IgNobel
IgNobel_Introduction
Lord Ignatius Nobel, the much revered foster brother of Sir Alfred Nobel has been generous enough to contribute to the Shaastra 2009 prize money through the IgNobel foundation. Sir Alfred too wanted to make a contribution as he couldn’t stand the stiff competition his brother was giving him outside the vicinity of IIT Madras. We had to refuse the offer unless Sir Alfred allowed his prize to be named as PigNobel (a name suggested by his bro Ig) but due to lack of negotiating power in Alfred and also to be wary of his dynamite like explosive nature, we preferred Ig over Pig, as would anyone on Earth.
Without further ado, we welcome you to the event which honours people for making others “Laugh before they think”; not because laughter is the best medicine but more so it gives more time for a person to think twice before he/she says something under the pretext of having thought just once.
Ignatius Nobel is dead. Long live IgNobel!
Rules for dummies
a) IgNobel is not for dummies
b) You(dummy) need to submit a paper which should be hilarious but
have correct scientific information.Pseudo-scientific as well as
science applying to extra-terrestrials shall also be accepted.
c) You should trust the Coordinators' judgement on understanding the
scientific principles as well as the sense of humour, involved in your
paper
d) If you still do not understand the rules or why IgNobel is such a
hyped event, but yet are willing to devote your time to participate in
one of the most amazing events at Shaastra (robotics et al
notwithstanding), you can have a look at the following :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize
e) No. of finalists shall be decided based on the quality of entries,
whose judging scale shall be uploaded shortly
f) If you still believe in the existence of the above rules or any
other rules for the IgNobel Prizes, welcome aboard. You have been
identified as a Dummy (as per a paper submitted for the IgNobel prizes
a decade back)
b) You(dummy) need to submit a paper which should be hilarious but
have correct scientific information.Pseudo-scientific as well as
science applying to extra-terrestrials shall also be accepted.
c) You should trust the Coordinators' judgement on understanding the
scientific principles as well as the sense of humour, involved in your
paper
d) If you still do not understand the rules or why IgNobel is such a
hyped event, but yet are willing to devote your time to participate in
one of the most amazing events at Shaastra (robotics et al
notwithstanding), you can have a look at the following :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
e) No. of finalists shall be decided based on the quality of entries,
whose judging scale shall be uploaded shortly
f) If you still believe in the existence of the above rules or any
other rules for the IgNobel Prizes, welcome aboard. You have been
identified as a Dummy (as per a paper submitted for the IgNobel prizes
a decade back)
Rules for qualifying to finals
1. For those who bothered to visit the rules section, kindly note that you are disqualified.
2. For those who bothered to read further, kindly note that you are disqualified for the IgNobel 2010 as well but might find a passing mention in the list of Nobel Prize for Piggynomics.
3. If you have read the first 2 rules and are still reading, we appreciate your belief that Shaastra 2009 is run following a set of rules and hence, to appease your ego and our appetite for stupid theories, here it is :
a) Only theories or hypothesis shall be accepted.
b) No graduate or post-grad is allowed. Reason : They don’t understand the difference between hypothesis and thesis.
c) Rule b) shall be overruled in case you manage to tickle the judge’s funny bone so much that he has a fracture
d) Any thesis greater than 4 sides of an A4 page will be disqualified
e) Rule d) is scrapped following the protest by the Censor Board who surprisingly weren’t getting an A+ rated stuff in movies these days and were hoping to be titillated by the IgNitedTM Minds of the world.
f) Any paper submitted without the author(s)’ s name shall be deemed as a paper submitted by the Coordinators. If he/she cries “Foul play” on hearing this rule, we shall book them under Section 377 (b) of the Ignobel Penal Code, which is available at : www.getalife.pee.nal.co.de
Rules for the Finals :
a) First qualify, then we’ll inform you about how to (re-)create history at Shaastra
b) Judges’ decision shall be final and binding.
c) Enjoy the finals even if you are hearing crappier pieces than Vogon poetry
d) The Coordinators are not Gods, but may portray a Holier than thou attitude. If you feel that they are getting on your nerves, you can feel free to throw rotten tomatoes, or even better, your shoes at them. If you are lucky, you shall be covered on the front page of one of the leading newspapers in the world.
Submit your entries to shekhar.harikumar 'at' shaastra.org AND raghav.iyengar 'at' shaastra.org
Format of entries : .pdf or .doc, preferably the pdf. No other formats shall be accepted.
Last date for entries : Sept 10th.
Please register for the event separately on the user portal and fill up details regarding accommodation on the same. Only the ignobel 'papers' need be submitted through mail.