Overview
- The three-day 10th edition drew more than 10,000 participants from India and 10 countries, featuring about 150 contests, 40 workshops and roughly ₹10 lakh in prizes.
- Thai Consul General Racha Aribarg asked students to channel technology toward social good and to support efforts against transnational fraud networks.
- Aribarg said some Indians have been abducted in Thailand and forced to work in scam centres, describing the problem as part of a wider international concern.
- HCLTech executive D. Prince Jayakumar urged purpose-led product design and said India is moving from an IT services base to a global innovation hub driven by AI and quantum technologies.
- VIT vice-president G. V. Selvam cited a reported 44% drop in Indian students going to the U.S., framing “Study in India, Make in India” as an emerging trend.