KLU organises ‘AI BUILD 2026’ hackathon

Students from 75-plus engineering colleges took part in the event. The KLU team comprising Seshma Muddana, Syed Mastan Vali and Shravya Lankapalli emerged as the winners.

DNR College of Engineering & Technology, Bhimavaram, team—Sivangi Rama Raju, Boddu Venu Madhav, Salapu Kalyani Durga, and Botta Srinivasu; and Vignan’s Nirula Institute of Technology and Science for Women, Guntur, team—M. Nandini Lakshmi, Avula Jaya Lakshmi, and P.

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The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM) - Kurnool team members—Sujal Negi and C.R. Vaishnavi; and Nadimpalli Satyanarayana Raju Institute of Technology, Visakhapatnam, team—Palli Achutha Rao, Pratik Patel, and M.

• The KL University (KLU), ASSOCHAM and 42 Learn, a leading talent and skilling platform have jointly organised ‘AI BUILD 2026’, an industry-led AI Engineering Challenge, at the KLU in Vijayawada on Monday (August 10.

• Following the assessments, the top 1,000 students were selected to participate in the “AI BUILD 2026 Hackathon”, where they worked on real-world industry problem statements across Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and emerging.

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Chaitanya Murthy—were the second runners-up.

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