Tally Solutions, a technology company providing business management software, recently announced the conclusion of the fourth edition of Tally CodeBrewers. The national level coding hackathon for engineering students, saw participation from more than 26,000 students, with over 17,000 team registrations from 1,300 plus colleges nationwide.
18 students from six teams belonging to IIT Roorkee, IIIT Sri City, VIT Pune, GEU Dehradun, MSRIT Bangalore, ABV IIIT-Gwalior, Academy of Technology Kolkata, and IIITDM Kancheepuram were awarded in the 2024 edition. The hackathon was open to engineering students from the second year onwards pursuing a full-time B.Tech./B.E./Dual-Degree across India.
The participants tackled a time-bound multiple-choice round and a coding challenge in the first round. 198 teams were selected to compete in a 48-hour weekend hackathon across two problem statements that participants could choose between. 13 finalist teams from round-two were invited to Tally office in Bangalore for a live demo before a panel of jury followed by a felicitation ceremony for the winners.
Nabendu Das, Head of Engineering and Product Management, Tally Solutions, said, "At Tally, we have always been focused on fostering equitable skills and domain capabilities for emerging engineering talent in the country. Over the years, we have been anchoring multiple initiatives through our robust campus program to connect academia to the industry, thereby enhancing the tech skill capital in the nation."
"Tally CodeBrewers, our annual flagship is another constituent in this journey, and over the years, we have engaged with over 40,000 engineering students. The objective has been to inculcate and promote the passion for innovation, creative thinking, and problem-solving in the next generation of engineers" he further added.
Team Echelon from VIT, Pune, consisting of Manglesh Nimbalkar, Jayant Patil, and Rutvik Kachgunde secured first position in the Wizard of System Programming. In the Commander of Full Stack, team Hacksmiths from ABV IIIT, Gwalior, including Kshitij Gupta, Akshitha Mittpally, and Harsh Dalwadi, were the winners.
The winning teams in both the Wizard of System Programming and Commander of Full Stack tracks were awarded a cash prize of Rs 75,000, followed by first runners-up who received a cash prize of Rs 40,000 and Rs 25,000 for the second runners-up. Additionally, all winners and runners-up were offered internship opportunities and a chance for direct job interviews.
