Hello Codeforces,

Manthan, Codefest 16 will take place on Friday 26th February, 2016 10:35PM IST with a duration of 2.5 hours. The round is rated and consists of 8 problems.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is conducting Codefest from 25th-28th February. Manthan( मंथन in Hindi, meaning Brainstorming), the algorithmic programming contest under the banner of Codefest, is being held as a special Codeforces round. The round follows regular Codeforces rules. The prizes for Manthan are being sponsored by Walmart Labs.

The round is prepared by One_touch_finish, mkrjn99, FoolForCS, IITianUG and code_note.

We express our heartiest thanks to GlebsHP and AlexFetisov for their help in preparing the contest and MikeMirzayanov for the awesome Codeforces and Polygon platforms!

Prizes:

Don't forget to register for Manthan at our website also to be eligible for prizes.

Overall 1st place: ₹25,000 Overall 2nd place: ₹15,000 Overall 3rd place: ₹10,000

1st place in India: ₹15,000

1st place in IIT(BHU) Varanasi: ₹4,000 1st place in freshman year, IIT(BHU) Varanasi: ₹1,000

About Codefest: Citrix presents Codefest is the annual coding festival of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, which is held online and is open to participation by all! Register on the Codefest website now! Free .tech domain for everyone who registers on the Codefest Website. Total prizes worth ₹450,000/- up for grabs with events covering domains from Math, Machine Learning Cryptography and Capture The Flag style competitions. Go to the Codefest website to find out more!

Update: The editorials have been posted: http://codeforces.com/blog/entry/43392