Kurukshetra 07

It started like this. We at CEG wanted to start an event that would encompass all departments, all branches and start something different from what was already existent. What we decided on was we wanted to create a synthesis of engineering techniques, skills and thought processes, for while engineers think differently from doctors and scholars what is more important is that engineers think differently from each other as well. How a mechanical engineer approaches a problem is vastly different from how lets say a civil or computer science or an electronics student would perceive it. We wanted to create a stage nay a battlefield for the exponents of various engineering techniques to showcase their skill, their stamina, their drive to win for what can be better for the engineering community as a whole but a test of strength, a test of character, a test of will. The name Kurukshetra practically chose itself for the event. Like any proper war there will be a lot of smaller battles. These battles are going to take place in the areas of MODELLING,DESIGN,PRESENTATIONS,SOFTWARE QUIZ and MANAGEMENT. The mother of all batlles is going to be in ROBOTICS of course.As you can see our battle arena includes a nice blend of tests. There are not only the events where you are expected to get down and dirty, sweat and make things work;but also events where you are expected to be suave and poised and cool and calm. Kurukshetra tests not only your qualifications as an engineer it also tests your resolve to be one and your qualifications to be a representative of the engineering community to the rest of the world.

MODELLING opens you to a world of creativity- the chance to do a Cindrella act if you will(You ofcourse would be the Fairy Godmother!!). Take the junk given to you and fashion something useful from it and u have got it made in modelling. You think that is too easy fine then come up with your own product and bring it to real life.DESIGN will test your knowledge of curves and lines. You think your a Ford in the making then head over to Kurukshetra and we will see if you measure up. You have a new design for a water powered rocket or do you swear by CAD when it comes to designing? If the answer to that is yes then you know where to be from Jan 4th - 7th.

Are Robots your cup of tea? DO you have a BOT that is versatile, that can wrestle, that can race, that can find its way through a maze?? or Would u like to make one?? Then head over to CEG from 4th to 7th of Jan next year.Budding Professors in the making, Innovative Social Workers, The Messiah to Industries who is going to solve their problems. Are you any of these? Do you have a cogent manner of representing your ideas and concepts? If yes come and impress our judges and walk away with huge cash awards. IF your answer is no, well come anyway and learn from the masters how it is done!!

Software is making it big in the world out there - Fact. Well our online programming contest is guaranteed to grip you and haunt you. Try it!! Or if a little B&E is what you have in mind then try our Access Denied and show the security experts who you are!!Circuit Debugging masters, people who have an amazing amount of physics stored upstairs, people with a penchant for coming up with crazy,complicated solutions to simple problems - you have found a safe haven here. Come, Participate and Win in our TECHCHALLENGE.

Quiz - the first open quiz in the history of this 200 yr old college(The K! Open Quiz) and the only individual event in the entire 4 day event(The Lone Wolf), make this "a sure to be" truly memorable eye catcher. Come and get a piece of the action. You think you know more about the words Bull and Bear than zoologists!! You think you can pull a chestnut out of the fire?? Have you been tempted to play the market but have not had the capital?? Well Dalal Street is for you then. Try our stock market simulaton event and you will swear by it for sure. You think you have the panache, the suaveness, the skill to market your products to anyone in this world?? Well here is your chance. Sell your plans and products to our judges and walk away with pockets overflowing!

Well No symposium is complete without Workshops and Guest lectures and Kurukshtra is no different. Come to Kurukshetra and interact with top professionals and veterans from various branches of engineering and management. Listen to the GURUS tell you what to do. Glean all you can from them for they are sure to make you a better engineer more than anything else.

All work and no play makes a Jack a hebetudinous boy. We wouldnt want that now would we!!. So to spice up life we have the TECH HUNT(that is a technical treasure hunt that guarantees to keep you in a heightened state of excitement). We also have ALCATARAZ(try breaking out from the hell-hole that we push you into with your brains and raw knowledge that you possess as your only tools of redemption).Get back to the basics and have some fun. Try our gaming section if the processor up there gets heated up. Do you dream about being a mayor of a city or a superhero ?? Well then here is your chance to be both!!

Well, people all we have left to say to you is "FALL TO THE MATTRESSES".The rules of engagement are simple.This is a No Holds Barred, Winner Takes All war.
Let the Battle Begin!!!!
For further information contact - http://www.kurukshetra.org.in/

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I had a trip down memory lane and i was pleasently pleased to say the least(:D). I went to school yesterday and the school was in the midst of sports day practice. That brought back a lot of fond memories alright. Although i was never a whiz at sports i have to say i had my share of successes at the school level. The best part of my final sports day was tht we managed to do something that had seemed near impossible before. We(CHEETAH) took the house champioship away from LEOPARD. Now for the uninitiated (i am sure most of u have already guessed ryt) these are two of the 4 houses of our school the others being PANTHER and JAGUAR. The celebration tht we had tht year was awesome u just couldnt catch us - ryt from the 5th std to the 12th std. and whats more it was almost a clean sweep in all the divisions so the victory was even sweeter and what made it special was tht most of the office bearers were from CHEETAH in my final year. I was SPL, Vijay was Sports Prefect and Dharma was Cul Sec and well we went out in style is all i can say[:)]

And then ofcourse i meant Shankari M'am. I had gone with Bharath actually. Since we both had been blue eyed boys of the school we had quite a good time. Shankari M'am(history) gave us a lot of scoops i suppose and thn we went and met our language teachers(i dont know why but those ties are the strongest actually - the ones with language teachers). Mangla Gowri M'am(english) chatted with us for some time. It is thn tht i realised tht my propensity for idle chatter and casual chit chat(especially with teachers) had not died away just subdued.

There is always this sence of peace tht i get after i go to my old school. The fact tht i spent 14 years of my life there might have somthing to do with it i suppose. I was practically grinning all day yesterday. And thn today mom was cleaning the house and well i started going through all my old certificates. My my!!! i had a lot of them. I really am talented (even if i say so myself:D). That helped me pass time today. It was fun going through all tht. I had won the general proficiency abt 12 times all over and the english prize 5 times which is a perfect score(5/5). U know looking at all tht i should say i was really the darling boy of my school. Too many incidents point tht way for me to ignore tht fact i suppose.

Well i had a real good time these last two days going back to my school days. Well ppl like i said i am so vetti u myt get another update within the next two days. Until thn this is urs truly signing off bubye................. and keep luking at this space:D