Coimbatore Edition
- Venue
- Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
- Date
- Oct 09, 2026
- Prize Pool
- Up to ₹1,00,000
Season 2 · Coimbatore Edition · AI for SDG Goals
Real problems. Working AI. Proven on stage.
Building Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Impact. Join StudAI Foundry at Karunya University, Coimbatore, on Oct 09, 2026. Build through Define, Design and Prove, and connect your work to opportunities through StudAI Hire.
01Define
02Design
03Prove
Up to ₹1,00,000
Coimbatore Prize Pool
₹500 per team
Registration Fee
Online + on-spot
Registration
1–3
Members per Team
StudAI Hire
Career Pathway
Coimbatore final · Oct 09, 2026
Coimbatore Edition
- Venue
- Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
- Date
- Oct 09, 2026
- Prize Pool
- Up to ₹1,00,000
StudAI Foundry Season 2 edition details: Coimbatore Edition at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences on Oct 09, 2026. Prize pool: Up to ₹1,00,000.
Edition
Coimbatore
Venue
Karunya University
Journey
Define → Design → Prove
Registration
Online + on-spot
Team fee
₹500 per team
Contact
7358252412
Beyond the Prize · StudAI Hire
Your build becomes your career evidence.
Most competitions end with a certificate. Foundry ends with proof — three evaluated reports, a real repository and a working product. StudAI Hire, StudAI One’s talent platform, carries that proof into what comes next.
Track 01
Proof-of-work beats a résumé.
Recruiters read claims all day. Foundry gives them something better: your evaluated build history. Through StudAI Hire, consenting participants surface their strongest evidence to hiring opportunities.
- An evaluated project portfolio — rubric scores, evolution across three locks
- A public repository with a genuine commit history behind it
- Verified participation and finalist certificates
- Interview stories that are true: real users, real trade-offs, real limitations
Track 02
You already did the hard first year.
Evidence of a real problem, a reviewed architecture, a measured pilot — that is a pre-seed story, not a college project. The Foundry showcase and StudAI One’s ecosystem put validated projects in front of the people who fund and incubate them.
- A validated problem with documented user evidence from Lock 1
- A solution blueprint that survived expert review in Lock 2
- A working prototype with measured pilot results from Lock 3
- Showcase visibility to ecosystem and incubation connections
Track 03
One season is a beginning, not an ending.
Projects that show promise do not stop at the finals. The community, the mentor network and future Foundry seasons give serious builders a place to keep compounding.
- Continued community access after the season
- A mentor network that has already seen your work
- Priority visibility in future StudAI One programmes
- A project history that compounds season over season
Opportunities through StudAI Hire are earned on evidence. Participation creates the proof — it does not guarantee placement or funding, and consent controls what is ever shared.
Why Foundry Exists
Most ideas die between the pitch and the product. Foundry closes that gap.
A typical ideathon asks you to present a slide deck and wait. Foundry asks you to build — and gives you structured feedback at every stage so your solution is stronger each time you submit.
Traditional idea submission
- Submit an idea
- Present once
- Wait for results
The Foundry journey
- Understand the real problem
- Improve with criterion-level feedback
- Design the full solution blueprint
- Build a working prototype
- Prove it at a physical final
The Three-Lock Journey
Define. Design. Prove.
Three progressive online submission locks stand between registration and the physical finals. Each lock produces a structured evaluation report, so every team improves before the next stage — no one is eliminated by the locks themselves.
Lock 1 — Define · Clarify the problem worth solving
Teams clarify
- The problem and its evidence
- Who the users are
- SDG alignment
- The AI opportunity
- Expected impact
Teams receive
- Criterion-level scores
- Identified strengths
- Identified weaknesses
- Concrete improvement recommendations
Lock 2 — Design · Blueprint the complete solution
Teams create
- Solution blueprint and user journey
- Technical architecture
- AI approach and data plan
- Responsible-AI plan
- Impact metrics
Teams receive
- A second evaluation report
- Architecture feedback
- Feasibility guidance
- A clear improvement path to Lock 3
Lock 3 — Prove · Show that it actually works
Teams submit
- Working prototype and live link
- GitHub repository
- Demo video and screenshots
- Final architecture
- Contribution declaration and known limitations
What happens next
- AI recommendation
- Human verification of key decisions
- Physical-final selection per edition
AI recommendation Human verification Physical-final selection Full journey details
Coimbatore Edition
Your next stage: Karunya, Coimbatore.
Hosted by Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed to be University). Oct 09, 2026. Teams of 1–3 build intelligent solutions for sustainable impact. Online and on-spot registration are available.
Coimbatore final · Oct 09, 2026
Coimbatore Edition
- Venue
- Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
- Date
- Oct 09, 2026
- Prize Pool
- Up to ₹1,00,000
StudAI Foundry Season 2 edition details: Coimbatore Edition at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences on Oct 09, 2026. Prize pool: Up to ₹1,00,000.
AI for SDG Goals Attainment
Seventeen goals. Real problems. Meaningful AI.
Every Foundry project addresses a real problem mapped to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG must be relevant — not decorative. AI must play a meaningful role, impact should be measurable, and safety and responsible use are evaluated, not assumed.
- Anchor your project in a real, evidenced problem
- Choose an SDG that genuinely fits — not a label
- Use AI where it meaningfully helps
- Plan how impact will be measured
- Consider safety, bias and responsible use from day one
SDG 01
No Poverty
AI directions →
SDG 02
Zero Hunger
AI directions →
SDG 03
Good Health and Well-being
AI directions →
SDG 04
Quality Education
AI directions →
SDG 05
Gender Equality
AI directions →
SDG 06
Clean Water and Sanitation
AI directions →
SDG 07
Affordable and Clean Energy
AI directions →
SDG 08
Decent Work and Economic Growth
AI directions →
SDG 09
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
AI directions →
SDG 10
Reduced Inequalities
AI directions →
SDG 11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
AI directions →
SDG 12
Responsible Consumption and Production
AI directions →
SDG 13
Climate Action
AI directions →
SDG 14
Life Below Water
AI directions →
SDG 15
Life on Land
AI directions →
SDG 16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
AI directions →
SDG 17
Partnerships for the Goals
AI directions →
Challenge Areas
Ten problem families to build within.
Challenge areas group related SDGs into practical build directions. Pick a family, then go deep on one specific, well-evidenced problem.
Health and Well-being
Preventive care access, early screening support, mental-health tools, hospital operations and community health-worker enablement.
Education and Accessibility
Learning support for low-resource classrooms, assistive tools for disabled learners, skill assessment and teacher enablement.
Agriculture and Food Systems
Crop-health monitoring, yield planning, market access for smallholders and post-harvest waste reduction.
Climate and Environment
Early-warning systems, adaptation planning, conservation monitoring and climate-risk awareness tools.
Sustainable Cities
Waste systems, water management, safe mobility, civic reporting and resilient urban infrastructure.
Employment and Livelihoods
Skill matching, gig-worker protection, micro-entrepreneur tooling and fair access to work.
Financial Inclusion
Benefit-scheme discovery, credit access for the underserved, fraud protection and financial literacy.
Public Systems
Service-delivery transparency, grievance routing, multilingual citizen access and institutional efficiency.
Equality and Inclusion
Safety and reporting tools, bias detection in access to opportunities, and inclusion for marginalised communities.
Responsible Consumption
Circular-economy tooling, energy awareness, supply-chain transparency and waste-stream intelligence.
Who Can Participate
Builders from every discipline.
Foundry is not only for computer science students. Strong teams mix technical depth with domain understanding.
You do not need a perfect solution to begin. You need:
- A meaningful problem
- A committed team of 1–3
- Willingness to build
Students from all disciplines
Developers
Designers
Researchers
Management students
Healthcare students
Agriculture students
Social-science students
Working professionals
Independent innovators
What You Walk Away With
Build skills. Gain recognition. Find your next opportunity.
The Coimbatore edition brings together learning, industry exposure and a community of builders.
- Certificates: Participation certificates from Karunya University and StudAI One, shareable on LinkedIn and resumes.
- Prizes & recognition: Winner certificates, cash prizes and ecosystem rewards for top teams.
- Industry exposure: Solutions evaluated by industry mentors from StudAI One’s network of IT company partners.
- Career pathway: Top performers gain opportunities within StudAI One’s talent ecosystem and visibility to hiring companies.
- Publication & showcase: Outstanding solutions considered for showcasing at national AI forums and SDG platforms.
- Network: Connect with AI peers, mentors and industry professionals from across India.
Prizes, career opportunities and showcase selection depend on performance and organiser selection. Participation does not guarantee placement or funding.
AI Evaluation, Human Accountability
Fast feedback from AI. Final judgement from people.
Every submission is scored against a transparent rubric. AI produces the criterion-level report; humans stay accountable for the decisions that matter.
- AI evaluates against transparent, published criteria and returns strengths, weaknesses and recommendations per criterion.
- Human evaluators verify important decisions — AI never independently decides the winners.
- Large differences between AI and human scores automatically trigger moderation review.
- Final selection weighs all three locks plus human review — Lock 3 carries the most weight.
Lock 1 — Define
Sample Team · FND-S2 · sample report
78 / 100
Strength: the problem statement is specific and local. Improve: quantify how many people are affected, citing your source.
Strength: two user conversations documented. Improve: add evidence from an operator or authority perspective.
Strength: the goal-target mapping is genuine, not decorative.
Improve: explain why AI outperforms a simpler rule-based approach for this problem.
Strength: the framing differs from existing government helpline solutions.
Improve: name the datasets you can actually access in the build window.
Improve: define one measurable impact metric you could demonstrate by Lock 3.
Prize and Recognition
Coimbatore prizes and recognition.
A prize pool of up to ₹1,00,000, with winner certificates, cash prizes and ecosystem rewards for top teams.
Up to ₹1,00,000
Coimbatore Prize Pool
₹500
Registration per Team
1–3
Members per Team
Define → Design → Prove
Build Format
- Participation certificates from Karunya University and StudAI One
- Winner certificates and prizes for top teams
- Industry mentor exposure
- Outstanding solutions considered for showcase
- Connections with peers and industry professionals
Built on Accountability
A platform designed to be trusted.
Foundry publishes its evaluation framework, keeps humans accountable for outcomes and brings builders together at Karunya University, Coimbatore. Season 2 focuses on AI for SDG Goals Attainment.
Published rubrics
Every lock is scored against criteria you can read before you submit — nothing is hidden.
Human-verified outcomes
AI recommends; people decide. Every physical-final selection passes human review.
Moderation triggers
Large AI-versus-human score differences automatically route a team to moderation.
Verified hosts
The Coimbatore edition is hosted by Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences.
Get Involved
Not competing? There is still a seat for you.
Faculty and industry professionals can request to join Season 2 as jury members, evaluators or mentors — and organisations as sponsors or partners. Every request is reviewed by the organiser team and answered by email.
Join as Jury, Mentor, Sponsor or PartnerJury
Judge the finals
Score submissions, review solutions and contribute to the Coimbatore jury.
Mentor
Sharpen the builds
Structured checkpoints where your experience turns rough prototypes into real products.
Sponsor
Back the stage
Fuel the prize pools and the participant experience with honest, verified visibility.
Partner
Extend the platform
Host, co-deliver or grow Foundry with your institution or organisation.
Partners and Hosts
Organised by StudAI One. Hosted by Karunya.
Building intelligent solutions for sustainable impact. People · Planet · Progress.
Organiser
StudAI One
AI for SDG Goals Attainment. Contact 7358252412 for event enquiries.
Coimbatore Edition Host
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
Deemed to be University · Coimbatore · Oct 09, 2026
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Students from any discipline, working professionals and independent innovators. Teams have 1–3 members. You do not need to be a computer science student — strong teams mix technical skill with domain understanding.
Coimbatore registration costs ₹500 per team of 1–3. Pay through the appropriate Karunya internal or external payment portal and save your receipt. On-spot registration is also available. Contact 7358252412 for payment-status or participant-access questions.
No. Payment gives every team the complete three-lock build experience with AI evaluation reports. Physical-final selection is earned through the evaluated locks and human review — it is never bought.
Access to all three build locks, a structured submission journey, AI evaluation reports with criterion-level improvement recommendations, responsible-AI guidance, participant resources, community access, participation recognition and the opportunity to qualify for a physical final.
Contact the organiser about mixed-institution teams and the applicable payment category before paying. Teams have 1–3 members.
Each lock is scored by AI against a transparent rubric, producing criterion-level strengths, weaknesses and recommendations. Human evaluators verify important decisions, and large AI-versus-human score differences automatically trigger moderation. AI never independently decides the winners.
Represent Your Campus
Two Ways to Join the Movement
Become a Foundry Campus Ambassador, help students discover the programme, support team registrations and earn verified recognition and performance-based incentives.
BUILD
Build as a Participant
Build a real AI solution through Define, Design and Prove.
Register Your TeamLEAD
Lead as a Campus Ambassador
Grow a community of builders and bring Foundry to your institution — with leadership experience, an official identity, a personal referral link, a conversion dashboard, certificate eligibility and performance-based rewards.
Become an Ambassador
Season 2 · Coimbatore Edition
A real problem. A serious team. A career that starts with proof.
Join the Coimbatore edition at Karunya University. ₹500 per team of 1–3 members. Online and on-spot registration available. Contact 7358252412 for assistance.
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