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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2010 (2010) |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon, India |
| Owner | Times Internet |
| Key people | Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman Gautam Sinha, CEO |
| Industry | Competitive programming |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Online |
TechGig.com is a competitive programming and technology community website owned by Times Internet.12
Overview
TechGig was founded in 2010 by Times Business Solutions(A Division of Times Internet) as technology community website on competitive programming, technology jobs, webinars and tech news.3 Programmers can take up skill tests and mock interviews in C, C++, C#, Java, .Net, MySQL, Linux, Unix, Ajax, Python, LAMP, JSON and other technologies.4 TechGig launched a recruitment platform where companies can hire candidates based on their test results.56 The usual contest formats are – coding, MCQs, skill tests, whitepapers, and business case studies.7 As of July 2018, it has an active community of 2.5 million developers.8
Contests
- Code Gladiators is an annual coding competition started in 2014 to identify the best coders in India. Themes of the 2018 contest were Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Alexa, Big Data, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, E-commerce, Mobility, and Internet of Things. The total bounty for 2018 contest was INR 7.5 million.910
- Geek Goddess is a coding contest for women programmers. The themes of 2018 contest were UI, IoT and Data Science with a total prize money of INR 0.75 Million.111213
- Virtual Campus League is an Inter–college coding contest to identify the best programmers & tech enthusiast students across India.14
Records
In 2017, TechGig Code Gladiators has been declared as the largest programming event by the Guinness World Records. The Guinness officials stated that TechGig had 81,641 unique submissions from programmers and the previous record was set in 2012 by Baidu which had 30,634 entrants.1516
The Code Gladiators competition had won the Limca Book National Record twice - for their 2015 and 2016 editions.17
References
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- "In break from past, record 47,000 women participants at TechGig's mega coding event". IndiaTVNews.
- "New Opportunities for Women Coders at TechGig Geek Goddess". EconomicTimes.
- "League of women coders tackles prejudice head on". TheHindu.
- "TechGig launches a coding contest for engineering students & fresh graduates across India". EconomicTimes Tech.
- "Largest computer programming competition". Guinness World Records.
- "TechGig Code Gladiators sets Guinness record for largest coding contest". TimeOfIndia.
- "LARGEST PROGRAMMING CONTEST". Limca Book of Records.