Please find below, all the 5 tracks (Economics, Governance, Education, Systems Architecture, Engineering) that will be represented at the Symposium. Students may apply for one or more of these tracks. Each track contains a link to the prelims problem statement as a pdf file, and a brief description of what kind of work they will be responsible during the collaborative work phase of the symposium.

The intent of every question in the preliminary track is to gauge the participant's enthusiasm and competence in that track. Remember the top entry in every track gets a prize money of Rs 5000 with more opportunities to win prizes after the first round as well!

Note: Remember to read the Rules and Guidelines document and the problem statement thoroughly. With each entry,attach your CV and a 500 word writeup (Optional) detailing why you think Education in rural India is a burning issue and what relevance your chosen track has to the symposium. Also feel free to get back to us with any queries at symposium@shaastra.org

• Economics (PDF)

  Students in this track will be studying the current problems in the domain, and will suggest improvements. They will also be responsible for performing sanity checks for the recommendations produced by other teams

• Governance and Policy (PDF)
  

  Students will identify key problems plaguing the current administration and critique existing policy issues. They will receive inputs from the other teams and use their own expertise to craft a well-formed policy recommendation.

• Education (PDF)
  

  During the collaborative work phase of the symposium, these students will try identify critical problems with the dissemination of education at the schools and the interaction of teachers, parents and students. They will suggest approaches on solving these issues by suggesting their needs to the governance/policy and technology teams.

• (Engineering) Systems Architect (PDF)
  

  Students will frame the high level technical design goals and craft the integrated technology solution after receiving input from the Economics, Governance and Education teams. They will interact with the Engineering team to understand technical constraints and will finally output a high-level description of the technology intervention

• Engineering (PDF)
  

  Students will create the detailed technical blueprints of specific components of the technology intervention that is planned by the SysArch team. These students will be critical in determining the feasibility and deployment of the actual technical solution and will bring some tangibility to the deliberations of the Symposium.