IIT Ropar, PEC students shine at CGC Tech Fest

 

 

 by Punjabnewswire4u(Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, JAN 20

Amid cutting-edge technological battles and cultural razzmatazz, the CGC Tech Fest 2012 took off to a colourful start at Chandigarh Group of Colleges' Gharuan Campus where 15,000 students from leading institutes of the region had converged to compete for cash prizes worth lakhs in a variety of technical and non-technical competitions.

 The duo of Kamaldeep Singh and Sumit Gaurav from IIT Ropar beat scores of competitors in Reverse Gear a software event of Computer Science in one of the most prestigious contests while Chintan Kaur and Surbhi Negi of PEC University, Chandigarh walked away with top prize and Rs. 10,000 prize money in Project Presentation contest.

 More than 2,000 students from IITs, NITs, UBS, UIET, CCCET, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, CGC Landran and Gharuan and other leading colleges of the region showcased their: robots, cars, circuit making skills, etc, with the winners walking away with hefty cash prizes.

 Legendary marathon runner, the centenarian Fauja Singh, who was a guest of honour at the Tech Fest 2012 was a centre of attraction with students jostling to get themselves photographed with him. Students felt honored at the chance of accepting prizes from such an inspirational figure.

In the Computer Aided Design (Mechanical Engineering) category, IIT Ropar's Tejas Shah and Puneet Mahananda won the 1st prize. From the softer skills side, Rohit Tanwar and Mithun Parashar, both students of Institute of Hotel Management, Chandigarh won the Salad Making competition.

The highlight of the Tech Fest 2012 was the highly excited hundreds of school students who were participating for the first time in an event of this scale and nature. Apart from more than 4,200 students from 71 schools from across the region who came visiting the Tech Fest, students from many leading schools from Chandigarh also participated.

The entire atmosphere remained livewire with colourful dances set to catchy Bollywood numbers keeping pace with western style performances  even as Salsa, Bhangra, Himachali Nati and quintessential Gidhha vying for the loudest cheers from excited crowds.

The campus of Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Gharuan was choc-a-block with loudly cheering students till late hours in the evening as they awaited renowned Rock Band from Kolkata, Underground Authority, to perform.  Tech Fest will come to a close tomorrow with a happening high-voltage performance by Jazzy B.