Hackathons In Nepal 2025

I remember hearing the word hackathon for the first time back in college. At first I thought it was just for “hackers” 😅 but later I realized it’s not about hacking into something, it’s more like “hacking together a solution to a problem”. A hackathon is basically an event where people, usually students come together to build something (like an app, a website, hardware, or even ideas) within a short time, like 24 or 48 hours. Sometimes online, sometimes in-person.

I used to think hackathons were out of reach for people like me. I’d see my friends participating regularly, even winning prizes. And I was like—where the heck are they even finding these events? I’d Google for “hackathon in Nepal,” but results were mostly old or incomplete. Facebook was too messy. I felt like I was missing out.

Eventually, I decided to really dig in and look for proper platforms. After a lot of random clicking and asking people, I finally found the platforms that actually work. And let me tell you about them and my experience with each one of them.

🟦 Nepvents – nepvents.com

Let’s start with the platform I like the most: Nepvents. This site has become my go-to place for discovering hackathons, tech workshops, meetups, and competitions in Nepal. Unlike others, it doesn’t rely on just one source. It pulls event info from various websites, social media, and announcements—and brings it all together in one place. It’s updated frequently and gives email alerts, so you’ll know about events before your friends do (did that 😎). It even lists online and global events, which will help students from outside the cities. I may not have joined all of them but I honestly don’t remember the last time I missed info on a good hackathon after I started checking Nepvents.

Pros:

✔ Most complete and updated list of tech events in Nepal

✔ Email alerts help you stay ahead

Cons:

✖ Not a social platform, so no team formation/chat features

✖ Some smaller local events may take time to appear

🟪 Pulchowk Events – Discord Server

Pulchowk Events is a community-driven Discord server mostly focused on events happening in and around Pulchowk Campus and Kathmandu.Besides hackathons, they post about all kinds of events—music fests, design challenges, business pitch competitions and more. While they try to verify their info, the coverage isn’t always complete, and it’s pretty limited to the capital area. If you’re outside the valley, chances are you’ll miss many events if you only check out on this server. But it has good following on Discord.

Pros:

✔ Verified event announcements

✔ Can integrate into your own Discord server

Cons:

✖ Mostly Kathmandu/Pulchowk-focused

✖ Not always complete or timely

🟩 ITSNP (IT Students of Nepal) – Facebook Group

ITSNP is a massive Facebook group where Nepali tech students hang out. It gets memes, job posts, questions, project showcases… and somewhere in between, someone might post a hackathon announcement. That’s the problem though, it’s really cluttered. I did find a few unique events here that weren’t listed elsewhere, but they were buried under random posts and often hard to notice in time. The group is great if you want to stay part of the broader student tech community, but I wouldn’t depend on it alone for finding events.

Pros:

✔ Occasional niche events not listed elsewhere

✔ Direct posts from organizers or participants

Cons:

✖ Events buried under unrelated posts

✖ No filtering or notification system

✖ Easy to miss deadlines

🟥 r/technepal – Reddit Community

r/technepal isn’t really a hackathon finder, but more of a general Nepali tech space on Reddit. Still, it surprised me how often I found people posting about forming teams for upcoming hackathons. Sometimes that’s the only reason I even knew a hackathon was happening! So while it’s not meant for event discovery, it’s useful for finding teammates or just staying in the loop. You won’t find an events alert here though.

Pros:

✔ Good for finding hackathon teammates

✔ Posts from real participants

Cons:

✖ No actual listings or regular announcements

✖ Not focused on events

🏁 Final Thoughts

So if you’re like me trying to find hackathons just check out Nepvents. It’s consistent, updated, and reliable. But do join other platforms as they can be helpful too, especially for community or team finding, but none of them are as focused or fast.

Hackathons have become a fun experience, and I honestly wish I had started earlier. Meeting new friends, working with a team, and trying to build something real. If you’re a student in Nepal interested in tech, do yourself a favor and explore these events. Build something. Fail. Learn. Repeat.

But most importantly—have fun!

Maybe I’ll see you in one this year.

Let’s hack something cool 😄