"NEXT" NCIT Expo On Technology 2019

NEXT is a 3-day event organized by Nepal College of Information Technology - NCIT, which is going to be held on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 2019 (Shrawan 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2076). Some salient feature of NEXT event is Project Exhibition, Logic Battle, Rapid Coding Tournament, Seminars on hot topics and much more. The prize for competitions rang from 3,000 NPR to 20,000 NPR. NEXT is going to be the first and the biggest ever technological fest in the history of NCIT. Third-year students of this college are actively involved in succeeding this event.

Nepal College of Information Technology

Nepal College of Information Technology (NCIT) was established in 2001 AD and is located at Balkumari, Lalitpur. NCIT runs Pokhara University-affiliated Bachelor's and Master's programs - BE, BCA, ME, MSC and MCIS. The Engineering degree from NCIT is approved by Nepal Engineering Council. NCIT is one of the top colleges in Technology in Nepal. The College is also an authorized training partner of CISCO, Red Hat, and Microsoft.

Need for NEXT

NCIT being one of the top technical colleges in Nepal has not organized any remarkable events. Also Every year the third Saturday of September, (Nepal Open Source Klub) NOSK used to organize a day event called Software Freedom Day (SFD). NOSK is a group of students who believe in open source. This event was first organized in 2004, 28th August. Since 2006 Software Freedom Day has been held on the third Saturday of September. But this event was not organized in 2018. Check Software Freedom Day 2017, NOSK NCIT. SFD is an international event organized worldwide, ie. not the event of college itself. Which leads to organize an event within the college and here is NEXT.

NCIT Expo On Technology 2019

The technical events included in this 3-day event are :

• Hackathon
• Workcamp
• Tech talks
• Seminar
• Programming Competition
• Rapid code tournament
• Robo Racing
• Robo Soccer
• Project Exhibition
• Walk-In Interview
• Open Source Promotion

Participants who can get benefited from this event include:

• Graduate and Undergraduate students from various universities
• Engineers and engineering students
• IT students
• Consultants
• General Public
• Technical Professionals
• Technical Organizations
• Industries

Objectives and Goals of this Event

The organizing committee concludes that

Students become active participants in the learning process not only through the consumption of content but through critical thinking and problem solving by creating own content.

Thus this event aims to provide students a platform to demonstrate their talent, connect with other similar developers and students, provide new learning environment via challenging themselves, meet new people and learn more about the diverse fields.

Seminars

Seminars on different hot topics affecting engineers and technicians across the globe are through the day in all 3 days. The seminars are from Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking to Entrepreneurship and start-up, from AI and Big Data to Blockchain technology and Cloud and fog computing to 5G Technology. Time Schedule of the seminar:

Topic	Date	Time
Cybersecurity & Ethical hacking. (Pros and Cons)	2076/04/02	11:00 to 11:45
TBM tunneling First practice in case of Bheri-Babai Nepal.	2076/04/02	11:00 to 11:45
Entrepreneurship, Start-up Ideas, and Leadership Development.	2076/04/02	12:30 to 1: 15
5G Technology.	2076/04/03	11:00 to 11:45
WISTEM.	2076/04/03	12:30 to 1: 15
Digital Marketing.	2076/04/04	11:00 to 11:45
AI and Big Data.	2076/04/02	12:30 to 1: 15
Share market and analysis.	2076/04/02	2:00 to 2:45
Metro-rail and Mono-rail in Kathmandu city.	2076/04/03	11:00 to 11:45
Cloud and fog computing.	2076/04/03	12:30 to 1: 15
Concept and challenges in Nijgadh airport/ HSETG engineering	2076/04/04	11:00 to 11:45
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology	2076/04/03	2:00 to 2:45

TechTalks

Tech talks are another important part of the event that hosts a platform for technology-based topics. Tech talk welcomes all distinguished academics to share their creative and innovative technologies. Schedule for TechTalks:

Topic	Date	Time
Latex	2076/04/02	10:45 to 11:45
Physical Pentest	2076/04/03	10:45 to 11:45
Sensors Interfacing	2076/04/02	12:15 to 1:15
Talk Program in Quality control at construction.	2076/04/03	12:15 to 1:15
React and Node JS.	2076/04/03	2:00 to 3:00
Talk program on Bio-Engineering	2076/04/04	2:00 to 3:00
Full Stack Development.	2076/04/02	10:45 to 11:45

Games

Game competition is also another interesting part of this event included games are:

• PUBG: MOBILE
• PUBG
• DOTA 2
• FIFA 19
• CS: GO

Competition and Pricing

There are different competitions and pricing schema.

Competition	Prize	Registration
Project Exhibition	The winning team of any category will be awarded cash prize Rs.10,000 Best Presentation : Rs.5000 Best Idea: Rs.5000 Young innovative idea for intermediate(+2) students : Rs.5000 People Choice Award: Rs.5000	Registration fee: Rs.2000 Deadline: 30th Asadh, 2076
Logic Battle	1st prize: Rs.9000 2nd prize: Rs.4500 [Certificates will be given to 4 groups]	Date: 3rd of Shrawn Time 10:00 am No. of members: 1 to 3 per group Duration: 3-4 hrs Registration Deadline: 25th of Ashad Form charge: Rs. 300 per group
Rapid Coding Tournament	1st prize: Rs.6000 2nd prize: Rs.3000 [Certificates will be given to 4 groups]	Date: 2nd of Shrawn Time 10:00 am No. of members: 2 Duration: 5-6 hrs Registration Deadline: 25th of Ashad Form charge: Rs. 200 per group
Hackathon	Winner 20,000 First runner up 10,000 Best idea 3,000 Best Presentation 3,000	Start time:8:00 am (2nd of Shrawan) End time : 12:30 pm (4th of Shrawan) No. of members:2 to  4 Event Duration: 23 hrs. Registration charge: Rs. 2000 per team
Hardware Project Demonstration	Winner: Rs.10,000 First runner up Rs.5000	Registration: Rs. 2000 Deadline: Ashad 28, 2076
Games	PUBG: MOBILE 1ST PRIZE: 10,000 + CHICKEN DINNER/KFC BUCKET MOST KILLS: 2500	Entry Fee: Rs.250 per person.
	FIFA 19: 1ST PRIZE: 6,000 + JERSEY (CHOICE) 2ND PRIZE: 4000+ JERSEY (CHOICE) 3RD PRIZE: 2000+ JERSEY (CHOICE)	Entry Fee: Rs. 500 per person.
	DOTA 2 1ST PRIZE: 15000+TSHIRT+TROPHY 2ND PRIZE: 7000+TSHIRT 3RD PRIZE: 5000	Entry Fee:500 per person/ 2500 pre Team
	CS: GO 1ST PRIZE: 15000+TSHIRT+TROPHY 2ND PRIZE: 7000+TSHIRT 3RD PRIZE: 5000	Entry Fee:500 per person/ 2500 pre Team

Conclusion

NEXT is a 3-day event organized by Nepal College of Information Technology - NCIT. This event is the first and the biggest ever technological fest in the history of NCIT. The event includes Tech talks and Seminar on hot topics including AI, blockchain, cloud computing and more. This event involves the active participation of students from more than 37 affiliated colleges of Pokhara University, +2 colleges within the valley and other engineering colleges.

Note: Some Statistics included here may be changed in the future, we try to keep the information up to date.

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