The
recently concluded TechGig Geek Goddess event
proved without a doubt that given the opportunity, top coders can appear from
any background and are not are not exclusive to the top 10 institutes in India.
Ms. Bharti from
Maharaja Surajmal Institute, not only topped the Geek Goddess leader board
beating hundreds of IIT and NIT graduates, but did it in style by completing
all her coding challenges with 2 hours to spare!
"This
is first time I’ve come first somewhere. At Maharaja Surajmal Institute, I
always placed third. I wish I could have called my Dad on stage now that I have
come first. Since I was born, I have faced a lot of discrimination being a
woman, I never stepped out of my house unchaperoned, even for a day. But when I
shared my desire to move to Hyderabad to join Verizon, my dad supported me
whole-heartedly, even against the wishes of other family members. He was the
one who encouraged me for my education and supported my growth," said a
very emotional Bharti.
Accepting
the TechGig Geek Goddess 2017 title Bharti added, "Everyone says behind
every successful man there is a woman, behind me it’s my dad. I dedicate my
success and this award to him."
Bharti
is a B. Tech from Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology (MSIT), with
proficiency in Java and knowledge of Network and Data Security. Verizon was
quick to recognize Bharti’s innate talent and employed her straight out of
campus as a software developer at their Hyderabad facilities.
Women
leaders from across the IT space graced the event and interacted with the
contestants, including such stalwarts as,
· Vasuta Agarwal, VP & GM, India at InMobi
· Kalyani Sekar, Managing Director, Verizon Data
Services India
· Vidhya Krishnaswamy, Director, Sapient
Razorfish
· Deepika Goel, Vice President- Research and
Analytics, Genpact
· Anahita Varma, Managing Director - Financial
Services, Technology, Accenture
· Daisy Chittilapilly, Managing Director,
Partner Organization, Cisco India and SAARC
· Annie Mathew Director-Audience Marketing,
Microsoft India
· Bidisha Nagaraj, Chief Marketing Officer,
Schneider Electric
· Dipti Tandon, Head of Product and Technology,
TechGig
Annie
Mathew Director-Audience Marketing, Microsoft India, commented, “The passion
and energy of the women coders at the finale was palpable. It was especially
sweet to hear the stories of the women who won and others who came across and
discussed the issues on top of their minds. It’s so important to have such
events for women to bring out role models. So, thanks to TechGig for the Geek
Goddess contests.”
Dipti
Tandon, Head of Product and Technology, TechGig, thanked everyone for the
resounding success of event by saying, “Each finalist at TechGig Geek Goddess
is a winner, as we had 30,000 women register for the event, and only the top
100 made it to the final. This event not only revealed the top women coders
from across India, but also gave an opportunity for them to interact and
network with exemplary women leaders who were present at the grand finale.”
“The
astonishing victory of MSIT graduate Bharti, at TechGig Geek Goddess
substantiates our purpose of democratizing talent. We organize such events to
promote true merit and reveal the best coding talent in the country by bringing
coders from start-ups and established giants under one roof to compete and
unleash their true potential, irrespective of their background. We wish Bharti
tremendous success as a role model and inspiration to other women coders,” said
Nilanjan Roy, Head of Strategy, Times Business Solutions.
Other
winners at TechGig Geek Goddess 2017 were, RTMNU graduate Charmy Vora (Rank 2),
Sneha Mujumdar from Pune University (Rank 3), Anusha Yakkala from IIT Kgp (Rank
4), and Sonal Bhargava from DAVIET (Rank 5).
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