Igniting Passions

This year around the festival had events like Circuit Fixer (electronics),Code Junkie (programming),CNC Lathe,Contraption,Chakravyuh,Alchemy (technical quiz),Cog Fight (Robotics),Intelligent Design 2D,SwimBiosis,Wheelomation and so on. In fact,this year,8500 students from 150 colleges participated in the event. Aditya Padhey,a core team member said,“SwimBiosis,and Wheelomation were the most popular events,which attracted the maximum audience. SwimBiosis involved competition between robots made by the students themselves. Wheelomation,on the other hand,sees students making small vehicles and racing them against each other.”

Another interesting event that was held during the festival was Contraption in which students had to make use of non-conventional energy sources and solve a given problem. Regarding the event Dhiraj Deshpande,Contraption coordinator says,“This year we had a higher number of students participating in the contest as compared to the previous years. The theme for the event was ‘Save the Tiger’,and the students were given a problem to solve,at the end of which,they had to display the picture of a tiger and through it,show a parallel line of message that showcased the same.”

Prashant Pradhan,of Premier Automobiles,who was judge for Contraption,sharing his experience about the event,says,“The students displayed lots of creativity and knowledge,and they knew that what they were making,as their ideas were clear. Apart from that student used waste material for making the models. One thing that I want to mention is though there were students who do not have the kind of exposure as students from Pune have they were just as good as the students from the city if not better. ”