Top 30 SIH 2026 Project Ideas Across All Themes (With Tech Stack)

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30 SIH 2026 Project Ideas

Organized by theme with difficulty level and suggested tech stack for each. Pick one that matches your team’s skills.

Healthcare (5 ideas)

  1. AI Prescription Reader – OCR reads handwritten prescriptions, shows medicine names + dosage clearly. Tech: Tesseract OCR + LLM for interpretation + React Native. Difficulty: Medium
  2. Hospital Queue Management – Predicts wait times, allows virtual queuing via SMS. Tech: ML prediction + Twilio + Dashboard. Difficulty: Easy
  3. Maternal Health Tracker – WhatsApp bot for pregnant women: reminders, diet tips, danger sign alerts. Tech: WhatsApp API + scheduled messages + health rules engine. Difficulty: Easy
  4. Blood Availability Dashboard – Real-time blood bank inventory across a city. Tech: Web scraping blood bank sites + Maps + alerts. Difficulty: Medium
  5. AI Symptom Checker (Triage) – Patients describe symptoms, AI suggests urgency level (not diagnosis). Tech: Decision tree + NLP + multi-language. Difficulty: Medium

Agriculture (5 ideas)

  1. Mandi Price Alerter – Farmers get SMS when their crop price crosses a threshold. Tech: Government mandi API + price monitoring + SMS gateway. Difficulty: Easy
  2. Crop Calendar Generator – Based on location, soil type, and season, suggests optimal crop calendar. Tech: Agricultural database + location API + recommendations. Difficulty: Easy
  3. Farm Loan Assistant – AI chatbot helps farmers understand and apply for government schemes. Tech: RAG over scheme documents + multi-language chatbot. Difficulty: Medium
  4. Pest Early Warning – Based on weather + location + crop type, predicts pest attacks 1 week ahead. Tech: Weather API + pest database + ML model. Difficulty: Hard
  5. Yield Estimation from Drone Images – Drone photos analyzed to estimate crop yield before harvest. Tech: Computer vision + regression model. Difficulty: Hard

Education (5 ideas)

  1. NCERT Doubt Solver – Students photograph a textbook question, AI explains step-by-step. Tech: OCR + RAG over NCERT content + LLM. Difficulty: Medium
  2. Attendance Gamification – Students earn points for attendance, redeemable for canteen/library perks. Tech: QR code attendance + rewards dashboard. Difficulty: Easy
  3. Career Path Recommender – Based on student interests + marks + market trends, suggests career paths. Tech: Questionnaire + job market data + recommendation engine. Difficulty: Medium
  4. Regional Language Content Generator – Converts English educational content to regional languages with examples. Tech: Translation API + context adaptation + TTS. Difficulty: Medium
  5. Exam Paper Generator – Teachers input topic + difficulty, AI generates question paper with answer key. Tech: LLM + curriculum mapping + PDF generator. Difficulty: Easy

Smart City (5 ideas)

  1. Public Toilet Finder – Maps nearest clean public toilets with ratings and availability. Tech: Crowdsourced data + Maps + rating system. Difficulty: Easy
  2. Noise Pollution Monitor – Low-cost microphone sensors map noise levels across city zones. Tech: Microphone module + dB calculation + heatmap. Difficulty: Medium
  3. Water Supply Scheduler – Predicts water supply timings for areas with intermittent supply. Tech: Historical pattern analysis + notification system. Difficulty: Easy
  4. Street Vendor Registration Portal – Digital platform for street vendors to get permits and allocated zones. Tech: Web portal + geofencing + document upload. Difficulty: Easy
  5. EV Charging Station Locator – Real-time availability of EV charging points with booking. Tech: IoT sensors at stations + mobile app + booking. Difficulty: Medium

Sustainability (5 ideas)

  1. Personal Carbon Footprint Tracker – Tracks transport, food, electricity usage and suggests reductions. Tech: Activity logging + emission factors + gamification. Difficulty: Easy
  2. Food Waste Connector – Connects restaurants/events with excess food to NGOs/shelters nearby. Tech: Location matching + real-time alerts + pickup coordination. Difficulty: Easy
  3. Plastic Collection Reward App – Citizens earn credits for depositing plastic at collection points. Tech: QR/weight verification + rewards + leaderboard. Difficulty: Easy
  4. Tree Plantation Tracker – Map and monitor planted trees with survival rate tracking. Tech: GPS tagging + photo verification + growth dashboard. Difficulty: Easy
  5. Renewable Energy Calculator – Homeowners input roof size + location, get solar panel ROI estimate. Tech: Solar irradiance API + cost database + calculator. Difficulty: Easy

Emerging Tech (5 ideas)

  1. Blockchain Land Registry – Tamper-proof land ownership records on blockchain. Tech: Hyperledger/Polygon + smart contracts + verification portal. Difficulty: Hard
  2. AR Museum Guide – Point phone at exhibit, see 3D animations and hear audio guide. Tech: ARCore + 3D models + audio + museum database. Difficulty: Hard
  3. Fake News Detector – Paste a news article/WhatsApp forward, AI checks credibility. Tech: NLP + fact-checking databases + source analysis. Difficulty: Medium
  4. Digital Voting System – Secure, transparent online voting for college/society elections. Tech: Encryption + OTP verification + audit trail. Difficulty: Medium
  5. AI Resume Screener for Government Jobs – Auto-screens applications against eligibility criteria. Tech: NLP + rule engine + ranking algorithm. Difficulty: Medium

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