Upcoming Project Competitions in College Fests, Events in March 2026.

1. Cresciton - A 30 hours Hackathon (March 6th & 7th)
2. CreateX - GenAI Workshop (March 6)
3. CyberX - Cybersecurity Workshop (March 7)
4. SpeakSphere (Project Debate - Project Presentation) - 7th March
5. Pitch it Prove it (Idea Pitching - Paper Presentation) - 7th March
6. Bid2Build (Codeing) - 7th March
7. VibeXecute - 7th March

TECHNICAL EVENTS:
1. Idea/Paper Presentation
2. Project Presentation
3. Poster Presentation

NON-TECHNICAL EVENTS:
1. Quiz
2. Techno Marketing
3. Untie the Knots

Technical events
24 hrs Hackathon - 2 themes will be given, coin a problem and propose a innovative solution
Voltvision(Paper presentation)-3 members per team
Wattworks Expo (Project presentation)-3 memners per team
Score board events(Round1 Technical quiz, Round 2 Think & Simulate, Round 3 On spot idea pitch)- 3 members per team
Non tech
Warrior Draft (IPL auction)- 3 members per team
Quest of the dragon(Treasure hunt)- 3 members per team
Chi connect (Connections)- 3 members per team

PAPER PRESENTATION
HACKATHON
RRR
Project EXPO
WORST UI
WEBDESIGN
BIGBOSS
IPL AUCTION
CONNECTIONS
TREASURE HUNT

Paper presentation & Project presentation,
Technical quiz ,
Non technical events

*Civil Department*

Paper Presentation

Break the Code

CADD Context

Project Tycoon

Treasure Trail

*Mechanical Department*

CAD Modelling Challenge

Technical Quiz

Paper Presentation

Poster Making

JAM & Fun Quiz

*CSE Cluster (CSE, Cyber Security, AI&DS, AIML, IT)*

Paper Presentation

UI/UX Ignite

Battle of the Bidders

Guess the Gibberish

*ECE Department*

Circuit Combat

Robot Fire

Paper Presentation

A Minute to Win

Think Link

*EEE Department*

Think Tank

Link & Light

Bot Velocity

Mystic Trail

Face to Face

On the Spot Game

⚡ List of Events
🔧 Technical Events

Electra Script – Technical paper / idea presentation

Innovarch – Project & innovation showcase

Electrofix – Electrical troubleshooting & problem solving

Circuit Xplore – Circuit design and analysis challenge

IntelliWiz – Technical quiz & logical reasoning

🌟 Spotlight Events

Marketrix – Marketing & business strategy game

Brain Bazaar – Knowledge-based competitive challenge

Chronos Key – Time-based puzzle and reasoning event

Mic & Mystery – A fun music themed event

Convergex – Team-based fun and strategy event

This technical fest is designed to explore the power of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in today’s digital world.
The event features workshops, technical competitions, Project expos, and expert sessions to enhance practical knowledge.
Join us to innovate, collaborate, and experience the future of intelligent technology.

A Workshop on CONVERTING ProjectS INTO PROFITABLE PATENTS

Project Expo
Paper Presentation
Web Development
Software Rapid PPT
Hardware Rapid PPT

Technical Events:

Paper Presentation

Project Expo

Code Debugging

UI/UX Challenge

Non-Technical Events:

Gaming (Free Fire)

Tune Seek

Photography

Container Clash

Technical: Bug Busters, TechVista (Paper/Project Presentation), Brain vs Bot, and Blind Coding.

Non-Technical: E-Sports Championship and Prompt Art Challenge.

🌟 KALAM 2K26 - Department of Information Technology XENRIA proudly presents 🌟
1.🎮 GAMEORA – 24 Hour Gaming Hackathon 🎮
Build. Play. Disrupt.
💡 About the Event:
GAMEORA is an immersive 24-hour hackathon designed for passionate developers, designers, and innovators to create engaging game prototypes from scratch.

🛠️ How It Works:

🔹 Teams will receive a theme/problem statement at the beginning of the event.
🔹 Participants must design and develop a functional game within 24 hours.
🔹 Final Projects will be presented to the judging panel.
🔹 Evaluation criteria: Innovation, Gameplay, Design, Technical Implementation & Overall Impact.

📌 Event Details:

📅 Date: 12th – 13th March 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 10:00 AM (24 Hours)
📍 Venue: SIET ( Tech Park -1D )
🎟️ Registration: 800 per team
🤵🏻Team Size: 3-4 members
💰 Attractive Cash Prizes+3L worth prizes+Internships

2.🔓 OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTION WORKSHOP
💡 About the Workshop:
This hands-on workshop focuses on Generative AI models and practical Open Source Contribution. Participants will gain real-time experience contributing to live GitHub Projects and understanding how AI products are built from prompt to deployment.

🛠️ What You’ll Learn:
🔹 Understanding Prompt-to-Product workflow
🔹 Working with Generative AI models
🔹 Live GitHub contribution session
🔹 Open source collaboration techniques
🔹 Best practices in AI Project development

📌 Event Details:
📅 Date: 13-03-2026
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
🎟️ Registration Fee: Rs. 200 per person

🎙️ Resource Person:
Mr. John Paul Antony
Associate Manager – Happiest Minds

3.🔥 THE TERMINAL PARADOX – Every Solution Creates a New Trap! 🔥
📖 Event Type:

A high-intensity futuristic technical challenge set in a simulated digital world where participants must unlock doors by solving layered problems. Every solution leads to a new trap — testing logic, speed, and strategy under pressure.

🎭 Event Flow:

❓ Quiz Door
Crack technical and logical questions to move forward.

🔐 Debug Door
Participants will be given a buggy code.
Identify errors and fix them within the given time limit.

⚙ Solve Door
Face a final problem-solving challenge that tests your analytical thinking and coding skills.

⏳ Each stage must be completed within the time constraint.
Only the sharpest minds will break the paradox.

📅 Event Details:
🗓️ Date: 13th March 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM
👨‍💻 Team Size: Individual
💰 Registration Fee: ₹99/-
💰 Exciting Cash Prizes

4.🔥 SEEN TO SCREEN – Imagination to Implementation 🔥
💻 Event Type:
A fast-paced front-end challenge where participants recreate a given webpage design using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with pixel-perfect accuracy.

🎭 Event Flow:

* Solo participation
* Webpage design/screenshot provided on the spot
* Recreate the layout using HTML, CSS & JavaScript
* Time limit: 1 hour 30 minutes
* Final submission through live demo

📅 Event Details:
🗓️ Date: 13th March
⏰ Time: 01:00 PM – 2:30 PM
💰 Registration Fee: ₹99

🏆 Awards & Recognition:
Cash prizes for the Top 3 performers

TECHNICAL EVENTS : (MAXIMUM TWO OR MIN ONE EVENT)*
1. PAPER PRESENTATION
2. TECHNICAL QUIZ
3. Project EXPO

NON TECHNICAL EVENTS (ONLY ONE EVENT)
1.CHESS TOURNAMNET
2.FREE FIRE TOURNAMENT
3.START MUSIC

Technical Events
• Paper Presentation
• Project Expo
• Circuit Debugging
• Technical Quiz
• Syntax Arena
• The Startup Garage
Non-Technical Events
• E-Sports
• Cinephile
• IPL Auction
• Chess

Paper Presentation
Projects Presentation
Fun Events
Short Flims

MadMatrix’26 features a diverse lineup of events designed to engage students across technical, creative, and competitive domains.

Technical & Off-Stage Events
Project presentations, coding challenges such as Escape the Matrix, live editing battles, human calculator challenges, speed typing contests, reel creation, fitness-based challenges, and technical quizzes.

On-Stage Cultural Events
Dance performances, fashion walk, singing, mime, short film showcases, and battle of bands, offering a vibrant platform for creative expression and stage talent.

Gaming Events
Interactive gaming formats including box cricket, hand cricket variants, strategy games like online chess, fun engagement games, and mobile esports tournaments featuring popular titles.

Sports Events
Team-based competitions including cricket, football, kabaddi, volleyball, and kho kho, promoting athletic participation and team spirit.

Track & Athletic Events
Individual track competitions such as sprints, middle-distance runs, relay races, and field events including long jump and shot put.

Special Experience
A high-energy DJ celebration adds a festive close to the event, enhancing the overall campus experience.

📄 Paper Presentation
A platform for students to present innovative research ideas, technical concepts, and emerging technologies. Participants will showcase their analytical skills, originality, and technical knowledge before an expert panel.

🛠️ Project Presentation
An opportunity to demonstrate working models, prototypes, and real-time applications. This event encourages practical implementation of engineering concepts and problem-solving abilities.

🎬 Movie Hunt (Technical Fun Event)
An engaging and interactive event where participants identify movies based on technical clues, visuals, or dialogues. A perfect blend of entertainment and intellectual challenge.

Exciting Events Include:
* Hackathon
* Multimedia Presentation
* Project Presentation
* Paper Presentation
* Tech Conexions
* Coding Contest
* Mobile Photography
* Circuit Debugging
* 3D Pharma Hackathon
* Pharma Dumb Charades
* Memes & Reels Making
* Quiz Competitions

Paper Presentation (FRAMEWORK)

Technical Debate (PARADOX)

Technical Quiz (VECTOR)

Guess The Crowd (ProjectION)

Typing Speed Competition (MOMENTUM)

Bomb Squad Tournament (GRAVITY)

🌅 Morning Session (Choose One)

🟢 IDENT — Python Fundamentals Challenge
Paper-based round testing core syntax, concepts, and logical clarity.
Focus: variables, control flow, data structures, debugging, output prediction.

🟡 LAMBDA — Coding Challenge
Hands-on programming contest solving real-time problems.
Focus: efficiency, clean logic, edge cases, and algorithmic thinking.

🌇 Afternoon Session (Choose One)

🔵 System Design — Terminal OOP Challenge
Build a structured, object-oriented solution in a terminal environment.
Focus: class design, modularity, scalability, and real-world modeling.

🟣 Project Presentation — AI/ML Showcase
Present Python-based AI/ML Projects with real-world applications.
Focus: innovation, impact, implementation, and clarity of explanation.

🟠 Origami — Creative Logic Break
A fun, non-technical session exploring patterns and structured creativity through paper folding.
Focus: spatial reasoning, patience, and the art hidden in algorithms.

🔹 Technical Events:
• PaperNex – Paper Presentation
• Inventra – Project Expo
• LogicLeague – Coding Challenge
• DataVista – Power BI Challenge

🔹 Non-Technical Events:
• CiniMania – Short Film
• BattleByte – E-Sports
• Mystery Hunt – Treasure Hunt

🔵 Event 1 – AI Concept Visualization
📌 Description:
Participants present a core AI concept using multimedia tools such as PPTs, animations, short videos, or infographics.
📚 Topics May Include:
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processing
AI in Healthcare
AI Ethics & Future Scope
🎯 Objective:
To visually explain complex AI concepts in a simple, creative, and engaging manner

🔵 Event 2 – Live AI Demonstration
📌 Description:
Teams demonstrate a working AI model or simulation.
💡 Example Demonstrations:
Face Detection System
Image Classification
AI Chatbot
Recommendation System
Output Prediction Model
🎯 Objective:
To provide hands-on exposure and demonstrate practical implementation of AI applications.

🔵 Event 3 – Creative AI Showcase
📌 Description:
Participants present creative Projects using AI-generated content or AI-inspired ideas.
🎨 Showcase Ideas:
AI-generated Art
AI-based Short Film
AI Music Creation
Future AI Concept Presentation
Social Impact of AI
🎯 Objective:
To encourage innovation, imagination, and creative application of Artificial Intelligence.

CSE Events:
PROMPTLY-Technical
DEBUG DETECTIVE-Technical
THINK TANK THROWDOWN-Non Technical

Common Events:
Paper Presentation
Project Expo
Logic Rush

Project EXPO

Project and Research Presentation

ORIGIN – 24 Hour National AI Hackathon 2026
About the Hackathon
ORIGIN is the flagship National AI Hackathon organized by the Hackathon Club of SIMATS Engineering. This 24-hour high-intensity innovation event brings together students from top institutions across India to develop intelligent, real-world solutions using Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies.

Participants will collaborate under expert mentorship to design production-ready prototypes while addressing industry and societal challenges.

Only shortlisted teams are required to pay a participation fee of ₹200 per member to confirm their slot for the offline hackathon. Payment details and instructions will be shared with shortlisted teams via Unstop and email.

Event Details:

Dates: March 30 – 31, 2026

Venue: SIMATS Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Mode: Offline

Team Size: 3–4 members

Registration: Only through Unstop

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Why Participate?
Build real-world AI solutions

Compete with 500+ top student innovators

Receive mentorship from industry experts

Win cash prizes and exclusive rewards

Gain internship opportunities with partner companies

Get free domains to launch Projects online

Network with developers, founders, and industry professionals

Receive certificates, goodies, and exclusive swag

What Makes ORIGIN Unique
Problem statements are provided directly by partner companies

Each problem may have a separate cash prize

Participants gain insight into real-world industry challenges

Opportunity to propose practical AI-based solutions to actual problems

Direct exposure to how companies approach innovation and technology

Network and connect with industry experts and professionals

Bridge the gap between academia and industry

Build Projects with real-world impact and recognition

Prize Pool & Benefits
Total Prize Pool: ₹50,000+

Cash prizes for winners across challenges

Additional Benefits:

Internship opportunities with partner companies

Free custom domains to launch Projects

Exclusive hackathon goodies and swag

Participation certificates

Recognition from industry experts

1. Paper Xplore (Paper Presentation)
2. Tech Carnival (Project Presentation)
3. Circuit Verse (Circuit Debugging)
4. Quanti--Code (Coding)
5. Threads of Us
6. Beats Battle

Technical:
Paper Presentation
CAD Modelling
Ideathon
Project contest
Surve - X
Mr. Machinist
Quiz

Non-technical:
Connection
Treasure hunt
Short film making
Free Fire

Pper presentation
Tech Quiz
Poster Presentation
Short Film
Mini Projects

Project Expo & Paper Presentation

Paper Trail (paper presentation) and ProjectXpress (Project expo), along with engaging non-technical events such as Digi-Venture and Connexion to test participants’ analytical and interactive abilities.

Paper Presentation
Participants present innovative technical papers related to electronics, communication, or emerging technologies. Evaluation will be based on originality, technical content, presentation clarity, and response to judges’ questions.

Project Expo
Teams will showcase their hardware or software Projects with real-time demonstrations. Projects will be evaluated based on innovation, practical application, technical implementation, and explanation.

Line Follower
Participants design and program an autonomous robot that follows a predefined path. The robot will be judged based on speed, accuracy, stability, and successful completion of the track.

Research and Project Presentation

Participants are encouraged to develop impactful Projects that leverage innovation to create measurable change. Address real-world problems affecting individuals, communities, industries, or society at large through technology-driven solutions. Your ideas should move beyond theory—either by improving existing solutions or proposing transformative innovations. Identify a meaningful challenge, design with purpose, and build a solution that delivers tangible and lasting impact.

Protospark 2026 features a series of innovation-driven technical events designed to showcase engineering talent and practical problem-solving skills. Key events include:

Project and Prototype Presentation