Technical festivals can be so much more than a set of contraptions and quizzes, and that's what Technovanza at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) is out to tell us. A few highlights at the festival include the VJIT Mumbai Cube Open (in its 10th edition) that will see participants from around the world battle it out in solving versions of the Rubik's Cube, even blindfolded and using their feet. "The idea behind this and the other events is to introduce a dash of creativity in a technical festival," explains Abhijit Krishnan, media executive at the college.

The showstopper, however, will be the event where visitors might get a chance to interact with Sophia, a social robot developed by Hong-Kong-based Hanson Robotics, the first of its kind to have bagged a passport and citizenship. Though this isn't Sophia's first visit to Mumbai (she had visited IIT Bombay in 2017), she will interact with the audience and also give a talk to inspire young students in the world of technology. "We have already received a whopping 7,000 registrations to meet Sophia and are expecting many more," reveals Krishnan.