About Us

IIT Bombay is one of the premier institutes of science and technology in India. It is known for the high quality of knowledge imparted to its students and its cutting edge research. Techfest was founded in the year 1998 with the dual aims of providing the budding engineers and scientists of the country a platform for sharing ideas and celebrating science and technology. The brainchild of the eminent Professors and a motivated group of students of the institute, Techfest is an organization managed by the students of IIT Bombay, working on a non-profit basis. This dictum of the founders is cherished and followed by the word even today.

Techfest envisions the technological and social development of India going hand-in-hand. With this end in mind, Techfest has been taking several initiatives for addressing social and environmental causes. Since its inception in 1998, Techfest has been organizing bigger and better events every year which leave a lasting impact on the nation. Techfest, today, reaches out to over 60,000 students from more than 2,100 colleges in India and around 4,500 Faculty Members and Corporates. Techfest has been utilizing its wide reach all over India to promote research and development in India and to impress upon the masses the benefits of a sustainable way of living.

The major part of the operations of Techfest, in its early years, was the organization of the Annual Science and Technology Festival of IIT Bombay. The primary objective of the Festival was to provide a national platform for students to showcase their talent. Techfest has successfully organized this Festival for 12 years, ensuring that the graph of its activities has always been rising.

Techfest is managed by a group of 21 Managers and an Overall Coordinator, who take the major decisions regarding the planning and the execution of events. A team of 700+ Coordinators and Organizers works to put these plans into action with the guidance of the Managers. Every year, Techfest works towards the realization of a pre-defined vision, which motivates and guides the organizers for the entire year.

Techfest had earned the tag of Asia's biggest Science and Technology Festival much before it went global in 2009. It is renowned for its unique collection of events, exhibitions, lecture series and competitions it organizes every year. The Techfest brand name carries with it the responsibility of providing the best and the latest in science and technology to the country, with its doctrine of social and environmental welfare remaining intact. Techfest has a legacy of 12 years and it promises to bring to you the best, as it has been doing since its inception in 1998.