Kannada Sangha Pune’s Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce had organized a Three Days National Level Kaveri Science Festival 2021-22 from 20th to 22nd of January 2022 on an online platform.
Principal Dr. Ashok Agrawal inaugurated the fest. In his opening address, he explained the motives of organizing 3-Days Science Festival. He emphasized on the fact how even in the times of Covid, Kaveri has succeeded in arranging varied programs, lectures, workshops, etc on an online platform for overall development of students. He wished everyone a bright future and success in endeavors.
B.Sc.CS Coordinator Dr. Jayashri Bangali, introduced the audience with the aims and objectives of the programme and heartily welcomed the dignitaries and audience. Dr. Ravindra Kshirsagar- Vice Principal, Modern College, GaneshKhind, Pune was the resource person for the first session. He thoroughly guided the students regarding the topic “Career in Science”. He explained the immense significance and efficiency of studying science and introduced students to a number of career options available after pursuing education in science. He mentioned that science is a field of knowledge, studying and working in this field takes a person’s intellectual level from vacuum to extreme logical reasoning.
In the second session, Mr. Anuj Narang- Senior Manager V.W.O, Mumbai was the resource person. He guided students on the topic “Tips for Resume Writing”. He threw light on various essentials and aspects of Resume Writing like- how one must write a resume, what all a resume must comprise of, how to use effective and attractive words and sentences in a resume, and so on. He made the session very worthy and interactive by fondly answering the questions and queries asked by the students towards the end of the session.
In the third session, Mrs. Kavitha Sudhir- Senior Manager,PTC,Headquartered in Boston graced the session as a resource person. She fondly and inclusively talked on the topic of “Technical Writing”. She explained in detail how fusing the skill of writing with the basics of technical essentials can give you many career options on varied platforms. She insisted that making appropriate use of science and technology, visual aids is necessary in order to be a skilled technical writer. Certain demos were also shown by her to explain her points entirely.
An exhibition of electronics projects was held during the Kaveri Science Festival. From this exhibition, the students presented various replicas of their creativity and new technology. The students presented various projects like gas leakage phone call and exhaust fan, water level controller, lie fi, automatic street light, automatic hand sanitizer machine, adjustable time traffic controller, mobile controlled switch.
Various competitions were also organized in the three-day National Kaveri Science Festival. Prof. Chitra Nagarkar, Head, Computer Science Department, Garware College, guided the students on the occasion of inauguration of Kaveri Science Competition. “Participating in competitions is more important than winning competitions,” she said, urging students to take part in various competitions. Speaking on the topic of website designing, she said, “Website designing is an art.” She said that participating in competitions enhances one’s self-confidence, knowledge, ability and knowledge.
Kaveri Science Quiz, Kaveri PPT Presentation Competition and Kaveri Website Designing Competition were conducted for the students. Students from many reputed universities and colleges in India actively participated in all the competitions. Quantum Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cyber Security: New Challenges, Applications of Pythagoras Theorem and Probability were the topics for PPT Presentation. Dr. Neha Deshpande, Professor, Department of Electronics, Garware College, acted as the examiner for the PPT Presentation Competition.
The 3-day National Level Kaveri Science Festival concluded with the awarding of prizes to the winners of various competitions. Dr. Muckta Karmarkar, Vice Principal of the College, appreciated the students for their overwhelming response to the national level event.
Dr. Jayashri Bangali gave an overview of the ‘Three Day National Level Kaveri Science Festival 2021-22’.
More than 700 students participated in the Kaveri Science Festival through online media. The programme was compered by students Aditi Kathale, Maitreyee Joshi and Isha Hosur. The programme was concluded by Prof. Shilpa Kannade proposing the vote of thanks.
