hi,

see in many university students get awards for achieving highest score in  4 years b.tech course. so it totally depends on the university scheme and their norms and regulation. now while studying 4 years b.tech course you may participate in technical fest and many programming challenges which organized by top mncs like accenture, google, microsoft, capgemini India  etc. so there  is ample opportunity you will get to participate in different challenging  academic excellence works.