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

2. 24 th May 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

3. 24 th May A Quick look – Shaastra 2007 45 events 15000 Participants Prize money - 7 lakh This time much more…

4. 24 th May EVENTS Design & Build Programming Quizzes, Online Management Lectures, VCs, Workshops Open Houses

5. 24 th May SPOTLIGHT Main attention at Shaastra Major crowd pullers Huge prize money

6. 24 th May GOLDEN DESIGN CHALLENGES Set of Socially relevant problems To be implemented later on Examples: Water Purifier, Urban Transport System

7. 24 th May PENTATHALON A huge event consisting of 5 rounds Successive elimination Hands on work

8. 24 th May OTHERS The Ultimate Engineer Industrial Open House

9. 24 th May SHAASTRA NIGHTS A definite crowd puller Laser shows and pyrotechnics among others To be held at the Open Air Theatre

10. 24 th May THE SPIRIT OF ENGINEERING The Face of Shaastra Amazing machines made by IIT Madras students Demonstration during Shaastra Media Coverage

11. 24 th May PREVIOUS SOEs Want to Fly Yu Fly Bio Diesel Plant Safe Railroads

12. 24 th May THIS YEAR Self riding Bicycle Robo Soccer Mag Lev Elevator And more…

13. 24 th May DESIGN & BUILD

14. 24 th May 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

15. 24 th May BLUEPRINT No particular problem statement Innovation and creativity rules Finalists to give presentation during Shaastra

16. 24 th May DESMOD 3D model designing competition A workshop followed by the event Basics of the software to be taught Last year prize money- 15K

17. 24 th May ROBOTICS 3 different problem statements 1. Emergency Exit 2. Get A Grip 3. Library Scanner Total last year prize money 1.25L

18. 24 th May FIRE N ICE Design and construct a resource and time-optimized structure New Supersized format Last year- 30K

19. 24 th May OTHERS Aesthetique Engenious Switchcraft Reverse Engineering

20. 24 th May HANDS ON EVENTS

21. 24 th May 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

22. 24 th May 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

23. 24 th May CHINDOGU Design something technically appealing but practically useless Upgradation of Ignoble prizes Finalists to make a working model Use your creativity, generate humour

24. 24 th May OTHERS Project X Quick Fix Chemical Breakdown TechTrek

25. 24 th May PROGRAMMING EVENTS

26. 24 th May SIMULATION CHAMPIONSHIP Applied engineering Computer simulation to real life physical problems Some of previous year examples 1. Kaleidoscope 2. Projectile Motion

27. 24 th May PWNED! Make your own computer 3D game Judged by the people who play it No language barriers

28. 24 th May OTHERS AI Wars SHOCK Brainfck Babel Code Breaker

29. 24 th May QUIZ EVENTS Main Quiz How Things work

30. 24 th May ENTREPRENEURSHIP

31. 24 th May BREAKTHROUGH Detailed business plan submission followed by workshop In collaboration with Stanford University Prizes worth 3 Lakhs

32. 24 th May OTHERS E-workshops Lecture Series VC- Pitch

33. 24 th May WORKSHOPS, L ECTURES & DEMOS

34. 24 th May RUBIKS CUBE Open to all Last year great success This time WCA involvement Workshop and competitions

35. 24 th May OTHERS FOSS Conference Retractable Structures Control Systems BEAM Robotics Nanoscience Computer Security, to name a few

36. 24 th May LECTURES High Performance Computing Quantum Computing The World Wide Web - Past, Present and Future and more…

37. 24 th May 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)

38. 24 th May 12/31/2013 CLARIFICATIONS Events list not exhaustive No application/entry fees Cheap accommodation provided on first-cum-first serve basis No participation certificates

39. 24 th May www.shaastra.org THANK YOU hospitality@shaastra.org Shaastra External Publicity Team publicity@shaastra.org