{"id":4293,"date":"2026-05-02T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:10:12","slug":"nutons-win-first-prize-at-hackrust-1-0-national-level-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/nutons-win-first-prize-at-hackrust-1-0-national-level-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"NUtons win First Prize at HackRust 1.0 National Level Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students from NIIT University secured first position at HackRust 1.0, a national-level hackathon organized by the Incubation Centre, DCRUST Murthal, in collaboration with Google Developer Groups (GDG). The event saw participation from 971 teams across India, with a multi-stage selection process narrowing down to the final winners.<\/p>\n<p>Team Pipeline Punch, comprising Khushi Kathuria, a B.Tech. Batch 2023 student, and Sashwat Puri Sachdev and Priyanshu Sharma, both B.Tech. Batch 2024 students, successfully progressed through all rounds, including the Top 40 and Top 8 stages, to secure the overall first prize.<\/p>\n<p>The team was awarded a cash prize of \u20b931,000, along with a trophy and certificate of appreciation. Their performance in the 24-hour offline hackathon reflected strong technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and effective teamwork under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The team was mentored by Dr. Jetendra Joshi, whose guidance supported their preparation and performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4294\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.33-226x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.33-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.33.jpeg 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4295\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.38-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.38-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.38.jpeg 524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4296\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.44-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.44-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-02-at-19.29.44.jpeg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from NIIT University secured first position at HackRust 1.0, a national-level hackathon organized by the Incubation Centre, DCRUST Murthal,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-achievements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4297,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4293\/revisions\/4297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}