Jaipur, 5 Feb, 2012Sciinnovation, a word formed from two different words, Science and Innovation. It is to use some concepts of Science to create something innovative.
Sciinnovation’12 was the third session of Sciinnovation, after commencing from the year 2010. Sciinnovation’12 was a platform providing the innovative minds a chance to make their imaginations come true. The human brain has made impossible things possible. This is what forms the base of Sciinnovation’12.
“You Imagine, We Guide…
You Create, We Support…”
Sciinnovation’12 was a National Techno-Cultural Fest commencing from a Sixth Sense Robotics Workshop on February 01, 2012 and ending with a Closing Ceremony and a Prize Distribution on the eve of February 04, 2012.
The Sixth Sense Robotics Workshop was conducted by ARK Technosolutions, and started in the morning of February 01, 2012 and carried on till the evening of February 02, 2012. The duration of the workshop was of almost 16 hours. Teams were asked to register for the workshop in group of 5 members, and the registration fees for each team was Rs. 5995. 24 teams registered for the workshop and there were two single entries. The workshop gave the idea of Artificial Intelligence and showed the registered members the way of constructing and controlling a robot. The workshop generated an amount of Rs. 1, 46,000 and provided revenue of Rs. 36,600 to Sciinnovation’12. A team was selected as the meritorious team and was awarded the Merit Certificate.
The actual part of Sciinnovation’12 started on the eve of February 02, 2012 with an Inaugural Ceremony with the Chief Guest being the Additional Director of DRDO. The Inauguration Ceremony witnessed the Lamp Lightning with Saraswati Vandana, followed by the Amity Presentation by Mrs. Preeti Gupta and Initiation Presentation by the Student Coordinator, Manish Madhav. Then was the speech encapsulating the blessings for the success of the event by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Raj Singh and the message from the Chief Guest, Dr. Rajendra Singh announcing the commencement of Sciinnovation’12. With this, the Inauguration Ceremony came to an end.
Sciinnovation’12 started with a bang the very next day, with the first event being ‘The Lord of the Rings’, a name given to Robo-War. This event witnessed a lot of robots armed with different weapons, ready to devastate their enemy in the ring. After three exciting rounds of the event, ‘Team Saksham’ emerged as the winners of this event. Then the participants saw the events flooding towards them. Prayaas (Power Pont Presentation), Tectum (Bridge Formation) and Picasso (An Online Event of Photoshop) were scheduled in a single slot of time. After one hour of the commencement of these events, started the most awaited slot of ‘LAN GAMING’. FIFA 10 and TEKKEN 6 started and got an enormous response from the participants. After the closing of the second technical session, Sciinnovation’12 went ahead with its third technical session lined up, containing Prototype (Working Model Presentation) and Shaaswat (containing Paper and Poster Presentation). Then was the time for something creative and nontechnical, and event named MAD ART, starting its way along with Speed Preacher (NFS Most Wanted). But this was not the end of the day. It had the real suspense waiting when the Amity’s most loved band group ‘VED’ was on the stage performing in the Auditorium overflowing with the students. The evening and the third day of Sciinnovation’12 came to an end with the mind-blowing performances of Myth Busters and Impulse, the two local dance groups of Amity University Rajasthan.
The next and the last day of Sciinnovation’12 started with Road Crusher (Robo Hurdles Race). The excitement of the participants and the crowd were worth noticing. In parallel, were running Scrap (Junkyard Warz) and Face Painting. After this, there was a Lunch Break. Sciinnovation’12 again took off with five parallel events, all commencing at the same time. Code-O-Mania (Debugging), Simulation (Circuit Designing), Sudoku and Collateral Damage (Counter Strike) all running in parallel with an event named Treasure Hunt. The final slot of time saw the participants running here and there to be able to be a part of maximum number of events. The events ended and the crowd gathered in the Auditorium, all curious to know the results of their respective events. Prize Distribution started with a Classical Dance Performance by Genevieve. The meritorious teams were provided the Mementoes and the Merit Certificate and rest of the participants were provided the Certificate of Participation. Some winners were also awarded with some Cash Prize. The day and Sciinnovation’12 ended with a motivating speech by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Raj Singh and the Vote of Thanks by Faculty Coordinator, Dr. Neeraj Kumar.
Sciinnovation’12, a National Techno-Cultural Fest spanning four days in length was a great success.
Students receiving prizes for various events