Events

The IRC is a one-of-a-kind space engineering and project management competition for university students. Presidency University hosted the finals of IRC 2023 between January 27-31, 2023. This required extensive preparation, which began two months ago. A generous grant of five lakhs from PU set the ball rolling, with the student team Vikasana overseeing all the preparations along with four faculty advisors. Preparations include arranging the field to simulate Mars with all its mountainous elevations, craters, and dry soil. The entire event was mentored and overseen by space entrepreneur Sagar Dhaka, whose venture, the Space Robotics Society, is instrumental in bringing the Rover Challenge closer to home year after year. The event was held over a period of five days, from 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and students were asked to perform four tasks in all. As the competition is also aimed at enhancing the learning experience of the students, the task included carrying out a set of experiments with its own set guidelines and rules. There were teams from all over the world, including two teams from Bangladesh and one from Poland. The event was widely covered by the press both national and international with the local media televising a snippet on the event