Merge branch 'CodeChefVIT:staging' into staging

Author: edum0

README.md

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  <p align="center"><a href="https://www.codechefvit.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/4J9LXxS/cclogo.png" width=160 title="CodeChef-VIT" alt="Codechef-VIT"></a>
 </p>
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 <h2 align="center"> Papers </h2>
 <br/>
 
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 Before getting started, please ensure that the .env file is properly configured. The .env.example file has been provided for your reference, with examples of environment variables to be listed.
 
+## Developers
+Dev names and stats be seen in [github stats](https://github.com/CodeChefVIT/papers-codechef/graphs/contributors) page
+
+## Maintainers
+Our top maintainers, making sure the Database of papers is maintainered and upto-date.
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="center">
+      <a href="https://github.com/monami-somsaha">
+        <img src="https://github.com/monami-somsaha.png?size=200" width="140" height="140" alt="Monami Som Saha avatar" />
+      </a>
+      <br />
+      <b>Monami Som Saha</b>
+      <br />
+      <a href="https://github.com/monami-somsaha" title="GitHub: monami-somsaha">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/241/825/211/round-collaboration-social-github-code-circle-network-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="GitHub icon" />
+      </a>
+      <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/monami-somsaha" title="LinkedIn: Monami Som Saha">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/863/607/751/network-linkedin-social-connection-circular-circle-media-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="LinkedIn icon" />
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center">
+      <a href="https://github.com/Skywalker-organa">
+        <img src="https://github.com/Skywalker-organa.png?size=200" width="140" height="140" alt="Sanjana Shyamsundar avatar" />
+      </a>
+      <br />
+      <b>Sanjana Shyamsundar</b>
+      <br />
+      <a href="https://github.com/Skywalker-organa" title="GitHub: Skywalker-organa">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/241/825/211/round-collaboration-social-github-code-circle-network-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="GitHub icon" />
+      </a>
+      <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/sanjana-shyamsundar-156180332" title="LinkedIn: Sanjana Shyamsundar">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/863/607/751/network-linkedin-social-connection-circular-circle-media-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="LinkedIn icon" />
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center">
+      <a href="https://github.com/AqViolet">
+        <img src="https://github.com/AqViolet.png?size=200" width="140" height="140" alt="~Heet avatar" />
+      </a>
+      <br />
+      <b>Heet Jatnia</b>
+      <br />
+      <a href="https://github.com/AqViolet" title="GitHub: AqViolet">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/241/825/211/round-collaboration-social-github-code-circle-network-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="GitHub icon" />
+      </a>
+      <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/heet-jatania-4a1294275" title="LinkedIn: Heet Jatania">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/863/607/751/network-linkedin-social-connection-circular-circle-media-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="LinkedIn icon" />
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center">
+      <a href="https://github.com/samyamehta16">
+        <img src="https://github.com/samyamehta16.png?size=200" width="140" height="140" alt="Samya Mehta avatar" />
+      </a>
+      <br />
+      <b>Samya Mehta</b>
+      <br />
+      <a href="https://github.com/samyamehta16" title="GitHub: samyamehta16">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/241/825/211/round-collaboration-social-github-code-circle-network-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="GitHub icon" />
+      </a>
+      <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/samyamehta16" title="LinkedIn: Samya Mehta">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/863/607/751/network-linkedin-social-connection-circular-circle-media-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="LinkedIn icon" />
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center">
+      <a href="https://github.com/aarushi-patidar">
+        <img src="https://github.com/aarushi-patidar.png?size=200" width="140" height="140" alt="Aarushi Patidar avatar" />
+      </a>
+      <br />
+      <b>Aarushi Patidar</b>
+      <br />
+      <a href="https://github.com/aarushi-patidar" title="GitHub: aarushi-patidar">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/241/825/211/round-collaboration-social-github-code-circle-network-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="GitHub icon" />
+      </a>
+      <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/aarushi-patidar" title="LinkedIn: Aarushi Patidar">
+        <img src="http://www.iconninja.com/files/863/607/751/network-linkedin-social-connection-circular-circle-media-icon.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="LinkedIn icon" />
+      </a>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+
 ## License
 
 [![License](http://img.shields.io/:license-mit-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://badges.mit-license.org)

pull_request_template.md

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 Examples of a good PR - 
 
 https://github.com/CodeChefVIT/papers-codechef/pull/247
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+
+**Note:** Open all pull requests to `staging` branch