The Biggest Isn't Necessarily the Best – TechGig Code Gladiators Reveals Hidden Talents in the IT Sector

DELHI, July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Maninderpal Singh and Persistent Systems Win TechGig's 1st National Code Gladiators Contest 

Revealing hidden talent  

So, do you know the best coders in your company? And which companies have the best coder? Now 64 companies do, thanks to the recently concluded TechGig Code Gladiators Championships - the national coding contest that championed undiscovered gems who would otherwise have been relegated to the background because they weren't from a big MNC or hadn't studied at an IIT.

TechGig was able to reveal the best coders based on real competency who may have been overlooked due to a lack of opportunity. In a clear meritocratic process, irrespective of rank, degree, position or stature, two months of battles amongst 64 companies and 36,000 coders for India's best coder and coding company finally culminated in the victories of Maninderpal Singh and Persistent Systems winning the 1^st National TechGig Code Gladiators Contest.  

Before winning, Maninderpal Singh was just one of the 36,000 coders across India who logged into TechGig.com with just a dream in their their hearts - to compete and be recognised for their talent and skill in coding - and now he stands at the pinnacle of achievement as India's best coder. The other victors were Dilip Singh and Sonu Singal who came in second and third respectively.

While receiving his Rs 1.5 lakh cash prize award, Maninderpal said, "It feels amazing to have won India's Best Code Gladiator award. It was an awesome feeling watching CTO's of famous IT companies and hundreds of coders come together with varied experience to compete. I would like to thank my company Drishti Soft and praise TechGig for organising such a well-managed event that helped coders realise their potential and gain exposure in the IT industry."

Winning contestants                                                         

Champion: Maninderpal Singh, Rs. 150,000

http://www.techgig.com/maninderpalsingh5

1st runners-up: Dilip Singh, Rs. 100,000

http://www.techgig.com/dilipsingh14

2nd runners-up: Sonu Singal, Rs. 50,000      

http://www.techgig.com/sonusingal

3rd runners-up: Mayank, Rs. 30,000      

http://www.techgig.com/mayank27

4th runners-up: Saurabh Pandey, Rs. 20,000      

http://www.techgig.com/saurabhpandey23 

The biggest isn't necessarily the best 

News of the IT industry seldom highlights anyone other than the giant MNCs. But it was Persistent Systems, a relatively smaller company, which rose to the challenge and proved to the nation that they were truly India's coding powerhouse. From the best coders based on the combined performance of all the participants from each of the 64 companies that participated, Persistent Systems was declared 'the company with the best coders'.

Speaking about the Code Gladiators contest, Nitinchandra Shende, Head of Talent Management, Persistent Systems, said, "The biggest benefit of Code Gladiators is assessments. Competition is a way of life. And employees face it from time to time. That keeps up the excitement. Code Gladiators has raised this bar and taken it to the next level of excitement. As an organisation, the event helped us both in our internal engagement, as well as benchmarking ourselves against the peer group companies. I would like to acknowledge the tremendous effort put in by the organiser and their teams. This is certainly a good beginning. In the coming years, I would like to see Code Gladiators evolve as the de-facto platform for techies across the globe to compete for the shield."

Winning companies            

Champion: Persistent Systems, India's Coding Powerhouse

1st runners-up: Talentica Software, India's Coding Centers of Excellence

2nd runners-up: Akamai Technologies, India's Coding Centers of Excellence

3rd runners-up: Steria India, India's Coding Centers of Excellence

4th runners-up: Synechron Technologies, India's Coding Centers of Excellence

Meritocracy at its best 

Avnish Anand of TechGig.com, the organisers of Code Gladiators, said, "The credit for the success of this inaugural event goes entirely to the 36,000 participants and 64 companies that waged war and battled each other over two months of gruelling code contests. Their faith and trust in TechGig.com is what made Code Gladiators such a huge achievement."

"We have received tremendous feedback and requests for participation from those who missed out on this two month championship. We regularly run TechGig Coding contests and are currently running nationwide online coding contests for all working professionals, of which details are available on our site," added Anand.

About Code Gladiators 

TechGig has been a pioneer in ranking and rating The Best Programmers and The Best IT Companies across India - through technology related competitions for internal employees, company-sponsored contests for talent engagement and various employer-branding activities. Code Gladiators combines all these activities and takes the scale to an entirely different level - one where employees from companies across India are involved at the same time. Code Gladiators is a corporate battle - the best talent from IT companies will battle it out to a fight to the finish. This national level competition showcases the company with the best coders and identifies the Best Coder in the Country.

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