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Quantum Hack, Nepal’s Biggest Virtual Hackathon Attracts Big Names in the Tech Industry

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26th August 2020, Kathmandu

Quantum Hack, Nepal’s Biggest Virtual Hackathon Attracts Big Names in the Tech Industry

QuantumHack is the largest virtual hackathon in Nepal which will take place from August 28 to 29. Hosting over 240 participants from 10+ countries, the hackathon will be a great platform for people to share ideas and build technologies that have a positive impact on the community.

NxtGen is organizing the Hackathon with the President of NxtGen, Jay Kishan Panjiyar being the lead-organizer. Jay Kishan is also a TEDxTribhuvanUnversity licensee as well as the Campus Director at Hult Prize Foundation.

NxtGen has been organizing several events since the beginning of the nationwide lockdown in Nepal.

Speakers and Guests

Apple Co-founder

QuantumHack will have special guests from IBM and Apple. Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of the first 2 Trillion Dollar company, Apple, will be making an appearance in the event.

Similarly, Joe Sepi, Open Source Engineer and Advocate at IBM, will be coming as the Keynote Speaker.

The resource panel for the event includes professionals from Nepal Cloud Professionals, Dogma Group, and Microsoft.

Cloud Professional Group

Image: QuantumHack

Facebook, Google, and Amazon communities will also be backing the 24-hour long hackathon as confirmed by the President of NxtGen, Jay Kishan Panjiyar.

Besides this, Saugat Pokharel will also be making a guest appearance. He is a security researcher who was recently awarded an Instagram Bug Bounty reward worth $6000.

Events & Attractions

One of the largest virtual events of 2020 will also feature parallel events like technical and non-technical workshops. It will focus on learning and working with fun.

Moreover, streaming games, scavenger hunt, and others will make this event a center of attraction for the crowd.

Besides being a hackathon, it is the first virtual tech fair of Nepal. Jay Kishan informed us that QuantumHack will be streamed for 36 hours straight, even at night.

Likewise, there will also be an exhibition.

Read More about the specialties and pre-activities of the Hackathon here.

Interested candidates can register for the event using provided links. For more details, you can visit the Facebook page of QuantumHack. Similarly, you can visit the event website by clicking here.

QuantumHack

Quantum Hack: Nepal’s Biggest Virtual Hackathon on 28-29 August

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19th August 2020, Kathmandu

NxtGen, a student organization from Pulchowk Campus, is going to organize Nepal’s biggest virtual hackathon on the 28th and 29th of August, 2020. It is called Quantum Hack ‘Connect. Ideate. Implement’.Owing to the pandemic situation, this is going to be a virtual event covering a full 24 hours of hard work. The vision of this event is “Remedifying after-effects of COVID-19”.

Meanwhile, let’s know the event better.

What is Quantum Hack virtual hackathon?

Quantum Hack is one of Nepal’s largest student-run university hackathons. This will be the first-ever virtual hackathon in the Nepali context. This event will bring together the industries and innovators together. Meanwhile, Quantum Hack will host about 240 participants from all around the world.

What’s special about this virtual hackathon?

This program will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of:

  • Thematic projects and their consequences/usefulness for human society
  • Technical or any assistance for such products that have the potential to be implemented to the community level.
  • Vision or anticipated practices for the suitable transition into new normal from professionals
  • In addition to the above, the event will create an excellent opportunity for networking and establish a sustainable network of developer circles and stakeholder organizations.

What are the pre-activities?

The event will also have several pre-activities ranging from important workshops to fun game tournaments. The workshops will be on building E-commerce sites, Social entrepreneurship, and Blockchain. Similarly, game tournaments will include ludo, chess, quizzes, and online games.

Hence, we feel it’s going to be a wholesome event. Learning and Fun Together!

What are the thematic areas?

  1. Disaster Management and Preparedness
  2. Education
  3. Health
  4. Entertainment
  5. Open topic

If you’re a bit interested in the prizes and recognition in the event, you will be happy to know that there will be 6 category-wise individual winners and 1 overall best idea wins. On top of that, none of the participants will go empty-handed; you will receive the participation prize too!

Firstly, It will be a great opportunity for you to hone your skills and network with the industry stakeholders. Secondly, if you win there are various prizes to claim! Therefore, don’t miss the opportunity. Do register soon.

So, if you are interested in the event, you can visit the links provided and register for the event. For more details about registration and other details, you can visit the Facebook page of Quantum Hack by clicking here. Similarly, you can visit the event website by clicking here.

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