Archive · 17 Dec 2025
Lam Research Announces 2025 Collegiate Challenge Winners
Lam Research, a big company that makes tools for computer chips, just finished its second yearly contest called the Lam Research Challenge.
This contest is for college students in India who love solving tricky engineering problems.
This year, almost 7000 students from 474 colleges in 24 states joined.
The winners got cash prizes and even got offers for internships at Lam Research.
The first prize went to a team from Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology.
The contest helps students learn how to use their engineering skills to solve real-world problems in the computer chip industry.
Lam Research also has other programs to help students learn more about making computer chips, like virtual training courses.
Lam Research announced the winners of its annual Lam Research Challenge 2025, a systems engineering competition for college students in India.
The first prize was awarded to a team from Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, with teams from IIT Guwahati and NIT Calicut securing second and third places respectively.
The challenge attracted nearly 7000 participants from 474 colleges across 24 states, focusing on solving real-world engineering problems in the semiconductor industry.
Winners received cash prizes totaling 10 lakh INR, with some participants offered exclusive internships at Lam India.
The competition is part of Lam Research's broader initiative to build a pipeline of technical talent for the growing semiconductor industry in India.
- Who
- Students from various Indian colleges
- What
- Annual Lam Research Challenge 2025
- When
- 2025 (exact date not specified)
- Where
- India
- Why
- To foster innovation and talent in the semiconductor industry
- Event
- Lam Research Challenge 2025
- First Prize Winners
- Ashish Negi, Shivam Kumar Jha, Swayam Bansal, Sai Tejaswi (Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology)
- Second Prize Winners
- Anubhav Anand, Anumula Bharath Kumar, Daksh Sambhare, Smit Kadu (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati)
- Third Prize Winners
- Harshan J, Mohammed Rehan Tadpatri, Thareesh Prabakaran, Thiruchalvan Thiyagarajan (National Institute of Technology, Calicut)
- Participants
- 7000 students from 474 colleges across 24 states
- Total Cash Prizes
- 10 lakh INR
- Organizer
- Lam Research Corp.
- Focus Area
- Systems engineering in semiconductor equipment manufacturing