4.1 General Rules

1. The teams must adhere to the spirit of healthy competition. The teams must not damage the opponent's machine in any way. Judges reserve the right to disqualify any team indulging in misbehavior.

2. Any team that is not ready at the time specified will be scratched from the competition automatically.

3. The machine would be checked for its safety before the event and would be discarded if found unsafe for other participants and spectators.

4. The organizers reserve all rights to change any or all of the above rules as they deem fit. Change in any rule will be highlighted on the website and notified to the registered participants.

4.2 Team Specifications

A team can consist of maximum 3 members. Students from different educational institutes can form a team.

4.3 Eligibility

All students with a valid ID card of their respective educational institutes are eligible to participate in SolEx at Techfest 2008.

4.4 Certificate Policy

1. Certificates of Excellence will be given to all the winners.

2. Certificates of Participation will be given to all the teams that are able to qualify for the final round.

4.5 Registration

Registrations are closed.

4.6 Accommodation

Accommodation registrations for SolEx have ended.

4.7 Accommodation Criterion

• Participants are required to submit an abstract containing a brief idea of:

1. The design of reflector incorporated and the reason behind it.

2. The various parts of the apparatus together with the material used.

Only a brief idea of the above is required, not the details. The abstract should be concise and to the point and should not exceed one A4 sheet of text typed with Times New Roman font of size 12 in 'doc' or 'pdf' format.

• Note that abstract submission is only for teams who wish accommodation during Techfest2008 at IIT Bombay. Abstracts are not required for participants who can arrange accommodation themselves.

• The abstracts are to be sent to the address solex@techfest.org.
  

4.8 Important Dates

25th December 2007: Last date to submit abstract to get accommodation at IIT Bombay during Techfest 2008.

25th December 2007: Last date for submission of online accommodation form for participants who require accommodation at IIT Bombay during Techfest2008.                                       

10th January 2008: Last date of registration for participants who do not require accommodation during Techfest2008.

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