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The winning teams were well rewarded;
but moreover, the conjuncture proved
to be a platform for many tech enthusiasts and volunteers to learn equally and
to be inspired to innovate and develop
their own endeavors. Additionally, the
event encouraged the volunteers to
make successive events even more
inventive and pragmatic. Similar to
Robothon 1.0, the feedback and participant turn-out for Robothon 2.0 was huge
and positively overwhelming.
Upon inspecting the participants'
views, we were able to see the level of
motivation resulting from the hackathon, with participants citing the
inspiration brought out by the initiative. The volunteers showcased a tremendous organization of events that
garnered many positive remarks from
both participants and faculty equally.
Thus, the experience of the event as
reflected by the perspectives of the

participants as well as the organizers
was positive overall. The robotics
hackathon succeeded in meeting
both its vision and mission for another year, which boosted the morale of
everyone who worked onstage and
offstage to make Robothon 2.0 a reality and inspired its volunteers to
make the next year's event even better. The robotics platform offered by
this event proved to be entirely useful
for tech enthusiasts across the Kerala
Section.
Region 10
St. Joseph's Institute of
Technology, Chennai
With approximately 90 student members, St. Joseph's Institute of Technology initiated the RAS Technical Society
on its campus under its Student
Branch Chapter, with one affinity

group being Women in Engineering.
This ceremony was organized by
the Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering and held
28 July 2016.
The inauguration began with John
Maria Vivian, chair of the RAS Student
Branch Chapter, giving a warm welcome
to special guests and others gathered for
the ceremony. The Societies were initiated as Dr. P.A. Manoharan lit a ceremonial lamp. The chief guests were then
honored with a memento (Figure 15).
The chief guests' achievements and
excellence were cited by N.S. Madhura,
vice chair of the RAS Student Branch
Chapter (Figure 16).
After ward, an inspiring and
thought-provoking speech was given
by the chief guest Dr. P.A. Manoharan. He enlightened the students
about the current trends in the robotics and automation field and touched

The Department of Computer Science
(CS) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Tufts University
invite applications for a tenure-stream
faculty appointment at any rank in the
area of robotics to begin in September
2017. We are looking for individuals
with expertise in research and teaching,
and a strong vision who can bridge the
research strands in control and navigation in ME and artificial intelligence and
human-robot interaction in CS and maintain a high-quality collaborative research
program at Tufts.

Figure 15. A memento was presented to chief guest Dr. P.A. Manoharan.

Candidates may have expertise in any
area of AI and robotics, especially but
not limited to manipulation, control, and
human-robot interaction
Please submit your application online
through Interfolio at:
https://apply.interfolio.com/38832.
For more information, please see the
complete text of the position announcement at http://www.cs.tufts.edu/Jobs/
employment-opportunities.html.
Inquiries should be emailed to jointsearch@cs.tufts.edu. Review of applications will begin January 9, 2017 and will
continue until the position is filled.

Figure 16. Dr. P.A. Manoharan being honored by N.S. Madhura.

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