A techno-cultural festival TEKNISKA 2012, organised by Barkatullah University Institute of Technology, Barkatullah University in association with Institution of Engineering and Technology, Delhi Network, was held during 15-19 February, 2012 in Bhopal. The five day festival covered a broad spectrum of student activities, ranging from technical and co-curricular to sporting events. Young researchers, budding engineers and sports persons displayed their latent talent in various engineering streams and related activities.
In fact the techfest started on 10th February, 2012 itself with a mini marathon organized from Chetak Bridge (Bhopal) to Dhyanchand ground of Barkatullah University. It set the mood for the rest of the events with around 200 participants running for a cause. Knock-out rounds of other sporting events including cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, carom and chess also began on 10th Feb. Twelve cricket teams, six volleyball teams, and eight football teams were registered in the event. An overwhelming response was also observed in indoor game like badminton, chess and carom. Participants from places like Delhi, Panipat, Mewad, Vidisha, Ujjain, Indore, Jabalpur, Guna, Gwalior and Bhopal registered in various events.
The formal inaugural ceremony of the festival was held on 15th February at Gyan Vigyan Bhavan, an auditorium with 1200 seating capacity. For the inaugural, Guests of Honours were Mr. H.B.S. Rana, Chairman, IET Delhi Network, Mr. Ramesh Negi, Chairman, IET Young Professional Section, Delhi Network and Dr. D.C. Gupta, Director. Ms. Taruna Jain, Organizing Secretary in her Welcome speech provided a brief on the events being included in the festival during the next five days. Mr. H.B.S. Rana provided the information about the structure and motives of IET as a professional body and encouraged youth with his motivational speech. Mr. Negi introduced himself as a dedicated volunteer of IET while appreciating the efforts of coordinators and their team. Dr. D.C. Gupta motivated the BUITians towards organising more such events showing their importance in grooming of the students as future professionals.
On the very first day in the series of events i.e. on 15 February, more than.80 research papers were presented by young engineers in the streams of electronics engineering, computer science, information technology, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, management and humanities in three parallel sessions. The papers were judged by eminent experts of respective fields. Based on the performance and content top two authors were awarded for outstanding contribution in their streams. The day ended up in step-up (group dance competition) and clash of chords (Guitar competition) events with active participation from the Gen-X.
An expert session on thrust area of today’s world i.e. Green Architecture was presented by leading academician Prof. Ajay Khare, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal on Feb, 16. The day witnessed word-war (debate) and Kaun Banega Technomaster (Who Will become Techno-master), a techno-quiz in 3 rounds; events like fashion show; followed by ‘I have talent’ during post lunch session.
Third day was filled with parallel conduction of four events in pre-lunch session named torque (robo race), code master, tattoo making and poster making. Semi final and final matches of carom and chess were also held on the same day. The treasure hunt too appeared very popular with record entries of 108 student participants hunting around BUIT campus.
Fourth day of the event started with blind coding with 56 participants, and LAN gaming (NFS and counter strike). The white line tracer (robotic competition), face painting and graffiti wall were the other events providing a feel of completeness to the fest with multitude of colours on canvass. Badminton finals were also held on the fourth day.
The last day began with bridge making competition, where a bridge carrying around 174 kg weight was declared as the winner, out of tough competition amongst 10 teams in two rounds. The competition of hydro turbine making named “Neer-pankh” also attracted good attention of mechanical engineers with participation of large number of teams. The volleyball, football and cricket finalists also fought it out for the top honours. Clickography results were also declared in the evening with the photo of a security guard titled ‘duty in adverse conditions’ making it to the top.
Valedictory session of this fest was held at 3 pm on 19 February. Mr. Ghanshyam Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Bhopal (and Ex-chairman, IET Delhi Network), was the Chief Guest. Dr. Shashi Yadav presented the Welcome Speech. Dr. D.C. Gupta congratulated the team TEKNISKA for successful conduction of fest. Dr. Ghanshyam Singh enlightened the audience with his motivating words, he also recalled the memories of his student life. The prize distribution ceremony followed the event and winners and runners-up of all the events were given away the winner’s trophies, mementoes and gift hampers. Vote of Thanks was presented by Ms. Taruna Jain. The grand finale included a rock band competition with eight rock bands rocking the stage and everyone gyrating to the tunes in the auditorium.
This event could not have been a success without the backing and support from IET Delhi and our sponsors – AISECT University, Step-up, Career Launcher, Cute Devil, Café coffee day, Top-n-Town, Swastic Creations, Tupperware and our media partners – Patrika and Red FM 93.5, who in many ways extended their generosity in strengthening the TEKNISKA team to organize the techno-cultural festival. Value of the contribution of our sponsors is even larger considering the fact that it is only by mutual co-operation and contribution by technical society and industrial sector that various such activities can be run and promoted in the society, which are necessary for the betterment of society.
Daily highlights of the tech-fest were carried to the people around Bhopal by the mainstream media with reports in Times of India, Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Patrika, People’s Samachar, and on-air promotions by Red FM 93.5.
- Taruna Jain, Treasurer-YPS, IET Delhi Network
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