TechBlitz 2026
Energetic manga-themed registration, scoring, and automated certificate generation platform for 73+ competing teams.
Performance & Business Metrics
Project Overview
TechBlitz 2026 is the official hackathon platform built for VCET NSDC's annual tech tournament. Adopting a high-voltage, responsive manga-themed styling (using GSAP animations), the platform coordinates team registrations, schedules, judge evaluation workflows (6 criteria, lab navigation), live leaderboard rankings, and automatic certificate generation via Canvas API.
The Problem
Running a fast-paced hackathon with 73 teams spread across 8 college labs requires real-time coordination of scores, promotions, and instant certificate issuance.
Our Solution
Engineered a Next.js 16 App Router platform with TanStack Query and MongoDB. Built a judge portal with passcode validation and a certificate portal utilizing HTML Canvas to dynamically draw and export PNG certificates.
Results & Business Impact
Hosted the entire event lifecycle for 73 student teams with live leaderboard updates, and enabled instant certificate retrieval with names rendered in UPPERCASE.