AlgoUtsav 2025 — An ICPC-styled Competitive Programming Contest! (Prizes worth 1.5 lakhs INR)
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[AlgoUtsav 2025](https://www.algoutsav.com/) — 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](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Preliminary+Contest&iso=20250215T14&p1=1707&ah=3)↵

     - Duration: 3 hours↵

     - Platform: Codeforces↵

2. **Final** **Round** (Offline at NIT Rourkela):↵

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

**Codeforces Contest Registration for Preliminary Round is open** — [Contest Link](https://codeforces.net/contestInvitation/b3bedf35d494d87569730ff4c64a22fce0c5678b)↵

![AlgoUtsav 2025!](/predownloaded/69/23/692392410dc6fc28487e13a22e11ec7a916b11bb.png)↵

#### 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.↵

1. Each participant must have a Codeforces account.↵

1. A team must be created on Codeforces before registration.↵

1. One individual can be part of only one team.↵

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

1. 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](https://unstop.com/hackathons/algoutsav-2025-nit-rourkela-1315354)↵

**Participants can also join the Whatsapp Community Group** — [Whatsapp Community Link](https://chat.whatsapp.com/J5AaMIMsK0Q6FYRRtmPrlM)↵

The problems are authored by [user:s_jaskaran_s,2025-02-05], [user:ninjamayank,2024-06-17], [user:yellowflash_,2024-10-27], [user:Sambit27,2025-02-05], [user:code_sd_red_2.O,2025-02-05] and me.↵

We would like to thank:↵

- [user:s_jaskaran_s,2025-02-05], [user:abhaumik24,2023-12-17], [user:anj20,2025-02-05], [user:AZATHOTH,2025-02-06], [user:Suman_Dalai,2025-02-06], [user:Debaprasad,2025-02-05], [user:srdjr000,2025-02-05], [user:jets_psd,2025-02-06], [user:Ashu06dash,2025-02-06], [user:Anwesh_16,2025-02-06], [user:shadan122,2025-02-06] for their valuable testing, review and feedback.↵

- [user:MikeMirzayanov,2025-02-05] for the amazing Codeforces and Polygon platforms.↵

See You on the leaderboard!↵

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