Hackvora follows strict professional standards to ensure fairness, transparency, and quality across all submissions. Participants are expected to maintain originality, professionalism, and ethical conduct throughout the event.

All submissions must be original work created during the hackathon period or significantly improved versions of previously existing projects. If an older project is being submitted, participants must clearly demonstrate major improvements, new features, technical upgrades, or substantial modifications.

Simple re-submission of an old project without meaningful development will not be considered valid.

Participants may register individually or in teams. Each team can include a maximum of 5 members only. Teams exceeding this limit will not be accepted.

All team members must be properly registered within the official submission platform.

Participants must ensure that the project submitted belongs to them and is not copied from another team, public repository, or previously published work without substantial transformation.

Plagiarism, copied submissions, AI-generated fake submissions without real implementation, or fraudulent entries will result in immediate disqualification.

Every project must include clear documentation including problem statement, solution explanation, technical implementation, demo access, and submission details.

Projects without sufficient explanation may be rejected even if technically strong.

All projects must be submitted before the official final deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted unless formally announced by the organizing team.

Once submissions are locked, no further changes, edits, or modifications will be allowed.

An official improvement phase may be provided for selected participants or top projects. During this period, participants may improve their project based on evaluation needs. This phase acts as a final refinement opportunity and may also serve as a tie-breaker.

Some projects may also go through public voting and community review in addition to jury evaluation. Participants are expected to maintain fairness and avoid manipulation, fake voting, or unethical promotion.

The organizing team reserves the right to request proof of originality, student verification, project ownership proof, GitHub history, or clarification regarding suspicious submissions.

Failure to provide valid clarification may lead to removal.

Participants are expected to maintain respectful communication with jury members, organizers, and fellow participants. Misconduct, false reporting, harassment, or unethical behavior may lead to permanent disqualification.

All final decisions regarding judging, awards, disqualification, and eligibility remain with the organizing committee and jury panel. These decisions will be considered final.