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In July 2013, Directi launched the "Code-Chef for Schools" program to encourage school students to participate in programming. 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
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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. In July of that year, the organization
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In addition to monthly coding contests, CodeChef has initiatives for schools, colleges and women in competitive programming. It has 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.
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After failing to reach profitability, Unacademy announced it would retain a 30% stake in CodeChef while returning the remaining equity to the company's founding team to support further growth.
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Most parts of CodeChef are available without charge, but the more advanced features require a monthly subscription. CodeChef competes with similar Ed-Tech companies such as
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In November 2017, the first Code-Chef Certification exam was conducted. By 2018, the organization launched CodeChef for Business to target technology enterprises.
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Starting 2023, CodeChef operates as an independent company owned and run by its independent management team and employees.
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is an online educational and competitive programming platform. It began as an educational initiative in 2009 by
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introduced the "Go for Gold" initiative, enabling Indian teams to excel at the world finals of the
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such as problem analysis, algorithm and data structure design, programming, and testing.
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In 2020, its ownership was changed from Directi to Unacademy.
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Index


Competitive programming
Founder(s)
Bhavin Turakhia
Software
Parent
Unacademy
www.codechef.com
Directi
LeetCode
HackerRank
SPOJ
Topcoder
International Collegiate Programming Contest
"After hiving off CodeChef, Unacademy cuts 12% staff"
"Directi launches CodeChef for Indian school kids"
"CodeAcademy review"
"Directi Enhances Software Collaboration Through CodeChef"
"2-day ICP contest to begin at CSJM University today"
"Directi launches CodeChef for Indian school =Business Standard India"
"Unacademy acquires non-profit coding platform CodeChef"
"Bhavin Turakhia's CodeChef Splits From Unacademy"
Categories
Programming contests
Indian educational websites

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