Keep updated with the latest campus festivals

Where: Online

Organizer: John Deere

Key Dates
Last date for registration & abstract submission: February 24, 2010
Announcement of shortlisted candidates: March 9, 2010
Last date for submitting final paper: March 31, 2010

Eligibility:
B.Tech & M.Tech of all streams , BCA ,MCA,B.Sc (Computer Science),MS,PhD students passing out in the year 2010 or 2011 (and 2012 - for Dual Degree candidates only).

Details:
John Deere presents Techno-Champ, India's most vibrant online technical paper contest. Techno-Champ is the perfect arena for science & engineering students to bring alive their technological advancements & compete against some of the best technical talent in India on a common platform.Techno-Champ is designed to test the intellectual proficiency of young technocrats, hailing from the finest academic institutions throughout the country.All the rounds in Techno-Champ are online. The maximum limit allowed for the abstract is 300-500 words and the upload limit of the final paper is 2 MB only.

Participants are requested to choose their desired topic from the following:
1. RFID
2. Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural domain
3. Path Planning Algorithm
4. Data Mining with New Technologies
5. Machine Prognosis

Prizes for top fifteen winners! Laptop, iPod Touch, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Visit to John Deere Technology Center - India in Pune. Prizes for all significant contributors .Trophies, Certificates, John Deere T-Shirts and much more. Join India's biggest online technical paper contest and showcase your innovative and path-breaking ideas and take them to the next level.

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Event: Xebec 2010

Organizer: Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology

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Details: Mindbend is the technical festival of NIT- Surat. It has been witnessing active participation for 15 years and has seen an amalgamation of ideas and practical exposure. It has been a platform for innovative measures and promotes budding technocrats from the whole nation; and urges them to create, share and propagate their initiatives. Apart from being a technical festival, it also caters to audience from management, commerce and other varied disciplines; owing to the versatility of the events and the location of the institute.

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Event: Chemozale 2010, A Techno-Management Fest

Organised By: Nirma University

Fest Date: 26th March

Details: Chemozale 2010 Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad Chemozale 2010, now in its 11th year, returns with a tech-cum-management fest bigger and brighter than ever. After enjoying phenomenal participation from over 100 premier institutes last year, a few being IIM C, IIM A, IMT Ghaziabad, IIT B, IIT D, the latest edition comes with a commitment to a cause: 'Go Green OR Die Young!'

•Partnering with global organizations like 350.org and IYCN, the event shall have great workshops on 'Climate Change', 'Carbon Footprints', 'COP - 15' among others. •It shall have an exhibition in collaboration with EnvironXChange.com to provide business opportunities.

•This in addition to the usual plethora of quality events including Paper Presentations and Posters to preparing Jets and Cars and racing them along. •Find yourself embroiled in the Entrepreneurial spirit with Business Plans, Ad Making and more.

•Enjoy Street Plays, attend movie screenings and photograph exhibits.

•And the biggest kicker: Being a Zero Carbon footprint Event, we'll plant saplings to the tune equal to amount of carbon generated because of the event. Its History in the Making. Don't miss it!

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Event: Sankalan 2010

Organised by: Dept of CSE, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Key dates:
Fest dates: Feb 20-21 2010

Details: With a hope to bring together the budding engineers and coders of our country, to give a platform to showcase their talents in their respective fields, they started their journey in 2004. With meticulous hands and ingenious brains, they have been driving the ship uptight, which is now known as one of the largest technical fest of DU- SANKALAN . They have been compiling innovations, breeding brightest of minds and have given a new dimension to the world of technology.

As the name suggests, their fest provides the students an amalgation of academia and thrill. From technical events like ‘Technical Paper Presentation’ and Overnight Coding to fun filled events like JAM and Turn Court, these two days are filled with enthusiasm, anxiety , curiosity and amazement. Students love to showcase their coding abilities, while others show their gaming talents. They have grown to being acknowledged as the biggest confluence of students, academia, dignitaries and the industry. SANKALAN 2010 envisions nurturing the indigenous talents and fresh minds of the country. Their vision is to bring together the minds across the country on one platform and it has been an ineffable experience. They have opened the doors to a new perspective, where the geniuses think, plan and create.

SANKALAN has always been endowed with eminent guests, magnificent participations, inspiring seminars, that has truly made it one of its kind. SANKALAN is not just an event - it is an experience. It is an experience of the youth which is ready for a technical change ….

Carrying on with the legacy passed on to it, SANKALAN 2010 promises to provide you with the best this time too. Filled with exciting and energetic events,we will provide you the perfect blend of learning and fun.

This year we plan to Go Green. Inspired by the Copenhagen meet, it will be a great initiative this time to do as much as we can to save our mother earth. So welcome to their celebrations!! Let us converge at Sankalan to compete, collaborate and create magic.

Event: Xeuron '10

Organised by: Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Key dates:
Fest dates: Feb 12-14 2010
Last date: -

Details: The Department of Biomedical Engineering, at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College proudly announces conducting the first ever National Level Inter-Collegiate Biomedical Technical festival "XEURON" on the 12th, 13th & 14th of FEBRUARY, 2010.

The event is aimed to provide a platform for the talented minds to present their ideas and also to indulge in synergetic interactions with the stalwarts of the Biomedical Industry and enhance their knowledge.

Biomedical Engineering has only recently emerged as its own discipline, yet there are many areas that are unexplored. XEURON attempts at exploring a few of these with a whole range of contests and events aimed to test the technical prowess of participants and to make them extrapolate textbook know-how to real-life situations in a creative way.

XEURON encompasses events ranging from the Technical Paper Presentation, Poster Contests, Quiz to Workshops, and Seminars.The highlight of XEURON is the Biomedical Exhibition, where in we have roped in big companies like Johnson & Johnson, Wipro GE, Draeger, Maestros etc to name a few. Also the Hospital Visit provides a new dimension to XEURON.

XEURON aims at bringing knowledge and fun together with a plethora of events. Come and be a part of XEURON

Event: Azeotropy 2k10

Organised by:Chemical Engineering Association, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra

Key dates:
Fest dates: Mar 6-7 2010
Last date: -

AZeotropy is the annual technical fest organized by the Chemical Engineering Association of IIT Bombay. In 2007, workshops and guest lectures, along with an added flavor of technical competitions – all came under a unique canopy as ChEA Symposium reinvented itself as AZeotropy. With the patronage of big corporate houses and appreciation from a nation-wide audience AZeotropy made an impact during the last 3 years. With loads of prizes on stake and goodies to be won, with the adventures of chemical engineering and the nuances of an entrepreneur, with the eye of a learner and the ecstasy of a winner Azeotropy 2k10 has a little bit for everyone – a “Pareto Optimal event” . The roster of activities for this year are:

Events and Competitions:

1) Age of Chempires: A techno-managerial event which will lead the participant through technical hazards and mobilize his/her technical skills as they battle their way through 3 skillfully planned stages to win the laurels of the ultimate “Corporate Citizen”.

2) Life Cycle Assessment: A unique green concept which is largely used in the western industries for energy calculations but is yet to gain popularity in India. Team Azeotropy has taken it on itself to popularize the concept in the form of a Poster Presentation competition.

3) Virtual Stock Market: The event fuses the thrill of a virtual stock market with the knowledge and understanding of Chemical Engineering. In short the money may be virtual but the fun will be real.

4) Design Events: The design events ,“Prayog” will require the transfer of engineering skills from paper to action. The two events listed under “Prayog” are “Synergy” and “Xtraction” which will challenge the budding engineer within you to the fullest.

5) Industry Defined Problems: Get a taste of the real industry and actually help them solve their current problems. An opportunity to actually use your tool of knowledge to provide innovative solutions to real-life problems.

6) Paper and Poster Presentation: The opportunity to showcase your achievements and knowledge in the form of papers and posters.

7) Online Events: Online quizzes and other events to challenge your knowledge base.

8) Lectures and Informals: Hear it directly from the big wigs of the game- how they got to the top. Also enjoy a tete a tate with the luminaries of the field in the “Informals” session.

9) Exhibitions: Witness the most cutting edge technology in the field along with the ingenious projects of students.

10) Panel Discussion: Engage in the raging debate of the moment.

11) Workshops: Acquaint yourself to the current tools in demand.

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Event: Nimbus 2010

Organised by: NIT Hamirpur

Key dates:
 Fest dates: March 11-14 2010
Last date: -

Details: NIMBUS is a cloud. And we believe that every cloud has a silver lining. We specifically recognize that every engineer, has that silver lining which stands out as a capital letter ready to be noticed.
NIMBUS brings out the fact that technology is truly touching everybody these days; and that geography happens to be a mere circumstance.

NIMBUS organizes a host of activities such as workshops, lecture series, competitions, exhibitions, online quizzes and paper presentations.NIMBUS promises to be a fine mix and match of education, entertainment and a traveller's destination.

NIMBUS is the chassis that houses the various opportunities, challenges and platforms provided to the students of the engineering community to hone their skill set. It features participation from students of various technical institutions, professionals from the industry, esteemed faculty, and other dignitaries.
NIMBUS is touted to be an amalgamation of ideas, expressions,innovations, prototypes, knowledge channels taken to the most premier levels.