The Techmet, a helmet that will inform the wearer's family as well as the emergency services in case the former is involved in anaccident and also give the location of the mishap site, is one of the products made by the students of Indian Instiute of Technology-Madras to be showcased at Shaastra. The 11th edition of the institute's technical festival, to be flagged off on Wednesday, will focus on sustainable development.
Shaastra 2009 aims at showcasing the sustainability of the projects. Participants in the SOS Cycle project can use the cycle as a means of transport rather than the bus inside the institute. SOS Energy will see the various hostels vying with one another for a month to save as much energy as possible to offset the extra use of electricity during the event, while SOS Recycle will attempt to make Shaastra a zero-waste festival. There will be an energy audit done during the four-day event.
A symposium has also been planned to formulate practical and feasible solutions to tackle sustainability, energy, urbalisation and financial issues. Speakers include urban strategy magaer of World Bank Abha Joshi Ghani, chairman of the Centre for Policy Research K C Sivaramakrishnan and associate director of Teri Akansha Chaurey.
The festival will also feature a summit where aspiring entrepreneurs get a chance to interact with founders of start-ups. Other highlights include an air show, a choreographed and professional aerobatics show by technical artistes and their extreme machines; spirit of engineering projects including a process to create a eco-friendly fuel from algae called Algiesel and Touch Talk, which aims to provide a fast and easy way of communication for the speech-impaired. A laser show and Shaastra Car, where students will assemble a car from scratch, are also events to look forward to.
This year's event seeks to involve everyone, from budding engineers to young entrepreneurs and future policy makers to technocrats.
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