The four-day KSHITIJ, the annual techno-management fest of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, will be held from January 29 to February 1, 2009.
According to the organisers, KSHITIJ will provide the student community, inclusive of all branches and departments, a place to mingle and collaborate to conceive and execute ideas, plans and presentations.
The 2008 edition of KSHITIJ saw the participation of nearly 6,000 students from IIT Kharagpur, and 3,500 out-station participants from India and abroad.
There were students from the various Indian Institutes of Management, Indian Institutes of Technology, and also from Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, National University of Singapore, and Kyoto University.
It witnessed 45 events, guest lectures, exhibitions and workshops. Prizes worth Rs. 35 lakh were won by the students. Workshops on cryptology, rocketry, carbon trading and sustainable development, kite modelling, Java Netbeans, and microfinance were held.
In addition, exhibitions also found space. Exhibitions on biped robots, 4D Globe, 3D structures, etc., were put up. Similar workshops and exhibitions are being planned for this edition too.
The mainstay of the fest is however the events.
Almost 30 technical and 15 managerial events will be organised under the categories of coding, mechanical, electronics, structures, fun, robotic, and entrepreneurship. Some of the major attractions are: car design, refrigerationthe senate,zero hour,b-plan,Opensoft,woodstock,and robotix.
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