Maker Fest is an initiative by the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation (MJFF) to promote the maker spirit in India. Makerfest 2015 is hosted by CEPT University and the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation. It takes place at CEPT University on January, 10-11, 2015.
Maker Fest 2015 features cutting-edge technologies such as Google Glass, Oculus Rift, Project Ara and astounding pieces of innovation such as the Indian version of the Batpod from the Dark Knight fame, a super-human exo-skeleton suit, 3DSelfie, 3D Printers and Chocolate printers with over 100 other projects from across the country and beyond.
The event is high octane Maker action with several workshops on various open hardware technologies like Arduino and Raspberry Pi, Squishy Circuits, Kitchen Waste Management, Toy Boat Making and Demos on Conductive Ink, Organic Dyeing, Robots and Drones, running parallel with panel discussions on a wide range of intriguing topics.
Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation (MJFF) is a charitable organization which aims to support entrepreneurs in the under-served parts of the world and promotes the development of world-class education, education and empowerment of people, particularly in India, Africa and the United States.
Maker Fest is the Indian continuation of Maker Faire hosted across America, Europe, Africa and Japan, among others. Maker Faire, which launched in California, USA in 2006, now hosts hundreds of thousands attendees twice a year across California and New York. It is the amalgamation of festivals celebrating the innovators and an art show with all the booths for inventors and demonstrations and workshops for attendees. Creators, artists and hobbyist across the country are invited to present their contemporary applications of ideas using the vast ocean of art, science and technology. Also, it is non-commercial and free for the public to attend.
Venue: GIDC Bhavan, CEPT University
Time: 10 am – 8 pm
Dates January 10 – 11, 2015
For more details visit: http://www.makerfest.com/
