# Kaggle Wars 2024 Rule Book

ENTRY IN THIS COMPETITION CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES


###Kaggle Wars: Retail Analytics Challenge 2024

## 1. EVENT DETAILS
Date: November 16th, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Location: TIET
## 2. PRIZES
First Place: Rs 5,000
Second Place: Rs 2,500
Best Data Visualization: Rs 2,500
## 3. COMPETITION-SPECIFIC RULES

### 1. TEAM LIMITS
a. Maximum team size is three (3) members
b. No team mergers are allowed during the competition
c. Participants must register their teams by 13th Nov 2024

### 2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
a. Each team must submit exactly three (3) slides
b. Submissions must be in PowerPoint or PDF format
c. Maximum file size: 10MB
d. All submissions must be made through the official submission portal
e. No late submissions will be accepted

### 3. COMPETITION TIMELINE
9:00 AM: Competition starts
9:00 PM: Final submission deadline
November 17th: Initial screening
November 18th: Top 10 submissions shared with judges
November 25th: Winners announced

### 4. DATA ACCESS AND USE
1. No external data sources are permitted
2. Teams must maintain data confidentiality
3. Dataset may only be used for competition purposes

### 5. EVALUATION CRITERIA
Total Points: 100

### 6. ELIGIBILITY
a. Open to everyone
b. All team members must be registered students
c. Each participant can only be part of one team
d. Participants must be present for the entire competition duration

### 7. WINNER'S OBLIGATIONS
Winners must:
a. Present their findings if requested
b. Share their analysis methodology
c. Be present at the awards ceremony
d. Sign any required documentation

### 8. CODE OF CONDUCT
a. All work must be original
b. No sharing of solutions between teams
c. Maintain professional behavior throughout
d. Follow ethical data analysis practices

### 3. GENERAL TERMS
Organizers reserve the right to disqualify any team for rule violations
Judges' decisions are final
Winners may be featured in institutional communications
Participation implies consent for photography/videography
For questions or clarifications, contact:
Pranjal Kishor
pkishor_be22@thapar.edu, +91 85349 91977

Gopal Agarwal
gagarwal_be22@thapar.edu, +91 7266040123

a.) Best Insights from Data : In this challenge, participants will have to analyse the given dataset and uncover the best insights from it and club it with their own knowledge/research/intuition in order to aid the stakeholders in better decision making 

b.) Best Algorithmic Approach : In this challenge, participants have to train a model on the given dataset which would later be evaluated on another similar dataset. Here, the goal of the participants is to try different algorithms to increase accuracy and give the optimal. model

c.) Best Data Visualization : In this challenge, participants will have to showcase their data visualization skills in order to simplify the complex dataset through attractive and intricate visualizations, such that anyone can easily understand the crux of the data from it

Note: Any form of Plagiarism won't be allowed and would directly lead to disqualification 
In case of any disputes, the decision of the organizers would be final and binding on all