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| Dates | January |
| Location(s) | Kanpur, India |
| Years active | 17 |
| Inaugurated | 1995 |
| Attendance | 20,000 footfalls, 500 colleges |
| Genre | Technical |
| Patron(s) | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
| Website | http://www.techkriti.org |
Techkriti is the annual inter-collegiate Technical and Entrepreneurship festival of IIT Kanpur. It was started in 1995[1] with an aim to encourage interest and innovation in technology among students and to provide a platform for industry and academia to interact.Speakers at Techkirti have included APJ Abdul Kalam, Vladimir Voevodsky, Dougulas OSheroff and Oliver Smithies. [2]
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[edit] Etymology
The word ‘Techkriti’ is composed of two words, ‘Tech’ in English which stands for Technology and ‘Kriti’ in Hindi stands for Creation, hence, the word ‘Techkriti’ signifies creation or innovation in technology. [3]
[edit] History
Techkriti was conceived in the year 1995 and since then it has grown into one of the largest technical festivals in Asia.[4][citation needed] Over the years, it has evolved as a brand name and has hosted of some of the most famous exhibitions, workshops and speakers from India and abroad.
[edit] Techkriti 07
Techkriti 2007 was held at IIT Kanpur campus from February 22 to 25, 2007. The event was branded as Techkriti Oh-Seven!. The event witnessed an Air Show by the "Akash Ganga' team of Indian Air Force as part of the closing proceeds.
[edit] Techkriti 08
Techkriti 08 was held from 14 to 17 February 2008, and had a participation of more than 150 colleges. Keynote presentations were given by Peter Grünberg, Kevin Warwick and Harsh Manglik.
[edit] Techkriti 09
Techkriti 2009 was held at IIT Kanpur from February 12 to 15, 2009. Techkriti 2009 featured talks by Stephen Wolfram, David Morrison, G. Madhavan Nair and Ron Eglash and a pyrotechnical cum laser show.
[edit] Techkriti 10
Techkriti 2010 was held from February 11 to 14, 2010, with IIT Kanpur celebrating its Golden Jubilee, this year’s festival featured individual Dr Nikolaos Mavridis, developer of the World's first Arabic speaking humanoid robot and also the Facebots robot, which can use facebook information in holding conversations with friends. This was the first edition of Techkriti after Megabucks, the annual entrepreneurship festival of IIT Kanpur was amalgamated in it, adding entrepreneurship aspects to the festival.
[edit] Techkriti 11
Techkriti 2011 was organized from February 17 to 20, saw over 1,500 students from various colleges taking part in the 27 events with total prize money of Rs 22 lakh at stake.
Competitions like unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise control, robots got talent, robogames[5] , simulation game on the great wall of China, reactable (musical user interface), interactive floor, interactive robots, the aero modelling events, Innovate - design events (including Junkyard Wars, Rube Goldberg, Tremor etc) were the featured. Speakers and guests included Vladimir Voevodsky (Russian mathematician), Bruce E Melnick (Astronaut NASA), Michael Gratzel, a designer of Millau Viaduct-a bridge designed in France which has a height of 373 meters, David Bismark-developer of E Voting machines, Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Hellion Ventures, Chander Baljee, founder Royal Orchid Hotels took part in the talk shows. [6]
[edit] Techkriti 12
Techkriti 2012 was held from 27th to 30th January 2012. The festival was based on a theme of 'Technology for the Future'. The chief guest in the opening ceremony was Richard Stallman, the founder of GNU.
A bundle of Competitions, talks, exhibitions, shows and workshops. Prizes worth Rs. 25 Lacs are at stake in the various competitions to be organized which include SocCon, IDEAS, Wild Soccer, Scimatex, TakeOff, J.K. White Design Challenge, Robogames, Software Corner, Battlefield, ECDC, Insight, Endeavour, Gearloose, Junkyard Wars, Rube Goldberg, Tremor, Eureka, IORC, Stocksim, IOPC, Crypto, Episteme, Radioactive, Cosmos and many more.
Apart from the competitions, eminent personalities like Richard Stallman, Deborah Berebichez(The Science Babe), Victor Hayes, Deepak Mohanty and many more[7] took part in talks organized throughout the four days of the festival.
Workshops at Techkriti were conducted by professionals from industry, guests and faculty members of IIT-Kanpur that provided a platform for strong academia-industry interaction and help students learn and appreciate the real fun in learning.
The final day included the performance of the prominent Indian singer Kailash Kher that increased the entertainment quotient of this technical feast.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Techkriti '99". IIT Kanpur. http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/Archive/dirjan1/techkriti99.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ February 2011 "Techkriti Past". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Techkriti February 2011.
- ^ "Techkriti 2011". www.vgyan.com. http://www.vgyan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50:iit-kanpur-presents-techkriti-2011--the-annual-technical-and-entrepreneurship-festival&catid=60:competitions&Itemid=192. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Times of India - Techkriti". Times of India. 15 February 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/kanpur/28548253_1_iit-k-students-techkriti-technology-kanpur. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Robogames - Techkriti". Techkriti. http://techkriti.org/#/competitions/robogames/. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Techkriti 2011 begins". Times Of India. 15 February 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/kanpur/28548253_1_iit-k-students-techkriti-technology-kanpur. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Techkriti Talks". http://www.techkriti.org/#/talks/.
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