'TECHNEX'

Now, before you start wondering what 'TECHNEX' means, it stands for "TECHNical EXcellence"!... It is the annual technical festival organised in our college IIT(BHU) Varanasi, by the Student Council. Every year, it attracts a huge number of sponsors, including giants like Google, Intel, IBM, nVIDIA, Adobe, Seagate, among many others. Countless participants from our own college, from other IITs, NITs, BITS Pilani, and other colleges show up for the four-day long festival!

TECHNEX includes a wide variety of competitions, guest lectures by prominent people from India and abroad, workshops on 'Robotics and Android Development', 'Ethical Hacking', 'Surface Computing', 'B-plan' and many others. This year it also included the featuring of movies and the work of many artists, for example, 'Sand Animation' by Rahul Arya, a stand up comedy by Rivaldo, and many others. The competitions include 'Krackat and Innoventure' (which are mock exams for Management and Interns), 'Balvigyaan and Biz-Wiz' (which are quiz competitions) and competitions involving robots like Aqua Combat, I-Robot, Optica, etc. TECHNEX also includes a gaming competition called 'Clutch', in which gamers from across the country are invited to participate in 'Counter-Strike', 'Need For Speed', 'FIFA' and 'Age Of Empires'. And finally, each day is culminated with Informal competitions (including Live Angry Birds, Bluffmaster, Bolt-Unbolt, Treasure hunt, etc.), and also a Military Show, displaying the latest advances in the country's military armaments and lethal weaponry.

Last year I had participated in I-Robot as part of a team, in which we had to build a line-follower bot; but unfortunately a few problems were encountered and we could not finish our robot before the deadline of the preliminary rounds. Now, robotics involves a lot of 'ifs and buts'!....You might have done the programming correctly and checked your hardware properly, but one faulty motor or IC can spoil your game at the last moment.

So, this year, although I helped out some of my friends with the 'coding' of their bots, I preferred participating in events other than robotics.I participated in 'Krackat' and helped co-coordinate 'Balvigyaan', which took quite a bit of effort and occupied my weekend, after an already busy week. None the less, it was fun and it contributed to a very useful and enjoyable experience. I also attended the guest lecture delivered by one of India's prominent political and international affairs advisers, in the form of Oopali Operajita; in which she outlined the environmental issues being faced by countries across the globe, and made us realize our importance in the issue, as the country's future.

All in all, it was four of the most participative and hectic days in my college-life. But, at the same time it was one of the best learning experiences I've ever had. I look forward to participating in TECHNEX again next year, and sincerely urge others across the country to do the same and make this wonderful event even more awesome by your active presence and participation in it!...Today is the last day of 'TECHNEX 2012' and its going to end with a bang, with a Laser Show and D.J. Night!.... Looking forward to it!... So, until next year then!...

 TECHNEX RULES !!!...