Faculty Development Program on Competitive Coding

A faculty development program on Competitive Coding was organized between  22 April 2026 – 06 May 2026 . The sessions were held online over ten working days using the institutes zoom platform between 10:00 and 12:30 pm. The resource person for the workshop were Dr. Jagandeep Singh Sidhu and Mr. Manikanta Akula from CodeTantra Technology Solutions.

The workshop began with an inaugural session held online on Wednesday, 22-Apr-26 at 10:00 am. Dr Sunitha C (Principal) addressed the participants and delivered the presidential address. She explained the importance of this topic and give a brief about what to expect during the training. Mr Suresh Lal (Executive Director, VICT) inaugurated the workshop and delivered the inaugural address. He extolled the attendees about the importance of skilling in the globally competitive world. Ms. Rejusha T R (Asst Prof, CSE Dept) proposed the vote of thanks.

The workshop covered the following topics:

Day 1: Python fast track, I/O

Day 2: Arrays, Complexity analysis

Day 3: Prefix sum, Kadane’s algorithm, Sub-array patterns

Day 4: Longest substring, Sliding windows

Day 5: Two-pointers

Day 6: Binary search, problems

Day 7: Conversions, Primes, GCD, and solving problems

Day 8: Stack, queues, and operations on the data structures

Day 9: Problems: Largest rectangle, non-overlapping intervals

Day 10: Tree, and tree traversals

The formal workshop concluded on Wednesday, 06-May-26 with a brief valedictory session held between 12:30 pm and 12:45 pm.