APOGEE 2K9

                                                     

                                    E-Sol’V’ (Engineering Solutions to Villages)                                                                                                                                                                  -Technology Redefined

Though we have remarkably skilled engineers in India, our engineering, innovative and groundbreaking solutions are not reaching the poor, where it is actually destined. To protract this knowledge to the roots of villages, we present you E-Sol’V’ (Engineering Solutions to Villages), where in, you have to design an effective, efficient, feasible and economical modules to curb the potential problems of rural India. Your thoughts and ideas can change the face of the country!!! Make a difference to the poor…Better their lives!!! Create smiles!!!

Wanna take this challenge??? Then look through….

There are three types of challenges:

• The existing problems in the rural India have been put forth and you have to coin your own design to eradicate it.
• An existing model along with its shortcomings is given. You should come up with a solution to eliminate the flaws.
• A specific case of a village problem is presented and a complete feasible solution is expected.

The problems are from various fields and you can choose any one of them, based on your interest.

Download the problem set from here

Short listed candidates for E-Sol’V:

TEAM MEMBERS	NAME OF THE INSTITUTION	PAPER SELECTED
Juzer Ekhlas, L.R.K. Raviteja, Avinash	Vellore Institute Of Technology (VIT), Vellore.	HYBRID TRACTORS
Kushal Agarwal	Bits, Pilani.	HYBRID TRACTORS
Potnuru Dinesh Babu, Veerendra Kalyan J, S Azagappan	Bits, Pilani.	ROADS
K. Kishore kumar P. Gopi Krishna P. Karthish kumar	Institute Of Aeronautical Engineering.	HYBRID TRACTORS
Pulkit Agarwal Abhishek Jagetiya Uzair Fahmi	Bits, Pilani.	BIO-GAS PLANTS
P.Vijay Mirza Rahim Baig	Bits, Pilani.	BIO-GAS PLANTS
Animesh Mishra Navneet Nishant Satyavir Singh Raizada	Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal.	BIO-GAS PLANTS
Shashank Punuru Bhargav Balakrishna Srinivas Maddula	Bits, Pilani.	BIO-GAS PLANTS

GUIDELINES:

• The participants should submit 2 HARD COPIES and 1 SOFT COPY of their final report on 24^th March to the Co-ordinator.
• The selected students must bring a SOFT COPY of their presentation for the finals on 25^th March during Apogee at 9:00 AM in 5102
• The participants must highlight what productive value addition would take place from the solution.
• It is recommended that vital aspects of the project that require special focus must be mentioned.
• Along with the report you may come up with a working solution / model which explains your concept with clarity (The best you make use of this, the more credit you shall be awarded)
• The participants should give a final presentation on their report, which should not be more than 15min followed by questions from the judges for 5 minutes.
• Technical aid in as Multimedia (LCD) projector and mikes will be provided for the final presentation. Any other requirements other than these should be intimated well in advance.
• The winners will be awarded with attractive cash prizes.Certificates will be given to those who make it to the final round.

Your report must include:

• First sheet should only contain title of the project, names of the team members and their respective institutes.
• Diagrams, if necessary should be on additional sheets.
• Cost-analysis and feasibility of the design must be explained in detail.

Keep yourself updated by visiting http://www.nirmaan.org or www.bits-apogee.org.

Decision of the judge panel will be final and binding.

For any queries mail to nirmaan@bits-apogee.org or contact +91-9950675808.

For more details contact:

COORDINATOR: KALYAN K
PHONE NO.: +91-9983526420
EMAIL: kalyan@bits-apogee.org

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A vision of a developed nation fuelled by the conflagration of technology is the need of the hour. So, if you have the “techie” within you which can spell wonders and provide a great vision for the nation, then you have come to the right place

Nirmaan presents you –

“TECHNOVISION”- A Paper Presentation Contest, inviting a deluge of ideas to cater to the needs of INDIA, with a motive to select exceedingly innovative and articulated papers to reward them and provide a practical implementation for them at a later stage, if feasible within our constraints. The papers should confirm to our theme “ENVISIONING AN EMPOWERED NATION – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION”

 

Short listed candidates for Technovision:

 

 GUIDELINES:

• The participants should submit 2 HARD COPIES and 1 SOFT COPY of their final report on 22^nd March to the Co-ordinator.
• The selected students must bring a SOFT COPY of their presentation for the finals on 23^rd March during Apogee at 9:00 AM in 5106
• Along with the report you may come up with a working solution / model which explains your concept with clarity (The best you make use of this, the more credit you shall be awarded)
• The participants should give a final presentation on their report, which should not be more than 15min followed by questions from the judges for 5 minutes.
• Technical aid in as Multimedia (LCD) projector and mikes will be provided for the final presentation. Any other requirements other than these should be intimated well in advance.
• The winners will be awarded with attractive cash prizes.Certificates will be given to those who make it to the final round.

Your report must include:

• First sheet should only contain title of the project, names of the team members and their respective institutes.
• Diagrams, if necessary should be on additional sheets.

Keep yourself updated by visiting http://www.nirmaan.org or www.bits-apogee.org.

Decision of the judge panel will be final and binding.

For any queries mail to nirmaan@bits-apogee.org or contact +91-9950675808.

For more details contact:

COORDINATOR: KALYAN K
PHONE NO.: +91-9983526420
EMAIL: kalyan@bits-apogee.org

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The INDIA QUIZ

                                            -Test your India Quotient

 

The INDIA QUIZ, A quiz designed and conceptualized to test the participants’ INDIA QUOTIENT. Rather than being an obscure Quizzing event, it is one of the few events of APOGEE which are held in the BITS-Auditorium. It has been a successful crowd puller for the past few years and with all humility claims to be one of the foremost quizzing competitions of BITS-Pilani. INDIA QUIZ will introduce you to the different facets of India which you might have seen or heard but never experienced. Its people and places, its color and hues, its opulence and magnificence presented to you in a four hour format which promises to give you a whirlwind tour of India.

General Rules:

1. Participants must come in teams of three.

2. Participants can register on the spot for the event.

3. This is open for BITSians and outstation participants.

4. Six teams will be selected for the final round after the elimination.

5. Attractive prizes for the audience.

6. In case of any discrepancy, the decision of the India Quiz team & Host will be regarded as final and binding.

For more details contact:

COORDINATOR: KALYAN K

PHONE NO.: +91-9983526420

EMAIL: kalyan@bits-apogee.org.

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Last updated: 11^th Mar, 2009