Winners of Decode, India’s largest hackathon announced; The D3 Technology Conference is today

UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has announced the winners of the second edition of Decode, India’s largest hackathon. Contestants were asked to work with Metaverse to decentralize, localize, curate and contextualize online experiences. In this year’s competition, digital engineers have an opportunity to learn more about programming and engineering excellence and improve their knowledge. Decode is one of the many events organized ahead of UST’s annual technology conference D3 Dream, Develop, and Disrupt at ‘O by Tamara’ in Thiruvananthapuram today.

146 teams selected from 840 applications competed in this year’s Decode. The competition was held in three phases. The selected teams met with experts from UST and learned how to better serve technology customers. The selected teams participated in the programming challenge round and the top 10 teams advanced to the next stage of video interview. Then on December 11 and 12, 2022, the five finalist teams completed various stages in a 24-hour hackathon.

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The winners will get Rs 7 lakh as first prize, Rs 5 lakh as second prize and Rs 3 lakh as third prize. In addition, Rs 2 lakh each will be awarded to the other two teams that have reached the final stage. Apart from this, the last five teams that reach the finals also get a golden opportunity to get a job at UST.

Team Oersted Corp from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee won the first prize. Team Meta4 from Sreechitra Tirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram and Team GAAD from Thiruvananthapuram College of Engineering secured the second and third positions respectively. Special mentions went to the Black Mirror2.1 team from National Institute of Technology – Silchar, Indian Institute of Technology and Laxmichit Fund, Roorkee.

Manu Gopinath, Chief Operating Officer of UST, said that Decode provides an opportunity to find better employees and make UST a better place to work. Through Decode, people can be encouraged to strive for success and to grow the society. Congratulations to all the winners of the hackathon. It is very exciting to see new ideas and new inventions. He said that it is possible to rise to the challenges of the market and achieve progress through Metaverse through these types of activities.

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The fifth annual technology conference is preceded by a week-long event that includes a 24-hour hackathon, a technology expo, and various lectures, culminating with the full-day conference on December 15. UST Chief Executive Officer Krishna Sudhindra will deliver the keynote address at the conference. Prominent digital strategists who will be guest speakers at the event will include Zach Peister, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer of Intrepid Ventures and Anshul Rastagi, Founder of Totality Corporation. The panel discussion will be moderated by Shalu Jhunjhunwala, Director, Professional Services, Google India. UST Chief Technology Officer Niranjan Ramsundar, Chief Innovation Architect Kuruvila Mathew, Head of Design David Thorpe, Head of Cloud Advisory Rick Clark, Head of Global Blockchain Daniel Field and Head of Technology Services Varghese Cherian will lead the various phases of the event.

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