Techfest
This year i got a chance to visit and participate at the annual technical festival of IIT Bombay, better known amongst youngsters as techfest.
Though my competition was accompanied by stress and excitement, yet i enjoyed the vastness and completeness of Techfest and its immense competition.
Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It also refers to the independent body of students who organize this event along with many other social initiatives and outreach programs round the year. Techfest is known for hosting a variety of events that include competitions, exhibitions, lectures as well as workshops. It is among the very few student organizations to have received patronage from UNESCO for promotion of technical know-how and patronage of UNICEF for the social causes taken up through ideate competitions and other initiatives over the years.
Started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for the Indian student community to develop and showcase their technical prowess, it has now grown into Asia's largest college Science and Technology festival. The activities culminate in a grand three day festival event in the month of January on the campus of IIT Bombay which attracts people from all over India and abroad, including students, academia, corporates and the general public.
Techfest is an entirely student organized body. The core committee has 23 members: one Overall Coordinator at the helm and 22 managers who overlook all the aspects and activities of Techfest. A team of over 800 Coordinators and Organisers along with their respective managers work in sync to execute and implement the activities of the festival. Each Manager has a portfolio assigned to him which can be broadly categorized into two sections - administration and events. The administrative portfolios primarily include tasks like accounts, infrastructure, marketing, hospitality, publicity and media along with helping with the events. The events portfolios include responsibility for each of the numerous happenings and initiatives taken by Techfest each year. Each manager then has his own team of coordinators and organizers. The coordinators and organizers help the manager in looking into the finer details of the department and ensuring that ideas of the team are executed smoothly.
Competitions serve the backbone for fulfilling the basic motto of Techfest- spreading science and technology. Over the years, this segment has evolved to become a stage for international exchange. Competitions such as Apexo, Codestruck, Full Throttle, Aviator, AIR-O-MANIA and many more have been instrumental in encouraging students to work in the technical field.
The International Robotics Challenge is an international competition, which was held in 12 countries during Techfest 2014. The elimination rounds are held in the respective countries and the finals held at Techfest. Till date IRC has seen participation from France, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Egypt, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Techfest International Coding Challenge also saw participation from different countries. Techfest International Model United Nations was launched with the aim of spreading political awareness on International affairs. It saw participation of more than 300 delegates in 2014.
Techfest organizes one of the biggest Robowars in India. With an enclosed arena and precise set of rules, opposing robots battle it out one-on-one in one of the most popular and thrilling events during the festival which witnesses a lot of spectators. Techfest 2014 saw a new competition format, titled the Cassiopeian Wars . It involved 5 zones in India competing in robotics and coding to get the maximum points.
A plane for Aviator Flying Challenge
Apart from competitions and exhibitions there is always a lot of place for fun events and art!!
If you are an engineering student, you must be a part of techfest atleast once...
See you soon.
This year i got a chance to visit and participate at the annual technical festival of IIT Bombay, better known amongst youngsters as techfest.
Though my competition was accompanied by stress and excitement, yet i enjoyed the vastness and completeness of Techfest and its immense competition.
Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It also refers to the independent body of students who organize this event along with many other social initiatives and outreach programs round the year. Techfest is known for hosting a variety of events that include competitions, exhibitions, lectures as well as workshops. It is among the very few student organizations to have received patronage from UNESCO for promotion of technical know-how and patronage of UNICEF for the social causes taken up through ideate competitions and other initiatives over the years.
Started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for the Indian student community to develop and showcase their technical prowess, it has now grown into Asia's largest college Science and Technology festival. The activities culminate in a grand three day festival event in the month of January on the campus of IIT Bombay which attracts people from all over India and abroad, including students, academia, corporates and the general public.
Techfest is an entirely student organized body. The core committee has 23 members: one Overall Coordinator at the helm and 22 managers who overlook all the aspects and activities of Techfest. A team of over 800 Coordinators and Organisers along with their respective managers work in sync to execute and implement the activities of the festival. Each Manager has a portfolio assigned to him which can be broadly categorized into two sections - administration and events. The administrative portfolios primarily include tasks like accounts, infrastructure, marketing, hospitality, publicity and media along with helping with the events. The events portfolios include responsibility for each of the numerous happenings and initiatives taken by Techfest each year. Each manager then has his own team of coordinators and organizers. The coordinators and organizers help the manager in looking into the finer details of the department and ensuring that ideas of the team are executed smoothly.
Competitions serve the backbone for fulfilling the basic motto of Techfest- spreading science and technology. Over the years, this segment has evolved to become a stage for international exchange. Competitions such as Apexo, Codestruck, Full Throttle, Aviator, AIR-O-MANIA and many more have been instrumental in encouraging students to work in the technical field.
The International Robotics Challenge is an international competition, which was held in 12 countries during Techfest 2014. The elimination rounds are held in the respective countries and the finals held at Techfest. Till date IRC has seen participation from France, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Egypt, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Techfest International Coding Challenge also saw participation from different countries. Techfest International Model United Nations was launched with the aim of spreading political awareness on International affairs. It saw participation of more than 300 delegates in 2014.
Techfest organizes one of the biggest Robowars in India. With an enclosed arena and precise set of rules, opposing robots battle it out one-on-one in one of the most popular and thrilling events during the festival which witnesses a lot of spectators. Techfest 2014 saw a new competition format, titled the Cassiopeian Wars . It involved 5 zones in India competing in robotics and coding to get the maximum points.
The exhibitions segment of Techfest started out in 2004 with Indian Navy Exhibitions feeling the need to motivate young Indian minds towards military research and to depict the wide spectrum of technologies used in the Navy. It was re-initiated in 2006 with a plethora of exhibitions. Welcome To Mars was the first International Exhibition from Arizona State University and NASA . While 2007 witnessed a huge increase in the number of International Exhibits of which the most prominent were Mind Reading Machines and the life size exhibits of Pterosaur, in 2008 had the first interactive exhibit in Techfest in Shadow Dexterous Hand. In 2009 the underwater Amphibot capable of moving both on land and water without any limbs or wheels, face detection software on a robot security platform,rudders and flight control mechanics from Airbus, and DRDO ’s mobile autonomous launcher Brahmos and Bridge laying System of Tank Arjuna thrilled all. Alice the first robot smaller than a ping pong ball and eyewriter-writing by eye movement were the focus of Techfest Exhibitions 2010. Da Vinci Robotics Exhibitions-conceptualised by Leonardo da Vinci, Open vibe- the brain-computer interface show how brain activity, PR2 Robot, Eccerobot 2- an anthropomimetic robot acting as a human replica were the cynosure of all eyes in 2011. Techfest 2013 saw the NAO Robot from France, exhibits from the MIT Media Lab like the EyeNetra, HIRO robot were among the highlights of the exhibitions. Exhibitions at Techfest 2014 witnessed the BINA48 (World’s most advanced social robot), Fumanoids (Soccer Humanoids, Germany), Solowheel (Electric Unicycle, USA), Cubli (Vertex balancing cube, EPFL Switzerland) and many other exhibits.
If you are an engineering student, you must be a part of techfest atleast once...
See you soon.
thanks for the info
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