About Code Warriors
Code Warriors is the name of the computer technology club of Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj. The club was started by Arun Darlie Koshy in 1997. Membership, at that time was limited, with hardly 4-5 members in the group. However, these few gave good competition to other clubs, although still in the learning process. By the end of 1998 the Code Warriors began to show their talent, and had started winning at many events. The real boost though came in 1999, when the Exun 1999 trophy, probably the most coveted in Delhi at that time, came to DPS Vasant Kunj. Year 2001 saw 8 Code Warriors clearing the National Informatics Olympiad, with one clearing the exam and going to represent India in the International Informatics Olympiad held in Korea. The first intra-school Code Wars was also organized this year, bringing new talent to the fore. Since then, the Code Warriors have never looked back, winning event after event, bringing laurels to the school, not to mention 30+ overall trophies and 1000+ individual awards. Code Warriors not only go for competitions (and win them), but have also made many software and services, like N-CryptIt. They also form the core team which started MapMyIndia.com, a service which now powers Yahoo! Maps India.
The recent years have probably been the most eventful in the
history of the Code
Warriors, with the team dominating the inter-school
technology symposium circuit in Delhi. We were the overall
winners at Exun 2007 (sponsored by Pavna Computers), overall winners at
WarP 2007 (sponsored by Samsung), overall winners at Agnel Talent Fest
2007 (sponsored by Career Launcher and Penguin Books India), overall
winners Exun 2006 (sponsored by Hewlett-Packard) – apart from
other overall runners-up positions and outstanding achievements in many
more events.
Code Wars is the annual computer technology symposium conducted the Code Warriors, and has widely been accepted to be one of the most coveted events of the year. Code Wars is known for the intense competition, and has some of the most innovative events.
The Code Warriors continue on their path to success even today...
| Trivia: The official font of the Code Warriors (that's the wacky one we use in our logo and printed material and other stuff) is Jokerman - which also happens to be a song by Bob Dylan. |
Timeline
| 1997-98 | Code Warriors founded by Arun Darlie Koshy. Code Warriors begin to participate and win a number of individual prizes. |
| 1999 | The group wins Exun 1999, and also performs well at Access 1999, Modem 1999 and many others. |
| 2000 | 4 overall trophies; including Exun 2000, Warp 2000, Modem: Millennial, Brother Aloysius Computer Symposium. |
| 2001 | 3 overall trophies at - Exun 2001, Matrix 2001, and Access 2001; with second runners-up at Modem 2001 and Agnel Talent Fest 2001. |
| 2002 | Overall trophies at Cyberfest, Modem 2002; runners up at Access 2002, Apeejay Noida. First Code Wars. |
| 2003 | Overall winners at Access 2003, Code 2003; runners up at Exun 2003, Modem 2003. Second Code Wars. |
| 2004 | Overall winners at Exun 2004, Modem 2004, Techedge 2004, Connect 2004; runners up at Access 2004. Third Code Wars. |
| 2005 | Overall winners at Minet 2005, Code 2005, Espice 2005; overall third at FORCE Fest 2005. Fourth Code Wars. |
| 2006 | Overall winners at Exun 2006, Dynamix 2006, Roboknights 2006, and St. Mary's School; runners up at FORCE Fest 2006. Fifth Code Wars. |
| 2007 | Overall winners at Matrix-Ecomm 2007, Agnel Talent Fest 2007, WarP 2007, Exun 2007, and Dynamix 2007; Runners Up at Access 2007. Sixth Code Wars. |
| 2008 |
Overall winners at eSpice 2008, Gateway 2008; overall
runners-up at Modem 2008. Seventh Code Wars. |
