Monday, March 26, 2012

INAUGURAL EVENT OF PICT-IET STUDENT CHAPTER


Saturday, 3rd March 2012, was amongst the most looked upon and a memorable day for the department of E&TC at PICT as PICT-IET student chapter was inaugurated. The inaugural event started at 11.30am by invoking the blessings of “Maa Saraswati” and followed by the felicitation of chief guests for the day-

  • · Mr. Freddy Dinshaw, Chairman ,IET Mumbai local network
  • · Dr. Mrs. Madhuri Joshi, Vice-chair, IET Mumbai local network.
  • · Mr. Pravin Patil, Secretary, IET Mumbai local network
  • · Mr. Rajesh Patwardhan, PRO, IET Mumbai local network

Senior faculty members of IET and Branch counselors from other institutes at Pune namely, Mr. S. P. Ranade, Senior Fellow Member of IET, Dr. A.M. Sapkal, COEP, Pune, Ms. Wrushali Mendre, SKN, Pune, Mr, Suraj Chavan, CCOEW, Pune, Mr. Ambore, VIIT, Pune also graced the function with their valuable presence.

After the formal welcome and felicitation of the chief guest and guest of honor by the Vice Principal, Management Representative and HOED during the Inauguration function, Dr. Mrs. Madhuri Joshi, Mr. S. P Ranade and Mr. Freddy Dinshaw introduced students to the many policies and ultimately the benefits of IET which encouraged many students in enrolling themselves as the student members of IET. Their experienced words also communicated the importance and necessity of professional association exposing them to the pool of opportunities IET has to benefit the young minds not only at the student level but also after their graduations.

They also encouraged the students to also have the zeal of learning and exploring which will bring success at each front. The IET Mumbai network office bearers handed over the check worth Rs. 1,00,000/- to Prof. Girish Potdar, Vice Principal, PICT, Dr. Y. Ravinder, HOD, Dept of E&TC, PICT , Prof. Narkhede for the yearly scholarship in name of “Mr. Kharas” to be given to a deserving IET Student member.

The Inauguration function was followed by a series of lectures, which included

  • · “Advantages of IET Membership” by Mr. Rajesh Patwardhan
  • · “Necessity and Benefits of Professional Registration” by Mr. Pravin Patil
  • · “Design Process for Embedded Systems” by Mr. Freddy Dinshaw

The interesting lecture series was followed by a lunch break at 2.00 pm. At 3.00 pm the “Debate

Competition” arranged by the PICT-IET student chapter started There were around 35 participants and the first round was the elimination round to shortlist only 12 participants in two teams of six each for the second round which was group discussion. Only one winner from each team had one to one and neck to neck fight for the final trophy. The entire event went on very smoothly and with a great gust of enthusiasm as the participants loved to speak on the subjects given and performed very well on stage. There were audience questions in between the rounds which kept interest of audience on peak. The judges for the afternoon event were –

  • · Prof. S.S. Narkhende, E&TC Dept.
  • · Dr. A.Y. Ravinder, HOED, E&TC Dept
  • · Prof. R.B.Ingale, IEEE Branch counselor, Computer Dept.
  • · Mrs. Shweta Dharmadhikari, IT Dept.
  • · Prof. Mrs. A.A.Joshi, FE Dept.

After a tough judging time, the winner and the runner up was declared. The winner of debate competition was Sourabh Kulkarni and the runner up was Rasik Pansare.

The event went on as organized and coordinated by

  • · Mrs. Mousami Munot , Branch counselor PICT- IET student Branch
  • · Mr. Lalit Patil, Branch counselor PICT- IET student Branch

The tireless efforts of 38 volunteers made the event a grand success. The experience for volunteers was very enormous. The co-coordinators and HOED were very supportive and guided so very well that every volunteer was so relaxed but still a lot of zest. We organized the debate competition in PICT for the very first time and gained a very memorable experience in all the fields. The entire team is now looking forward to a very well organized and innovative intercollegiate and a national level event as a whole which will for sure take PICT and IET together to greater heights.

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