Singularity 2016

Singularity is the annual science fest of IISER Bhopal and the largest science fest in central India. The aim of Singularity is to create an ambience of science as an extracurricular activity at IISER-B and offer a platform for the young minds of the country to showcase their talent in the field of science. Over the years, we have grown immensely, with participations from many premier institutes of the country. After the enormous success of Singularity’15, we are back! IISER Bhopal is proud to present Singularity’16-where science prevails….
Singularity’16 will be held from 3rd to 5th September, 2016 in the
Bhauri Campus of IISER Bhopal.

The main events of Singularity are brainstorming fun and inspiring and filled with. Here is a list of the main events that will be held in Singularity’16-

Renaissance- Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Can you challenge him and his contemporaries in trying to prove physical laws using only household objects and the spirit of innovation and science?? 
Largest and one of the flagship events of Singularity’16. 

Domino Effect- Let the dominoes fall!! Try your skills in making a crazy Rube Goldberg machine to do a simple task using at least a given number of steps. Participants using a Royal Bengal Tiger or a giant blue whale will be given special credit!!(Flagship event)

Petri Dish Picasso- Play with bacteria as you try to paint the most beautiful medium. Paint on agar plates using different coloured bacterial cultures. 

Bad Ad Hoc- One very bad statement. Let's see who comes up with the best justification. Present and defend an incorrect scientific theory using crazy but logical arguments.

Clarion: It's the war of the words as excited teams shout it out to prove their points in this debate on new scientific topics where logic rules supreme.

PixelPor (online event): Describe a scientific phenomenon using a video in a self-explanatory way.
 
Puzzle Master: Put your brains to test with fun puzzles. So you say you can solve puzzles?? Why don’t you see what you can do in this obstacle course we have prepared designed to exhaust your puzzling capabilities

Singularity Quiz! : Put on your thinking caps on as IISER Bhopal’s own quiz club brings you a mind whirling knowledge quest where only the best and most equipped minds will make the mark (flagship event)

Treasure Hunt- One treasure and loads of science. Can you solve the clues and get to it

Code_Play: The fastest and the most efficient programmer wins!

Armageddon: Singularity gaming competition. It’s time to respawn!
(Counter Strike, FIFA, Mortal Combat and many more!)

Telescope - Making Workshop
In the Telescope Making workshop, you will get to know about the basic functioning of a telescope. You will learn how the different parts of telescope come together to give you such a large and magnified view of the cosmos. You will get to know about different types of telescopes and what they are good for.

After all of this theory, you will get an hands on session where you will make your own refractor telescope! You will piece together all of the components and put to use all the theory you just learned. Then just enjoy and play around with the telescope you just made.

You can either drop by our transit campus, from where we have hourly buses to the main campus. The bus schedule will be uploaded shortly. Or you might choose to directly find your way to the main campus.
IISER Bhopal Main Campus

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri
Bhopal 462 066
Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

IISER Bhopal Transit Campus
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
ITI Campus (Gas Rahat) Building Govindpura
Bhopal 462 023
Madhya Pradesh, INDIA.

Please fill the form:
http://singularity.iiserb.ac.in/accom.html

For further queries,
Please contact:
Mr Krishna Anil Kedia
Vice-Secretary, Science Council
kakedia@iiserb.ac.in
+91-7389904415