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Two-day-long national level ‘TECHRITZ 2K26’ commences
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Vignan's Institute of Engineering for Women in Visakhapatnam hosted 'TECHRITZ 2K26', a national women tech-fest centered on the theme 'The Era of Agentic AI'.
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Students taking part in the dance performance organised in Visakhapatnam on Thursday
Visakhapatnam: With the core objective of encouraging women engineers and nurturing their technical capabilities, a national level women tech-fest ‘TECHRITZ 2K26’ was inaugurated here on Thursday at Vignan’s Institute of Engineering for Women campus.
The two-day-long national event is being organised with the theme ‘The Era of Agentic AI’.
Around 4,800 participants from various institutions in and around Visakhapatnam, including VIIT, GVP, ANITS, Raghu Engineering College, Vishaka, Behara, Samata College, and St. Joseph’s College, enthusiastically joined and participated in various competitions.
Organised under the leadership of event convenor and CSE HoD P Vijaya Bharati, alongside co-convenor and ACSE HoD R Manoj Kumar, the main goal of the fest is to foster technical expertise, creativity, a research mindset, and innovative thinking among female students.
Head of the department of Information Technology and Computer Applications, Andhra University D Lalitha Bhaskari and senior manager at Amazon Radhika Padala shared their professional experiences, emphasising the need to improve skills in emerging technologies, and encouraged students to apply technology for societal betterment with innovative ideas.
Speaking on the occasion, College Principal B Arundhati stated that ‘TECHRITZ 2K26’ serves as a great platform to ignite students’ interest in technical knowledge and innovation, while providing them a national stage to showcase their talents in emerging domains like Agentic AI. Vice Principal T Sandhya Kumari, student council president P Ananya, convenor P Vijaya Bharati, V Madhusudhana Rao, Lakshmi Lydia spoke.
The fest features a wide array of technical events, including project expo, circuitrix, paper presentation, technical quiz, short film competition, photography, technical treasure hunt, coding challenge, debugging, poster presentation, business ideas, third eye, innovative ideas, agentic AI workshop, and a hackathon, followed by cultural performances.
