The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) will be organising Techkriti-2013 from March 14 to 17.
Subhojit Ghosh, head marketing (media and publicity), Techkriti-2013, informed that 'Fixing the planet' is the theme for the festival. The four-day fiesta will celebrate the zenith of science, engineering and path-breaking technology in a landscape of greener tomorrow.
He said that the organizing team is taking many trend setting initiatives to make Techkriti Asia's first carbon neutral festival.
More than 200 nature enthusiasts participated in the event in October 2012, planting hundreds of saplings on the campus. By the time the festival is conducted in March, the saplings would nurture into fully grown trees, thus off-setting carbon pollution created during the 4-day festival, Ghosh added.
This edition of the festival will feature more than 42 competitions with Rs 28 lakhs of price money at stake.
Various competitions like SocCon, IDEAS, Wild Soccer, Scimatex, TakeOff, Robogames, Software Corner, Battlefield, ECDC, Insight, Endeavour, Gearloose, Junkyard Wars, Rube Goldberg, Tremor, Eureka, IORC, Stocksim, IOPC, Crypto, episteme, radioactive, cosmos and many more, will foster the vision of a cleaner and greener tomorrow.
Techkriti would also witness lectures by renowned visionaries, scientists, corporate bigwigs and inventors apart from the state of the art exhibits, adrenaline rushing shows and highly entertaining on the spot activities.
Techkriti would also witness lectures, state-of-the-art exhibits, adrenaline rushing shows and highly entertaining on-the-spot activities. Workshops will also be held to provide an outstanding platform for experience in various fields.E-Factor wing of the festival will provide a platform to the participants to learn about various facets of the world of entrepreneurship through its multifarious competitions and events.
Keeping with its tradition of confluence of cutting edge technology from all over the world with fun and entertainment, Techkriti will offer a gamut of fun games and events like EGGxactly, World Sudoku Championship, Board Games, Zorbing, Sumo Wrestling, Paintball, 1000 Rs Venture, Human Foosball and Beat The Clock.
Loads of entertainment beckon the visitors with professional shows offering a unique integration of entertainment and technology.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-09/kanpur/37007593_1_wild-soccer-software-corner-greener-tomorrow
Subhojit Ghosh, head marketing (media and publicity), Techkriti-2013, informed that 'Fixing the planet' is the theme for the festival. The four-day fiesta will celebrate the zenith of science, engineering and path-breaking technology in a landscape of greener tomorrow.
He said that the organizing team is taking many trend setting initiatives to make Techkriti Asia's first carbon neutral festival.
More than 200 nature enthusiasts participated in the event in October 2012, planting hundreds of saplings on the campus. By the time the festival is conducted in March, the saplings would nurture into fully grown trees, thus off-setting carbon pollution created during the 4-day festival, Ghosh added.
This edition of the festival will feature more than 42 competitions with Rs 28 lakhs of price money at stake.
Various competitions like SocCon, IDEAS, Wild Soccer, Scimatex, TakeOff, Robogames, Software Corner, Battlefield, ECDC, Insight, Endeavour, Gearloose, Junkyard Wars, Rube Goldberg, Tremor, Eureka, IORC, Stocksim, IOPC, Crypto, episteme, radioactive, cosmos and many more, will foster the vision of a cleaner and greener tomorrow.
Techkriti would also witness lectures by renowned visionaries, scientists, corporate bigwigs and inventors apart from the state of the art exhibits, adrenaline rushing shows and highly entertaining on the spot activities.
Techkriti would also witness lectures, state-of-the-art exhibits, adrenaline rushing shows and highly entertaining on-the-spot activities. Workshops will also be held to provide an outstanding platform for experience in various fields.E-Factor wing of the festival will provide a platform to the participants to learn about various facets of the world of entrepreneurship through its multifarious competitions and events.
Keeping with its tradition of confluence of cutting edge technology from all over the world with fun and entertainment, Techkriti will offer a gamut of fun games and events like EGGxactly, World Sudoku Championship, Board Games, Zorbing, Sumo Wrestling, Paintball, 1000 Rs Venture, Human Foosball and Beat The Clock.
Loads of entertainment beckon the visitors with professional shows offering a unique integration of entertainment and technology.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-09/kanpur/37007593_1_wild-soccer-software-corner-greener-tomorrow
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