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REGIONAL ANNUAL STUDENTS’ CONVENTION 2014
It is a proud privilege for GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHURY INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY; the first non-governmental engineering institute in the
state of Assam under the aegis of the Shrimanta Shankar Academy Society, to register as a
member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) in the year 2013, vide certificate
number IM2284.
The Institute successfully hosted the Regional Annual Students’ Convention, ISTE, Assam
and Eastern States Section on 6th
September’2014. Around 200 students from different technical
institutions participated in this convention. Among these participants, around 60 percent of the
participants from the colleges beside the host institution.
Shri Pratapsinh Kakaso Desai, Vice President, ISTE attended and chaired the occasion
as chief guest for the valedictory session. Prior to that, Prof. (Dr.) P. K. Goswami, Vice-
Chancellor of Assam Science and Technology University, chaired the Inauguration ceremony as
the Chief Guest. Mr. Bhaba Ranjan Sharmah, Chairman, ISTE Assam & Eastern states Section,
ISTE and Prof. L. K. Saikia, Executive Council Member, ISTE has also attended the occasion.
The Dignitaries present in the occasion are:
Prof. (Dr.) P. K. Goswami – Vice-Chancellor, ASTU
CHIEF GUEST, for Inauguration Ceremony
Shri Pratapsinh Kakaso Desai – Vice President, ISTE
CHIEF GUEST, for Award and Closing Ceremony
Mr. Bhabaranjan Sarmah – Chairman, Assam and Eastern States Section, ISTE
Prof. Lakhya Kumar Saikia, Executive Council Mamber, ISTE
Dr. Manoranjan Kalita – Principal, DBCET
Prof. S. K. Dutta, Principal, GIMT-Guwahati
Prof. S. Dash, Principal, GIPS
Prof. T. K. Bhattacharjee, Principal, GIMT-Tezpur
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The convention started with the inauguration ceremony. At the very start, the students
from various institutions are greeted at the host institution. It is followed by the felicitation of the
dignitaries.
Felicitation of the Chairman, ISTE, Assam and Eastern States Section
Dignitaries for the Inauguration Ceremony
This is followed by the welcome address by Mr. Ratul Das, the President, Shrimanta
Shankar Academy. The dignitaries and the student participants are greeted by him.
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This followed by the speech of the Principal, GIMT, Guwahati. The Principal cited the
importance of such kind of convention towards the academic excellence and for global
competence. This is followed by the speech of the chief Guest for the inauguration ceremony,
Prof. (Dr.) P. K. Goswami, Vice Chancellor, Assam Science and Technology University.
Vice-Chancellor, Assam Science and Technology University addressing the participants
The speech by the Guest of Honor, Dr. M. Kalita, Principal, DBCET, ADBU, has followed
the speech by the chief guest. He emphasized the importance of such conventions in this part of
the country for the overall technological growth. He also enlightened the prospective of the theme
of this convention.
This inauguration ceremony is followed by the Tea-Snacks break. The competitions for the
convention soon got started.
The competitions for this Regional Convention are:-
1. Quiz – ‘Trivia Test’- Maximum 2 members in a group.
2. Paper Presentation – The Topic “Transforming Technical Education to meet needs of
Industry”
3. Extempore Speech – Around 20 technical topics selected for this competition.
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1. Quiz – Mr. Dipankar Kaushik (Quiz Master)
Quiz Master addressing the participants during the Prelims
Around 160 participants participated in the prelims for the Quiz Competition. 6 (six) teams
were selected from the prelims. The Quiz competition continued for around 3 hours before it
could complete before Lunch.
2. Paper Presentation: Judges: – Dr. Sunandan Baruah (HOD, ECE, DBCET, ADBU)
– Dr. Ajanta Deka (Dept. of Physics, GIMT)
Participant presenting his paper
Around 10 groups from various colleges participated for this competition. Maximum four
participants in each group were allowed. Well-framed reports and slides were presented in this
competition.
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3. Extempore Speech: Judges: – Dr. Damodar Agarwal (HOD, EE, AEC)
– Dr. Pradyumna Goswami (Dept. of Chemistry, GIMT)
Participants participating in the Extempore Speech
The events were followed by the Lunch for all the students – participants and dignitaries
for the Regional Annual Students’ Convention 2014.
The Valedictory session started after the Lunch. The session started with the felicitation of
the chief guest - Shri Pratapsinh Kakaso Desai, Vice President, Indian Society for Technical
Education. Then the judges are felicitated with the mementos. The Chairman, ISTE, Assam and
Eastern States Section also been felicitated by the memento. Then the Chief Guest gave an
enlightening speech for the upliftment of the technology and the prevalent modern scenario. This
is followed by the speech of the Chairman, ISTE, Assam and Eastern States Section. Then the
awards were announced and distributed.
Vice-President, Indian Society for Technical Education addressing the participants
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The Award Recipients for the events are:
1. Quiz – 1st Position: Mr. Partha Pratim Barman and Mr. Nibir Baruah (Jorhat Engg. College)
2nd
Position: Mr. Kritartha Neog and Mr. Hirak Nayan Bhuyan (Assam Engg. College)
3rd
Position: Mr. Kalyan Lahkar and Mr. Mriganka Kr. Nath (Assam Engg. College)
Vice-President, ISTE presenting the award certificate to the Quiz winners
2. Paper Presentation – 1st Position: Mr. Kunal Gunjan Talukdar (GIMT – 3rd
Semester, CSE)
2nd
Position: Ms. Alakananda Saikia and Ms. Anupriya Sahu (GIMT – 7th
Semester, ETE)
3rd
Position: Ms. Jyotishmita Misra, Ms. Juri Das, Ms. Kongkana Bayan
and Ms. Krishna Bora (GIMT – 7th Semester, ETE)
3. Extempore Speech – 1st Position: Mr. Saurav Kumar Dutta (GIMT, 7
th Semester ME)
2nd
Position: Mr. Abranul Karim (Assam Engg. Institute)
3rd
Position: Mr. Saurav Chakraborty (GIMT, 7th
semester CSE)
The awards for the events were given in the form of cash prize for the winner and runners-
up of each event and the certificates for all the top three winners.
Then the Vote of Thanks was given by Dr. Buljit Buragohain, Dean Student Affairs. The
Convention was then concluded by Tea-Snacks.
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The Convention was also covered by the correspondents of the print media and the
television media. The print media was The Assam Tribune and the television media was News
Time Assam.
INSTITUIONS INVITED FOR PARTICIPATION
1. Assam Engineering College 2. Don Bosco College of Engg and Technology
3. NITS Mirza 4. Royal School of Engg. And Technology
5. Assam Down Town University 6. Scholar's Institute of Tech. and Management
7. RIST, Meghalaya 8. Gauhati University - IST
9. Assam Textile Institute 10. Assam Engineering Institute
11. Girls Polytechnic 12. Bongaigaon Polytechnic
13. Nagaon Polytechnic 14. Jorhat Engineering College
15. JIST, Jorhat 16. Kaziranga Univerisity
17. Prince of Wales, Jorhat 18. Dibrugarh University
19. NIT Silchar 20. Silchar Polytechnic
21. NIT Meghalaya 22. NEHU, Shillong
23. NIT Agartala 24. NIT Nagaland
25. NIT Arunachal 26. NERIST, Arunachal
27. SMIT, Sikkim 28. Manipur Institute of Technology
29. NIT Manipur 30. NIT Mizoram
31. NIT Sikkim 32. Sivsagar Polytechnic
33. Goalpara Polytechnic 34. Dibrugarh Polytechnic
35. Golaghat Polytechnic
Alokojjwal Das Arindam Saha Event Coordinator, Asst. Prof., ECE Event Coordinator, Asst. Prof., CSE