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{{Short description|Annual technology festival in Kanpur, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = Techkriti
| logo = Techkriti logo.png
| location = [[Kanpur]], [[India]]
| founded = 1995
| dates = {{start date|2020|03|19}} - {{end date|2020|03|22}}
| genre = Technical, entrepreneurial
| attendance = 1,500 colleges<ref>https://www.techkriti.org {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref>
| filing = Non-profit student organisation
| patron = [[UNESCO]], [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]]
| venue = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
| organised = IIT Kanpur students
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20041126131459/http://www.techkriti.org/ www.techkriti.org]
}}

'''Techkriti''' is an annual four-day inter-collegiate technical and entrepreneurship festival at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] which is held each March.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/Archive/dirjan1/techkriti99.html |title=Techkriti 99: Celebrating Technology|access-date=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628232526/http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/Archive/dirjan1/techkriti99.html |archive-date=28 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The 26th Techkriti will be held from 19 to 22 March 2020.{{Update inline|date=February 2021}} The festival began in 1995<ref name="auto"/> to develop student technological innovation. The word ''Techkriti'' is derived from ''tech'' (technology) and the [[Sanskrit]] ''kriti'' (creation).

==History==

Techkriti, first held in 1995, has become one of [[Asia]]'s largest technical and entrepreneurial festivals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Times of India - Techkriti|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/kanpur/28548253_1_iit-k-students-techkriti-technology-kanpur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224054622/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/kanpur/28548253_1_iit-k-students-techkriti-technology-kanpur|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2013|access-date=26 November 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 February 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Techkriti events (2007–2019)
|-
! Event !! Dates !! Details
|-
| {{nowrap|Techkriti Oh-Seven!}}
| {{nowrap|22 to 25 February 2007}}
| included an [[air show]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/pdf_file/news_archive/feb_07_militaryairforce.pdf|title=IPCS | Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies|website=www.ipcs.org}}</ref> by the Indian Air Force's [[Akash Ganga]] skydiving team
|-
| Techkriti '08<ref>http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=544614 {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref>
| 14 to 17 February 2008
| hosted over 150 colleges and included [[keynote]] presentations by [[Peter Grünberg]], [[Kevin Warwick]] and Harsh Manglik.
|-
| Techkriti '09<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.opera.com/news/|title=The Opera Blog - News | Opera|website=Opera News}}</ref>
| 12 to 15 February 2009
| included talks by [[Stephen Wolfram]], [[David Morrison]], [[G. Madhavan Nair]] and [[Ron Eglash]].
|-
| Techkriti '10<ref>http://www.knowafest.com/2009/09/techkriti-2010-iit-kanpur-technical.html {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref>
| 11 to 14 February 2010
| observed IIT Kanpur's golden jubilee and included Nikolaos Mavridis (developer of the world's first [[Arabic]]-speaking [[humanoid robot]]
|-
| Techkriti '11
| 17 to 20 February 2011
| hosted over 1,500 students who participated in 27 events. Competitions included [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s, [[cruise control]], a robot [[talent show]], robogames<ref>{{cite web|title=Robogames - Techkriti|url=http://techkriti.org/#/competitions/robogames/|publisher=Techkriti|access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref> and a [[simulation video game]] on the [[Great Wall of China]]. Speakers and guests included Russian mathematician [[Vladimir Voevodsky]], astronaut [[Bruce E. Melnick]], [[Millau Viaduct]] designer Michael Gratzel, voting-system designer David Bismark, Hellion Ventures managing director Ashish Gupta and [[Royal Orchid Hotels]] founder Chander Baljee.<ref>{{cite news|title=Techkriti 2011 begins|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/kanpur/28548253_1_iit-k-students-techkriti-technology-kanpur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224054622/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/kanpur/28548253_1_iit-k-students-techkriti-technology-kanpur|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2013|access-date=19 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 February 2011}}</ref>
|-
| Techkriti '12<ref>http://www.coolage.in/2012/06/14/techkriti-techfest-of-iit-kanpur/ {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref>
| {{nowrap|27 to 30 January 2012}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-17/kanpur/30634777_1_techkriti-software-corner-wild-soccer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103144017/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-17/kanpur/30634777_1_techkriti-software-corner-wild-soccer |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] | title=IIT-K 'Techkriti' to begin from Jan 27 | date=17 January 2012}}</ref>
| had a theme of "Technology for the Future". The opening ceremony's guest of honour was [[GNU]] founder [[Richard Stallman]]. [[Deborah Berebichez]], [[Vic Hayes]], and [[Deepak Mohanty]] were other guest speakers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Techkriti Talks|url=http://www.techkriti.org/#/talks/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126131459/http://www.techkriti.org/#/talks/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-11-26}} </ref> The final day included a performance by playback singer [[Kailash Kher]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Techkriti-ends-on-mesmerizing-note/articleshow/11694979.cms | work=The Times Of India | title='Techkriti' ends on mesmerizing note|date=31 January 2012|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Techkriti '13
| 14 to 17 March 2013
| had a theme of "Fixing the Planet" for the festival's 18th edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/UP-iit-kanpur-hosts-techkriti-2013-4208957-PHO.html|title=IIT Kanpur hosts Techkriti 2013|date=16 March 2013|website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227055754/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/UP-iit-kanpur-hosts-techkriti-2013-4208957-PHO.html|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Techkriti '14<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techkriti.org/|title=Techkriti '20|website=Techkriti'20 | IIT Kanpur}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2020}}
| 6 to 9 March 2014
| had a theme of "Virtually Progressive World".
|-
| Techkriti '15<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/IIT-K-ready-to-welcome-budding-techies-at-Techkriti-15/articleshow/46614319.cms|title=IIT-K ready to welcome budding techies at Techkriti' 15 | Kanpur News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
| 19 to 22 March 2015
| had the theme "Blueprint to a smarter world".
|-
| Techkriti '16
| 3 to 6 March 2016
| had a theme of "Beyond Our Planet"
|-
| Techkriti '17
| 23 to 26 March 2017
| had the theme of "Factualising Fictions"
|-
| Techkriti '18
| 15 to 18 March 2018
| had the theme of "Prism of Possibilities"
|-
| Techkriti '19
| 7 to 10 March 2019
| had a theme of "Forging The Matrix".
|}

==Organisation==
Techkriti is an entirely student organized festival.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} The structure of the organising team is four-tiered. Leading the team are the Festival Coordinators along with a team of Heads, each with an allotted portfolio. Administrative portfolios include marketing, media and publicity, finance, security, hospitality and show management. Event-related portfolios include public relations, web and design. Each Head has his own team of coordinators and executives.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==Workshops and talks==

[[File:Prof. Henry Schaefer inaugurating Techkriti'17 with Prof. Indranil Manna, Director of IIT Kanpur and Prof. A R Harish, Dean of Student Affairs, IIT Kanpur.jpg|thumb|alt=A group of men|The 2017 Techkriti]]
Students and academia at the festival can attend talks by professionals in various fields from India and abroad. Speakers at Techkriti have included aerospace scientist and former Indian president [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.twenty19.com/opportunities/organiser/iit-kanpur/techkriti-iit-kanpur|title=Techkriti, IIT KANPUR|website=Twenty19}}</ref> [[Free Software Foundation]] founder [[Richard Stallman]] and [[Rakesh Sharma]], the only Indian to date to travel in space. Former Afghan president [[Hamid Karzai]] was the guest of honour at the 2016 festival, which was scheduled to end with a musical evening.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Ex-president-of-Afghanistan-Hamid-Karzai-to-grace-Techkriti-at-IIT-Kanpur/articleshow/51230486.cms|title=Ex-president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to grace Techkriti at IIT Kanpur - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=7 March 2020|date=2 March 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Techkriti}}
*[https://techkriti.org/ Techkriti Website]

{{Indian Institutes of Technology}}

[[Category:Indian Institutes of Technology festivals]]
[[Category:Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
[[Category:Technical festivals in India]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Festivals established in 1995]]

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