Competitions
Aakaar in its 18th edition is all set to scale new prominences with many competitions. It instigates students to innovate, create, and learn better.
About Our Competitions
Aakaar IIT Bombay is the annual technical festival of the Department of Civil
Engineering IIT Bombay. Aakaar is acting as an excellent platform for students across
the country, giving them opportunities to showcase and enhance their skills at the
highest level since its inception in 2009.
Aakaar is Asia's largest Civil Engineering festival. Many exciting competitions are held
in Aakaar, such as the International Civil Engineering Symposium, Bridge-It, ConquerIt, Civil Engineering National Exhibition, ENVIZN, and Smart Pitch, letting students
compete and enhance their practical skills and knowledge. As a part of a knowledgesharing endeavor, many software workshops are conducted, viz, E-Tabs, Autodesk Civil
3D, Staad-Pro, BIM, Revit, etc. A national-level Civil Engineering Quiz Competition
is conducted every year named LogiQ. And many more fun events are a part of Aakaar,
making learning fun. In its 16th edition, it is all set to scale new heights, with many
recent events and competitions providing an excellent platform for aspiring civil
engineers to explore and learn about the stream's vastness. It instigates students to
innovate, create, and learn through exciting events and competitions.
Our Competitions
IDP
Industrial Design Project (IDP) provides an opportunity to tackle real-world engineering challenges faced by the industry. Participants are expected to provide innovative, sustainable, and practical solutions to complex structural or design hurdles.
Prize: INR 30,000
BridgeIT
Launching the most awaited competition of Aakaar, IIT Bombay, Bridge it. This year's bridge features designing and constructing the most efficient truss popsicle bridge with certain specifications.
Prize: INR 50,000
ConquerIT
This year AAKAAR presents you to investigate pervious concrete with high flexural strength and highly light weight beam structure. As a budding civil engineer... get introduced to pervious concrete.
Prize: INR 25,000
Crackathon
Leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize road maintenance. This challenge invites you to develop a state-of-the-art computer vision model capable of automatically detecting and classifying road defects like cracks, paving the way for smarter infrastructure.
Prize: INR 20,000
Contact Us
Anulaya Khare
Competitions Manager
Khushahal Varhat
Competitions Manager