Trivandrum: Conscientia ’13, a four day annual, technical and astronomical fest organised by the Indian Institute of Space Science And Technology (IIST), Valiyamala near Nedumangad is fast becoming the largest college fest of the city – replete with events never seen before. The fest began on March 22 where innovative ideas and events have been on display.

Of the many events on show Water Rocketry and Night Sky Watching have attracted great attention. “In Night Sky-watching, they will be asked to point out the brightest star in the sky and the person who finds it correctly will be named the winner,” said Poojitha, one of the organisers.

She also said, “No other colleges in the country offer astronomy related fests like this and it is IIST Trivandrum who has done that.” Robotic events also received enthusiastic support. Arvind who is the publicity head of the fest said, “The Robotic events are getting more support and this will be conducted mainly in the evening and more than twenty teams will participate in the event.”

Conscientia, Latin ‘sharing of knowledge’ has done precisely that. Workshop section offers events like Android Botix and Biplane workshop among which, the latter is the first of its kind in the country and Android is becoming a popular one.