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IEM Organises Robotics Festival

IEM Organises Robotics Festival

Saturday, March 24, 2007: Kolkata: Recently, the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Kolkata, organised a two-day National Level Technical (Robotics) Festival in association with Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, etc.

Several colleges, which include IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Bombay, Jadavpur University, BESU, Shibpur, as well as colleges from Indore, Orissa, Mumbai and Sikkim-Manipal, had registered for this event.

The festival offered a wide range of events showcasing the students technical skills, creativity and their intelligence quotient. The events included coding and debugging competitions, an electronic system design contest and mathematical brainteasers.

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