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What is Aspirations 2020?
1. Programming Contest for Students of Engineering & MCA Colleges
2. Platform for students to foster problem solving and algorithmic thinking abilities
3. Encourages the spirit of competitiveness and accelerate learning through extra curricular activities.
4. Enhance problem solving abilities by application of IT concepts and Technology.
5. Provide opportunity for Students to Network with Students from other Institutions and Professionals.
6. Exposes Students to the State-of-the-art tools used by IT Industry, Very Early.
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Why Aspirations2020
1. Contests Support Accelerated
Learning
2. Provides IT Industry General
Awareness and opportunity to
practice Programming Skills
3. Brings to Focus Importance of
Problem Solving and Need for
Technical Competency
4. Helps Students Benchmark
themselves with the Best-in-Class
across the State/ Country
India
Russia
China
Brazil
G6
Source: BRIC Report
MOST of the earlier Participants have got best placements.
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• Contests will be conducted in 5 Levels:
Teaser Rounds
College Rounds
National Rounds
DC Rounds
Inter College Rounds
Aspirations2020 – Contests
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DevSquare
Programming Platform
Internet
Participating College
WebEx Conference
Management Team
Infy Anchors
PC + Projector Speaker Phone
Online Computer Lab
Speaker System
Connected to Phone
Online Computer Lab
AuditoriumiNetFrame
CC Portal
Completely Technology Centric New Platform
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DC STATES COVERED DC SPOC # ZONES # COLLEGES
TRIVANDRUM KERALA HARI 1 30
BUBANESHWAR
ORISSA, W.B, CHATTISGARH
NIRMALYA 3 68SIKKIM
JHARKHAND
CHANDIGARH
PUNJAB, DELHI
MANISHA 2 54RAJASTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH
CHANDIGARH, HIMACHAL
HARYANA, UTTARANCHAL
PUNEMAHARASHTRA
SOUDAMINI 3 74GUJARATH, MADHYA PRADESH
Mapping of DCs, States, Zones, Colleges
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DC STATES COVERED DC SPOC # ZONES # COLLEGES
HYDERABAD ANDHRA PRADESH SRINAGESH 5 119
BANGALORE(MYSORE
MANGALORE)KARNATAKA ANOOP 2 54
CHENNAI TAMILNADU SWAPNIL 3 78
7 DC LOCATIONS 20 STATES 477 Colleges,
19 Zones
Mapping of DCs, States, Zones, Colleges
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1. Aspirations2020 Strategy, Planning Jul, 2009
2. Collaterals, Posters, Brochures Aug, 2009
3. Aspirations2020 Announcement Sep, 2009
4. Campaign among Colleges, webinars Sep, 2009
5. Participants Registration, Teaser Rounds Sep, Oct, 2009
6. Students Preparation for College Rounds Oct, 2009
7. College Rounds Oct, 2009
8. Publish College Rounds results Oct, 2009
9. Students Preparation for Inter-college level Oct, 2009
10. Inter-college level events Oct, 2009
11. Publish Inter-college level Results Nov, 2009
12. Students Preparation for DC finals Dec, 2009
13. DC Level Finals Jan, 2010
14. Publish DC final results Jan, 2010
15. Students Preparation for National finals Jan, 2010
16. National Finals, Documentation, Analysis, Reports Feb, Mar, 2010
Milestones-National Plan
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Event BBSR
DC
Pune
DC
TVDM
DC
CHDGR
DC
HYD
DC
BLR
DC
CHEN
DC
Registrations & Teaser Round
start date
Registrations & Teaser Round
end date
Sep10
Oct15
Sep10
Oct15
Sep10
Oct15
Sep10
Oct15
Sep10
Oct15
Sep10
Oct15
Sep10
Oct15
College Round start date
College Round end date
Oct 25
Nov15
Oct 25
Nov15
Oct 25
Nov15
Oct 25
Nov15
Oct 25
Nov15
Oct 25
Nov15
Oct 25
Nov15
Inter-college Round start date
Inter-college Round end date
Dec1
Dec15
Dec1
Dec15
Dec1
Dec15
Dec1
Dec15
Dec1
Dec15
Dec1
Dec15
Dec1
Dec15
DC Final Round Jan / Feb 2010, 7 DC finals in Infosys 7 DCs
National Finals March 2010 in Infosys DC
Over All Roll-Out Plans
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College Selection Criteria
• Top 200 recruitment colleges, CC advanced colleges, Potential colleges
• Strong management support
• Online computer lab for about 50 people with internet connection
• Computers should be having Software development environment (IDE)
MS Office
• Willing to dedicate couple of faculty members
• Access to core team
• Able to host other college students if they have hardware, internet, any infrastructure problems
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Teaser RoundProgramming Contest Key Activities
1. All participants need to register on the portal
2. Familiarization with DevSquare environment
3. College faculty needs to motivate students to register contest.
4. DC CC Anchor will be the local contact point for all interactions
5. Participating college will provide implementation support
6. All learning resources will be available on the portal
7. Objective is to select 30 best programmers
8. Contest time duration is up to 10 hours. There will be about 4 to 6 questions for a student
to work on. You may choose to answer as many as you can and these marks will allow
you to get into college rounds.
9. All teaser round results will be consolidated and made available on portal
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College Round
Programming Contest Key Activities
1. Update the participants list qualified for college round contest.
2. Conducted at respective college
3. Objective is to select top 2 best teams (6 programmers)in the college
4. DC CC Anchor will be the contact point for all interactions
5. Participating college will provide implementation support
6. All learning resources will be available on the portal
7. Team (3 students in a team) can choose to answer any 3 of the 5 questions
8. Contest time duration is up to 3 hours
9. All college round results will be consolidated and made available on portal
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Inter-college Round
Programming Contest Key Activities
1. Update the list of participants qualified for inter-college round contest.
2. Conducted at respective college
3. DC CC Anchor will be the contact point for all interactions
4. Participating college will provide implementation support
5. All learning resources will be available on the portal
6. Students can choose to answer any 3 of the 5 questions
7. Contest time duration is up to 3 hours
8. All Inter-college round results will be consolidated and made available on portal
9. Inter-College rounds, short listing of students will be based on the following criteria:In a DC,
•if there is one zone, 6 best teams will be shortlisted from each zone.
•If there are 2 zones, 3 best teams will be shortlisted from each zone.
•If there are 3 zones, 2 best teams will be shortlisted from each zone.
•If there are 5 zones, 1 best team will be shortlisted from each zone.
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DC Round
Programming Contest Key Activities
1. Update the final list of students for DC round contest
2. Conducted at respective Infosys DCs
3. Objective is to select 1 Top team (3 best programmers) from DC rounds
4. DC CC Anchor will be the contact point for all interactions
5. Respective Infosys DC will provide implementation support
6. All learning resources will be available on the portal
7. Team can choose to answer any 3 of the 5 questions
8. Contest time duration is up to 3 hours
9. All DC round results will be consolidated and made available on portal
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National Round
Programming Contest Key Activities
1. Update the final list of students for National round contests
2. To be Conducted at Infosys DC
3. DC CC Anchor will be the contact point for all interactions
4. Hyderabad/BLR Infosys DC will provide implementation support
5. All learning resources will be available on the portal
6. Team can choose to answer any 3 of the 5 questions
7. Contest time duration is up to 3 hours
8. Objective is to select 1Top team (3 best programmers ) from national rounds
9. National round results will be made available on portal
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What are the
Program Details?
Programming ContestA. Online problem solving in teams B. Automated evaluation of results
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Programming Contest (PC)
Overview
• The programming contest aims to enhance the algorithmic skills combined with smart programming
• Contest is a team event
• Online assessment and evaluation using DevSquare platform
• Option to select the language (C , C++, JAVA, C# ) to build theprogram and availability of Online help
• Participants will compile and run the program online
• Navigation details and the snapshots of the screen to be sharedwith the students before the contest
• Provision for hands-on experience before the contest
• Learning resources will be provided on microsite
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Online Activities
• Aspirations2020 Link on Campus Connect Portal Contest Information
Information Documents Download
Online Registration/ Upload
Event Results and Reports Online
Link for programming contest
The details will be available in the Portal soon.
http://campusconnect.infosys.com/Aspirations
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How do we Campaign?
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Participating Colleges - Role
• Participate in Event Briefings and Pilot runs by Infosys
• Conduct Aspirations2020 Campaign in your Colleges
• Ensure more Students Enrollment for Contests
• Run the Teaser Round, College rounds, Inter College rounds in your college
• Provide Contest Data in timely manner.
• Assign experienced faculty members and volunteers
• Brief them about the strategic importance of the event
• Approve allocation necessary IT and other Infrastructure needed for the contests
• Track implementation progress and review quality of roll-out
• Encourage participation of students in large numbers
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Faculty Members - Role
Pre Contest1. Participate in Event Briefings and Pilot runs by Infosys
2. Understand the contest rules
3. Conduct Aspirations2020 Campaign in your College to provide awareness to students and facilitate maximum participation.
4. Counseling and guiding students
5. Formulate core team of faculty members and volunteers
6. Collaborate with Principal & College Management for readiness of IT infrastructure and other resources
7. Select student volunteers for programming contest
8. Identify and brief faculty volunteers for proctoring
9. Brief faculty volunteers and participating students on usage of WebEx
10. Faculty should sign non-disclosure agreement that no copying or mal-practice is allowed during the contests
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Faculty Members - Role
During Contest
• Ensure Students Enrollment for Contests
• Run the Teaser Round, College rounds, inter college rounds in your college with the help of faculty volunteers
• Guide students participating in programming contests
• Ensure discipline while proctoring
• Ensure non CS & IT faculty need to proctor
• Provide Contest Data to CC anchor in timely manner.
Post Contest• Collaborate with CC anchor in providing event reports
• Analyze overall feedback and report
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Benefits for one and all
• Prepare Students for Job Placements
• Enhance problem solving ability
• Winning Colleges will Receive Infosys Aspirations 2020 Trophies
• Experience in using World-Class Tools as in Industry
• Recognition of the College in your State for Academia-Industry collaboration
• ‘Almost Zero’ additional investment for the Contests due to use of Technology
• Students have given feedback that they have enhanced their technical, life skills,
process orientation skills, articulation skills etc. by actively participating in Asp2020
contests.
• Win-win to collaborate with ACM in future
• Students given feedback that Infy will be their preferred destination
• Previous winners participated in Global Student Forum during October 17-25, 2008
at the International Federation of Engg. Education Societies (IFEES) Convention in
Cape Town, South Africa
• Partnering with globally respected corporation and industry leader.
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Faculty and Volunteer Selection Criteria
• Likes Contests and Encourages Students
• Helpful to Students
• Understands Role and Excited to Participate
• Proven Record of Ability to Guide Students
• Well Networked and Can Manage Challenges
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Aspirations 2020 Online Resources
Your College can download the following from CC portal:
1. Aspirations2020 Brochures
2. Aspirations2020 Posters
3. College Briefing PPT
4. Faculty Briefing PPT
5. Student Briefing PPT
6. Sample Programs and online resources
Information about Aspirations2020 is available in the Campus Connect Portal
http://campusconnect.infosys.com/Aspirations
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Contact Details
S. NO Team Contact Email-ID Mobile#
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Dev Square
Online Program
Help Desk
Shankar
Saurabh
Karthic
+91-9980198414
+91-9740992885
+91-9740992900
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CC Positioning
COE
Help Desk
Srinagesh
Anuradha
Trupthi
+91-9642325329
+91-9872433991
+91-9663310864
3
Administrative
Help
Desk
Soumya [email protected] +91-9886641970
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Contacts for Karnataka Colleges
S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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2
3
4
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6
Anoop
Vani
Rithesh
Swati
Trupthi
Moses
+919980540930
+919741107510
+919900585202
+91-9845116683
+91-9663310864
+91-9741350326
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Contacts for Orissa, West Bengal,
Chhattisgarh, Sikkim & Jharkhand
Colleges S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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2
3
4
Nirmalya
Bhupesh
Sumeet
Tanvir
+91-9937347373
+91-9937291310
+91-9937291308
+91-9886769372
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Contacts for Tamilnadu Colleges
S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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2
3
4
Swapnil
Abhishek
Arun
Dinesh
+91-9600012558
+91-9789066198
+91-97910 04978
+91-9791020165
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Contacts for Chandigarh, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttaranchal &
Himachal Pradesh Colleges
S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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2
3
4
5
Manisha
Renu
Saurabh
Anuradha
Tanmoy
+91-9779456037
+91-9780035450
+91- 99229 28912
+91-9872433991
+91-9780035408
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Contacts for Andhra Pradesh Colleges
S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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2
3
4
5
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Tarun
Kantha Reddy_JKC
IEG Team
Abhishek
Arun
Bhanu Prasad
Sudheer Reddy
+91-9908722295
+91-9866577393
+91-9949995815
+91-9789066198
+919959558875
+91-9000386665
+91-9963798881
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Contacts for Maharashtra, Gujarat &
Madhya Pradesh Colleges
S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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3
4
Soudamini
Sindhuja
Sarfaraz
Sudhanshu
+919970097396
+91-9689904751
+91-9970097396
+91-9552270007
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Contacts for Kerala Colleges
S. NO Anchor Email-ID Mobile#
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2
3
Hari
Abhishek
Moses
+91-9895068932
+91-9789066198
+91-9741350326
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