IIT Kanpur Event

Can you tell me in detail about the “Techkriti” Event organized by IIT or Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur every year? Also tell me about the competitions arranged in “Techkriti” Event organized by IIT or Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Techkriti is an annual inter-collegiate technology and entrepreneurship festival organized by the students of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. It was launched in 1995 for developing interest and encouraging innovation in technology among students.

The word ‘Techkriti’ is composed of two words, ‘Tech’ in English which stands for technology and ‘Kriti’ in Sanskrit stands for creation, hence, the word ‘Techkriti’ signifies creation or innovation in technology.

Organization

Techkriti is an entirely student organized festival. The structure of the organising team is four-tiered.

Leading the team are the Festival Coordinators along with a team of Heads, each with an allotted portfolio.

Administrative portfolios include marketing, media and publicity, finance, security, hospitality and show management.

Event-related portfolios include public relations, web and design. Each Head has his own team of coordinators and executives.

Competitions

Techkriti is known for hosting a variety of competitions with total prize money of more than 35 Lacs.

Competitions serve the backbone for fulfilling the basic motto of Techkriti- developing interest and encouraging innovation in technology among students.

Competitions are classified in a few broad categories such as Robogames, ECDC, Take off, Design, Online Events, Presentation, Software Corner, Mixed Bowl.

'ECDC' is a cluster of many events giving students an opportunity to showcase their technical skills in the field of electronics and circuit designing.

All these events focus on giving a deep insight of the world of electronics to the participants and giving them an exposure through challenging problems.

Robotics has been bringing a lot of brainiacs together from across the world to showcase their talents through their cool and budding bots.

Techkriti also brings a varied line of Business Events that are sure to test business acumen, intellectual prowess and much more.

From exploring avenues in marketing to tackling brain with the good ol’ case study, Business Events in Techkriti have never been more challenging.

Mixed Bowl: Miscellaneous events like Astronomy (Cosmos), Rubiks Cube (IORC), Scimatex and Radioactive.

Workshops and Talks

Workshops organised in Techkriti are designed to demonstrate advancements in science and technology to the student community.

The four-day festival hosts workshops in electronics, aero-modelling and application development. The workshops are conducted by professionals from industry, guests and faculty members of IIT-Kanpur.

Some of the workshops organised during the last few years include Cloud Computing by IBM, Sixth Sense Robotics by i3indya Technologies, ethical hacking, telescope making, and Cyber Forensics.

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