Event: Sun Tech Days (Website)

Organized By: Sun Microsystems

Venue: Hyderabad International Convention Center

Key Dates:
Event: February 27-29, 2008

Sun Tech Days is a worldwide developer conference organized by Sun Microsystems. There are numerous opportunities at the Tech Days: developing skills in Web 2.0, sharing knowledge and growing network, participating in communities changing the face of technology.

Tech Days are one’s opportunity to hear from and meet with some of the brightest technology experts from around the world. It’s a chance to network with peers, understand more about what’s going on from Sun and the industry. Key Note speakers for the event are Rich Green, Ian Murdock, and David Axmark.

Tech Days travels the globe to share expertise with the community about Solaris OS, the Java EE, SE, and ME platforms, the NetBeans IDE, Sun Studio, Open Source and more.

(Fee Structure)

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Event: Synapse 2008 (Website)

Organised By: DA-IICT, Gandhinagar

Key dates:
Fest: February 29- March2, 2008

Synapse is the Techno Cultural extravaganza organized by Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar. Synapse is best described as the getting together of some of the finest and most creative contemporary minds. Be it the sheer brilliance behind the business ideas, the wonderful, carefree nature and skills behind the cultural platter or the witty, non-conventional thinking behind the technical events, Synapse has it all; in a quantity and quality to make the by-stander stare in awe.

Odyssey, Kernel, Surge, Nexus, BattleDrome and Overclock are the various event categories under the Technical Banner. Masquerade, Seventh Avenue, Zing, Synapcity are the various event categories under the Cultural banner.

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Program: Avake Technology Group Internship  programme (Website)

Offered By: Avake Technology Group.

Key Dates:
Applications are accepted year - round.
The internship period is between January and April.

For Whom:
The programme is open to students pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees, or Ph.D’s in

• Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Computer Applications
• Electronics Engineering/Electrical Engineering
• Mathematics/Bio Science (Masters or Ph.D. only)

In addition to this it is also required for the applicants to be a full-time student enrolled in a college or university and also be authorized by the college to enroll at Avake’s Intern Programme.

Avake’s Internship Programme provides students hands-on opportunities to contribute ideas to challenging projects, network with Avake professionals and learn from real-world experiences.

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Event: Sun Grand Challenge (Website)

Organized By:
Sun Club, DA-IICT

Key Dates: (Contest Calendar)
OpenOffice: Feb 20-22
Java: Feb 23-25
Googleable contest on Sun SPOTS: Feb 26-28
Sun Studio: Feb 29-Mar 2
OpenSolaris: Mar 3-5
Apache Derby: Mar 6-8
OpenPortal: Mar 9-11
Netbeans: Mar 2-14
Project Glassfish: Mar 15-17
Googleable contest on JavaFX and Jruby: Mar 18-20

For Whom:
Students at these Participating Colleges

There will an event per day with 10 stages for 10 technologies. Each stage will have a duration of 3 days. The individual who is the highest scorer by the end of 3 days is the stage winner. There will be stage winner of each college and one overall stage winner. Colleges from all over India have come together to make this challenge at a national stage.

The individual getting the maximum points by the end of 30 days will win the game, get the grand prize and the Sun Grand Challenge Trophy. The highest scorers of each college form the The Sun Team.

For more details, check out the Rules and Regulations

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Event: The Quiz Fest 2008 (Website)

Organised By: VNIT Nagpur and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

Key Dates: February 23-24, 2008

The VNIT Quiz Fest, which took off in the year 2006 has taken a huge leap within two years of its existence.

The total event is divided into
1. General
2. Corporate
3. IT
4. Sports
5. Entertainment

The total event held on Feb 23-24, 2008 with 2 quizzes on each day — with fillers, crosswords, sudokus and informals conducted during the night. Along with these there are short quizzes on topics of interest like Harry Potter, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Tintin, Asterix etc. The fest prize money stands at Rs 150,000/-.

The quizzes consists of a preliminary written round. The top 6 teams out of the the whole lot of about 1000 participants, make it to the next final round where the battle just begins for the crown of one of the best quizzers in the nation. This year’s quiz to be conducted by the ace quiz-master Gautam Bose from GreyCells, Kolkata.

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Event: Drishti’08 B-Fest (Website)

Organized By: Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM)

Key Dates:
Fest: February 26-27, 2008

SIOM presents “Drishti” - the synergy of the vision and the foresight. Here is your chance to create the ballad of creativity and rationality and compete with the best of the B-school Gladiators across the country and be the part of deciphering the Vision behind the paradigm of the mystical powers of knowledge. Now the time has come as the conch of DRISHTI has been blown and opened the battle field to the lion hearted warriors to win this war, not with swords but with the mind.

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Event: International Business Summit - INBUSH (Website)

Organised By: Amity International Business School

Key Dates:
Business Summit: February 20-22, 2008

International Business Summit which is one of the biggest and amongst the best Business Summit & research Conference of Asia, is being organised by Amity International Business School. This conference attracts participants from India & Abroad representing leading companies, MNCs, Foreign banks, Export Promotion Councils, Export Promotion boards and a lot more. The conference will be attended by Ministers, Members of Parliament, Top Officers of various Embassies, High Commissioners, Leading Corporate Personalities, Top Exporters, Noted Academicians, Vice Chancellors, Directors and Deans from Foreign Universities, Students from various Management Institutes to name a few.

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Event: BME International 24-hour Programming Contest (Website)

Organized By:
1. The Electrical Engineering Students’ Hungarian Association
2. Karoly Simonyi College for Advanced Studies

Key Dates:
Deadline for Registration: February 17, 2008
Electronic Contest (Preliminary) : February 24, 2008
Final Event Date: May 2-4, 2008

For Whom:
Groups of three participants from any country.

BME International 24-hour Programming Contest, organised jointly by The Electrical Engineering Students’ Hungarian Association and Karoly Simonyi College for Advanced Studies, provides a platform for the programmers to showcase and measure their capabilities and to compare themselves with other programmers. 30 best teams will be selected through a qualifying round(Electronic Contest), where in the teams have to solve the problems announced on the internet and the selected teams will be invited to participate in the finals to be held in Budapest, Hungary. In the finals the teams will have to complete a single but very complex task in 24 hours. Participants can use their own computers without any restrictions to the Operating Systems and programming platform.

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Event: Thread for the Web Contest (Website)

Organized by: Intel Corporation

Key Dates:
Deadline: February 22, 2008

The contest requires the participant to suggest a web 2.0 application that will benefit from parallel programming and how, in not more than 100 words.

The most creative idea which effectively uses parallel programming would be awarded $200 USD. Other best entries will be featured on the Intel Software Network.

Two grand prizes worth $200 USD each to be won:

• The Best Threaded Web 2.0 Application - Judge’s choice
• The Best Threaded Web 2.0 Application - By Popular choice (with the most number of votes)

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Event: Epiphany’08 (Website)

Organized By : Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune

Key Dates:
Fest: February 15-17, 2008

Epiphany is the annual cultural fest of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune. Epiphany’08 showcases some good talent attracting many from around the colleges. From common events like vocals, band competitions to something different like spelling bee, amazing race and snap hunt.

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Program: Hexolabs Campus Wire Internship Programme (Website)

Offered By: Hexolabs Media and Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Key Dates:
No application deadline as such.

For Whom:
The programme is open to students from the following streams which include Interaction Design/HCI, Industrial Design, Design Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Marketing, HR, Management. However this programme is also open for students with exceptional design,technology and engineering research talent.

Hexolabs’s Campus Wire Internship Programme aims to widen the student’s perspective by providing an exposure to real life organizational and environmental situations. It is the most effective aid in enabling students to relate theory to practice.

Interested applicants are required to send resume and portfolio to internship@hexolabs.com

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Event: Connaissance 2008 (Website)

Organized By: Mechanical Dept, JNTU College of Engineering

Key Dates:
Fest: February 23-25, 2008

CONNAISSANCE is the technical event of the mechanical engineering department of J.N.T.U College of Engineering Hyderabad. It is organised annually by the Mechanical Engineering Association(MEA) of the department. MEA is a student-teacher body of the department. MEA organises various eventswhich benefit the student community. They include Guest Lectures, Industrial visits, Quiz contests etc.

A conglomeration for the creative, the intellectuals and the inquisitive, Connaissance is THE platform for the engineer in you. With participation from over 450 colleges from across the country and nine events testing your prowess in technical aspects, this is an ideal place for all ignited minds.

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Event: Krtitansh’08 (Website)

Organized By: KIIT University, Orissa

Key Dates:
Fest Dates: February 16-18, 2008
Last date of submission of abstract for Aveshan event : February 5, 2008

Kritansh is the Annual Techno-Management Fest of the KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. Started off by a bunch of KIIT-ians in 2007, the Fest was a huge success in its very first incarnation. The Fest was recorded as the single largest event of the annual calendar of KIIT University and drew in over 5000 participants in a host of technical and managerial events. Some of the major hits were Anveshan, Does Gray Matter? and Codiac, the C-Coding..At Kritansh there is a event for every one of you…

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Event: Parivartan `08 (Website)

Organised By: Department of Management Studies(DMS), IIT - Delhi

Key Dates:
Fest: February 15-17, 2008

Parivartan 08, the annual Business Festival of IIT Delhi, conducted by the Department of Management Studies aims at getting a snapshot of this expanding Indian Business, the brightest and the youngest star in the Universe of Global Business, which houses in it numerous aspirations and dreams to fulfill.

Parivartan’08 is the celebration of the Indian economy encapsulating Business Growth through a spectrum of events that would celebrate the birth of our ever-shining star that is powered by the young and dynamic managerial talent which is also the prime audience for Parivartan.

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Event: NITRutsav’08 (Website)

Organized By: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Key Dates: February 7-9,2008

NITRutsav a perennial feature of the city of Rourkela poised in its own unique way between the pedestals of industry and civilization gathers a crowd from various denominations and thus the creation and sharing of various ideas. As part of their social commitment, they intend to spread the message of global warming and dedicate the burning globe on their event website to this noble cause.

From celebrity Kunal Ganjawala to Rock band Music Machine to rock the place to events like Marketing Strategies and the one and only NITR Roadies.Apart from this there are the other events like theater, dance and music competitions etc…….

That’s not all folks ,there’s more .There is a humor show conducted during the fest which will be presented by the finalists of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2 and an Amazing Couple Dance Competition to give the event a sweet and sour taste.

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Event: Srishti ‘08 (Website)

Organised By: PSG College of Technology

Key Dates:
Fest: February 22-23, 2008

The grandest techfest of PSG Tech is back.. bigger and better than ever.. to kickstart a brand new confluence of minds. Srishti 08 is a technical extravaganza where mind rules, creativity dazzles and imagination reigns supreme. Geared with more contests and incomparable workshops Srishti is bound to leave you enthralled.

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Opportunity: Engineers for Social Impact Fellowship (Website)

Key Dates:
Application deadline: March 2, 2008

For Whom:
Current undergraduate students at these premier engineering schools: BITS-Pilani & BITS-Goa , IIT-B, IIT-D, IIT-K, IIT-KGP, IIT-M, NITK-S, NIT-T, NIT-W and NSIT

10 Schools. 5 Fellows. 1 Opportunity.

‘Engineers for Social Impact’ is a unique and prestigious fellowship program to connect the best engineering talent to the most credible social enterprises that drive market-based solutions to development in India.

In 2008, an eminent panel of experts with degrees from London School of Economics, MIT, Michigan and Yale will select 5 E4SI Fellows.

Why Become an E4SI Fellow?

• Once an Engineers for Social Impact Fellow, you are a Fellow for life
• Gain from challenging immersion experiences in partner social enterprises. E4SI partner social enterprises (founded by alumni from schools such as Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD and IIT) are leaders in the sectors of Education, Energy, Health, Micro-finance and Multiple Bottom-line Investment Advisory.
• Join a select cohort of outstanding young leaders committed to social impact.
• Build valuable relationships with thought leaders in the development sector.

Apply here. The organizers aren’t looking for a minimum GPA — but for a demonstrated passion towards entrepreneurship and social innovation.

View the poster here.

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Event: Aarohi ‘08 (Website)

Organized By: V.N.I.T, Nagpur

Key Dates:
Fest: February 25 - March 2 , 2008

Aarohi the Cultural fest of V.N.I.T, Nagpur which began in the year 1988, has come all the way to the year 2007 -08 and will carry on its legacy of entertaining the youth to the fullest.

The tag line itself “Winners don’t do different things….they do things differently….” defines the enthusiasm in the students of VNIT and their passion to take this event to the heights even they cant imagine . From personality contests to band contests,quizzes to antakshari and much more, it is definitely a fun filled event you would not like to miss.

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Event: Moksha 2008 (Website)

Organised By: Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi

Key Dates:
Fest: February 21-24, 2008

Moksha ‘08 the annual cultural fest of NSIT,Delhi being held from February 21-24, 2008 comprises of the most adventurous ,daring and thrilling events like Avalanche, Mudra, Rouge, Fahrenite, Concurrence and Adrenaline to other events like Sanskriti, Literalz, Dhwani(Musicalz),Indradhanush and Informalz.

As they say you never know until you check it out. So this is definitely the event to check out and also give a visit to the capital of INDIA for a change.

For Registrations: Click Here

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Event: Infinity 2K8 (Website)

Organized By: Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad

Key Dates:
Fest: February 22-23, 2008

Infinity 2k8, the National level Technical Symposium of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Osmania University College of Engineering(A) Hyderabad, is a tribute to change and the technology that fosters it. It brings to you yet another opportunity for unrestrained merriment.

The University College of Engineering, established in the year 1929, has the distinction of being one of the oldest, biggest and the classiest Engineering colleges in India. The University has been the alma mater of scores of students whom it has successfully moulded into profound intellectuals of the highest moral fiber.
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Event: Tryst ‘08 (Website)

Organized By: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D)

Key Dates:
Fest: February 29-March 2, 2008
Deadline for submitting abstract for Genesis: February 7, 2008
Deadline for Poster submission for Techstyle: February 7, 2008

The spirit of IIT Delhi is epitomized by the quest of knowledge and understanding of their environment leading to the creation of young engineers who will contribute to the prosperity and growth of the nation. They at IITD strive for perfection in all activities fostering a healthy spirit of competition.

Tryst 2008 is the annual technical fest of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, which over the years has carved a niche for itself with regards to the scale at which it is organized and the kind of varied participation it enjoys. Being one of the biggest festival of its kind in India. Tryst will be spread over a period of three days starting from 29th Feb 2008 till 2nd Mar 2008.

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Program: JSA Legal Internship Programme

Offered By: J.Sagar Associates (Website)

Key Dates:
No application deadline. The applicant shall personally fill their applications online on the Firm’s internship website at least 2 months in advance of the month during which internship is sought.

For Whom:

• Students pursuing 3rd, 4th and Final year of 5 year Law Programme
• Students of the 2nd and final year of the 3 year LL.B course
• Students who have appeared in their final year of law examination and waiting for their result
• Students of LL.M. programme, and
• International students studying in an overseas law school.

JSA’s internship programme is designed to facilitate budding legal professionals to apply, test and further hone their legal knowledge, skills and legal acumen, acquired through their academic rigour in the law school, within the professional environment of a law firm. A structured internship programme detailing out interns’ roles and responsibilities, deliverables and timelines shall be strictly adhered for maximizing the benefits of the Internship programme.

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Event: freed.in 2008, FOSS Event (Website)

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Key Dates:
Event: February 22-24, 2008

freed.in is the leading community event in the Indian sub-continent and the developing world, promoting freedom in technology, software and other related fields, and personal privacy. The annual event makes free and open source software more visible to the world, and shares its excitement with everybody. freed.in helps nurture the community and enables networking within and outside the community in a fun environment. The event strives towards seeding of new projects.

ILUG-D has been conducting awareness and proof-of-concept events since 1999. These events have been extremely popular and very well attended and accepted by the community and the public in general. Traditionally, the event is held at a time in September to coincide with one of the many birthdays of Linux! The event attracts not only geeks from across the country but many from schools, colleges and even the small business houses. There is always something for everyone. A true event of the community, by the community and for the community.

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Event: Replikon ‘08 (Website)

Organized By: SABEST, VIT University

Key Dates:
Fest: February 22-23, 2008
Deadline for abstract submission: February 1, 2008

Replikon is the annual technical festival of the School of Biotechnology, Chemical and Biomedical engineering, VIT University. This year, Replikon ’08 is being organized under the aegis of the Students’ association of Bioengineering, Science and Technology (SABEST) which is an organization comprising of students of various years and programmes of the school. The primary aim is to make life sciences accessible and fun!

Replikon has been carried out successfully for the past two years, and in keeping with this tradition, they hope to carry the Replikon banner into exciting and uncharted territories. They invite you to go through our website and find out a little more about the happenings of this event.

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