Nebula'10
Nebula'10, the 2010 edition of Nebula was a great success with over 900 registrations from 81 colleges across the country. The contest was held in three rounds, the first round being an on-line quiz to test the contestants' hold of fundamentals in electrical. 80 participants successfully cleared the quiz, qualifying for the second round.
In the second round, the contestants were given a problem statement. The focus of this round was to test the analytical skills of participants. They were given 3 weeks to understand the problem and to work on it. Answering the questions, the contestants would gather a feel of how the performance metrics for the system are tied to the components used and their mutual trade-offs. The second round would also be their first taste of non-idealities in the real world and how they can affect performance. 20 participants qualified with successful entries, making it to our design centre in Bangalore for the final round.
In the final round, the contestants were introduced to specific problems related to what they had already analyzed in the second round. With engineers from Cosmic Circuits available for discussion, the finalists were to try out their ideas and put together solutions to address the challenges. Following the contest, the quest for the finalists was drawn to a conclusion with a lab demonstration of Cosmic's own solution of that problem in action. Prize distribution was held in the evening, the finalists getting an opportunity to interact with the founders and senior management of Cosmic over dinner.
Prasanna R from IISc, Bangalore won the first prize. Sandeep S K from IIT, Madras won the second prize and Abhishek Kumar from IISc,Bangalore won the third prize.
