On the Golden Jubilee year of our establishment, we plan to make Shaastra grander than ever before.
Golden Jubilee Conclave: We believe in Emergent India. Do you? An exclusive half hour show on CNN-IBN in the making!
Shaastra Nights: Techno-entertainment extravaganza of Lasers, Pyrotechnics and Designer Robotics.
Industrial Open House: Renault Formula 1, Macbook Air, iPhone 3G, a state-of-the-art windmill, and lots more
Golden Design Challenges: Prototypes of a Speed Detector, Urban Transport management and the M.A.I.D Robot. Cash prizes of over 3 Lakhs INR
An illustrious list of speakers: Mr. Karan Grover, eminent green architect, Professor Vijayraghavan, Director National Centre for Biological Sciences, Prof. Y.C Saxena from the Institute of Plasma research.
A diverse range of Video-Conferences: Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate (Physics,1979), Guido Van Rossum, inventor of the Python programming language and Adrian Bejan, inventor of constructal theory of global optimization.
The Integral Bee: the Holy Grail for all mathematicians awed and inspired by the power of calculus. This uniquely challenging event strives to provide an unparalleled opportunity to math lovers out there showcase their lightning fast calculating skills and unleash the mathematician within.
Shaastra Cube Open 2008, a two-day event cum workshop which is recognized and will be adjudicated by the World Cube Association (WCA). Records set here will be accepted worldwide.
The Department Open House: A unique opportunity to present to the students the research activities of IIT Madras.
Shaastra - DRDO Exhibition: Be amazed by the strength of the Indian arsenal. Cynosure of all eyes: The awe-inspiring Arjun Main Battle tank, "bofors-like" guns that can launch Nuclear warheads, hot air-balloons and state-of-the-art weaponry.
Indian Army: The famed Daredevil Motorcycle display.
"Shaastra-On-Mobile': Shaastra at your fingertips. A set of cool and innovative Shaastra-based JAVA applications which can be downloaded here. Event descriptions, Maps and directions, Alerts to guide you through the festival.
'Spirit of Engineering' : A set of ambitious and pioneering engineering projects conceptualized and executed by the students of IIT Madras. Over a dozen projects: A multi-terrain vehicle, a soccer competition between robots, assembling an Ornithopter, a self-balancing autonomous bicycle, an automated fertilizer feeding device and constructing a fully-fledged desalination plant are notable.
Internships: A wide spectrum of radically new events and technically challenging competitions will be conducted offering attractive prizes and lucrative internship offers with some of the most reputed industries in the world.