Dear Friends, Kshitij is the annual techno-management symposium of IIT Kharagpur. We at Kshitij conduct a number of events, guest lectures, workshops and megashows that encompass spheres of technical and managerial expertise. These are aimed, along with producing valuable useful outputs and contributions to mankind, at ensuring the educational and personal development of every participant that chooses to associate with the fest. As a prelude to the fest, we, the organisers of Kshitij, conduct a number of external workshops at strategically located cities across the country. These workshops will give you, our esteemed participants, a glimpse into Kshitij 2009, at the same time teaching you the basics of some technical field. This year, the hands-on external workshops will be conducted on "*Remote Controlled Glider Dynamics & Introduction to Robotics*". We will initially have an informative session aimed at teaching you the basics so that you, our esteemed participants, are well equipped to make and fly your own gliders! This will be followed by a small written Q&A session. The numerous teams that clear this level will get the chance to actually *work on kits provided free of cost *by us at IIT Kharagpur. If your glider is among the best ones to fly at the workshop, you never know, you may get the golden opportunity to be a *Wild Card Entry *to the *AIAA *certified event *"Laws of Motion"* to be held in Kharagpur during Kshitij 2009. *DELHI WORKSHOP DETAILS*: *PLACE: JSS Academy Of Technical Education, Sector 62, Noida* *DATE: 11 oct.* *TIME: 2pm-5pm* * * *Bring your I-cards for the workshop.* *The workshop is completely free of cost, no need to pay for any registration fee or anything.* Here are the details of this year's workshops: 1. COEP(Pune) :11th of October, 2008:10 a.m. 2. JSS Noida :11th of October, 2008:2:00 p.m. 3. SGSITS, Indore :12th of October, 2008:10:00 a.m. 4.Osmania University, Hyderabad:10th of October, 2008: 2:00 p.m. 5. MNIT Jaipur :12th of October, 2008: 10:00 a.m. 6. GD Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata:19th of October, 2008:10:00 a.m. We would like to invite all of you, our esteemed participants, over to any of these venues to be a part of one of the most integral components of Kshitij 2009. We hope to see you flock the venues in large numbers, and learn something that you can put to use in Kshitij, and later in life. It is our endeavor at Kshitij to make knowledge available in the best possible form to you. This is an attempt in that very direction. However, for any queries, difficulties, or doubts you may have regarding the workshops, feel free to contact: Prabhat Kumar Dhawal Nanda Head, Core Team (Publicity) * * Head, Core Team (Publicity) Kshitij 2009 Kshitij 2009 prabhat.kumar@xxxxxx dhawal.nanda@xxxxxx 09800043277 09800043268 Please mail us any suggestions you may have as to how we may improve upon our workshop quality at contact@xxxxxxx We hope to see you all at the workshops! Wishing you all the very best! * * Regards, Team Kshitij 2009.