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(IIT Bombay, India) Opportunity for students to Learn by Competing - through e-Yantra Competition!!

(IIT Bombay, India) Opportunity for students to Learn by Competing - through e-Yantra Competition!!

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Greetings from IIT Bombay!
 
Prof. Kavi Arya (Computer Science & Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay) is the Principal Investigator of e-Yantra (https://www.e-yantra.org), a robotics outreach project hosted at IIT Bombay and funded under NMEICT* by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

e-Yantra complements conventional engineering education in India by "Project-Based Learning (PBL)" to train young engineers to build systems solving real problems. This year e-Yantra has spread its attention overseas to provide a platform for young engineers to engage with each other through competition mode.

The e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC) is a flagship initiative of the e-Yantra project, organized annually for Engineering & Technical students. It's actually a robotic MOOC that teaches skills in Embedded Systems, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Control Systems, Functional Programming, Image Processing and other contemporary areas. Participating teams are allotted "themes" that are abstractions of real-world problems. Themes are allotted in a selection process taking into account participants' skills and parent discipline.
 
Over the past 9 years, e-Yantra Robotics Competition has seen exponential growth in the number of registrations from around 4500 registrations in 2012 to 34,500 - only in India. The competition runs over 6-7 months during which participating teams work under the expert guidance of e-Yantra mentors. Prizes are cash and a coveted 6-week summer internship at IIT Bombay.
 
The registration link: https://portal.e-yantra.org.
Launch video: 
Registrations are open till: 20th of September 2021, 11:59 PM

This year e-Yantra has opened registrations for students internationally. We solicit your help in reaching out to your students. We believe this is a compelling way to connect students across the world in the spirit of competition.
 
Participation requires one to be a full-time student of an undergraduate program in a polytechnic, engineering college or university. The competition requires only a basic knowledge of programming - e-Yantra trains students (online) from scratch in the competition. 
 
Prizes and benefits for students include e-Yantra (IIT Bombay) Certificates, 6-Weeks Paid Internships at IIT Bombay, Cash Prizes, e-Yantra Goodies, etc.
 
             If interested contact: Suprabha Jadhav (Intl. Liaison, e-Yantra)
             Email: intl@e-yantra.org
             Whatsapp: +919172676666
 
We urge you to encourage your students to participate in eYRC 2021-22 and help us build a thriving innovation community between our institutions.