ACM Kolkata Chapter organizing

UG Project Contest in Computing - 2025

East including North-East India

11 May 2025, Salt Lake Campus, University of Calcutta

About The Event

Call for Participation

ACM Kolkata Chapter appeals to the faculty members in the East and North-East India who are acting as the Supervisors to nominate their students for the ACM Kolkata "UG Project Contest Award in Computing for 2025".

A team from an Institute shall consist of UG students in the second / third or final year of their studies in CS/IT or in allied streams. Students who are to be nominated as a team, and not as an individual participant. Each team needs nominations from the respective Project Supervisor and HoD/Institute Head. Each institute/department can nominate a maximum of 3 teams for the contest.


How to Apply?

1. The team should fill the nomination form online: Google Form The form captures the team details and online application fee payment information. Upload the scanned copy of nomination form [Doc 2] (duly signed by supervisor and forwarded by the HoD / Director / Principal of Institute, where students are enrolled) Upload filled project description document using the template provided [Doc 3]

2. The shortlisted team’s names will be announced mid-April. Only those teams need to upload final project report/dissertation on the earlier filled editable online form by May 1, 2025.

Team Registration Fee: FREE


Important Dates

  • Deadline for Submission of nominations: March 20, 2025
  • Deadline for Submission of final report: May 1, 2025
  • Project presentation and Announcement of Results: May 11, 2025

Details

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Procedure for adjudication

All the entries will be evaluated by a Selection Committee from the ACM Kolkata Chapter. The short-listed teams will be asked to present in front of a panel of Juries on May 11, 2025, at the University of Calcutta, Salt Lake campus. Based on the presentation (with optional demo) and documents uploaded, winners will be selected. The winners will receive cash / vouchers and certificates. All participants in the final will ACM certificates for participation as the finalist.

Awards
Cash / voucher awards as per sponsorship

  • ACM Kolkata UG Project Winner Award: Rs. 25,000/-
  • ACM Kolkata UG Project Runners Up Award: Rs. 15,000/-
  • ACM Kolkata UG Project 2nd Runners Up Award: Rs. 10,000/-
  • ACM Kolkata UG Project Special Mention Award(s) and certificates.
Application Fees
No Cash or Cheque accepted

Rs. 1000 (+ Rs. 180 GST) for a team of 2 members from the same institute. Rs. 500 (+ Rs. 90 GST) for each additional member beyond the first 2 members. The maximum team size must not exceed 6. One faculty member per team may join the team as Mentor and is to register as additional team member. Each team must pay the appropriate Registration fees, after their proposals are short listed for the final round.

ACM members will get 20% discount on the standard registration fee mentioned above.


* Teams initially need not pay any registration fee. Updates on the payment procedure will be notified to all the finalists in due course of time.

Event Venue

Event venue location map and info

ACM Kolkata
Professional Chapter

Block JD II, Sector III, Salt Lake
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
Tech Campus, University of Calcutta
Kolkata - 700098. West Bengal. India.

Sponsors

Results

  • Round 1 Winners (unranked listed below out of 57 entries) will need to register by May 7 to participate in Round 2.
    Online direct payment link : https://in.explara.com/e/ug-project-contest-in-computing--2025

  • 9:30 am to 5pm on Sunday May 11 at Calcutta University Saltlake Campus (ACM Kolkata Chapter).

    TimeAgenda Item
    9:30 - 10 amRegistration
    10 am - 1 pmRound 2 || Presentations
    1 - 1:40 pmLunch
    1:40 - 2 pmSponsor Presentation | Jury Huddle
    2 - 3:30 pmFinal Round Presentations
    3:30 - 4 pmTea Break | Jury Huddle
    4 pm - Winner Announcement | Certificates Distribution

  • Final Round Results:

    RankInstituteProject NameTeam MembersSupervisor
    1RCCIITBrainBoostRishi Paul, Rajarshi Mondal, Chandrima Ghosh, Debayudh BasuAbhishek Bal
    2JISCEHumanoid RobotSabbir Ali, Joy Singha RoyAnirban Ghosal
    3Techno MainJugaadKitchenSrija Chakraborty, Aparajita Goswami, Sristi Chakraborty, Rupkatha Ray, Ananya RoyArpita Dutta
    4JISCEPARASPEAKGourab Roy, Swaraj Lahiri, Priyabrata Das, Kanak Karjee, Mitusha BiswasSoumyabrata Saha
    5Jadavpur Univ.Early Alzheimer's DetectionArya Kanta, Pawan Kumar OjhaAbhijit Chandra
    6Heritage ITAdvanced MLLMSwagnik Dey, Adrita Sarkar, Trisha PalSantanu Roy