The two days
GRID//26 runs from the evening of Friday 11 September to the evening of Saturday 12 September. You stay on campus between the two. The sessions are the frame; the meals, the fireside and the downtime in between are where most of the connecting actually happens.
An evening to arrive, settle into your room, and make your first connections before the full day.
- 07:30 PM
Registration
Check in at the desk, collect your delegate kit and room assignment, and meet the team.
- 07:45 – 8:15 PM
Connect Beyond Campus
A structured icebreaker that pairs you with engineers from other colleges and other branches.
- 8:15 – 9:00 PM
Build Your Professional Brand
How to present your work and yourself (portfolio, profile and pitch) before the moment you need to.
- 9:00 – 9:30 PM
Dinner Night
A shared meal. Most of the conversations that carry through the weekend start here.
- 9:30 – 10:15 PM
Rhythm by the Fire
An informal fireside set to close the night. Reflection, no slides.
- 10:15 PM
Lights Out / Sleep
Rooms settle. Day two starts early.
A full day of talks from academics and working engineers: ideas and impact, public-service careers, portfolios, engineering ethics, and career readiness in the age of AI.
- 08:00 – 09:00 AM
Engineering Tomorrow: From Ideas to Impact
Dr. Shafeeque Busthan · Associate Professor & HOD, Biomedical Engineering
- 09:00 – 10:00 AM
Beyond the Campus: Engineering a Career in Public Service
Muhammed Munaver MP · Technical Assistant, NIT Calicut
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Your Work, Your Story: Building a Portfolio That Speaks
Ashik Ahamed · PMP Certified, Senior Engineer – Project Management
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Beyond the Blueprint: The Ethics Behind Every Engineer
CM Sabir Saqafi · Research Scholar, NIT Calicut
- 12:00 – 01:00 PM
Lunch break
- 01:00 – 02:00 PM
Future-Proof: Redefining Career Readiness in the Age of AI
Muhammed Nadeem M · SRE, IBM India Software Labs
- 02:00 – 03:00 PM
From Campus to Career: Connecting the Dots
Combined session
Hands-on breakouts
Small working sessions alongside the main programme. Bring a draft, leave with a revision.
Portfolio building & internship hunting
Ashik Ahsan · Breakout Room A
Turn your projects into a portfolio that lands interviews, and learn where and how to apply for competitive internships.
Poster preparation & presentation
Shabeer Noorani · Media Lab 02
Academic poster standards: structure, visual hierarchy, and defending your findings in front of a jury.
Live Menti quiz & trivia
Main Plenary Hall
All delegates. Fast rounds on engineering fundamentals, history and lateral thinking, with a live leaderboard.
Two days. One registration.
Free, residential, and capped by room capacity. Confirm your seat before Day 2 fills.
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