Infosys announces winners of programming contest

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BS Reporter Chennai/ Bangalore
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 12:41 AM IST

Infosys Technologies has announced the national winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest organised by the Infosys Campus Connect Program. The winning team from Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai received a certificate and cash prize of Rs 1,50,000 and the runners up from Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Noida, received a certificate and cash prize of Rs 1,20,000.

Aspirations2020 is a programming contest series organised by the Infosys Campus Connect Program, to enhance the problem-solving skills of pre-final and final year engineering and MCA students.

The objective of the contest is to encourage participants to develop their problem solving abilities through algorithmic thinking and logical reasoning, demonstrating the solution through programming and team work.

Aspirations2020 received online registrations from over 104,000 students, in 474 engineering colleges across 20 Indian states.

The national finals held in Hyderabad on March 19, saw participation from 14 teams comprising of 3 members each. The teams reached the finals after four rounds namely- Teaser Round, College Round, Inter College Round and State Level Finals.

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