{"id":8181,"date":"2026-07-16T18:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=8181"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:39:25","slug":"byteblaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/byteblaze\/","title":{"rendered":"ByteBlaze\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ByteBlaze 2026<\/strong> is an intense, high-octane 12-hour offline innovation sprint organized by <strong>SIMATS Engineering<\/strong> (Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrying the core operational directive <em>&#8220;Hack. Build. Blaze,&#8221;<\/em> this hackathon is engineered to strip away bureaucratic delays and focus purely on raw product execution. 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