// INITIATING APAROKSHA
ABOUT APAROKSHA
Aparoksha isn't just another tech fest — it's a real test of your skills. Whether you're cracking challenges in the CTF, building smart predictive models in Ex-Machina, or battling it out in the Coding Premier League, this is where the best minds come to push their limits. So, are you ready to play?
EVENT TIMELINE
Day -1 (16 April)
Cicada
8:30pm - 4:00am (next day)
Its a whole night treasure hunt like event where clues will be placed at different physical spots, the participants will begin with a challenge and upon solving it they will be guided to a physical spot where they will find the clue for the next problem. The team completing all the challenges or with the maximum points will win.
Day 0 (17 April)
Cicada
4:00am (Ending)
Inauguration & Industry Interaction Conclave
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Techno-management Industry Leadership Conclave, Department of Management Studies. Includes: Fireside chat, Audience interaction, Startup pitching. A holistic event combining technology, management, innovation, and industry interaction.
Technomanagement Quiz & Mr. Googler
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Android quiz combined with the Technomanagement quiz.
III 5.0 Hackathon Presentation
8:00pm - 10:00pm
IIITA Coding League
10:30pm - 12:30am
Only the finale is during APK. 2 hrs duration. Auction and league matches will be done beforehand and format is similar to IPL — money used in auctions will be virtual. In a match between 2 teams in each round, both teams will send their one player who will compete in a coding duel. Team size 4 with 1 girl mandatory; after 4 rounds the team with more wins gets a point.
CTF
10:00pm onwards
CTF is a cybersecurity competition where players solve independent puzzles across categories like Web, Crypto, and Reverse Engineering to find hidden "flags." Each challenge is worth a specific number of points, often decreasing in value as more teams solve them (dynamic scoring). The team with the highest points wins.
Day 1 (18 April)
PokerBots
10:00am - 12:00pm
PokerBots is an algorithmic competition where participants develop autonomous agents for a custom poker variant, focusing on probabilistic modeling, game-theoretic strategies, and decision-making under uncertainty. Bots compete in structured matches, requiring efficient algorithms, opponent modeling, and optimal policy design.
Brand Sprint
10:00am - 1:30pm
A fast-paced MBA event where teams develop and pitch a complete brand strategy under a tight deadline.
Lang Challenge
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Participants will learn and use a new coding language on the spot.
Meme Marketing War
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Speaker Session - Striver
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Keynote session featuring Striver (Raj Vikramaditya), renowned competitive programmer and educator.
Speaker Session - Vivek Gupta
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Ex-Machina
7:00pm onwards
Ex-Machina is a flagship Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence competition under Aparoksha, the annual technical festival of IIIT Allahabad. It features Kaggle-style, team-based challenges where participants work on real-world datasets to build, optimize, and evaluate predictive models. The event typically includes multiple phases and focuses on data analysis, algorithm design, and AI modeling.
Geneticx & Virtuosi Performance
9:00pm - 10:15pm
Movie Nights
10:30pm - 1:30am
Day 2 (19 April)
CFresh
10:00am - 1:30pm
CFresh is a competitive programming contest under Aparoksha exclusively for first-year students, where participants solve algorithmic problems within a fixed time on an online judging platform. It focuses on testing coding accuracy, efficiency, and logical thinking, providing freshers with real contest experience and a strong introduction to competitive programming.
CodeRed
10:00am - 1:30pm
CodeRed by Aparoksha is a team-based coding contest with timed member rotations. Each participant codes within fixed intervals, handing off solutions during transition windows. Teams are ranked by the number of accepted solutions.
TEDx
2:30pm - 6:00pm
ECE Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Rangtarangni
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Band Performance - Ishan Vox
9:00pm (till end)