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IIT-B's annual Techfest to kick off Friday
Thursday January 05, 2012 07:02:09 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The 15th
edition of Techfest by Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay (IIT-B),
kicks off Friday with over 150 events spread across three days.
The fest will include competitions, lecture series, exhibitions,
workshops and others initiatives, an official said.
"With over 140 international exhibits from 16 countries, Techfest
is all about the opportunity to explore and experience the state
of art technology in the world. Over the years we are having the
world award winning exhibits including two-time RoboSoccer
champion, World's Best Humanoid and The Last Supper Interactive,"
said the festival's media coordinator Sumant Deshmukh.
Also on the platter are lecture series by eminent personalities
like Nobel Laureate and Padma Bhushan Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
and MP3 inventor Karlheinz Brandenburg, among others.
"A major attraction will also be the Japan Media Art Festival, an
annual contest for media art works which include arts,
entertainment, animation and Japanese comics. One of the most
unique point of Japan Media Arts Festival is these four different
fields are presenting as an one field of Media Arts," Deshmukh
said.
Competitions like Robowars - the inter collegiate event of combat
robotics - and Full Throttle - IC (internal combustion) modelled
cars vying to finish fastest in a race - with additions of more
obstacles and the dirt terrain promise to keep the tempo going at
the fest.
"We have also planned an initiative called Ummeed-e-Milaap, by the
core team of Techfest- IIT Bombay to unite the students of India
and Pakistan, brushing aside all their differences and voice their
opinion for a peaceful tomorrow," Deshmukh said.
A part of this initiative is the Indo-Pak Diary Campaign. A diary
will be circulated among 30 colleges of Mumbai and 20 colleges in
Pakistan, in which students will pen down their comments, the best
of 20 comments from each college will be posted in the diary.
"The diary will be unveiled to the public in India Friday and in
Pakistan on January 18," Deshmukh said.
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