* Toshiba Announces Winners of GridDB Cloud IoT Hackathon, Highlighting Industry-Ready Real-Time Solutions from Across India
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, in collaboration with Toshiba Software India Private Limited, successfully concluded the GridDB Cloud IoT Hackathon, an innovation initiative aimed at enabling students, developers, and startup companies to build real-time IoT applications using Toshiba’s GridDB® Cloud Database Service for Big Data and IoT.
The hackathon received strong participation from October 29 to December 14 2025, with over 250 applications from across India, addressing use cases including Healthcare, Finance, IoT, and Knowledge Management, demonstrating the versatility of GridDB® database service.
After an intensive evaluation process, five finalist teams advanced to the in‑person final rounds held in Bengaluru from January 31 to February 1, 2026. During the onsite sessions, they received direct technical support and mentorship from the GridDB® technical team, helping them further refine their proof‑of‑concept (PoC) solutions. Following the final PoC presentations to a panel of judges, the results were announced as follows and all the finalists shared a total cash prize of USD 5,000.
Toshiba GridDB Cloud IoT Hackathon Finalist Results
The GridDB Cloud IoT Hackathon helped create a community of innovators who are eager to use real-time data to solve real-world problems. Toshiba will continue to engage with participants through the GridDB® community and future initiatives in India, strengthening its contribution to the country’s digital transformation and IoT ecosystem.
Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Hiroshi Tsukino, Director and Vice President of Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation said, “Toshiba is committed to making a better world through the power of data by utilizing various kinds of data generated by businesses related to social infrastructure and turning them into platforms. The Toshiba Group is pursuing a strategy of transformation toward Digital Evolution (DE), Digital Transformation (DX), and Quantum Transformation (QX) to develop the digital economy, and India is a key innovation hub in Toshiba’s global digital strategy. Through initiatives like the GridDB Cloud IoT Hackathon, we are empowering developers with advanced data platforms to create scalable, real-time solutions that address complex industrial and societal challenges.”
Addressing the participants and judges, Mr. Ramdas Baliga, Managing Director, Toshiba Software India Private Limited added, “Toshiba Software India’s key strategic direction is to evolve into a digitally agile Centre of Excellence, embedding digital thinking and speed across everything we do, and translating advanced technologies into real-world IoT solutions. Initiatives such as the GridDB Cloud IoT Hackathon reflect this commitment by bringing together Toshiba’s experts and engineers with next-generation innovators to showcase technologies that will shape the future. I am pleased to see the event attract many such ideas, and proud that Toshiba could support these innovators in advancing their vision.”
Sharing their experience, Mr. Nitin Mangalashankar, hackathon participant of the winner team - Deevia Software India Private Limited said, “From a hands-on perspective, the hackathon was a great opportunity to quickly prototype and validate a GenAI-driven use case on top of real-time operational data using GridDB Cloud. The platform allowed us to ingest and query time-series data efficiently under tight timelines, making it easy to focus on experimentation and solution design rather than infrastructure challenges.”
Mr. Ramdas Baliga presenting the winner’s cheque to Team Deevia Software
About GridDB® and GridDB® Cloud
GridDB® is Toshiba’s high-performance, distributed time-series database, purpose-built for IoT and big data. It combines time-series data management, petabyte-scale scalability, and high reliability with dual NoSQL/SQL interfaces for flexible development. Designed for real-time analytics, it supports mission-critical operations across industries like manufacturing, energy, automotive, and healthcare.
GridDB® Cloud, available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace, brings these capabilities to a fully managed cloud service. It offers seamless integration with tools like Azure IoT Edge and Grafana, intuitive GUI-based cluster management, and elastic scaling—reducing setup time, infrastructure costs, and operational overhead. With global availability in 26 countries, it enables enterprise-scale real-time analytics with ease.
GridDB® Product Website
https://www.global.toshiba/ww/products-solutions/ai-iot/griddb.html
GridDB® Cloud Product Website
https://www.global.toshiba/ww/products-solutions/ai-iot/griddb/product/griddb-cloud.html
GridDB® Cloud at Azure Marketplace
https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?search=griddb%20cloud&page=1
GridDB® Open Source Website
https://github.com/griddb/
For GridDB® Developers
https://griddb.net/
*GridDB is a registered trademark of Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation in Japan.
About Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation is developing businesses globally which utilize digital and quantum technologies, such as IoT and artificial intelligence (AI), as the Toshiba Group company which handles digital solutions. By maximizing the power of various data generated in the wide range of business areas of the Toshiba Group and creating platforms, we will create a series of valuable services and contribute to achieving carbon neutrality and a circular economy.
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation will continue to create new value, together with our customers and partners, based on the Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group: “Committed to People, Committed to the Future.”
https://www.global.toshiba/ww/company/digitalsolution.html
About Toshiba Software India Private Limited
Toshiba Software India Private Limited (TSIP) is a Toshiba Group company specializing in the innovative software solutions. Since its inception in the year 2002, TSIP has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies and software solutions. TSIP works for software solutions at all layers of software architecture - Drivers, OS & schedulers, Multi-Core Firmware, Middleware and Applications. TSIP functions as a technology hub by leveraging technologies including AI/ML, IoT, Cloud solutions, Embedded Software & Systems Development, Application Development, Software Testing, Data Science and ERP Solutions to create state-of-art products & services across multiple domains. These domains are broadly categorized under Retail & Printing Solutions, Electronic Devices & Storage Solutions, Energy Systems & Solutions, Infrastructure Systems & Solutions, Digital Solutions and Battery Business. As a CMMI Level 5 and ISO 27001 certified company, TSIP has been growing with the results of strategic planning with a vision to contribute towards its group of companies worldwide.
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