CodeChef

CodeChef
Subsidiary of Directi
Industry
Software
Founded September, 2009
Headquarters Mumbai, India, India
Website www.codechef.com

CodeChef is a non-profit educational initiative of Directi.[1][2][3] It is a global competitive programming platform which supports over 35 programming languages and has a large community of programmers that helps students and professionals test and improve their coding skills.[3] Its objective is to provide a platform for practice, competition and improvement for both students and professional software developers.[4] Apart from this, it aims to reach out to students while they are young and inculcate a culture of programming in India.[4][5]

Initiatives

To foster programming talent, CodeChef has introduced programs such as Go for Gold, CodeChef for Schools, as well as regular monthly contests.

Go for Gold initiative: Go for Gold is a non-profit program launched in 2010 to enable Indian teams to excel at the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition.[6] The ‘Go for Gold’ cup will be awarded to the Indian team that finishes at a higher rank than any other Indian team has reached in the history of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.[7][8]

CodeChef for Schools program: CodeChef for Schools aims to stimulate programmers at the grass root level to create a self-sustaining community of technology developers. The initiative hopes to enable Indian students to excel at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), one of the five academic Olympiads for high-school students worldwide.[5] The CodeChef for Schools program has started by tapping school children from class 8 onwards and has pledged a yearly support of US$20,000 for this initiative.[9][10]

Monthly contests: CodeChef hosts a 10 day long contest and two short contests every month [11][12][13] - one designed to resemble the International Olympiad in Informatics and the other based on the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. These competitions provide a contest hosting platform to educational institutions for free. The top two winners of the long contest win cash prizes while the top 10 global teams win tee-shirts.[14][15]

History

In the year 2009, Directi launched CodeChef with a vision to provide a platform for practice, competition and improvement for students and professional software developers across India.[1]

In July 2010, Directi, along with CodeChef, launched the ‘Go for Gold’ initiative to enable Indian teams to excel at the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC).[6][7][8]

In July 2013, CodeChef, along with Directi, inaugurated the CodeChef for Schools program, which is aimed at fostering programming talent at the grass root level to create a self-sustaining community of technology developers. The initiative hopes to enable Indian students to excel at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), one of the five academic Olympiads for high-school students worldwide. The competition requires contestants to show basic IT skills such as problem analysis, algorithm and data structure design, programming, and testing.[5]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Directi officially launches CodeChef". 7 September 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CodeChef.com". Mumbai Mirror. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 M Saraswathy (30 July 2013). "Directi launches CodeChef for Indian school kids". Business Standard. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Directi launches CodeChef for India school kids’". Zdnet.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dipal Gala (11 September 2012). "The Olympics of Coding!". Education Times. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Directi announces ‘Go for Gold’". Indian Express. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Directi announces ‘Go for Gold’". India Infoline. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "beforeitsnews.com". Team Beforeitsnews.
  10. ↑ "yourstory.com". Team Your Story.
  11. ↑ http://www.developeriq.in/articles/2014/oct/30/interview-with-anupkalbalia-senior-project-lead-at/
  12. ↑ "Gaming Challenge". Indian Express. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Are you game for CodeChef". The Hindu. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-iit-bombay-techfest-launches-three-international-competitions-1895721
  15. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/42-teams-to-take-part-in-ACM-contest-at-IIT-Kanpur/articleshow/17177047.cms