24 th May IIT MADRAS 1 ST -5 TH OCTOBER .

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IIT MADRAS1ST -5TH OCTOBER

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About Shaastra

• IIT MADRAS Annual Technical Festival• Only student managed ISO certified Tech

fest• Participation from all over the world• Events catering to all Engineering fields

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A Quick look – Shaastra 2007

• 45 events• 15000 Participants• Prize money - 7 lakhThis time much more…

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EVENTS

• Design & Build• Programming• Quizzes, Online• Management• Lectures, VCs, Workshops• Open Houses

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SPOTLIGHT

• Main attention at Shaastra• Major crowd pullers• Huge prize money

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GOLDEN DESIGN CHALLENGES

• Set of Socially relevant problems• To be implemented later on • Examples: Water Purifier, Urban

Transport System

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PENTATHALON

• A huge event consisting of 5 rounds

• Successive elimination

• Hands on work

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OTHERS

• The Ultimate Engineer• Industrial Open House

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SHAASTRA NIGHTS

• A definite crowd puller• Laser shows and

pyrotechnics among others• To be held at the Open Air

Theatre

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THE SPIRIT OF ENGINEERING

• The Face of Shaastra• Amazing machines made by IIT

Madras students• Demonstration during Shaastra• Media Coverage

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PREVIOUS SOEs

• Want to Fly• Yu Fly• Bio Diesel Plant• Safe Railroads

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THIS YEAR

• Self riding Bicycle• Robo Soccer• Mag Lev ElevatorAnd more…

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DESIGN & BUILD

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INDUSTRY DEFINED PROBLEMS

• Real life applications• Judged by industrialists• Internships for winners• Last year prize money 20K• Ex:1.Unmanned Railway

2.Energy from Buildings

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BLUEPRINT

• No particular problem statement• Innovation and creativity rules• Finalists to give presentation during

Shaastra

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DESMOD

• 3D model designing competition

• A workshop followed by the event

• Basics of the software to be taught

• Last year prize money- 15K

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ROBOTICS

• 3 different problem statements• 1. Emergency Exit 2. Get A Grip 3. Library Scanner • Total last year prize money 1.25L

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FIRE N ICE

• Design and construct a resource and time-optimized structure

• New Supersized format • Last year- 30K

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OTHERS

• Aesthetique• Engenious• Switchcraft• Reverse Engineering

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HANDS ON EVENTS

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CONTRAPTIONS

• A wacky device that does a simple task in as many steps as possible

• More the steps -More the points

• Cash prize Rs. 40K• 6 internships

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JUNKYARD WARS

• Based on the classic show on Discovery Channel

• Make working devices out of scrap

• Workshop experience helps• A test of your skill and

perseverance

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CHINDOGU

• Design something technically appealing but practically useless

• Upgradation of Ignoble prizes• Finalists to make a working model• Use your creativity, generate

humour

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OTHERS

• Project X• Quick Fix• Chemical Breakdown• TechTrek

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PROGRAMMING EVENTS

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SIMULATION CHAMPIONSHIP

• Applied engineering• Computer simulation to real life physical

problems• Some of previous year examples

1. Kaleidoscope2. Projectile Motion

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PWNED!

• Make your own computer 3D game• Judged by the people who play it• No language barriers

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OTHERS

• AI Wars• SHOCK• Brainfck• Babel• Code Breaker

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QUIZ EVENTS

• Main Quiz• How Things work

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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BREAKTHROUGH

• Detailed business plan submission followed by workshop

• In collaboration with Stanford University

• Prizes worth 3 Lakhs

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OTHERS

• E-workshops• Lecture Series• VC- Pitch

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WORKSHOPS ,LECTURES & DEMOS

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RUBIK’S CUBE

• Open to all• Last year great success• This time WCA involvement• Workshop and competitions

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OTHERS

• FOSS Conference• Retractable Structures• Control Systems• BEAM Robotics• Nanoscience• Computer Security, to name a few

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LECTURES

• High Performance Computing• Quantum Computing• The World Wide Web - Past, Present

and Future and more…

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VIDEO CONFERENCES

Luminaries of Shaastra-07• Harold Kroto (Nobel Prize, Chemistry

1996)• John Mather (Nobel Prize, Physics,

2006)• Tylor Cowan (Economist)• Chris Adami (Evolutionary Theorist)

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CLARIFICATIONS

• Events list not exhaustive• No application/entry fees• Cheap accommodation provided on

first-cum-first serve basis• No participation certificates

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THANK YOU

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