21 August 2026•4 min read
Inside BINARY 2026: Team PANTUA Clinches Grand Prize at 36-Hour Hackathon
Over 1,000 top student engineers and innovators gathered at KGEC to build real-world AI, Web3, and IoT solutions. Here is the full inside story.
Engineering the Future in 36 Hours
BINARY 2026, the flagship national annual hackathon hosted by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Kalyani Government Engineering College, concluded with record participation.
Key Highlights - **1,000+ Registrations** from over 45 universities across India. - **Top Tracks**: Generative AI, Decentralized FinTech, Smart Healthcare, and Edge IoT. - **Grand Champions**: Team **"PANTUA"** awarded the ₹25,000 grand winner cash prize.
Mentored by software architects and engineers from leading tech companies, participants worked non-stop in the Satyendra Nath Bose laboratory arenas.
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