The coming weekend is all set to be abuzz with frenetic activity on campus, with not one or two but three major events scheduled for the 15th to 17th of January – barely a week before the Grand Fest Season is declared open. Here is a quick peek at what the weekend-before-SF has to offer us:

Regional Symposium on Mathematics

A debut venture from the Mathematics Department, RSM-2010 has a simple objective – to celebrate and revitalize maths as a discipline. It comes packing with guest lectures from three eminent academicians – Prof. MK Ghosh of IISc, an expert on Financial Mathematics; Prof. Seema Nanda of TIFR, specializing in Mathematical Biology; and Prof. D Banerjee of IIAP, a professor of Astrophysics. Aside from events like Cryptic (a cryptanalysis challenge), Mathlete (a mini-olympiad) and Algorithmik (a fast-paced code jam), the fest also features a Scientific Paper Presentation Contest and workshops on Cryptography and SAS (the latter appearing to be a major crowd-puller with almost 200 registrations).

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E-Cell, IIT Kharagpur presents four competitions to imbibe entrepreneurship among students and help convert ideas into startups.
Envision : The product design competition, with the assistance of the TePP, feasible products can get upto 30 lacs worth of funding and mentorship.
Eclairez: It is a platform for Social entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative solutions for society’s most pressing social problems. The funding for the start-ups will be provided by Angel Investors. (more…)

Rivaldo, who performed at Kalidasa Auditorium on 31st Oct 2009, as part of Spring Fest 2010’s Grand Preludio, has a message for KGP.

“I wanted to thank the IIT KGP students for taking time out to watch the show. It was an incredible experience performing in Kalidasa Auditorium. The Audi was great and the audience was even better.

Thank you IIT KGP for making that evening so memorable for me

We thank Nitin and the Spring Fest 2010 team for making the show possible.

This weekend, Spring Fest 2010 will be celebrating its “Grand Preludio“.

31st October

Stand-up comedy: “I Am Serious” by Rivaldo (of IIT Bombay and Love in December fame):
Venue and time: Kalidas Auditorium at 8 pm. Catch all his previous videos here.

1st November

Performance by British Council: Titled “Jaibati Kanya Story” it will be directed by Tapan Das, who has been associated with various international projects including “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
Venue and time: Kalidas at 7:30 pm.

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Young Astronomers’ Meet (YAM), provides a platform for interaction among research students from diverse field of Astronomy and Astrophysics working in India. YAM is held every year, with the aid of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to encourage the efforts of youngsters stepping into astronomy; a meeting of the students organised by the students for the students.

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