Kalasalingam varsity students win Hackathon event at Velammal college in Madurai
Students from Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education won the first prize at the 'HACKSPRINT ’26' national-level hackathon held in Madurai. The event challenged 180 students to develop innovative technology-based solutions for real-world problems.
Why it matters
Such events foster technical innovation and industry-academia collaboration among engineering students in India.
The Department of Information Technology, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, organised a two-day “HACKSPRINT ’26” national-level 24-hour hackathon.
Around 180 students, forming 49 teams, from various engineering colleges across Tamil Nadu participated in the event.
As part of the hackathon, the participating teams were provided with problem statements based on real-world challenges. The students worked continuously for 24 hours to analyse the given problems and design, develop and implement innovative technology-based solutions.
BSE-TEC, USA, Belgium and India vice-president M. Jahir Hussain and Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, HRBlusky, BLoL, Prompt Group, Dubai and India, R. Ananda Murugan, addressed the students on emerging technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship.
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