Credits: Shanmugavel V
PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ONLINE VENMURASU PROGRAMMING TEAM QUALIFIER CONTEST
The qualifier was conducted on 26/08/2023 (8:00am – 8:00pm) IST.
Objective
- The objective of this contest is to qualify the teams to do a 3 months project (Oct 2023- Dec 2023)
- Tentative project list: https://github.com/venmurasu-programming-team/2023-VPT-Projects
Pre-requisites
- Basic knowledge on how to use Git.
- A public GitHub repository to upload code and data.
- Team of 3 students (maximum of 5)
Task
- https://github.com/venmurasu-programming-team/2023-Aug-Contest
- Task focuses on building a simple web application using external API using a programming language(s) of your choice.
Submission
- Complete the task by the deadline and submit the code through a publicly accessible github repository.
- For any doubts/clarifications regarding the contest, please go to the Issues and raise your question (without posting your code or implementation details)
- Please document your strategy of implementation in detail in the repo’s README
- Results would be announced within a week after the deadline.
Selection
Teams will be qualified based on the following criteria:
- Could successfully build/compile the application based on instructions (weightage – 10%)
- Search functionality implemented and working (weightage – 30% )
- Usability and User Interface (weightage – 20% )
- Display the details when selected (weightage – 10% )
- Code quality and documentation (weightage – 20% )
- Web Application is hosted in a public accessible site (weightage – 10%)
Prize Money:
Cash award: ₹ 25,000 and certificates will be given to the teams based on the performance of the 3 months project.
Thank you Gobikrishna Dhanuskodi, Principal System Software Engineer, NVIDIA for sponsoring part of the prize money.
Registration Link:
Along with PSG Tech, the contest is open to Univ.of.Moratuwa, Srilanka & Univ.of.Peradeniya, Srilanka. Registration link will be sent through your registered email id.
Participation:
21 teams submitted their code (including 3 teams from Srilanka). 8 teams (including 2 teams from Srilanka) were selected for project round.
Judges:
Mahendrarajan Chandrasekaran, CTO & Co-founder, Terrantic Inc
Arulraj V, Senior Technical Lead, View Inc.
Viswanathan Mahalingam, Sr.Director of Engineering, Ridecell Inc
Results: [Updated: Feb 11, 2024]
While numerous teams excelled during the 12-hour qualifier hackathon, final standings were based on the consistency demonstrated throughout the three-month project. The prizes (cash award Rs. 25,000) and certificates will be given to the teams based on the performance of the 3 months project.
🥇 Winning Team:
Sengathirsoorian E
Kavin T
Vishal K
Murugavel E
🥈 Runners-up:
Akash Aravind S
Naveen S S
Gayathri R.
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