School of Technology Management & Engineering
ANVIKSHA '26THE EPOCH
Digital Voyage: Charting the Course of Innovation
Charted across five eras of gaming, from arcade to AI.
01 / About the fest
WHAT IS ANVIKSHA?
ANVIKSHA is the flagship techfest of the School of Technology Management & Engineering at NMIMS Chandigarh. One day, five tracks, 20 events — engineering, e-sports, robotics, media and AI, run end to end by students.
This is the 2026 edition — The Epoch — following the 2024 & 2025 editions.
This year's theme is Digital Voyage: Charting the Course of Innovation. Innovation does not arrive all at once — it is charted, one leap at a time. Digital Voyage follows that route, and we tell it through the medium every engineer grew up with: five eras of gaming, from the first arcade cabinet to worlds generated by machines.
Each track is a leg of the voyage, and each is styled as one era of gaming — the visual language we use to tell the theme, from arcade to AI.
- 5 eventsTechnicalPHOSPHOR
- 4 eventsE-SportsCABINET
- 5 eventsNon-TechnicalPOLYGON
- 5 eventsRobotics · MediaOPEN WORLD
- 1 eventNext-Gen / AIGENERATED
02 / Events
5 TRACKS. 20 EVENTS.
Each track is a leg of Digital Voyage — and each is styled as one era of gaming, arcade to AI. Scroll a track sideways to browse it; open any event for rules, timings and registration.
PHOSPHOR
Blocky sprites, one screen, no save file. Pure logic under hard constraints — which is exactly what the technical track asks of you.
CABINET
Neon cabinets, quarter-fed rivalries, the first crowds around a screen. The competitive instinct that built e-sports starts here.
POLYGON
Games grew stories, soundtracks and side quests. So does the fest — the non-technical track is where personality outranks syntax.
OPEN WORLD
Physics engines, streamed worlds, capture pipelines. Hardware meets lens — machines that move and the crews that frame them.
GENERATED
Worlds assembled on demand, assets dreamt by models, mechanics tuned by agents. The last era is the one still being written.
03 / Run of Show
SCHEDULE.LOG
Scroll the level. Each block is one slot on the day — land on it to read the time, event and venue.
| TIME | SLOT | VENUE | TRACK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | 01Registration & Kit Collection | Main Foyer | ALL |
| 09:15 | 02Inauguration · Lighting of the Lamp | Auditorium | ALL |
| 09:30 | 03Game-Athon — Theme Reveal | Lab 204 | NEXT-GEN |
| 10:00 – 12:30 | 04Bridge Wars | Workshop Bay | TECHNICAL |
| 10:00 | 05Valorant · Group Stage | E-Sports Arena | E-SPORTS |
| 10:30 – 16:30 | 06Robo Race | Central Quad A | ROBOTICS |
| 10:30 – 16:30 | 07Robo Soccer | Central Quad B | ROBOTICS |
| 11:00 – 14:00 | 08Tech Tunes | Seminar Hall A | NON-TECH |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | 09The Parallel Protocol | Seminar Hall B | NON-TECH |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | 10Tech Minute to Win It | Lab 206 | TECHNICAL |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | 11Capture the Flag | Lab 201 | TECHNICAL |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | 12Nexus Negotiator | Seminar Hall C | NON-TECH |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | 13Array Pata Hai | Lab 205 | NON-TECH |
| 12:30 | 14Lunch Break | Cafeteria | ALL |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | 15Secret Seekers | Campus-wide | NON-TECH |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | 16Escape the Server | Lab 203 | TECHNICAL |
| 13:30 | 17Interface Quest · Design Sprint | Studio 1 | MEDIA |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | 18Algorithm Auction | Lab 202 | TECHNICAL |
| 15:00 | 19Mortal Kombat · Tekken · FIFA Finals | E-Sports Arena | E-SPORTS |
| 16:00 | 20Quest to Cinema · Screening | Auditorium | MEDIA |
| 17:00 | 21Game-Athon · Submissions Close | Lab 204 | NEXT-GEN |
| 17:30 | 22Prize Distribution & Closing | Auditorium | ALL |
06 / Questions
BEFORE YOU REGISTER
01How do I register?
Registration runs through Unstop, and there are two ways in. “Register Now” anywhere on this site opens the fest-wide ANVIKSHA ’26 listing, where every event is in one place. Or open a single event from the Events section and use its “Register on Unstop” button, which goes straight to that event’s own listing. Each event’s brochure and full rule sheet are in the shared Drive folder linked from “Event Brochures & Rules”.
02Who can attend? Is it open to students from other colleges?
Eligibility is set per event and is stated on that event’s Unstop listing — open the event from the Events section and check its listing before you register. If anything there is unclear, message us on Instagram or call one of the coordinators listed in the footer, and we will confirm.
03Is there a registration fee?
Any fee is shown on the event’s Unstop listing at the point of registration, so you will see it before you commit. Open the event you want from the Events section to check.
04What is the team size?
It varies by event — some run solo, others in teams of two to five. Every event has its own team size listed on its page, so open the event from the Events section before you form a team. Where a size is not yet confirmed it is left off rather than guessed.
05Can one person or team enter more than one event?
Yes. The fest is a single day and the run of show is built so most tracks do not collide — but check the schedule before committing to two events, because a few slots do overlap and the all-day formats (Game-Athon, the photography sidequest, Quest to Cinema) run across the whole day.
06Where is it, and how do I find my venue?
Everything runs on the STME campus at STME, NMIMS Chandigarh, on 12 September 2026. Each event’s venue is listed on its event page and in the run-of-show table. The registration desk in the Main Foyer opens before the first slot — start there and volunteers will point you to your room.
07What should I bring?
A college ID, your registration confirmation, and a laptop with charger if your event needs one — the technical track and Game-Athon assume you are on your own machine. Robotics teams bring their own bot and spares.
08Who do I contact for help?
Instagram is the fastest route — DMs are answered quickest on the day itself. The three coordinator numbers in the footer are there for anything urgent, and on campus the registration desk in the Main Foyer handles it.
08 / Credits
THE CREW
Every fest ends with a credits roll. This one starts with it. Every name below links to that person's LinkedIn.
Sponsorships
Robo Club
Photography
Hospitality
Registration
Decoration
09 / Registration
THE NEXT ERA NEEDS
PLAYERS
Registration runs through Unstop. This button opens the fest-wide listing with every event in one place — or open a single event to register for it directly. Pick as many as your schedule allows.