Health hack 2026 to drive equitable healthcare innovations at VIT Bhopal University in partnership with Johns Hopkins University

VIT Bhopal University in partnership with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), USA, is calling for registrations for Health Hack 2026: Improving Health Access for All. An international hackathon, Health Hack 2026, has a plan set for February 10, 12, 2026. The project aims at encouraging practical, tech, driven healthcare access solutions with a focus on rural and ignored areas. Health Hack 2026 launch is the direct result of the successful influence of Health Hack 2025 last February. Bringing together a diverse mix of participants, including researchers, clinicians, technologists, and students, the event effectively solved real, world healthcare problems through data, driven and AI enabled solutions.

Under the guidance of VIT Bhopal management team, including Hon'ble Chancellor Dr. G. Viswanathan, Vice President Mr. Sankar Viswanathan, Assistant Vice President Ms. Kadhambari S. Viswanathan, and Trustee Ms. Ramani Balasundaram, the program comprise keynote addresses, technical sessions, workshops, and problem, solving competitive tracks that led to a number of novel healthcare prototypes. The success stories solidified VIT Bhopal's position as a leading center for healthcare research and strong partnership between industry and academia. The 2026 edition builds on this impact made possible through collaborative research-led efforts.

After securing participation from such top, name institutions as IITs, NITs, IIITs, government medical colleges and even international universities in the last edition, Health Hack 2026 intends to extend its reach significantly by allowing data scientists, engineers, healthcare professionals, innovators and students from both India and abroad to come on board.

In teams cross, disciplinary and comprising up to six members, the participants will find the following areas as their main points of focus: telemedicine as a tool for health equity, predictive analytics as a means of preventing illness, AI, powered management of chronic diseases, accessibility of mental health services, and the health, tech sector in general.

Waiting to be more than just another hackathon, Health Hack 2026 will put heavy stress on the development of scaled, up real, world prototypes. Participants will be provided not only with high quality datasets, but also APIs and guidance through mentors coming from industry and research partners, such as Intelehealth and the Gupta, Klinsky India Institute.

Throughout the series of advanced events hosted on VIT Bhopal's over 300, acre campus, one of the most cutting, edge facilities in the country, attendees will be encouraged to come up with solutions ranging from early diagnosis of diseases, tailored medication, safe management of health records, and implementation of AI, in, ethics frameworks to a direct and conscious consideration of people living in a situation of exclusion from healthcare.

They will get the chance to work together in a hands, on interdisciplinary collaboration setting. Besides that, they can also enhance their AI and data analytics skills, deepen their knowledge of healthcare engineering, and expand their network with world experts from VIT Bhopal and JHUs Whiting School of Engineering, a school that houses the world's top ranked biomedical engineering program.

Winning teams will be rewarded with cash prizes of 1, 00, 000, 50, 000, and 25, 000 for first, second, and third places, respectively. Besides, they will be given a chance to work with mentors to take their ideas to the next level. Above all, the hackathon is a brilliant way of giving back to society by coming up with solutions that make a positive social impact.

Registration and Key Dates

Final Phase: 1012 February 2026, VIT Bhopal

For more details, visit: https://vitbhopal.ac.in/health-hackathon/; or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About VIT Bhopal University:

VIT Bhopal University, a multidisciplinary university located in Madhya Pradesh, was established in 2017 and is part of the legacy of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) group of institutions. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in engineering, management, sciences, and allied disciplines on a 300 acre green campus.

The campus houses a 100 percent doctoral faculty, and the university runs the CALTECH initiative, a unique technological approach to the teaching, learning process that combines industry practices, research exposure, and experiential learning. Through the STARS programme (Support the Advancement of Rural Students), VIT Bhopal is also offering completely free education, lodging and boarding to meritorious students from rural backgrounds.

Strong industry collaborations and an emphasis on outcome based education are hallmarks of the university which makes it a great place to prepare future, ready graduates for the rapidly changing world.