The 10th edition of “Wissenaire”, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar’s “Techno Management Fest”, was inaugurated here on Friday. The theme of this edition of Wissenaire is “Cosmic Expeditions: Astounding Odysseys Ensuring Humanity’s Existence”.
The event was inaugurated by Professor R V Rajakumar, Director IIT Bhubaneswar and the chief guest Dr Manas Kumar Mandal, former director general, DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation).
The three-day techno management fest- January 31-February 2, will include exhibits from the DRDO and ISRO, the Indian Army and various other gadgets and innovations during the three-day fest.
Central events include “YANTHRIX” the robotics events & competitions and workshops on IOT, web development, Mercedes Engine analysis, bridge designs etc.
The second day, tagged “Teknite”, will have talks by speakers like Abhinay Bhasin, Director (Data science) Dentsu Aegis Network and Gururaj Rao, IBM systems Chief Engineer. The second day will include an informal night with a stand-up session by comedian Shaswath Maheswari.
The concluding day of Wissenaire’ 20 will be marked by live performance by Dhvani Bhanushali.
The event is being organised by the Wissenaire committee comprising of students of IIT Bhubaneswar, coordinated by Tarun Guguloth, chief coordinator, Wissenaire 2020.