I just returned from the 1st edition of the GoForGold camp in India 🇮🇳, where I had the privilege of teaching some of the brightest Indian students as they prepare for the upcoming ICPC World Finals.

After organizing camps in Syria, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Croatia, this was yet another incredible experience of helping students push closer to their competitive programming goals.

A highlight of this trip was witnessing the unique approach of Newton School of Technology. They brought teachers right from industry to university to fill the gap — a truly innovative structure that left a lasting impression.

Congratulations to the top three winners in Div. 1:
🥇 404_solution_not_found: P.V.Sekhar, sai-17, nishkarsh
🥈 poocha kya: _helloLad, Atekichan, sv1shan
🥉 SoloTree: Dragokj03, Divine_Spark, evenvalue

Camp was held for 7 days, including a leisure day. Every day participants started their morning with a contest, which I selected for Div 1. I spent four days teaching first-division classes and two days teaching second-division classes. acraider and Dominater069 also covered the remaining two days of the first-division classes. I covered the following topics in lecture sessions: Sack, HLD, FFT, NTT, Network Flow, Treap, Geometry, and Game Theory. Also, I held the post-contest discussions.

On the first day, I told the students "You should die at the end of the camp" and they approved on the last day that they reached the goal I set for them. We grow under pressure, and a camp is the place to train under pressure. Every day having contests, post-contest discussions, and lecture sessions creates a high pressure that leads to incredible growth. I also experienced the same situation in the Moscow camp in 2020.

There are countless people to thank, but I’d especially like to express my gratitude to Deepak Enigma27 Gour for inviting me and the Newton School of Technology for their warm hospitality.