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

REGIONAL ANNUAL STUDENTS’ CONVENTION 2014

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.

REGIONAL ANNUAL STUDENTS’ CONVENTION 2014

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.

REGIONAL ANNUAL STUDENTS’ CONVENTION 2014

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.

REGIONAL ANNUAL STUDENTS’ CONVENTION 2014

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

REGIONAL ANNUAL STUDENTS’ CONVENTION 2014

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