Aaruush 09

The SRM University’s annual technical fest – “Aaruush” was held from 9th-12th September, 2009 at SRM University, Kattankulathur campus. The fest this year was special as it commemorated the 25 glorious years of the completion of SRM University. The fest was backed up by the strong support of sponsors – Pepsi Nimbooz, Indian Bank, Beatrix Solutions, Lanson Toyota, Acer, Inox, CADD Centre – Tambaram, Nescafe, Sun Microsystems, Word Press, e-Pronto, ILUGC, Study in Holland, Mozilla Firefox, Oxford Book Store, Education Plus, Allahabad Bank, Dinamalar and NDTV Hindu and Radio Mirchi as media partners. The fest was officially inaugurated by Shri Suranjan Pal, Director of the Directorate of Public Interface at DRDO headquarters on 9th September, 2009. The same day also saw the Laser Show which was held at the T. P. Ganesan Auditorium attracting over 2000 students. The events of Aaruush 2009 were classified into seven categories – Robogyan, Yuddhame, Presentatio, Blue Book, X-Zone, Konstruction and Magefficie. Robogyan with its challenges, Yuddhame as the ultimate battle of technical geeks, Magefficie as a test of techno – management skills, Konstruction as an ultimate engineering challenge, Blue-book for the biological prodigies and X – zone with its excitement saw participation of over 5000 students and prizes worth 2.5 million rupees were won. Apart from these, there were online events which were open to all . Apart from the paper presentations and robotic events this year, Aaruush had events like Aerogamy, Hybridomia, Spotlight, Dalal Bull, Youth Parliament, Techies and Clash of Titans. There was also an Acer Main Quiz in which the winners received two laptops from Acer. Further, there was a lecture on ethical hacking by Ankit Phadia which was a stupendous success with the students. The final day ended with the Valedictory function at the Dr. T.P. Ganesan Auditorium in the evening and the Chief Guest of the function was Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, Executive Director (CWET), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources, Chennai. Certificates and Prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest. The certificates were authenticated by the ISTE and IEEE, the latter celebrating its 125 years. The team which had been working day and night for months under the leadership of Manish Kumar Singh, secretary Aaruush 2009, can proudly say that Aaruush 2009 was a success and it has set a high pedestal for the coming years.