NeST Digital Youth Hackathon 2022-23
- 16 December to 17 December 2022
Generate high-value actionable business ideas and product concepts using technology as the core to solving the most pressing social problems. This will be a great platform for students to invest their skills and demonstrate their talent to a wider community.
Last date for the candidates to register for the Hackathon
- 14 December 2022
Eligibility: Prefinal or Final year students with a passion towards technology.
Note: All semester students can attempt the Hackathon and are eligible for the prize money, however, job offers will be applicable for prefinal and final year.
Overview
The goal of the hackathon is to solve challenges during the event and to create fully usable software or hardware solution or product by the end of the hackathon event.
NeST Digital Youth Hackathon 2022-23 is an initiative NeST Digital, a subsidiary of the NeST Group, has been transforming businesses, providing customized and innovative software solutions and services for our customers across the globe.
The main objective is to generate high-value actionable business ideas and product concepts using technology as the core to solving the most pressing social problems. This will be a great platform for students to invest their skills and demonstrate their talent to a wider community.
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Apart from the above-mentioned prize money, the frontrunners will also get the following gains.
Eligibility: Prefinal or Final year students with a passion towards technology.
Note: All semester students can attempt the Hackathon and are eligible for the prize money, however, job offers will be applicable for prefinal and final year.
Hackathon Process
1. Show your mettle in coding
This is a preliminary phase of the Hackathon where participants are required to attempt the Tetris game.
Tetris is a classic arcade game created in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov. The game requires players to rotate and move falling Tetris pieces. Players clear lines by completing horizontal rows of blocks without empty cells. If the pieces reach the top, the game is over. The objective of this preliminary round is to analyse the critical thinking ability and ensure technical proficiency in developing the solution from idea to a working prototype. The rules for the test are given below
- The assessment is divided into 2 sections (SQL and JavaScript) having 1 single file coding question in each section.
- The duration of the assessment is 150 Minutes (2.5 hours).
The candidates who are shortlisted in the preliminary round are requested to share a problem statement within 7 days of the results.
2. Pitch your idea
In this phase, the participants will be presenting the ideas which they are planning to solve real-life problems with the support of Technology
Slides to have for the final pitch
- Slide 1: Introduction slide with logo and what is in one phrase
- Slide 2-3: Customer profile targeted + problem you want to solve for them (how do they do it now?)
- Slide 4: Broad view of your solution and functionalities
- Slide 5: Benefits/advantages of your solution
- Slide 6: Validation done so far, research or talking with customers, progress done this week
- Slide 7: Go-to-market strategy – how do you reach your customers/users?
The participants need to present the ideas and the time allocated for the presentation (20 minutes, probably). The panel members from NeST/Industry will evaluate the ideas and shortlist a few ideas for the next stage of the contest. The information regarding the shortlisted ideas will be intimated in 5 days of the presentation. The participants who were shortlisted in phase two will get one month of preparation of the prototype.
3. Presentation of Prototype
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. Prototyping serves to provide specifications for a real, working system rather than a theoretical one.NeST will give mentoring sessions for guiding the students in preparing prototypes. The last lap of the event is the presentation of the working prototype before an eminent panel. The participants will be given 30 minutes for the demonstration. The sample structure of the presentation is given below:
- Prototype Title
- Team member’s names
- Basic Problem
- Value proposition
- How you solve it / purpose of the project
- Key Features
- Design iteration
Eligibility: Prefinal or Final year students with a passion towards technology.
Note: All semester students can attempt the Hackathon and are eligible for the prize money, however, job offers will be applicable for prefinal and final year.
Rules for the Hackathon
- Students can register themselves as a team.
- All team members need to attempt the test independently.
- The first stage of the test is conducted online.
- The maximum number of participants in a team is restricted to 6.
- The prize money will be equally distributed among the team members.
- All team members should be present at the event.
- The language of the competition is English. All submissions, homework details, coding contests, and evaluations will be in English.
- NeST will not bear the cost of travel expenses, the development cost of prototypes for the contest etc…
Judgement Criteria
The organizer has the exclusive role of selecting the winners based on the following criteria:
- Scope
- Clarity of the proposed model
- Innovation and originality of the project
- Implementation capability
- Adoption time.
- Technology used
The organizer may decide, at its own discretion, to disqualify participants who do not comply with the competition rules. The organizer will determine the manner and process by which eligible entries are evaluated, in their sole discretion.
Eligibility: Prefinal or Final year students with a passion towards technology.
Note: All semester students can attempt the Hackathon and are eligible for the prize money, however, job offers will be applicable for prefinal and final year.
Disclaimer: “Your employment continuation with NeST is subject to you successfully clearing your final examination. All new joiners except those who have completed their graduation in 2020 and 2021 should produce their final examination mark list and Graduation certificate at the time of joining. Those who have appeared for the final exam and awaiting your results shall submit the mark list by the last semester during the time of joining and the final semester mark list and graduation certificate within 6 months of joining. Should you not clear your graduation with a pass certificate, your employment with NeST Digital stands void.”
