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KRIYA is the international level annual techno management fest of PSG College of Technology. KRIYA - the brainchild of the Students Union of PSG College of Technology is the conglomeration of the elite brains across the Indian heartland. It is the biggest conflux of students, industry and academia for a thoroughly enriching experience. Be it the video conference from the professors of MIT, NASA, Nobel laureates or guest lectures from industry stalwarts, Kriya has it. Since its incipience the fest has been enjoying its pinnacle of popularity among the cognitive brainiacs. KRIYA provides golden platform for adroit engineers to hunt through the cluster of events. During the month of February PSG serves as a host for this two – three day intercollegiate technical talent meet. Every year KRIYA sees participants from over 100 + colleges. Last year KRIYA witnessed nearly 4000 partakers (contestants).

LIST OF KRIYA VERSIONS:

KRIYA 2008:

This year KRIYA experienced increased multitude of participants and was recognized by students from all institutions. Some of the highlights of this major fest were the guest lecturers Mr. Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, Mr. Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director, Chandrayaan -I  and video Conference by Dr. John C. Mather, Nobel Laureate, Physics – 2006.

KRIYA 2009:

In keeping with current trends and needs KRIYA'09 progressed from being a techno management fest to a fest that creates awareness and educates people around about environmental friendliness and green living. In conjunction with KRIYA '09 cleanliness campaigns, a green marathon, tree plantation initiatives etc. were organized to spread the message and set an example. Notable part of this version included video conferences by Dr. Alan A Watson, Pro Vice Chancellor, Leeds University and Ms. Sabrina Singh, Bio-Mechanist, NASA.

KRIYA 2010:

In 2010, the event got bigger and better. Solar Humanoid robot making workshop, aeromodelling workshop, grid computing and mobile security workshops were conducted to enrich the knowledge of students. This year also had video Conference by Mr.Nat.Gopalswamy, NASA. These workshops and pervaded the campus with knowledge, innovation and creativity.

KRIYA 2011:

i-KRIYA technical contest which brings out the most innovative of solutions for the most pressing issues of current times. Workshops in fields as diverse as robotics and ethical hacking. Guest lectures and Videoconferences with popular technocrats.

KRIYA 2016:

With a spectrum of various events and workshops its twelfth version KRIYA 2016 is back this February to kindle the thirsty mind all over India. Without any ray of doubt this edition is expected to set the clash among all the techies. So get set to fight with the techno innovators around the corner.