New Delhi: The 'Code4Bill' has been cracked.
Young Chennai technocrat Abishek Kumarasubramanian has topped Microsoft’s nation-wide talent hunt from among 20,000 young Indian IT students to qualify for the rare honour of working with Microsoft Chief Bill Gates.
All aspiring IT professionals dream of working with Microsoft. Abishek will not only be living that dream, he will be joining the very architect of that dream.
Abishek, who has just finished his bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the IIT, Madras, has earned the privilege to work with Bill Gates' team of technical assistants in Redmond after he was declared the winner of 'Code4Bill'.
Bill Gates' team of technical assistants comprises the world's best technologists, who formulate and drive Microsoft’s technical strategy.
Microsoft has launched this nation-wide talent hunt to identify India's best student technologists. The initiative was announced by Bill Gates during his last visit to India.
'Code4Bill' was initiated as a recognition of India’s leadership in nurturing world-class technical talent and was aimed at pre-final and final year students pursuing various technical streams across India. India is the first country where students have got this opportunity.
Abishek was selected after seven months of rigorous competition. Over 20,000 students had registered for the contest, which included three online technical challenges and two rounds of one-to-one interviews.
The last of these 19 students also interned with Microsoft India for a period of two months.
“Today, technology touches the lives of billions of people around the world, and it’s amazing to think that I will be working with Microsoft, where I have an opportunity impact each of these lives,” Abishek says.
“Participating in Code4Bill has been an exhilarating experience - the competition has been tough and challenging and has provided me an insight into cutting edge product development and innovation. Even though it will take some time for me to completely believe that I have been chosen to work with Bill Gates himself – I think that this is an unmatched opportunity, and am really excited about it,” he added.
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The final 19 students, who interned at Microsoft India, are from India’s premier technical institutes including IIT-Madras, IIT-Rorkee, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology-New Delhi and Army Institute of Technology-Pune.
During their internship, the students worked on next-generation technologies to develop solutions that address current day challenges.
“India is very clearly a global innovator in the field of IT, and the Indian student community has also made a significant contribution in this area. Through “Code4Bill”, we have met some of the most promising technologists in the world, and are looking forward to one of them joining us to infuse creativity and a fresh perspective into our future technology strategy,” said Corporate Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Microsoft Alexander Gounares.
In the first stage of the contest, participants were given three online technical challenges. The top 10 per cent based on the cumulative scores at the end of this round then moved to the next stage.
In stage two, the students underwent a round of one-to-one interviews with a technical interview panel. The next round required the nineteen selected students to intern with Microsoft Research, Bangalore and Microsoft India Development Centre, Hyderabad.
In the last round, the top five participants faced a series of challenges administered by Bill Gates’ former Technical Assistant.
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