i.Fest '18
The IEEE Student Branch of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT) is an ambitious group of students having the common interest of learning new technologies along with spreading awareness and encouraging the participation in this domain. The major portion of this goal is achieved through our annual technical festival, i.Fest at DA-IICT organized by the IEEE Student Branch.
i.Fest aims at providing a platform for budding engineers to showcase their talent and inculcate the valuable skill of innovation. The entire idea of ‘Humanizing Robots’ being one of the prominent and lucrative norms of the 21st century, motivated us to promote the festival with its theme being “Vivifying Automata”. i.Fest is a three-day long festival that was organised from 5th to 7th October 2018. In the past years, we have witnessed a footfall of around 2000 enthusiastic students from well-known colleges, from in and around Gujarat. The events we organise, ensure coverage of various domains ranging from robotics to software development to business and finance. Along with that, we have an array of attractive fun events that entice the crowd and not only gather greater participation but provide them incentive thereby leading to a greater involvement in the festival.
i.Fest 2018 was a big hit in terms of participation. Most of the events witnessed overwhelming participation and a total of 3000+ students from reputed colleges nationwide participated this year.
The Inaugural was held on the 5th of October, 2018 and was graced by the presence of one of the most popular stand up comedians of today, Mr. Sahil Shah. Sahil is one of the founding members of East India Comedy(EIC). He's performed more than 1500 shows and counting, including performances in New York, London, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, Oman and Dubai. His stand up videos on youtube have garnered tremendous views. The Inaugural Night was attended by over 2400 people.
Along with the events, few of the renowned and influential people from the field of Science and Technology joined us to deliver talks and encourage the participants, during the fest. Mr. Sharad Shukla, who has been associated with The Akshaya Patra Foundation since the last 2 years, and is presently working with space applications centre, which is a part of Indian Space Research Organisation for last 25 years. Mr. Shukla is currently heading the surface treatment facility at the centre which carries out electroplating and thermal treatment on spaceborne components gave a talk on a very inspirational and philosophical topic, Sense beyond Science.
Mr. Bhavesh Manglani is the co-founder of Delhivery. He has led Delhivery’s supply chain, engineering strategy, and automation systems design. He currently spends time on technology & innovation. Mr. Manglani enlightened the students on of the very sought-after topics today, Start-ups and Entrepreneurship.
Red Bull Basement University is a collaborative platform for students to challenge the status quo and co-create to drive change on campus through technology. Red Bull Basement University wants to connect and inspire the next generation of students with the ‘DIY Mindset’, with cutting-edge platforms of collaboration, empowerment, and exchange on the topic of technology for good. Mr. Nikunj Thakkar, founder, and CEO of DataOne Innovation Labs was one of the guest speakers for the event.
Mr Kiran Reddy, Director of Helm of Eight Incubation Private Limited and Managing Partner at Risevetise Media LLP presided over as the moderator of the event.
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- Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- India
- Starts 03 September 2018 07:30 AM UTC
- Ends 07 October 2018 07:48 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge