DEPARTMENT OF

AND PLANNING

ARCHITECTURE

The first day of Cognizance 2014- 21 st

March began with Main events like
Ideaz Cell A. Participants in the
particular
event
presented
their
papers on the subject Architecture,
Environment and Life. The event
themed
ARCHITECTURE,
ENVIRONMENT & LIFE put a challenge
before the participants to provide a
solution to convert a normal office
space into an interactive working
environment by using the components
of light, colour, texture and materials.
Huge participation of teams are their.
Many new ideas of making a good and
workable office place or a stress free
space is presented by the students.
The entire event was a huge success.
In the afternoon, Asian Paints held a
workshop and competition spanning 3
hours
which
was
different
as
compared to the usual events that we
have had over years. The entire
session
was
informative
and
interesting. In their competition,
students had to design different wall
textures and they were asked to let
loose their creativity and were asked
to use tools like toothbrush, rope,
vegetables other than technical ones
like rollers and brushes.
The
following
day
began
with
Spotlight- main designing event and
Ideaz Cell-B where students presented
papers on the topic Off land
structures. Big participation is their in
the events. Quiet a large number of
teams are from other colleges . In
ideaz, People presented very unique
and new idea of design like how to
develop a world over water and so on.
In spotlight quiet new concepts of
design are presented.

As a part of Spectrum Event, we

conducted CadSmith from 14001500
hours
which
saw
huge
participation. The event tested the
software skill of AutoCad in general
and was not very specific to
Architecture and was thus able to
create interest in students from
various other fields.
Following CadSmith, we had Soap
Carving wherein we shortlisted around
20 teams comprising 2-3 members. In
this event students were asked to do
soap carving based on their own
personality.
The final day was very eventful and
the
department
witnessed
huge
enthusiasm. From the start of the day
we had prototype- working model
competition
in
which
students
showcased their talent eagerly in the
topic- designing light fixtures and
impressed the jury members with their
imagination within the field and out of
the box as well.
Apart from that we conducted God of
Sketchup where participants were
tested on their knowledge and
proficiency of the particular software.
Following it, we had two more events
in the afternoon Matchostick and
Archvile Horror. In the former,
participants were building toys for
village children out of tubes and
match sticks. The latter was not just
the most happening event of the day
but of the entire festival. In the event,
the participants were asked to design
Halloween masks.
Thus, Cognizance 2014 came to an
end with the announcement of the
winners of various events.
CENTRE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Well begun is half done .that
sums-up all

It was for the first time Centre of

Nanotechnology participated in the
enthralling technical fest of IITR,
COGNIZANCE-14.
The exciting
events organized at the centre drew
huge number of entries across the
nation, which were later screened by
experts for participation. Centre of
nanotechnology was also able to
attract sponsors to sponsor two of the
events. NextSapiens sponsored event
prototype
and
Toshniwal
Bros.
sponsored spectrum. On the outset,
centre organized four events Ideaz,
Prototype, Spotlight and Spectrum
spanning for three consecutive days.
The first event that saw participants to
storm in was Ideaz. Under Ideaz two
paper presentation sessions were
held, in the morning session NextGen
Advance Nanomaterials followed by
MatElect-Size does matter in the
afternoon session. The participants
presented their research work with
great zeal and enthusiasm. An
interactive session of 5-10 minutes
after each presentation made the
event
even
more
lively
and
competitive. The judges for the event
were chosen as per their areas of
interest were in coherence with the
event themes. With this day one of
COGNIZANCE-14 subsided filled with
moments of excitement, innovation
and happiness.
The event on the following day
included Spotlight and Spectrum A.
Spotlight
brought
bright
and
innovative minds together at the same
juncture, where participants proposed
new
ideaz
powered
with
nanotechnology to accomplish certain
technical tasks. The session included
entries under the themes of Lab on a
Chip,
biomimetic
materials
and
endorses nanotechnology for global
challenge: water. The participants
validated the feasibility of the work to
the judges and answered their queries

that were put forth. Spectrum A was a

quiz contest where participants use
their technical knowledge to answer
the interesting problems.
The events on the 3rd and final day of
the
fest
were
Prototype
and
Spectrum B. Prototype was a
application
based
event
where
participants have to present their idea
about
the
application
of
nanotechnology in underwater robots.
Spectrum B being a spot event was
the liveliest event of the day,
participants with creativity and artistic
skills had an edge over others in this.
This event was a logo designing
competition for which the participants
were provided a personal computer
and a stipulated set of drawing
softwares. The task at hand for the
participants was to design a logo for
the
department
Centre
of
Nanotechnology. The participants got
the engines of their mind rolling to
come up with creative and immaculate
designs which were praiseworthy. The
logos selected for 1st and 2nd prize
would
possibly
undergo
few
modifications
to
become
the
department logo in the time to come.
Cognizance-14
was
filled
with
moments of excitement, happiness
and knowledge. It was successfully
organized by the coordinators and
their teams. All the team members
showed great enthusiasm and team
spirit and made it a huge success.
DEPARTMENT
OF
MECHANICAL
AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Cognizance 2014 turned out to be a
huge success in MIED in terms of
creativity
of
the
events,
their
organization and execution, and
participation from the students. The
fest kicked off with Ideaz- Paper
presentation
competition
on
THERMAL AND FLUID ENGINEERING

and ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION,

which provided a platform to the
participants for generating new ideas
and sharing them with the audience
and judges. The topic of Thermal and
Fluid
Engineering
received
the
maximum number of entries. Then,
there was an on the spot event,
INDUSTYCOON,
which
was
an
interesting amalgamation of creative
and managing skills. The participants
had to borrow virtual money from a
bank at certain interest rates to buy
raw materials required to complete
the given tasks. The winner was
decided based on the net profit
generated. The participants came up
with really innovative ideas to
complete the tasks. Cash prizes were
awarded to the winners. Day 2 started
with
INDUSCHRON,
in
which
participants had to apply their
analytical and reasoning skills to
optimize Industrial Performance. They
were given a real life case related to
diamond retailing business and were
required to study it and suggest
effective solutions to the various
problems faced by the companies.
Xhilaration caught the attention of
many with its exciting tasks. The first
round consisted of a quiz on casting
processes. Ten shortlisted entries were
handed out the equipment and raw
materials required to perform wax
casting. The time limit gave a twist to
the event and made it an interesting
one for the participants as well as the
audience. Professor J.L. Gaindhar,
President of IITR Alumni Association
was
the
esteemed
judge
for
Induschron and Xhilaration. Paper
presentation
on
STRENGTH
OF
MATERIALS AND MACHINE DESIGN
and MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING AND CAD/CAM was
organized on Day 3. Prototype, Model
Presentation Competition was also
organized on Day 3 which addressed
the problem of managing Passenger

Car PARKING menace in India. There

was also another category POWER OF
FLUID, in which participants came up
with a physical or CAD model relating
to some commercial or daily life
problem based on the principles of
Hydraulics. The fest concluded with
TechnoCAD that helped to provide a
visual dimension to the intellect. This
event compelled the participants to
create a design which incorporated
top-notch functionality into a simple,
uncluttered form.
The problem
statement included designing of a
mechanical arm and a truck assembly.
DEPARTMENT OF PAPER AND PULP
TECHNOLOGY
The day one of Evolution Cognizance
2014 started with the inaugural
ceremony with the chief guest Mr. I J
Singh Chief General Manager of Star
Paper Mills Ltd. He enlightened the
audience with his experiences.
Then we had with us the famous Mr.
Shiraj Gidwani and one of our most
distinguished alumnus Mr. Abhimanyu
Lamba . Mr Gidwanis session included
a brief about himself and few tips for
entrepreneurship which was followed
by the
interactive
session. He
enlightened us with many of his life
experiences.
In the afternoon we had our first
spectrum event ripples. This year
the task was to rotate a spoon by 90
degrees using as many contraptions
as possible maintain the aesthetic
value of the setup. The event saw
huge participation from students and
after final shortlist 10 teams were
selected ranging from a 3 member
team to 7 members team with total
participation of 57 students. The event
went along for about 7 hours.
Day 2 of Evolution kick started with
another
spectrum
event
Mind

Hunter. The event was a mind

teasing quest which included 3 rounds
of unique tasks cum mini events
including an aptitude test, a debate
and a series of clues leading to final
win. The event saw a participation of
12 teams initially. After the first two
elimination rounds 6 teams faced the
third round with total of 43 students.
Day 3 of evolution was fully packed
with events which included Ideaz,
Spotlight and various spectrum events
like robometry, junkyard wars and our
headlining event Encipher.
This year Ideaz included topics based
on
advancements
in
polymers,
ecommerce and zero waste discharge
policy. The event was judged by Dr. Y S
Negi an esteemed faculty in the field
of polymer science and Dr.Tripti
Mahara. The abstracts submitted for
the event included 16 in total out of
which 7 were shortlisted and the
winner of the event Mr. Sandeep gave
new and innovative ideas for zero
waste discharge through polymer
science.
Spotlight was based on the problem
most of the Indian gas distribution
agencies are facing that is tampering
of shrink sleeves in gas cylinders. The
teams came up with their innovative
designs on the problem. Dr Gaurav
Manik and Dr Millie Pant were the
judges for this event. They had prior
expertise pertaining to the research
topic, and hence were able to give
their valuable insights on it. A total
number of ten teams were shortlisted
after initial abstract submission and
displayed a wide range of creative
ideas.
Junky yard wars consisted of building a
catapult with all the junk they could
find on campus with being provided
with only few rubber bands and balls.
Consisting of two rounds to check how

far ball could go and then round two

was to break a pre made building
model in least attempts. The event
saw a participation of 8 teams with 42
participants.
Robometry
included
writing
an
algorithm for a robot in such a way it
could move in simple geometric
shapes. The event saw participation of
32 students in 14 teams .The event
went along for about 7 hours.
Evolution ended with a tech game
show Encipher. It had 5 rounds each
an elimination round. It included doing
various small logical and brain
storming tasks including some fun and
then elimination on those basis. The
event saw a participation of 82
students in 19 teams.
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES
Cognizance is the congregation of
students from various institutes, along
with experts from the academia and
industry to be a part of this
celebration
of
knowledge,
experimentation
and
learning.
Geosynergy is the annual technical
festival organized by the Department
of Earth Sciences each year under
Cognizance. Geosynergy 2014 was
designed in tandem with the theme of
this
edition
of
Cognizance
Imagineering Change.
Geosynergy 2014 brought with it a
plethora
of
events
which
was
structured to test the academic
aptitude of the participants.
We had the Ideaz - the National Paper
Presentation Contest in which we
received more than 50 abstracts from
all over the country. The topics were
chosen so as to include the modern
developments going on in the Oil and
Gas Industry. Thus, we invited
abstracts on the theme EnP of Energy
Resources. Not restricting ourselves

to only the Oil and Gas sector, the

second topic on which the abstracts
were invited was New Trends in Earth
and Planetary Sciences. Both the
topics received quality participation.
Spotlight
is
our
case
study
competition. Initiatives are taken by
the participants to come forward with
a long term, efficient, economic and
viable solution to the given problem.
This year we presented the students
with a holistic case study involving the
complete field development plan for
an oil and gas field. Teams were tested
on their knowledge of Geology,
Geophysics,
Socio-economic
and
Managerial aspects of developing a
field
among
other
necessary
prerequisites
for
E&P
field
development. This event also saw a
healthy participation of students from
all over the country.
In our on the spot events, we had a
couple of fun Spectrum events for the
audience.
Geomodelling provided a stage to the
students to display their skills of
unbound creativity by building a 3 - D
model with the items provided of an
on the spot problem.
To provide some geosciences quizzing
action to the students, this year a quiz
- Geotest - was organized. The event
had two rounds - the first one was a
written - MCQ type and the second
one was a visual round. The event was
a huge success with the participation
of more than 50 teams.
All in all, Geosynergy 2014 managed
to fulfill its aim of providing the
students a platform to come together,
share their experiences and get
exposed to a dose of healthy
competition.
DEPARTMENT OF HYDROLOGY

Under the banner of cognizance14

department of hydrology organised 5
events, which attracted over 60
participants from various parts of the
country with various creative and
innovative ideas.
Ideaz:

A. Cloud burst and Flash Floods:

Causes,
Consequences
and
Mitigation of Himalayan Floods
Intense rainfall often leads to
floods and landslides in the
Himalayan
region
even
with
rainfall amounts which may be
considered
comparatively
moderate
over
the
plains.
Cloudbursts
are
catastrophic
convective phenomena producing
sudden high-intensity rainfall (10
cm per hour) over a small area.
Forecasting and raising alerts of
such severe local weather systems
is crucial to mitigate societal
impact
arising
from
the
accompanying flash floods.
B. Bioremediation techniques for
hydrocarbon polluted sites
These days, problems like soil
contamination, health risks to the
habitual organisms etc. have been
increasing
due
to
heavy
consumption and demand of
petroleum
products.
These
hydrocarbon products have been
found to exert carcinogenic and
neuro-toxic effects on human
health. Though several mechanical
and
chemical
methods
are
followed for the degradation of
these products the rate of
contamination is quite high and
that makes these methods very
expensive. In view of this situation
bioremediation gives a better
solution compared to the currently
existing methods. It provides
efficacy, safety on long term use,
cost
and
simplicity
of

administration
with
promising
opportunity for creating better
environment.
Spotlight : Soil and Water
conservation in arid and semiarid regions
The average annual rainfall in
semi arid regions is 250 to
500mm. So less availability of
water necessitates the proper
conservation of water. Since water
plays
a
significant
role
in
agriculture production and our day
to day life it is vital to preserve
even the least amount of water
resources. Likewise, it is equally
essential
to
conserve
the
productive soil from erosion using
various
land
use
practices.
Overall,
soil
and
water
conservation
practices
have
become a must in semi arid
regions
for
sustainability
of
agricultural and day to day life.
Spectrum :
With the theme of save water
spectrum was held in two rounds,
1. tour-de-aqua
(elimination
round), and
2. craftomania (final round).
A
total
of
39
participants
participated in the first round. A
visit to the observatory and
various hydrological structures
was made on noon session on 22 nd
march. On the basis of abstracts
prepared by the participants 8
groups were formed for final round
on 23rd march. Teams prepared
models on the topic soil and water
conservation.
CENTRE
OF
EARTHQUAKE
DISASTER
MITIGATION
AND
MANAGEMENT
As the Sun glimmered on the dusk of
23rd March this year another chapter in

the rich legacy of awesomeness was

added
at
Indian
Institute
of
Technology-Roorkee,
honorific
as
COGNIZANCE-14.
Three days of the festival marked an
indelible reminiscence notched in the
memory of every individual associated
with razzmatazz of COGNIZANCE-14 in
any single form.
We, the people at Centre of Excellence
in Disaster Mitigation & Management
witnessed the same exuberance of the
fest by the events we facilitated with
the theme of Disaster ManagementModern Trends & Aspects.
We organised a paper presentation
fixture
where
more
than
25
participants registered. Out of 25
entries only 8 could get their paper
selected in the final phase after
intense investigation done to ascertain
the authenticity of the paper. The jury
panel included Dr. Amita Sinhval
(Earthquake Engineering), Dr. Kamal
Jain (Geomatics Engineering) and Dr.
Ajay Gairola (Centre Head). The expert
comments & remarks made by jury
enhanced the decorum of the session
to an exponential extent. Finally team
lead by Mr. Piyush Mishra which
presented over the topic Classifiers
for flood prone area using remote
sensing elevation data emerged as
winners for their profound expertise
over their content. They were followed
by team lead by Nizar Ahamed K.
which delivered paper on A study on
emergency cast in situ sand brick
using Co2 gases for construction.
The audience that comprised of
research scholars and post graduates
working the relevant field took keen
participation in the event.
Second day we conducted some on
the spot events to judge the
immediate stimulus response of the
participants. It included designing

disaster awareness posture using two

colours only. This was followed by
second
round
that
included
construction of emergency aid using
waste bottles. Participants built rafts,
filters & floating jackets using those
stuff provided to them. The event was
judged by Dr. Mahua Mukherjee
(Architecture & Planning Department)
& Dr. Amit Kumar Dhiman (Chemical
Engineering Department). In this
contest team cloudburst lead by
Uttam Kumar & team Tsunami lead
by Kamaljeet Kumar Sharma emerged
as
winners
and
runners
up
respectively.
Thus, thereby series of events ended
with
wonderful
experiences
for
participants and organizers both.
ALTERNATE
CENTRE

HYDRO

statement which involved the efficient

and cost effective designing of Small
Hydro Power (SHP) plant. The problem
statement was explained to all the
participants through a power point
presentation, research papers and
laboratory visits. The participants were
given the leverage to search books
and take the help of internet. The aim
of the event was to give the
participants
an
insight
to
the
designing of all the components of the
SHP plants which comprised of all the
civil, hydro-electrical and hydromechanical works.
After breathtaking events, AHEC
concluded by awarding certificates to
the winners with a promise to be more
grand next year.

ENERGY

AHEC celebrated the annual tech-fest

of IIT Roorkee with great enthusiasm
and fervor. AHEC organized the two
days program on 21st and 22nd March,
2014. The opening of the fest was with
a technical paper presentation which
was carried out in two sessions:
IDEAZ-A and IDEAZ-B. The aim of
the paper presentation was to develop
new ideas relating to the use of
renewable
energy
in
mitigating
climate change.
The response of the students was
overwhelming and keeping in mind the
context and innovation in ideas, 27
papers were selected. The participants
were allotted time slots of 15 minutes
each for delivering presentation. The
ideas received during the presentation
were outstanding and so it was a close
contest. For each IDEAZ, 3 winners
were selected.
Next day, the fest was followed by the
on-spot event The Spectrum. The
participants were given a problem

DEPARTMENT
ENGINEERING

OF

CHEMICAL

The
Department
of
Chemical
Engineering IIT Roorkee organized a
plethora of events during Cognizance
2014 from 21st March to 23rd March
2014 like:
IdeazA
national
level
paper
presentation
competition
which
provided students a prospect to
showcase their research work in
chemical engineering. It was divided in
two sections:
1) Ideaz A- Process Modelling,
Simulation
and
Transport
Phenomena
2) Ideaz B- Energy, Environment,
Safety Technologies
Spotlight- A long term problem solving
event in which students grappled with
a unique real time industrial problem.
This time the problem given was
Analysis and comparison of methanol
production from sugarcane bagasse
and Natural Gas.

Prototype- A working model designing

competition which tested the design
and fabrications skills of students.
Spectrum- On the spot events were
organised
under
spectrum
encompassing various elements of
Chemical
Engineering
and
its
application.
Ideaz and Spotlight were conducted in
two rounds: First was a screening
round in which the participating teams
had to send in their central ideas in
the form of an abstract, and that was
to be followed by the presentation
round.
Apart from initial shortlisting on the
basis of abstract and presentation
round in prototype, there was a testing
round to test the working model of
Heat Exchanger.
The response for the first stage itself
was overwhelming for all of the above
mentioned events, especially from
other colleges. We then selected
teams to come and present their
proposed solution. These were the
teams who impressed us with their
innovative approach to the problem at
hand.
Since spectrum was the on the spot
event, there was a quiz in the first
round which was based on the basics
of Chemical Engineering. Teams were
shortlisted on the basis of first round
then asked to design an absorption
tower by given material. Teams were
judged on the basis of their model and
their knowledge about absorption
tower.
All of the events were judged by
different Faculty members from our
department. It was heartening to see
almost all the shortlisted teams turn
up
for
the
final
round.
The
coordination went pretty smoothly and

all the events turned out to be a

resounding success. All the judges
praised the overall quality of their
respective event and were very happy
with the overall atmosphere during the
fest.
All the participants were
provided
with
certificates
for
participation the very next day of the
each event, thanks to the efforts put
in by the central team.
DEPARTMENT
ENGINEERING

OF

ELECTRICAL

This year too saw the cognizance-the

annual tech fest of IIT ROORKEE with a
great success at both central as well
as departmental levels. Here are the
details of the events that were
conducted at the departmental level:-

IDEAZ:
The event was a huge sensation
with a lot of participants this
year. Teams participated with lot
of enthusiasm and showed their
technical
thoughts
with
a
perfect blend of feasibility and
usefulness. The ideas that were
presented impressed the judges
and left an everlasting effect on
the minds of the audience.
SPOTLIGHT:
Another event that caught
everybody`s eye and kept
everybody`s
ears
on
the
ground.
The
way
teams
represented their ideas in
support of a great topic added
to the beauty of the event.
Students had prepared really
hard for this battle of creativity
and it could be seen in their
presentations.
PROTOTYPE:
This was the event that made
everybody bite their nails. The
event went on to become a
huge
success
by
the

enthusiastic participation and

perfectly carved out ideas.
Participants really made an
impact by their thoughts on a
topic
that
needs
to
be
addressed for the development
of the country. The event made
the way for young guns to open
up and show that how they can
contribute to the betterment of
technology.

SPECTRUM:
This is one of those events that
by
itself
attract
many
participants. This was the most
successful and cheerful event
conducted this year. The event
saw a large number of people
showing interest to make the
best use of their knowledge to
make their ideas become real.
This time participants were first
shortlisted on the basis of some
fun events and then they were
told to make GAUSS GUN in
spectrum
1
and
an
HOVERCRAFT
in
spectrum
2.Students really enjoyed the
events and their imagination
made the event a sensation.
The theme that was provided
with each event impressed the
participants.
The
aura
of
knowledge and the heat of
competition
could
be
felt
simultaneously
during
the
event. Event went on to become
a huge success with 4 teams
winning the prizes.
In a nutshell, this year`s
COGNIZANCE made everyone
realize the power of ideas,
create them using imagination
and will to execute them
perfectly. Everybody in the team
gave his/her best and enjoyed
the work. The team really feels
privileged to serve for the

conduct of COGNIZANCE and

will be happy to do so every
time when needed.

DEPARTMENT
STUDIES

OF

MANAGEMENT

PROTOTYPE
The event was conducted by the
Consulting club (Samadhan) of DOMS
IIT Roorkee. It attracted active
participation from various elite BSchools of India like IIM Indore,
Welingkar to name a few.
The event expected the participant to
think beyond their imagination, use
their creativity, innovation and devise
a new product, which has not been
invented /innovated so far and is not
there is the market. It could be
anything from a flying bicycle to a
moving city. All they had to do was to
prove that there is a need for this
product in the market.
IDEAZ-1
The event was conducted by the E-Cell
of DOMS IIT Roorkee. It attracted
active participation from various elite
B-Schools of India like IIM Indore, NIAM
to name a few.
The event is the B-plan contest of
Cognizance, DoMS, IIT Roorkee. It gave
participants a unique opportunity to
power the future with their innovations
and shape the destiny of the future
business.
They
encourage
the
students to come up with sustainable
and tangible solutions to the problems
faced by our society now a days like

quality of primary education, providing

clean drinking water and proper
sanitation
facility,
agricultural
productivity and many more such
problems.
IDEAZ-2
The event was conducted by the HR
club (VyavaHR) of DOMS IIT Roorkee. It
attracted active participation from
various elite B-Schools of India like IIM
Indore, XIMB to name a few.
The event focused on a Case Study
Analysis in the field of HR. It took into
consideration various aspects of HR
and expected students to think out of
the box and come up with a solution
for an existing problem.
SPECTRUM
The event was conducted by the
Marketing club (MARKIIT) of DOMS IIT
Roorkee. It was an on the spot event
and lured many participants in a very
short span.
Spectrum was designed to take
students out of your comfort zone and
make them think outside the box. It
gave them an opportunity to give
wings to their imagination and dazzle
us with their spontaneity.
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
The three day event for COGNIZANCE
2014 was a great success for the
CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT
of
IIT
ROORKEE.
The inaugral event was headed by the
head of the dept and senior
professors.

The event named CHEM MAGIC was

held for the first time in the
department, and it attracted a great
gathering. It was held on 22nd and
23rd March,with different themes on
both days
The
event
IDEAZ
-PAPER
PRESENTATION , SPECTRUM and
SPOTLIGHT also had participation both
from students of IIT ROORKEE as well
as from other collages.
Overall the events brought together all
the research scholars, professors and
M.Sc.,M.Tech students together on a
common platforn sharing the view to
make the COGNIZANCE 2014 more
sophisticated and technical and finally
a great success.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Cognizance is the annual technical
festival of IIT Roorkee under which
every department organizes its own
flagship event. Biocosm is such an
endeavor of Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT
Roorkee and is focused on the concept
of initiating change.
The Department of Biotechnology at
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
conducts parallel research work in
diverse such as cell and molecular
biology, microbiology, genetics, drug
discovery etc. To continue this trend
of research, the paper-presentation
competition Ideaz was held with the
topics: FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY, in
which participants were asked to
provide biotechnological approaches
to detect adulterants and solve the
problem of food adulteration in an
efficient, economical and eco-friendly
way
and
ENVIRONMENTAL
BIOTECHNOLOGY, where participants
devised better techniques/methods to
protect and provide sustainability to
environment
from
the
threats
generated by poor waste management
practices. The event was commenced

under the wise counsel of esteemed

judges Dr. R.P. Singh and Dr. R. Prasad.
The next event was Spotlight. This
event, as every year, has attracted an
appreciable amount of participation
from colleges all over India. This years
problem statement targeted the
miraculous treatment of regenerating
tissues. The problem statement was
Treatment of Bone disorders
using tissue engineering and
tissue regeneration techniques.
The winner of this event has come up
with very novice solution of treating
these disorders by in vivo tissue
regeneration. The judge for the event
was Dr. Mandal, who appreciated the
solutions provided by participants and
guided them with his experience in
same field.
If an experimental structure of a target
is not available, it may be possible to
create theoretical model of the target
using
homology/threading/ab-initio
approach based on the experimental
structure of a related protein. This was
where
the
participants
were
encouraged to predict prototype i.e,
the 3D structure of protein and search
for a potential inhibitor. The event
Prototype was organized for the first
time in department of Biotechnology
and got an appreciable response. The
event was followed by an interactive
session with judges Dr. Pravindra
Kumar, Dr. A.K. Sharma and Dr.
Krishna Mohan.
The informal events under Spectrum
were held with participation from both
biotech and non-biotech disciplines
.We have
brought a spontaneous
event for participants to check their
mettle in painting not through
conventional brushstrokes and canvas,
but by using agar plates and bacterial
cultures,
named
Chromogenic
painting and Ad- o- Genics, where
participants were provided with chart

papers to create posters, andl they

have acted out TV commercials for
products like water proof towels or
pills to grow macho moustache and
many more crazy products all they all
had fun and competed for chocolates,
sweets and other goodies.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS
AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
We, the cognizance team of E&C are
very much happy at the grand success
of the departmental cognizance during
21st to 23rd of march 2014.We focused
on the importance of technical
revolution in the field of semiconductors and their integration with
different physical devices like motor
vehicles and also upon the next
generation devices like transparent
OLED, High speed transmission etc.
The participation in all the events was
overpowering. We can confidently say
that we had one of the largest
participation
among
departmental
Cognizance events. In Ideaz, a paper
presentation event, we had an overall
participation of 72, where 20 students
were selected to present their idea. All
the presentations of Ideaz were
remarkable and thought-provoking,
where we had hard time selecting the
best of them.
For
Prototype,
we
focused
on
integrating semiconductor technology
with solar energy, there by prototyping
solar trackers which can automatically
track the sunlight. 6 prototypes were
considered for final evaluation where
we decided to award 2 winners for
their excellent performance.
In Spotlight we concentrated on the
quality of the work where we asked
participants
to
come
with
an
innovative way to control the cruise. It
was also successful where our beloved

professor was delighted

quality of work done.

with

the

During Cognizance we conducted

three spectrum events where all the
events were grand success with an
overwhelming response in each event.
Spectrum1,
Round
1
had
an
participation
over
150
students
provided with a challenge of solving
20 questions in 20 minutes there by
evaluating the on the spot ingenuity of
the participants. Later, in round 2 the
first 12 teams were provided with a
real problem to solve where the
practical and logical skills were tested.
Spectrum 2 was more of a fun event
where our event has attracted a lot of
attention. We endorsed electronics
knowledge of the participants through
Housie where instead of numbers we
used electronic circuit symbols. More
than 100 students turned up and we
had to close the registrations. It was
all fun.
Finally, on day 3 we concluded our
events with spectrum 3 where we
provided the exhausted crowd with
another fun and logical quiz which was
prepared
to
test
the
general
awareness of the contestants on the
growing trends and facts about
technology and innovations.
Participants
were
given
their
excellence
and
participation
certificates there by closing the
festival.
DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGICAL
AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Metallurgy, Cognizance has a long and
illustrious
history
of
showcasing
talents from across India. This year too
this trend continued with participation
from colleges as far of as Kerala.
Ideaz is a National Level Paper
Presentation. This year there was a

large participation with 45 teams

presenting papers on materials on
topics like materials in Energy, Green
Technology and Medicine whereas on
advances in light weight alloys in
metallurgy.
The next event was called Spotlight,
an Industrial Problem Solving event.
Through this event, participants had to
put their knowledge to use to solve
real world problems. Not all our events
were of an academic nature. The next
event was a light hearted dumb
charades event called Meta Charades
were we all bonded and let us off
steam after a long day.
The second day had the prototype
event,
Detritus.
Students
were
assigned with designing a strong
structure and assembling it by
welding. This event brought together
theory and practical in a fun, exciting
and hands on way. The third day saw
the
Materials
Quiz
Krystallos.
Contestants were tested on a wide
variety of topics on this field. The
soldering event, Sandhi was also
conducted during this day. Students
were tasked with creating beautiful
wireframe shapes by soldering.
This was wound up with a spectacular
show of sky lanterns, fireworks and
music all in collusion bringing a
magical end to our grade of fest.
CENTRE FOR
SYSTEMS

TRANSPORTATION

First batch of CTRANS (Centre for

Transportation Systems) at IIT Roorkee
had organized 3 events at Cognizance
2014. Those were Ideaz, Prototype and
Spectrum.
Ideaz was held on Friday (21 st march,
2014) from 10:00 a.m to 1:30 p.m. The
students had to present their Research
Papers on Smart Traffic Management
Solutions. The competition was judged

by a jury comprising Dr. Indrajeet

Ghosh (Civil Engineer), Prof Chandra
(Architect), and Prof M. Parida (Civil
Engineer and Urban Planner).
Prototype was a competition where
the students had to present a virtual
model of any multi-modal terminal
where they had to show integration of
at least 2 modes of transport. The
ideas were not restricted by giving
them any condition beforehand about
any site or by any software. We had
judges from CBRI namely, Ar. Ashok
Kumar (also an urban planner), Ar.
Neeta Mittal and Ar. R.K Garg. All these
judges have done a lot of work on
research
on
building
materials,
technology and design of various
types of buildings.
The third competition held was called
Spectrum where the participants
registered on the spot, the problem
was disclosed on the spot and the
participants had to make a 3-D
physical model from scrap to show
their concept as per the problem
statement. The judges for the
competition were Prof S.Y Kulkarni and
Prof Gaurav Raheja as they have
already worked on Roorkees railway
station and the problem statement
was related to a hypothetical railway
station. Also Dr. Abinash Swain (from
the field of product design) was the
third judge.
We were privileged to have a guest
lecture on CURVO from Mr. Shekhar
Chakravarty, Managing Director of
Conveyor and Ropeway Services Pvt
Ltd who has had an experience of 50
years in the field of Ropeway
Technology.
All the competitions were open to
students from all the fields as CTRANS
believes in going inter-disciplinary to
find better solutions for society. So we
had participants from mechanical

engineering, electrical engineering,

MBA as well apart from architecture,
town planning and Civil engineering.
The
overall
response
was
overwhelming as the number of
participants who appeared was good,
their ideas were so innovative that
many a times the judges had a tough
time and requested for allowing a tie
or an additional prize. The events went
on smoothly and the organizers
received special appreciation from the
judges for organizing well especially
from Prof Chandra and Prof Raheja.
But the most precious thing that
happened
in
the
process
was
exchange of innovative ideas of
students and the feedback of judges
such
that we
can
see
those
innovations happening in future which
is
the
sole
purpose
of
such
competitions.
WATER
RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Water Resources Development and
Management
Department
was
organized the departmental events in
the Seminar Hall of the department on
22.03.2014. IDEAZ A and IDEAZ B
were conducted with the active
participation of the students of
different institutions including IIT
Roorkee.The function was started with
the gracious presence of the Head of
the Department, WRDM, Prof. Deepak
Khare and Assistant Professor Dr.
Ashish Pandey. Students of M Tech and
Ph D scholars were also present.
The subject for the IDEAZ A event was
Water Resource Development Issues
and Challenges. Five participants gave
their paper presentations in the
subject and they are expressed their
views and concerns over the subject
specifically
and
effectively.
The
challenges facing in the water
resources sector are of very serious

matter
and
the
remedies
or
suggestions for tackling the situation
are very much specific in the
presentations.
The
genuine
and
practical solutions were emerged from
the seminars of the participants.
Ms. Kalyanikumar from Graphic Era
University, Dehradun has given a
detailed study on the Trend analysis
of annual precipitation in the higher
altitudes of Uttarakhand for the
twentieth century. She conducted
detailed trend analysis using different
techniques and stated how the rainfall
changes affect the water resources
sector.

Mr. Gajanan Suryakant Kothawade

from
MPK
Vidyapeeth,
Rahuri,
Maharashtra has presented a paper on
Stochastic
Generation
and
forecasting of monthly rainfall for
Rahuri region. He explained different
model
studies
used
for
the
presentation and effectiveness of
forecasting of rainfall. Also he gave
the insight into the various issues and
challenges of water resources sector.
The other participants also given
presentations on the subject and
stated their concerns and views for
development of water resources
sector.
The subject for the IDEAZ B event was
Hydropower Development Issues and
Challenges.
Two
participants
presented their seminar. Mr. Lalan
Kumar Jha from WRDM department
gave his presentation from his past
experience and real problems faced in
the field of Hydro power sector. Such
an informative and the solutions for
the problems facing in the sector are
well appreciated by the audience. The
second presentation was from the
students of Indian School of Dhanbad.
They were presented clearly the
problems
and
solutions
for
development of hydro power sector.
They emphasized the problems faced
in the Tehri Project and Koyna Project
in India. The environmental problems,
social problems, positive and negative
impacts of the projects also detailed
very well with the statistics.
Interactions with participants by the
judges Mr. Dheeraj Kumar and Mr. Raja
Singh R. and the audience were
creative and aimed to improve the
performance of the participants in a
better way. The participants expressed
their experience in the Cognizance
2014 of IIT Roorkee as a good
opportunity to present their creativity
and skills and promised to participate
in the coming years also.

DEPARTMENT
ENGINEERING

OF

CIVIL

Ideaz was organized on first two days

of Cognizance-14. We have received
large number of mails of participants
for the first round of Ideaz, i.e.,
Abstract Submission out of which
finally 19 teams were shortlisted and
invited to IIT Roorkee for second round
of Ideaz, i.e., Paper Presentation. A
proficient work was done by selectors
for short listing the participants.
Organizers faced utmost problem
while addressing at the participants
phone calls as they were continuous
all throughout the day, during the
days
before
Cognizance-14.
As
decided we have booked the rooms
and invited the professors of each
discipline of Civil Engineering. The
great thing was professors came on
time with very short notices. On the
first day of Cogniaznce-14 we decided
to have paper presentation on
Structural
and
Geo-technical
Engineering (9 presentations). And the
second day was kept for paper
presentation
on
Transportation,
Environmental
and
Hydraulics
Engineering
(10
presentations).
Refreshments
were
provided
as
planned after 5 to 6 presentations so
that jury can be energetic throughout.
Participants were ample enough so
adequate amount of work was done in
sorting out the winners and were
selected with outmost precision. We
distributed the Certificates on the final
day of Cognizance-14. Everything
went in expedite and extraordinary
way
and
finally
we
received
appreciation from each member of the
team for organizing the event.
SpotLight event of Civil Department
concluded successfully on 22-23
march 2014 as a part of Annual
Technical festival Cognizance 2014.

20 teams from different colleges

across the country took part in the
event with enthusiasm. Registered
participants were required to bring the
bridge made by them using Popsicle
sticks.

DEPARTMENT
OF
COMPUTER
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Ideaz: (a research paper presentation
event on innovative ideas). This year
the department organized a Poster
Presentation session rather than the
conventional
slide
presentations.
Poster
sessions
are
particularly
prominent at scientific conferences.
Spectrum: Conducting Bit Battle, an
online coding competition on Codechef
(www.codechef.com) as a part of the
Spectrum events (on the spot events).
The event received good participation
with international participants bagging
2 out of the 3 prizes.
The other events included Spotlight
(long term problem solving contest),
Prototype (prototype designing event
for the given problems), Flaw Fishing
( a code debugging event) and
Spectrum ( an event with questions
related to Computer Science).
Overall, the departmental Cognizance
was a success and we only strive for
betterment over the years to come.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
The
events
organized
by
the
Department
of
Mathematics,
IIT
Roorkee during Cognizance 2014
received
an
overwhelming
participation, compared to the last two
years. The main focus of these events
was on utilizing mathematical and
coding skills as an interface to address
long term as well as short term
research endeavors. Each topic was

carefully assigned, keeping in mind

the significance of mathematical
techniques in the 21st century.
Prototype featured Project Gauss, an
online event held during 15-16th
February 2014. Around 700 entries
were registered to solve a set of 19
questions of increasing difficulty from
an assortment of different math fields.
3 individuals were declared as winners
of the final round.
Another online event, Spotlight was a
long term programming contest where
participants were asked to submit
solutions of a set of online questions,
made available 2 weeks ago at the
Cognizance website. Submissions were
evaluated for preliminary and final
rounds on Day 2, i.e. March 22 rd 2014.
A total count of 25 teams participated,
where 6 teams were from outside IIT
Roorkee. Around 10 teams were
selected for the final round, of which 3
teams were declared as winners.
As far as paper presentation events
were concerned, Ideaz showcased two
futuristic
problem
statements,
Ambient
Intelligence
and
Mathematical Modelling. Ideaz-A, on
Ambient Intelligence was held on Day
1 where 15 teams submitted their
abstracts while only 10 teams were
shortlisted for presenting their papers
in
front
the
jury.
Ideaz-B
on
Mathematical
Modelling
saw
a
participation of 13 teams, and 10
teams made it to the final round.
Under Spectrum, two big events were
organized namely, Code Rush and
Mathematica Code Manthan. Code
Rush, an online programming contest
was launched on HackerEarth.com and
saw a whooping participation of 226
individuals this year. It was a three
hour contest where participants were
asked to solve a set of 5 questions.
Meanwhile
Mathematica
Code

Manthan, which was held on Day 3,

saw a total participation on 40 teams
in all, with 9 teams from outside
campus. The event comprised of 2
rounds. The first round had 3 sections
with questions based on aptitude,
logical reasoning, puzzles and C/C++
programming to be solved in one and
a half hours. The second round,
conducted on the same day, was
programming
based
where
the
participants were given 3 hours to
solve 5 questions.
With a promising feedback from the
participating teams, we are aiming to
organize even better events in the
coming years, which could encompass
a larger participation with more
emphasis on mathematics as well as
coding
based
problem
solving
techniques.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
The Department of Physics from its
modest beginning in 1960 has now
grown in to an active center of quality
teaching and research. Today it stands
as one of the leading departments in
the country, well known for its
excellence in teaching and research.
The Department has been quite active
in
the
COGNIZANCE
since
the
inception of the latter in 2003. This
year, the department organized three
major events namely IDEAZ, Spotlight
and Spectrum.
Ideaz: It is a national paper
presentation
competition
meant
especially for the undergraduates and
the post graduate students who are
keenly interested in research and have
worked in different research fields and
hence published papers. The Ideaz
event had two broad categories:
1)
Quantum
Optics
and
its
Applications: The newly emerging
field of Quantum Optics has wide

range of applications and hence this

event attracted a lot of participants
with the winner being a team from
Delhi University. The event was judged
by Dr. Ajay Wasan and Dr. H. S. Nataraj
2) Earth- Sun Energetics and its
effect on technology: Atmospheric
Physics is the main specialization of
the department and active research is
being done in the field. The event was
organized on the second day of the
COGNIZANCE 2014 and was judged by
Dr. M. V. Sunil Krishna.
Spotlight:
This
event
was
experimental
rather
than
being
theoretical. A problem statement was

given online, the solutions of which

were invited through e-mails. The
selected candidates then were given a
more complex problem based on
optics. They came up with their
solutions and then tried the same
experimentally. The participants who
got
the
most
accurate
results
compatible with the experimental
setup were declared as the winners.
Spectrum: It was an on the spot
event. It consisted of fun filled games
but yet based on the basic laws of
physics. Some of them were Magnetic
Rail Gun, Crazy cannon balls, Rocket
Propeller etc.