“Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.”

Enrico Fermi

Techfest brings to you an opportunity to interact with personalities sans pareil from across the world. We invite you to witness sheer awesomeness - the pioneers of evolution and revolution are here, at IIT Bombay; a group of prodigies holding their own in various fields. Techfest has been embellished by the presence of renowned speakers in the past editions.

The feather in the crown of Techfest, Lecture Series has been, and forges ahead as an ideal interface to inspire, motivate, train and shape the future of thousands of students across the world.

Policy for attending lectures: There is no registration or fees required to attend the lectures at Techfest. All the lectures will be held in the span of three days (3rd to 5th January, 2013). Dates and timings of all the talks are now announced. You can view them in the individual pages of the speakers. You are just required to carry a valid Photo ID card along with you for the entry into IIT. The entry into lectures is purely based on first come first serve basis.

Speakers coming to Techfest 2013

Amartya Sen Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 1998	Rakesh Sharma First Indian into Space
Ei-ichi Negishi Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2010	Montek Singh Ahluwalia Indian Economist and Deputy Chairman Plannning Commission of India
Jocelyn Goldfein Director of Engineering, Facebook	Stephen Cook Turing Award winner 1982 Highest honor in the field of computer science.
Ashoke Sen Fundamental Physics Prize, 2012	Amitabha Ghosh Chairman, Science Operations of Curiosity mission NASA
Charles H. Lineweaver Renowned Astronomer Senior Fellow at Planetary Science Institute	Michael Tiemann Vice President of the Open Source leader Red Hat Inc.
Shahn Majid Pure Mathematician and Director of Mathematics at Queens Mary University	P Sainath Ramon Magsaysay award winner for Journalism
Eric Giler Founder and CEO of WiTricity Corporation Developer of wireless electricity	Sunita Narain Environmentalist and Director of Center for Science and Environment of India
Osamu Hasegawa Researcher in the field Robotics. Developer of SOINN one of the most advanced AI algorithm in the world.	David Agnew President of Canada's Seneca College
Roberto Dillon Game Design and Development expert	Arun Jaura Vice President, Technology EATON Corporation

Tech-a-Tete A one of its kind conference and a panel discussion among the top technologists across the world for the first time in India being hosted by a college festival.

Pre-festival Guest Lectures

Trip Hawkins Founder of EA, Digital Chocolate and 3DO

Ramesh Raskar Developed a camera that could capture a travelling light particle!

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