SANGAM 2017 Pragyan’17 presents to you SANGAM, an intra - collegiate technical exhibition and competition, aimed at presenting a platform for the students of NIT Trichy to display their ideas and creations and put on a show of their inventiveness and technical curiosity to the outside world. Every spark of an idea is encouraged. Benefits    

Experience pitching your idea and building a prototype. Exposure by coming in contact with technocrats from across the country and recognition for your idea. Internship opportunities with the visiting companies. Certificates of participation from Pragyan. Participation prize up to 2k for the shortlisted participants.

Prize Money For the top three innovations in each category: Circuital: 20k/12k/8k Non-Circuital: 20k/12k/8k How Sangam Works Form a group, brainstorm, and come up with an idea. The idea must satisfy the following criteria:      

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Must be within the realm of Science and technology. The end result of the project must be a tangible product or a demonstrable service. Must be presentable during Pragyan as a working model or demonstration along with visual aids (Charts, etc.) Original ideas addressing social problems, industrial needs, day-to-day utility, or recreation. A panel will scrutinize the idea, and if deemed feasible and worthy, you will be given the green light to pursue the idea. The second round will be held in the month of January 2017, wherein all teams will be required to present a comprehensive proposal, work schedule, cost report, and justification for the project. After systematic reviews, the complete presentation along with the working model or demonstration must be ready by 20th February 2017, following which it will be showcased during Pragyan’17.

Rules Scientific fraud and misconduct are not condoned at any level of research or during the course of the competition. This includes plagiarism, forgery, use or presentation of other researchers' work as one’s own and fabrication of data. Fraudulent projects will fail to qualify for competition.

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The deadline for the abstract submission is 30th November 2016. Late entries will not be entertained. Maximum number of participants in a Team is 5. One student may be a part of more than one team. One team may present more than one project. The members of a team may not be changed during the course of the competition. The idea and contents of the project may not be changed once the abstract is submitted. After you have submitted the abstract, a panel of judges will go through your material and if you are shortlisted for the second round, you will be notified.

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A PowerPoint presentation containing a detailed description of the project and the progress of the project, and a video (duration 3-5 minutes) explaining the same should be presented in front of us by January 20, 2017. The student(s) doing the presentation must be the one who conducted the research. The presentation will be reviewed by a panel of judges and if you are shortlisted for the final round, you will be notified.

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The final working model of the project is to be displayed during Pragyan’17, where it will be judged by a panel of judges and the winners of the circuital and non-circuital projects will be announced. The decision of judges will be final and no arguments or appeal will be entertained. The prize money and number of prizes are subject to change based on the number of registrations for the event. The organizers reserve the right to change/update the rules of the contest at any point of time and will do their best to inform the participants of the same. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the teams to keep themselves updated. Violation of any rule can result in rejection of project. All the team members may be present during the event. There will be an interactive session with the judges, other participants and students during the time allotted for the event. Although students may present a new phase of an on-going project, no student may present a project topic from a previous year without conducting significant additional research on the topic.