The IIT Bhubaneswar conducted a three-day AR/VR conclave and hackathon in association with the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and the Government Odisha.
In the valedictory ceremony, Odisha Skill Development Authority chairman Subroto Bagchi graced as the chief guest and Susmita Bagchi as guest of honour. Director, IIT Bhubaneswar, Prof RV Raja Kumar presided.
“The Conclave and Hackathon is conceptualized to encourage creativity and technology development amongst the engineering students across the country in AR-VR. I am happy that all the participating teams made use of this wonderful opportunity to interact with the rest, put across their best talent and creativity forward," said IIT Director Kumar.
Subroto Bagchi gave a thought provoking and an inspiring talk by citing real life examples to the participants and encouraged them to take up activities in the field of AR/VR.
The valedictory ceremony was followed by award distribution by Susmita Bagchi. The two best teams which got the cash award of Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 were Learn-O-Little team (Neha Tuli, Gurwinder Singh, Shivam Dhall) and AR Hub (Rahul Talukdar, Kumar Utkarsh, Yelchuri Venkata Sai Subhha, Sushant Shukla), respectively.
