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Equinox: The Techfest of IIIT Lucknow (Reveal)

Equinox, IIIT Lucknow’s annual tech fest is the paradigm of celebrating all things tech and beyond. Celebrating the coder, the developer, the reader, the learner, the leader. Equinox presents them a platform to exhibit their ideas and build upon them, to guide their unrelenting thoughts into a reality. Upcoming with its 1st edition, Equinox is there to test minds and transcend the norm. The very 1st edition of Equinox comes power-packed with a tantalizing fusion of never before seen events along with the classic headliners. This three-day technical fest of IIIT Lucknow showcases a plethora of events ranging from coding competitions to overnight hackathons, from powerful gaming to minds at war. The first edition of Equinox, “Deciphering the Origins” is aimed at being bigger, bolder and better than all. Come join us in our pursuit of knowledge. Author: Vinamr Bajaj

Equinox: World Model United Nations (Reveal)

I n today's world and the changing times, there is a need for more individuals who can think spontaneously to tackle first world issues, come forward and express their opinions in a way that can be capitalized upon for societal benefit. Training individuals with such potential from a young age today would mean giving birth to the leaders of tomorrow. IIIT, Lucknow is all about expanding one’s boundaries of learning, personality and skill development and thus, reaching higher levels of achievement and our students are well trained for the same. Equinox: The Techfest of IIIT, Lucknow  in association with Crotonia is holding a MUN conference of its very own, this year by the name EQUINOX World MUN wherein a conscientiously chosen organizing committee takes it into their hands to ensure an enriching experience for every delegate that decides to take part in it. An enthralling All India Political Parties Meet committee, amazing cash prizes & brilliant logistics a

Cultural activities: Odd semester of 2019

With the storming of freshers on the new campus, the excitement and energy in the air was immense. From faculty to students, everyone felt they were part of something bigger than themselves. The cultural events started out at the fortnight of the fresher's arrival, getting together a list of activities and events. The events were 1) LIT-A-THON : A literary triathlon of Masti mein Mastemau(questionnaire), group story-telling, Spell-Bee. 2) Treasure Hunt : As the name suggests, it comprised of various clubs leading the participants to the final prize with several rounds of fun. 3) Bindass Bol : An informal debate, on topics which are worthy, but rarely discussed. 4) PUBG mobile : There's really no need to explain this! A geeky epic master pc race Gaming moment was one of the highlights of the 4th weekend of the new semester with gaming competition in the games 1) Call of duty : Modern Warfare 2) Need for speed: Mos

Start The Buck Up!!

IIIT, Lucknow had its first entrepreneurship intra-college event " Start The Buck Up " conducted by its very own E-Cell. It was an exciting 3-day event that commenced on 22nd Nov.2019, and what could be a more perfect start than a Biz-Quiz ? " Jarr your brains " saw huge participation with students from the 1st and 2nd year. Over 30 teams participated in round-1 which tested how informed the participants were and how well they knew about the Biz-world. Only 6 teams advanced to round-2 which had 3 mini rounds. Each mini-round included various general knowledge questions in various formats thus not only testing the knowledge but also their ability to comprehend questions visually and auditorily. It was a test of survival of the fittest and in the end Team " Mbicious " proved their mettle by beating the rest other teams in the nail-biting round-2 and were our Biz-Quiz champs. Day-2 had the event " The Talks " where some of the successf

GETSETFOSS: A 21-Days FOSS Event

GetSetFoss v1.0 , was the first technical flagship event of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow, in collaboration with leading software developing platform Github . It commenced on 4th of November, 2019.       A month-long program starting in November for students to start their journey in the world of open source. With an objective to boost the open source skills of the students, the event provided an opportunity for the new developers to push their limits beyond their own expectations and bring the best out of their efforts . GetSetFoss is a month of open-source where programmers, designers and innovators code, design, learn and build solutions that tackle real-world problems. It acts as a venue for self-expression, learning and creativity through open source. It doesn't matter if one is learning to code or is building his 100th app. There are lots of things to learn. The only constraint is time. With more than 60 projects, mentored b