Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge
It is organized by Texas Instruments India every year for engineering students. This is a very good competition for DIY enthusiast and a very good opportunity to learn electronics hands-on. You have to work in teams (2-5 members). If your proposal is accepted you can order ICs /EVMs upto $200 from Texas Instruments besides the free samples that get from (http://www.ti.com) . For more details check out the website (Innovation Challenge: India).
The Freescale Cup
The Freescale Cup is a global competition where student teams build, program, and race a model car around a track for speed. The fastest car to complete the track without derailing, wins. So, it requires participants to have good electronics and mechanical engineering skills. For more details check out the website (India | Freescale Community).
Cadence design Contest
Cadence Design Contest is a flagship initiative of Cadence University Program. This program is open to undergraduate and graduate students. For more details check out the website. (Cadence Design Contest 2015).
Hardware Hackathon
Recently, India’s first open hardware hackathon was organised in Delhi by Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, NSIT. For more details visit the following links: Hack4India and Build and Disrupt.
Intel IoT Roadshow
It is a Two day hardware hackathon organized by Intel in various cities across the world. In India, It is organised in Bangalore and Pune. The Bangalore Roadshow for 2015 is over, while for Pune, it will be held on 1-2 August. For more information, check the official website: IoT.
National Instruments NIYANTRA
NIYANTRA is an annual Graphical System Design contest organized by National Instruments. This is an opportunity for engineering students to solve challenging real world problems. NIYANTRA 2019 – The annual Graphical System Design contest.
