Pragyan is the ISO 9001 and 20121 certified\, international
level\, annual techno-management fest of National Institute of Technology\
, Tiruchirapalli. Incepted in 2005\, the fest takes place in the college c
ampus and has grown bigger each year. The fest stays true to its slogan
“Let’s Celebrate Technology”\, by conducting 50+ events for tech buf
fs and management gurus from across the country. With students coming in f
rom over 100 colleges\, each edition of Pragyan sees the footfall figure r
each the thousands.
\nThis year\, Pragyan is set to be bigger and be
tter. The 50+ events in Pragyan’15 range from programming competitions l
ike ByteCode\, to brain teasing events like the Pragyan Main Quiz\; from c
ore engineering competitions like Junkyard Wars\, to robotics events like
RoboWars \; from management events like Dalal Street\, to innovation compe
titions like Inspinature\; and from fun events like Water Rockets\, to lan
dscape events like Aakriti. This year’s edition will even host out of th
e box events like Crime Busters\, as well as a star gazing session. Clearl
y\, Pragyan has something for everyone.
Apart from the horde of even
ts\, Pragyan also plays host to people who have made it big in tech from a
round the world\, who come down to Trichy to deliver enticing guest lectur
es. This edition of Pragyan will witness guest lectures by Marshal Strabal
la (designer of Burj Khalifa)\, Amit Ranjan (Co-founder of SlideShare)\, J
ill Tarter (American astronomer)\, among many other big names.
\nThe
fest also hosts Crossfire – where influential people from across the co
untry participate in a series of panel discussions on various topics relev
ant to India and the youth. The 2015 edition of Pragyan will see a heated
debate on the topic “Putting an Indian on the moon seems easier than kee
ping an Indian street clean”. The panels include experts on technology a
nd development such as T.S Krishnamurthy (former Chief Election Commission
er of India)\, Mohan Guruswamy (Chairman\, Center for Policy Alternatives)
\, and Mr. Abdul Ghani\, a renowned social activist\, with Sumanth C. Rama
n (host of BSNL Sports Quiz) as the moderator.
If these weren’t en ough for you\, Pragyan also hosts a number of amazing workshops held by ex perts in their respective fields. Eight workshops will be held during Prag yan ‘15\, including a brainwave robotics workshop conducted in collabora tion with ARK Technosolutions\, a Whatsapp hacking and security workshop h eld in partnership with i-3indiya Technologies\, and a touch and augmented reality workshop held in association with Inif-zeal.
A number of ex
hibitions are also held during Pragyan\, and this year’s edition will se
e eye popping exhibits of a brain controlled helicopter by Pantech Solutio
ns\, a high precision flight simulator by Flight4Fantasy\, NAO – a progr
ammable humanoid robot by Aldebaran\, and the best of all\, a 12 billion y
ear old moon rock sample provided by the NASA space research center in Hou
ston! Pragyan’15 will also host Sangam\, an exhibition exclusively for N
IT Trichy students where they are provided with a platform to showcase the
ir new projects and ideas.
\nInfotainment\, as the name suggests\, i
s the part of Pragyan that is the perfect mix of information and entertain
ment. Under its banner\, a number of amazing events such as Fire Show Pyro
terra and Light Show Pyroterra will be conducted this year.
Pragyan ’15 went the extra mile by going beyond the borders of the campus to hol d outreach events. These include a hovercraft workshop held at Sathyabama University in Chennai\, and a hacking competition held in Hyderabad\, in a ssociation with Amazon. Pragyan Social Responsibilty (PSR)\, has played an integral role in raising awareness about various issues in and outside ca mpus\, as well as spreading much needed technical knowledge to the masses. A few events organized by PSR are Catalyst\, a program were school childr en were taught concepts of MS Office in detail\, conducting Mock JEE exams for school students\, as well as a pet project to prevent wastage of pape r on campus.
Without a shadow of doubt\, Pragyan has proven to be mu
ch more that just another college tech fest. This year\, with the theme of
‘Space’\, Pragyan 2015 is bound to be an even greater spectacle than
the editions before it.
\n“Come for Pragyan ’15 you shall\, reac
h for the stars you will.”