Wednesday, September 15, 2010

NATIONAL LEVEL PAPER PRESENTATION

Energy Conservation
Recent trends in automobile technology
Future Automobiles
Thermal Engineering
Recent trends in manufacturing
Manufacturing Processes
Advances in energy generation
Sustainable Energy
Nano- Robotics and Bio- Robotics
Nanotechnology
Robotics & Industrial Automation
Energy Management
Smart Materials
FADEC
CAD/CAM
FEM
MEMS
Alternate fuels
Recent trends in Fluid Power Technology
Rules and Regulations
  1. Maximum of two members allowed per team.
  2. Any number of teams from a college can submit their papers.
  3. Participants are not allowed to present more than one paper; however multiple topics can be submitted.
  4. If shortlisted, they will be allowed to present only one topic.
  5. Participants are required to send a soft copy of their entire paper, in the format prescribed below
  6. The abstract should be in less than 100 words.
  7. The paper length should not exceed 10 pages, of the format specified including the abstract.
  8. Participants whose papers are shortlisted shall be informed personally through mail. The names will be put up on the website as well.
  9. Participation certificate will be given to all the shortlisted participants.

Format
  • Technical report should be typed with 1.5 line spacing on an A4 size paper. The margins should be: Left - 1.25", Right - 1", Top and Bottom - 0.75".
  • The entire paper must be in Times New Roman font.
  • The heading must have a font size 16 BOLD
  • The sub headings must be of size 14 BOLD
  • The rest of the paper should be in font size 12

Eligibility Criteria

Participants with a valid identity card from their institute are eligible to participate in Nidarshan. 

Paper Submission

  • Participants have to submit their FULL paper for scrutiny, abstracts WILL NOT be entertained.
  • The document format has to be in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Portable Document Format (.pdf) only.
  • Participants are requested to submit their papers in the format mentioned above.
  • Papers with improper formatting will be sent back to the participants and they are encouraged to submit it again after re-formatting.
  • Kindly keep the font color of your paper as black (excluding figures, charts, tables)
  • Kindly provide your names, email addresses and contact numbers in the paper that you submit.

LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS IS 20th October 2010

Things to be submitted before coming to the campus:

All participants MUST submit a soft copy of their presentation (.ppt or .pdf) to nidarshan.mech@gmail.com, Please do this before you arrive at our campus.

Presentation Info

  1. The presentation Time will be 10minutes + some time for questions and answers depending upon judges
  2. Any exceeding of the time limit will be taken as negative points
  3. Please bring your presentation in the form of .ppt or .pdf, any other form of the file will not be entertained, please bring the file in CD/DVD. (avoid pen drive)
  4. The participants can include any type of media (pictures, videos) in their presentation, provided they do not show any controversial clips.
  5. All participants are strongly requested to be present at the venue 5 minutes prior to the event.

  1. ONE SOFT COPY AND 2 HARD COPIES (in separate files) ARE TO BE BROUGHT ALONG ON THE PRESENTATION DAY

EVENT FORMAT

The contest enables students from all streams of engineering to present their ideas in the form of a paper which they will present in front of an elite panel of judges.

Shorlisting of Papers

  • Participants have to submit their papers (only full papers are accepted; abstracts will not be considered) to the Nidarshan-2010 Team through the email nidarshan.mech@gmail.com
  • LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS IS: 20th OCTOBER 2010.
  • The papers will be divided into their respective clusters and sent for scrutiny.
  • The shortlisted participants will be notified by email (and also it will be updated in the website).

Presentation Details

  • Selected participants for the final round are requested to prepare their presentation in Microsoft Powerpoint format (.ppt) or Printable Document Format (.pdf) only.
  • Information regarding the presentation time (inclusive of time for questions and answers) will be updated in this space soon.
  • However, on a rough scale, participants can prepare their presentation for a period of 12 minutes (excluding time for questions and answers)
  • Exact time allotment for questions/answers will vary depending upon the number of selected participants for the final round and will also depend upon the judge’s schedule.
  • Selected participants will be provided with two mikes for the presentation.

They can manually change the slides/pages of their presentation, if not they can also request the coordinators to do the slide transitions.

Judging Criteria

 The papers submitted will be judged on the following grounds.
  • Originality & Innovation
  • Technical Content
  • Clarity of Presentation
  • Practical Application

Papers will be awarded points based on this criteria and the decision is left to the Judges’ discretion.

FAQ

  1. Can I submit more than two papers?
    Refer to points 3 and 4 of Rules and Regulations
  2. How many authors can be there for a paper?
    There is no limit on the number of authors; however the participants must be a part of the author group.
  3. What is the total number of participants per team?
    Two participants per team, there can be many teams from a university but each team must be distinct.
  4. When will I be notified whether my paper is selected or not?
    Selected papers will be put up in the website and the selected participants will be notified of the decision by email.

Details of selected papers will be updated on the website as and when selected.

Some Suggestions from the Team:

  • Participants are encouraged to make a conscious effort to maintain the quality of their paper in all aspects ranging from formatting, content and language.
  • Kindly make sure the labeling of figures, tables etc., are made appropriately, this will aid during the scrutinizing of the papers and will also avoid unnecessary confusion.
  • Make sure the references are suitably numbered and the references are quoted completed. Kindly refer to the format provided in the Rules and Regulations page for details on formatting of references.
  • Kindly provide your email address and contact number besides your name in the paper that you submit.
  • For selected participants, while making the final presentation, please avoid using pictures as backgrounds for the slides, avoid using heavy striking colors/gradients as backgrounds, do not fill up the entire slide with long sentences.
  • Please give lot of importance towards Clarity of presentation, convey information as points (bullets, numbering etc.,), using flow charts wherever possible, give physical interpretation of equations, provide figures wherever possible, use simple language for your slides.
  • Use simple professional templates, always bear in mind that the point is not given for creativity of the template, what is important is the content, so please keep the presentation template simple and neat.
  • Develop a good structure of your presentation, for example – you can structure it like this:

    1. The problem being considered
    2. Why the problem was chosen (or what is the need to work on this problem)
    3. What is the current scenario(or solution) for tackling the problem
    4. Why have you chosen your method as a mean to solve the problem
    5. Description of the method
    6. Explain your novelty solution for the problem.
    7. Results and Discussions (comparisons etc.,)
    8. References
  1. Keep the total number of slides to just the required level, a quick powerful presentation is always more worthy than a long, slow dull presentation.
  2. Choose your number of slides based on the allotted time for presentation and always allow at least 3minutes for question and answers.

    3. Things to be bought along with you for the presentation:

    1. A valid College ID Card
    2. Two Hard Copies (Print Out) in separate files of their paper which has been selected for presentation
    3. If possible a Hard copy of your presentation
    PRIZE MONEY FOR THE PRESENTATION
    1ST PLACE RS. 3000/- + GOODIES
    2ND PLACE RS.2000/-  +GOODIES
    Please keep checking the website and email for updates. For any further questions/doubts please contact Sharath +91 95352 44762 Yogesh +91 97408 35874 nidarshan.mech@gmail.com
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