Country dossier
Worldwide badge coverage for India, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.
Seeded artifacts
A conservative Nullcon Goa 2014 hardware-badge record tied to the official Nullcon Hardware Badge 101 (Desi Jugaad) talk, which covered electronics, microcontrollers, LEDs, the design of the 2014 hardware badge, what could be done with it, and production problems.
A conservative Nullcon Goa 2018 badge record from official archive pages documenting March 2-3, 2018 conference registration, Holiday Inn Resort Goa venue context, a dedicated Badge Sponsor, a Lanyard Sponsor, and volunteer instructions requiring the badge to be clearly visible.
A conservative BSides Goa 2024 vendor-booth badge record for SecOps Group's Hackable BCPen and CPen badges, documented on the SecOps Hack the Badge page and tied to the BSides Goa 2024 booth/free-exam challenge trail.
A conservative source-backed BSides Agra 2025 badge record from the archived official site and official social trail, documenting an IOTSRG Badge Sponsor role, all-attendee collectible-badge framing, and a hands-on soldering village without asserting an unrecovered final circuit.
A conservative VULNCON 2025 Solder & Spark Badge Village record for the official IoTSRG-hosted activity where participants built an electronic badge from a kit with PCB, components, soldering tools, battery, switch, and testing time.
A conservative Seasides 2026 Hardware Hacking Village badge record from official Seasides and HW101 pages documenting a drop-in soldering village where attendees could build a custom badge and pursue a hidden hardware/firmware challenge.
Events
The Nullcon Goa 2014 edition whose official schedule included the Nullcon Hardware Badge 101 (Desi Jugaad) talk about the design, uses, evolution, and production problems of the 2014 hardware badge.
The March 2-3, 2018 Nullcon Goa conference edition whose official archive, sponsors page, venue page, schedule, and volunteer page document conference registration, a Badge Sponsor, a Lanyard Sponsor, and visible badge requirements for volunteers.
The April 25-27, 2024 Goa Security BSides edition whose official site and ticketing trail provide event context for SecOps Group's Hackable BCPen/CPen booth badge challenge.
The December 13, 2025 Uttar Pradesh Security BSides edition whose archived official site documents the Agra event, workshops and villages, ticket/welcome-kit context, and whose official LinkedIn trail documents IOTSRG as Badge Sponsor and a soldering village.
The June 14-15, 2025 Bengaluru VULNCON edition whose official schedule and village pages document the Solder & Spark Badge Village, a one-day hands-on electronic badge-building activity.
The February 19-21, 2026 Seasides conference in Goa whose official site links a Hardware Hacking Village page documenting a soldering badge, enough badges for attendees, and a hidden hardware/firmware badge challenge.
Lifecycle
The page documents limited-access and full-access challenges whose solved binary codes are entered through the badge buttons to blink different LED sets and unlock behavior.
The source describes a hidden hardware/firmware challenge using reverse-engineering skills, with prizes for successful solvers.
SecOps directs badge participants to Vulnmachines to solve the badge hacking challenge and receive the binary codes needed to unlock the badge.
The Hack the Badge page lists LEDs around the circumference, star, and SecOps logo plus buttons for LED control, programming mode, binary 0, and binary 1.
The village description says the kit included a PCB, components, and more, with the built circuit powering up through a battery and switch.
The official abstract framed the badge around electronics, microcontrollers, LEDs, embedded devices, and practical hardware-hacking education.
The HW101 page says the village would have enough badges for everyone attending the conference and that participants could take home a custom badge after soldering it.
The official social trail framed the badge as more than a pass and as a collectible experience intended for every attendee, while not exposing final circuit details.
The official volunteer instructions required volunteers to wear provided volunteer T-shirts during shifts and keep the badge clearly visible.
The talk title and abstract preserve local production lore around how the idea evolved and what problems occurred while creating the badges.
The official sponsors page lists a dedicated Badge Sponsor category for Nullcon Goa 2018, naming NCC Group in that slot.
The official BSides Agra social trail announced IOTSRG as Badge Sponsor for the 2025 event.
The same official sponsors page lists a separate Lanyard Sponsor category, naming HackerOne, so the record keeps badge and lanyard artifact evidence linked but distinct.
Nullcon Goa 2014 scheduled a dedicated Hardware Badge 101 session about the badge design, uses, idea evolution, and production problems.
SecOps describes Hackable BCPen and CPen badges and explicitly invites BSides Goa 2024 booth visitors to claim a free exam through the badge trail.
The hardware village combined soldering, hardware talks, a hardware CTF, networking, and badge activity across the Seasides 2026 conference.
The official social trail documented a soldering village led by Rishabh Soni, Prathmesh Dharkar, and Kunal Rajour as part of the BSides Agra 2025 hands-on programme.
The official VULNCON page describes an IoTSRG-hosted one-day badge-building village for participants to craft an electronic badge from scratch.
The official description covers classic soldering, Surface Mount Technology, supplied tools, morning instruction, afternoon badge assembly, final tweaks, testing, and Q&A.
Operational history
Future maintenance should prefer a restored official page, badge-team repository, or post-event writeup if one appears, and should not weaken the record to the current default-page response.
The record keeps the hardware description conservative until the original presentation or video is audited for exact technical detail.
The record preserves the public distribution statement while leaving final shipped-quantity confirmation for follow-up.
The catalogue models the 2018 item as a conference identity/admission artifact and avoids upgrading sponsor and volunteer evidence into unsupported electronics claims.
The Indian entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event or profile imagery without a complete provenance record.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying site images, sponsor logos, venue photos, or generated badge art.
The record remains text-and-source only rather than copying event media, page graphics, screenshots, or generated badge art.
The record stays image-free rather than copying page imagery, screenshots, social photos, or generated badge art.
The India record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The India record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The record remains text-and-source only rather than copying page media, screenshots, social photos, or generated badge art.
The catalogue keeps the hardware description at the level supported by public sources until a badge-team archive or post-event writeup appears.
The hardware and software notes stay at the exact level supported by the public SecOps writeup until a badge-team archive appears.
The catalogue keeps the Agra badge record conservative and avoids converting sponsor/social evidence into unsupported component-level claims.
The catalogue classifies this as a vendor-booth challenge badge artifact and avoids overstating event-wide distribution.
The catalogue classifies this as a workshop/village badge artifact and avoids a universal conference-badge claim.