Techkriti is the annual inter-collegiate Technical and Entrepreneurship festival organized by the students of IIT Kanpur. Techkriti was launched in 1995 with the aim of developing interest and encouraging innovation in technology among students. In 2009, Megabucks (the Business and Entrepreneurship festival of IIT Kanpur) was merged with Techkriti, recognizing the increasing interdependence of business and technology. In twenty years of its existence, Techkriti has evolved and grown, fulfilling its purpose and becoming one of the most eagerly-awaited college technical as well as entrepreneurship festivals in Asia. Techkriti culminates into a grand four-day festival, attracting footfall of over 25,000 from all over India and even abroad.
The festival comprises of a plethora of events from talks by eminent personalities in the field of science, technology and entrepreneurship.A wide range of competitions in diverse fields of Robotics, Computer Sciences and Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Pure Sciences, Civil Engineering, Aerospace and Astronomy are hosted every year in Techkriti.
This year, Techkriti'14 will present a plethora of events including Robogames, Indian Open Rubik's Cube, Ideas, Techkriti Grand Prix, Tremor, Sky Sparks, Radioactive and many more. Techkriti'14 has planned to cover various new avenues by conceptualizing events like Robo Pirates (Aqua-Robotics), Multirovor (Quadrocopter), Richie Rich (Portfolio Optimization), Marketing Villa, Bridge Design Challenge and many others.
TECHKRITI'14 Technical, Management Events in Kanpur :
Here is the blueprint of events of Techkriti'14: Ideas, the Business Plan competition, features entries not only from across the nation but also from countries like Singapore, UAE, Japan, Philippines and many more. The Business plans undergo three stages of intense scrutiny as well as mentoring by industrial experts. The winners are rewarded with Angel Funding, Equity less Seed Funding and Incubation opportunities.
Robogames are the perfect stage for robot-fanatics to showcase their robotic acumen. This year, there are 4 events in Robo games namely
iARC - International Autonomous Robotics Challenge
Robo Pirates - A thriling Aquarobotics Mission
Wild Soccer - Wild robots on Soccer field
Quest For The Rest - Image Processing Competitions
Take Off is a platform which includes aeromodelling events and gives an opportunity to enjoy and learn the concepts involved in water rockets, RC aircrafts, hovercrafts and multirotors. It includes
BEIA - Sky Sparks - Wireless remote controlled aircraft flying competition
Cruise Control - RC Internal Combustion plane flying competition
Impulse - Water propelled rocket competition
Multirover - Quad-copter Flying competition
Hover Rush - Hovercraft racing
Business Events consist of
IDEAS - Business plan competition
Battefield - Case study competition
Stocksim - Stock market simulation
Marketing Villa - Sell the product
Richie Rich - Portfolio Optimization
Design Events consist of
Concatenate - Rube Goldberg competition
Tremor - Wooden structure design
Scientoon - Design a scientific cartoon
Techkriti Grand Prix - RC Car Racing
Software Corner consist of
International High Performance Computing (IHPC)
International Online Programming Competition (IOPC)
Battlecity - Fastest reaction times, Limitless computing power
Chaos - Code in new language
EI Eduvate - Develop educational app, website or game
Electronic Circuit Design Comeptitions (ECDC) is a cluster of many events giving students an opportunity to showcase their technical skills in the field of electronics and circuit designing. This year, ECDC has 4 events under it, namely:
Electromania - Morse Code Communication
Embedded - Record Audio in external memory
Annontrix - Electronics Design Challenge
FPGA - Implement Hilbert Transformation
Presentation Events consist of
SocCon (Social Conquest) - Invites technical solutions to social problems
Endeavour - Softkriti(Software Ideas), Strive (Hardware Models)
Eureka - Paper presentation contest
28 States - Platform to raise social issues of states
Mixed Bowl is a special category of miscellaneous events which consist of the following events:
Cosmos - Astronomy Competitions Indian Open Rubik's Cube (IORC)
Scimatex - Puzzles of pure sciences
Radioactive - Transmitter Hunting competition
Crypto - Code cracking, cryptographic Challenge
Ever wanted to join a group of the real engineers who think out of the box. If yes, then Techkriti'14 brings you the much-waited "workshops". Become a part of the Techkriti'14 and enjoy and sharpen your skills with the latest technology. Interact with some great personalities in these fields and get suggestions from some fellow students and make your start as a new pioneer. Each year Techkriti mesmerizes the crowds with magnificent exhibits from around the globe. Some of the most popular exhibits that have been part of Techkriti include DarwIn-OP,AR Pool, Mind Controlled Helicopter, ARS Electronica Brain Battle, Rezero, Papero,Ghost Train, SOCCKET- The Engery Harnessing Soccer Ball, Universal Robotic Gripper, Aracna- An Open Source Quadruped, City Cluster AvatARTS, Robosoft Systems, Eye-tracker, Aldebaran Nao, Innosium Technologies, Bladeless Fan,Gester Tek, Musical DNA, Super Pong, Swarm, PR2-World’s most advanced personal robot, Solar Car and LUN ETH Zurich Game Lab. Defence Tech by DRDO, India.Techkriti’13 witnessed Vintage Cars Exhibitions with cars such as Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (more than 100 years old), Jaguar, Austin Saloon, Ford Anglia,Singer, Morris Cowley etc.
Students and academia attending the four-day festival also get an opportunity to attend talks by pioneers of revolution invarious fields from all over the world. Speakers at Techkirti have included APJ Abdul Kalam (Ex-President and Founder of India’s missile program), Richard Stallman (Founder, FSF and GNU Project), Vladimir Voevodsky (Fields Medalist from Russia), Douglas Osheroff (Nobel Laureate-Physics), Michael Foreman (NASA Astronaut), Marshall Strabala (Architect-Burh Khalifa), Jeff Liebermann (Host-Time Warp), Victor Hayes (Father of Wi-Fi), Mahesh Murthy and Oliver Smithies. Besides, under the panel of Indian Innovators, Techkriti invites people who have made a difference with their thoughts, foresight and vision. The panel sheds light on grass root innovations and how this vast unexplored wealth can be channelised to ensure proper returns. India Innovators in Techkriti have included Uddhab Bharali(Innovator from Assam with 39 Universal Patents), Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder of Sulabh International), Rohit Bansal (Co-Founder and CEO, Snapdeal), L Kannan(Founder, Vortex Rural ATMs) and Irfan Alam (Founder and Chairman, Samman Foundation)
