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Invitation for city students to participate in Kshitij 2015

By Dinesh Kamath

Kshitij is the annual techno-management fest of IIT Kharagpur. Since its inception in 2004, Kshitij has grown exponentially to become the Asia’s largest techno-management fest. Those students of Navi Mumbai who wish to participate in this event can do so by registering themselves before 14 December 2014

Following are some highlights of Kshitij:

·        Asia's largest symposium in terms of participation and net prize money. For last edition they were 65,000 and Rs. 60 lacs respectively.

·        Patronage from UNESCO which is the highest form of support by it.

·        Certifications from world reknowned organisations like ACM, ASME, IEEE, IMechE, AIChE.

·        Social initiatives to make youths aware about the social issues in associations with NGOs. This year, social initiatives will be taken for Youth Depression and a peace campaign is being launched in respect to World Peace.

·        Entirely free of cost. Students do not have to pay any cost for attending Workshops, Exhibitions, Events. However the net prize money offered is more than any other fest of its kind in entire Asia. Kshitij is a not for profit organisation which makes it different from other fests.

·        Official website www.ktj.in is largest student run website in entire world with over 80 lacs visits in a year.

Website: www.ktj.in, last date of submission: 14th December

To know in detail about Kshitij 2015 and register for its events, students may visit the Facebook page of Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur and official website, www.ktj.in, which is the largest student run website in the world.