Why Sparkathon?

This is your chance to:

• Reshape retail workflows and operations
• Tackle real-world challenges and gain valuable skills
• Put your future-ready ideas in the spotlight

It’s time to collaborate, code and create. Show us your most innovative solutions and put your best foot forward.

Hackathon themes

Calling for innovative tech-driven ideas and solutions that create real value, within one of the four themes:

Reimagining customer experience

Transforming retail supply chains

Creating a sustainable future

Building trust in retail with cybersecurity

Who should apply?

If you are an engineering student in India pursuing a degree in any of the following fields, this Walmart innovation challenge is for you:

• Computer Science
• Data Science and AI
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Information Technology
• Mathematics

Year of graduation:

• Full-time B.E./B.Tech programs – Graduating batch of 2026 and 2027 only (first and second-year students are not eligible to apply)
• Full-time dual degree programs – Graduating batch of 2026 and 2027 only (first, second and third-year students are not eligible to apply)
• Full-time M.E./M.Tech programs – Graduating batch of 2026 (first-year students are not eligible to apply)