AlgoUtsav 2025 — Step Up Your Game!

Brought to you by the Algorithmic and Programming Society (APS) — the Competitive Programming Club of NIT Rourkela. This is your chance to put your coding skills to the test, challenge the best, and grab amazing prizes!

Contest Format:

1. Preliminary Round (Online)

   • Date: Saturday, February 15, 14:00 IST
   • Duration: 3 hours
   • Platform: Codeforces

2. Final Round (Offline at NIT Rourkela):

   • Date: 8th and 9th of March
   • Two Phases: ICPC-based Team Contest (Day-1) and Individual Contest (Day-2)

Contest Registration starts 24 hours before the contest! The top teams from the preliminary contest following the eligibility below will be shortlisted for the final round.

Eligibility:

• Everyone is welcome to participate in the Preliminary Round of AlgoUtsav.

• However, only undergraduate students from any institute in India are eligible to win prizes.

Rules & Participation:

1. Teams must have 2-3 members from the same college.

2. Each participant must have a Codeforces account.

3. A team must be created on Codeforces before registration.

4. One individual can be part of only one team.

5. Multiple registrations will not be allowed to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for all.

6. Sharing solutions during the contest period is strictly against the rules, promoting integrity and individual effort.

Teams must register using the official link attached to be eligible for prizes — Registration Link

Participants can also join the Whatsapp Community Group — Whatsapp Community Link

The problems are authored by s_jaskaran_s, ninjamayank, yellowflash_, Sambit27, code_sd_red_2.O and me.

We would like to thank :

• s_jaskaran_s, abhaumik24, anj20, AZATHOTH, Suman_Dalai, Debaprasad, srdjr000, jets_psd, Ashu06dash, Anwesh_16, shadan122 for their valuable testing, review and feedback.

• MikeMirzayanov for the amazing Codeforces and Polygon platforms.

See You on the leaderboard!