Google Mumbai Data Challenge 2026: Air Quality Mapping & Forecasting (Zindi, $6,000)
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About this hackathon
A Google-sponsored data science challenge on Zindi: forecast hourly PM2.5 at Mumbai monitoring stations using CPCB environmental data and optional ClimateVerse datasets. Open to participants in India; teams of up to 4. Leaderboard scored by RMSE. Final submission deadline Nov 10, 2026, 23:59:59 IST; private eval on Nov 11–12. Cash prizes $2,500 / $1,500 / $1,000 plus $500 best undergraduate and $500 most creative (creative entries due Nov 13). Only Maharashtra residents qualify as finalists invited to the closing event planned around Nov 19–20 in Mumbai.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-11-10
- Starts
- 2026-10-26
- Who
- Open to all (Open across India; finalist invitations and closing event limited to Maharashtra residents)
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prize
- $6k · $6,000 cash: $2,500 / $1,500 / $1,000 for 1st–3rd, plus $500 best undergraduate and $500 most creative
- Size
- —
- Format
- Online · International
- Location
- Mumbai (online; placed at organizer’s city)
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Original listing (Chinese)
The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.
一句话简介：Google 在 Zindi 上办的孟买空气质量预测挑战赛，用监测数据预报小时级 PM2.5，奖金 6,000 美元。
看点：印度 CPCB 真实环境数据；可选用 ClimateVerse 额外数据集；评分 RMSE；另有「最具创意」赛道可用可视化/应用参赛。
奖金：现金合计 6,000 美元（含本科与创意单项）
截止日期：11月10日 23:59:59（印度标准时间）提交；创意赛道 11 月 13 日
活动日期：2026年10月26日—11月10日（线上）；闭幕式计划约 11 月 19–20 日孟买
Summarized from the organizer’s page and public posts. Please confirm details on the official site before registering.