Bharat Builds Tour
What's on the table.
Prizes worth ₹1 crore and a fast-track into Amazon, both for shipped projects. The rest of the haul is yours for turning up.
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Worth of prizes across the tour · Gadgets and cloud credits
Prizes at every stop
Prizes worth ₹1 crore, in gadgets and cloud credits, spread across all six hackathons, with winners at every stop.
Judged in the open
Online and in-person builders work on the same problem statement and will be judged on the same criteria.
From Build to Spotlight
Standout projects from every city get a mention in the official WeMakeDevs wrap-up blog post, in front of the whole community.
Fast-track hiring at Amazon.
Internship and full-time roles
Top pre-final year (2028) and final year (2027) projects are eligible for a fast-track interview with Amazon's University Talent Acquisition Team. No screening round: the project stands in for it.
Build
01Ship a project at any stop
Shortlist
02The panel picks the top projects
Interview
03Straight to Amazon, screening round skipped
What you carry home.
Stamped free at every stop both for offline and online.
Hands-on with AWS experts, in the room and on the stream.
Office hours with solutions architects, all weekend.
Build on the real services, on the house.
A community to learn, build, and connect with developers, well beyond the weekend.
A WeMakeDevs certificate, to showcase your experience.
WeMakeDevs badges, earned stop after stop.
In-person attendees only. The shirt says you were there.
Top projects get a mention in the official WeMakeDevs wrap-up blog post.
Start at AWS Builder Center
Two steps, both free, and every entry on the tour depends on them.
- 01
Create your Builder Center profile
Every participant needs one to register. It's the profile your entry is checked against at every stop.
Two minutesFreeNo credit cardCreate your profile - 02
Verify you're a student
Verify your university enrollment on the same profile. Your entry can't be scored without it, and it unlocks $579 of rewards as you earn badges: publish an article, comment on someone else's, keep showing up.
- $449A year of Skill Builder premium
- 900+ courses, hands-on labs, exam prep, and game-based learning. It lands as soon as your student status checks out and your profile is filled in.
- Certification voucher of $100 value
- A foundational AWS certification, on the house. Unlocked by the badges you earn on your profile.
- $30AWS credits
- Credits for the real services, earned the same way: publish, comment, keep showing up.
University students aged 18 and over. Enrollment is verified on the Builder Center.
Upcoming hackathons
Six stops, six hybrid hackathons. Bangalore opens the tour and the rest of the cities are revealed one at a time. Build at the venue or join online from anywhere in India.
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Stop 01Bharat Builds, city still to be announced
Still to be announced. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.
Bharat Builds, city still to be announced
Still to be announced. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.
Bharat Builds, city still to be announced
Still to be announced. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.
Bharat Builds, city still to be announced
Still to be announced. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.
Bharat Builds, city still to be announced
Still to be announced. Everyone registered for the tour hears first.
Got questions?
You don't need to be ready.
You need to start.
Every mentor on this tour was once exactly where you are: curious, slightly overwhelmed, and one project away from it all making sense. This is that project.
Bangalore is up first. See you there.