Adobe India announces a hackathon for women in tech, ‘CodHERS 2016’

With an aim to encourage young and aspiring women technologists in India, Adobe India has opened the registrations for ‘CodHERS 2016’, its first hackathon for women technologists in India.

This four-hour long online virtual hackathon will be held on November 12, 2016, and hunt for the brightest women developers and coders in India through a series of algorithmic programming challenges.

Organized in association with HackerRank, a platform that ranks engineers based solely on their coding skills, only female students based in Indian universities are eligible for participating in the contest and winning a prize.

The winner will receive an iPhone 7, while the second and third-placed participants will receive an Apple iPad Air 2 tablet and Apple iPad Mini 2 tablet respectively.

Speaking about the ‘CodHERS 2016’ Hackathon, Abdul Jaleel, Vice President, People Resources India, Adobe said, “With CodHERS 2016, we want to provide an opportunity to women programmers and coders in India to come forth and showcase their talent, and in the process, identify potential women technology leaders of the future.”

Adobe will also be providing internship opportunities or full-time positions, depending upon the eligibility, to the top 20 contestants.

For more details and registration, participants can log onto the website: Adobe CodHERS Hackathon.