Techniche 2007

Techniche 2007 was officially inaugurated after the lighting of the lamp ceremony. Among thosewho were present on the occasion were  Chief Guest Himanta B Sarma, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, IT, Science and Technology and Guwahati Development, the Director IIT Guwahati, and others. Mr Sarma is also the MLA of Jalukbari. In his speech, he praised the efforts of the organizing team for arranging a fest of such magnitude, with around 250 colleges from all over the world, including 50 schools. He also stressed on how India should not only be an instrument of implementation of ideas from abroad. The Director, IIT Guwahati, Dr Barua, appraised the students for their efforts in promotion of technology. He also urged them to pursue research.

The event concluded with the launch of the intranet campus radio by the Hon’ble chief guest. The institute was also privileged by being showcased the first broadcast of this one-of-its-kind venture.

Mr Uppaluri, Chairman Technical Board, concluded the event with a vote of thanks, also announcing that the labs were open to inquisitive school children to learn and observe how IITG functions.

Manual Robotics
( GHOSTS OF CHERNOBYL)

The most awaited, anticipated and participated event of the techniche 2007- the tech fest of IIT GUWAHATI, began in full steam this morning at 10 am and it is going to be held throughout the next 3 days non stop. Around 130 teams have registered for the event and many more are still expected to register in the next 2-3 hrs. Out of these 130 teams,70 teams from outside IIT guwahati have registered. These teams have come from various engineering colleges from all over the country. Teams have come from many NIT’s like NIT Bhopal, NIT Patna, NIT Silchar etc and also from other colleges like GIT Jaipur etc.

The problem statement of this event is to make a robot which is capable of moving inside a maze and picking up a ball from the centre of it and coming back out, while all  the time being out of the reach of the ghosts(opposition teams). The participants have shown a lot of enthusiasm and dedication in making their robots which is quite evident from the various innovative ideas and designs they have come up with to construct their robots from scratch.

This event has been a huge success according to one of the organisers and it has received lot of response from both the participants as well as the viewers which

can be judged from the constant clapping and whoopings and the heavy crowd that can always be seen in this event.It is expected that the same tempo will continue for all the three days and this event proves to be one of the biggest successes of techniche 2007.

Technothlon

Techniche, has also witnessed participation from over 50 schools from near-and-afar in the event Technothlon. It is our ultimate aim to inculcate innovation in the nascent minds of our nation’s youth.

Technothlon showcased several events, most notably, lecture by Mr Subhash Basumatary, Director of SAI Guwahati, on promoting sports in the country addressing some key features that impede the progress of organised games in India. He went on to speculate on how the scenario can be improved, by suggesting a ten-point policy.

“Puzzologica” witnessed participation from an overwhelming 42 teams of class 11/12 students who had to solve 10 challenging puzzles in the span of 2 hours. On emerging from their quiz, they expressed their admiration for IITG’s campus and ascertained how the event tested their locical and reasoning skills to the extremum.

Likewise, “Prototype” saw participation from Class 11/12 students. While one team had constructed a sound collection and amplification system modelled for the armed forces, another team had an excellent presentation on ‘magic squares’ in which they arranged numbers so that they magically added up to the same value in every column/row. The diplays silently professed the drive in the youth to take our nation from striving to developed in accordance with the wishes of our last president, Dr Kalam.

CSI (Crime Scene Investigation-  Biotech Related Event)

The latest addition in the long list of events in this year’s Techniche CSI (Crime Scene Investigation ). Problem statements involved analysis in various BIOTECH labs like DNA, fingerprinting, serology and toxicology. It attracted a huge participation including teams from IIT Delhi, various NITs and colleges from Hyderabad, Mumbai. The problem consisted of a summary of various cases of crime which included press cuttings, interviews of  suspects, clues related to DNA prints. In short, the various teams turned into detectives and had their task cut out to get to the real culprit.

Aqua Husstle

Aqua Husstle, a part of manual robotics, saw participation of more than  hundred teams of which more than half were from outside Guwahati like the NIT’s, IT-BHU,etc. In this event the robots act as warships constantly fighting for their territory. The teams which spends the maximum time in their opponents’ territory is the winner. Innovations from young minds were seen in terms of the boat design and in the mechanisms of swift movement in water such as the WIRELESS BOAT which turned out to be a great attraction. High spirits were shown by Mujahid Ahmed from Ghaziabad, a physically challenged student who participated with high enthusiasm in all the robotics events. The main event will be held on 8th and 9th September where the top teams fight for the top honours.

Speech by KIRAN BEDI 

Beginning with an intriguing question as to why people compromising with their conscience are successful..? or why dishonesty has reaped benefits for those who adopted it and left the others battling it out for sustenance? Dr.Kiran Bedi baffled the audience at IIT-Guwahati  which expected her to speak out on cyber crimes.

However, she felt glad visiting the part of the country which is visited not by choice but generally on basis of compulsion. Dr.Bedi reflected on  the beauty that exists in the untouched natural environment of the north east to the beauty that exists inside its inhabitants, everything that starts from simplicity and politeness but finds a dead end with an honesty labelled with a question mark.

Making reference to the students of IIT G Dr.Bedi pointed out the general trend among the youth of India and not just IIT, i.e. the pursuit of individual gains rather than the collective gains. She pointed out the flaws in our education system which makes India still deficient in its human resource despite possessing bright and fertile brain power of the youth. The demands of Indian intellectuals be it doctors or engineers is not only in research and industry but the society as a whole depends on them. The dreams of making India a superpower by 2020 will still sound a distant dream until our youth was imparted education to educate others, empowered those who have been impoverished and reach out to those millions of under privileged Indians who have never reaped the fruits of our recent earned freedom.

Dr. Bedi stressed on the fact that the youth of India should live for the greater good of their country. The premier institutes of education that the govt. has provided will not solve their purpose until they yield youth full of energy to change things for the better and having the attitude, perseverance and most importantly courage to do what is right and question what is wrong. It is very easy to lead a normal life in which nothing changes. For eg the ethics being questioned and no. of divorces on the rise.

The issue of the students community in India losing out on their ‘patriotic quotient’ makes it all the more worthwhile to ponder over the system of education we’re having right now. She urged the director and the faculty of the institute to imbibe more of a social perspective as a part of the curriculum and add a personal reading hour to make them read about  great people.

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