SHAASTRA '22

Junior Make-A-Thon

Presents

INNOVISION
Science Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MADRAS
 ABOUT IITM

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a premier institute of national

importance in higher technological, basic and applied research. IIT Madras
has been ranked first by the NIRF of the HRD Ministry, Government of India
for five consecutive years, which apart from establishing it as the best
Engineering Institute of India, also states its immense contribution in
research, industrial and educational sectors of the country. Being one of the
major intellectual centres for technology in the country, IIT Madras
constantly aims at building Creative Engineers, Innovative Thinkers and
Engineer Entrepreneurs.

ABOUT SHAASTRA

Shaastra is the 4-day long annual technical festival of IIT Madras. Being one
of the largest technical fests in India, Shaastra aims to converge some of the
finest minds of the nation under one banner and to provide them rich and
fascinating experiences in the fields of science, technology and management
through the plethora of events ranging from intense workshops to lectures,
summits, conferences, exhibitions and entertaining shows. It is a platform to
learn, experience and network through interaction and co-operation.
Shaastra holds the distinction of being the first entirely student-organized
fest in the country to be ISO 9001:2015 certified for implementing a quality
management system.

ABOUT JMT
Junior Make-A-Thon (JMT) is a one-of-a-kind event organised by Shaastra
that provides a unique platform for maker culture among school students
along with the aspects of Technology, Problem Solving and Innovation. The
whole event revolves around the ideas and imagination of students to tackle
a problem and find the most feasible solution for it.
 OUR VISION

Create awareness amongst schools students about the significance

of Maker Culture and its related fields.

TIMELINE

SERIES Events to be conducted to foster

maker culture in young students and
OF
budding entrepreneurs.
EVENTS

An interactive webinar session to be

INTERACTIVE
conducted to enable the students
WEBINARS and teach them the essential skills to
start in the field.

FUTURE JMT organised by Shaastra provides

OPPORTUNITIES the school students a unique
opportunity for maker culture
wherein students get to make their
own prototypes.
 ABOUT THE EVENT

The event will assist the students in exploring the possibilities

of science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.

The series of events will be held through an interactive

presentation with the students, titled:

From Inspiration to Innovation

"An interactive guide to the origin of ideas and contemporary

maker culture"

WHY MAKER CULTURE ?

Recognize
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Work with a
Pitch their ideas
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 SUCCESS STORIES

Prithvi Vishak (Winner-JMT 2021)

“I found Junior Make-a-Thon a few hours before registrations closed. From the website, it
seemed like a fun, educational competition. Let’s just say the website was right. Junior
Make-a-Thon gave me incentive to think of new things, and the guidance I needed to
make those things a reality. Everything from the format to the problem statements was
well thought-out and executed. The workshops and student mentorship were immensely
helpful in learning how to think of, and prototype, solutions. The competition pushed me
to learn about new technology and how I could use it to better the world. Thank you so
much, Junior Make-a-Thon!”

Team Troubleshooters
(1st Runners up- JMT-2021)
"JMT is a very innovative competition. It gave us a very unique experience of learning
about real-world problem solving. We were introduced to various ideas like design
thinking, market research, prototyping, etc., which interested us a lot. The many
workshops that were conducted during the competition aided us to do our project in a
systematic method. We made a lot of mistakes and had to go back and correct them. This
taught us a lot about prototyping and designing. Junior Makeathon has taught us many
valuable things like design thinking, ideation, innovation and technology. We are very
grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in this exclusive competition which
has motivated us to make more innovations and keep learning! "

TEAM Thriving trio - On Your Own Feet Again

(Winner JMT-2020)
“Junior make-a-thon was one of a kind competition that we feel very proud to be part of.
It was an entirely new approach to competitions which motivated us to grow interest
toward product designing. The judges were highly inspiring and the coordinator were the
most supportive. Our win in JMT has made us more confident in what we can do and
achieve. We developed a prototype of a shoe to reduce the chances of elderly people
from falling down. It alerts the user of obstacles and turns on the lights in dark places.
We learned the key concepts involved in making a great product such as market survey,
key differentiation of product, usability, cost and testing . We would like to give our
heartfelt thanks to JMT for giving us this wonderful opportunity.”
 CONTACT US

In case of any queries:

Prasanth S Sauban Asharaf

Tech and Innovation Fair Tech and Innovation Fair
Shaastra 2022 Shaastra 2022

9969409517 8137025866

tif@shaastra.org