Ojass

Ojass
Type Student run Non-Profit Organization
Founded 2004 (2004)
Place Jamshedpur, India
Institute National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur
Major events Game of Troves
Prize money ₹15 Lakhs
Slogan Dream. Dare. Achieve
Website www.ojass.in

Ojass is the annual techno-management fest of NIT Jamshedpur.[1] Started in the year 2004, Ojass strives to foster and boost cogent engineering practices in the nation providing a zealous platform to display one's technical prowess.[2] Since its inception, Ojass has been receiving immense participation from the student community from all over India with the 2014 edition accounting for over 4000 participants.[2]

Ojass assembles a wide range of events comprising every genre of engineering, management and even film-making with the aim to stimulate the future generation to dream big.[2] Certified Workshops in the field of robotics are conducted every year before the fest to help students understand the different technology trends in the market.[3] A three day spectacle, Ojass also organizes many motivating guest lectures under the event cluster "Guru Gyan".[2] [4] Ojass 2015 was held from 3 April to 5 April 2015 and the prize money for this edition was ₹15 lac.[5]

History and Growth

Initiated in the year 2004, It was celebrated as Pravah until 2007 when it got its present name Ojass meaning "vigour".[6] Since then, the fest has grown exponentially attracting students from all corners of the country especially from the eastern corridor. The 2014 edition saw a healthy participation with about 4000 participants taking part in about 50 events.[2]

Flagship Events

NSCET: A Tata Cummins sponsored technical paper presentation.

Codemania: A CodeChef sponsored and certified coding event.

RC Plane: A remote-control plane event where the plane should perform certain maneuvers. Prize money for this event is worth up to Rs 80,000.

Netkraft: An event on networking basics and trends with prize money worth up to Rs 12,000.

Bizzathlon 2.0: A business quiz conducted by the renowned Quiz master Barry O'Brien.

Guru Gyan: Inspiring guest lectures by famous personalities from all over the country.

Director's Cut: A film-making adobe where the future film-makers of the country showcase their skills.

The Great Ojass Race: A treasure-hunt event where the participants race through the campus in search of clues leading to the next checkpoint.

Autobots: Design a robot capable of traversing through the arena detecting and following the designated path. Total prize money for this event is Rs 25000.

Game Of Troves: A Game which take participants beyond google in search of clues. In game participants have to submit word related with given image,text or audio.

Guest Lectures

Every year Ojass invites renowned personalities to share their experience and valuable insights. The Guests for Ojass 2014 include:

Mandira Bedi: An Indian actress, television presenter and sports commentator.[6]

Ravinder Singh: A celebrated Indian author.[6]

Narasimha Karumanchi: An educationist and a self-publishing author of books on Datastructures and Algorithms.[6]

Workshops

Ojass conducts workshops as a prologue to the various events in the different event clusters in the fest. This helps the students to understand the status quo and the future advancements possible in a particular field.[7] Especially, workshops on the several robotics events in the Deus-x-machina event cluster attract huge participation from the students of the locality.[3] These workshops allow the students to know the nitty-gritty of the robotics domain. Students also get a chance to bag internship offers from renowned organizations.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ojass starts at NIT". The Times of India. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cradles gear up for three-day tech fight - Mandira Bedi, Ravinder Singh to visit NIT". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Weekend date with robots - NIT workshop a precursor to annual tech bash". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "ओजस के बहाने स्टूडेंट्स दिचाएंगे टैलेंट". jagran. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "A Total prize money of 15 lakhs will be given at Ojass, the techno-management fest of NIT Jamshedpur". Prabhat Khabar. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "मंदिरा बेदी करेंगी 'ओजस-2014' का आगाज, देशभर के छात्र होंगे शामिल". Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Autonomous robotics workshop at NIT". Prabhat Khabar. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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