Events

EVENT DESCRIPTIONS ELECTRONICS RELATED EVENT: - Live-Wire: For all the hardware freaks, LiveWire is an on-the-spot hardware contest which will test how good you are at thinking on your toes and getting those confounded circuits to work. Participate in a team of: 2 - Circuit Work-It: Circuit work-it is an open hardware contest which compels your brain cells to do some real sorting. Come up with hardware systems for commercial and industrial applications. Participate in a team of: 4 SOFTWARE RELATED EVENTS: - C-Voyage: This C programming contest brings the best coders together competing in an intellectually stimulating environment. Participants have to develop optimal codes that work, are bug free and draw on efficient algorithms Participate in a team of: 2 - Connect-i-cut: Connect-i-cut aims at testing the computer networking skills of the participants. In essence the event will involve a basic LAN setup, demonstrating successful communication between nodes on the network and carrying out a variety of tasks that are related to resource sharing. Participate in a team of: 3 - Weave The Web: Given a theme on the spot, design your own website in a limited period of time with the given resources! Teams are allowed to use only a predetermined number of softwares like Photoshop, Corel Draw, Front Page, Dream Weaver and Paint.. Participate in a team of: 2 LAN GAMING : Unleash the gamer within you as Lan Gaming gets bigger, meaner and tougher …. Battle it out in the cyber world against clans from various colleges to become the ultimate warlord in CS or dazzle everyone with your magical dribbling skills and powerful strikes in FIFA or if you are a Speed Demon, hop onto your beast and conquer the roads… Be The Ultimate Gaming Champion!!! Games include Counter Strike - Participate in a team of: 4 FIFA – Teams of 2 FIFA – Individual Need for Speed TREASURE HUNT What’s common between “Pirates of Caribbean” and “The National Treasure”? The “Treasure” of course!! Praxis brings to you an incredible hunt for treasure in the streets of Mumbai. Pick up your crew, fuel your car and get ready to solve some conundrums and find the hidden treasure or be prepared to lose yourself in the labyrinth of puzzles. Participate in a team of: 4 OTHER EVENTS - Film it Unveil the journalist in you by making a video report on PRAXIS. Capture all the events in a humorous way, not giving away the technical details. From the action on stage to that behind the stage all of it can make for a win here. So, zap it, capture it and FILM IT…Lights Camera Action!!! Participate in a team of: 2 - Papyrus Papyrus is a technical paper presentation event. Participants are expected to submit a paper that is based on research, systematic investigations or experimental analysis. Participate in a team of: 3 - Mindbenders Enter mindbender, a technical quiz which offers ‘the most’ geekiest ride to wisdom. Killer rounds, video analysis and much more. Go on and test your mettle against the best. This event will lead you to the technology you’ll be a part of tomorrow. Participate in a team of: 2 - Brainwave After an overwhelming success last time brainwave is back!!! And how!!! From the technically informed to the lightning quick brains, this event will test your analytical thinking capability, your reasoning and deduction skills. Work your way through brainteasers, puzzles and unsolved mysteries. So, gear up for the clash of brains, right here at brainwave. Participate in a team of: 2 - Renaissance The renaissance that began in Europe ages ago has found it’s way at PRAXIS. For the culturally and technically advanced minds renaissance it is. Teams must come up with an idea, preferably technical, that is applicable, a problem with the society or the environment or any problem related to an industry. Just think it up and we’ll give you the platform there on. Participate in a team of: 3 - Dalal Street The biggest event of PRAXIS. It is the “dalal street” of VESIT, in the making. Bigger and grander than last year, it awaits it’s dalals. Put on your thinking caps and get the stocks rising!! Participate in a team of: 4 - The Executive Suite For all the Alpha’s out there, this will definitely show of the leader in you. This game tests the managerial skills in groups and in individuals. It seeks the young manager efficient to adorn the EXECUTIVE SUITE. Participate in a team of: 4 - Naked Egg Drop A fun event, in which participants have to drop eggs from ever-increasing heights onto the baskets engineered to withhold the egg w/o breaking it. So get on with the making of the box no egg can spoil… Participate in a team of: 3 - Bridge The Gap Fun, we love. The objective of this event is to design a well-engineered bridge that will hold weights. Mechanise your brains and model a bridge that will rock the weight (Literally). Participate in a team of: 2 - Crystal Maze This is it. The most craziest and awaited of all. The event that will offer you a respite from the plethora of technical events. Get a team, complete the tasks, earn points and find the crystal. The race begins in 5.4.3.2.1. Participate in a team of: 4 ROBOTICS: - Robo-Soccer: The Beautiful Game of Soccer is back. Play soccer on a miniature soccer field in this event. Participate in a team of: 4 - Monster Race : Make your way through the hills and valleys, rivers and beaches as your robots are tested for their strength and maneuverability in this obstacle race. Participate in a team of: 4 - Robo-Wars : This event tests the power and maneuverability of the robot which are essential for its survival. It tests the controller’s mastery over the controls while the robots go head to head to put the opponents out of the ring. The aim is to create a robot whose sole purpose is to push, throw, flip, drag or otherwise move the opponent out of the ring within the prescribed time. Participate in a team of: 4 - Level III Robotics [Auto-Bot]: Build a line follower that traverses the race track in the least possible time with no shortcuts allowed. Participate in a team of: 4 - Blind Ride: Find out in this fun based robotics event where participants have to guide their robots through an obstacle filled path while the person maneuvering the bot is blind folded. An event to test the maneuverability of the robot & the controller’s alertness to his partner instructing him directions. Participate in a team of: 4 - Touch me not: In this event, an antenna will be placed over the bot. there will be a maze like structure in air. The task is to guide the robot through the maze without letting the antenna touch it. This event will be conducted in a dark place and the robot will not be visible to the controller. Participate in a team of: 4 PRIZES - ELECTRONICS RELATED EVENT - Live-Wire: 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize-Rs 2000/- - Circuit Work-It: 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- SOFTWARE RELATED EVENTS: - C-Voyage 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Connect-i-cut 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Weave The Web 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- LAN GAMING : - Counter Strike 1st prize- Rs 5000/- 2nd prize- Rs 3500/ - FIFA – Teams of 2 1st prize- Rs 4000/- 2nd prize-Rs 2500/- - FIFA – Individual 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize-Rs 2000/- - Need for Speed 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- TREASURE HUNT 1st prize- Rs 6000/- 2nd prize- Rs 4000/- 3rd prize- Rs 2000/- OTHER EVENTS - Film it 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Papyrus 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/ - Mindbenders 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Brainwave 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Renaissance 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Dalal Street 1st prize- Rs 9000/- 2nd prize- Rs 6000/ - The Executive Suite 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Naked Egg Drop 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/ - Bridge The Gap 1st prize- Rs 3000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Crystal Maze ROBOTICS: - Robo-Soccer: 1st prize- Rs 5000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2500/- - Monster Race : 1st prize- Rs 8000/- 2nd prize- Rs 5000/- - Robo-Wars : 1st prize- Rs 6000/- 2nd prize- Rs 4000/- - Level III Robotics [Auto-Bot]: 1st prize- Rs 4000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Blind Ride: 1st prize- Rs 4000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2000/- - Touch me not: 1st prize- Rs 5000/- 2nd prize- Rs 2500/-