There have always been times in the history of mankind when our progress have been hindered by convention. It not only challenged change by hanging on to the relics of the past, but also encouraged mediocrity as a way of life. But our long march to the current progress was never stagnated, thanks to the will of those pioneers who dared to challenge the very foundation of tradition even at the cost of their lives. This MYSTIQUE’08, we celebrate this spirit of the human mind to question by inciting dreams and inspiring innovations.

MYSTIQUE 08 promises to take the experience to a whole new level by presenting a fine blend of competitions, lectures, workshops, demonstrations and papers in technology and management. While the competitons have been designed to encourage the questioning spirit and challenge the conventional way of thought, lectures and workshops by eminent personalities will update you with the current pulse of the techno-management world. Management, the mixture of scientific knowledge and its prudent application in real life is also given due importance as it is a seperate section in the 2008 edition as it was last year.

This is a point of time when our approach towards nature is being questioned and depletion of fossil fuels is straining both mother earth and our journey forward. With a war fought in its name, sky rocketing fuel prices, weather cycle losing its rhythm and breaching of the earth's blanket, this 'incovenient truth' is no longer secondary matter to be pushed aside but one of sentinal importance for the very survival of human kind on this planet. So this MYSTIQUE ‘08, we are not only inspiring innovations but also taking pioneering works in non-conventional sources of energy and the people behind them to the lime light, as we believe that they hold the key to a better future.

So be there and join us as we kindle the questioning spirit which powers the human will to dream and the dare to challenge convention, and thus celebrate the greatest joy of the rational mind, the joy of discovery.