Techfest, an independent body run by students of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, is the pioneer of science and technology festivals in India. It is Asia's largest annual science and technology festival. Apart from this, it has been involved in taking many path breaking initiatives to promote eco-friendly technology and revolutionise the present day Indian society. Techfest started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for students to showcase their talents in the field of science and technology and in the short period of 15 years has grown to become Asia's largest festival of its kind. The last few editions of Techfest have seen more than 85,000 participants from more than 2100 colleges across India along with teams from countries like the USA, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Iran, Bangladesh, SriLanka, UAE, Denmark ,Venezuela and Canada. Apart from student involvement, Techfest 2011 also saw more than 6,000 faculty members and corporate executives.

Organisation

Techfest is an entirely student organised body. The Techfest Team is three tiered in nature. Heading the team is the Overall Coordinator along with a team of Managers. Techfest is a true believer in the concept of a team of equals. Every brickbat is shared equally by the team as is every bouquet. Although every aspect of Techfest is no closer to one manager than the other but, for smooth functioning, certain portfolios are allotted to every manager. The portfolios can be broadly categorised into two sections - administration and events. The administrative portfolios primarily include tasks like accounts, infrastructure, marketing, hospitality, publicity and media along with helping with the events. The events portfolios include responsibility for each of the numerous happenings and initiatives taken by Techfest each year. Each manager then has his own team of coordinators and organisers. The coordinators and organisers help the manager in looking into the finer details of the department and ensuring that ideas of the team are executed smoothly.