Overview
Over the past year, MIT Manipal has partnered with Nakshatra to modernize the way 15,000+ students, parents, and visitors navigate one of India's largest academic campuses.
Nakshatra deployed interactive maps and live event systems across:
- Revels 2025 (South India's largest cultural fest)
- TechTatva 2025 (MIT's flagship technical fest)
- MIT Batch of 2029 Freshers' Onboarding
Across these deployments, the maps collectively crossed 2,50,000+ visits, proving the strong need for hyperlocal navigation in large public spaces.
The Challenge
MIT's 313-acre campus is complex. During fests and admissions, thousands of people struggle with:
- Finding the right venues spread across dozens of buildings
- Locating food courts, document verification rooms, departments, and hostels
- Handling last-minute event schedule changes
- Overloaded volunteers and help desks
- First-time visitors feeling overwhelmed
Before Nakshatra, everything depended on static PDFs, WhatsApp forwards, volunteer instructions, and word-of-mouth — solutions that break instantly at scale.
The Nakshatra Solution
Nakshatra delivered a unified mapping and event-tracking layer across all three deployments:
1. Interactive 2D Outdoor Mapping
A full high-detail map of MIT Manipal, making it simple for anyone to visually explore the 313-acre space.
2. Live Event Tracking (Revels 2025 & TechTatva 2025)
Thousands of events updated in real time, complete with:
- Schedules
- Venue info
- Category filters
- Live changes reflected instantly
3. Navigation Assistance
Search any venue and get guided outdoor navigation — no app install required.
4. High Performance & Scalability
The system served 20,000+ visits in the first 6 hours for the Freshers Map, and 2,50,000+ visits in just 4 days with no downtime.
Use Case Highlights
Revels 2025: Cultural Fest Navigation Made Simple
Revels attracts visitors from 100+ colleges. With Nakshatra, students moved effortlessly between events, food areas, pro-shows, and competitions.
- Reduced crowd confusion
- Better venue discovery
- Smoother movement across far-spread event clusters
"This time finding events didn't feel chaotic. The map became the only thing we needed."
— Student Quote (Revels 2025)
TechTatva 2025: Technical Fest With Zero Lost Attendees
TechTatva hosts hundreds of workshops, competitions, and exhibitions across academic blocks. Nakshatra enabled:
- Real-time location updates for event changes
- Accurate venue mapping for technical labs and classrooms
- High-visibility for event categories and clusters
"Fests are always confusing… this map honestly saved us hours."
— Participant Quote (TechTatva 2025)
MIT Batch of 2029: Freshers' Onboarding Reimagined
During admissions week, thousands of parents and freshers used Nakshatra's special onboarding map to find:
- Document verification halls
- Hostel allocations
- Academic blocks
- Auto stands
- Department offices
Results:
- ✓ 2,50,000+ visits in a 1 week
- ✓ Only 3,000 users, meaning an average of 60 visits per person — proving high dependency
- ✓ No first-day navigation confusion
"I didn't ask a single person for directions. The map handled everything."
— Freshers' Quote (Batch of 2029)
Impact Summary
| Metric | Before Nakshatra | After Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|
| Event discovery | PDFs, WhatsApp | In-map live tracking |
| Navigation | Confusing, volunteer-dependent | Seamless, self-guided |
| Admission experience | Overwhelming | Structured & stress-free |
| Website traffic | — | 2,50,000+ visits |
| Operational workload | Very high | ~30% more efficient |
| User satisfaction | Mixed | >80% found it very convinient |
Conclusion
MIT Manipal's adoption of Nakshatra has shown what modern navigation can do in large campuses: simplify movement, improve event participation, reduce operational load, and transform the visitor experience.
With successful deployments across Revels 2025, TechTatva 2025, and the Batch of 2029 onboarding, Nakshatra has established itself as the campus's digital mobility backbone — and as a powerful mapping solution ready for universities, theme parks, hospitals, malls, and all large public spaces.