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Nexus

The winners list at the Nexus and TOP centers has been put up.
The winners of the Nexus competition are not allowed to participate in the Nexus competition at other centres.


How do four teams in four different corners of India pitch their machines against each other without having to sacrifice their home advantage? Quite simple in fact, they do it through Nexus. Nexus, a feature unique to the precedents, is an effort by Techfest 2009 to reach out to the whole of India. Initiated in Techfest 2007, it is held as a preliminary level competition from where the top three winners of each center are selected to compete against the best in the country in India's national robotics challenge to be held at IIT Bombay.


Living true to its legacy of introducing new dimensions to robotics in the country, the competition chosen at the nexus level is Photoroller, India's first and only solar powered machine competition.


This year Nexus will be held at four strategic centers, spanning throughout the country's length and breadth, namely Thapar University Patiala, SGSITS Indore, IIT Bombay and IIIT Hyderabad.


The Nexus programme also comprises of workshops on Solar robotics to be held at Patiala, Indore, Bhopal, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Hyderabad and Mathura. making it a truly national event.


Get your grey cells working and build an efficient bot which is powered by nothing but light.


View the Photoroller (Nexus Round) problem statement »

Tutorials on solar robotics can be found in the resources section of Photoroller.


View the Photovore (Final Round) problem statement »


Registrations for Nexus have ended.


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North Zone

Techfest Nexus - Thapar University, Patiala

Competition date: 18th October, 2008

Competition venue: Thapar University, Patiala


The Winners

1st Position
Abhishek (DAVIET, Jallandhar)
Deepamol Singh (DAVIET, Jallandhar)
Amit (DAVIET, Jallandhar)


2nd Position
Jagpreet Singh (BBSBEC)
Vipul Arora (MMEC)
Arjit Bhargava (SVIET)


3rd position
Anuj Yadav (ITS Engg. College)
Hina Gupta (ITS Engg. College)
Chirag Swami (Amity University)


NOTE: The winners of the Nexus competition are not allowed to participate in the Nexus competition at other centres.



For further queries contact:

Prateek Mittal
Manager, Infrastructure
Techfest 2009
+91 98332 54452
prateekm[at]techfest[dot]org


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Central Zone

Techfest Nexus - Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore

Competition date: 20th September, 2008

Competition venue: Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore


The Winners

1st Position
Siddarth Jain (Medicaps Institute of Technology)
Varun Shah (Medicaps Institute of Technology)
Ronak Bharadwaj (Medicaps Institute of Technology)


2nd Position
Ishan Goyal (Medicaps Institute of Technology)
Ankit Garg (Medicaps Institute of Technology)
Jitin (Medicaps Institute of Technology)


3rd position
Vaibhav Kothari (IES - IPS Academy)
Pradeep Patidar (IES - IPS Academy)
Ankit Mangal (IES - IPS Academy)


NOTE: The winners of the Nexus competition are not allowed to participate in the Nexus competition at other centres.



For further queries contact:

Agyeya Sharma
Manager, Dimensions
Techfest 2009
+91 98199 02815
agyeya[at]techfest[dot]org


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West Zone

Techfest Nexus - IIT Bombay, Mumbai

Competition date: 11th October, 2008

Competition venue: IIT Bombay, Mumbai


The Winners

1st Position
Manoj Kumar Meena (IIT Bombay)
Jagdish Prasad Meena (IIT Bombay)
Purushottam Meena (IIT Bombay)


2nd Position
Pandey Brijesh Babaram (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)
Ingle Saket Anil (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)
Pagare Vikrant Arun (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)


3rd position
Shashwat Malot (IIT Bombay)
Anish Nahar (IIT Bombay)
Manoj Kumar Meena (IIT Bombay)


NOTE: The winners of the Nexus competition are not allowed to participate in the Nexus competition at other centres.



Techfest Outreach Programme (TOP)

1. Mindspark 2008, College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)

Date: 4th October, 2008

Venue: College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)


The Winners

1st Position
Akash M Bhadange (Government Polytechnic College, Amravati)
Akash P Malokar (Government Polytechnic College, Amravati)
Dipak P Chavan (Government Polytechnic College, Amravati)


2nd Position
Saket Anil Ingle (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)
Brijesh Babaram Pandey (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)
Vikrant Arun Pagare (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)


3rd position
Gaurav Ghate (Government Polytechnic College, Amravati)
Anupam Kumar Mishra (Government Polytechnic College, Amravati)
Kunal Jodydande (Government Polytechnic College, Amravati)



2. Autofest 2008, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat

Date: 10th and 12th October, 2008

Venue: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat


The Winners

1st Position
Saket Anil Ingle (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)
Brijesh Babaram Pandey (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)
Vikrant Arun Pagare (Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engg. and Tech.)


2nd Position
Prateek Bhajanka (RSCOE, Pune)
Pradeep Singh (RSCOE, Pune)
Kalyani Patil (RSCOE, Pune)


3rd position
Brijesh Kamani
Bhagyesh Gajjar
Suvas Vora



For further queries contact:

Vaibhav Desai
Manager, Xcelerate
Techfest 2009
+91 98336 65246
vaibhav[at]techfest[dot]org


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South Zone

Techfest Nexus - International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad

Competition date: 21st September, 2008

Competition venue: International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad


The Winners

1st Position
Saikumar (MGIT, Hyderabad)
Rajiv Kiran (MGIT, Hyderabad)
Santosh Kumar (MGIT, Hyderabad)


2nd Position
Naveenkumar Ippe (NIET, Guntur)
S.Raghavendra (NIET, Guntur)
V.N.Sesha Sai (NIET, Guntur)


3rd position
Zubair Ahmed (Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute)
M.Raja Shekar Reddy (Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute)
M.Ravinder Reddy (Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute)


NOTE: The winners of the Nexus competition are not allowed to participate in the Nexus competition at other centres.



For further queries contact:

T Y Geril Rigzin
Manager, Lecture Series
Techfest 2009
+91 98209 00157
geril[at]techfest[dot]org


View the Techfest Outreach Programme (TOP) »


Techfest Outreach Programme (TOP)

In the year 2007, a group of 22 people and one fest, with the sole motive of spreading science and technology through the country, revolutionized the way robotics competitions are held by bringing college students from all corners of the country to participate in the nation's ultimate robotics competition. Since the past two years Techfest Nexus has out grown itself in terms of quality and quantity, receiving over 3000 participants in the year 2008 at the 7 centers where it was held.


Testifying the words "Revolutions never go backwards" by Mao Tse-Tung, Techfest 2009 aims to take this motive a long way ahead by introducing the Techfest Outreach Program (TOP). TOP will be held in association with a multitude of other college festivals across the country.


The difference between Nexus and TOP being that Nexus is organized completely by Techfest and only held at other centers while TOP will be organized by the college festival itself where it is being held. The problem statement, rules and specification of the competition to be held under TOP will be the same as that of Nexus. Also the competition certificates and prizes will be given by the festival where TOP is being held. However, the winners will still get a direct entry into the final round of the Nexus (Photovore) to be held at Techfest 2009 and thus a chance to compete against the best in the country.


In its maiden year TOP will be conducted at:


Let the revolution begin...