Competitions

Aakaar in its 18th edition is all set to scale new prominences with many competitions. It instigates students to innovate, create, and learn better.

About Our Competitions

Aakaar IIT Bombay is the annual technical festival of the Department of Civil Engineering IIT Bombay. Aakaar is acting as an excellent platform for students across the country, giving them opportunities to showcase and enhance their skills at the highest level since its inception in 2009.

Aakaar is Asia's largest Civil Engineering festival. Many exciting competitions are held in Aakaar, such as the International Civil Engineering Symposium, Bridge-It, ConquerIt, Civil Engineering National Exhibition, ENVIZN, and Smart Pitch, letting students compete and enhance their practical skills and knowledge. As a part of a knowledgesharing endeavor, many software workshops are conducted, viz, E-Tabs, Autodesk Civil 3D, Staad-Pro, BIM, Revit, etc. A national-level Civil Engineering Quiz Competition is conducted every year named LogiQ. And many more fun events are a part of Aakaar, making learning fun. In its 16th edition, it is all set to scale new heights, with many recent events and competitions providing an excellent platform for aspiring civil engineers to explore and learn about the stream's vastness. It instigates students to innovate, create, and learn through exciting events and competitions.

Our Competitions

IDP

Industrial Design Project (IDP) provides an opportunity to tackle real-world engineering challenges faced by the industry. Participants are expected to provide innovative, sustainable, and practical solutions to complex structural or design hurdles.

Prize: INR 30,000

BridgeIT

Launching the most awaited competition of Aakaar, IIT Bombay, Bridge it. This year's bridge features designing and constructing the most efficient truss popsicle bridge with certain specifications.

Prize: INR 50,000

ConquerIT

This year AAKAAR presents you to investigate pervious concrete with high flexural strength and highly light weight beam structure. As a budding civil engineer... get introduced to pervious concrete.

Prize: INR 25,000

Crackathon

Leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize road maintenance. This challenge invites you to develop a state-of-the-art computer vision model capable of automatically detecting and classifying road defects like cracks, paving the way for smarter infrastructure.

Prize: INR 20,000

Contact Us

Anulaya Khare
Anulaya Khare

Competitions Manager

Khushal Varhat
Khushahal Varhat

Competitions Manager