Kakinada: As many as eight top scientists from different fields will be participating in the four-day National Technical Fiesta `Concours-2006' to be held here from January 27 to 30. It is being organised under the joint auspices of Computer Society of India (CSI), Kakinada Institute of Engineering and Technology (KIET) and CSI Visakhapatnam Chapters.

The police are also making adequate security arrangements to ensure safety of the scientists in the wake of the recent Bangalore incident.

Prominent among those top scientists include Dr M N Vahia, Department of Astronomy, TIFR, Mumbai, Dr B L Deekshitulu, Digital Image Professor of University of Hyderabad, Dr M B Srinivas, IIT Hyderabad, Dr CR Chakravarty former Director DRDO, New Delhi and Dr CR Muthu Krishna, Deputy Director, IIT Chennai. Dr K Raja Gopal Vice-Chancellor JNTU Hyderabad and Dr Swarnalatharao Regional Vice-President of the CSI-India will also participate.

Salient features

Explaining the salient features of the four-day event at a press conference here on Sunday, the students' representatives A Radhakrishna, faculty members Addala Radhakrishna, N. Venkanna and Ramakrishna, project and placement coordinators respectively said that the event would be the podium for the students to display their technical know-how on certain specialised issues.

The events include presentation of technical papers, design events, robotics, rocketry and technical quiz. There are workshops on astronomy, Ham radio and HR workshop.

They said that over one thousand students from 94 different colleges all over the country were expected to participate in the Concours-2006, which has its unique theme `Engineering and IT for Rural Development'.

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