interactive Technology

🌍 Explore IoT, connectivity, and global tech interaction
🏆 Prize: Rs. 15,000

📊 Data Science / Machine Learning

📈 Dive into analytics, modeling, and intelligent predictions
🏆 Prize: Rs. 15,000

🔗 Blockchain

🛡️ Build decentralized solutions with smart contracts and secure ledgers
🏆 Prize: Rs. 15,000

🌍 Open Innovation

💥 Solve real-world issues with bold, impactful solutions
🏆 Prize: Rs. 15,000

📚 Ed-Tech

🎓 Reinvent education using interactive, personalized tech
🏆 Prize: Rs. 15,000

🏅 Overall Prizes

🥇 Grand Prize (Overall Winner): Rs. 50,000
🎁 Swags & Freebies: Goodies and merch for all participants!

🎉 What Else to Expect

🎮 Fun Games — Compete, collaborate, and bond through mini-challenges
🎵 Live Music — Refresh your mind with rhythm and vibes
🧠 Workshops — Hands-on sessions led by tech industry pros

🧳 What Should I Bring?

💻 Laptop
🔧 Hardware components (if needed)
💧 Water bottle
👕 Comfortable clothing for long brainstorming hours
🍴 Meals & refreshments will be provided throughout the hackathon

👥 Team Participation

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Team size: 3–5 members (max 6 in special cases)
💡 Minimum team size: 3 members
🎯 Multidisciplinary teams get bonus points
🙋 Solo registrants will be matched via pre-event team formation
🚫 Team changes allowed only with committee approval

📜 Full Rules & Code of Conduct