About the Event

Techsurf, powered by Contentstack is an all-India coding hackathon providing a platform to students to showcase their programming capabilities and grab the chance to put their software development career on the fast track. Compete with the best tech talents across the country solving unique coding challenges and win cash prizes up to ₹4 lakhs and a chance to work with India's leading SaaS start-ups in the Composable Digital Experience Platform (DXP) space.

At Techsurf 2023, you'll put your programming skills to the test and

  • Solve real-world problems faced by tech professionals.
  • Receive guidance from industry experts to enhance your skills.
  • Secure an opportunity to get recruited.
  • Win cash awards!

Important dates

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Registrations

Monday, June 19, 2023, to Sunday, July 9, 2023

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Round 1

Monday, July 10, 2023

Result Declaration:
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

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Round 2

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, to Sunday, July 23, 2023

Result Declaration:
Thursday, August 3, 2023

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Round 3

Thursday, August 3, 2023,
to Sunday, August 27, 2023

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Challenges

The hackathon features three stages.
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Quiz round

Participants will have to answer 30 Questions in 30 minutes

Date: 10 July 2023

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Video pitch submission

The shortlisted participants from the quiz round will have to submit a video pitch, presenting their version of the problem statement shared by the judges

Starts: 12 July 2023
Ends: 23 July 2023

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Prototype submission

The shortlisted participants from the video pitch round will have to work on the final coding challenge and submit their prototypes.

Starts: 08 August 2023
Ends: 27 August 2023

Competition Closed on  28th August 2023

Winners got:

  • Winner - ₹2 lakhs!
  • 1st Runner-up - ₹1 lakhs!
  • 2nd Runner-up - ₹50 thousand!
  • 3rd Runner-up- ₹50 thousand!

Rules

  • Techsurf 2023 is strictly for college students who are in the Final and Pre-Final year (graduating in 2024 and 2025) only.
  • Students from B.Tech/B.E., BSc IT, BCA, and MCA are eligible to participate.
  • The event and the event projects are meant to help grow and nurture students’ skills.
  • Any help from non-participants is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification.
  • There are no prerequisites to participate, but having intermediate proficiency in programming will be helpful.
  • Selected final round participants will be expected to undergo appropriate demos and interviews.
  • The decision of the Contentstack jury will be final and binding.

FAQs

Only Final and Pre-Final year ( graduating in 2024 and 2025 ) B.Tech/B.E. BSc IT, BCA, or MCA students are eligible to participate in Techsurf 2023.

There are no prerequisites to participate, but having intermediate proficiency in programming will be helpful.

The task should be developed and submitted only by an individual. I.e. 1 participant per team.

The tasks assigned to the participants should be completed as a fully functional app. The code should be written with fewer linting errors. The unit test cases should have a code coverage of more than 80%.

Cash prizes up to ₹4 lakhs and a pre-placement interview opportunity at Contentstack as an Associate Application Engineer with a package of up to 15 LPA!

Meet the winners of Techsurf 2023! 

See you in Techsurf 2024!