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1000 students selected at KLU AI BUILD 2026 hackathon
KL University, ASSOCHAM and 42 Learn held 'AI BUILD 2026', an industry-led AI engineering challenge, in Vijayawada on Monday. Students from over 75 engineering colleges participated. After assessments, the top 1,000 students…
The Story in Brief
KL University, ASSOCHAM and 42 Learn held 'AI BUILD 2026', an industry-led AI engineering challenge, in Vijayawada on Monday. Students from over 75 engineering colleges participated. After assessments, the top 1,000 students were chosen for a hackathon on real-world problems in AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI and emerging technologies.
The winning team from KLU included Seshma Muddana, Syed Mastan Vali and Shravya Lankapalli. First runners-up were teams from DNR College of Engineering & Technology, Bhimavaram, and Vignan’s Nirula Institute. Second runners-up came from IIITDM-Kurnool and Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of Technology, Visakhapatnam.
The Indian Opinion
Stories about AI hackathons often get inflated into a sign that India is producing job-ready talent. The fact is, 1,000 students from 75 colleges is a modest slice. The real test will come when these students, or the problem statements they worked on, translate into actual products or jobs tracked after placement season. Until then, treat this as a good networking exercise, not a national milestone. How many of the top teams receive offers by December 2026?
Source: thehindu.com
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