Innovision, NIT Rourkela

Innovision, NIT Rourkela
Innovision NITR, Innovision

Official Logo of Innovision, NIT Rourkela
Type	Student Run, Non-Profit Organization
Genre	Techno- management
Place	Rourkela, India
Institute	National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Website	innovision.nitrkl.ac.in

Innovision, NIT Rourkela is the annual techno-management festival of NIT Rourkela.^[1] Established in 2004, it was earlier known as Confluence.^[2] This annual festival is organized by the technical society of NIT Rourkela which consists of both undergraduate and postgraduate students every year in the month of October or November. Thousands of students and professionals across India participate in this festival which is marked by many technological events and competitions accompanied by a number of workshops, guest lectures and pro-shows.

The 12th edition of this fest will took place from the 30 October to 1 November 2015 at NIT Rourkela.

History

2004-2010

The festival started in 2004, then called Confluence,^[3] first organized by the Technical Society of the Student Activity Centre. It involved various technical events, competitions, exhibitions and workshops which became an annual phenomenon in the preceding years. The edition of 2006 had entrepreneurs of NIT Rourkela getting involved and conducting many substantial activities. In 2008, the Mathematics Club of NIT-Rourkela, Axiom, was set-up, which organized many school level quizzes. The year of 2009 and 2010 had appearances of the then chief managers and additional managers of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) for promoting the core courses through guest-lectures.

2011-Present

In 2011, Confluence^[4] was renamed 'Innovision' with a focus to improve its standards and outreach.^[5] Innovision made its debut with a participation of above 600 students. The chief guest was Dr. V Narayan, Head, Liquid Propulsion Centre, ISRO. Prof. Arnab Roy of IIT Kharagpur dispatched a guest lecture on flights and aircrafts. There were a total of 70 events conducted; Arthayan being one of the main events. A workshop on sand art by the acclaimed international sand artist, Sudarsan Pattnaik, was also conducted. A sand competition subsequently followed.

Innovision '12 had sponsorship from Big FM 92.7 and other eminent MNCs. New events like Sharemandi and Seal The Deal fetched enormous participation. The closing ceremony featured the live performance of famous Indian magician Ugesh Sarcar.

Innovision '13 was featured from 8 to 10 November 2013, addressed by both technical and cultural entities. Cultural performances of the Indian band Underground Authority and the newly devised art of Hand Shadowgraphy were exhibited. In addition to other events by SAE and E- Cell club, an Asian format parliamentary debate was also organized by the Debating Society of NIT Rourkela, Clarion.

Innovision '14 saw technical events by various clubs and societies of NIT Rourkela.^[6][7] The eminent entrepreneur, Varun Agarwal delivered a speech on the opening day. The successive edition of the parliamentary debate organized earlier, NITR PD4 was a leading event in Innovision '14. Jagat Sohail was invited as the Chief Adjudicator. The best adjudicators and the winning team from IIT Kharagpur were awarded.

Innovision '15 was be organized between 30 October 2015 and 1 November 2015. The NIT Rourkela chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will organized the SLDC (Student Led Design Conference) along with other techno-management fête this year. In addition to other technical competitions as before, workshops dealing with Android App development and MATLAB were be conducted. A spot- on celebrity comedy show by the East India Comedy was also organized.

Events

Innovision conducts a variety of technical and cultural events usually marked by competitions and stage performances. Many exhibitions and workshops are also conducted to give a learning quotient to the fest. Most of the participation comes from sister NITs across India and colleges of Odisha, namely VSSUT, Burla; KIIT University, Bhubaneswar; College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar and Silicon Institute of Technology, Sambalpur.

Competitions

Competitions and challenges are central to Innovision's operations. Some of the marked events in the previous and current versions of Innovision are listed below.

Arthayaan

This set of events is conducted by E- Cell, the Entrepreneurship club of NIT Rourkela. The events are centered around developing marketing and planning design skills of the participants. The events include Conceivia, a Business Plan presentation competition; Market-O-Mania, a marketing competition; Sharemandi, a real-time share market simulation competition; Ad Video Making, an advertisement creation competition and Range the Price based on subjects related to trade and money. In Innovision '15, another event Casistica was hosted based on case studies and analysis.

East India Symposium (EIS)

This first union of the 'East India Section of Collegiate Clubs' of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), INDIA for technological, social and cultural development was held in the form of a collection of events in Innovision ’13.The SAE conducts independent events every year as well.

Cybotron

A set of events by the robotics club of NIT Rourkela, Cyborg. It includes events such as Death Race, Spider Wave, Morass Sprinter, Tread-O-Quest and Vibgyor which are based on bot making, bot fights, line following challenges and similar robotics problems.

Neo Generic Sections

In Innovision '15, most of the events were re- classified to form various sections of events.

SAE NIT Rourkela conducted a multitude of other mechanical engineering and aerodynamics based events independent of the EIS under the umbrella term Mechatronix; the collection of robotics competitions is reset to Robotix which featured de-packaged events of Cybotron along with other such competitions organized by various other robotics clubs of NIT Rourkela; Civix, the set of events consisting of Civil and Society Engineering based concepts like designing of clean and smart college campuses and treasure hunts across NIT Rourkela and Logix, another cadre of events consisting of mathematical events by Axiom, the mathematics club, an Energy quiz by the Energy club, events related to chemistry among many others were some of the other composite categorical events that were introduced. Logix introduced the first edition of the NITR Science Olympiad, a science olympiad open for all. Aasra, the social responsibility and welfare club also independently organized a Science Exhibition for the school- going children.

NITR Parliamentary Debate

This forms another category of standalone event conducted by Clarion, the debating society of NIT Rourkela. It is conducted on its 3-on-3 Asian format. This was featured in Innovision '13 and '14.

Treasherlocked

This is an online treasure hunt competition^[8] conducted by the Microsoft Campus Club, NIT Rourkela. This is a national level, 3-day competition where participants need to solve visual and auditory puzzles by web searching, simple cryptanalysis and source code investigation.^[9]

Students Led Design Conference (SLDC)

Organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) India, the SLDC is a zonal level conference held in NIT Rourkela for the first time during Innovision '15. Technical Poster Competition, Student Design Challenge and Oral Presentation will be some of the events held during the conference.

Workshops

Workshops are organized in Innovision to cater the practical aspects of a technical process or cycle. These workshops are conducted by the involvement of various professors from different eminent institutions and colleges. One of the major workshops held in Innovision in recent times include the workshop on software learning involved in the IT sector. It included workshops on Web Designing, Android app designing, 3D Animation and Ethical Hacking. Another flavor of workshops is the Sketchup Workshop. Conducted in Innovision '15, this workshop aims at teaching the participants Google SketchUp, a 3D modelling software that is used for a wide range of drawing application such as architectural, interior design, civil and mechanical engineering, film, and video game design.

Exhibitions

Innovision conducts a comprehensive display of developments and innovative models in various disciplines of sciences and technology every year. Expert recommendations and critical opinions are taken up from the visitors and are elaborated by the guests and faculties. Created by the students of NIT Rourkela, these exhibitions are both technical and commercial in nature.

In Innovision ’12, Maglev Technology was demonstrated by the students as an efficient coupling technique in public. In Innovision ’14, the Department of Architecture and Planning set up their models and creations for aesthetic and artistic observations. The Civil Engineering Student’s Technical (CEST) club also organized an exhibition of the Ames Room that year. In Innovision ’15, a similar exhibition on Penrose Stairs was organized. Since Innovision '14, Design Tab, the design and creatives club, organizes various workshops and exhibitions to showcase digital creations as well, the most prominent being Iridescence. Design Tab is also the design partner for Innovision and uptakes design and web development annually.

Guest Talks and Pro-shows

Innovision organizes informative and recreational events for its participants. It invites professional speakers and guests from national and international stages to give talks to the participants.

The cultural programs, popularly called Pro-Shows, are also organized by Innovision for recreational purposes. In 2012, youth magician Ugesh Sarcar performed on stage for the participants.

In 2013, youth rock band Underground Authority had a live concert for Innovision '13 in the institute's premises.

In 2014, entrepreneur Varun Agarwal delivered a guest lecture at Innovision '14 about the importance and sustenance of Entrepreneurship in Indian Engineering colleges.

in 2015, Innovision '15 hosted guest lectures on the fields of Mathematics, Finance and the recent Digital India Initiative of the Government of India. There were executive lectures by Mr Sankar Kumar Pal, Former Director, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; Mr B K Mishra, Senior Vice President, Tech Mahindra and Professor Shridhar Dash, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.^[10] Also, the well known Stand-up comedy group, East India Comedy, presented a live comedy performance on the closing eve.

Initiatives

Innovision '12 promoted the wide-range usage of renewable resources like hydel and solar power. The Department of Mechanical Engineering presented a solar energy- driven vehicle for the cause. In addition to this, Innovision pursued new techniques for eco-friendly advertisement.^[11] Advertisement in any college festival is considered to be a large and massive operation that consumes most of the resources. Innovision made use of recycled paper of 140 GSM for print works. In addition to this, the sound systems used in many events such as the exhibitions were solar-driven. Moreover, to promote online publicity, Innovision took up promotion via online blogs^[12][13] and its Facebook page.

In 2013, Innovision '13 collaborated with a non-traditional Indian NGO, Bakul Foundations, which aims to fight against the different social and environmental evils that persist in the national and international forum such as poverty, deforestation, social injustice, etc. The main objective for this tie-up was to promote the concept of “progression is education”. Bakul Foundations and Innovision objectified for a book donation campaign to help the poor who want to study.

Also, since 2013, Innovision has close relations with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO that provides free food to the poor and aims to achieve food sufficiency in the society.

Tech Day

In addition to Innovision, the Technical Society at NIT Rourkela also conducts an intra-institute single-day series of events before Innovision. About two months prior to the annual techno-management fest, this prelude to the fest is organized with the purpose of publicity and interest development. Christened Tech Day, this one-day function features smaller versions of events that are projected for being held in Innovision. Every year, this event sees participation by the students of NIT Rourkela only and serves the purpose of attracting them to Innovision.

See also

• Monday Morning — the official e-newsletter of NIT Rourkela
• Nitrutsav - the cultural festival of NIT Rourkela

References

External links

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• NIT Rourkela
• NIT Rourkela Alumni Association
• Official Website
• Official YouTube Channel
• Treasherlocked- The Online Treasure Hunt
• Innovision '13 Blog
• Innovision '14 Blog