Event Data.Gov.in

Home / GST Analytics Hackathon – Terms & Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR GST ANALYTICS HACKATHON

These terms and conditions govern the Online Hackathon on GST Analytics Hackathon. By registering and participating in the event, one is deemed to have accepted terms and conditions mentioned below as well as the terms of use of the OGD Platform India.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as they apply for the Hackathon. To be eligible to participate and declared as shortlisted or winners in the Hackathon, the participants must abide by these Terms and Conditions:

1. Participants must adhere to a high standard of behaviour and professionalism. Harassment, discrimination, and inappropriate behaviour will not be tolerated. Participants must comply with all instructions from organisers.
2. The participating teams may address Problem Statements defined by the GSTN and submit innovative products and services as specified for the Problem Statement.
3. Participants must keep their contact information accurate and up-to-date.
4. Only a single Janparichay/OGD account is permitted for an individual or a team. If more than one account exists for the same candidate or the team, then the candidature of both the team and the individual candidate will automatically result in disqualification.
5. As a part of the submission, the contestant certifies the originality and ownership of the application as detailed/described in the documentation uploaded at the time of submission.
6. The participant(s) must ensure that his/her/their work has not been previously published or awarded.
7. If the participants are acting within the scope of their employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, then the participants warrant that such party has full knowledge of the actions of the participants and has consented thereto, including the potential receipt of a prize/certificate. The participants’ further warrant that their actions do not violate the employer’s or company’s policies and procedures.
8. The participants will ensure code is free from viruses, malware.
9. The participants will not use this contest to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
10. Upon submitting the participants agrees that the submitted model shall be the property of the GSTN and the participants grant GSTN the exclusive Intellectual Property Right of ownership.
11. The participant and the participating team agree to take all reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality and avoid unauthorized disclosure of the data provided or use of the submitted model or any other confidential information associated with the model.
12. The winning applications must be maintained in working condition by the contestant(s) for a period of one year. No functional enhancements are expected, but all bugs identified according to the description in the documentation should be fixed immediately on reporting.
13. The models submitted or awarded will become the property of GSTN, including all intellectual property rights to their underlying methodologies and innovations, and the participants shall be deemed to have given their no objection/consent for the same and shall also remain bound by the terms of Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with respect to such work. The participants agree to provide a No Objection Certificate as an author in favour of GSTN for the purposes of IPR registration and ownership rights, as and when required
    by GSTN.
14. If any participant is determined to have violated the terms of the contest, GSTN/NIC have all rights to disqualify the participant without prior notice.
15. Prizes will be awarded to the winning teams as determined by the Jury. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except at the GSTN’s discretion. If the Applications shortlisted do not meet the expectations of the Jury, Jury has the discretion, not to confer an award in one or more categories/ subcategories.
16. The Jury’s decision is final and cannot be challenged.
17. If required, GSTN may change the terms and conditions.
18. The organizers reserve the right in their sole discretion to withdraw participation of any individual/team from the event or reject any submission at any point of time during the process.
19. GSTN shall not be held responsible either directly or indirectly for any damage/s and loss/es, to the participant or the participating team resulting from their participation in the Hackathon. Participants assume all risks associated with their participation.
20. The participants’ personal information shall be used in accordance with the organizers’ privacy policy.
21. By successfully registering on the portal for the Hackathon, it is considered that you agree to the terms and conditions, including the Non-Disclosure Agreement, as stated in the terms and conditions and FAQ section.

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

1. The Parties agree to execute this Confidentiality Agreement and be bound by the terms and conditions hereof as a precondition to the proposed negotiations/discussions and agreement between the Parties in relation to the Purpose.
2. “Confidential Information” shall mean all information, know-how, ideas, designs, documents, concepts, technology, commercial knowledge, and other materials of a confidential nature and includes but is not limited to, information of a commercial, technical or financial nature which contains amongst other matters, trade secrets, know-how, patent, Source Codes, IPRs and ancillary information and other proprietary or confidential information, regardless of form, format, media including without limitation electronic, written or oral, and also includes those communicated or obtained through meetings, documents, correspondence or inspection of tangible items, facilities or inspection at any site or place including without limitation:
   • research, development or technical information, confidential and proprietary information on products, intellectual property rights;
   • business plans, operations or systems;
   • details of suppliers;
   • information relating to the officers, directors or employees of GSTN;
   • formulae, IPRs, patterns, compilations, programmes, devices, methods, techniques, or processes, that derive independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall keep confidential all information disclosed by GSTN which:
   • is disclosed, communicated or delivered to the Receiving Party in furtherance to the Purpose for which the Parties are entering into negotiations/discussions;
   • comes to the Receiving Party’s knowledge or into the Receiving Party’s possession in connection with negotiations/discussions towards the Purpose.

Notwithstanding whether such Confidential Information is received before or after the date of this Agreement.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall not disclose to any other person the status, terms, conditions or other facts concerning the negotiations/discussions as contemplated between the Parties in terms hereof.
5. The Receiving Party shall not use or copy the Confidential Information of GSTN and as both Parties may agree in writing from time to time
6. In the event of the Receiving Party visiting any of the facilities of GSTN, the Receiving Party undertakes that any further Confidential Information which may come to its knowledge as a result of any such visit shall be kept strictly confidential and that any such Confidential Information will not be divulged to any third party and will not be made use of in any way,
7. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall not disclose or communicate, cause to be disclosed or communicated or otherwise make available Confidential Information to any third party other than:
   • The Receiving Party’s directors, officers, employees, or representatives to whom disclosure is necessary for the purpose of discussions
   • (each an “Authorised Person”, and collectively, the “Authorised Persons”)
8. The Receiving Party hereby agrees to bind such Authorised Person(s) with similar obligations of confidentiality. In any event, the Receiving Party shall remain liable for any disclosure by the Authorised Person(s) to any other person.
9. The Receiving Party’s obligations hereunder shall not apply to Confidential Information if the same is:
   • in or enters the public domain, other than by breach by the Receiving Party or any of its Authorized Person(s) or
   • known to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure under this Agreement, at the time of first receipt, or thereafter becomes known to the Receiving Party or any of its Authorized Person(s) without similar restrictions from a source other than GSTN, as evidenced by written records, or
   • is or has been developed independently by the Receiving Party without reference to or reliance on GSTN’s Confidential Information.
10. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Receiving Party may not disclose the Confidential Information of GSTN except if the disclosure is made pursuant to a directive or order of a Government entity or statutory authority or any Judicial or governmental agency provided however that the Receiving Party shall promptly notify GSTN so as to enable GSTN to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy;
11. The Receiving Party shall exercise no lesser security or degree of care than that Party applies to its own Confidential Information of an equivalent nature, but in any event, not less than the degree of care which a reasonable person with knowledge of the confidential nature of the information would exercise.
12. The Receiving Party acknowledges that any breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party may cause GSTN irreparable damage for which monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, in addition to other remedies that may be available, GSTN may seek injunctive relief against such a breach or threatened breach.
13. All written Confidential Information or any part thereof (including, without limitation, information incorporated in computer software or held in electronic storage media) together with any analyses, compilations, studies, reports or other documents or materials prepared by the Receiving Party or on its behalf which reflect or are prepared from any of the Confidential Information provided by GSTN shall be returned to  GSTN or destroyed by the Receiving Party, when requested by  GSTN at any time, or when the Receiving Party’s need for such information has ended or when this Agreement expires or is terminated, whichever is earlier. In the event of destruction, the Receiving Party shall certify in writing to GSTN within thirty (30) days, that such destruction has been accomplished. The Receiving Party shall make no further use of such Confidential Information nor retain such Confidential Information in any form whatsoever.
14. This Agreement shall be effective and perpetually binding from the date of execution hereof.
15. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to grant to the Receiving Party either directly or by implication, any right, by license or otherwise, under any patent(s), patent applications, copyrights or other intellectual property rights with respect to any Confidential Information of GSTN nor shall this Agreement grant Receiving Party any rights whatsoever in or to GSTN’s Confidential Information, except the limited right to use and review the Confidential Information as necessary to explore and carry out the proposed Purpose between the Parties.
16. This Agreement is not intended to constitute, create, give effect to, or otherwise recognize a joint venture, partnership or formal business entity of any kind and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be limited to those expressed set forth herein. Any exchange of Confidential Information under this Agreement shall not be deemed as constituting any offer, acceptance, or promise of any further contract or amendment to any contract which may exist between the Parties. Nothing herein shall be construed as providing for the sharing of profits or losses arising out of the efforts of either or both parties. Each Party shall act as an independent contractor and not as an agent of the other Party for any purpose whatsoever and no Party shall have any authority to bind the other Party.
17. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Parties with respect to the safeguarding of said Confidential Information and supersedes all prior communications and understandings with respect thereto. No waiver, alteration, modification, or amendment shall be binding or effective for any purpose whatsoever unless and until reduced to writing and executed by authorized representatives of the Parties.
18. The rights, powers and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and do not exclude the rights or remedies provided by law and equity independently of this Agreement.
19. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of India and exclusively subject to jurisdiction of Courts situated in Delhi.