‘Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025’ launched in Delhi

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, C R Patil, on Tuesday launched the ‘Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025’ and Bharat-WIN portal at Shram Shakti Bhawan in the national capital.

The initiative is aligned with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his emphasis on ‘Water Vision @2047’ to strengthen scientific and technological solutions in India’s water sector.

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Addressing the gathering at Shram Shakti Bhawan here, C R Patil described the Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025 as a national movement rather than a mere competition, designed to mobilise the country’s collective talent to build a secure, inclusive, and technology-driven water future for India.

The Hackathon aims to promote innovation in the water sector and make it a truly public good, accessible to all stakeholders. It adopts a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society (Jan Bhagidari) approach, enabling broad participation from citizens, researchers, industries, and innovators.

Hosted at https://bharatwin.mowr.gov.in, the portal forms part of the national platform BHARAT–WIN (Water Innovation Network) and seeks to promote practical, scalable and field-ready solutions to grassroots water challenges. These include farm-level water conservation, rural water quality, smart monitoring, revival of traditional water practices, flood and drought management.

The initiative expands the scope of water-sector research beyond a limited set of institutions, ensuring participation from a wide range of stakeholders, including startups, MSMEs, industry, scientists, academia, laboratories, incubators, young innovators, rural and women youth, private sector, and global institutions.