Techfest
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Techfest is an independent body run by students of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
. It was started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for students to showcase their technical skills. The team usually takes various social activities and then organizes a Science and Technology festival each year usually in the month of January
Techfest 2002 saw the incorporation of IIT Bombay's department based events like Yantriki, Chemsplash and Last Straw. Students from G H Raisoni College of Engineering get the Engineering Excellence Award (Bodhisattwa Ganguli, Amit Shankar Choudhary & Fahad Azad).
Techfest 2003 launched the Techfest trophy to make the competitions more interesting.
Techfest 2004 marked a big milestone in the growth of Techfest as this was the year Techfest became an International event with the introduction of Cliffhanger—The International Competition won by Indian students (Fahad Azad,Mudassir Parakh, Afaque Azad) . It also saw the introduction of the renowned robotics competition, Micromouse for the first time in India.
Techfest 2005 added challenging problem statements in the form of competitions like Survivor as well as Drishti, which was conceived with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in order to provide aids for the visually challenged.
The emphasis at Techfest 06 was on technology and its applications rather than just engineering know—how. With this view, a section of competitions held under the name E-Rustique had problem statements that encouraged the participants to come up with solutions to existing rural problems and hence contribute to the development of modern India
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Techfest 2007 introduced an event Nexus to take robotics to the masses via workshops and subsequent competitions with easy problem statements. In 2008, Nexus was conducted at 7 centers across India
namely Indore, Calicut, Jaipur, New Delhi, Pune, Surat & Mumbai respectively. Techfest 2008 returned the trend of taking up of initiatives by the Techfest team for social and public causes.
Techfest 2009 featured the iNexus where Finalists were flown to India to compete with their counterparts from other india, making Techfest the first ever student organization to go truly international.
Techfest 2010 added a new segment to their festival called Scintillations. The segment consisted of night exhibitions.
Techfest 2011 was held from 7th January 2011 to 9th January 2011. It more entertainment events to the festival with a new section called Crossroads which featured Street Magic Shows, Stunt Shows etc. Some of the featured events at 2011 were the VirtuSphere
, lecture by Harold Kroto
, exhibition of Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
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Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. It was started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for students to showcase their technical skills. The team usually takes various social activities and then organizes a Science and Technology festival each year usually in the month of January
History and growth
The very first edition of Techfest was in 1998. The underlying spirit of the competitions was "Technology is fun" a motto that has been followed by every Techfest since. Techfest 98 also set the broad outlines of Techfest in the form of competitions, lectures, workshops and exhibitions which went on to become a standard feature at every Techfest. Entrepreneurship also made an appearance in the 1999 and 2000 editions. Technoholix—Techfest at Dark which showcases technological entertainment at the end of each day as well as HUB—the centre of on the spot activities, made their debut during these years.Techfest 2002 saw the incorporation of IIT Bombay's department based events like Yantriki, Chemsplash and Last Straw. Students from G H Raisoni College of Engineering get the Engineering Excellence Award (Bodhisattwa Ganguli, Amit Shankar Choudhary & Fahad Azad).
Techfest 2003 launched the Techfest trophy to make the competitions more interesting.
Techfest 2004 marked a big milestone in the growth of Techfest as this was the year Techfest became an International event with the introduction of Cliffhanger—The International Competition won by Indian students (Fahad Azad,Mudassir Parakh, Afaque Azad) . It also saw the introduction of the renowned robotics competition, Micromouse for the first time in India.
Techfest 2005 added challenging problem statements in the form of competitions like Survivor as well as Drishti, which was conceived with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in order to provide aids for the visually challenged.
The emphasis at Techfest 06 was on technology and its applications rather than just engineering know—how. With this view, a section of competitions held under the name E-Rustique had problem statements that encouraged the participants to come up with solutions to existing rural problems and hence contribute to the development of modern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Techfest 2007 introduced an event Nexus to take robotics to the masses via workshops and subsequent competitions with easy problem statements. In 2008, Nexus was conducted at 7 centers across India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
namely Indore, Calicut, Jaipur, New Delhi, Pune, Surat & Mumbai respectively. Techfest 2008 returned the trend of taking up of initiatives by the Techfest team for social and public causes.
Techfest 2009 featured the iNexus where Finalists were flown to India to compete with their counterparts from other india, making Techfest the first ever student organization to go truly international.
Techfest 2010 added a new segment to their festival called Scintillations. The segment consisted of night exhibitions.
Techfest 2011 was held from 7th January 2011 to 9th January 2011. It more entertainment events to the festival with a new section called Crossroads which featured Street Magic Shows, Stunt Shows etc. Some of the featured events at 2011 were the VirtuSphere
VirtuSphere
VirtuSphere is a virtual reality device. It is, as the name suggests, spherical. It consists of a 10-foot hollow sphere, which is placed on a special platform that allows the sphere to rotate freely in any direction according to the user’s steps...
, lecture by Harold Kroto
Harold Kroto
Sir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS , born Harold Walter Krotoschiner, is a British chemist and one of the three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley....
, exhibition of Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath, regarded as the epitome of the "Renaissance Man", displaying skills in numerous diverse areas of study. Whilst most famous for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Leonardo is also renowned as a scientist, engineer and inventor...
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