Pixels To Prognosis
IIT Madras (Shaastra 2027) Chennai, India
Shaastra 2027 (IIT Madras) medical-AI challenge: an online quiz, then train a glioma MRI segmentation model on a provided BraTS-derived dataset; finalists adapt it to messy real scans at IIT Madras. Students of any college and stream, teams of 1–3.
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About
What it offers: ₹35,000 prize pool for the top 3 teams.
Also: special awards for Best Robust Model and Best Diagnostic Reasoning; certificates of merit for winners and finalists.
Who can apply: Undergraduate and postgraduate students from any college and any stream; teams of 1–3; free. Train only on the provided data, no pretrained weights, Colab runtime of 9 hours or less.
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Registration on Unstop closes at 00:00 IST on 28 November 2026 (the event text says '28th December', which conflicts with the 5 December quiz); Round 1 online quiz 5 December; Round 2 model submissions 9–16 December; finals at IIT Madras 4 January 2027. Next deadline: 2026-11-27.
How to apply: through unstop (you need an account there).
What to prepare: online application, assessment, code repository, project submission.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “Round 2 submission window: 9th - 16th December, 2026”
Who can apply
- Open to students
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students from any college and any stream; teams of 1–3; free. Train only on the provided data, no pretrained weights, Colab runtime of 9 hours or less.
What you will need
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- Test scoresOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
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How to apply
Applications go through the official page (unstop), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 27 November 2026.
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