IIT Delhi student wins world's largest coding competition: Best coder amongst 87 countries, wins $10,000
Kalash Gupta, a CSE student at IITD was declared winner.
Kalash Gupta, a computer science and engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has been named the winner of the TCS CodeVita season 10 global coding competition, which drew over 100,000 contestants from 87 countries (TCS).
Kalash Gupta had also secured the 3rd rank nationwide in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for admission to the IITs in 2018. He topped the entire Delhi zone.
“When I started with the contest, I never thought I would even be in the top 3 but this is a very humbling experience. I’m very excited about the prize money ($10,000). Initially, I was not confident, as I took longer than I expected to solve the first problem. But as I progressed, solving some of the other problems, I gained more confidence over my final standing, and I was confident that I would be in the top 3,” said Gupta on Friday.
CodeVita is the world's largest computer programming competition, according to Guinness World Records. Chile and Taiwan were the contest's first and second runners-up, respectively.
Along with the prize money, the winners have also earned an internship opportunity with TCS’ Research & Innovation organization.
It has won the title of Guinness World Records as the world's largest computer programming competition. The first and second runners-up of the competition were from Chile and Taiwan, respectively.
Kalash Gupta, a computer science and engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has been declared the winner of the global coding competition 'TCS CodeVita' Season 10. More than 100,000 contestants from 87 countries participated in the competition.
According to a press release issued by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), CodeVita has won the Guinness World Records title as the world's largest computer programming competition. The first and second runners-up of the competition were from Chile and Taiwan, respectively. After Kalash Gupta's victory, Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi honored him.
Gupta said on Friday that when I started with the competition, I never thought that I will be in the top 3 too, but it is a wonderful experience. I am very excited about the prize money ($10,000). In the beginning, I was not confident, as it took me longer than expected to solve the first problem, but as I went on solving some other problems, I became more confident and confident in my final position. That I will be in top 3.
CodeVita promotes programming as a game and encourages participants to pit their skills against each other and solve interesting real-life challenges.