Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Kumar Alva, General Secretary of 'Srishti-2012, said that nearly 2000 students from more than 75 engineering colleges from across the state will be participating in the event. Also technical experts from corporate sector, academic arena and the related will visit the event, he said.
“This year Srishti has received an overwhelming response from the technical students' fraternity. More than 700 final year project were submitted from which only the best 250 are selected by a panel of experts. Also more than 500 technical paper presentation and 200 hobby projects under the event Avishkar were submitted; out of which only 200 TPP & 100 hobby projects are selected respectively. The number of college participation has increased to 100 compared to the previous 'Srishtis' with students across all the branches of engineering participating this year. Also a new competition under the event 'Idea Impact' has been introduced this year, wherein the student will present their innovative ideas on the topic “Science and Technology for Social Empowerment and Solution to Problem faced by the Nation. More than 75entries were submitted under the category wherein only the best 35 ideas are selected. The Technical paper presentation and Idea Impact competition will be held on May 13 and also the project will be evaluated by industry expert and faculty members on the same day”, he said.
A reception committed under the adept Chairmanship of Sudhir Ghate, Chairman, Magnum Intergrafiks Pvt. Ltd. has been formed and also an organizing committee under Chairmanship of Devdas Hegade, Principal Shayadri College of Engineering and Management to look after the arrangements.
Mr Alva said, the inaugural function will be held on Saturday May 12, at 4.30 pm. Chief Minister of Karnataka was graciously agreed to inaugurate this this day technical extravaganza. Nalin Kumar Katil, Member of Parliament, Mangalroe, along with E.S. Chakravarthy, Centre Head, TCS Bangalore will be the chief guests. Also the mammoth gathering of budding engineers will be addressed by chief speaker N. Ravikumar, Zonal Organizing Secretary ABVP presided by Sri Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandari Foundation, Adyar.
The second day of 'Srishti-2012' will witness a special talk at 3.30pm on “Understanding India” by Shradhalu Ranade, Renowned Scientist, Chennai. This session will be presided over by Sri Kirti C Shah, Project Leader- Cardolite Specialty Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd. Also a cultural program has been organized at 6pm wherein “Rastra Devobha” a patriotic play will be presented by Santana Natyalaya.
A special seminar on “When medicine met engineering- opportunities and scope in India and the developing world" will be held at 11am. Eminent Pharma scientist Dr. Praveen Bhat Gurpar, MBBS Phd (USA) will be sharing his views and interacting with the students on Monday.
The Valedictory and the prize distribution session will be held on at 4.30pm on Monday. The Minister for Science and Technology Sri Anand Asnotikar, Siddaih, Principal Secretary for Higher education and Sri Suhad Gopinath, youngest CEO in the world, presently Chairman, Globals Inc. will be present as chief guests. Prizes worth Rs 3 lakh will be awarded under various categories including the championship trophy, runner up trophy and student friendly award. The national Vice-President of ABVP Dr. Raghu Akmanchi will be addressing the function as chief speaker with Sri Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Legislative Assembly, as the president.
The exhibition will be open for public from May 13, 10am onwards, he said.
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