| Cognizance | |
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| Type | Student Non-Profit Organisation |
| Genre | Technical |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Place | Roorkee, India |
| Institute | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| Website | www.cognizance.org.in |
Cognizance is the annual technical festival (techfest) of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R). Established in 2003, it has celebrated its 10th edition in 2012. It is one of the largest technical festivals in Asia.[1] The 9th edition consisted of a over 150 events and hosted 2,200 guest students, in addition to about 7,000 students from the hosting institution.[2]
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Events[edit]
Guest lectures[edit]
Since its inception in 2003,[citation needed] Cognizance organises a series of guest lectures by well-known scientists, technologists and businessmen. Past notable lecturers include John C. Mather, Sylvester James Gates, Robert Laughlin and M. C. Mehta in 2010,[3] and Chris Phillips, Dilip Chhabria and Satish Jha in 2011.[2]
Workshops[edit]
Workshops of wide variety are held during Cognizance, presented by experts in their fields. Some notable past workshops include workshops on aeromodelling, Hexapod, Android and Adobe Illustrator, held in 2011,[4] and on Photography, Visual Effects and Robotics, held in 2012.[5]
Exhibition[edit]
Exhibitions at Cognizance offer variety of interactive displays. Notable past exhibitions were made by the Indian Army and the Defence Research and Development Organisation in 2011.[1]
Online events[edit]
Cognizance organizes a plethora of online events that attracts participation from all over the globe. Over the years these included:
- Insomnia, an overnight coding competition[6]
- Illushun , online treasure hunt[6]
- Blogomania, an online competition to test the blogging skills of the participants[3]
Centrestage[edit]
Centrestage includes events, competitions and shows. Past events on Centerstage included:[6][4]
- Cairn Confluence, panel discussion and problem-solving competition relating to oil and energy industries (conducted by the department of Earth Sciences)
- Armageddon, battle of the bots
- Robosapiens, extreme robotics event
- Powerdrift, remote controlled car racing contest
- Cyborg Break in
- Chaos, computer games competition
- Villaticum Idealis
- Economix
- House For All
- Model United Nations
- Quizzotica, a quiz contest
- Corporate Social Responsibility paper presentation event[7]
Departmental events[edit]
Departmental evens are held by each of the 17 departments:[6][4][5]
- Spectrum, department related industry problem solving event
- Spotlight, problem solving contest
- Ideaz, national level paper presentation competition
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "The Hindu : Today's Paper / NATIONAL : IIT Roorkee's Cognizance 2011 begins on March 11". thehindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ a b "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : IIT Roorkee hosting tech fest". hindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Cognizance comes calling". planetearth-india.com. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Cognizance, Annual Technical festival of IIT Roorkee | Impulse Magazine". impulse.org.in. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Cognizance 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee". minglebox. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Cognizance 2012". knowafest.com. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "IIT Roorkee’s annual festival on CSR". csrmonitor.in. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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