IBM's The Great Mind Challenge
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The Great Mind Challenge (TGMC) is an annual nationwide software development competition, created by the Academic Initiative of IBM
. The competition currently takes place only in India
and is only open to engineering students from within the country.
, United States
. It is one of the few information technology
companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM
manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter), and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology
.
The Academic Initiative is an educational enterprise by IBM
. It was created as a worldwide initiative in 2003 with the aim to equip educational institutions with the most current IT tools in the market, to better prepare students for the professional world.
IBM
’s Academic Initiative includes an online portal that provides access to software downloads, hardware, training and course materials, most at no charge. Through the website, IBM
provides resources for integration into college curricula to help teach students how to master open technologies.
Through the Academic Initiative, IBM
partners with institutions that support open standards and seek to use open source and IBM
technologies for teaching purposes, to prepare students for a more competitive information technology (IT) workforce. The Academic Initiative also addresses the need for companies to
collaborate with academia to develop IT talent and drive IT to smaller towns.
The Academic Initiative programs include various student and university engagements designed to encourage innovation in the technology space at the university level and to enable students to become market ready. The Great Mind Challenge, launched in 2004 by the Academic Initiative of IBM
in India, is one of those programs.
TGMC was created with a focus on the need to better educate millions of students for a more competitive information technology (IT) workforce by partnering with colleges and universities. Each year, the number of participants and participating colleges increases. TGMC is now one of the largest nation-wide student competitions in India.
, who form teams within their respective colleges. Colleges with registered teams eventually meet in competition for the winning project. It is aimed mainly at students from engineering colleges across India
, who can develop solutions for real-time problems and scenarios. The use of IBM
software in the project is compulsory. The Great Mind Challenge is also utilized as a meeting ground for large IT corporations in search of young talent and students from smaller universities looking for recruitment opportunities.
Each team is constituted by one faculty member and students, of which at least one has to be from the first year of study. The teams must develop innovative solutions using open standards-based IT tools, solely from IBM, in complex real time situations.
All teams must have one faculty member and student members who are juniors and seniors. All teams must uogy to build their software on.
The Academic Initiative provides resources such as free software download, online tutoring, discussion boards, training seminars and IBM mentors to guide teams through the process of the competition.
award for the largest student competition for engineering students, with approximately 1,10,000 participants from over 1,000 colleges in 2010.
2008
2007
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
. The competition currently takes place only in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and is only open to engineering students from within the country.
History
International Business Machines (IBM), which was founded in 1896 as The Tabulating Machine Company, is a multinational computer, technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, North Castle, New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is one of the few information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter), and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
.
The Academic Initiative is an educational enterprise by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
. It was created as a worldwide initiative in 2003 with the aim to equip educational institutions with the most current IT tools in the market, to better prepare students for the professional world.
IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
’s Academic Initiative includes an online portal that provides access to software downloads, hardware, training and course materials, most at no charge. Through the website, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
provides resources for integration into college curricula to help teach students how to master open technologies.
Through the Academic Initiative, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
partners with institutions that support open standards and seek to use open source and IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
technologies for teaching purposes, to prepare students for a more competitive information technology (IT) workforce. The Academic Initiative also addresses the need for companies to
collaborate with academia to develop IT talent and drive IT to smaller towns.
The Academic Initiative programs include various student and university engagements designed to encourage innovation in the technology space at the university level and to enable students to become market ready. The Great Mind Challenge, launched in 2004 by the Academic Initiative of IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
in India, is one of those programs.
TGMC was created with a focus on the need to better educate millions of students for a more competitive information technology (IT) workforce by partnering with colleges and universities. Each year, the number of participants and participating colleges increases. TGMC is now one of the largest nation-wide student competitions in India.
Concept
The Great Mind Challenge is open only to students across IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, who form teams within their respective colleges. Colleges with registered teams eventually meet in competition for the winning project. It is aimed mainly at students from engineering colleges across India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, who can develop solutions for real-time problems and scenarios. The use of IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
software in the project is compulsory. The Great Mind Challenge is also utilized as a meeting ground for large IT corporations in search of young talent and students from smaller universities looking for recruitment opportunities.
Each team is constituted by one faculty member and students, of which at least one has to be from the first year of study. The teams must develop innovative solutions using open standards-based IT tools, solely from IBM, in complex real time situations.
Details
Teams must register on the TGMC website, after which they start work on their projects immediately. They face a series of deadlines and eventually submit their finished projects. The competition happens in two phases. Phase one is considered to be the semi-finaler to the scores in the first phase.All teams must have one faculty member and student members who are juniors and seniors. All teams must uogy to build their software on.
The Academic Initiative provides resources such as free software download, online tutoring, discussion boards, training seminars and IBM mentors to guide teams through the process of the competition.
Awards and Recognition
TGMC has been awarded the Limca Book of RecordsLimca Book of Records
Limca Book of Records is a record book of Indian origin. First published in 1990, when the Limca Brand was owned by Parle Group. The book continued to be published by Coca-Cola, when they bought the Limca Brand. The 20th edition of this book was released by Amitabh Bachchan in March 2009...
award for the largest student competition for engineering students, with approximately 1,10,000 participants from over 1,000 colleges in 2010.
Past Winners
2009- Winners - StarGazers from Sastra University, Tamil Nadu - Online Library Management Systems
- 1st Runners Up - Azuresky from M.V.J.College of Engineering, Bangalore,Karnataka - Online National Polling
- 2nd Runners Up - Resilience from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu - E-cops
- 3rd Runners up - Corrupt from JSS Academy Of Technical Education Noida, Uttar Pradesh - E-Cops
2008
- Winners: Ambidextrous - KLN College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu - My Mission - City Without Crime
- 1st Runners up - Coderz - JSS Academy of Technical Education , Uttar Pradesh - Virtual Classroom System
- 2nd Runners up - Resilience - Thiagarajar College of Engineering ,Tamil Nadu - Manage Prisons
2007
- Winners - Ambidextrous from K.L.N. College Of Engineering, Tamil Nadu - District Collectorate Office Information integration
- 1st Runners up - Gvccchallenger from Department of Computer Science, Gujrat - Vehicle identification
- 2nd Runners up - WEB MASONS from Amrita School Of Engineering (Deemed University), Tamil Nadu - Vehicle identification
TGMC in Education
Certain colleges have approved of TGMC projects as suitable for assessment purposes and have integrated them into their curricula. Below is a list of such colleges:- A D Patel Institute of Technology, Anand
- Amity University, Noida
- Amrita School of Arts & Science, Mysore
- Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, Delhi
- Bhiwani Institute of Technology & Science, Bhiwani
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- CMRIT, Bangalore
- Dayanandasagar College of engineering, Bangalore
- Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Engg., Pune
- Dr. MGR University, Chennai
- Dronacharya College of Engineering and Technology, Gurgaon
- Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan
- ER & DCIIT College of Engg., Kerala
- Jaipur National University, Rajasthan.
- Jayamukhi Institute of Technology, Warangal
- JSS Academy Of Technical Education, Noida
- K L N College Of Engineering, Madurai
- Kavikulguru Institute of Technology & Science, Ramtek (Nagpur)
- Lachoo Memorial College, Jodhpur
- Laxmi Devi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Alwar, Rajasthan
- Maharaj Surajmal Institute of Technology, Janakpuri, New Delhi
- Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT), Delhi
- Maharishi Arvind Institute of Engg. & Technology, Jaipur
- Manav Rachna College, Faridabad
- MBM Engineering College, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur
- Model Engg. College, Kerala
- National Institute of Engineering, Mysore
- Pimpri College of Engg., Pune
- Poornima College of Engg., Jaipur
- Rajagiri School of Engg. & Technology, Kerala
- Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi
- Sanghvi Institute of Management, Indore
- Shree Budha College of Engg., Kerala
- Shree Chitra Tirunal College of Engg., Kerala
- Siddhi Vinayak College of Engineering and Technology, Gurgaon.
- Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala
- Singhad College of Engineering, Pune
- South Point Women's Institute of Engineering & Technology, Haryana
- Thyagarajan College Of Engineering, Madurai
- Thyagarajan School Of Management, Madurai
- TOCH Institute of Science & Technology, Kerala