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Inter-Batch Website Development Competition 2026

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SlashDot invited students across all batches of IISER Kolkata to participate in the Inter-Batch Website Development Competition 2026. The initiative served as a blueprint for the future of SlashDot, allowing the most innovative design elements, architectural patterns, and user experiences from the winning entries to be integrated into the Official SlashDot Website.

Competition Guidelines

As outlined in the Inter-Batch Website Development Competition Guidelines.pdf, participants were encouraged to build creative, technically sound websites that demonstrated thoughtful design, structured code, and innovative ideas.

  • Hosting & Technology: All projects were publicly hosted on GitHub and required a live deployment using GitHub Pages. There were no restrictions on technology stacks, allowing developers to utilize any modern framework.
  • Mandatory Requirements: Websites had to include specific sections (Homepage, About/Concept, Tech Stack, Team, and Contact) alongside correct integration of the IISER Kolkata and SlashDot logos.
  • Engineering Standards: The competition emphasized open-source development, reproducibility, and good engineering practices. If a project required backend services, clear setup instructions (like Docker/Podman configurations or automated scripts) were mandated.

Evaluation & "The Production Standard"

The objective was to evaluate entries not just as student projects, but as production-ready codebases. As detailed in the Jury Evaluation Guide.pdf, the judging panel prioritized engineering over prompting, seeking to reward original logic and clean, maintainable code over unedited AI-generated boilerplate.

Projects were scored out of 100 points based on a strict rubric:

  • Technical Quality & Engineering (30 pts): Evaluated bespoke components, custom logic, semantic HTML5, and modular script organization.
  • Mobile-First Design & UI/UX (25 pts): Tested for seamless transitions across desktop and touchscreens without layout breaks.
  • Maintainability & Documentation (20 pts): Rewarded content scalability (e.g., storing data in separate JSON/Markdown files rather than hard-coding) and professional Developer Guides.
  • Concept & Mandatory Content (15 pts): Measured the completeness of mandatory pages and how well the website communicated the vision of the SlashDot club.
  • Innovation & Performance (10 pts): Focused on fast loading speeds, optimized asset usage, and the implementation of unique technologies.

🏆 The Winners' Circle

After multiple deadline extensions and meticulous reviews by internal judge Dr. Dwaipayan Roy and external judge Anindo Neel Dutta, the final results were announced:

  • 1st Place / Overall Champions: Anuprovo Debnath (23MS)
  • 2nd Place: Sankhadeep Bera (25MS)
  • 3rd Place: Youktik Sajjan (22MS)

Special Category Awards

  • Audience Choice Award (Determined by highest public voting): Liyam Kamra and Anuprovo Debnath (Tie)
  • Critics Choice Award (Awarded for exceptional technical architecture and innovation): Sankhadeep Bera

In the spirit of open-source and fair play, the full evaluation metrics, jury guides, and detailed score sheets with judge feedback have been made publicly available via the resource links above.