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Lab-X Foundation has been selected to participate in GlobalGiving.org’s accelerator and fundraising program. GlobalGiving is the largest global crowdfunding community connecting nonprofits, donors, and companies in nearly every country.
This fundraising opportunity will allow us to sponsor many more interns to international research internships under our ‘Intern-Me’ program. In order to succeed, we must raise $5,000 from 40 donors by September 29th, 2017. If we meet this threshold, we will become GlobalGiving’s Life Time partner, which will open new doors for us to benefit from GlobalGiving’s corporate relationships, expose us to a new donor network, and provide access to dozens of online fundraising tools.
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PAST EVENTS :
APRIL 2017
Lab-X Foundation Bay Area Meetup:
Lab-X core team met with a number of prospective volunteers on San Jose for a brainstorming session on how to expand and improve Lab-X programs so that we can reach out to and help more students.
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Stellar Lab-X Board of Advisors!
Lab-X team is honored to announce the addition of Mr. Shailendra Kumar to its Board of Advisors! Shail’s vision for developing a world class higher education system in India fits perfectly with that of Lab-X. With his expertise and guidance, we will be able to expand our programs and provide opportunities to more students. Learn more about Shail at www.shailkumar.com
AUGUST 2016
IoT Symposium 2016
Lab-X Foundation in collaboration with Sardar Patel Institute of Technology organized a 2 day symposium on Internet of Things (IoT). This 2- day symposium included keynote sessions from industry stalwarts and experts such as Jurgen Hase (CEO, Unlimit, powered by Reliance), Lee Stogner (Past IEEE Director and candidate for President-Elect), Dr. Antonio Skarmeta (CTO at OdinS), Latif Ladid (Founder and President, IPv6 Forum), V P Thinagaran Perumal(Assistant Professor, University Putra Malaysia), Bob Frankston (Board of Governers, IEEE CE Society), Soumya Kanti Datta (Co-Founder, Future Tech Lab, India) among others.
The event also featured hands-on training session for all 250+ participants. As a part of Internship Fair conducted at the event, 14 internship positions were offered, out of which 4 internships were bagged by participants at the symposium. The symposium also included a startup showcase where students got to interact with IoT startups and understand their products. IoT symposium 2016 got significant publicity and was showcased in media and published widely in IEEE magazines.
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JUNE 2014
“Inspire Event” – A seminar on Research and Innovation in Robotics
This seminar was delivered by PhD candidates at MIT working on Robotics and Hypersonic Aircrafts. During this seminar, students got a chance to interact with these experts and be able to ask them questions on what it takes to make a career in controls and robotics.
More details here
APRIL 2014
INTERN ME 2014:
Intern Me 2014 was a huge success! We have over 2000 applicants and we are happy to announce the winners of 2013 Intern Me Competition :
- Kaza Amulya
- Venkat Chinta
Read the testimonials of Kaza and Venkat as how their internships were life altering experiences for them :
Venkat’s journey
MARCH 2014:
Intern Me participants give back! See our Intern Me winners from last year reaching out to students to share their personal success stories and motivating the next generation to aim higher!
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FEBRUARY 2014:
Antariksh 2014, Indian Space Technology & Robotics Symposium
Organized by Lab-X Foundation in collaboration with Dhruva Space & BMS College of Engineering, this was a 2-day symposium on the latest and greatest in Space and Robotics in India. Speakers included Dr.Bala Bharadvaj (Managing Director, Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center), Dr. S.K Shivakumar
(Director, ISAC, Indian Space Research Organization), Mr. Shridhara Murthy (Former Managing Director, Antrix Corporation), Sergio Zaragoza (Manufacturing Engineer, Space-X, Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA) and Heriberto Reynoso (CEO, Reybotics Inc) among others. The event included panel discussions
and a poster prototype competition for the participants. Participants also enjoyed a field trip at the HAL Aerospace Museum in Bengaluru.
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JANUARY 2014:
Inspire Event
Technology & Innovation in Developing Nations: Natasha Wright, and Dan Dorsh, MIT
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SEPTMEBER 2013
Lab-X’s First Inspire event was chaired by Dr. Archana Sharma who is a Senior Scientist who has been working at CERN in The Large Hadron Collider Experiment since 1987. She is one of the most prominent Indian scientists working at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. It can be proudly claimed that her contributions have played an important role in the discovery of the God particle – The Higgs Boson – in the large hadron collider experiment. Dr. Archana Sharma completed her Masters at Benaras Hindu University (BHU) and her PhD at Delhi University (D.U).
Meet the Scientist : With Archana Sharma, CERN
JULY 2013
DEMO-IT 2013
Demo-it 2013 is a poster prototype competition organization by Lab-X Foundation in collaboration with IEEE R10 congress in Hyderabad. 20 teams participated in this competition and the winners received Research Grants to further their ideas and prototypes.
MAY 2013
INTERN ME 2013
Intern Me 2013 was a huge success! We have over 2000 applicants and we are happy to announce the winners of 2013 Intern Me Competition :
- Alfred Johnson
- Rahul Raveendranath.
Follow the journey of Alfred and Rahul as they go through this life altering experience :
Alfred’s journey at Fermi national Accelerator Lab
Rahul’s journey at Ohio State University’s Fisher School of Business