Schedule

Important Dates Registration Starts Tuesday, February 8th Qualification Round Sunday, February 27th Championship Round Saturday, March 26th

Rs. 16,00,000 in Cash Prizes! 1st Place - Rs. 3,00,000 2nd Place - Rs. 2,00,000 3rd Place - Rs. 1,25,000 4th Place - Rs. 75,000 5th Place - Rs. 50,000 6th to 50th Place will share Rs. 8,50,000 Learn more

Qualification Rounds
The top 500 scorers from the Qualification Round will be eligible to compete in Round 1 of the India Code Jam 2005.

Round	Date and Time*	# of Participants	# of Advancers
Qualification Round	9:00 AM through 9:00 PM Sunday, February 27	All eligible members	500
*NOTE: All times are India Standard Time

Online Elimination Round
Everyone who competes in Round 1 must log in to the TopCoder Competition Arena no later than ten minutes prior to the start of the online round. The start time will be communicated as India Standard Time. If a coder does not participate, for any reason, in the online round, it will be treated as an automatic loss in that round of competition.

Round	Date and Time*	# of Participants	# of Advancers
Online Round 1	Saturday, March 5th Register: 9:00 AM START: 12:00 PM (noon) DURATION: Approx. 2 hours	500	50
NOTE: All times are India Standard Time. In the event that the online round must be cancelled for any reason, the "raindate" will be the following day at the same time.

Onsite Championship Round
Up to 50 coders will compete in the Championship Round being held onsite in Bangalore, India. Each finalist is responsible for arriving in Bangalore to compete.

Round	Date and Time*	# of Participants	# of Advancers
Championship Round	Saturday, March 26th START: 9:00 AM DURATION: Approx. 2.5 hours	50	n/a
*NOTE: All times are India Standard Time. The time of the onsite round is subject to change.

To find out more detailed information about the Google India Code Jam 2005, including a list of the prizes, please read the Terms and Conditions.