Ignis is an annual tech-fest organized every year by IEEE MBICT Student Branch. This tech fest comprised of four technical events, two non-technical events, a seminar, a workshop and 3 off-campus events. Participants from 9 colleges participated in Ignis.

The inauguration ceremony was on 8^th February followed by 6 events, a seminar and a workshop, which all ended on 10^th February. Registration kit, participation certificate and refreshments were provided to participants. Winners of the events were rewarded with excellence certificate as well as a winning gift.

Total participation: 530

Level: Gujarat Section level

Venue: MBICT, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat.

Date: 8^th-10^th February 2018

Blackout: It was a technical event of 3 rounds. 1^st round was MCQ based on C language. 2^nd was solving error and 3^rd round was blind coding. Coordinated by Vrusha Naik and Nirmita Gandhi. Volunteered by Hena Chauhan.

Technohunt: A technical event consisting of 3 rounds and participation was in pairs. 1^st round was team coding.2^nd was on-paper debugging. 3^rd round was coded treasure hunt. Coordinated by Tanaya Akalwadi and Mansi Patel. Volunteered by Riddhi.

Cordflare: A technical event based on C/C++/Java language consisting of two rounds. 1^st round was MCQ solving. 2^nd round Java based coding. Coordinated by Vatsala Yadav and Khushboo Soni and volunteered by Viraj Kabrawala.

DBMS: Another technical event based on query language MySQL. Round 1 was Q-A. Round 2 was puzzle solving. Coordinated by Vatsala Yadav and Jahanvi Dudhat and volunteered by Vinita Chhatlani.

Krytex: It’s a non-technical event. Consist of 3 rounds. 1^st round on-paper MCQ. 2^nd round was rapid fire where participants were to answer the questions spontaneously. 3^rd round was Treasure hunt round. Coordinated by Pruthvi Kalariya and Priyal Desai. Volunteered by Niti Goel.

Mind hunt: Non-technical event consisting of 4 rounds. 1^st round was based on general Aptitude. 2^nd round was group discussion. 3^rd round was audio visual round where participants had to recognize visuals and audios of assigned categories. 4^th round was block and tackle. This event was coordinated by Hemangi Sharma and Shefali Jha. Volunteered by Sonal Agrawal.

Seminar: Seminar on entrepreneurship by Mr. Harshdeep Champaneri. Coordinated by Ria Chawda and Dhara Tailor. Volunteered by Riddham Vyas and Meha Patel.

Workshop: A workshop on Android by Viren Parmar. Coordinated by Udita Gupta, Hitaxi Pateland Priyancy Patel. Volunteered by Mansi Bhagat and Hetvi Patel.

Off Campus Events:

• Technical Write-Up: Write up on the topic “Are blogs better than books?”
• Photo Contest: Photography skills
• Designing: Designing Ignis logo