Events

Programs, hackathons, demo days — moments the community shows up for.

ASCEND's calendar is the heartbeat of the centre. Below are upcoming events and highlights from previous seasons.

Students and mentors gathered in the auditorium at the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow session hosted by ASCEND

Bootcamp

upcoming

Founder Bootcamp — Customer Discovery

A two-day intensive on talking to users, mapping problems, and validating first hypotheses.

Upcoming ASCEND Hub

Sprint

upcoming

Idea Sprint — Climate Tech

A weekend sprint challenging cross-disciplinary teams to propose climate-adjacent ventures.

Upcoming Innovation Hub

Demo Day

upcoming

Demo Day — Cohort 04

Twelve resident teams present their latest prototypes to mentors, industry partners, and the wider Sreenidhi community.

Upcoming Main Auditorium

Pitch

past

Pitch Night — Student Founders

Early-stage teams pitch to a panel of mentors and industry veterans for feedback and prize pools.

Past event Innovation Hub

Hackathon

past

Hackathon — AI for Public Good

48-hour hackathon focused on responsible AI applications for public-interest problems.

Past event Campus-wide

Workshop

past

Mentor Circle — Fundraising 101

Closed-door session with operators sharing hard-won lessons on early fundraising.

Past event Mentor Rooms

Gallery

Moments from previous events.

A visual sampling of previous ASCEND events.

Speaker addressing students from the podium at an ASCEND session
Students in the auditorium during an ASCEND awareness session
Case-study workshop with students in a lecture hall at Sreenidhi
Organising team and student participants at the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow launch
Dr. Shruti Bhargava Choubey delivering a keynote at the TechKnow 1.0 tech summit for youth
ASCEND leadership being felicitated on stage at a national innovation convention
Students coding on laptops during a Build with AI workshop in the auditorium
ASCEND team and student innovators at the centre's office beside project posters

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Community leaders, industry partners, and student clubs can co-host events at the ASCEND hub.

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