HT Code-a-thon 2021 winners to be felicitated on January 20
Coding has emerged as one of the most essential skills for today’s student population. Its recent integration in school curricula points towards its value for potential career prospects. Moreover, it helps kids develop and enhance important life skills such as problem-solving and logical reasoning. In its attempt to create a platform for kids to explore the world of coding, Hindustan Times, along with the Delhi government had organised an extensive initiative called the HT Code-a-thon in October 2020. It’s second edition was launched in August 2021. The competition witnessed extensive participation from students all across the country, for which the results are to be declared and winners felicitated on January 20, 2022. Eighteen winners will be felicitated through an online event from 11:30 am to 12:15 pm. The event can be viewed on Hindustan Times official YouTube channel. Read on to learn more about the same.
The felicitation programme of HT Code-a-thon 2021 will have several stakeholders as speakers. The event will be hosted by renowned anchor Ravin Kundu, who has a record of performing at 600 ceremonies till date. Rajeev Beotra, the executive director of HT Media Limited will kick it off with the keynote speech, followed by a word from Rajiv Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology of India. Vivek Varsheney, the founder of SpeEdLabs, Deepali Nair, the Chief Marketing Officer for IBM in India and South Asia and Vinayak Garg, Commissioner of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti will also address the audience. The programme will end with a closing note from Puja Sharma, the Business Head of HT School.
What did the HT Code-a-thon 2021 include?
The HT Code-a-thon 2021 was a 4-month long coding programme. Its primary objective was to allow students to learn coding concepts and allow them to showcase their knowledge, talent and competence in a national-level competition held after the initial learning part. The self-paced course was divided into several modules, all designed for different three age groups. The programme was divided into three phases: 1. The learning phase, 2. The qualifier round and 3. The final competition. The last phase, i.e., the final Olympiad was organised jointly by IBM and SpeEdlabs, an AI-based learning platform. The top 600 qualifiers from the second phase competed in the finals for the top 3 positions. In total, 18 winners emerged as the round was divided into 2 zones: North and South for all the three age groups.