**Executive Summary**
On December 9, 2025, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri C. R. Patil, launched the 'Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025' and Bharat-WIN Portal in New Delhi. This initiative aims to strengthen scientific and technological solutions for India's water sector in alignment with the 'Water Vision @2047'. The hackathon seeks to promote national participation and innovation in addressing water challenges.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Jal Shakti Hackathon-2025:**
* A national movement to mobilize talent for a water-secure India.
* Aims to promote innovation in the water sector.
* Employs a "Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society (Jan Bhagidari)" approach to broaden participation.
* **Bharat-WIN Portal:**
* Hosted at https://bharatwin.mowr.gov.in.
* Forms part of the national platform BHARAT-WIN (Water Innovation Network).
* Seeks practical, scalable solutions for grassroots water challenges, including:
* Farm-level water conservation
* Rural water quality
* Smart monitoring
* Revival of traditional water practices
* Flood and drought management.
* **Key Features:**
* Conducts periodic hackathons and calls for proposals on national water priorities.
* Ensures transparent submission, evaluation, and tracking of ideas.
* Enables participation from Startups, MSMEs, Academia, Industry, and Innovators from NER and Women-led enterprises.
* Supports collaborative innovation through Jan Bhagidari.
* **Financial Assistance:**
* DoWR, RD&GR, MoJS, will provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid for selected innovations under the scheme on 'Research and Development Programme in Water Sector and Implementation of National Water Mission'.
* Hackathon winners will receive ₹1 lakh for Proof-of-Concept (PoC) development.
* **Priority Areas:**
* Water resource management
* Wastewater treatment
* Water-use efficiency
* Circular economy
* Climate resilience
* IoT & smart water grids
* Precision agriculture
* Rainwater harvesting
* River-basin and flood management
* Hydrological modeling.
* **Project Implementation Agency (PIA):**
* The National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee.
* Responsible for scrutinizing submitted proposals and facilitating approval by Secretary, DoWR, RD&GR.
**Impact Analysis**
**Startups, MSMEs, Industry, Scientists, Academia, Laboratories, Incubators, Young Innovators, Rural and Women Youth, Private Sector, Global Institutions**
**Impact**
This group is enabled to participate in finding and implementing solutions.
**Action Required**
Participation in hackathons, submission of proposals, and innovation.
**National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee**
**Impact**
They are responsible for scrutinising project proposals
**Action Required**
Facilitate the approvals of proposals submitted to the hackathon.
Key Entities Referenced
Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025: A national movement designed to mobilise the country's collective talent to build a secure, inclusive and technology-driven water future for India.
Ministry of Jal Shakti: The ministry under which the Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025 falls; provides financial assistance for selected innovations through DoWR, RD&GR, MoJS.
Bharat-WIN (Water Innovation Network): A national platform that promotes practical, scalable and field-ready solutions to grassroots water challenges.
National Water Mission: The overarching initiative under which the 'Research and Development Programme in Water Sector and Implementation' scheme falls; supporting the Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025.
New Delhi: Location of the launch event for the ‘Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025' & Bharat-WIN Portal at Shram Shakti Bhawan.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
UNION MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI, SHRI C. R.
PATIL LAUNCHES 'JAL SHAKTI HACKATHON -
2025'
JAL SHAKTI HACKATHON–2025 A NATIONAL MOVEMENT
FOR A WATER-SECURE INDIA: C. R. PATIL
प्रव तथ: 09 DEC 2025 5:15PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri C. R. Patil today launched the ‘Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025’ & Bharat-
WIN Portal at Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi. The initiative is aligned with the vision of Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi and his emphasis on ‘Water Vision @2047’ to strengthen scientific and
technological solutions in India’s water sector.
Addressing the gathering, Shri C. R. Patil described the Jal Shakti Hackathon–2025 as a national
movement rather than a mere competition, designed to mobilise the country’s collective talent to build a
secure, inclusive and technology-driven water future for India.
A Public Good for National Participation
The Hackathon aims to promote innovation in the water sector and make it a truly public good, accessible
to all stakeholders. It adopts a Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society (Jan Bhagidari) approach,
enabling broad participation from citizens, researchers, industries, and innovators.
Hosted at https://bharatwin.mowr.gov.in, the portal forms part of the national platform BHARAT–WIN
(Water Innovation Network) and seeks to promote practical, scalable and field-ready solutions to
grassroots water challenges. These include farm-level water conservation, rural water quality, smart
monitoring, revival of traditional water practices, flood and drought management.
The initiative expands the scope of water-sector research beyond a limited set of institutions, ensuring
participation from a wide range of stakeholders including Startups, MSMEs, Industry, Scientists,
Academia, Laboratories, Incubators, Young Innovators, Rural and Women Youth, Private Sector, and
Global Institutions.
Key Features
Conducts periodic hackathons and calls for proposals on national water priorities.
Ensures transparent submission, evaluation, and tracking of ideas.
Enables participation from Startups, MSMEs, Academia, Industry, and Innovators from NER and
Women-led enterprises.
Supports collaborative innovation through Jan Bhagidari.Under the scheme on ‘Research and Development Programme in Water Sector and Implementation of
National Water Mission’, DoWR, RD&GR, MoJS, will provide financial assistance in the form of grants-
in-aid for selected innovations.
The hackathon winners will receive a grant of ₹1 lakh for developing Proof-of-Concept (PoC). The
priority areas include, water resource management, wastewater treatment, water-use efficiency, circular
economy, climate resilience, IoT & smart water grids, precision agriculture, rainwater harvesting, river-
basin and flood management, and hydrological modelling etc.
The National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee, has been designated as Project Implementation
Agency (PIA) to scrutinize submitted proposals and to facilitate for approval of Secretary, DoWR,
RD&GR.***
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