Kumbhathon to focus on tech
City students, along with developers from across the country and abroad, gathered in Nashik on Saturday for a six-day event, the 'KumbhaThon' which would focus
KumbhaThon: MIT team visits Nashik to help for Kumbhmela
The team is visiting Nashik as part of the KumbhThon programme initiated by Sunil Khandbahale, an innovative entrepreneur of Khandbahale.com
Tech companies crowd in at Kumbh to test real-time innovations
Around three crore pilgrims are expected to gather at the Kumbh Mela in Nashik this year, but sadhus and...
Kumbh Mela and MIT Kumbhathon: A Government...
Dr. Praveen Gedam is an IAS Officer and Commissioner of the Nashik Municipal Corporation. Over the past two years...
What can the Nashik Kumbh tell you about making dense cities livable?
The idea of the Kumbh as a pop-up city has gained traction over the years. For architects and planners, the world’s largest gathering of pilgrims, held every four years, is not just a symbol of an eternally religious India but ...
Tech companies crowd in at Kumbh to test
They're viewing it as a unique opportunity — called the Kumbhathon to work with a very large test group, study the stresses of rapid urbanization and create disimptive solutions
Kumbh Mela gets a Modern Touch
KumbhMela, arguably the biggest religious gathering in the world, set to be held in Nashik this year, brings to mind thousands of Babas dipping in the holy waters of Ganga-Godavari, and for the 70s enthusiasts, twins getting lost in childhood and finding each other after 20 years, or heroes saving the city from an epidemic
Real-time innovation at Kumbh Mela
Around three crore (30 million) pilgrims are expected to gather at the Kumbh Mela in Nashik this year, but sadhus and spectators aren’t the only expected visitors. Innovators from organizations
Kumbhathon: The Innovation cult.
They say the journey of a thousand miles begins with a simple step. And where we are today, is in reality a culmination of a thousand steps that each one of us took in our personal expedition and the individual dots lead up this remarkable initiative.
Tata backs MIT initiative to solve Kumbh problems
The Ratan Tata Trust has helped us in a big way, and Tata himself has taken a personal interest in Kumbhathon that is trying to solve real world problems," said Ramesh Raskar, associate professor at MIT Media Lab, who is leading the initiative.
Wikipedia Kumbhathon Event in Nashik
Kumbhathon, a Seven days awaited event, is being conducted in Nashik. It contains many different projects, out of which, Wiki Takes Nashik is the Mega project, the team is working on updating Nashik's page at its best.
India’s Kumbh Mela Is Used as an Incubator for Smart...
The monthslong Kumbh Mela is a Hindu festival that takes place once every three years rotating around four cities—Haridwar, Allahabad, Nashik and Ujjain. In July, the western Indian city of
From Waze for crowds to Uber for street food
For the spiritual among the 30 million people descending on the Indian city of Nashik for this August’s tri-annual Hindu festival, the event is a catharsis.
Kumbh Mela/MIT - BBC World TV Media Coverage
Massachusetts Institute of Technology joins the pilgrims at the Kumbh Mela in Nashik, India to test out technology for our over-crowded cities.