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ICITIIT-20

IEEE Conference

IIIT Kottayam organized the International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology (ICITIIT-20) in the presence of the Director, Registrar, Dean Academics and internationally reputed professors of IIIT Kottayam, along with a number of accomplished professors from Indian and International Universities. It was organized in the recently inaugurated Conference Hall, with world-class technology. A number of brilliant papers were presented in front of the aforementioned and the students, with topics ranging from Cryptography and IOT to Data Science and Cloud Technologies.

EBSB - Ek Bharat Shreshtha

Bharat

Under the banner of EBSB and the cultural club, students of IIIT Kottayam organized a number of plays with each representing certain cultures of India. Unity in Diversity was the main theme of this event; hence students were chosen randomly to represent different states and their traditions, ensuring zero bias. Traditional dances were performed, folk tales were enacted and historic characters were brought back to life on stage. And with all of this being live streamed over multiple social media platforms, awareness towards our diverse cultures was spread among people.

Pradhva - Annual Sports

meet

Sportec, the sports club of IIIT Kottayam, organised the sports meet, Pradhva. Multiple sports, with Soccer, Cricket, Athletics, Table Tennis etc being few of the outdoor ones and Chess being one of the many indoor ones, were organized. The aim of the event was to instill the ideas of sportsmanship, discipline and team spirit, along with teaching graceful acceptance of failure. Director, Registrar and multiple faculty members were among the crowd to encourage students, and conclusively; the students enjoyed the event to the fullest.

Diwali 2k19

The festival of lights, Diwali, was officially celebrate for the first time on our campus. Cultural programmes were beautifully organized by Wildbeats, the cultural club of IIIT Kottayam. The celebration began with Lakshmi Pooja, followed by multiple cultural events. The whole campus was dazzling with the light of diyas. The mess committee organized special Dinner, specific to the tastes of traditional Diwali. And the day concluded with a smile lighting up every face in the perimeter.

Dhruva - The Technical Fest

Organised by Beta Labs, the Technical Club of IIIT Kottayam, Dhruva succesfully attempted to encompass a wide variety of events such as Debuggathon, Reverse Coding, Symbiosis etc. This plethora of technical events was complemented beautifully with a number of non-technical events such as e-sports and Pictionary. Multiple IOT projects by students were displayed, and analyzed by the Director and faculty members. And thus the confluence of support from both management and student, resulted in the genesis and successful execution of Dhruva.

Nirhaar-The annual magazine

Nirhaar is the annual magazine of IIIT Kottayam, that is managed by the Trendles club. Considering that we boast of a plethora of events that occur in our college, with the cultural and technical fests being a small part of it, the 'Nirhaar' is an assortment of accounts of these mesmerizing events along with artistic creativity of a number of students. So just as the coordination of millions of living cells of our body creates a consciousness that is independent of its cells, Nirhaar is an agglomeration of thoughts; the thoughts that collective consciousness of IIIT Kottayam possesses.