ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur

What ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur does

ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur is a non-profit, student-led research community affiliated with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and housed in the Computer Science & Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. Founded in 2021 and operating out of the IIT Jodhpur campus in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, the chapter serves undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students at IIT Jodhpur and members of partner engineering colleges in the region, offering a mix of academic and non-academic programming aimed at professional growth in computing. Activities are organized under a student executive body of approximately 20+ officers and volunteers led by a Faculty Advisor, with Chair-Person, Vice Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Chair, Webmasters, Social Media Head, Event Managers, Core Members, and Volunteers under the AY 2025-26 roster.

The chapter's "products" are community events rather than commercial software: inter-college coding competitions (Coding Mafia with JIET, Code Royale with Maulana Azad University, Bit vs Bit with MBM Engineering College), research-oriented webinars (Unveiling the Path: Navigating ML/DL Research), a speaker series (Mahalanobis Talk Series), an intra-college Tech Quiz, a Networking Night social mixer, and a school outreach program (Hour of Code for grades 7-9). Underlying technology is minimal — a static/markdown website (iitjsc.acm.org), social media channels, and Google Meet for webinars, with Skillenza co-powering the platform layer for Coding Mafia. No proprietary AI/ML models, datasets, APIs, or applications are disclosed.

The business model is non-revenue: the chapter explicitly operates as a non-profit community initiative rather than a commercial entity, with all events free for participants. Resources come from IIT Jodhpur's institutional support and in-kind contributions from partner colleges and Skillenza, with no pricing structure, no funding rounds, no commercial customers, and no parent-equity ownership beyond ACM's non-profit umbrella. Pricing details are not publicly disclosed because there is no fee structure.

Name

ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur

Legal name

ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur

Website

https://iitjsc.acm.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The ACM Student Chapter at IIT Jodhpur is a non-profit, student-led computing research community under ACM's global umbrella, hosting coding competitions, webinars, speaker series, and school outreach for IIT Jodhpur students and regional partner college participants in Rajasthan, India.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jodhpur

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: As a student chapter of ACM, the organization operates as a non-profit community initiative. Revenue generation is not a primary objective; activities are subsidized by institutional support from IIT Jodhpur and partnership collaborations with external institutions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The ACM Student Chapter at IIT Jodhpur operates as a student-led research community that organizes free educational activities for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral computing students. Its core offerings include coding competitions (Coding Mafia, Code Royale, Bit vs Bit), webinars on Machine Learning and Deep Learning research, a speaker series (Mahalanobis Talk Series), an Hour of Code outreach program for school students, technical quizzes, and networking mixers. All activities are delivered free of charge with certificates and recognition for participants.

Product overview

ACM Student Chapter IIT Jodhpur is a research community and student organization, not a commercial product company. The chapter operates as a unified platform under the ACM Student Chapter umbrella, providing activities across two categories: Academic Activities (research-oriented and career-building) and Non-Academic Activities (social and community-building). The portfolio includes Hour of Code (educational outreach), coding competitions (Coding Mafia, Code Royale, Bit vs Bit), webinars (Unveiling the Path), the Mahalanobis Talk Series, Tech Quiz, and Networking Night events.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Hour of Code A one-day awareness event to spread computer science literacy among school-going students in grades 7-9, featuring hands-on sessions on game development and cryptography followed by a quiz, with completion certificates for all participants.
• Coding Mafia A two-round competitive coding event organized in association with JIET and Skillenza, designed to challenge participants' coding abilities and creative problem-solving skills in Machine Learning and Data Structures & Algorithms. The event attracted 100+ participants from the Jodhpur region.
• Code Royale A two-round competitive coding event held in association with Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, evaluating participants' proficiency in Machine Learning and Data Structures & Algorithms, with certificates and prizes for top performers.
• Bit vs Bit A two-round competitive coding event organized in association with MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, challenging participants to showcase coding skills and demonstrate creative ability to solve complex programming problems in Machine Learning and Data Structures & Algorithms, with certificates and goodies for winners.
• Unveiling the Path: Navigating ML/DL Research A webinar helping students understand the research paradigm and access relevant resources in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, covering research methodology, resource access, and collaborative opportunities, delivered via Google Meet for remote participation.
• Networking Night A social mixer event for chapter officers and volunteers to connect, share ideas, and strengthen relationships within the chapter, held at The Harivedas, Jodhpur.
• Mahalanobis Talk Series A platform featuring distinguished speakers sharing insights on cutting-edge developments in computing across domains including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Cybersecurity.
• Tech Quiz An intra-college quiz competition based on Machine Learning and Data Structures & Algorithms fundamentals, conducted in two rounds with prizes for the top three winning teams, attracting 20+ teams from various departments at IIT Jodhpur.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organized 6+ major events including coding competitions, webinars, and workshops with participation from hundreds of students
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MBM Engineering College, JodhpurcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2023Association for Bit vs Bit coding competition held at MBM Engineering College. The event challenges participants in ML and DSA through questionnaire and coding rounds, with certificates and goodies for winners.
• Maulana Azad University, JodhpurcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2023Association for Code Royale coding competition evaluating coding skills and innovative problem-solving capabilities across ML and DSA domains.
• The Harivedas, JodhpurminorOthers · 15 January 2023Venue partner for Networking Night social mixer event providing space for chapter officers and volunteers to connect and strengthen relationships.
• Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology (JIET)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2022JIET serves as the host venue for Coding Mafia, an annual coding competition organized by the chapter. The partnership provides JIET students with opportunities to showcase coding skills and compete for internships at IIT Jodhpur. Skillenza co-powered the event as a platform partner.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HackerRank: HackerRank is a global technical assessment and competitive coding platform used by both students and employers. It directly competes with the chapter's coding competition activities while adding hiring and certification value that the chapter cannot provide.
• LeetCode: LeetCode is a global coding practice and competition platform heavily used by Indian engineering students for DSA and interview prep. It directly competes for the same student mindshare the chapter targets through its ML and DSA-focused coding competitions.
• HackerEarth: HackerEarth is an Indian-origin developer assessment and hackathon platform that organizes coding competitions for student communities and enterprises. Its hackathon and college chapter programs directly overlap with the chapter's competition and partner-college event model.
• CodeChef: CodeChef is a competitive programming platform widely used by Indian engineering students for coding competitions, DSA practice, and monthly contests. It directly parallels the chapter's coding competition activities (Coding Mafia, Code Royale, Bit vs Bit) but operates at national scale with structured leaderboards and prizes.
• Google Developer Student Clubs: GDSC is Google's global network of university-based student tech communities that run workshops, coding events, and learning circles on developer tools and technologies. It directly parallels the chapter's mission, event model, and student-led structure across hundreds of universities.
• Skillenza: Skillenza is a coding competition platform that co-powered the chapter's Coding Mafia event as a technology partner. It is directly comparable as a platform powering college-level coding competitions and is the chapter's most operationally similar peer.

Emerging players

• Coding Ninjas: Coding Ninjas is an Indian coding education company offering structured courses, bootcamps, and placement programs for engineering students. It overlaps with the chapter's skill-development mission but offers a paid, structured curriculum model rather than free community events.

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Computer Society: IEEE Computer Society is a parallel global professional society for computing professionals with student branches at universities worldwide. It is structurally comparable as a student-chapter-anchoring professional society in the computing field.
• GeeksforGeeks: GeeksforGeeks is a large Indian computer science portal offering tutorials, coding practice, courses, and campus ambassador programs. It operates at significantly larger scale than the chapter and overlaps on skill-development and community-building for Indian CS students.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): ACM is the global professional computing society and the chapter's parent organization, with 100,000+ members worldwide. It provides the brand, structure, and global network that the chapter draws upon while operating broader international programs and conferences.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acm-iitj

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Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

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