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Last weekend was perhaps the busiest ever in the history of IRC League. The National Finale of IRC League – Season 8 was held on 16th December 2017 at The Thyagaraj Stadium, Delhi. International Robotronics Competition (IRC League) is the flagship competition of Avishkaar Box. Considered as South Asia’s biggest Robotics Competition, it brings together students and mentors to design robots that perform in a competitive but gracious environment to solve assigned tasks against teams from all over.
Attendees of the IRC League Nationals at Thyagaraj Stadium
IRC League Nationals brought more than 5000+ students in 130+ teams and 250+ volunteers together to celebrate the passion and achievements of young makers from our Avishkaar Makers Community. The competition is designed in such a way where people watch feats of engineering with the same gusto and excitement as they would sports matches. It was an intense, action-packed and amazing event as shared by all who attended it. At the outset, we thank everyone for their help and support in making this gala event a success.
The opening ceremony was inaugurated by the Chief Guest of the day – Dr. Surender Kr. Bhandoria, Deputy Director of Education, South Delhi Municipal Corporation. The panel of Judges for the competition were eminent personalities from the Education and Technology sectors. A special thank you to the dynamic students of Shreejee International School who came all the way from Sonepat to Delhi for a spectacular dance performance.
IRC League Nationals – Competition and the Judgement
130+ top selected teams, distributed across the 3 categories – Junior, Middle, and Senior Levels competed on the theme “TOMORROWLAND” to win the coveted champions’ title with a sponsored trip to Dubai for IRC league Internationals. These teams had won at the qualifier rounds held all over India. We had mentioned it in our last post over here. The participating teams at the IRC League Nationals were scored on the capabilities that their Robots (Made from Avishkaar Box) displayed in solving the given missions.
They were also grilled and assessed by our eminent panel of Judges on their teamwork, design thinking and cohesiveness. Overall, all teams performed very well and were strong competitors.
Avishkaar Innovation Track at IRC League Nationals
This year, another competition was run in parallel, especially for Atal Tinkering Lab Schools. (To know more about Atal Tinkering labs, read our previous post here). Under the Avishkaar Innovation Track, all ATL Schools were invited to submit their innovation prototypes through our online platform. The best and top 9 teams were given the privilege to showcase their Inventions at the IRC league Nationals. The winner also got a sponsored Trip to Dubai. For more details, read the complete post here
Winners at the IRC League Nationals
Congratulations to the Team Tech Panthers from The Shriram School Aravali campus for earning the highest recognition: the Champions Award! This award recognizes a team that embodies the mission of IRC League while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Arena Run and Presentation to the Judges. This also earns the team the right to represent India at the IRC League Internationals to be held in Dubai in 2018 with a sponsored trip! Congratulations on a job well done! Way to go Tech Panthers!
Besides the top winners, we have also winners in the Special Categories. These special awards recognized a team for their Robot design and performance, Creativity, Presentation and well-developed strategy. Awesome job everyone!
Media Coverage of IRC League Nationals
IRC League Nationals has grabbed the attention of leading media houses and garnered good press coverage. The event got featured in eminent newspapers such as The Hindu and Business Standard and plethora of other media firms.
Here are some of the online coverage
- https://dailyworld.in/tech-panthers-wins-science-tech-competition-irc/
- https://in.news.yahoo.com/tech-panthers-wins-science-tech-competition-irc-141010815.html
- https://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-301986.html
- http://vijayabheri.com/tech-panthers-wins-science-tech-competition-irc/
- https://news.webindia123.com/news/
- http://www.andhravilas.net/en/Tech-Panthers-wins-Science-tech-competition-IRC
Thank You to all our supporters and well-wishers!
Huge THANKS to the entire team, volunteers and our supporters for enabling the competition to happen and pass so successfully and smoothly. Since the past few months, the organizing team had been working tirelessly to make it happen. Thank you to all the participating teams and Schools, especially their mentors who put countless hours into preparing the teams and taking complete responsibility.
Gearing up for next season of IRC League
IRC league – season 8 saw a fierce battle between talented teams from all over India. The 15 Qualifiers and National Finale gave insights on the necessary improvements and adjustments that teams will need to make on their robots and strategy for the next League. The organizing team has started scratching their heads for the theme for next year. Good Luck to all teams for next seasons. Let’s make IRC League – Season 9 bigger and better!
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Team Avishkaar Box and IRC League
