every year. 3. Techvaganza is a national level technical festival held annually at National institute of technology Srinagar in Srinagar. It is the first Techno-Management festival in region. With the initiation of Techvaganza in 2009, it has emerged as one of the biggest technical carnival among all. The main aim is to uplift the technical level of the region and provide a platform for technical tender buds to innovate, fabricate and gain experience in the field of technology and management Notable alumni Subhash Kak, Computer Scientist, Regents Professor and an Ex Head of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Vijay Vaishnavi, Computer Information Systems Researcher and Scholar Mansoor Ali Khan, Member of the 13th Lok Sabha Davoud Danesh-Jafari, Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran. Narinder Kumar Gupta, Academician and Padma Shri Awardee. See also 2016 NIT Srinagar Student Protests Indian Institutes of Technology Indian Institute of Science Indian Institutes of Management University of Kashmir Srinagar References External links National Institutes of Technology Universities and colleges in Srinagar Engineering colleges in Jammu and Kashmir Education in Srinagar Educational institutions established in 1960 1960 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir All India Council for Technical Education