GenAI / Agentic
Build something that reasons, plans, and calls tools. Start from a prompt, end with a working agent.
Pick a track. Build something. See what tech you actually like.
CSoT is a five-week summer programme by the Co-curricular and Academic Interactions Council. Fourteen tracks, run by clubs across campus, each scoped so a fresher can finish them. The learning curve is gentle on purpose.
Learn by doing, not by watching.
Each track is built around a small project you actually ship. Lectures exist where they help, and not as the main event.
The bar is intentionally low to start.
Tracks are scoped so a first-year with no background can finish them. Stretch goals are there if you want them. Nobody gets gatekept.
Mentors are people you can actually talk to.
Each track is run by the relevant campus club. You will know the names. Office hours, not ticket queues.
Useful for Inter-IIT, but not only that.
Themes are drawn from past Inter-IIT Tech Meet problem statements. Early insight into the working contingent is a real perk.
Fourteen ways in. Pick more than one.
Autopilot Crash Course
From flight dynamics to a working autopilot on a simulated quadrotor. Five weeks, lots of plots.
Quant
Markets through a programmer's lens. Backtesting, signals, and the maths that actually carries weight.
Consult
Structure messy problems, defend a recommendation, write a deck that lands. Case prep, without the cosplay.
Analytics
Take a dataset, ask the right questions, ship a finding someone can act on.
Product
How an idea becomes a thing people use. PRDs, user interviews, scoping, trade-offs.
Cybersec
Break things, then learn how to stop them. Web, binary, crypto, in the right doses.
Robotics
From a clean motor to something that moves with intent. Hardware, kinematics, and a little control.
Computer Vision
Pixels in, structure out. Classical CV first, then where neural networks earn their keep.
Game Dev
A game dev track is on the way. Mentors and content are being finalised.
ML in Astronomy
Real telescope data, real ML pipelines. Classify galaxies, hunt for transients, learn the trade.
DevOps
Take a tiny app and put it on the internet properly. CI, Docker, observability, the works.
Low Latency Software
Quant-dev flavoured. Tight C++ and Rust, lock-free patterns, measuring nanoseconds honestly.
Competitive Programming
Train for the contests, sharpen the fundamentals. Editorials, weekly sets, honest review.
DevClub Summer of Code.
CSoT borrows the structure of DevClub Summer of Code and extends it across CAIC: clubs from analytics to robotics to consult, all in one place, with one sign-in. Built so the next batch of students has an obvious first step into the campus tech community.