All India Student Congress 2010
From 24th September 2010 to the 26th September 2010 IEEE-CRCE and Fr.Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering played host to many high profile delegates including Prof. Kasi Rajagopal (Chairperson IEEE India Council) and Mr. Raju Hira (Chairperson IEEE Bombay Section) to name a few, guests and students from all across the country who participated in the much anticipated IEEE India Councils All India Student Congress 2010 organized by IEEE Bombay Section in association with IEEE-CRCE.
The chief guest for the event was Prof. V. K. Damodaran who is the Chairman of Centre for Environment & Development and happens to be the Vice-Chairman of Energy Management Centre-Kerala and the Director General of INGCORE. The event saw approximately 100 participants coming from IEEE Delhi and Bangalore Sections. After the initial inauguration which including the lighting of the lamp and a few speeches by the dignitaries all members present were enlightened by a presentation titled ‘Engineers of the New Decade: Need a new Paradigm for Development’ by Prof. V. K. Damodaran which covered topics from Challenges of the New Decade to the Ecological Legacy of the 20th Century till Gandhian Innovation.
This was followed by a photo shot presentation by Prof. Kasi Rajagopal which focused on making the participants aware of how they could better utilize the various IEEE services available online. Later on during the day Mr. Ramana Additional Commissioner of MMRDA informed us of the various projects undertaken and to be undertaken by MMRDA which would benefit the infrastructure of the city, this was followed by a speech by the Director of Great Offshore Ship Repairs Pvt Ltd. Mr. Darayas P. Malegam on Attributes: The making of an Engineer which was directed towards five must have attributes in one to make a complete engineer out of oneself. All the speakers were spectacular and left the students asking for more. Followed by these speakers the students of Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering had planned a splendid cultural night which included dance performances, a small play on AIDS awareness the college orchestra performed in front of the audience which was followed by a band event the total cultural evening lasting for almost 3 hours.
DAY 2
The second day started with the President of Rotract Club of Mumbai Mr. Padmakar Nandekar having an interactive session on the importance of meditation in one’s life. This was preceded by the former Chairperson of IEEE-CRCE Vivek Agarwal conducting some icebreaker sessions and speaking about his experience as an IEEE Student Member. The Chairperson of IEEE Bombay Section Mr. Raju Hira then conducted a session of common issues pertaining with different IEEE Student Branches and Chapters where the students discussed common problems and possible solutions to the same. After that privileged colleges were given the opportunity to present their branch report presentations students from Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Bangalore bagging the first spot. The branch presentations were ended by a prize distribution ceremony for the same, followed by a Mumbai Darshan the next day. The All India Student Congress 2010 is considered to be the pinnacle of intercollege events that any college can undertake. IEEE-CRCE and Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering were given the honor of playing host to such a grand event because of the trust, both IEEE India Council and IEEE Bombay Section had in IEEE-CRCE and the event was a grand success thanks to the hours of effort put in by the entire IEEE-CRCE Council along with the support and cooperation of the entire faculty both teaching and non-teaching staff.
