In the fast-paced world of hackathons, turning your ideas into real-world solutions requires speed, innovation, and the right tools. Open Source is your secret weapon—empowering you to quickly prototype, test, and scale your project while keeping costs low. Whether you're diving into cloud computing, machine learning, or rapid prototyping, open-source tools allow you to focus on innovation, not infrastructure.
In this talk, I’ll share:
1. What Hackathons Are Really About – How hackathons spark creativity and rapid innovation.
2. Key Open Source Tools to Leverage – From cloud platforms to ML frameworks, the tools that power fast prototyping.
3. Winning Insights – My experience in UNESCO India Africa Hackathon and Smart India Hackathon(SIH) Winner 2022, and how Open Source led to success.
4. Tips for Rapid Prototyping – How to move fast and optimize your workflow in time-sensitive environments.
5. Resources for Lifelong Innovation – Tools, communities, and platforms to keep you moving forward post-hackathon.
Join me to learn how Open Source can take your hackathon journey from idea to impact—fast, efficient, and scalable.

In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, sustainability is no longer just an environmental concern but a fundamental aspect of software development. The growing demand for energy-efficient, scalable, and secure systems calls for a shift in how we design, build, and maintain code. This talk explores how to achieve "Green by Design" in software development—where sustainability and security go hand in hand.
In this talk, we will dive into key strategies for creating Green by Design software, emphasizing energy efficiency, resource optimization, and security. We will cover practical approaches, backed by code snippets and real-world examples, to help you build more sustainable and efficient applications.
The demo will cover:
1. Optimizing Algorithms : The power of choosing O(n) instead of O(n^2)
2. Efficient Resource Management : Avoid Memory leaks, Deadlocks, Caching Strategies, Lazy Loading
3. Energy Efficient Security Algorithms : Lightweight Cryptography, Energy Efficient Monitoring tools
4. Art of balancing Cost and Efficiency : Low Carbon Footprint Strategies
5. Sustainable Architecture: Promoting sustainable coding practices and sustainable development lifecycle
6. Leverage Use of Microservices, Distributed, Serverless and Event Driven Architecture
By promoting a "Green by Design" mindset in software development, we ensure that sustainability isn't just an afterthought but an integral part of the development process.
Join me to build a Cleaner , Greener, Sustainable Code that scales efficiently while being environmentally and economically mindful.