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Technical forums
Deep sessions run by practitioners — architecture, AI, systems, chips, security.
Chapter Vertical
Science, Technology & Innovation.
Engineers, scientists and technologists — the lineage of Aryabhata, working on what comes next.
Inheritance of enquiry
Science, Technology & Innovation.
A community that gave the world zero has no business treating technology as somebody else’s field. This council is the chapter’s standing claim on that inheritance.
The Science, Technology & Innovation Council gathers the software engineers, hardware designers, data scientists, physicists and product builders of a chapter. It runs technical sessions that assume competence rather than explaining the basics, opens hiring and collaboration doors between members, and puts working engineers in front of students deciding what to study.
What this vertical does
Six areas of work.
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Open-source & shared builds
Members building tools the federation and its chapters actually use.
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Careers & referrals
Hiring pipelines between member-led technology firms and member talent.
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Student & researcher bridge
Working engineers mentoring students through projects and thesis work.
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Applied R&D
Chapter projects that take a research idea to a demonstrable prototype.
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Digital literacy seva
Taking practical technology skills to members and families who lack them.
How a vertical runs
The same structure in every chapter.
Verticals are departments of the federation, not features of a membership. No member pays to belong to one: every member of a chapter may join any vertical whose work they can contribute to.
STEP 1Council
Every chapter constitutes the vertical as a standing council with its own convenor and members.
STEP 2Charter
The council agrees a yearly charter — what it will run, for whom, and how it will be judged.
STEP 3Programme
It runs its own calendar of sessions, clinics, camps and referrals through the year.
STEP 4Account
It reports to the chapter and to the federation, so the work is visible and comparable.
Who this is for
You belong here if you are …
- Software, hardware and systems engineers
- Data scientists, AI and analytics practitioners
- Scientists and academic researchers
- Product managers, designers and technology founders
- Engineering and science students
Join the Science, Technology & Innovation vertical in your chapter.
Membership of the federation comes first — the verticals then open to you at no additional cost. Tell your chapter which vertical you want to serve in.
The other verticals
Thirteen verticals, one chapter.
Healthcare & Life SciencesBusiness, Finance & EntrepreneurshipEducation, Research & Skill DevelopmentManufacturing, Infrastructure & MobilityAgriculture, Energy & SustainabilityLaw, Governance & Public LeadershipDefense, Space & National SecurityMedia, Arts & Cultural HeritageCommunity, Global Relations & Social ImpactWomen Leadership & EmpowermentYouth Leadership & DevelopmentStartups & Innovation EcosystemAll verticals