Opportunity brief
About Kurukshetra CTF
- Organized by: Department of CSE (AI & ML), Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune In association with: AiMSA & IEEE
- Event Type: Two-round Cybersecurity & AI Challenge
- Prize Pool: ₹20,000
Team Guidelines
- Team size: 2–4 members
- Intercollege teams allowed
- Valid Student ID Card mandatory for all participants
- No individual can be part of multiple teams
- Team composition is final once registered
- Participants must bring their own laptops
- Use of AI/LLM tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) is permitted
Round 1: LLM Jailbreak (Online)
- Date: Saturday, 3rd October
- Time: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Extract a hidden key from three RAG-based LLMs using creative prompting. No prior AI/LLM experience needed — this round tests how well you can craft prompts to bypass a model's restrictions. Scoring is based on speed and accuracy.
- Only the top 20 teams on the leaderboard qualify for Round 2.
Round 2: Capture The Flag (Offline)
- Date: Sunday, 11th October
- Venue: Architecture Hall, PCCOE
Schedule:
Time
Event
9:00 AM
Reporting & ID Verification
9:30 AM
Final Call (latecomers disqualified)
10:00 AM
CTF Begins
4:45 PM
Final Submission
6:00 PM
CTF Ends
Spread across 10 domains, each with 2–3 sub-questions to be solved in sequence. Covers logic, decoding, file/website analysis, and core cybersecurity concepts — beginner-friendly with increasing difficulty.
Key Rules
- All queries only via official Kurukshetra CTF channels
- Any attempt to manipulate results/bypass evaluation → immediate disqualification
- Judges' decisions are final; no appeals
- Winners announced only if minimum score threshold is met
- Rules/timelines subject to change at organizers' discretion