2011-09-15T21:51:00.000-07:00

“Infotsav, the annual technical and managerialFestival” of ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior is finally on the cards from 10^th -12^th November, 2011 as an aftermath to the previous high profiled ones over-casting them with all its new attributes.
Infotsav serves as an impetus for the students to showcase their skills and share their views.We anticipate a massive participation of students and individuals from around the world. The variety and the challenge offered by our events is matched only by the diverse participants who are either thirsty for knowledge or fun-loving or both!
Infotsav has as its soul the tagline “nurturing novelty”, envisaging and nourishing the originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel. Infotsav'11 aspires to endeavour challenging events which will keep your grey cells alive and kicking. To help you unwind, there will be professional shows and fun events. Ofcourse management events are no exception.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. The secret of success lies in carving the maximum out of the limited opportunities; by framing precise moves in the heat of the moment. So put your innovative caps on, and show your mettle! Compete, learn, and have loads of fun. Teach a little and learn a little. Come, join us at Infotsav and mingle with the best to innovate, create, actuate and unleash your genius.
So, friends Innovate.
Create.
Actuate.
Unleash your genius.
Infotsav provides the much needed platform for engineering and managerial students to test their mettle against other minds from all corners of the country.Here the stage is provided to let you play. The plethoras of events come down as

Technical

Akraman : The Hacking Contest- Test your skills of survival in this mechanistic world.

“Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls." - Kevin Mitnick

Most people think that hackers are computer criminals. They fail to recognize the fact that criminals and hackers are two totally different things. Hackers in reality are actually good and extremely intelligent people who by using their knowledge in a constructive manner help organizations, companies, government, etc. to secure documents and secret information on the internet.

This Infotsav 2011, ethicalhacking event, AKRAMAN is going to thrill you.If you have the knowledge and appropriate skills to identify the security breaches and loopholes. Then it's time. We give you an opportunity to be the master puppeteer with a terminal and a keyboard at your disposal. Test your skills of survival in this mechanistic world.

Code Wars : The Bot Programming Contest- Your program can make your bot to move, scan the arena for enemies, throw bombs, send message to its other team bots, etc.

Code Wars" the ultimate programmer's game requires you to program your bots so that they may capture and deposit the flag of their opponent in a predefined environment. Your program can make your bot to move, scan the arena for enemies, throw bombs, send message to its other team bots, etc. Two such programs will be made to fight with each other. So only the best program will win. So get going and program for the ultimate battle of codes.

Code Weavers : The Programming Contest- Show your programming skills and provide the best possible solution you can.

Code Weavers is the programming contest, pitting team of three programmers against each other in a test of programming prowess. Language allowed is Java, C and C++.

Dependence of our lives on 1s and 0s has become inevitable in today's world and coding is the basic entity of it. But remember, there are 0010 ways to write an error free code and only the 0011 rd one works. The master is the one who follows the third method to rule the eternal digital world. C/C++ or Java will be the only tools of trade here with an equal mix of logic, intellect and speed being the main requisite for success.

The focus of this event is not just on solving problems, but also on the elegance of the solution. It will be an algorithm intensive contest with major emphasis on the finer details as well as the running time complexity of the solution.

“There are two ways to write error-free programs, only the third one works”

Enigma :Technical Quiz- Test the basic knowledge, awareness and understanding regarding Information Technology And Communication.

                 “KNOWLEDGE ALONG WITH AWARENESS WILL UNFOLD THE MYSTERIOUS OF TECHNOLOGY”

            ENIGMA is mysterious technical quiz organized under INFOTSAV annual technical fest of ABV-IIITM Gwalior. This quiz will test the basic knowledge, awareness and understanding of participants regarding Information Technology
and Communication.
             Knowledge of recent updates in the newer emerging technologies will be tested. Every year this event is top hotspot for web surfers, so receives a huge response from colleges all over India. The magnitude of response can be expected to shot through the sky this year too.

La Ingenious : The Open Software Contest- An opportunity for all those who have the ability to carve their stimulating ideas into creating path-breaking software.

La-Ingenious is the software contest under the umbrella of Infotsav 2011. It is one of the most accolades winning technical event of the festival providing a platform to judge the feasibility and usefulness of software. Everyone has In fact it’s an opportunity for all those who have the ability to carve their stimulating ideas into creating path-breaking software.

“Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.”

Integrate technology with creativity and innovations that reflects the talent in you to excel and leave an impact. This event showcases the talent of students to bring out the best in them to create and excel. All you have to do is to develop software. Rest will follow automatically...

Web Mania : The Web-Designing Contest- We bring forward a chance for you to try your imagination and try your hands in the fascinating field of web designing.

Web designing is very essential and important part of IT industry. There are various skills required while designing a web site. A web designer must have proper knowledge of the contents which are required to be covered in the website. Graphics i.e. colors, patterns, textures and effects should always been clear and effective. There should not be a hint of impatience in your design.

So if you have all these things and a bit of innovativeness than we here at ABV-IIITM are eager to provide you a platform through our technical fest INFOTSAV (“ The Annual Technology and Management Festival”) and WEB MANIA is the call for you .So, grab this opportunity with both your hands and test your skills at Web Mania – the Web Designing Contest.

Witch Hunt- The Debugging Contest- A skill separate from the ability to write a new program.

Management

Analyst : The Case Study Contest- Judge your intellect, managerial skills and ability to craft sustainable solutions to problems that organizations face today.

" Innovation is essential to survival, and all innovation is strategic."

Thinking out of the box, applying rationale to every step, and coming up with creative ideas....if that’s what you usually do then Analyst is here to provide you a platform to showcase your talent. So it’s time to arm your mind, bring us your stupefying viewpoints, amazing strategies & tactics and take over a territory in the Business World by resolving the problem through practical and implementable ideas.

Analyst this year is coming with interesting cases, mind-boggling reasoning and some big people to judge your acumen and innovation.

So..Come and join who wish to solve...

Brouhaha : Advertising Contest- A noisy and clamorous response to a stimulus is only produced by a crowd.

Advertising has been a part of social setup since Adam.What has changed is its forms and presentation.With time, the ad forms and styling changed beyond recognition. Now successful ads are those that defy expectation and definition.An impressive ad cuts across various media be it print, visual or audio. Whose unexpected presence places a smile on our faces and a selling point in our collective conscious?

With Brouhaha we give you the chance to be a part of this advertising wave in which you have to advertise anything and everything under the sun. We give you the weirdest of products and you have to come up with the most exciting and innovative advertising strategies.

And, keep in mind even though it’s an idea that sets an ad apart from its peers, but, it’s the execution that takes it into realms of greatness. We recognize those who sweat the details coz it’s the details that make ads shine.

Pinnacle : B-Idea- Use your creativity to develop business.

Tycoon :The Best Manager Contest- A quest to determine the person who is most knowledgeable of the who's who of the business fraternity.

“The Best Manager Contest”

“An excellent manager taps into talents and resources in order to support and bring out the best in others.”

Tycoon is the “The Best Manager” contest of Infotsav. It is a quest to determine the person who is most knowledgeable of the who’s who of the business fraternity. The contest is an individual one to make the competition more cut throat and fierce. Add to it the elimination at each level, thus making the competition all the more ruthless. . But ultimately who so ever comes out as the winner gets to taste the forbidden fruit. She/he is accorded the title of “The Best Manger-Tycoon”.

Simulation

Forex : Foreign Exchange Market- Provides a platform where the players can convert virtual money from one currency to another.

Forex (Foreign Exchange, Forex currency exchange) simply means the buying of one currency and selling another at the same time. In other words, the currency of one country is exchanged for those of another. The currencies of the world are on a floating exchange rate, and are always traded in pairs Euro/Dollar, Dollar/Yen, etc.

Stock Sutra : The Enquity Research Contest- Test of analyzing and diagnosing powers as some shares tumble and some soar at the stock market.

The event is an equity research contest aiming at attracting the best of talents to
apply their skills and knowledge towards framing their investment strategy
which will be put test in the real market . This will help to bridge the gap
between theory and practice , giving students a firsthand experience of stock market. Stocksutra is the ideal platform to get your financial feet wet! Submit trades in a safe simulated environment before you start risking your own capital.
Put your knowledge to work in a formal and realistic way and start doing!

Trove Trace : The Treasure Hunt- Put on your thinking cap, get your brain in gear, and set your train of thought in motion down the tracks.

Does searching for a hidden treasure fascinate you? Are you enthralled by clues and puzzles and want to step into the shoes of the master detective Holmes?? Then look no further, Trove Trace is where you should be. There is nothing like a good riddle or a clue to spice up your hunt.

All the techno-freaks and pirates of the virtual world out there, trove trace is back - with murkier corners, crazier questions, more twists and turns to blow your brains out, and a monstrous amount of fun!

So hurry up and put on your thinking hats to solve the mystery!!!

Job Bureau :To experience the professional serene and achieve what you desire and are really capable of.

Want to get hired!!!
Get to use the world’s latest technologies and software.It's time for you to experience the professional serene and achieve what you desire and are really capable of. Infotsav gives you a chance to get placed before the actual campus drive in a virtual world where you learn to be an efficient project leader and a skilled coder. The simulation takes you into the flock of assignments where you move ahead by gaining experience and money.
All the tech savvies get ready for the thrill If you want to make your bureau chil!!

DusKa Dum

Robo Fiesta

Line Sequentes

The line sequent es, an event for the beginners in which they will have to compete with their line following robots in the given arena and beat their respective competitors in terms of speed and time limits.

Robo Race

It is a simple and entry level Robotics competition where couple of Robots would be competing with each other in terms of speed and accurate control.

Robo Wars

Robo wars Mini is a real-time arcade game in which two opponents would be competing with their manually operated robots with the objective of immobilizing each other. The last robot standing would be the winner.

Futurist

With the tremendous developments going on in the field of robotics, the next generation is expected see the unmanned vehicles running on the roads. The unmanned vehicle or simply the driverless car is an autonomous vehicle equipped with the autopilot system and that is able to navigate from one point to the other without input from any human operator.

In an effort of designing the future vehicles, we expect the participants to build an autonomously controlled modeled vehicle that can travel through modeled road built up of the wooden blocks.

Open Hardware Contest

This event is an open platform for all the budding engineers, scientists, and researchers who can come up with their innovative designs and implementations in the field of robotics and exhibit them in front of our elite panel and explain the working of their machines. The participants would be judged on the basis of their innovation, implementation and demonstration.

Sameeksha : The Paper Presentation-The annual national paper presentation contest that stages brilliant ideas and innovations in the field of technology and management.

The Paper Presentation competition, which gives you an opportunity to manifest your genuine research work. The event aims at envisioning the eminent researchers in the country. Cutting edge research papers are destined in Sameeksha. Here you can roll out your landmark research in field of technology. Compete with profound researchers across India. Let the world see the outstanding scholar in you. Be a part of it and let your competency in research make you stand out of the crowd.

Chakravyuh :A quiz where you compete with others with your technological as well as management knowledge.

The word Chakravyuh defines a formation which tests the best amongst the best to crack it.The Grand Finale of Infotsav-2011, “Chakravyuh”, judges all the technical and management skills of the participants. The event incorporates the performance of participants in all the previous events. Sharpen your mind, Show your mettle, Participate in Chakravyuh!!!!!!

Gamiacs : The Battle Arena

Informals:
Technoscope
Googly
Festbook

Another feather is added to the crown through workshops.A workshop is a place where knowledge is not acquired by mere study of theories alone; rather emphasis is on the implementation of practical aspects regarding respective theories. Keeping this in mind, we in ABV-IIITM have been organizing various workshops in different domains at multiple levels for students, to brush up old school and further enhance one’s understanding of the dynamic changes in technology.

Find below a list of workshops to be conducted this Infotsav:

Android Application:
A software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. Android is a set of core applications including an email client, SMS program, calendar, maps, browser, contacts, and others.

Autonomous Robotics:
You must have imagined a servant that does all your work as instructed without repeating commands again and again. So, here it is; the workshop for robots that can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance.

CloudEIS:
Learn how to the deliver the computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network.

Ethical Hacking:
Attacking on a security system is hacking but doing so on behalf of its owners, seeking vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could exploitis the boardroom of Ethical Hacking. Be a network expert enough to secure the system.

Game Design:
In the present multimedia scenario, the designing of game is so crucial to prove your talent. It is the process of designing the content and rules of a game in the pre-production stage and the follows the design of game play, environment, storyline, and characters during production stage.

Social Networking:
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks and social relations among people for the share of interests activities.

Touch Screen RoboTricks:
Robots with electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area.
Web Building via Drupal:
An opportunity to learn how to build your own social networking site, online shopping portal or match making site using drupal.

With all these on one side of the coin, the other side has the Guest lectures one organised by Young Indian Entrepreneur and given by Mr.Ashish Kumar, Founder / CEO of Tekriti Software. The other by Mr. Sunny Vaghela, CyberCrime Consultant.

A session by Sunny Vaghela on Information Security:

Mr. Sunny Vaghela, a Information Security & Cyber Crime Consultant. Found loopholes like "Session Hijacking" & "Cross Site Scripting" in popular Social Networking Website www.orkut.com.

A session by Ashish Kumar:

Ashish Kumar, Founder / CEO of Tekriti Software. Tekriti Software is among the most reputed outsource software product development company in Gurgaon.

fest website: www.infotsav.org

contact mail: contact@infotsav.org

Buoyed by the overwhelming success of Infotsav ’11, on this 9^th occasion, we plan to host the festival on a grander scale this year, making it an even greater success and pushing it to a higher dimension