Technical Society, SAC, NIT Rourkela

Technical Society is one of the most active societies in Student Activity Centre, NIT Rourkela with many satellite clubs under its auspices. The aim of this society is to promote and encourage technical innovations through entrepreneurial endeavours among students by organizing modelling-workshops, technical seminars and training courses. Following are the subject areas where the myriad clubs of Technical society are involved: Astrophysics, Auto-mobile, Aerospace, Robotics, Fluid Dynamics, Software, Infrastructure, Mathematics, Business Management and Entrepreneurship. Technical society also organizes a national level Techno-management festival every year that attracts participation from various eminent organizations and institutions of the nation. All-in-all, it is prerogative of spreading judicious prudence amongst the budding engineers for a developed India.

OBJECTIVE:
1. To promote and encourage the interest of the students in developing working devices and physical models and to conduct the Annual Model Exhibition.
2. To promote and encourage computer based activities including creative software, graphics based models, games and other challenging applications, and to organize competitions in this area.
3. To promote and encourage technical innovation and entrepreneurship among students by organizing seminars, training workshops and awarding prizes.
4. To conduct Inter-Hall competitions in technical events.
5. To conduct the technical festival “INNOVISION '__” for students annually at the institute level in collaboration with academic departments. The technical festival is intended to focus on physical and computer models, posters on scientific and technical topics, and presentations based on creative work.
6. To conduct INTER-NIT competitions in technical events, promote the technical activities of O-INSA at NITR and organize other inter-institutional activities.
7. To bring out the technical magazines edited by students.
8. To arrange lectures by eminent speakers on emerging areas of science and technology.
9. To arrange seminars & Symposia in emerging areas of Science & Technology.
10. To promote the process of opening student chapters of professional bodies in the Institute.
11. To encourage and manage participation of NITR students in reputed national level competitions.
12. To support specialized student activities with technical content, e.g. the Robotics and Aeromodelling club.
13. To induct fresh UG and PG students into technical activities in a friendly manner.
14. To identify, support and monitor satellite societies and clubs in the area of technical activities.