Techkriti

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Techkriti
Techkriti logo.png
GenreTechnical, entrepreneurial
DatesMarch 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) - March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)
VenueIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Location(s)Kanpur, India
Founded1995
Attendance1,500 colleges[1]
Patron(s)UNESCO, IEEE
Organised byIIT Kanpur students
Filing statusNon-profit student organisation
Websitewww.techkriti.org

Techkriti is an annual four-day inter-collegiate technical and entrepreneurship festival at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur which is held each March.[2] The 26th Techkriti will be held from 19 to 22 March 2020.[needs update] The festival began in 1995[2] to develop student technological innovation. The word Techkriti is derived from tech (technology) and the Sanskrit kriti (creation).

History[]

Techkriti, first held in 1995, has become one of Asia's largest technical and entrepreneurial festivals.[3]

Techkriti events (2007–2019)
Event Dates Details
Techkriti Oh-Seven! 22 to 25 February 2007 included an air show[4] by the Indian Air Force's Akash Ganga skydiving team
Techkriti '08[5] 14 to 17 February 2008 hosted over 150 colleges and included keynote presentations by Peter Grünberg, Kevin Warwick and Harsh Manglik.
Techkriti '09[6] 12 to 15 February 2009 included talks by Stephen Wolfram, David Morrison, G. Madhavan Nair and Ron Eglash.
Techkriti '10[7] 11 to 14 February 2010 observed IIT Kanpur's golden jubilee and included Nikolaos Mavridis (developer of the world's first Arabic-speaking humanoid robot
Techkriti '11 17 to 20 February 2011 hosted over 1,500 students who participated in 27 events. Competitions included unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise control, a robot talent show, robogames[8] and a simulation video game on the Great Wall of China. Speakers and guests included Russian mathematician Vladimir Voevodsky, astronaut Bruce E. Melnick, Millau Viaduct designer Michael Gratzel, voting-system designer David Bismark, Hellion Ventures managing director Ashish Gupta and Royal Orchid Hotels founder Chander Baljee.[9]
Techkriti '12[10] 27 to 30 January 2012[11] had a theme of "Technology for the Future". The opening ceremony's guest of honour was GNU founder Richard Stallman. Deborah Berebichez, Vic Hayes, and Deepak Mohanty were other guest speakers.[12] The final day included a performance by playback singer Kailash Kher.[13]
Techkriti '13 14 to 17 March 2013 had a theme of "Fixing the Planet" for the festival's 18th edition.[14]
Techkriti '14[15][failed verification] 6 to 9 March 2014 had a theme of "Virtually Progressive World".
Techkriti '15[16] 19 to 22 March 2015 had the theme "Blueprint to a smarter world".
Techkriti '16 3 to 6 March 2016 had a theme of "Beyond Our Planet"
Techkriti '17 23 to 26 March 2017 had the theme of "Factualising Fictions"
Techkriti '18 15 to 18 March 2018 had the theme of "Prism of Possibilities"
Techkriti '19 7 to 10 March 2019 had a theme of "Forging The Matrix".

Organisation[]

Techkriti is an entirely student organized festival.[citation needed] The structure of the organising team is four-tiered. Leading the team are the Festival Coordinators along with a team of Heads, each with an allotted portfolio. Administrative portfolios include marketing, media and publicity, finance, security, hospitality and show management. Event-related portfolios include public relations, web and design. Each Head has his own team of coordinators and executives.[citation needed]

Workshops and talks[]

A group of men
The 2017 Techkriti

Students and academia at the festival can attend talks by professionals in various fields from India and abroad. Speakers at Techkriti have included aerospace scientist and former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam,[17] Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman and Rakesh Sharma, the only Indian to date to travel in space. Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai was the guest of honour at the 2016 festival, which was scheduled to end with a musical evening.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.techkriti.org[dead link]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Techkriti 99: Celebrating Technology". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Times of India - Techkriti". The Times of India. 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. ^ "IPCS | Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies" (PDF). www.ipcs.org.
  5. ^ http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=544614[dead link]
  6. ^ "The Opera Blog - News | Opera". Opera News.
  7. ^ http://www.knowafest.com/2009/09/techkriti-2010-iit-kanpur-technical.html[dead link]
  8. ^ "Robogames - Techkriti". Techkriti. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Techkriti 2011 begins". The Times of India. 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  10. ^ http://www.coolage.in/2012/06/14/techkriti-techfest-of-iit-kanpur/[dead link]
  11. ^ "IIT-K 'Techkriti' to begin from Jan 27". The Times of India. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Techkriti Talks". Archived from the original on 26 November 2004.
  13. ^ "'Techkriti' ends on mesmerizing note". The Times Of India. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  14. ^ "IIT Kanpur hosts Techkriti 2013". Dainik Bhaskar. 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Techkriti '20". Techkriti'20 | IIT Kanpur.
  16. ^ "IIT-K ready to welcome budding techies at Techkriti' 15 | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. ^ "Techkriti, IIT KANPUR". Twenty19.
  18. ^ "Ex-president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to grace Techkriti at IIT Kanpur - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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