PRAGYAN '07 - The Fest That Was
The aftershocks of an event of the magnitude of Pragyan'07 can still be felt in the various forms of media along with the experiences shared by all those who happened to be a part of one of the major international technical festivals in India. As Mr. Moses (Dean - Student Welfare) quoted "The organising team has raised the bar too high", this sums up the effort and the drive that had pushed hundreds of students into putting their souls and hearts into organising this event.
4 days of technical fiesta saw contestants open eyes of stalwarts with
their fresh innovative ideas, while some who had ridden too high on the
clouds of blind hope were brought crashing down to ground reality by
esteemed judges keeping a panoramic view on ideas and a myopic one on
the feasibility. A plethora of events saw all forms of engineering
disciplines covered allowing the entire engineering spectrum of
students to have a shot at glory. Even the non engineering streams were
kept gratified with a number of events that required common sense and
practicality over deep technical know how.
Apart from
the events, major highlights no doubt were the guest lectures that saw
eminent personalities like Gurcharan Das, Douglas Osheroff, Dilip
Chhabria, Rudolph Marcus, Jimmy Wales and many more share their pearls
of wisdom to an earnest audience who didn't mind packed halls for the
sake of listening to such great personalities. A couple of workshops
including ones on DSP, automobile designing etc gave students a first
hand experience into this dimensions.
As the evening breeze picked up pace, so did the excitement in the informals with numerous eat outs and various other activities lined for the crowd looking for some light entertainment after a gruelling day of technical wizardry. Not far behind were the infotainment lined up which included a sand animation show by a professional flown in all the way from Paris, while the home favourite Dance Troupe got the crowds moving to their Saarang conquering performance.
They say alls well that ends well, but for Pragyan, the journey has just begun. The wheel shall continue moving and so will Pragyan as it aims to attain greater heights in future editions.
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U.S. based Internet entrepreneur and Wiki pioneer Best known as the head of Wikipedia 2nd Feb, 1830HRS, EEE Auditorium
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Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology 2nd Feb, 1430HRS, EEE Auditorium |
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