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About Us
\nCSEA
\nFound in 1991\, the Computer Sci ence and Engineering Association of NIT Trichy has been striving as a bree ding ground for new ideas and opportunities to learn\; a platform to demon strate technical competence in the field of Computer Science and Engineeri ng. It was formed grounded in the firm principles to provide a platform fo r technocrats to showcase their prowess in fields of Computer Science and Information Technology. The Computer Science and Engineering Association h osts an annual national level technical symposium Vortex\, an arena to bri ng together enthusiasts of various facets of Computer Science.
\nRece ntly social initiatives are being taken up under CSEA\, known as Sparsh. I t is to recognize our social responsibility as students of technical insti tution\, to utilize the most important tool - Education in digital devices and systems\, and to avail the children who face its lack.
\nVortex< br />\nAn amalgamation of workshops\, events\, guest lectures\, Vortex was founded in the need to provide the students a ground to share\, cultivate and enrich their comprehension with other like-minded enthusiasts.
\ nVortex was established to foster skills and knowledge in students by inte ractions with Academicians and Industry Experts\, by hands-on approach thr ough Workshops and by polishing their competitive edge through on-site as well as online events.
\nWith every edition\, Vortex evolves to devel op itself as a more gainful platform for the students. Whether it be invit ing speakers from different fields for guest lectures\, workshops\, events and outreach events to reach more students as well as more interests of t he students\; Vortex believes in doing things differently. To not take the conventional route\, to understand the need of the students\, to bridge s tudents to the Industry better\, to help students better understand and em ploy industry approaches\; every year Vortex team works to tackle new chal lenges and learn from the mistakes of past.
\nVortex'17 marks the 25t h edition of Vortex.
\nGuest Lectures
\nWords of wisdom by leadi ng names in the academic arena as well as by eminent persons from the soft ware industry to enlighten the students. Few esteemed speakers of past edi tions are Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar from IIT-Ropar\, Mr. Manikandan Thangarath nam Director of Amazon Kindle\, Mr. Narasimha Karumanchi\, Author of famou s book "Data Structures and Algorithms made easy" and Pramod Perumparambil WW Director\, IBM Commerce - Rapid Solution Centers.
\nEvents
\ nA few highlights would include onsite Hackathon organized in association with Amazon and Hackerrank with prize and internship opportunity at Amazon and APIthon Challenge in association with Doselect\, Goibibo.com and Houz ify. Various broadly thought-out on-site and online events like Vortex mai n quiz\, Hunt the Code\, Pradarshan\, Hack the Shell\, Code Surf and many more have been conducted.
\nWorkshops
\nEnthralling workshops on diverse concepts have been organized for students both from NITT and outs ide the institute. Workshops on Ethical Hacking\, Game Dev\, R Programming \, Ruby on Rails\, Python and many other engaging topics have been organiz ed over the years.
\nCareer Counseling sessions have also been held f or the students\, by the students.

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