Ola brings hackathon for developers and product managers

BANGALORE, INDIA: Ola is conducting a hackathon on Feb 7th and 8th and is inviting India’s best to showcase their skills and win prizes up to INR 500,000.

The event is free and open to all experienced and novice developers and will take place in Bangalore. Participants staying outside Bangalore can participate online by registering by Feb 6, 2015. Over 1,000 registrations are expected, from which final participants would be shortlisted for this Appathon. Winners will be chosen based on several criteria including idea, execution, user experience, final presentation and code quality.

According to Ankit Bhati, CTO of Ola, “This is an exciting time for us as we are scaling up rapidly, both on technology and talent. Ola is at the forefront of the mobile Internet revolution in India, creating phenomenal value in terms of a scalable personal transportation solution using mobile technology. We invite passionate developers and product professionals to participate in this Appathon and explore a career with us to contribute to a product that solves for a real problem.”

Prashant Koirala, co-founder of Venturesity stated, “It is an exciting opportunity for developers to showcase their skills, earn their stripes and be rewarded for their effort. This is going to one-of-a-kind Appathon and we are excited to be working with one of India’s largest mobile first technology companies.”

For this Appathon, participants will be given unique problem sets related to mobility. They can choose to build their products in teams of 3 or 4, which will include a product manager. Venturesity will also provide relevant study material to participants who register early, to help them prepare for the hackathon.