IIT-B starts registrations for robotics competition

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay started registrations for its annual robotics competition, e-Yantra. The competition is sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

"The idea behind this competition is to help students get a hands-on experience without having to pay a registration fee or money to buy a robot-kit," said Professor Kavi Arya, principal investigator of the e-Yantra project. "Last year we offered the winning and 1st runners-up teams an eight week internship at IIT and a five day workshop on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" which was a great success. The students seriously started considering setting up their own entrepreneurial ventures rather than a good placement offer."

The theme this year is 'Urban Services' which will challenge students to develop indigenous solutions using robotics and engineering to address waste management, fire emergencies, etc.

Registrations began from 1st August and already over 800 teams (3200 students) from colleges across the country have already signed on. The last date to register for the event is 31st August.