MIT’s Team Accel emerges champions

  • | Thursday | 26th April, 2018

Real-time challengesThey were exposed to real time challenges related to cyber security and information security. The main focus was to engage students in practical cyber challenges and they also were exposed to some world-class processes and technologies. The Grand Finale comprised three elimination rounds to test the skills of students as a cyber-security specialist. Team Accel from Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) emerged as the national champions of Deloitte TechnoUtsav CCTC (Collegiate Cyber Threat Competition) to bag a prize money of ?2.4 lakh. A press release issued by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) here said that the three-member team included Kushagra Sharma (team captain), Poorvi Hegde and Aakash Bahl, all third-year students.

more-in Team Accel from Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) emerged as the national champions of Deloitte TechnoUtsav CCTC (Collegiate Cyber Threat Competition) to bag a prize money of ?2.4 lakh. A press release issued by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) here said that the three-member team included Kushagra Sharma (team captain), Poorvi Hegde and Aakash Bahl, all third-year students. 60 campuses TechnoUtsav CCTC was conducted in about 60 campuses through a series of online rounds and challenges for over a month and the top 10 teams were invited for the Grand Finale at Deloitte, Hyderabad campus. The main focus was to engage students in practical cyber challenges and they also were exposed to some world-class processes and technologies. The Grand Finale comprised three elimination rounds to test the skills of students as a cyber-security specialist. Real-time challenges They were exposed to real time challenges related to cyber security and information security. Kushagra said: “It gave us a platform to not only showcase our skills but also acquainted us with a new dimension and perspective to cyber security and problem-solving with real-time challenges. The unique competition format with challenges being unfolded on the spot was breath-taking.”

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