IMPORTANT HACKATHONS AND CONTESTS! 1)Algorithmic Contests (great for big tech hiring): - ICPC - The Olympics of competitive programming. Teams from Indian colleges compete to reach the World Finals. - Meta HackerCup – Individual contest from Meta, highly respected. - Codeforces, AtCoder, LeetCode Contests – Regular contests where strong ranks can get you noticed by recruiters. 2)Company-Specific Hiring Hackathons: - Goldman Sachs Engineering Hackathon - JPMC Code for Good - Flipkart Grid / Wired - Myntra HackerRamp - Microsoft Fix-a-thon / Engage - Amazon ML Challenge - HSBC Hackathons - Deloitte Campus Hackathons These often lead directly to internship or job interviews. 3)Government/National-Level Hackathons: - Smart India Hackathon (SIH) - Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Both focus on solving real-world problems and come with high visibility and prizes. 4)Platform-Based Hackathons: - Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete) – Hosts hackathons by Flipkart, Uber, Razorpay, and others. - Hack2Skill - Devpost India Listings - Major League Hacking (India) 5)College-Tech Fests That Matter: - Techkriti – IIT Kanpur - Shaastra – IIT Madras - Cognizance – IIT Roorkee - Innerve – AIT Pune - Kshitij – IIT Kharagpur - Kurukshetra – Anna University