Currents, NIT Trichy

CURRENTS is the annual technical symposium of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of NIT Tiruchirappalli, or quite simply, The Trical Department.

Students of Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Instrumentation Engineering and Diploma Courses from all colleges are welcomed to participate in Currents!

CURRENTS was first incepted in 1990s as a humble affair, by a group of enthusiastic members of the EEE Association. Recent editions have seen the event grow exponentially, with the latest edition bearing witness to this fact, recording an unheralded footfall of over a thousand participants.

Conveniently scheduled during the more relaxed days of a sapping and long Even Semester -Second week of FEBRUARY. CURRENTS provides the perfect platform to showcase technical acumen, compete with peers and most important of all, imbibe inspiration. It has on offer, a plethora of innovative events, state-of-the-art workshops and the best guest lectures from the most revered academicians and industrialists.

The Events offered are :
• Lab Rat Race (A race to finish with electronic, electrical and MATLAB hurdles)
• Circuitrix (A circuit debugging contest)
• Currents Tech Quiz
• Line Racer (Line Follower Competition)
• Electronic Arts (Art the Trical Way. Make art from electronic components)
• Code Currents (Online coding contest)

In addition there is also Colloquium, the technical paper presentation event.
There are loads of prizes to be won in each event.

In the Workshops arena, there are six amazing workshops lined up
• PCB Design Workshop
• Image Processing Workshop
• Solar Battery Charger
• DTMF Controlled Bot
• Robotic Scribe Arm
• Digital Design Using FPGA

Finally, there is DHRUVA - the award for the most creative student.
Do not miss out on the fun as this event is not the ordinary answer-the-tech-questions type....

Our flagship event called SPARK, is aimed towards reaching a solution for a social problem through Electrical and Electronics. Stay tuned to this page and our website (given below) for the problem statement and a chance to win the bumper cash prize!

Over the years, we have made it a tradition of organizing interesting and informative lectures by experts from varied fields. Stay tunes to our site for updates!

Certificates, Prizes and Take-away kits:
• Certificates of Participation will be provided to all participants of all events and workshops.
• Winners of competitions will be given Certificates of Merit mentioning their achievement.
• Cash Prizes are to be awarded to winners in all the events. (Please visit our website for details)
• Take-away kits will be provided for participants of certain workshops which will be mentioned clearly
Goodies will be given to enthusiastic participants of workshops and events.

Accommodation:
Accommodation will be provided for those who need it within the institute campus.
So , come this February, the largely barren campus of NITT will be converted into a hub of activity, with the iconic EEE Department building at the center of this buzz, teeming with the brightest and the most eager minds of the field.
If past trends are anything to go by, the latest instalment will be the biggest yet- something you would barely want to miss.

Currents '18 Co-ordinators Details:

Ruthrash Hari (Chairman) - 9962644599

Nandakishore (Treasurer) – 9841631475

Sarath Sankar (Overall Coordinator)– 8015744775

Billa Rahul (Public Relations & Hospitality) - 9994355933
Vinodheni (Public Relations & Hospitality) - 9445666531
Hemanth (Public Relations & Hospitality) - 9629473157

Nithin Shrivatsav (Workshops) – 9600153461


How to reach NIT Trichy:
Trichy is connected by road to Chennai and to all major cities and towns in South India by regular bus services. Tiruchirapalli is an important junction on the Southern Railway. It connects Chennai, Thanjavur, Madurai, Tuticorin, Tirupati, Rameswaram, Bangalore,Coimbatore, Cochin and Mangalore.

The simplest and most economical way to reach NIT-Trichy is by bus. Any city Bus at Tiruchirapalli Junction will take you to the central bus stand or Chattram bus stand.

From Central Bus Stand: Board Thanjavur bound mofussiful bus or a route bus(number: 128 bounded towards Thuvakudi). The journey time from Trichy will be around 40 minutes.

From Chattram Bus Stand: Many buses depart from Chattram bus stand. Bus number 26 will be bounded towards NIT-T). If direct buses are not available, buses towards Thiruverumbur may be available. Another town bus from Thiruvembur towards NITT will be definitely available.

The executive way of reaching NIT-Trichy will be hiring a taxi. Taxis may charge around Rs.450/-.

Visit currents.nitt.edu for more information on events, workshops, registrations & accommodation!