IIT Bombay Techfest 2011-2012 Events - 6th to 8th January 2012

Born in 1998, with the motto of promoting technology, scientific thinking and innovation, Techfest has passed 14 golden editions and today it is a body working for the betterment of society in general and students in particular under the patronage of UNESCO. With fierce competition amongst students from across India and abroad, display of cutting-edge technology, motivational speeches to inspire the youth, and workshops to sharpen their skills, Techfest today is a wholesome platform that students across India can look up to.

With various social initiatives, and campaigns like India Unmute, Techfest aims at grouping together the power of youth towards a better and a sustainable India.

Events this year are:

1. Ideate:

- Earth
- Elixir
- Inspire India
- Utkarsh

2. Competitions: International Robotics Challenge

3. Lectures

Techfest feels honoured to have been graced by the presence of the following lecturers and reaching out to the learning world earning huge appreciation:


  • Sir Harold Kroto [1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry]
  • Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam [Hon’ble Ex-President of India]
  • Michael Jones [Chief Technology Advocate, Google Founder, Google Earth]
  • Jimmy Wales [Founder, Wikipedia]
  • William Baker [Structural Engineer, Tallest Manmade Structure, Burj Khalifa]
  • Dr. Lyn Evans [Project Leader, Large Hadron Collider, CERN]
  • K. S. Pua [Inventor of Pen Drive]
There are many more events, not listed here.

You can register for the Techfest here: #-Link-Snipped-#

Replies

  • Ankita Katdare
    Ankita Katdare
    The problem statement of Nexus: Behind Enemy Lines has been released.


    Task


    Teams must build a maze solving autonomous bot that works purely on the principle of line following.

    The bot must be capable of carrying the white blocks from the starting position and deposit them in the two different zones in minimum possible time by avoiding nodes and moving through bridges and then returning back to the starting position.

    You can download the problem statement from here: #-Link-Snipped-#
  • Ankita Katdare
    Ankita Katdare
    Those of you who are attending the tech-fest in Jan 2012, can enlighten us with more updated in this thread.
    It would be interesting to watch this space.

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