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{{infobox recurring event
|name = Kurukshetra
|logo = Kurukshetra 18 Logo.png
|genre = techno-management fest
|filing = Student-run, non-profit
|founded = 2007
|location = Chennai, India
|website = [https://kurukshetraceg.org.in/ Kurukshetra]
|college = [[College of Engineering, Guindy]]
|events = K!Box, Xceed, Robowars, Godspeed, on-site and online programming contests, initiatives
|prize_money = 1 million INR
|footnotes =
}}
'''Kurukshetra''' is an international techno-management fest conducted annually by the [[College of Engineering, Guindy]] (CEG) in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It is a four-day event organized by the college's technical body, the CEG Tech Forum (CTF). The name of the fest derives from the location of the apocalyptic battle between the [[Kaurava]]s and the [[Pandavas: The Five Warriors|Pandavas]] in the ancient Indian epic, the ''[[Mahabharata]].'' The tag-line of the fest, "The Battle of Brains", refers to the battle. The fest was first held in 2007<ref>{{cite news |first=J. |last=Malarvizhi |title=A racy start to `Kurukshetra 07' |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010520030200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107064835/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010520030200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-01-07 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2007-01-05}}</ref> and was the first techno-management festival in India to be awarded [[UNESCO]] patronage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/kurukshetra-2016-battle-of-the-brains/article8232621.ece|title=Kurukshetra 2016: Battle of the brains|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Its logo, the [[Cyclotron]], symbolize the celebration of the indomitable spirit of engineering and innovation.

== Working committee==
The festival is organized by the CEG Tech Forum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-forum-for-all-your-counselling-queries/article3646866.ece|title=A forum for all your counselling queries|last=Venugopal |first=Vasudha|date=4 July 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Founded in 2006, the Forum is a student-run organisation consisting of 17 teams: Guest Lectures & Brand Relations, Industrial Relations, Creativity- Content and Design, Events, Workshop, XCEED and Karnival, Finance, Hospitality, Human Resource, Logistics, Marketing, Media, Projects, Quality Assurance and Control, Initiatives and Tech -Web & Apps.

== History ==
Hosted for the first time in January 2007, the fest included workshops entitled "Autonomous Robotics", "Ethical Hacking" and "Need for Speed" as part of the event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/A-racy-start-to-%60Kurukshetra-07/article14702191.ece|title=A racy start to 'Kurukshetra 07'|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-12-05}}</ref> The project exhibition event received an overwhelming response with more than 250 entries and 25 teams short-listed for the final display.

Kurukshetra was the first student-organised tech fest in India to receive [[UNESCO]] patronage, in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/kurukshetra-2016-battle-of-the-brains/article8232621.ece|title=Kurukshetra 2016: Battle of the brains|date=14 February 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Kurukshetra was also titled Green Fest by the [[United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development|UN Conference]] for [[Sustainable development|Sustainable Development]] in the previous edition in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://campusdiaries.com/stories/introducing-kurukshetra-cegs-largest-techno-management-fest|title=Green fest}}</ref> The student-managed committee is certified to the [[ISO 9001]]:2015 quality standard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newstodaynet.com/chennai/india-wasting-resources-says-environmentalist|title=ISO}}</ref>

== Karnival ==

Karnival is an event that presents displays on science, technology, arts, history and culture. Some of the past exhibits are a magic show and 3D-floor painting held in 2014,<ref name=GuindyK>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guindytimes.com/articles/k-the-inside-story-k-arnival-team|title=K! - The Inside Story - K!arnival Team|last=Sowjanya|date=2015|work=The Guindy Times|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> an [[Arjun (tank)|Arjun]] tank demonstration and [[laser tag]] game in 2015,<ref name=GuindyK/> and caricature workshop, photography workshop, Rubik’s cube workshop and virtual reality exhibition in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Stage-set-for-Kurukshetra/article13377005.ece|title=Stage set for Kurukshetra}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://kalvimalar.dinamalar.com/news-details.asp?id=18754&cat=1|title=Glimpse through 'Kurukshetra 2016'}}</ref>

== Guest lectures ==
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Year'''
|'''Guest lecturers'''
|-
|'''2016'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guindytimes.com/articles/in-conversation-with-abhas-mitra-the-man-who-threw-light-on-black-holes|title=Abhas Mitra}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyoooz.com/news/Chennai/chennai/352531/over-30-tech-events-at-kurukshetra-2016|title=Kurukshetra}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kalvimalar.dinamalar.com/news-details.asp?id=18684&cat=1|title=events}}</ref>
|
*[[Angelo Vermeulen]], crew commander of a MARS simulation program funded by [[NASA]]
*Arjun Shetty, COO & co-founder of BankBazaar
*Chiragh Dewan and Himanshu Vaishnav, founders of Airocorp
*Dr. Seshagiri Rao, Associate Director at the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]
*Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshdesk
*Hemanth Kumar Guruswamy, CEO of [[Bharti Airtel|Airtel Broadband]]
*Masha Nazeem, scientist and inventor
|-
|'''2015'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/kurukshetra-2015-ready-for-the-tech-battle/article6818754.ece|title=Kurukshetra 2015}}</ref>
|
*Dr. [[Shashi Tharoor]], Former [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations]] and Indian Politician
*Dr. [[Kiran Bedi]], India's First & Highest Ranking Woman IPS Officer
*Dr. P. Sivakumar, Distinguished Scientist & Director, [[CVRDE]], [[DRDO]]
*Ashok Krish, Head of Social Media and Workplace Re-imagination Practice, [[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]]
*Padma Shri [[Arunachalam Muruganantham]], Social Entrepreneur, inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine
*[[S. Somasegar]], Corporate Vice-President of the Developer Division, [[Microsoft]]
*V. Ponraj, scientist at the [[DRDO]] and scientific advisor to Dr. [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
*Padma Shri Dr. [[V. Adimurthy]], Hon. Distinguished Professor, [[ISRO]] & Mission Concept Director, [[Mars Orbiter Mission]] a.k.a. [[Mangalyaan]]
*Dan Burns, AP Physics Teacher at [[Los Gatos High School]]
|-
|'''2014'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/get-ready-for-kurukshetra/article5621056.ece|title=Get ready for Kurukshetra}}</ref>
|
*[[Leonardo Chiariglione]], Chairman and Co-founder of [[Moving Picture Experts Group]]
*Anand Sampathraman, Head of Plant and Enterprise Sustainability Solutions Engineering & Industrial Services, Tata Consultancy Services
*Praveen Vettiyatti, Director of Renewable Energy at Industrial Engineering and General Contracting
*Dr. K. Sivan, Project Director of the [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle]]
*Kumar Rangarajan, founder of Little Eye labs
|-
|'''2013'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/tech-fest-at-kurukshetra/article4401468.ece|title=Tech fest at Kurukshetra}}</ref>
|
*[[Guido Tonelli]], particle physicist at the [[CERN|European Organization for Nuclear Research]] (CERN)
*[[Daniel Kish]], expert in human echolocation and the President of the World Access for the Blind
* Shanker Annaswamy, Senior Advisor of [[IBM]], South Asia
* Pulkit Gaur, founder of Gridbots
* Rajalakshmi Subramanian, Senior Director of [[Groupon]]
* [[Stephen Wolfram]], creator of [[Wolfram Mathematica|Mathematica]] and [[Wolfram Alpha]]
* [[Shiva Ayyadurai]], claimed inventor of email
* Osamu Hasegawa, developer of SOINN
|}

==Workshops==
The workshops range all over the radar of technology from aero-modelling, and robotics to motorcycles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/catalysts-for-the-flight-of-imagination/article2862078.ece|title=Catalysts for the flight of imagination|last=Venugopal|first=Vasudha|date=5 February 2012|work=The Hinu|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Some of the notable workshops<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kalvimalar.dinamalar.com/news-details.asp?id=18684&cat=1|title=workshops}}</ref> in previous editions are:
{| class="wikitable"
|'''General'''
|''Wildlife Photography, Air Crash Investigation''

''Audio Engineering, 3D printing, Journalism,''

''Digital freeze, K!rack it, Film Direction.''
|-
|'''Engineering'''
|''Dynamic Design, [[Ethical Hacking]], Rocketry, Energy Scavenging, Green Computing, [[HTML5]], Know Your Grid''

''NoSQL, Printed Electronics, Rammed Earth Construction, Nuclear Power Generation, Sustainability Solutions, Wearable Electronics, [[IBM System/360|IBM's]] Security Intelligence with Penetration testing, [[Reverse engineering|Reverse Engineering]], [[Biomimetics|Biomimicry]].''

''IBM's [[Blockchain|Block Chain]], [[Deep learning|Deep Learning]], Samsung S-Pay,Software Defined Radio & 5G, Dam Designing, ArduinoSAT, Electro-Hydraulics Panel Designing, Chennai Undergrounnd Metro ventilation.''
|-
|'''Robotics'''
|''Mobile Robotics, [[SCARA]] (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) Echo - Speech Control Robot, Autonomous Mobile Plotter Robot, Face gesture controlled robot, [[Bluetooth]] controlled bots, Brainwave-controlled Robots, Eye-controlled robots, Underwater Robotics.''
|-
|'''Management'''
|''That's how you talk, Personal Branding & Networking, Spirit of Entrepreneurship, Venture Capitalism, Growth Hacking''
|-
|'''School'''
|''Krithi'', a workshop that spots the finest aspirants of innovation at the school level
|-
|'''BioTech'''
|[[Drug]] Designing
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:College festivals in India]]
[[Category:Technical festivals in India]]

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