IIT Bombay's Techfest launched its website for 26th edition
Techfest, IIT Bombay has announced the theme and the launch of website for the 26th edition of Techfest “The Submerged Sojourn”.
The much-awaited Annual Science and Technology Festival which is considered as Asia's Largest Science and Technology Festival, with 1,75,000+ people in attendance, a social media reach of 3.1 million Facebook followers and a reach across over 2500 colleges across India and over 500 overseas.
Started in 1998 with an objective of providing an exclusive platform for the Indian Student Community to develop and showcase their technical skill, expertise, innovations and inventions, the upcoming 26th edition of IIT Techfest is scheduled to take place from 16th to 18th of December 2022 at IIT Bombay Campus.
Website:
The website for upcoming edition of Techfest is launched on 3rd September 2022. Techfest, IIT Bombay has set its wheels in motion to go utterly offline after 2 years. This year’s website is built on its theme,’ The Submerged Sojourn’ with the preceding website having 5 million+ people with 100 events studded with renowned national & international personalities from fields of Science, Technology, Media, Industry & much more.
This edition’s lineup for Techfest’s popular traditional events- Lecture series and Exhibitions will soon be available on the website. A list of events for this can be found on the website www.techfest.org Some of the major events are:
1. Zonals:
Techfest will hold National Zonals Rounds in 5 locations, which is the most ever in the history of any college festival, to cater and connect with lakhs of students beyond Maharashtra. The following is the schedule:
- Mumbai: 8th & 9th October 2022
- Bhopal: 9th October 2022
- Nagpur: 8th & 9th October 2022
- Jaipur: 2nd October 2022
- Bangalore: 8th October 2022
The Zonals would host workshops, competitions, and mentoring sessions for all students, from those in secondary school to those in their final year of college. The venues have been decided to keep in mind the convenience of the students and efforts have been made to reach out to as many students across the nation as possible. The prize pool for this year has been set at 2.4 lakh
Please visit www.techfest.org/ competitions for more information.
2. International competitions:
Since 1998, Competitions have been the backbone of Techfest in helping its motto of promoting science and technology. In its journey of 25 years, Techfest has evolved to give an international platform to all tech enthusiasts who want to prove their caliber in science and technology through challenging and cutting-edge competitions.
- International micro mouse challenge: Over here, participants would be required to build an autonomous self-contained robot, a micro mouse that can get to the center of a maze in the shortest time possible. Prizes worth 1 lakh will be awarded to the winners of the competition
- World Programming Challenge: This competition is aimed to test participants problem solving and competitive coding skills against the world’s best programmers. Prize pool is set to be 1 lakh.
Theme: ‘The Submerged Sojourn’:
Oceans are very vast; they encompass a multitude of unexplainable spectacles, from underwater waterfalls to volcanoes, from deep-sea giants to bioluminescent microbes, from the remains of ancient civilizations to even the possibility of a highly advanced one! These infinite possibilities present the perfect opportunity for inquisitive minds to explore! As quoted by NASA Oceanographer Dr. Gene Feldman, “We have better maps of the surface of Mars and the moon than we do of the bottom of the ocean,” we know very little about the place animal life on earth originated from. Through this year’s theme, Techfest aims to take a deep dive into this abyssal mystery and explore the unfathomable possibilities that lie beneath our oceans.
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