Online events ahead of techno management fest at IIT Kharagpur.

PUNE: A series of online events will commence from the first week of November in the run up to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur s prestigious techno-management fest 'Kshitij 2013 , which is to be held from February 1 to 4, 2013 at Kharagpur.
The idea is to enable students from engineering colleges across the country to start preparing their submissions for the event and send the same by December 15, organisers of 'Kshitij have stated in a release here on Tuesday.To participate in the fest, students need to register on the website: www.ktj.in.
'Kshitij offers a national platform for engineering students to showcase their technical and managerial prowess in 40 events encompassing nine genres. The annual techno-management event, which started in 2004, saw a total participation of over 50,000 students and a prize money of Rs 60 lakh in the last edition held earlier this year.
The numerous globally known certifications like ACM, ASME, IMechE, IEEE and ASHRAE associated with the event, stand testimony to the quality of participation in the festival.
The ACM, which is widely regarded as the most prestigious certification in the field of computer science, is associated with popular night-long coding competition 'Overnite . Events like aircraft designing competition 'Laws of Motion are certified by Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
Budding entrepreneurs get incubation funding from angel investors and venture capitalists if the executive summary of their business idea impresses the judges of the event 'B Plan . Online events like 'Woodstock and Forex , dealing with real time stock market and foreign exchange transactions are simulated and played with virtual money.
'Kshitij also undertakes several social initiatives each year in association with some of the country s leading non-governmental organisations. The participants can actually make a difference, as their ideas will see fruition and will be implemented by the NGOs to tackle social issues.
Guest lectures, exhibitions, elucidatory workshops featuring eminent per-sonalities like Nobel laureates, astronauts, renowned scientists and CEOs are other key attractions.