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CodeChef
Code-Chef is an online educational program and competitive programming community of global programmers. Code-Chef started as an educational initiative in 2009 by Directi, an Indian software company. In 2020, it became owned by Unacademy. Along with monthly coding contests for the community, Code-Chef has initiatives for schools, colleges and women in competitive programming. It hosted the India regionals of the ICPC for college students, as well as for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), for school students in India. Most parts of Code-Chef are available without charge, but the more advanced features require a monthly subscription, History In 2010, Directi launched Code-Chef to help programmers improve their problem-solving skills through active participation in programming contests. The goal was to strengthen problem-solving skills by fostering friendly competition and community engagement. In July 2010, the organization launched the "Go for Gold" initiative, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavin Turakhia
Bhavin Turakhia (born 21 December 1979) is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder of Titan, Flock, Radix, CodeChef and Zeta. In 2016, Bhavin, a billionaire, was ranked as the 95th richest person in India, with a net worth of US$1.3 billion, along with his brother Divyank Turakhia, according to ''Forbes''. He has been honored as a 2011 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Early life Currently based iLondon Bhavin was born in Mumbai in a middle class Jain family. He did his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra. He attended D.G. Ruparel College to study science and later dropped out and then completed his bachelor's degree in commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. Career In 1998 with a capital of ₹25,000 (equal to roughly US$675 in 1998), Bhavin Turakhia at the age of 18, started his first tech venture Directi with his brother Divyank Turakhia. In 2014, Bhavin and Divyank sold four of their web presence companies – BigRock, Logic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directi
Bhavin Turakhia (born 21 December 1979) is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder of Titan, Flock, Radix, CodeChef and Zeta. In 2016, Bhavin, a billionaire, was ranked as the 95th richest person in India, with a net worth of US$1.3 billion, along with his brother Divyank Turakhia, according to ''Forbes''. He has been honored as a 2011 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Early life Currently based iLondon Bhavin was born in Mumbai in a middle class Jain family. He did his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra. He attended D.G. Ruparel College to study science and later dropped out and then completed his bachelor's degree in commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. Career In 1998 with a capital of ₹25,000 (equal to roughly US$675 in 1998), Bhavin Turakhia at the age of 18, started his first tech venture Directi with his brother Divyank Turakhia. In 2014, Bhavin and Divyank sold four of their web presence companies – BigRock, Logic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a same management being substantially controlled by same entity/group are called sister companies. The subsidiary can be a company (usually with limited liability) and may be a government- or state-owned enterprise. They are a common feature of modern business life, and most multinational corporations organize their operations in this way. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, or Citigroup; as well as more focused companies such as IBM, Xerox, and Microsoft. These, and others, organize their businesses into national and functional subsidiaries, often with multiple levels of subsidiaries. Details Subsidiaries are separate, distinct legal entities f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Software Industry
The software industry includes businesses for development, maintenance Maintenance may refer to: Biological science * Maintenance of an organism * Maintenance respiration Non-technical maintenance * Alimony, also called ''maintenance'' in British English * Champerty and maintenance, two related legal doct ... and software publisher, publication of software that are using different business models, mainly either "license/maintenance based" (on-premises) or "Cloud computing, Cloud based" (such as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Mobile backend as a service, MBaaS, MSaaS, DCaaS etc.). The industry also includes software services, such as training, software documentation, documentation, consulting and data recovery. The software and computer services industry spends more than 11% of its net sales for Research & Development which is in comparison with other industries the second highest share after pharmaceuticals & biotechnology. History The first company founded to provide software pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Collegiate Programming Contest
The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest, known as the ICPC, is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world. Directed by ICPC Executive Director and Baylor Professor Dr. William B. Poucher, the ICPC operates autonomous regional contests covering six continents culminating in a global World Finals every year. In 2018, ICPC participation included 52,709 students from 3,233 universities in 110 countries. The ICPC operates under the auspices of the ICPC Foundation and operates under agreements with host universities and non-profits, all in accordance with the ICPC Policies and Procedures. From 1977 until 2017 ICPC was held under the auspices of ACM and was referred to as ACM-ICPC. Mission The ICPC, the “International Collegiate Programming Contest”, is an extra-curricular, competitive programming sport for students at universities around the world. ICPC competitions provide gifted students opportunities to interact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
