HACKATHON​

KLA Tech for Education & Inclusivity Hackathon

  • FEB 25 - 26, 2023

Hackathon Stats

  • Registered Students - 120
  • Selected Students - 60
  • SSF Volunteers/ Employees -6
  • Teams Formed - 14
  • Country - INDIA
  • KLA Mentors - 6
  • KLA Volunteers - 17
  • KLA Judges - 4
  • Organizer Calls - 120
  • Organizer Messages - 4500

Impact

  • 87% participants report increased expertise in programming
  • 97.4% of participants would attend another SSF Hackathon
  • 100% of participants would recommend this Hackathon to a friend
  • 100% of participants will go on to pursue higher level education in STEM

February - KLA Hackathon Preparation Events

Pre Hackathon Contests

  • Participants attended weekly Questathon and won prizes
  • Participants who had high referrals also won prizes

Team Formation

  • Participants met and finalized teams

Women in Tech Panel

  • More than 100 students logged in
  • Participants leant about how to maintain a positive attitude and build on their skills
  • Renowned Panelists with expertise in the Tech field shared their expertise with the participants
  • Participants had hands-on-experience in terms of learning from Industry Experts

How To Win a Hackathon Session

  • What is a Hackathon?
  • What clicks off when it comes to projects?
  • Tips and Tricks to win a Hackathon
  • Insights on problem statement, Team building, main hackathon etiquettes
  • Participants had a run-through over the Guidebook
  • Additional Preps for the hackathon

Our KLA Organisers

  • Hari Rajagopalan
  • Nani Narasimhan
  • Shirley Veronica
  • Sundari Jayaraman
  • Dominic David
  • Sudharshan Vasudevan
  • Aakash Hemadri
  • Christopher Sathiyaraj
  • Ramesh Vasu
  • Ganapathy Veerabahu

Our Judges

  • Nagaraju
  • Hari Vootori
  • Sravani Desu
  • Sundari Jayaram

Our Mentors

  • Garima Sharma
  • Kowshika Rangasamy
  • Priyadharshini Kumar
  • Vandhana Sivakumar
  • Sasirekha Arunachalam
  • Aakash Hemadri

Our Panel Members

  • Sravani Desu
  • Kowshika Rangasamy
  • Priyadharshini Kumar
  • Geetha Paneerselvam
  • Nani Narasimhan

Our Volunteers

  • Hari Rajagopalan
  • Nani Narasimhan
  • Shirley Veronica
  • Pradeep Devaraj
  • Siddarthan Kandan
  • Dominic David
  • Niteshkumar Sukumaran
  • Prasanth Ganesamoorthy
  • Damodaran Dhandapani
  • Jeivardan Venkatesulu
  • Aakash Hemadri
  • Newona Gnanasusikaran
  • Magdalene Chris Minna Devamanohar
  • Christopher Sathiyaraj
  • Ramesh Vasu
  • Ganapathy Veerabahu
  • Garima Sharma

Prizes and Awards

#1 – First prize - 15,000 Award

(award split amongst team)

Awarded to Team 1 – Poonam Singh, Macklin Enico Salex, Shahista Afreen, Anusree.

#2 – Second Prize - 12,000 Award

(award split amongst team)

Awarded to Team 12 – Shreenidhi, Sharmila, Sarika Esackimuthu, Judith.

#3 – Third prize - 10,000 Award

(award split amongst team)

Awarded to Team 2 – Kalaivani, Nithyalakshmy, Thilagavathi, Varsha.

Special Prizes

#1 – First mention

(award split amongst team)

Awarded to Team 13 – Avanthika, Harishma, Harittha, Indusha.

#2 – Second mention -

(award split amongst team)

Awarded to Team 9 – Naveena, Nithya Sri, Karthikaa, Vasumathi.

All participants were awarded certificates of completion

Quest, Survey Raffle and Feedback Video Prizes

Some Participant Highlights:

  • “Before this hackathon, I won’t mingle with people so quickly, especially groups I always wanted to be in my small bubble. But in this hackathon, I just got easily along with my teammates and with other participants. ” – Tharunikha, Hackathon Participant
 

  • “I got to learn that the creativity and innovation to find unique solutions to real world problems is the key factor to crack any Hackathon and will keep that in mind now. I learned teamwork and some unfamiliar tools and technologies. Got a ton of new knowledge from industrial experts.” – Vaishhavi, Hackathon Participant

  • “I first hesitated to participate in this event, Because i didn’t even know what hackathons would be like. But after sometime I decided to participate just so that I can get to know about new stuffs and also to come out of my comfort zone.  Honestly, I didn’t research much about the hackathon..but I did searched about KLA and SSF and get to know about things. I was so excited to be there.  The team shuffling was something unexpected although we were informed earlier, I thought that it was just to make us afraid or like to make us well prepared. But when I reached KLA, I was totally shocked to see the shuffling process going on.  I was nervous and was praying to get at least one of my friends as my team mates but it didn’t help me. I felt like all alone at first when I picked up the slot.  But my team mates were really friendly and were genius of course.   I couldn’t help them well as I didn’t know much about the technical stuffs. Though I tried to help them as much as i can. That was the only thing which is making me quite guilty as of now. We are still in touch and are trying to improve our project. I decided to improve myself and learn more things to come out of my comfort zone completely. Thank you KLA and SSF for holding such an amazing event which was really a wonderful opportunity for me to get to know about many technical related things.  I would love to appear for the next KLA hackathon to learn even more and to show my skills.  And thank you so much for the Food and Snacks which i loved the most there.   Thank you KLA & SSF. Hoping to see you again in Future. Will be missing the whole team. Thank you guys for your efforts to make this event a wonderful experience and memorable. Love KLA & SSF. “  – Vasumathi M, Hackathon Participant

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