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*IIT Roorkee *proudly presents to you its* Annual Technical Festival*
*Cognizance
2009*. Being one of the largest Science and Technology festivals of India,
it witnesses the largest congregations of nearly 7000 enterprising students.

Cognizance is an agglomeration of over 150 events which encompass each
wavelength of the entire technical spectrum amongst 16 departments. Ranging
from Workshops, Guest Lectures to Chaos- the gaming festival and quiz buzzes
like Quizzotica and Enquesta, it promises to keep your brains rattling from
*March 20 to 22, 2009. *

Cognizance 2009 is introducing new dimensions to its already glorious
repertoire of Centrestage events by introducing Guest Lectures from Nobel
laureates of various fields and workshops of various genre.
  *  Guest Lectures*
   Dr. John Ockendon
<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/john_ockendon...>
Director
of *Oxford* Center of Applied Industrial Mathematics, Lecture on *Mathematics
for Industries in the 21st century.** *
 Dr. John C Mather<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/john_mather/i...>
Post-Doctoral
fellow at *NASA* Goddard Space Center, Nobel Laureate (2006, Physics),
Lecture on *The universe from the beginning to the Possible End.*
 Dr. S. J. Gates
Jr<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/gates/index.php>
Director
of the Center for String & particle Theory, *University of Maryland, USA*.
Lecture on his pioneering work in* String Theory*
  Prof. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/biswarup_mukh...>
Scientist at HCRI Allahabad, lecture on physics of particles relating to *Large
Hardron Collider.*

Dr. B B Arora<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/terrorism_awa...>
 Leading Scientist of Dept of Forensic Sciences, will reveal *strategies to
track down terrorists *in his lecture

Mr. M. C. Mehta<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/mc_mehta/inde...>
Environmental crusader and *Magsaysay award winner 1997* will share his
experiences.
  *  Workshops*
  Aeromodelling<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/aeromodeling/...><http://Dr.+John+Ockendon>
Aeromodelling
workshop brings you an opportunity to design your own control-line airplane.
 Robotics<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/robosapiens/i...><http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/centerstage/enquesta/index.php>

Robotics Workshop
(i-robotricks, e-robotricks) to provide the right knowledge to the aspiring
Robotics geeks.
 Flash animation<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/flashit/index...><http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/centerstage/quizzotica/index.php>
A
stimulating Flash animation workshop to hone the web designing skills and
create various novel entertainment tools.
  Six sigma<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/workshops.php><http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/centerstage/illushun/index.php>
Workshop
to explain set of practices, designed to improve manufacturing processes and
eliminate defects in business management.
 Bioinformatics<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/workshops.php><http://www.cognizance.org.in/home/events/centerstage/prakriti_aur_urj...>
3
day workshop to provide insight to the students in the rapidly growing field
of science, Bioinformatics.
 3-D photography<http://cognizance.org.in/home/events/lectures_workshops/3d_photograph...>
World
is 3D so why images are to be in 2D? Learn the art of giving life into your
images.
   *TechExpo*

*Exhibitions* at TechExpo have been currently divided into 2 categories:

*Open House*: This exhibition provides a once in a lifetime chance to have a
look into the latest research and development work going in various
companies

*Genesis*: This competitive event is a platform for young minds from
different engineering streams to exhibit their innovations.
  *Cultural Night*

*"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
*
After lots of mental fatigue due to brainstorming session its time to relax
your brain cells by the flow of adrenaline with the thump of music.
*Cultural night* has always marked a imposing successful end to cognizance.
Likes of Silk Route,Mohit Chauhan, Euphoria have performed earlier. Talks
are in progress with Farhan Akhtar. He is likely to perform and rock on.

  Above list of enriching events promises not only to increase your general
IQ level but also to provide you with knowledge of latest concepts and the
direction in which science and technology is moving today.

So people learn from this extravaganza and be a part of this endeavor to
make the world a bit greener as "*Think Energy, go Green" *is our theme this
year.
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