NIT Suratkal conducts ‘Engineer 2010’

* Online Competition for Student Community across country sponsored by FORE School of Management and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
** Over 5000 students from over 150 colleges across the globe expected to participate

Bangalore/Sutrathkal, October 25, 2010: ‘Engineer 2010’, the prestigious annual festival with popular online competition cum inter-college technology showcase organized by National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, came to an end today. The fest that brought together CERN, MIT Media and Bell Labs in its last edition, catered to a participation pool of over 5000 students from 150 colleges across 43 countries.
 
The games planned this year included E-pitch, Mock Stock, Online Math, Perfect machine, 3D Photography and ‘Srishti – The Creation’ to name a few. Engineer 2010 is sponsored by FORE School of Management, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, DebriN Synergy and also Canara Bank.

The learning experience extends far beyond the four walls of the classroom. Engineer 2010 provides a realistic and enjoyable experience for students from across the world to participate and showcase their technical and business capabilities. The Online Math would be an excellent practice cum fun session for students aspiring for any competitive exams.” said Dr. Jitendra Das, Director, Fore School of Management, Delhi.
 
'E-Pitch', a Business Plan competition, was the flagship entrepreneurship event at ENGINEER 2010. It is an idea conceived by the students of E-FOREA (Engineers' Forum for Entrepreneurship Awareness) which provides the perfect platform for students to put forth their business ideas. Over the years, E-FOREA & ENGINEER have mentored and nourished many ideas, from ideas on paper, to Ideas that touch and change people in the real world. A total prize of INR 1,35,000 was distributed amongst the winners of 'E-Pitch 2010'. Additionally, teams have the opportunity to incubate their Idea in NITK STEP (Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park) with seed money upto INR 10,00,000.
‘Mock Stock’ has had a memorable history with the heat rising high in the battle of the monies with a stock market environment stimulated with all its magical realism. This event sees the bulls and bears battle it out on all days of ENGINEER 2010 in the same manner as real world-trading business. Online Math, on the other hand, is based on pure mathematical problem solving with problems of Olympiad and College Mathematics standards.