The Rising

Participants must first register on the user portal for this event by going to the user portal tab on the home page.Also if you require accommodation , register for the same in the user portal.The last date to register for accommodation is 5th September .

The event would be conducted in two stages:

1. Screening:  In addition to registering on the user portal, the participants are required to mail us (with the subject as "The Rising") including the following information:

a. Number of team members, their names, college roll nos, name of college (the participants may not be from the same college) and contact numbers/email ids. We are restricting the number of teams to 20 (So better hurry up!!!).

b. Materials used to construct the balloon, its height, whether they had tested the balloon and whether or not it works.

The last date for submission of the above is 15th September before 23:59 hours. The 20 teams would be chosen based on the ideas and your updates on the progress of the balloon. These teams will progress to the final round.



2. Finals:   The finals will be conducted during Shaastra, the venue and the time would be indicated to the chosen teams once the schedule is out.

Participants are required to come up with a model hot air balloon pertaining to the following conditions.The balloon should be assembled before the event takes place.On the day of the event only testing of each team's balloon will take place :

1. The balloon should not be more than 1.2m in height in the deflated position.
2. Participants must use their own fuel to heat the air inside the canopy of the balloon. The fuel must be placed in a container attached to the balloon i.e participants will not be allowed to keep the fuel separate, thus filling the canopy with enough hot air and then releasing it. Participants are requested not to use liquid fuels as they may leak causing a freak accident.
3. The participants are also required to provide a hook at the bottom of the container, hence where a thread can be tied to make the measurements.


The Criteria for judgment:

The participants would be judged on two independent aspects:

I.
1. The balloon would be judged on how quickly it travels upto a height of 20m. The time for each trial would be recorded.
2. There would be three independent trials for each team, the best of which would be considered for judgment. Between the trials the participants are allowed to make modifications to their balloon as long as they pertain to the problem statement. No further attempts would be granted.


II.
Among the balloons that do manage to fly upto 20m, one of them would be awarded the Most Creative Hot Air Balloon based on its looks and design. It is to be noted that this balloon need not be the fastest. The power to judge this category rests solely on the discretion of the coordinators.

1. Each team should consist of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 team-members. All team-members needn’t be from the same institution. Only college students with a valid ID card are eligible to participate.
2. Participants can make only 1 balloon per team
3. The balloon should strictly operate on the principle that hot-air being lighter than cold air rises upwards. Teams using any other means to aid in flying their balloons would be disqualified.

1). Where can I find the problem statement?

1): Please open the 'Problem Statement' tab on this page, underneath the event title and you will find all the details regarding the problem statement there.

2)You have mentioned that ull be selecting 20 participants, does that mean you'll wait till the deadline ( Sept 15th ) till all the abstracts reach you and then you'll  select 20 or you'll do it on 1st come 1st serve basis?.

2) We'll be waiting till we get all the abstracts until Sept 15 and then select the participants.

3)Is the arena going to be in an indoor stadium or outside ?

3)  The arena is going to be outdoors and there will be ample space.

4)Does Hot air balloon coming down eventually count?

4) The hot air balloon coming down does not count . We will be judging your designs only on the basis of  the time taken for them to rise to the mentioned height.

5) Whats the word limit for the abstract.?

5)there is no word limit for the abstract. So you have all the freedom to elaborate in order to  ensure that we get the right idea about your design and in the process do complete justice to you.

Contact us at rising@shaastra.org