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    Saveetha Engineering College Hosts The Grand Finale Hackathon of AI Ascend 2026 from 7 to 8 March

    Ranjita KumariUpdated on 21 Apr 2026, 05:59 PM IST

    Saveetha Engineering College hosted the grand finale of AI Ascend 2026, a mega hackathon powered by Kyndryl and Amazon Web Services (AWS), bringing together students, faculty and industry leaders to accelerate AI and cloud skills across Tamil Nadu.

    Saveetha Engineering College Hosts The Grand Finale Hackathon of AI Ascend 2026 from 7 to 8 March
    Saveetha Engineering College Hosts The Grand Finale Hackathon of AI Ascend 2026 from 7 to 8 March

    The initiative was led by Principal Dr V.Vijaya Chamundeeswari and Director Dr S.Rajesh, along with Mr Sankara Srinivasan, Vice President – Kyndryl India, Dr Raj Mohan C, Director Delivery Management & India University Leader, Kyndryl, and Pratibha Singh, Business Development Lead India, Amazon Web Services. Also joined by Venkatesh Gnanasekaran – Director Delivery Partner, Ms Vidhya Prabhu –, Chief of Staff, Associate Director, KyndrylIndia

    Over the course of three months, 219635 learners registered on the hackathon portal, with 31,267 students completing mandatory courses on the AWS Educate platform. The program also engaged 5,000+ professors through virtual sessions and 200+ faculty members through in-person masterclasses hosted at Saveetha Engineering College.

    As part of the outreach initiative, Dr Raj Mohan C and Ms Meenakshi Kalyan Kumar from Kyndryl, along with AWS representatives, visited 10 colleges across Chennai, interacting with 10,000+ students in person and reaching over 100,000 + students virtually through technical sessions on AI and cloud technologies.

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    The grand finale hackathon, held on March 7–8 alongside International Women’s Day celebrations, brought together 180+ students competing to build innovative AI-driven solutions addressing real-world challenges.

    Team Cyber Assaulterz from M. Kumaraswamy College of Engineering secured the 1st place, followed by AWSome from SRM Easwari Engineering College in 2nd place and Anchor from Sri Sairam Engineering College in 3rd place. The runner-up spots were claimed by Team 120 Caffeine from Saveetha Engineering College, Tech X from St. Joseph’s Engineering College, and Tantris from Velammal Engineering College.

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    Following the success of AI Ascend 2026, the initiative now moves into its next phase, aiming to enable 50,000 students across Tamil Nadu with free industry certifications in cloud and emerging technologies, further strengthening the region’s AI-ready talent ecosystem.

    Disclaimer: This article has been published as a marketing collaboration between Careers360 and Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai.

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