diff --git a/app/listings/listings.controller.js b/app/listings/listings.controller.js
index 6f42e1103..feef90d51 100755
--- a/app/listings/listings.controller.js
+++ b/app/listings/listings.controller.js
@@ -30,15 +30,10 @@ import { loadUser } from '../services/userv3.service.js'
       vm.myChallenges = []
       loadUser().then(function(token) {
         handle = UserService.getUserIdentity().handle
-        // mock current user have this challenges
-        vm.myChallenges.push({'id':30056409})
-        vm.myChallenges.push({'id':30056067})
-        vm.myChallenges.push({'id':16870})
 
-        // update auth flag
+        // update auth flag and get challenges
         if(TcAuthService.isAuthenticated()) {
           getChallenges(handle)
-          $scope.userProps = { isAuth: true, myChallenges: vm.myChallenges }
         }
       }, function(error) {
         // do nothing, just show non logged in state of navigation bar
diff --git a/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade b/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
index 6a050a922..3da90e1cf 100644
--- a/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
+++ b/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 
   .challenges(id="challenges", ui-view="my-challenges")
 
+  .tco.tco17
+    .tc-banner-placeholder.cognitive
+      .container
+        .img
+        .description Learn about Cognitive technologies and get hands on experience as a member of the Topcoder Cognitive Community.
+        a(href="https://cognitive.topcoder.com").cta.tc-btn-white.tc-btn-radius Learn More
+
   .tco.tco17
     .tc-banner-placeholder.predix
       .subtitle Ready for the future? The Industrial Internet is here
@@ -19,9 +26,6 @@
       .subtitle The Ultimate Programming & Design tournament
       .description Earn your way to the USA!
       a(href="http://tco17.topcoder.com/").cta.tc-btn-white.tc-btn-radius Learn More
-
-  .tco
-    tc-banner(theme="black", banner-name="tco16")
     
   .srms(id="srms", ui-view="srms", ng-show="dashboard.showSRMs")
 
diff --git a/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss b/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss
index 980a64622..3cd03af54 100644
--- a/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss
+++ b/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss
@@ -239,4 +239,57 @@ $tco-color-dark: #ea690b;
     margin-left: -250px;
 }
 
+.tc-banner-placeholder.cognitive {
+  background-image: url(../../images/cognitive-home-hero.jpg);
+  background-size: cover;
+  height: 352px;
+  background-position: center 100%;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-color: #222222;
+  z-index: 1;
+  flex-direction: row;
+
+  .container {
+    width: 50%;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: flex-start;
+    margin-left: 37px;
+    height: 95%;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+
+    .img {
+      background-image: url(../../images/cognitive-home-hero-title.png);
+      background-size: 100%;
+      background-repeat: no-repeat;
+      background-position: center 100%;
+      height: 57px;
+      width: 75%;
+    }
+
+    .description {
+      color: $white;
+      margin: 0 30px 0 0;
+      font-size: 24px;
+      line-height: 29px;
+      text-align: left;
+      font-weight: 300;
+    }
+
+    .cta {
+      margin-top: 20px;
+    }
+
+    .tc-btn-white {
+      background-color: white;
+      color: #0096FF;
+      padding: 10px 20px;
+    }
+
+    .tc-btn-radius {
+      border-radius: 26px;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 
diff --git a/assets/images/cognitive-home-hero-title.png b/assets/images/cognitive-home-hero-title.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a281d23fa
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/cognitive-home-hero-title.png differ
diff --git a/assets/images/cognitive-home-hero.jpg b/assets/images/cognitive-home-hero.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ebda9a1f
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63161ef11..d043c86d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "appirio-styles": "0.x.x",
     "appirio-tech-ng-iso-constants": "^1.0.6",
     "appirio-tech-ng-ui-components": "^2.1.2",
-    "appirio-tech-react-components": "appirio-tech/react-components.git#cl-misc-fixes-2",
+    "appirio-tech-react-components": "appirio-tech/react-components.git#cl-misc-fixes-3",
     "auth0-angular": "^4.1.0",
     "auth0-js": "^6.8.0",
     "d3": "^3.5.14",