Events @ OpenLake

Workshops, hackathons, bootcamps and tech talks that bring students together to learn, build, and innovate.

OpenLake × Meraz 7.0 — Two Events, One Day

Join us for a day of AI innovation and creative coding at IIT Bhilai.

📅 1 Nov 2026🕙 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM📍 L102, IIT Bhilai

AGENTS WAR

Build autonomous AI agents that compete, collaborate, and conquer challenges in a simulated arena. Hands-on hackathon for all levels — bring your laptop, leave with a working agent.🚀

🧠 Agent architectures & tool calling

⚔️ Battle-test agents in live challenges

🏆 Prizes for most capable agents

🎟️ Register

📅 1 Nov 2026🕐 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM📍 L101, IIT Bhilai

GANDHI HACKATHON

Creative coding hackathon inspired by Gandhian principles — build for impact, simplicity, and truth. Minimal viable solutions, ethical tech, real community problems.🚀

🎯 Theme: Tech for Social Impact

🛠️ Build minimal, meaningful solutions

🏆 Prizes for highest impact projects

🎟️ Register

Past Events

Take a look at some of the memorable events organized by OpenLake.

10 Oct 2026

MLH Hacktoberfest Hack Day — Durg × OpenLake

For the first time, MLH came to IIT Bhilai in the form of Hacktoberfest! OpenLake hosted an official Hacktoberfest Hack Day — one of only a few hundred worldwide, run by Major League Hacking and DEV, in partnership with DigitalOcean. A day of building AI projects, learning, and contributing to open source.

10 Oct 2026
L101, IIT Bhilai

22 Aug 2026

OpenLake Intro Session

The official intro session of OpenLake! We met the team, shared our vision and upcoming projects, and how to be a part of our open-source community.

22 Aug 2026
L101, IIT Bhilai

22 Jan 2026

FOSS Overflow

OverFlow into Open Source with India's Largest Open Source Hackathon.

IIT Bhilai

11 Oct 2025

Linux Installation Workshop

Diving deep into Linux fundamentals and installation. From sudo to grep — everything finally made sense!

IIT Bhilai

29 Aug 2025

Git & GitHub Workshop

A hands-on Git & GitHub workshop. Perfect for freshers and anyone curious about open source!

IIT Bhilai

13 Jan 2025

GSoC: An Introduction

An inspiring and insightful session on Google Summer of Code and how to make meaningful contributions to open source.

IIT Bhilai

18 Jan 2025

Intro to Software Development

Beginner-friendly workshop covering fundamentals of building real-world software projects.

IIT Bhilai

30 Oct 2024

A Quick Start to Software Development

Tailored to equip you with the knowledge and tools to kickstart your journey in software development.

IIT Bhilai

25 June 2023

How to Open-Source

Open source tools and technologies, and open source opportunities for contributing to global projects.

IIT Bhilai

15 Aug 2022

OpenlySourced with Anand Panchbai

An introductory workshop on open source.

IIT Bhilai

06 Aug 2022

Object Oriented Programming and Flask

An introductory workshop on OOP concepts and the Flask framework.

IIT Bhilai

12 June 2022

HTML & CSS Tutorial + Hackathon

Hands-on web development session followed by a mini hackathon, with goodies for participants.

IIT Bhilai