Department of Information Technology
KERNEL 1.0. The event thatpowers ideas
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What isKernel?
The annual college event of Jadavpur University. A convergence of ideas, innovation, competition and culture, run by the Department of Information Technology.
Four layers around the core
01
Ideas
Creativity meets technology. KERNEL is where big ideas get built, tested and shown off.
02
Innovation
Talent meets opportunity. Hackathons, builds and experiments on real problems.
03
Collaboration
Students from across departments come together to build, learn and share the work.
04
Competition
Contests, CTFs, esports and sprints. Healthy competition that pushes everyone further.
- Participants
- 10K+
- Events
- 50+
- Footfalls
- 20K+
- Instagram views, last 90 days
- 1.5M
Aftermovie
See it move
Fifty-plus events, one campus, thousands of people. A minute of what KERNEL feels like from the floor.
- Compete
- Create
- Connect
- Build
- Ship
- Celebrate
The lineup
Five ways to compete
- 01Competitive programming
Mogoj Dholai
Our traditional CP flagship
Our traditional CP flagship event, designed to test the analytical limits, algorithmic thinking and data structure mastery of the participants.
- Team Size
1 to 3 Members - Duration
2H 00M - Format
ICPC-Style Online - Prize Pool
₹6,000
- Team Size
- 02Software challenge
Hojohborolo
The fun software challenge
A creative software challenge to build quirky, unusual and entertaining software rather than practical problem-solving tools.
- Team Size
1 to 4 Members - Duration
4 Hours - Format
Any Tech Stack - Prize Pool
₹6,000
- Team Size
- 03Machine learning
Data Nilaam
Build the bank, buy the data
A machine learning challenge where you run NovoCredit, a digital lender, and decide which of four credit cards to offer to maximise profit, with the twist that good data isn't free.
- Team Size
2 to 4 Members - Duration
6 Hours - Format
ML & Data Strategy - Prize Pool
₹6,000
- Team Size
- 04Industry talks
Speaker Session
Voices from the field
An engaging session featuring industry experts, researchers and alumni, sharing real-world experiences, emerging technologies and insights into the future of computing and innovation.
- Format
Talk with interactive Q&A - Speakers
Industry Experts & Alumni - Entry
Open to All - Venue
Jadavpur University
- Format
- 05Hackathon
Hack Sangram
The 12-hour hackathon
A high-octane 12-hour build sprint where teams turn raw ideas into working prototypes from scratch under a single-day deadline, with full freedom of tech stack and problem domain.
- Team Size
2 to 4 Members - Duration
12 Hours - Format
Build Working Prototype - Prize Pool
₹20,000
- Team Size
A little after the credits
The moments between.
Three clubs. A lot of things worth remembering. Step into the hand-picked frames from campus events.
Visit the club gallery
On stage
Voices from the field
Industry experts, researchers and alumni sharing what they have built and where computing is heading.
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