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terms and conditions (the "Terms
& Conditions")
shall apply to the contest. For the
purposes of these Terms and Conditions,
the term Microsoft, when used with reference
to a legal entity, shall mean Microsoft
Corporation India Private Limited and
include its Affiliates. An 'Affiliate'
means any legal entity owned or controlled
by Microsoft, which owns or controls
Microsoft or which is under common ownership
or control with Microsoft. The term
'ownership' means more than 50% direct
or indirect ownership/shareholding and
the term 'control' means direct or indirect
control of the management or the board
of directors. |
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The
contest is detailed below (the
"Contest") |
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Stage
I: The
Contest registrations shall
open on 1st of January 2006
and would comprise of three
online technical challenges
which shall be posted on
the URL www.code4bill.com
to be solved by the Participants.
The first two rounds shall
be qualifying rounds where
all the Participants scoring
above the cutoff marks move
to the next round. The top
10% based on the cumulative
scores at the end of round
three shall move to the
next stage. |
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Stage
II: The
top 10% Participants who
successfully solve the series
of online challenges in
the 1st stage of the Contest
shall now undergo face-to-face
interviews with an interview
panel comprising of Microsoft
executives. |
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Stage
III: The
short listed twenty (20)
Participants shall get an
opportunity to intern with
Microsoft India offices
as per the terms and conditions
of internship at Microsoft.
During the internship, the
Participants may be asked
to design and code solutions
for technical and, or, social
problems. Based on the feedback
from the Project Supervisor
and the scores obtained
post the final project presentation
to an evaluation panel appointed
by Microsoft, 5 of these
twenty participants shall
move to the last stage (stage
IV). Microsoft shall have
the right to film / print
and post the making / output
of these assignments, contest
stages online, or on television
or print. |
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Stage
IV: In
the final stage of the Contest,
the top five (5) Participants
will face a series of challenges
administered/conceived by
Bill Gates Technical Assistant.
Based on the scores obtained
at the end of this stage,
one out of these 5 contestants
shall be selected to work
with Bill Gates technical
team at Redmond, USA for
a period of one year. |
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The
Contest shall open on January
1, 2006 with registrations for
the Contest open from January
1, 2006 till January 18, 2006.
The top 20 Participants shall
be announced by Microsoft by March
15 2006. Microsoft can curtail
or extend the Contest duration,
as it deems necessary. |
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The
Contest is restricted to Indian
students studying in India. |
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The
following shall be eligible to
participate in the Contest ("Participant") |
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You
are an Indian student studying
in India. |
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You
are in the final or pre-final
year of a Bachelor’s degree
program (all streams) in
Engineering/Technology. |
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You
are in the final or pre-final
year of a Five-year Integrated
Master's degree program
or a Dual Degree program
in Engineering/Technology. |
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If
You already have a campus
offer from Microsoft You
are still eligible to participate
in this Contest. |
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You
will complete your graduation
/ dual degree latest by
August 30th 2006 (for final
year students) and August
30th 2007 (for pre final
year students). |
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You
will NOT
be entitled to participate if: |
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You
are not one of the above
(a, b, c, d, e). |
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You
are not studying in India. |
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You
are not a Student. |
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You
are an employee or agent
of Microsoft in India, or
its parent company Microsoft
Corporation, USA. |
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You
are a relative of a Microsoft
employee working on the
Code4Bill project. |
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A
Participant must ensure that his/her
duly filled up valid entry form(s)
is posted on the website on or
before 24.00
Hrs on
January 18 2006. Microsoft shall
not be responsible for any transit
losses of entry forms. An incomplete
on-line registration by a Participant
shall be rejected. |
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No
participation or other fee is
required to be paid for participating
in the Contest. |
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The
Participant agrees to provide
Microsoft current, complete and
accurate information. An incomplete
form by a Participant shall be
rejected. |
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Each
Participant shall be entitled
to submit only one (1) entry for
registration for the Contest.
Microsoft reserves the right to
reject any entry form without
assigning any reason thereof.
Any decision taken in this regard
shall be final and binding and
not subject to any dispute or
challenge. |
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The
Participants hereby waive all
rights and grant to Microsoft,
a royalty-free, non-exclusive,
perpetual worldwide license to
use and distribute the information
contained in the form and, or,
any submissions made in response
to the series of technical challenges,
in any and all media and in any
publication whether online, offline
or on the Internet. Microsoft
shall also be free to use any
ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
contained in such submissions
or materials for any purpose. |
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Microsoft
does not make any commitment,
express or implied, to respond
to any feedback, suggestion and,
or, queries of the Participants
or furnish reasons for inclusion
and, or, exclusion of any Participant
at any stage of the Contest. |
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Microsoft
may assign any or all of its rights
under these Terms and Conditions
to its Affiliates without consent
of the Participants. |
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Participation
in the Contest shall be construed
as an acceptance of the Terms
and Conditions stipulated herein.
Any breach or default by a Participant
of any of the Terms and Conditions
herein shall result in immediate
disqualification without notice. |
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The
Microsoft officials engaged in
the organization and management
of the Contest, including its
directors, officers, partners,
employees, consultants and agents
are under no obligation to render
any advice or service to any Participant
in respect of the Contest. |
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Any
attempt by a Participant to deliberately
damage any website or undermine
the legitimate operation of the
Contest is a violation of Criminal
and Civil Laws and should such
an attempt be made, Microsoft
reserves the right to seek damages
from any such Participant to the
fullest extent permitted by law. |
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The
winner of the Contest ("Winner")
shall get an opportunity to be
a part of Bill Gates' Technical
Assistance Team at Redmond for
a period of one (1) year (subject
to processing of a valid visa
which the Winner has to apply
for and obtain directly from the
embassy of the United States of
America in India) ("Prize").
The travel costs shall be borne
by Microsoft along with a stipend
to cover the living expenses of
the Winner. |
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The
selection of the Winner from amongst
the Participants shall be done
in the manner set forth at paragraph
A 1 above. |
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The
Winner shall have seven (7 days
from date of notification of his/her
selection to respond at the notified
place. Failure to respond within
this period shall result in forfeiture
of the Prize. |
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The
name of the Winner shall be announced
through the site www.code4bill.com.
The Winner shall also be informed
by mail (e-mail or normal post).
However, there shall be no liability
on Microsoft in the event such
mail does not reach the Winner
on any account whatsoever. |
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The
decision on the Winner selected
by Microsoft shall be final and
binding and no correspondence
or communication shall be entertained
in this regard. |
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Microsoft
or its Affiliates shall be entitled
to use, in any manner, the name,
photographs and other details
of the Winner or any other participating
person, likeness and status in
any publication. By participating
in the Contest, all Participants
hereby agree to the same. Microsoft
may, at its discretion, choose
not to disclose the identity of
the Winner to other Participants. |
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The
Winner should have successfully
completing their graduation /
post graduation latest by August
30, 2006 (final year students)
and August 30, 2007 (pre-final
year students). |
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The
Prize shall neither be transferable
nor exchangeable for cash or otherwise. |
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Since
the Prize may involve travel,
the Winner shall be responsible
for procuring all applicable visa
and other permissions required
for travel. |
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Taxes
and other levies imposed by any
relevant applicable government
or tax authority that may be levied
or incurred on the Prize shall
be fully borne by the Winner. |
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Subject
to any applicable law: |
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All
warranties of any kind whatsoever,
whether express or implied,
are hereby expressly disclaimed
by Microsoft including,
but not limited to, meeting
of the Participant's requirements
or aspirations, timeliness,
security, the results or
reliability of any Contest,
or the delivery, quality,
or non infringement in respect
of any services, benefits
or awards acquired or obtained
through the Contest or any
transactions effected through
the Contest; |
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The
Participant expressly agrees
that his/her participation
in the Contest offered by
Microsoft is at the Participant's
sole risk and is governed
by the Terms and Conditions
herein; |
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No
advice or information whether
by representations, oral,
written or pictorial derived
from the website or through
the Contest shall be construed
to mean the giving of any
warranty of any kind by
Microsoft; and |
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Participation
or selection in the Contest
or winning the Prize shall
not be construed as an offer
of employment with Microsoft. |
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Nothing
in the Contest shall affect any
intellectual property rights of
Microsoft in any product or service,
which may be the subject matter
of the Contest. |
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All
perpetual and worldwide intellectual
property rights, including any
copyright in the applications
developed by the Participants
and, or, their submissions, feedback,
material and the like shall be
owned by Microsoft. Microsoft
shall be entitled to exploit the
same in any manner whatsoever. |
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The
Contest shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the
laws of India. Any disputes, differences
and, or, any other matters in
relation to and arising out of
the Contest and, or, pertaining
to the rules and regulations and,
or, the Terms and Conditions shall
be referred to arbitration under
the Arbitration & Conciliation
Act, 1996. The arbitral tribunal
shall consist of a sole arbitrator
to be appointed by Microsoft.
The venue of arbitration shall
be New Delhi. |
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The
Participant undertakes to indemnify
and keep Microsoft harmless and
indemnified against any loss,
damage, claims, costs and expenses
which may be incurred or suffered
by Microsoft due to breach of
any Terms and Conditions contained
herein by the Participant and,
or, arising from the participation
of the Participant in the Contest
including any third party claims
for infringement of intellectual
property rights. |
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In
addition to these Terms and Conditions,
other specific terms may be imposed
by Microsoft any time to deal
with any unforeseen situation.
Microsoft also reserves the absolute
right to change the Terms and
Conditions contained herein and,
or, any other rules and regulations
in respect of the Contest at any
time without any notice, without
assigning any reason and without
any liability whatsoever. Participants
are requested to refer to such
other terms and conditions, if
any, which may be displayed on-line
or intimated separately as Microsoft
considers fit. However, no obligation
is cast on Microsoft to separately
intimate each individual Participant
with regard to such additional
terms and conditions. |
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Microsoft
also reserves the right to withdraw
the Contest at any stage without
any liability whatsoever to the
Participant and, or, anyone. |
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are some of the questions that the code4bill contestants
answered. How about trying your hand at them? |
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Multiply
14332 represented in base -7 with 16430 represented
in base -8 and represent the output in base -9. |
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An array
contains 9 occurrences of 0s, 8 occurrences of 1s and
7 occurrences of 2s in any order. The array is to be
sorted using only swap operations. What is the minimum
number of swaps needed in the worst case to sort the
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You are given an infinite number of cookie boxes containing either 6, 9 or 400 cookies. You are allowed to use these boxes in any combination so desired. What is the maximum number of cookies that you cannot give out using the above boxes? |
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