Want to be India's first Tech Idol? Try your luck!

Here's an opportunity to win the title of India's first Tech Idol.

If you are the best developer and ready to take up a challenge, Gild.com offers you a great opportunity to prove your mettle.

Sponsored by Oracle and Mingle box, Tech Idol is the biggest competition in search for India's best developer.

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Founded in September 2010, Gild.com offers developers a chance to build share and compare their skill profiles.

It has begun a nationwide hunt for India's greatest developer.

The top developers, assessed by Gild evaluation methods, will progress through each round to compete for the grand prize comprising of a week-long trip to Silicon Valley, USA and receive special tutorials from some eminent technology professionals.

Focusing on 'what you know' rather than 'who you know' the competition emphasizes that skills also matter, and not merely schools or qualifications. Tests need to be answered in any major programming language.

Manjunath Ramesh, managing director, Gild-India, said, "While professional networking is important, skills are even more important. Gild wishes to bring back the focus on talent, which alone, regardless of one's academic pedigree or networking, can ensure that anyone can become India's Tech Idol."

Participants can register for the competition by logging on to tech-idol.com

Following is the schedule of the competition:

Round 1: 5th Sept to 16th Sept, 2011

Round 2: 19th Sept to 25th Sept, 2011

Round 3: 28th Sept to 5th Oct, 2011