AEON II: Inter-School Computer Symposium at Our School.

On 31st July 2015, the second AEON Inter-School Computer Symposium was proudly hosted by The Indian School to motivate our young technocrats to invent, innovate and create new technologies that not only make our lives easier but also make this world a better place to live in. AEON was initiated and brought together by T.I.M.E The Indianites Media Experts, the computer club of our School. It is the brainchild of Ansh Kumar, Sahil Sarna and Manik Narula of the 2013 batch. This year, these alumni along with the active participation of classes 11 and 12 students, carried AEON to its next level. The guest for the event, Dr. Gautam Shroff, Chief Scientist and Vice President at Tata Consultancy Services, along with our judge, Ms. Nikita Jain, teaching fellow at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, and our alumni inaugurated the event with a lamp-lighting ceremony, as the School choir presented a soulful rendition of a sufi song followed by an instrumental medley of patriotic songs in a heartwarming performance by the School orchestra. Dr. Shroff lauded the effort to provide a diverse opportunity through AEON, to young future technocrats. He touched upon the evolution of IT, with examples from his own experiences. He reminisced about his meeting with Late Dr. APJ Kalam in honour of whom, a minutes silence was also observed.

The event saw an overwhelming participation from over 15 prominent schools of Delhi/NCR DPS R.K. Puram, Sanskriti School, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Modern school, Barakhamba Road, Birla Vidya Niketan, G.D. Goenka, Tagore International etc. The students participated in various categories - AEON Arcade : a gaming event. There were four rounds - PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Virtual Reality and the Schools surprise PaintBall! Paintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water-soluble dye and a gelatin outer shell (referred to as paintballs) propelled from a device called a paintball marker (commonly referred to as a paintball gun). It was the first time that any School hosted this kind of event. Students flocked to see their team members trying to eliminate their opponents by marking them with paintballs!

AEON Theatre : Participants were to make a 6 minute GAME SPOOF in which they used motion graphics.

AEON DJ : Participants were required to create a mixed track from the songs provided. The genres of songs given were Electronic Dance Music, Hip-Hop, Funk etc.

AEON Design : Participants had to design an advertisement for a mobile phone, exhibiting its features and usage. Students had a great time fantasising about models of their phones!

AEON Tech Teams had to go through an elimination round and then 5 teams were selected for the final round. Participants had to wrack their brains on questions like What was the name of the first android version, that was not named around deserts?

AEON Surprise Participants had to design a gaming console with minimum expenditure. They had a hard time trying to arrive at a combination of the latest yet most economical technology.

The event witnessed an outstanding exposition of talent and creativity as young aspiring IT professionals displayed their Tech-knowledgy in the various categories. The Indian School being the host, did not vie for the Rolling Trophy which was lifted by Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, which secured the first and the second positions in AEON Theatre and Tech respectively. Sanskriti School took the first prize in both AEON Design and AEON Surprise, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya took the first position in AEON DJ, Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram won the first place in AEON Tech. The team from The Indian School comprising Gurmeher Singh, Satwik Mitra, Ranveer Bhalla and Raunauq Bhalla, won the first prize in AEON Arcade.