HackSky 2025: Kaspersky and MIT Bengaluru announce winners of Pan-India’s Cybersecurity Hackathon

Kaspersky in partnership with the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) Bengaluru, MAHE, has successfully concluded HackSky 2025, India’s leading student-driven cybersecurity hackathon. After an intense 48-hour contest showcasing the country’s most promising cybersecurity talent, Advithiya Duddu, AdityaJemshetty, Rushil Bakori from Team Technopaths emerged victorious, surpassing more than 600 competing teams from academic institutions nationwide.

Reflecting on their first hackathon win, Advithiya Duddu from the winning team shares, “Winning our first hackathon was truly rewarding and a special moment for us. We learned so much, and we’re excited about the potential of building and deploying our product because it has so many real-world applications. The problem statements from Kaspersky were thought-provoking and really pushed us to think creatively. Our team’s key message is to never lose hope. Even after several hackathons where we didn’t win, we gave it one more try, and it ...