1. Computer Society of India is conducting a National level School Students Software competition. The winners will represent the country in the International software competitions as per details given below.

2.Objective :

To bring out problem solving and programming talents, in school students, with speed, accuracy and team co-ordination, in a competitive environment, at the regional, national and international levels and motivate them with due recognition besides attractive prizes and certificates.

3. Eligibility :

3.1 It is a team based competition. Each team will consist of 3 students. All team members of school teams must be full-time students under 17 years of age, i.e. born on or after 1st January 1989.

3.2 A school can register one team only.

4. Format:

4.1 The competition will be of two (2) hours in duration, consisting of 4 problems using ONE of the Programming languages. Viz., C or C++. It is to test the problem solving ability using a computer programming language. The teams will be selected on the basis of correct outputs, speed of submission of solutions to problems.

4.2 A first level Regional Competition is scheduled for 9th July 2006. List of cities where Regional Competition was held last year is given below. Depending on response of more teams, centres can be increased as appropriate. Please indicate your choice of the city. However, if the number of teams is less to organize the competition in that city, we shall allocate the next nearest centre with sufficient notice to you.

1. New Delhi 2. Mumbai 3. Chennai 4. Kolkatta 5. Bangalore 6. Hyderabad 7. Cochin 8. Vadodara 9. Pune 10 Chandigarh 11. Lucknow 12. Guwahati 13. Bhubaneswar 14. Bhopal 15. Jaipur 16. Nagpur

4.3 National level Final Competition will be held in Chennai on 6th August 2006.

4.4 Prizes: First Prize : Rs.15,000/- Second Prize : Rs.10,000/-

4.5 Travel etc assistance: The teams selected for participation in the National Level Final Competition, with one accompanying teacher per team will be paid the actual cost of travel II Class railway fare by the Sleeper class by shortest route from the origin to destination (Chennai) and back.

Local Hospitality : suitable boarding and lodging facility will be provided at Chennai.

5. Participation in SEARCC International Competitions : The two winning teams at the National level will represent India at the International competition to be held in COLOMBO, SRI LANKA between 13th & 16th September 2006.

You are requested to fill in the attached registration form and send to me to reach on or before 21-06-2006. You may send your nomination by email also in word format.

The Director
Computer Society of India
C.I.T. Campus, Taramani Chennai – 600 113.
Tel./Fax : 044 – 22542874

E-mail : csiedums@vsnl.com/csiedu@csi-india.org