InfoQuest is the National level technical symposium organized by Computer Science and Information Technology Association (CSITA) of Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

The Government College of Technology, Coimbatore is an autonomous state funded engineering college located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a constituent college of the Anna University...

 (GCT), Coimbatore

Coimbatore

Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....

, India. The function is held at GCT

Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

The Government College of Technology, Coimbatore is an autonomous state funded engineering college located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a constituent college of the Anna University...

 auditorium.

Format

This is a two day Technical festival.Students from various colleges all over India can participate.Infoquest normally happens around February every year.This Technofest contains Technical contests and other such activities in day time and Cultural Programmes such as Dance and Music in the evening. The cultural festival attracts many talents from local as well as other colleges in Coimbatore. Accommodation and Food are provided for Guests who are coming from far places from Coimbatore.

Events Overview

• Technical Paper Presentation

The technical papers from various college students are reviewed by a student committee and then shortlisted.

The high level review committee of professors and research scholars select around 7-10 papers for final presentation in the auditorium.

• Coding Contest:

This involves programming for a given problem or algorithm within a given time.

The contest is mostly based on C

, C++

C++

C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...

 or Java

Java (programming language)

Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

.

The contest is held at Computer Science and Information Technology lab.

• Software Presentation:

The software can be submitted to the committee on earlier date, the shortlisted participants can then present their software in the auditorium to the audience .

The software should not be pirated software.

• Marketing Contest:

This contest is the most enjoyable contest as it involves the human creativity in selling a product or what so ever.

• Quiz Master:

General Quiz is another highlight event because of the prize money as well as the cheering crowd.

• HR Interview:

This is a mock interview contest to improve the student's confidence level in attending interviews.

There are more events like business planning, online treasure hunt (kind of web search contest), etc..

Event Highlights

• 17+ Technical Events
• One of the biggest confluence of students - 700+ delegates
• Exciting Hospitality
  Hospitality
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• Entertaining Cultural events
• Cool 3D Animation Flicks