Nimbus (technical festival)
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Nimbus is an annual technical festival which takes place in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
, India. Organised by the students of the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
, the festival comprises a variety of events aiming at honing the technical and managerial skills of individuals. The logo of the festival is the atom
. The festival began in 2004, and has grown each year since, adding new events each year. It now comprises a variety of events catering to many aspects of engineering and management, covering both technical and non-technical subjects. With more than 100 events and participations of many colleges, Nimbus has become the biggest technical festival of Northern India.
Nimbus 2011 is scheduled to be celebrated from 3 March 2011 to 6 March 2011.
Day 1 of Nimbus 2010 was marked by a series of expert lectures and competitions. The day began with the marathon in which students circumscribed the campus. About 250 students of NIT Jalandhar, NIT Kurukshetra, and adjoining colleges of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh participated in it.
There were workshops on ethical hacking and web design
, and at night there was a star gazing event - telescopes from Jantar Mantar observatory were arranged for this purpose.
The festival concluded with a performance by Indian rock band Parikrama.
In the exhibition, the electric motor was completely replaced by a complete mechanical driver so that the electricity constraint was detached which made it a better option to be used in rural areas where electricity is still a problem.
MOTORAMA:It was a mini auto expo, which went a step ahead and included vehicle stripping.
Participant Companies: TATA, Hero Honda.
Bike Stripping: "Hero Honda Hunk" was dismantled it to the smallest bit by an expert.
SMART SENSORS:This was a demonstration of various types of sensor
s, from the simple clap sensor to the principle of automatic robots which can sense obstacles. Lasting throughout the three days of NIMBUS’10, it showed all the aspects of sensor technology and provided an insight into the field.
CONCRETION:The go-green future welcomes innovation of crib retaining walls. Concretion was an exploring display of this extravagant and rare piece of art, engineering and innovation.
AERO MODELLING:Nimbus inclued a demonstration of aero modelling as an unmanned aerial plane soared over everyone’s head.
CORONA DISCHARGE: This time at Nimbus 2010 Corona discharge was back... bigger and better than its previous avatar which no one had even seen...This Nimbus, all the folks saw lightning brought to earth, though artificially.
CIRCUIT DESIGNING:This workshop covered everything necessary for the continued understanding of the much more advanced topics presented these days in various circuits and systems in use in the industry.
All those dealing with electronic circuit designs and development require knowledge of basic electronic components. In this workshop they were made familiar with commonly used active and passive electronic components and then made to work on circuit designing using the knowledge of components.
Students were taught the use of basic building blocks of electronic circuits using sensors, 555 timers, op-amp and other commonly used circuits in making projects.
PHOTOGRAPHY:It was a workshop which had in it all about Photography, camera, images and digital implications. A special interest of the participants was built towards Portrait, Landscape and Architecture. An eminent speaker and instructor was available to answer questions during this two day workshop.
WEB TECHNOLOGIES AND WEB CMS JOOMLA:The main aim of the workshop was to make participants understand all about Latest Web Technologies and Web Content Management System (CMS) with Joomla implementation and to begin managing their own website like a professional. Participants were provided with instructions to build and manage their own new Joomla website. A live speaker and instructor was available to answer questions during this two day workshop.
ETHICAL HACKING:For the First Time in India, Innobuzz Knowledge Solutions in association with APOGEE, BITS Pilnai organized a workshop on Information Security and Ethical Hacking. This workshop was designed to provide the students with knowledge on the basic as well as advanced topics of ethical hacking and information security
.
STAR GAZING:On the three nights of the tech fest, festival attendees gathered with all their friends under the umbrella of constellations, planets and satellites to experience the night life of our universe.
NIMBUS MARATHON: On 12th MARCH 2010, Nimbus witnessed the NIMBUS MARATHON, a marathon race. It had over 200 participants which included students, correction engineers from almost every corner of the country.
BACK TO BEDLAM-GAMING:The bedlam was the platform where the participants from different colleges unleashed their skills and dexterity. The bedlam avenues included:
GREEN HOSTEL CAMPAIGN: Nimbus witnessed the first ever green hostel campaign, where the different hostels fought out for being the most eco-friendly of the lot.
Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
Hamirpur is a town and the district headquarters of Hamirpur district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India. Hamirpur is located in a relatively colder region in western Himachal Pradesh with a lower altitude as compared to the other districts of the state...
, India. Organised by the students of the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur
The National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur is a university located in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India and is wholly funded by Government of India. It is one of the thirty National Institutes of Technology established and administered by Government of India...
, the festival comprises a variety of events aiming at honing the technical and managerial skills of individuals. The logo of the festival is the atom
Atom
The atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons...
. The festival began in 2004, and has grown each year since, adding new events each year. It now comprises a variety of events catering to many aspects of engineering and management, covering both technical and non-technical subjects. With more than 100 events and participations of many colleges, Nimbus has become the biggest technical festival of Northern India.
Nimbus 2011 is scheduled to be celebrated from 3 March 2011 to 6 March 2011.
Organizing Committee
| YEAR | FACULTY ADVISOR | STUDENTS’ SECRETARY |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Dr. R N Sharma, Prof. R. K. Sehgal | Mr. Vineet Mahajan |
| 2005 | Dr. R N Sharma | Mr. Vikas Saroha |
| 2007 | Dr. Rakesh Sehgal | Mr. Aditya Gandotra, Mr. Pratik Shrestha, Mr. Vivek Shah, Mr. Agam Gupta, Mr. B. S. Arjun, Miss Shweta Raghaw (Secretary Body) |
| 2008 | Mr. Naveen Chauhan | Mr. Aditya Gandhotra |
| 2010 | Dr. Hemant Kumar Vinayak | Mr. Akshay Milap |
| 2011 | Mr. Sidhartha | Mr. Saurav Agarwala |
Departmental involvement
The various departments of NIT Hamirpur participate Numbus:- Department of Architecture
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer Science Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Management and Social Sciences
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Nimbus 2010 – Agamya Kritya Sidhya “Stripping Ideas Assembling Innovations”
The three day festival was opened by Sh. Ashwaghosh Ganju, director Snow and Avalanche Study Establishments, DRDO, and Dr T.P Shashikumar.Day 1 of Nimbus 2010 was marked by a series of expert lectures and competitions. The day began with the marathon in which students circumscribed the campus. About 250 students of NIT Jalandhar, NIT Kurukshetra, and adjoining colleges of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh participated in it.
There were workshops on ethical hacking and web design
Web design
Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
, and at night there was a star gazing event - telescopes from Jantar Mantar observatory were arranged for this purpose.
The festival concluded with a performance by Indian rock band Parikrama.
Past events and competitions at Nimbus
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Pirates Of Silicon Valley-Hacking Based Game: The participants were provided with a shell environmentShell accountA shell account is a user account on a remote server which gives access to a shell via a command-line interface protocol such as telnet or ssh....
and a mailbox. The participants were required to solve various hacking based missions that were mailed to them. - Tease Your Brain (Programming On New Language): The event required the participants to code some problems based on the given set of rules and with limited tools of programming. The event aimed at testing the logic power and general aptitude of participants.
- Decipher (Simply the Jumbled Coding): The event required the participants to analyze the given code, understand what it does and then recode it efficiently on computer system.
- Pirates Of Silicon Valley-Hacking Based Game: The participants were provided with a shell environment
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Doordarshan (Antenna Design) : Event where participants were to design an antenna out of junk which should catch DoordarshanDoorDarshanDoordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...
signal. - Radio Head-Tune In: Participants were required to design a simple radio receiver which could receive FMFrequency modulationIn telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
/AMAmplitude modulationAmplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...
signals. - Spicy P-Spice: Participants were required to draw schematics of given circuit and implement it on p-spice.
- Tack-Da-Electronics: The event required participants to perform hardware implementation of a design problem.
- Open Hardware Design Contest: The event required the participants to bring device, gadget or model that has been conceptualized, designed/developed by them. Emphasis was be given to innovation, besides aspects like creativity, technical superiority and cost effectiveness.
- Doordarshan (Antenna Design) : Event where participants were to design an antenna out of junk which should catch Doordarshan
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Aqua’lumnia: An event where participants were required to innovate a design for hydroelectric generator.
- Metallo-De-Guerra: The fascinating war of metals drew huge amount of interest from the students. This was evident from the participation of students from within and outside the campus.
- Switchcraft: A circuit designing competition which attracted tremendous participation. The event was an amalgamation of electrical and electronics engineering.
- Phaeton Ride: An event emphasizing the emergence of solar energy as an alternate to fossil fuelFossil fuelFossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years...
s .The event managed to fire the ideas of students to the extent that they managed to innovate their own design for our future transportation.
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Chakravyuh (Treasure Hunt-The Civil Way): The event aimed at testing the Surveying Skills and general aptitude of the participants.
- Cast The Curve: Getting really novel was the need of the hour as the participants were to build an arch without using any binding material (the way Inca’s had build Machu PicchuMachu PicchuMachu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for...
). - Catechize (Big Quiz): Multiple round quiz to test the grey matter thoroughly i.e. it aimed at testing General Knowledge and the subject knowledge of the participants.
- Consectize (Power Point Presentation): Event where participants were to deliver a PowerPoint presentation on either of the given topics.
- Cad Conqueror: Daily event of AUTOCAD where participants were given a CADComputer-aided designComputer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
problem. - Construct (Design Your Own Dream Hostel): The event required designing of a seismic proof wonder with combination of intelligence and innovation.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Car-De-Ology: The event was an opportunity to design and fabricate prototypes of technologies that could make the automobiles more efficient and more perfect. Participating teams had made prototypes of technologies employed in cars like 4WDFour-wheel driveFour-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4×4 is a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously...
, Air brakeAir brake (road vehicle)Air brakes are used in trucks, buses, trailers, and semi-trailers. George Westinghouse first developed air brakes for use in railway service. He patented a safer air brake on March 5, 1872. Originally designed and built for use on railroad train application, air brakes remain the exclusive systems...
/spoilerSpoiler (automotive)A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion. Spoilers on the front of a vehicle are often called air dams, because in addition to directing air flow they also reduce the amount of air...
and pressure sensing fuel injector. - Metamorphosis: The event required conversion of a seemingly useless pile of junk into a fully working device.
- C.A.D. (Conceive, Analyse, Design): Teams undertook a CATIA V5 workshop followed by a 2 stage competition on modeling of CATIA part design and surface modeling.
- Mechanovation: Teams made prototypes of solutions to grass root problems that do not use electricity.
- Cannon Ball-Z: An event aimed at testing both the technical and mechanical skills of the participants. It involved constructing a cannonCannonA cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellents to launch a projectile. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees,...
and using it as a trebuchetTrebuchetA trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages. It is sometimes called a "counterweight trebuchet" or "counterpoise trebuchet" in order to distinguish it from an earlier weapon that has come to be called the "traction trebuchet", the original version with pulling men instead of...
to throw a ball across a specified arena and achieve the maximum number of points.
- Car-De-Ology: The event was an opportunity to design and fabricate prototypes of technologies that could make the automobiles more efficient and more perfect. Participating teams had made prototypes of technologies employed in cars like 4WD
- Department of Architecture
- Anangat: The event required the participants to design an eco high rise structure inculcating concepts of village lifestyle within a building fabric which could be better termed as “SKY VILLAGE”
- Udvij: The event was aimed at intensifying the innovating powers of participants by providing an architectural solution for homeless people by designing a house out of Junk.
- Tribalscape: A bamboo house was designed keeping in mind that the eco friendly spirit. As bamboo has high strength and is environment friendly too, the whole concept was applauded by Mr. Christopher C. Benningar.
Past guest lectures
- Sam PitrodaSam PitrodaSatyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda popularly known as Sam Pitroda is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. Currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, he is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution...
, Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission; advisor to the Prime Minister of India (2010 speaker). - John C. MatherJohn C. MatherJohn Cromwell Mather is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite with George Smoot. COBE was the first experiment to measure ".....
, astrophysicist, cosmologist and Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
laureate for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. 2010 speaker; Dr Mather's speech was entitled "From Big Bang to the Nobel Prize to the end of the universe”. - Christopher Charles BenningerChristopher Charles BenningerChristopher Charles Benninger is an American-Indian architect and planner born in the United States in 1942. He studied urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, where he later taught .Benninger studied under Josep Lluis...
, architect, winner of the Golden Architect Award for Lifetime Achievement (2010 speaker). - Mahesh Chandra MehtaMahesh Chandra MehtaMahesh Chandra Mehta is a public interest attorney from India. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service in 1997.-References:...
, lawyer and environmentalist, winner of the Governor's Gold Medal, the Goldman Environmental PrizeGoldman Environmental PrizeThe Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
, and the Ramon Magsaysay AwardRamon Magsaysay AwardThe Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel...
(2010 speaker) - Mahesh Murthy, advertising executive, founder of PinstormPinstormPinstorm is a digital advertising firm headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi, Bangalore, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Zurich and Santa Clara. It was founded in 2004 and ranks amongst the leading digital advertising firms in the world...
and former CEO of Channel VChannel VChannel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
, he co-founded Seedfund. - T.P. Sasikumar, government official and author.
- Archana Sharma, experimental physicist, working on the Compact Muon SolenoidCompact Muon SolenoidThe Compact Muon Solenoid experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland and France. Approximately 3,600 people from 183 scientific institutes, representing 38 countries form the CMS collaboration...
instrument at CERNCERNThe European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
. (2010 speaker)
Past exhibitions
TIMBER TRAIL "PADDLING IN AIR":Transporting goods to and from an elevated height is a basic requirement in hilly regions. Not just at elevated heights, but at times transportation of horticulture produce and other essential goods across the valleys and rivers is essential in higher Himalayan regions. Timber trail as the name suggests is a mode of transport of goods. It is basically a ropeway which is a popular and cheap mode of transportation of goods in hilly areas using motors as drive.In the exhibition, the electric motor was completely replaced by a complete mechanical driver so that the electricity constraint was detached which made it a better option to be used in rural areas where electricity is still a problem.
MOTORAMA:It was a mini auto expo, which went a step ahead and included vehicle stripping.
Participant Companies: TATA, Hero Honda.
Bike Stripping: "Hero Honda Hunk" was dismantled it to the smallest bit by an expert.
SMART SENSORS:This was a demonstration of various types of sensor
Sensor
A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. For example, a mercury-in-glass thermometer converts the measured temperature into expansion and contraction of a liquid which can be read on a calibrated...
s, from the simple clap sensor to the principle of automatic robots which can sense obstacles. Lasting throughout the three days of NIMBUS’10, it showed all the aspects of sensor technology and provided an insight into the field.
CONCRETION:The go-green future welcomes innovation of crib retaining walls. Concretion was an exploring display of this extravagant and rare piece of art, engineering and innovation.
AERO MODELLING:Nimbus inclued a demonstration of aero modelling as an unmanned aerial plane soared over everyone’s head.
CORONA DISCHARGE: This time at Nimbus 2010 Corona discharge was back... bigger and better than its previous avatar which no one had even seen...This Nimbus, all the folks saw lightning brought to earth, though artificially.
Past workshops at Nimbus
CATIA V5:Nimbus 2010 in association with CADD-CENTRE Hamirpur organized a 20 hour workshop on CATIA V5 from 20 to 26 February. The workshop was followed by a competition called C.A.D. based on CATIA during NIMBUS.CIRCUIT DESIGNING:This workshop covered everything necessary for the continued understanding of the much more advanced topics presented these days in various circuits and systems in use in the industry.
All those dealing with electronic circuit designs and development require knowledge of basic electronic components. In this workshop they were made familiar with commonly used active and passive electronic components and then made to work on circuit designing using the knowledge of components.
Students were taught the use of basic building blocks of electronic circuits using sensors, 555 timers, op-amp and other commonly used circuits in making projects.
PHOTOGRAPHY:It was a workshop which had in it all about Photography, camera, images and digital implications. A special interest of the participants was built towards Portrait, Landscape and Architecture. An eminent speaker and instructor was available to answer questions during this two day workshop.
WEB TECHNOLOGIES AND WEB CMS JOOMLA:The main aim of the workshop was to make participants understand all about Latest Web Technologies and Web Content Management System (CMS) with Joomla implementation and to begin managing their own website like a professional. Participants were provided with instructions to build and manage their own new Joomla website. A live speaker and instructor was available to answer questions during this two day workshop.
ETHICAL HACKING:For the First Time in India, Innobuzz Knowledge Solutions in association with APOGEE, BITS Pilnai organized a workshop on Information Security and Ethical Hacking. This workshop was designed to provide the students with knowledge on the basic as well as advanced topics of ethical hacking and information security
Information security
Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....
.
Past shows
P.A.R.I.K.R.A.M.A.: NIMBUS 2010 witnessed a live performance by P.A.R.I.K.R.A.M.A. an Indian rock and roll band on the night of March 15, 2010.STAR GAZING:On the three nights of the tech fest, festival attendees gathered with all their friends under the umbrella of constellations, planets and satellites to experience the night life of our universe.
NIMBUS MARATHON: On 12th MARCH 2010, Nimbus witnessed the NIMBUS MARATHON, a marathon race. It had over 200 participants which included students, correction engineers from almost every corner of the country.
BACK TO BEDLAM-GAMING:The bedlam was the platform where the participants from different colleges unleashed their skills and dexterity. The bedlam avenues included:
- Counter-StrikeCounter-StrikeCounter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
1.6 - FIFA 2010
- Age of Empires II: The ConquerorsAge of Empires II: The ConquerorsAge of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion is the expansion pack to the 1999 real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The Conquerors is the fourth installment in the Age of Empires series by Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios...
- Need for SpeedNeed for SpeedNeed for Speed is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including Canadian-based company EA Black Box and British-based Criterion Games...
- Most Wanted
GREEN HOSTEL CAMPAIGN: Nimbus witnessed the first ever green hostel campaign, where the different hostels fought out for being the most eco-friendly of the lot.
External links
- http://www.nitham.ac.in
- http://www.festnimbus.com/
- http://www.knowafest.com/2010/01/nimbus-2010-nit-hamirpur-technical-fest.html
- http://nimbustechfest.blogspot.com