On Friday, 8th December 2023, KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR Ghaziabad, organized the tenth edition of its annual technical fest Innotech on the theme 'Sustainable Social Impact Solutions'. Nearly 1000+ teams registered for the event, which included teams from different schools and colleges nearby, viz. KIET, GL Bajaj, Galgotias, Bennett University, and Surevin International School. Students Wisdom International School were the main highlight of the event, as they came to the institute as audience.

The event began with the ribbon cutting ceremony by the Chief Guest, Mr. Narendra Bhooshan, Senior IAS officer and Head of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, in the presence of honourable members of the management, viz. Shri Atul Garg ji, Shri Sunil P Gupta ji, Shri Sarish Agarwal ji, Shri G D Jain Ji, and Shri AN Gupta ji.

Along with the chief guest and members of management, Dr Manoj Goel, Joint Director, Dr Shailesh Tiwari, Additional Director, and Dr Anil Ahlawat, Director in-charge, examined all the projects and posters displayed by the students. They interacted with the students and were highly impressed by their technical prowess and talent.

While examining the stalls, Mr. Narendra Bhooshan said, “I must say that Gen Z is very fearless. They have a lot of ideas, which can take our country forward, increase the productivity of every person, right from pharma to women working in the field. The yuva today, is creating this type of atmosphere and KIET is playing a pioneering role in it. I suggested KIET to not only do it in this campus, rather act as the leader of this area. We can think of creating some sort of hub where KIET guides the other institutes also.”

The event also involved an exhibition showcasing the institute’s 5 centers of excellence, 10 technical clubs, and 20 startups from TBI-KIET.

There were three categories on which the participants were to be judged, viz. ‘Innovative Education and Skill Development,’ ‘Social Equality and Inclusion,’ and ‘Environmental Sustainability.’ The judging panel included professors, industry experts and solution analysts so that the projects would face a critical evaluation in all prospects. Dr. Ashu Gautam-Research Professor at Ilana Rachna International Institute of Research, Mr. Priyank Ahuja-Product Leader at Accenture, Mr. Nishant Srivastava-Technical Manager at Infinite Computer Solutions, Mr. Gaurav Gupta-Senior Software Engineer at Apollo Healthcare, Mr. Pawan Singhla-Full Stack Developer at Zigram, Mr. Akesh Pandita-Executive Director at Mercedes Benz Silver Arrows, Ms. Gunjan Madaan-SDE at Microsoft, Mr. Anoop Nandi-Head CSR & Sustainability at Tata Power DDL and Mr. Harshit Thakral-Co-founder at Spanda 3D were present as judges during the event.

The winners of the event were felicitated by the Chief Guest Mr. Narendra Bhooshan and honourable dignitaries of KIET in the grand valedictory ceremony which took place after the presentations and evaluations. Team Kalakar, Elise and Tech Nerds bagged the first prize for the project presentation followed by team Teams Site Seekers, Enems and Code_413 as the first runner up and team Terrific Technology, Cartel, Agriculture teams as the second runner up. The poster presentation category had team Bearers, Initiators and Delta as winners while team Crazy Pain, Apex, Krokopipers & team Arc, Equal Essence, Grow Greenwere 1st and 2nd runner ups respectively. The participant teams from colleges and schools were provided with a prize pool of over 1 lakh. Also, there were special awards for the participating schools to encourage their enthusiasm in the technical field.

The event was graced by the presence of various sponsors, community partners and knowledge partners like The Aryan's Cafe, Trends, Wolfram, Give My Certificate, stockEdge, Interview Buddy, elearnmarkets and xyz. The sponsors were really happy to see the enthusiasm of the students and their participation in growth of innovative solutions.

Towards the end, all the dignitaries of the institute along with the Convenor of Innotech 2023, Dr Ajay Kumar Shrivastava and Co-Convenors, Dr Harsh Khattar and Prof. Aarti Sharma congratulated the winners and wished them all the best for their future endeavours.