CodeChef

CodeChef is an online educational platform and competitive programming community of global programmers. CodeChef started as an educational initiative in 2009 by Directi, an Indian software company. In 2020, it became owned by Unacademy.

CodeChef
Type of site
Competitive programming
FoundedSeptember 2009
Headquarters
Bangalore
,
India
Founder(s)Bhavin Turakhia
IndustrySoftware
ParentUnacademy
URLwww.codechef.com

After failing to reach profitability, Unacademy said it would retain a 30% stake in CodeChef while returning the remaining equity to the company’s founding team to grow further and decided to hive it off. [1]

Along with monthly coding contests for the community, Code-Chef has initiatives for schools, colleges and women in competitive programming.[2] It hosted the India regionals of the ICPC for college students, as well as for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), for school students in India.

Most parts of CodeChef are available without charge, but the more advanced features require a monthly subscription. [3] CodeChef competes with similar Ed-Tech companies like LeetCode, HackerRank, SPOJ, PrepInsta Prime, Topcoder.

History

In 2010, Directi launched Code-Chef to help programmers improve their problem-solving skills through active participation in programming contests. The goal was to strengthen problem-solving skills by fostering friendly competition and community engagement.[4]

In July 2010, the organization launched the "Go for Gold" initiative, enabling Indian teams to excel at the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (formerly known as ACM-ICPC).[5]

In July 2013, it inaugurated the "Code-Chef for Schools" program to foster programming talent in school students. The initiative hopes to enable Indian students to excel at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). The competition requires contestants to show necessary IT skills such as problem analysis, algorithm and data structure design, programming, and testing.[6]

In November 2017, the first Code-Chef Certification exam was conducted. I 2018, the organization launched CodeChef for Business to target technology enterprises.

In 2020, its ownership was changed from Directi (founded by Bhavin Turakhia) to Unacademy (Gaurav Munjal, CEO).[7]

References
  1. Shah, Sneha (2023-03-31). "After hiving off CodeChef, Unacademy cuts 12% staff". mint. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  2. Saraswathy, M. (2013-07-30). "Directi launches CodeChef for Indian school kids". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. "CodeAcademy review". PC magazine. August 5, 2021. Retrieved Jan 15, 2021.
  4. "Directi Enhances Software Collaboration Through CodeChef-Business News , Firstpost". 9 September 2009.
  5. "2-day ICP contest to begin at CSJM University today". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 30 December 2019.
  6. Saraswathy, M. (2013-07-30). "Directi launches CodeChef for Indian school =Business Standard India". Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  7. "Unacademy acquires non-profit coding platform CodeChef". 18 June 2020.
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