About the event

Hacktoberfest, the month-long festival of supporting and contributing to open-source, is back again this year! We are excited to share with you guys that CBIT will be hosting a 24-hour online hackathon as part of it, called CBIT Hacktoberfest Hackathon. Hacktoberfest is a virtual festival to celebrate open source contributions presented by DigitalOcean, Intel and DEV. It is the easiest way to get into open source!

    Where

  • It is a virtual event hosted on Github and Discord

  • When

  • We are hosting the Hacktoberfest on the 29th and 30th of October 2021.

Schedule

29th October

07:00 PM -  Inaugral Ceremony
08:00 PM -  Workshop
09:00 PM -  Problem Statements Release
09:15 PM -  Problem Statements Selection
09:45 PM -  Coding Starts

30th October

02:30 AM -  Icebreaker
02:00 PM -  Coding Ends
02:30 PM -  Presentation Ends
04:00 PM -  Icebreaker
05:30 PM -  Closing Cerstrongony

Mentors

khush

COSC President

Komali Beeram

COSC Vice President

B. Sai Sanjeev

COSC Secretary

Jaisai Kuntala

COSC Secretary

G. Satvika Reddy

COSC Joint Secretary

Saurabh Challawar

COSC Joint Secretary

Soumya Vemuri

COSC Joint Secretary

G. Greeshma

COSC Joint Secretary

Praneeth Kadampally

COSC Joint Secretary

Frequently Asked Questions

  • All the students from AICTE /UGC/ IIT/ NIIT/ IISER/ IIIT/ Government approved educational institutions and anyone with a zeal to contribute to open source and learn.

  • Each team may consist of upto 5 students.

  • Not at all! A hackathon is a great place to expand your network and learn new things. You can register as an individual and we will create a team of 5 and contact you.

  • Absolutely. This is the best place to get started with open source. Our Mentors will be there to guide you throughout the event.

  • Before registering for CBIT Hacktoberfest Hackathon 2021, make sure you have a GitHub and Discord account. Then, register at hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com Once that's done all you have to do is register for our event with the registration link provided above. If you're registering as a team, only one member of the team needs to fill the form.

  • The virtual event will be hosted on Discord and GitHub. Once your registration is complete we will send you a guide to our Discord server. We will also host a session on setting up Discord and navigating the channels prior to the event.

  • Open source refers to source code that is publicly accessible and allows anyone to inspect, modify or learn from it. Open source projects encourage collaboration and the freedom to use the software for any purpose you wish.

Contact Us

Address

Chaitanya Bharathi Intitute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad

Call

Sravan : +91 93902 29549

Pranathi : +91 83098 66741