Nitte technical fest from November 1

MANGALORE: Nitte Engineering College will host a three-day inter-collegiate national-level technical fest, Technidarshan'14 from November 1 to 3.
This fest is a platform for the students of technology to equip themselves to face the present challenges in the field of technical education. Besides workshops and seminars on current topics, competitions in more than 50 technical events such as Circuit Saga, Burn and Run, Twistease, Justified, Surya Sparsham, Tech Roadies, PCB and Bridge Design, Laborious and Adrenaline Rush, will be held in various branches of engineering to win a cash prize of more than Rs 5 lakh.
As a special attraction, entertainment from ‘Lagori’ team from Bangalore is also organised on the second day. The fest will be inaugurated along with Kannada Rajyothsava celebrations on November 1 in Nitte campus by a renowned scientist and columnist Prof Sudhindra Haldodderi, professor and head, department of aerospace engineering, Alliance University, Bangalore. N Vinaya Hegde, president, Nitte Education Trust and Chancellor, Nitte University will preside. During the occasion a book consisting of 100 Sanskrit Subhashithas translated into Kannada, Hindi and English dedicated to late justice K S Hegde couple also will be released. More than 2,000 students from various parts of the country are expected to take part in this technical fest. Interested can contact programme co-ordinator Prof Vishwanath or visit the website , said principal of the institute Niranjan N Chiplunkar.