Greetings, Codeforces community!

We are excited to announce Winter Coding Contest 5.0 — Code, Compile and Compete, the flagship event of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), VNRVJIET, Hyderabad — a national-level programming competition with a prize pool of ₹ 50,000!

This contest is open to all undergraduate students across India and will be conducted in two rounds.

Team Size : 1-2

Round 1 : Friday, October 24th, 2025 at 20:30 IST. This round will last for 90 minutes and will be held on HackerRank (Online). The contest link will be mailed to the participants before the commencement of the round. Selected participants will be notified about their advancement to Round 2.

Round 2 : This round will be conducted at VNRVJIET Campus on Saturday, November 1st, 2025. The contest will run for a total duration of 120 minutes. Accommodation will be provided for finalists traveling from outside Telangana. All onsite participants will receive goodies and lunch.

Top prizes of Round 2 are:
Winner : ₹ 18,000/-
First Runner Up : ₹ 14,000/-
Second Runner Up : ₹ 9,000/-
Consolation 1 : ₹ 5,000/-
Consolation 2 : ₹ 4,000/-

Registration Link (Registration is required to be eligible for prizes)

Problem Setters & Testers: pvssvinay, srikar3010, kalyan_cf, vighnesh7, Abhilash, Ronak, Abhishek, Abhinav

Regards,
ACM VNRVJIET