IEEE SMC SBC KGEC Successfully Hosts the Grand Finale of SYNAPSE 1.0 – An IEEE SMC Society-Funded National Flagship Hackathon

The IEEE SMC Student Branch Chapter (SBC), Kalyani Government Engineering College (KGEC), in association with the Department of Information Technology, successfully hosted the Grand Finale of SYNAPSE 1.0, an IEEE SMC Society-funded National Flagship Hackathon, on 31 October 2026 (Saturday) at the MSB Auditorium. The event was executed by the student members of IEEE SMC SBC KGEC under the leadership of Dr. Partha Sarathi Banerjee, HoD, IT and Faculty Advisor, IEEE SMC SBC. 

Twenty finalist teams, containing 76 members in total, presented deployable solution prototypes addressing assigned problem statements before a six-member jury comprising eminent industry and academic experts: Dr. Sugata Roy (CEO, ARODEK Tech Pvt. Ltd.), Mr. Jyotisankar Dutta (Executive Director, PwC, Kolkata), Dr. Sabyasachi Saha (CEO, Tech Exponent), Mr. Praveen Misra (Program Manager, Amazon), Dr. Subhranil Mustafi (Research Scientist, ISI Kolkata), and Mr. Subhrajit Sen Choudhury (Senior Developer, IFS World Operations). Prof. (Dr.) Angsuman Sarkar and Dr. Kousik Dasgupta graced the occasion as Guests of Honour.

The finalists also competed in a dedicated coding contest hosted on a competitive programming platform designed and customised by IEEE SMC SBC KGEC. Cash prizes and certificates were presented to the Champion, First Runner-up, and Second Runner-up teams.