February 10, 2024
What if you could move thousands of people through a venue without any single spot getting dangerously packed? That was the problem at the Bharath Scouts and Guides Diamond Jubilee Jamboree in Trichy — 15,000+ attendees, and we had to keep the Global Development Village (GDV) from overcrowding.
Sairam Institutions ran the GDV, and our team built the system behind it.
The solution
The first ask was simple: red/green buttons to block and unblock venues by capacity. We turned it into something better — a QR system where every patrol got a unique code. Scanners across 14 zones read those codes and auto-blocked a venue the moment it hit capacity. Scanners could unblock too, so flow never stalled.
The timeline
We had 5 days, from January 22, to design, build, and test the whole thing. A few sleepless nights later, it held up — the Jamboree ran from January 28 to February 3 without the system skipping a beat.
People who made it happen
Guidance and support from:
- Sai Prakash LeoMuthu (CEO)
- Sambasivam R
- Dr. V. Brindha Devi
- MUTHUVEL ARUMUGAM
- Suthahar P
And my teammates:
- Vijay S
- Manoj Kumar D
- Vikram Bose MSU
- Rajesh Chidhambaram
Along the way
A couple of moments I won't forget:
- Sidd Ahmed, CEO of vDart, stopping by and liking what we'd built
- Meeting the Education Minister, Mr. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi
Five days, one event, no overcrowding. Easily one of the better things I've built under pressure.