<h1>Legal risks of women-only pan-India 24-hour hackathon: discrimination, IP ownership, waivers, safety, privacy, sponsors, foreign funding</h1> A managed-living operator hosted a pan-India, women-only 24-hour hackathon in partnership with tech communities and a global code-hosting platform, drawing thousands of applicants and 45 finalist teams. Legally relevant points include: gender-restricted entry (which may be defensible as an affirmative-action initiative but could attract scrutiny under applicable anti-discrimination laws); intellectual-property and licensing terms for participant prototypes (ownership, assignment, open-source obligations); participant waivers, accommodation and safety liabilities during the live-in event; data-privacy and publicity consents for social media amplification; and commercial disclosure and regulatory considerations tied to sponsor relationships and the organiser's corporate structure and foreign investment backing.