TechnoSAVVY Newsletter

NATIONAL Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand SPRING & SUMMER SEMESTERS

Issue: January’16-JUNE’16

LOHRI

Lohri, a famous festival celebrated in north India, marks the

culmination of winter. The festival is an emblem of gratitude

towards nature and connotes the beginning of new spring of life.

On 13th January 2016, NIT Uttarakhand celebrated this festival of

jubilation once again. The Registrar of the Institute Colonel

Sukhpal Singh, faculty members including Dr. Anirban Mukherjee,

Mr. Navjot Singh, Dr. D. B. Singh, Dr. Kuldeep Sharma,

administrative staff and the students of the all four years

participated in this joyous event with immense zeal. As this

festival commemorates the passing of the winter solstice, a blazing

bonfire was lit by participants to enjoy the circle of warmth.

Everyone wished for prosperity and happiness by offering peanuts

and til (sesame seed) in the auspicious fire. The students expressed

their joy on the occasions by dancing and singing. Thus the

celebration of Lohri in the Institute epitomized the sentiment of

love, gratitude, and sprit of brotherhood.

REPUBLIC DAY 2016

The Institute ceremonialized the auspicious occasion of 67th anniversary of Republic Day of India with great reverence. The

honorable Director of the Institute, Professor H. T Thorat, Registrar, Col. Sukhpal Singh Singh, faculty members, staff members and

students gathered at the ITI campus to celebrate the event. The program started with the flag hoisting by the Director followed by the

hymn of the National Anthem. Afterwards Professor Thorat delivered an influential speech highlighting the sanctity of the day and the

Constitution of the nation. Students presented patriotic songs and poems with heartfelt emotions. On this very day, everyone took the

cleanliness oath along with the honorable Director and pledged their responsibilities of being a part of the “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan”.

The function concluded with the Registrar offering the Vote of Thanks. After the rapture of the feelings of honour, pride, and devotion

towards the nation so exhibited in the songs and poems during the program, everybody enjoyed the refreshment.

INSTITUTE GATHERING

The penultimate week of January involved a splendid show of cultural, sports and literary events at the National Institute of

Technology, Uttarakhand. A number of inter-branch competitions were organized from 23rd

to 24th

of January to delightfully mark the

''Sparks '16", the Institute Gathering. The students were immersed in the spirits of team-work, leadership, and healthy competition.

Every face was brimming with excitement and every eye was affixed to the scoreboard, cheered for their branches throughout the

week.

There was no dearth of enthusiasm in the students to seize the coveted winning title for their branches. Finally the fluctuating score-

board settled on 21st January 2016, declaring the Computer Science and Engineering Department as the overall winner and conferring

the second place to the Civil Engineering Department. With the co-operation of students and staff, the Council of Student Activities

(CSA), NIT Uttarakhand organized yet another successful event.

KABADDI TOURNAMENT

NIT Uttarakhand organized a Kabaddi Tournament for the students. Overall eight teams of nine players participated with the vision

of glorifying their teams by winning the title of Kabaddi Championship. Kabaddi has now been included as a major sport in

Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth games, etc. The Kabaddi tournament at NIT Uttarakhand consisted of 16 knock-out

matches, two semifinals and a Grand finale match among the eight teams. The championship continued for two weeks. In the final

championship, two best teams performed with enormous zeal and enthusiasm. The vigorous tactics applied by the teams were

praiseworthy. The flexibility in grasping the adversaries and lissomness in body movements of players inevitably forced the

audiences to applaud the performances.

The prolonged tournament was punctuated with liveliness, pride, spirit and endearing cheers.

Saraswati Puja was celebrated at the Institute on 13th March 2016 with traditional gaiety and religious fervor.

The Puja began in the morning with prayers at the „pandal‟ which was beautifully decorated with festoons and

colorful banners. After enchanting „aarti‟, sweets and „prasad‟ were distributed. The Puja continued for two

days. On the next morning, the immersion ceremony was organized. The huge crowd of devotees gathered

together to show their reverence to Goddess Saraswati. The idol was immersed in the Alaknanda River with

devotion and respect.

A two-days workshop on “Entrepreneurship Development Programme” was

organized at NIT Uttarakhand in collaboration with the National Institute for

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) between 13th

and 14th

February 2016. Professor H.T. Thorat, Director NIT Uttarakhand,

inaugurated the workshop and welcomed the guest faculty Mr. Hardik Rawat

from NIESBUD. In his inaugural speech, he told the students about the

importance of this workshop and sighted many examples of engineers becoming

the successful entrepreneurs. He motivated the students to think innovative in the

field of entrepreneurship and assured them of all possible help in converting their

ideas to successful business strategies.

Mr. Hardik Rawat, commenced the workshop programme with his perspicacious

knowledge and by sharing practical experiences on visionary decisions, success

in business and growth in startups. In the due course of two-days workshop on

Entrepreneurship, many ideas, concepts, possibilities got unfolded and many

obstacles, distractions got effaced.

This informative and enlightening workshop ended with Vote of Thanks by Mr.

Vikas Kukshal, faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

SARASWATI PUJA

ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKSHOP

CLIFFESTO 2016: DOWN TO CLOWN

The Annual Techno-Cultural Event of the Institute, “Cliffesto” was organized between 19th to 21

st February 2016. However, various

pre-fest events like the „Blood Donation Camp‟ and „Cleanliness Drive‟ were organized a week prior to the actual event. Cliffesto was

inaugurated on the evening of 18th February 2016 with lamp lightening ceremony in the esteemed presence of Honourable Director,

Registrar, Associate Dean (Student Welfare) and Faculty members. The evening was studded with some stupendous performances

from the students and the refreshing performance by “Keechad Band”.

The first day of the festival witnessed many cultural events like Solo singing, Solo dance, Street play, Poetry Competitions and

Technical events in the form of MATLAB Workshop, Debugging, Lan Gaming, Robokick. The evening had wonderful performance

in the form of BAND WARS, in which different bands performed. The second Day was full of mesmerizing events like PIZZAZ

(Fashion show), Duet singing, Standup Comedy, Group Dance, Mimicry and Rafting workshop.

Technical events like RASBERRY PI workshop, Engine Assembly Workshop, Code Clash, Robo War were organized with a huge

participation of students. However, the event of the day was the EDM night by Sunburn.

The final day had technical events like Grid Runner, RoboCoursa, Reincarnation and they were followed by finals of some of the

cultural performances like Solo Singing , Solo Dance, Street Play and Pizazz (Fashion Show) with prize distribution ceremony.

Besides, it is a matter of great pride to report that for the first time in Uttarakhnand, a college festival having a unique event like

Weapon Display Exhibition, which was organized by the Sixth Battalion of Kumaon Regiment.

The final closing night witnessed the heart throbbing performance of none other than the king of Desi Rap “BOHEMIA”. With more

than 1300 students having registered the festival, Cliffesto 2016 was way bigger and successful than ever before.

NIT UTTARAKHAND: FIRST CONVOCATION

National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, celebrated its first Convocation Ceremony on 14th

March 2016. The

ceremony took place at the temporary campus of the Institute located in the beautiful valley of Srinagar, Garhwal. Shri K.

Ravi Kumar, Ex Director, BHEL, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of the function. Shri Bhaskar Bhat, the Chairman,

Board of Governors, NIT Uttarakhand, Senate members and other dignitaries were invited in the ceremony.

The ceremony began with the arrival of academic procession in the hall and was followed by National Anthem which set the

tone of this first Convocation in the valley. After this Professorr, H.T.Thorat, Director of the Institute, presented a Welcome

Speech and an exclusive report on the Institute. Shri Bhaskar Bhat congratulated the students and wished them success in

building future careers and serving the state and the nation. The Chief Guest emphasized the need to serve country and

humanity by bringing out the best in oneself through strong determination and high goals. Throughout the programme, the

sense of pride and achievement was palpable among the students, families, faculty and staff members of the Institute.

National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, organized an

Adventure Week for its students from 19th March 2016 to

23rd march 2016 at Gwaldam with the help of SSB Academy,

Srinagar, Garhwal. A total of 79 students and 14 staff

members of the Institute participated in the same. The

adventure training began with jungle survival demonstrations

by the military officials. Further activities involved

Mountaineering, Hiking, Tracking, Rappelling, Camping,

Commando Training, Physical Training, etc. Participants were

made familiar to concealment training and were provided

exposure to different kinds of explosions. Finally, a Weapon

Display Exhibition was arranged to document the

advancement in arms and ammunition in India. Thus, the

Adventure Week at Gwaldam provided the students and staff

members of NIT Uttarakhand a unique and noteworthy

experience of its kind. The exhilarating adventure trip

concluded with a formal thanking ceremony which started

with the presentation of memento as a token of respect to the

honorable Commandant Mr. Sumit Joshi. The effort taken by

NIT Uttarakhand was a noteworthy success.

ADVENTURE TRIP TO GWALDAM

National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand hoasted a flute

recital by illustrious artist Pt. Ronu Majumdar under the aegis of

SPIC MACAY on 30th

March 2016 in the auditorium. Pt. Ronu

Majumdar, a legend in the field of instrumental music from

Varanasi and a disciple of renowned artist Pt. Ravi Shankar along

with tabla artist Mr. Durjay Bhaumik and Mr. Kalpesh, a flute

companion, were accorded a traditional welcome. The programme

was commenced with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp. Pt. Ronu

Majumdar started the program with the melodious „aalap‟, which

was transcended deep down in the hearts of audience. His

interaction with the audience was very interesting and they sang

„Vande Mataram‟ and „Vaishnavjan‟ along with the tune of flute.

The performance kept the audience spellbound. The atmosphere got

pulsating with the jugalbandi of flute and tabla, in which students

participated enthusiastically. Dr. Anirban Mukherjee, Dean of

Students Welfare, delivered the Vote of Thanks to artists and the

organization. The Director, Professor H.T. Thorat, presented

mementos to these eminent artists.

CV WORKSHOP: A CAREER DRIVE

The Training and Placement Cell of the Institute organized a three days workshop on Resume Preparation and Campus Recruitment

Training from 1st April 2016 to 3

rd April 2016. The workshop focused on boosting the CV profile of pre-final year students and

navigating them to new fields of interests. The first day session was initiated by Prof. Yogesh Deshpande from VNIT Nagpur and

later accompanied by Mr. Anirudhha Pathak, an expert in HR Training and Soft Skills Training Exercises. Both the experts aimed at

trampling down the job apprehensions and jitters and enlightened students in taking firm decisions on career front. Mr. Nayab Danish

Siddiqui, a CRT expert also elaborated on the career alternatives avaialable to the students.

The second day entailed many important sessions as a lot of expert tips were provided to the audience. Later a detailed presentation

was given by Mr. Anirudhha Pathak regarding the do‟s and don‟ts while constructing a resume. Utmost importance was given to the

mock interview sessions which highlighted the importance of dress-code and positive body language. The third day marked by one to

one counselling sessions for every student where individuals were asked to share their problems and doubts. The unparalleled advice

from the experts guided and motivated the students to shift gears for approaching years of their career plan.

TINKLINGS IN THE AIR: FLUTE RECITAL BY PT. RONU MAJUMDAR

Majumdar

YOGA WEEK: CELEBRATION OF HEALTHY LIFE

The International Yoga Day is observed on 21st June every year since 2015. Yoga is a spiritual discipline aimed to promote control of the

body and mind and is seen worldwide as a legacy of rich Indian culture and history. This year the Institute organized many competitions

and sessions under the banner of Yoga Week from 15th

to 21st of June 2016. It commenced on 15

th June with a speech by Registrar Col.

Sukhpal Singh along with a video presentation on various forms of Yoga „asanas‟ and „kriyas‟ , highlighting the various aspects of Yoga.

On the following day, competitions like painting, poster designing, logo designing and essay writing on topics related to Yoga were

conducted with active participation by the students. A book exhibition on Yoga accentuating the vitality of this art of life was arranged.

The next two days, students and faculty members practiced Pranayam- a class of breathing exercises and Yoga asanas in the ITI campus.

In an invited talk by Dr. Ghanshyam Thakur, HOD, Yoga Department, HNB Garhwal University, he delivered a lecture along with a

short practice session for the participants. The final day, 21st June started with a Yoga session by the Institute‟s Yoga instructor, Mr.

Pradeep Rawal. The event concluded with prize distribution ceremony to felicitate the winners of the respective competitions. The

Registrar presented mementos to the students. This week- long celebration acquainted everyone with Yoga and its sanctity and added a

healthy week to their lives. Students and faculty members both attended all the events enthusiastically. Everyone acquired knowledge,

skills and got aware of various nuances of this day and Yoga and realized what made Yoga get global popularity and recognition. It was

a fruitful celebration.

Faculty Editors:-

Dr. Anirban Mukherjee

Dr. Renu Bhadola Dangwal

Student Editors:-

Mr. Mahendra Singh Bisht

Mr. Akarsh Raj

Ms. Piyushi

Ms. Ananta Kant Rai

Courtesy:-

„KLICK‟ Photography Club