Agra is to host worldwide finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup, a global student competition that served as a platform for students from across the world to showcase their software development skills, this August.
The competition is aimed at empowering students to apply their creativity, knowledge and technical abilities towards making the world a better place through technology, and to encourage students to develop applications, which are relevant in today’s context.
Sheila Gulati, director, developer and platform evangelism, Microsoft India, said the competition would be held at from August 6 to 11, 2006 and contestants would have the opportunity to win cash prizes totaling up to USD 125,000.
The theme for the event this year, based on healthcare, is "imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives."
India will be represented by team ‘Sonique’ from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DA-IICT).
The team had created a solution for enabling blind people to dynamically move around and perceive their surroundings, inspired by the echo-location technique used by bats to sense the environment.
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