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EXCEL X
The prestigious Model Engineering College at Thrikkakara is inviting budding engineers to test their skills at ‘Excel X’, its annual technical festival to be held on the campus from December 11 to 13.

Organised by the IEEE student branch of the college, the event is rated high among colleges thanks to the quality of the technical competitions that serve as a testing ground for youngsters.

From the exciting areas of air show and robotics to social themes like the Right to Information Act, the 10th edition of Excel is set to capture the imagination of not just the engineering fraternity, but the entire student community. The list of events, exhibitions, talks and the seminars of Excel X are worth taking a look at, says Amal Thomas Roy, coordinator of the event.

The highlight of this year’s Excel is the TED event. As part of the programme, Model Engineering College will host ‘TEDx’ on December 13. The theme of ‘TEDxMEC’ is ‘ideas to inspire’.

Mr. Roy said ‘TEDxMEC’ offers a great opportunity for the students in South India to be part of an international conference (register for TEDxMEC at http://tedx.mec.ac.in). He said that the events section will feature technical programmes, both computer science and electronics, organised by the best in the industry as well as the students of the college who have topped the charts at several technical festivals across the country. The robotics event, innovative tele-coder that will be a unique Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) coding competition, ‘De-Fuse’ and ‘Signal Maestro’ are some of the other highlights. Excel computer science events will feature online competitions including ‘Hackmaster’ and ‘Slash Bin Slash Bash’.