Mentor programme
Mentor code of conduct
Mentors help shape how participants learn and build. These are the standards every mentor agrees to when they join the programme. They apply alongside the code of conduct for everyone taking part.
Last updated 5 October 2026
Guide, don’t build
Help teams think clearly, ask better questions and unblock themselves. Point them to ideas, docs and approaches, not ready-made answers. Never write their code, design their solution or submit work for them. Teams own what they build.
Be respectful and inclusive
Treat every participant with respect, whatever their background, college or experience. Be patient with beginners and make space for every voice in a team. No harassment, discrimination or personal attacks, in any channel.
Fair to every team
Give every team you guide the same care. Don’t favour teams, and never share one team’s ideas, code or progress with another.
Conflicts of interest
Never judge a team you mentored. Tell the organisers about any conflict of interest as soon as you know of it, such as a relative, friend, student or colleague taking part. If you’re not sure whether something is a conflict, ask us.
Online and flexible
Mentoring happens fully online, through video calls, community chat and async feedback, at times that suit you. There are no fixed hours. Nobody tracks your time or activity, and you never need to track participants’ time either.
Keep teams in the loop
If you can’t make a session you agreed to, let your team know in the community chat and help asynchronously instead, or tell us so another mentor can step in.
Privacy
Keep participants’ personal details and unreleased work private. Don’t share their code, ideas, screenshots or contact details outside the hackathon’s channels, and don’t use them for anything other than mentoring. Use the hackathon’s channels to communicate with teams.
Student feedback
Students can share feedback about their mentoring if they choose to. It’s optional, used only for recognition and never shown publicly as a score.
Recognition, not payment
Mentors take part as volunteers. You don’t receive cash for mentoring and you don’t compete for prizes. Mentoring is rewarded with recognition, such as a Mentor certificate and features on the hackathon’s channels.
Reporting
If something feels wrong, or you see anyone break this code or the code of conduct, tell us at official@homingo.co.in. We’ll handle it promptly and confidentially.
Consequences
Breaking this code can lead to a warning, removal from a team or track, removal from the programme and its channels, withdrawal of your Mentor certificate and not being invited to future editions.
Contact
Questions about mentoring or this code? Write to us at official@homingo.co.in.