The world renowned organization IBM is coming up with the brand new edition of THE GREAT MIND CHALLENGE (TGMC 2011). This year, the IBM expects a participation from more than two lakh people from all over India. Fabulous prizes like LENOVO LAPTOPS, LENOVO NOTEBOOKS, IPADS and internationally recognized certificates await the participants.
The TGMC is a Nation-wide Software Development contest conducted by the IBM Academic initiative team. The contest focuses on enabling technical institutes to nurture and groom students to become part of a competitive work force by arming them with market ready skills. Despite being a software development contest, this is open to all branches including CS/IT/EC/EEE/ME/MCA/Mtech etc. Any one who has the most basic knowledge of programming can become a hero in this contest. The IBM has provided some basic challenges and the participants need to find a solution for them. GIRLS, PLEASE DO NOT STAY BACK, BECAUSE YOUR TEAMS WILL GET PRIORITY. Follow the guidelines below
1. Log on to www.ibm.com/developerworks/tgmc/india
2. Click on register tab
3. Register your team (should have a team name, team leader and team should consist a min of 2 and max of 4 members)
4. Give the details of faculty member for guidance (for initial registration give the following as your faculty details; NAME- JAYAKRISHNA V, email- vjayakrishna@amaljyothi.ac.in/ jayakrishna.vb@gmail.com, Ph- +91 8714103110)
5. You have now registered for TGMC and follow the site contents
Initially, a project abstract need to be submitted. A detailed SRS(software Requirement Specification) can be submitted later. All the prescribed IBM softwares, manuals, helps, are available at the dept of CSE. For initial stages, these are not needed.

ADVANTAGES
1. Even if projects couldn’t be successfully completed, participation certificates will be issued
2. If more number of teams are getting registered, we can have an IBM center of excellence in AJCE that will enable us to get the topmost IBM certification.
3. Mentoring from IBM groups and other students from reputed colleges.
So please hurry up. Register before 30th of November. Give confirmation to Mr. Jayakrishna of dept of CSE by sending your team details. The above mentioned email id’s and Ph. nos. can be used for this purpose. Make sure that maximum number of students are making use of this wonderful opportunity.