[01]hackathon

★ My first hackathon

HackNexus 1.0

🎯 Finalist

My very first hackathon. Five first-timers called Beginner's Luck pitched, built and defended EcoCity Connect — one app for a smarter, greener city — across three rounds, all the way to the finale.

When
September 2025
Where
Chitkara University, Punjab
Hosted by
Chitkara University · CRO · ACM India
Format
in person · 3 rounds
Track
Smart & sustainable cities
Beginner's Luck at HackNexus 1.0

[01]The squad

Beginner's Luck

  • Govind Jindal← that's me
  • Piyush Sharma (Lead)
  • Bhavishya Grover
  • Krishna Bansal
  • Vansh Kaushal

[02]The road to the finale

  1. Round 1

    The pitch

    Presentation submission and idea selection — we pitched our vision for a connected, sustainable city in a deck.

    Shortlisted ✓

  2. Round 2

    The build

    We built the EcoCity Connect prototype and backed it with a video walkthrough of the product.

    Selected for the finale ✓

  3. Round 3

    The finale

    We presented the working prototype to an expert panel, against many talented teams.

    🎯 Pitched to the jury

[03]What we built

EcoCity Connect

EcoCity Connect home page

Running live, right here. Click around.

  • Live public transport

    A Leaflet map simulating Delhi Metro lines in real time, with each line's status and the next station.

  • Air quality

    AQI by monitoring station, colour-coded with health advice.

  • Disaster alerts

    Flood watches and emergency guidance in one place.

  • Waste collection

    Look up your neighbourhood's collection days from MCD schedules, highlighted on the map.

  • Carbon footprint

    A commute and home-energy calculator using India's grid emission factors.

  • Green & safe spaces

    Parks and well-lit walking routes on a dark basemap.

  • Citizen feedback

    Report potholes, broken lights and other issues straight to the city.

HTML5Tailwind CSSJavaScriptLeaflet.js

Live appGitHubLinkedIn post

[04]From the floor

Five lanyards, one team — Beginner's Luck
Five lanyards, one team — Beginner's Luck
The pitch deck
The pitch deck
Round 1 — shortlisted
Round 1 — shortlisted
Every city service in one app
Every city service in one app
Round 2 — selected for the finale
Round 2 — selected for the finale

[05]The certificate

Certificate not found. 📭

🎯 Finalist at my very first hackathon. 📜 The certificate? Still loading… ⏳ It has been on its way since September 2025. I've checked the mailbox 📭, the inbox 📥 and, once or twice, the sky 🛰️. Until it lands, this page is the certificate. 😅

“A journey of learning, collaboration and building across three intense rounds. It sharpened my problem-solving and deepened my passion for technology that drives sustainability — and it is where I learned that a hackathon is won as much in the pitch as in the code.”

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