Yahoo! Hack comes to Hyderabad

250 best developers in India to fight it out in the 24-hour hackathon.

Yahoo! India R&D on Friday announced the sixth edition of Yahoo! Hack India,which will be held in Hyderabad on July 13-14.

This will be Yahoo!s first hack event in India hosted outside Bangalore,where the company has its second largest R&D center.

This year will see two external hack events by Yahoo! in India,one in Hyderabad and another in Bangalore later in the year.

The event brings together programmers,developers,designers from across the industry,start ups and students from the top tech universities in India. Over 1,000 developers from across 20 states in India signed up to participate in the Hyderabad event,of which 250 best hackers have been selected after an entry-level coding challenge.

These hackers will now participate in the two-day event which brings forth a series of technical workshops,followed by a nonstop 24-hour coding Hackathon.