Techkriti is the annual Technical and Entrepreneurship festival of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Over the years, Techkriti has grown into one of the largest collegiate festivals of its kind. Held every February for a period of four days, the event attracts primarily college students, mainly from Engineering and management backgrounds. The participation of Management students increased after Megabucks, another festival of IIT Kanpur was merged with Techkriti for administrative reasons. This festival itself is new when compared to the timeline of IIT Kanpur, which was established in 1959. But still in its small life it has already made a spot in the annual calendars of thousands of students nationwide. International participation is increasing, but many eager students are not able to participate due to accessibility issues of Kanpur.Techkriti also includes online events such as the International Online Programming Contest and International Online Hacking Contest, which draws international participation. Techkriti was aimed at providing a platform for college students to showcase their enthusiasm for and talent in science and technology. Techkriti conducts guest lectures and discussion forums where participants can get opportunities to meet, and gain inspiration from, some of eminent scientists, authors, social activists, artists and entrepreneurs.
Techkriti 09
Techkriti 2009 was held at IIT Kanpur from February 12 to 15, 2009. Techkriti 2009 was made memorable by Hanson Robotics' exhibition on the popular humanoid robot- Zeno, talks by Stephen Wolfram, David Morrison, G. Madhavan Nair and Ron Eglash and a pyrotechnical cum laser show. Dr. Mukesh Sharma was the festival chairman with Pranshu Rohatgi and Biplab Deka as the festival coordinators.
Techkriti 08
Techkriti 08 was held from 14th to 17th February 2008, and had a participation of more than 150 colleges. Festival was conducted during the tenure of K. Ashwin, General Secretary, Science and Technology Council of the Students' Gymkhana, IIT Kanpur. Keynote presentations were given by Peter Grünberg, Kevin Warwick and Harsh Manglik.
Techkriti 07
Techkriti 2007 was held at IIT Kanpur campus from February 22 to 25, 2007. The event was branded as Techkriti Oh-Seven! This festival was conducted during the tenure of Saumya Jain as the General Secretary, Science and Technology Council of the Students' Gymkhana, IIT Kanpur. The festival Chairman was Dr. Rajat Moona and the Event Manager was Rakshit Kachhal.
