Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, a premier name in the field of education for more than 60 years, is all set to introduce HACK-A-BIT for all programmers and geeks involved in software development to collaborate intensively on software projects. The largest students’ Hackathon in Eastern India will be held from October 26 to October 28, 2018 on the BIT Mesra campus.
HACK-A-BIT will provide an opportunity to the participants to get 6-months internship at ‘itversity’. The team securing the top notch spot in this technical extravaganza will be awarded a whooping cash prize of INR 25,000, while the 1st and 2nd runners-up will receive cash prizes of INR 15,000 and INR 10,000 respectively, along with goodies from Ubisoft.
With a total of 54 teams from more than 20 colleges competing for cash prizes and goodies, this technical activity is all set to come up with novel ideas that will stand out
The 36 hours long hackathon has ‘Swag Bags’, comprising of official HACK-A-BIT t-shirts, stickers, bands and laptop skins for all the contenders and a separate cash prize of INR 5,000 for the best all-girls team. To encourage innovative ideas, online credits and cash prizes will be rewarded to teams excelling in other domains as well.
Every contender qualifying for the finale will receive free credits from Digital Oceans, while the top 15 teams will get premium coupons from Jetbrains and Balsamiq.
