NewsLetter 27
Greetings Readers,
The excitement continued into 2026 with the successful conduct of the IICPC (InterCollegiate Informatic and Competitive Programming Camp) on January 31st, 2026 at VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology.The event brought together talented coders from various institutions, creating a vibrant atmosphere of competition, learning and collaboration.
Highlights
Team Turing Hut successfully conducted the InterCollegiate Informatic and Competitive Programming Camp (IICPC) Prelims at VNRVJIET, with college labs allocated for all 187 shortlisted participants, marking a proud milestone for the institute.VNRVJIET was the only non-IIT/IIIT college in Telangana, and the only private college, to be granted this prestigious opportunity, reflecting its growing reputation in the competitive programming ecosystem.This achievement stands as a testament to the efforts of Turing Hut in fostering and spreading a strong competitive programming culture across the institution, while providing students with a high-quality platform to compete, learn, and grow in problem-solving and algorithmic thinking.
Game of Code Play
1. A scrambled word will be provided along with a hint from the world of coding
2. Read the hint carefully
3. Unscramble the letters to form the correct word
Your <Time/>; Starts Now
a. TPOIRNE → Stores address of another variable
b. PHEA → A tree-based data structure used for priority queues
c. RURCESION → Function calling itself to solve subproblems
d. GNIRTS → Sequence of characters
e. MOCXELIPTYTI → Measures efficiency of an algorithm
Interesting Reads
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Tata Consultancy Services announced the winners of the 2026 edition of its global coding competition, TCS CodeVita™. Zhou Jingkai secured the top honour. Vicente Opazo and Jorge Valdivia emerged as runners-up. This year’s edition marked a benchmark with 146,922 participants, earning TCS a new Guinness World Record...read more |
Three competitive programming teams from Northwestern participated in the 2025 International Collegiate Programming Contest’s (ICPC) North America Mid-Central Regional Contest, held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Together, the teams finished among the top global performers...read more |
That wraps up our list of interesting reads. Now, it’s time to put your skills to work in the given problem section!
ToDo Problem
Here’s a great problem we think you’ll enjoy solving: problem link.
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a. POINTER b. HEAP c. RECURSION d. STRING e. COMPLEXITY
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