Dear Bevin,

It is my pleasure to present to you our annual technical festival,

"Shaastra", which will be held in the first week of 2013. Shaastra,
ever since its inception in 2000, has been an integral part of the
technical experience at IIT Madras. It has been growing in size,
substance and stature and has been the trendsetter among college
technical festivals across the country. Shaastra has the distinction of
being the only student managed student technical festival in the
world to be ISO 9001:2008 certified. This year, a wide variety of
events encompassing the entire spectrum of innovation are being
planned, ranging from working with microcontrollers to handling IC
engines, from math modelling to air shows, from coding algorithms to
making robots.To ensure a steep learning curve, numerous
workshops, lectures and video conferences from diverse spheres of
science, technology and finance are organized.
Shaastra Samparks are a series of workshops, events, lectures
and qualifiers that are held at cities across India in an effort to bring
Shaastra closer to everyone. Sampark presents young engineers and
technical enthusiasts, with an opportunity to put their technical skills
and expertise to the best use by trying their hands at the various
exciting events on offer. We are glad to announce
that Bangalore will see a Shaastra Sampark this September. This
year, with new and improved events that assure wildcard entries,
never before seen demonstrations and much more , the Sampark in
Bangalore is something that you can not afford to miss!
Sampark boasts of a varied array of events, covering a wide
range of science and technology topics. Here are the events that are
a part of Bangalore Sampark:

Brief overview of the events:

Desmod: A team event that comprises of two gruelling rounds
that essentially require participants to design and model products
using 3D design modelling software, 2-D sketches, screenshot,
mechanisms (video) etc. The crux of the competition is to design
ergonomic products that are innovative, useful and practical.
Participants can win wildcard entries into finals of Shaastra.
Problem statements are released!! Please visit www.shaastra.org.

Sustainable Cityscape: An essay writing and presentation

competition spread over two rounds that; provides a perfect

platform for architects and budding engineers to help resolve the

space crunch, traffic woes, road planning issues, layout and
planning issues of Indias ever growing cities. Creativity,
originality and crazy solutions shall not go unheard, change
Indias cityscapes! Winners enter the finals of Shaastra!! Problem
statements are released!! Please visit www.shaastra.org.

Puzzle Champ: A mind-boggling puzzle contest that promises to

tickle the brain cells of hard-core puzzle enthusiasts, by allowing
them to test their skills at logic, reasoning, mathematics and
physics puzzles. Winners enter into the finals of Shaastra!!
Sampark Main Quiz: Quizzing in its purest and most appealing
form, calling all Science and Technology enthusiasts to do what they
do
best; quiz and ex-quiz the thirty questions that threaten to
teach them to unlearn whatever has been learnt. Winners enter into
the finals of Shaastra Main Quiz.
When:

16th September, 2012. (Sunday)

Venue:

B.N.M Institute of Technology

(www.bnmit.org)
Post Box No. 7087, 27th Cross,
Banashankari II Stage,
Bangalore 560 070.
Please circulate this e-mail amongst all your students,
college technical groups and various department HoDs. We
seek your support and participation to make this special
edition of Sampark a grand success.
To conclude, we would like to reiterate that Shaastra would be
nothing without the quality of participation it has been receiving over
the years. It is truly a valuable addition to any student to attend such
an event, to be able to see how the theory he learns is put into use to
solve real world problems, to compete and gauge his level against the

best in the country and to network with others his age from all over
India and abroad.

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