Build.Create.Inspire.
India's fastest growing student developer community. Founded 2022 at SNIST. We bridge academic learning and industry.
Our growing community
Events, hackathons, and real moments — all captured here.
We are a community of
🎓Members across India
and growing every semester
hackathons & meetups
hands-on sessions
Moments that matter
Events, workshops, hackathons — captured as they happened.
Built by students,
for students
The Student Developers Community (SDC) was established in 2022 at SNIST, founded by Mr. Chandrashekhar M — a SNIST alumnus passionate about bridging academic and industry worlds.
Today, SDC unites 5000+ members with a growing national footprint under SDC INDIA — collaborating with Microsoft, GDSC, PyCon, Hack This Fall and more.
Bridge the gap between academic learning and industry.
India's largest and most impactful student developer community.
Hackathons that turn into portfolios, internships, and full-time roles.
From SNIST to SDC INDIA — a growing movement.
Core values
- →Open and inclusive learning environment
- →Real-world, hands-on exposure beyond classroom theory
- →Peer collaboration over competition
- →Industry-aligned skill building with mentorship
- →National-level event partnerships and exposure
What's coming next
HACK FOR HYDERABAD Edition 1
A National Level Hackathon that brings together developers nationwide to collaborate, innovate, and build impactful solutions addressing real-world challenges through technology.
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What we've built
What students say
“SDC's hackathon helped me build a project that landed me a SWE internship at a Bangalore startup. Best community I've been part of.”
“Won my first hackathon here. The mentorship and peer support was unlike anything else. Now I lead a 20-person team at my college.”
“The AI/ML workshops were super practical. Directly applied what I learned and got a research internship at an IIT lab.”
“Found my startup co-founder at an SDC event. We raised our first funding six months later. This community changes lives.”
“The open-source mentorship helped me get my first PR merged into a 10k-star repo. SDC made open source feel accessible.”
“Best developer community in Hyderabad — bar none. Events are practical, networking is genuine, and the energy is electric.”
“Before SDC I had zero idea how to build real projects. After two hackathons I had a portfolio that impressed every interviewer.”
“The speakers at SDC events are working professionals who actually want to help students. I got a referral that changed everything.”
“SDC's hackathon helped me build a project that landed me a SWE internship at a Bangalore startup. Best community I've been part of.”
“Won my first hackathon here. The mentorship and peer support was unlike anything else. Now I lead a 20-person team at my college.”
“The AI/ML workshops were super practical. Directly applied what I learned and got a research internship at an IIT lab.”
“Found my startup co-founder at an SDC event. We raised our first funding six months later. This community changes lives.”
“The open-source mentorship helped me get my first PR merged into a 10k-star repo. SDC made open source feel accessible.”
“Best developer community in Hyderabad — bar none. Events are practical, networking is genuine, and the energy is electric.”
“Before SDC I had zero idea how to build real projects. After two hackathons I had a portfolio that impressed every interviewer.”
“The speakers at SDC events are working professionals who actually want to help students. I got a referral that changed everything.”
“The open-source mentorship helped me get my first PR merged into a 10k-star repo. SDC made open source feel accessible.”
“Best developer community in Hyderabad — bar none. Events are practical, networking is genuine, and the energy is electric.”
“Before SDC I had zero idea how to build real projects. After two hackathons I had a portfolio that impressed every interviewer.”
“The speakers at SDC events are working professionals who actually want to help students. I got a referral that changed everything.”
“SDC's hackathon helped me build a project that landed me a SWE internship at a Bangalore startup. Best community I've been part of.”
“Won my first hackathon here. The mentorship and peer support was unlike anything else. Now I lead a 20-person team at my college.”
“The AI/ML workshops were super practical. Directly applied what I learned and got a research internship at an IIT lab.”
“Found my startup co-founder at an SDC event. We raised our first funding six months later. This community changes lives.”
“The open-source mentorship helped me get my first PR merged into a 10k-star repo. SDC made open source feel accessible.”
“Best developer community in Hyderabad — bar none. Events are practical, networking is genuine, and the energy is electric.”
“Before SDC I had zero idea how to build real projects. After two hackathons I had a portfolio that impressed every interviewer.”
“The speakers at SDC events are working professionals who actually want to help students. I got a referral that changed everything.”
“SDC's hackathon helped me build a project that landed me a SWE internship at a Bangalore startup. Best community I've been part of.”
“Won my first hackathon here. The mentorship and peer support was unlike anything else. Now I lead a 20-person team at my college.”
“The AI/ML workshops were super practical. Directly applied what I learned and got a research internship at an IIT lab.”
“Found my startup co-founder at an SDC event. We raised our first funding six months later. This community changes lives.”
We partner with
Communities and organisations that have hosted, sponsored, or partnered with SDC events.
✦ SDC INDIA
SDC UNIVERSE
A growing constellation of student developers, innovators, and creators shaping India's tech future — one hackathon at a time.
Ready to build something extraordinary?
Host an event at your college, join an upcoming hackathon, or just say hi. We'd love to hear from you.