Indian Students Invited to Participate in International IT-Olympics

By siliconindia  |  Wednesday, 09 April 2025, 10:08:33 AM IST

Indian Students Invited to Participate in International IT-Olympics
As part of an effort to cultivate young technical talent and foster digital innovation, students between the ages of 14 and 18 from all over the globe, including India, are encouraged to join the International IT-Olympics. The competition, open to students of all levels of programming ability, seeks to draw attention to the increasing role of digital technologies in contemporary life and business.
The IT-Olympics, which has government support from Russia, is hosted by the region's government, with the general partner being Sberbank. The competition is centered on cybersecurity, algorithmic thinking, data analysis, modelling based on AI, and programming. It inspires students to leverage the capabilities of technology to address real-life issues and develop innovative digital products.
"Information technology allows one to view the world in a totally different manner and connect very intricate processes that, on first glance, do not look as though they are associated with one another", told German Gref, Sberbank President and Chairman of the Management Board. He invited young minds to go along with this discovery process and development and term it "the most interesting time in the most interesting world".
The competition starts with an individual qualifying round open until April 18. Participants will take an IT competency test and get a certificate based on their results. They are also required to solve 15 theoretical and practical problems focused on key cybersecurity concepts. The topics include information security, mathematical logic, algorithmization, programming fundamentals, word processing, data analytics, and simple AI-based modeling.
The second phase, from April 23 to April 25, will be a team semi-final in the Capture the Flag (CTF) mode. Five-member teams, consisting of the best performers from the first round, will face different challenges like cryptanalysis, AI and machine learning, reverse engineering, computer forensics, web vulnerabilities, and algorithmic programming. In this phase, a "flag" – a particular line of code – verifies successful completion of each challenge.
The 100 top scorers will be invited to the in-person final round, held from May 30 to June 3 on the School 21 campus in Nizhny Novgorod. Winners will be celebrated at the exclusive "Digitalization of Industrial Russia" Conference.
This international event not only supports cross-cultural communication among young technology enthusiasts but also encourages early awareness of cybersecurity and cutting-edge IT ideas. It emphasizes the importance of online education in the current fast-paced world and challenges the next generation to enter confidently into the age of technology and innovation.
Interested students may register online by April 18 and embark on their first step towards a thrilling global challenge that can define their careers in tech.

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