Account Aggregator Hackathon 2020 Schedule

The schedule will be updated with details of the masterclasses shortly. Stay tuned. All our events are open to the public and will be held on Airmeet, please register with Airmeet to attend our sessions. Airmeet works on Chome Browser on Laptop/Desktop, not on a mobile or tablet.

The last day to submit your application was July 1. The selected teams will be announced on July 2, 2020. Teams will have 4 weeks to work on their idea. During the course of these 4 weeks, there will be periodic online masterclasses and mentorship sessions.

July 4, 2020 (Saturday)

• 3 pm: Welcome address by Hackathon host Aaryaman Vir & B.G. Mahesh, Co-Founder, Sahamati
• 3:15 pm: Keynote by Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman, Infosys and founding Chairman UIDAI (Aadhaar)
• 3:45 pm: Technical masterclass on Account Aggregator Technical Architecture by Siddharth Shetty, Fellow, iSPIRT
• 5:00 pm: Presentation by winners of Uday Sahamati Case Study Competition

July 5, 2020 (Sunday)

• 2 pm-2:45 pm: Masterclasses by Perfios account aggregator showcasing their API sandbox
• 3 pm-3:45 pm: Masterclasses by Yodlee Finsoft account aggregator showcasing their API sandbox
• 4 pm-4:45 pm: Masterclasses by OneMoney account aggregator showcasing their API sandbox
• 5 pm-5:45 pm: Masterclasses by FinVu account aggregator showcasing their API sandbox
• 6 pm-6:45 pm: Masterclasses by NADL account aggregator showcasing their API sandbox
• 7 pm: Successful Account Aggregator Use Cases from the EU and Beyond by Lars Markull, Open Bank Project

July 11, 2020 (Saturday)

• 4:15 pm: AA Security, Cryptography, and Interoperability by Sasikumar Ganesan, VP, Aujas Networks
• 5:30 pm: Insurance Tech and Fintech Masterclass by Anand Datta, Vice President, Nexus VP

July 12, 2020 (Sunday)

• 3 pm: Account Aggregator UI/UX and Design Masterclass by Dharmesh BA, Head of Research, D91 Labs
• 4 pm: Masterclass on Lending in the World of Account Aggregators by Manish Bhatia, President – Technology, Analytics, and Capabilities, Lendingkart
• 5:15 pm: Account Aggregator AI/ML Masterclass by Aakash NS, Co-Founder, Jovian.ml

July 18, 2020 (Saturday)

• 2 pm: Personal Finance Management Masterclass by Amit Bhor, Co-Founder of Walnut
• 3 pm: Introduction to the Regulatory Environment of Account Aggregators by Mathew Chacko (Partner) & Ankita Hariramani (Senior Associate), Spice Route Legal
• 5 pm: Masterclass on India Stack and the Role of Account Aggregators, Sanjay Jain, Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund

July 19, 2020 (Sunday)

• 3 pm: How to Apply for an AA License and Become an FIU by Mathew Chacko (Partner), Ankita Hariramani (Senior Associate), Spice Route Legal

July 22, 2020 (Wednesday)

• 6 pm – 7 pm: Understanding Risk in the Era of Account Aggregators: A Masterclass by Rajesh Kumar, CEO of Transunion CIBIL

July 25, 2020 (Saturday)

• 3 pm: Privacy, Data Security, and AA Regulations: Open Q&A Session with Mathew Chacko (Partner) & Aadya Misra (Senior Associate), Spice Route Legal, Vinay Kesari (Legal Counsel), Setu
• 5 pm: “Building New Credit Products”, a conversation with Arvind Kapil, Retail Lending Head, HDFC Bank

July 26, 2020 (Sunday)

• 4 pm: How Big Can the AA Market Get? Market Sizing Masterclass by Salil Ravindran, Head of Digital Banking, MEDICI
• 5 pm: “Consumer Fintech and the Impact of Account Aggregators”, a conversation with Kunal Shah, Founder, CRED & Sumit Gwalani, Co-Founder, Epifi

July 27, 2020 (Monday)

• 6 pm: Neobanking, Open Banking, and Opportunities in the Account Aggregator Framework – a conversation with Angad Kapur, Bharat Kumar and Ramganesh Iyer of Bain & Company

August 4, 2020 (Tuesday)

• 11:30 pm – 11:59 pm: Final Call for Submitting Projects

August 5, 2020 (Wednesday) – Hackathon Judging Day 1

The following teams will present (in this order)

1. Sthana.ai
2. CodeMighties
3. TransXT
4. HashCash
5. ParamNetwork
6. Anonymous
7. Soul Identity
8. PayCrunch
9. Wise Economy

The judges for this session are:

• Amit Jain, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital
• Sashank Rishyasringa, Co-Founder, Capital Float
• Ramanathan RV, Co-Founder, Juspay
• Kantharaju Gouda, Head of Operations, Perfios AA

August 6, 2020 (Thursday) – Hackathon Judging Day 2

The following teams will present (in this order):

1. Team Fintify
2. Team CF
3. Swartz
4. Mastermind
5. Accelerators
6. Auriga (SimpleFin)
7. Team Kudos
8. MAKS Connect
9. Backprop

The judges for this session are:

• Sanjay Jain, Partner, Bharat Inclusion Fund
• Melissa Frakman, Founder & Managing Partner, EMVC
• Ganesh Mohan, Group Head of Strategy, Bajaj Finserv
• Arjun Singh, Managing Director – Asia, Yodlee Infotech
• Harshvardhan Lunia, Co-Founder & CEO, Lendingkart

August 7, 2020 (Friday) – Hackathon Judging Day 3

• 5:45 pm: Join us online on Airmeet
• 6 pm – 9 pm: Teams will present their projects to a panel of judges

The following teams will present (in this order):

1. The Indecent Gradients
2. Finarkein Analytics
3. Koinearth – Twist Open
4. OneStack
5. Built for Bharat
6. Team Turing
7. Synapse
8. BillEasy
9. Finnovate

The judges for this session are:

• Munish Bhatia, Co-Founder, FinVu AA
• Sanjay Swamy, Founder & Managing Partner, Prime VP
• Sameer Shetty, Head – Digital Business and Transformation, Axis Bank
• Bijith Bhaskar, National Head – Digital Banking Partnerships and E-Commerce, at ICICI Bank
• Swamy Seetharaman, Head Engineering, CRED

August 8, 2020 (Saturday) – Hackathon Judging Day 4

The judges for this session are:

The following teams will present (in this order):

August 9, 2020 (Sunday)

Congratulations! The finalists will be presenting their project today [detailed project list],

1. ChainAim
2. Finarkein
3. Indecent Gradients
4. AA-dhaar
5. Swartz
6. Munch
7. PaisaBazaar
8. ParamNetwork
9. Anonymous
10. MAKS Connect

• 3:05 pm: Recap of Hackathon by Aaryaman
• 3:10 pm: Meme Contest Winners Announced
• 3:20 pm: Final Presentations Begin (no live presentations, only 5 min videos will be allowed, with a hard cut at 5:00 mins)
• 4:30 pm: Ecosystem Update by BG Mahesh
• 4:40 pm: Closing remarks by sponsors
• 5:00 pm: Hackathon winners announced
• 5:10 pm Final remarks by Sahamati team
• 5:20 pm: Hackathon Over! Thank you for your participation
• You can see the entire video of the finals here.

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Also see,

• Sahamati AA Hackathon 2020 – Projects List
• India’s First Account Aggregator Hackathon to be held in July 2020
• Account Aggregator Hackathon Tech FAQ
• Judges, Mentors, Masterclass Presenters for Account Aggregator Hackathon 2020
• Sahamati Hackathon 2020 Press Release