About Technological Association
The Technological Association (TA) is the student body of ICT that conducts co-curricular and extra-curricular activities throughout the academic year. It was formed in the year 1934 with an aim to hold lectures and discussions, to arrange visits to places of interest, to organize excursions and tours, to conduct a magazine amongst others. The TA also addresses student grievances and serves as a link between the faculty members and the students. Currently, it comprises of 29 student representatives and a few faculty. It is presided over by the Vice Chancellor,Prof. A. B. Pandit and Prof. Ashok Athalye is the Vice President. The TA organizes events, seminars and competitions for students of ICT. Atmosphere for the development of students in ICT is one of the richest in the country. Cultural activities, including those related to Music (Vocals and Instrumentals), Dance, Art, English Literary and Regional literature events are organized by the clubs. The in-house technical journal, Bombay Technologist is also run under the purview of the TA and encourages the art of scientific writing among students. The entrepreneurship cell (E-Cell) serves to enhance the entrepreneurial culture at ICT. TEDxICTMumbai witnesses talks from eminent speakers from different walks of life. The annual technical festival of the institute, Vortex, the inter-collegiate technical festival, allows students from all over the country to present their innovative ideas and research work and solve industrial defined problems. The annual inter-college cultural festival, ManZar, has a plethora of events and competitions in every cultural field as well as concerts and workshops that serve to delight and awe. SportSaga is the annual inter-college sports festival of the institute that includes both, mainstream sporting as well as informal events. It also conducts the trademark ICT Marathon each year. In addition to these, the intra-college cultural festival, FunTech, witnesses a whopping participation from the students as they perform together on the ICT stage for the ICT students. Freshers’ is another intracollege month long festival that aims to welcome the incoming batch of students to ICT.
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