Techfest 2013 IIT Bombay - 3rd-5th January : A Look At The Events Planned

Ankita Katdare

Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 22, 2024
Like every year, IIT Bombay will be organizing Techfest 2013 between 3rd to 5th January, which is just a few months away from now. With a super-looking website already up, we get a glimpse of what all events can be expected from the event in this academic session. The broad categories for the events are - Initiatives, Ideate, Competitions, Workshops, Lectures, Exhibitions, Technoholix and Ozone.

Under the competitions category - we have:
"International Robotics Challenge" or IRC. The qualifying rounds for IRC will be held in all participating countries - Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia,Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE. Winners of each of these country legs will get direct entry into: International Robotics Challenge Grand Finale to be held during Techfest at IIT Bombay. If you are going be a participant here, you have chances of winning prizes worth INR 4,50,000.

Another such category is TechOlympics, which holds 4 genres Line Following, Aqua Robotics, Aeromodeling and Coding.
We all remember the entrance of Aamir Khan (Rancho) in the famous movie 3 Idiots, and the comment that follows from R. Madhavan (Farhan) is: "8th Standard Physics. Humne padha tha, saale ne apply kiya. (All of us had studied it, but he implemented it!)". And its Ranchos like these who can simply ace this segment i.e. 'Dimensions'

In the 'Xtreme Machines' Competition - you have two events: Robowars: Fatal Combat & Full Throttle Unleashed. For programmers, you have the 'Code Czar' event that includes: TechOlympics - Programm -able, Browser-X, Hack-Tricks and Zero<1>.

Exhibitions are another feature of the event that engineers look forward to!

Exhibitions are an amalgamation of the past, the present and most importantly the future. Its not just for the yound budding minds of engineers and prospective engineers but it also gratifies the old and young alike. It has seen it all starting from world’s most advanced robots to life size bone structure of prehistoric animals to art exhibits from world renowned art organizations. With thePR-2 robot from Willow Garage, Aldebaran – NAO Robotics, ECCEROBOT-2 gracing the podium in recent years, the 16th edition promises to mesmerize you with a unique collection of exhibitions from across the globe and leave you enchanted and astounded.

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Just a few days back, TOI carried an article about this event that said this year's event has been focused on RURAL INDIA. - This time around, IIT-B students will financially support a children's adoption programme and launch 'Ideate', which will bring together ideas from across India in a hunt for technology for rural areas.
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Kaustubh Katdare

    @thebigk • Aug 28, 2012

    Quite interesting line-up of events at Techfest 2013 IIT Bombay. If Techfest 2013 organizing team is reading this, we'd love to have you with us to share all the updates, happenings, announcements and event details with all the crazy engineers here.
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  • Ankita Katdare

    Ankita Katdare

    @abrakadabra • Nov 20, 2012

    In the Ozone section, we have some eccentric events at IIT Bombay this year. It has interesting street events, whacky competitions and enchanting workshops so far. It is something that is one and for all. IIT Bombay Techfest team describes it beautifully as - "If hard-core tech is too hot for your cup then this is the place where you can mark your presence. No pre-registrations, No pre-requisites, miss it at your own risk!"

    So this year, you have -

    Techfest National Open Quiz 2.0

    We bring back to you the only chance to crown your college as the champion of quizzing in India.
    Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Jaipur, Pune, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
    Every city makes its own claim but we shall decide who can retain its fame.
    Grand Finale prizes worth INR 1,00,000 & Overall prizes worth INR 2,00,000.



    Segreta World Challenge - Online Cryptic Hunt

    The main goal of this game is to reach the next level at any cost. This game will test your power of logic, creativity and your ability to connect between unrelated things. It has already begun. You can join-in the hunt at #-Link-Snipped-#
    We would love to see engineers sharing the clues and hints with us here at CE.
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  • Ankita Katdare

    Ankita Katdare

    @abrakadabra • Nov 20, 2012

    The nerds and geeks alike who attend the Techfest usually for the eminent personalities who visit the campus for delivering lectures would love to know that Techfest at Bombay is blessed with people like

    - Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry), Dr. K Brandenburg (Co Founder, MP3), Mr. Jimmy Wales (Founder, Wikipedia), Dr. John Nash Jr. (Nobel Laureate, Economics), Dr. Rory Byrne (Former Chief Designer, Ferrari Formula 1), Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam (Ex-President and Founder of India’s missile program), Sir Harold Kroto (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry), Mr. Michael Jones (Founder, Google Earth), William Baker (Structural Engineer, Burj Khalifa), Mr. Jaap Haarsten (Inventor of Bluetooth) and Dr. Richard Stallman (Founder, FSF and GNU project) - who have mesmerised the audience with their superb talks.

    Those interested can check out some of the old talks here - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/techfestiitbombay" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Techfest IIT Bombay - YouTube</a>
    Lecture Series of 2013 will be launched soon. All the lectures are going to take place during Techfest from 3rd to 5th January at IIT Bombay.
    As always, we will keep you updated about it!
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  • Ankita Katdare

    Ankita Katdare

    @abrakadabra • Nov 20, 2012

    Another one of the notable events is the - TechFest Green Campus Challenge (TGCC). This event is designed by keeping in mind the sustainable future of college campuses across India. This challenge has multiple pluses for the participants. There are Prizes worth INR 2,50,000 to be won PLUS you get to paint your campus green! 👍

    Spanning over two months, this contest consists of a few challenging tasks which carry 150 points or more and their deadline is 12th December 2012. Each participating college will have one team (7 members) which will carry out various activities and task on their campus and will officially represent the college in TGCC. Those participants who wish to perform tasks individually do not require to form a team.

    Here's a short video explaining this TGCC contest -



    If any engineers participating in this contest would like to share their experience, photos etc, we welcome your posts on the forum. Please share your novel thoughts and superb acts of kindness!
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  • Ankita Katdare

    Ankita Katdare

    @abrakadabra • Nov 20, 2012

    Details about the TechOlympics Events are out too. Forming zonal teams each from Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore, Indore, Jaipur, Visakhapatnam and Mumbai, there will be a fierce competition in the spheres of - line following robot, aqua robotics, aeromodelling and coding.

    Under Grid Master, the line follower robot contest - you have to build an autonomous bot, traverse a maze, decode intriguing patterns and complete a Holmes or Bond like quest. This one has cash prizes worth Rs. 92K won.

    Under Aqua Robotics, there is 'Pirate Wars' where you design your own pirate boat that sails through water and overcomes obstacles. There is one-on-one war with other ships. And you get to sink the enemy's treasure. Again there are prizes worth Rs. 92K to be won.

    Under Aero-modeling, there is 'Hover On', which brings for the participants an eclectic fusion of aeromodelling and robotics.

    Under Coding, there is 'Program'mable' that will have a fierce competition about programming problems like major games, practical situations, huge databases etc. Cash prizes worth Rs. 51K to be won here.

    Here's the complete flow chart -

    TO-copy
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  • sksaxena

    sksaxena

    @sksaxena-oZ78dQ • Jan 16, 2013

    AbraKaDabra
    Like every year, IIT Bombay will be organizing Techfest 2013 between 3rd to 5th January, which is just a few months away from now. With a super-looking website already up, we get a glimpse of what all events can be expected from the event in this academic session. The broad categories for the events are - Initiatives, Ideate, Competitions, Workshops, Lectures, Exhibitions, Technoholix and Ozone.
    The_Big_K
    Quite interesting line-up of events at Techfest 2013 IIT Bombay. If Techfest 2013 organizing team is reading this, we'd love to have you with us to share all the updates, happenings, announcements and event details with all the crazy engineers here.
    Feels so great to be the part of TechFest community in Hall Of Fame...The largest technical festival of Asia..from most prestigious institute IIT Bombay
    Actually Iam the international winner of Techfest 2011 in event named 'RoboPolo'...based upon aquatic robotics.
    Miss those beautiful days!!😀 Hope students of India keep up the effort to prove that it doesn't takes a brandname(like IIT/NIT/any other A grade institute) to be recognised. Iam an engineer from a very very small institute from a small city, of which Iam proud of. What it really takes is..just a small INITIATIVE to create a Change!
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