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(1) IEEE- Yesist12

Yesist12 is a project competition, whose target audience is the

international student population. The contest is conducted by the IEEE
education society in order to encourage and inspire young engineers
globally. The preliminary focus of the workshop was to bring out the

unique and innovative ideas and product prototypes that would be
appealing and viable when realised into the markets.

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The first round of the contest took place in VIT Chennai, on the 13 of
July 2019 and emphasized on various subjects including, uplifting

societal standards, disaster prediction and risk management, special
needs and health care, women and children safety, geographical and

space, science, and natural resources management and protection. The
participants hailed from 5 different renowned universities and were
segregated into a total of 7 teams.

The project that were presented had great scopes of implementation.

Each team was give an time span of 15 minutes to present their ideas, at
the end of which there was a question and answer round. Our guest and
evaluator Dr. Satheesh Kumar Perepu offered great insight on the various

aspects and modifications required for each project. The winner of the
event was team WeStitch form SRM Institute of Technology who will

have the great opportunity.