Octahacks 2.0
Octahacks 2.0 a nationwide 30-HOUR Hackathon was organised by Chitkara University on 20-21
September 2019 in association with IEEE CIET student branch . More than 280+ students participated from around the universities making this
event a huge success. It aimed at handling real-life problems by providing innovative solutions. The
first day of the event kick-started with a small opening ceremony followed by the commencement of
the hackathon.
The hackathon evolved around a 30-hour long nail-biting challenge, where all the participants were
required to stay on campus, overnight — hacking and building code. All of the teams kept analyzing,
evaluating and coding throughout the night.
The esteemed panel of judges finally announced the result of nail-biting Hackathon challenge.
Student Team - Nirmaljot Singh, Madhav Pruthi, Deepak Tiwari, Ritesh Goyal, Mayank Saggar;
bagged the first prize of Rs 20,000 along with up to Rs. 2.5 Lakh prototype grant from #NewGen
IEDC; student team - Vanshika, Rahul, Yashika Sharma took away the second prize of Rs 15,000 cash
and goodies worth Rs 1.5 Lakh; and student team - Angadh Srivastava and Shikhar Saxena were
placed third with a cash prize of Rs 10,000 along with goodies worth Rs 1 Lakh. to keep the
participants motivated, consolation prizes were given away to Top 3 all-girls teams, and Top 10 all
teams.
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- Chitkara University
- Chandigarh-Patiala National Highway
- RAJPURA, Punjab
- India 140401
- Starts 01 September 2019 08:57 AM UTC
- Ends 15 September 2019 08:57 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge