NSS

 SHEVASESTRA '14 - Journey to serve

On 18^th and 19^th February, 2014 NSS volunteers of Bannari Amman institute of Technology organised a two-day service oriented  symposium SHEVASESTRA-14 in the motto of Journey to serve, to get practical solutions for the social issues prevailing in our society Above 165 colleges were communicated throughout Tamilnadu through Posters and e -mails.. Paper Prastuti(Paper presentation), Plakato(Poster presentation), Pantomime(Mimare), Kiruchitra (Short film),Art of Demo(Wealth from waste),Vidiyalai nokki un kural(Platform to present their own ideas by any means),Workshop about First-aid were the events conducted.

            The NSS team was split up into various committees and worked out sincerely for the function. Registration was held upto 15^th  February, 2014. There was a good response and students from various colleges registered for the events and sent their abstracts. Nearly 208 papers were registered for Paper Prastuti, 34 for Art of Demo, Plakato-42, Pantomime-30, Vidiyalai nokki un kural-45 and Kiruchitra-7. Based on the content the teams from various colleges were selected.  The number of teams selected for the events were as follows:

S.No	Events	External participants	Internal participants(BIT)	Total
1	PANTOMIME	3	2	5
2	KIRUCHITRA	1	1	2
3	PAPER PRASTUTI	11	14	25
4	VIDIYALAI NOKKI UN KURAL	4	5	9
5	PLAKATO	1	5	6
6	ART OF DEMO	-	8	8

 The selected teams were intimated on 16^th  February.In total there were participants from 15 external colleges.

     The spot registration began on 18^th February, 2014. Shevasestra-14 was inaugurated in Vedanayagam auditorium with esteemed Chief guest as Dr.G.P.Dhanapal, Chief Surgeon in Government Hospital,Gobi with 25 years of experience, Mr.C.Natarajan from Sudar Organisation and Dr.N.Rengarajan, Principal of BIT lighted the lamp. Dr.V.N.Vijayakumar, NSS Programme Officer of BIT welcomed the chief guest and addressed the gathering with his charming welcome address and presented the annual report for the academic year 2013-2014. Dr.N.Rengarajan delivered the ecstatic inaugural address and cheered the participants. Dr.G.P.Dhanapal enunciated the presidential address and asked all the youngsters to be a social thinker and work towards the welfare of the nation. Mrs.R.Praveena ,NSS Programme Officer delivered the vote of thanks. Inauguration function came to an end by 11.30am.

 The events started at 11.30 a.m. On 18^th February six events Paper Prastuti, Art of Demo, Plakato, Pantomime, Vidiyalai nokki un kural and Kiruchitra were conducted. On 28^th September the workshop started at 9.30 a.m. and the demo of first aid and rescue methods were demonstrated. The events were judged by nearly 18 staffs from various departments of BIT and the winners of each event were selected.

The Valediction function was started  as scheduled at 4:30pm with chief guest as Mr.C.Natarajan from Sudar Organization. The chief guest and NSS Programme Officers awarded the winners with Shield and Certificates. Overall Championship was bagged by Maharaja college of Engineering.NSS volunteer  Mr.E.Surendernath, proposed the vote of thanks . The Flash showing the entire Shevasestra 2014 was played. The certificates were distributed to the participants of the events. The valediction function came to an end by 6.30pm.

18^TH FEBRUARY

PANTOMIME

This event mainly focused in portraying characters and acting out situations of the society or narrating them by gestures and body movements without using words. An emotional way to express your thoughts silently that creates an illusion of reality.
.The topics were

• The India you don't know
• Life without corruption
• Protect women
• Social pressure over young mind
• Kill the roads which kills you
• Power of common man

At 11.40 am Pantomime event was conducted at Vedanayagam auditorium.Around 5 teams actively participated and presented their innovative  ideas through expressions, with chief guest as Mr.S.Kirubakaran, Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering department,BIT and Mr.R.Indrajinth, Associate Professor of Fashion technology department, BIT. Tamilan Team from Maharaja College of Engineering got First Prize in the event.

 

KIRUCHITRA

            The event “Kiruchitra” was conducted with the thought that there is no high form of artistic expression than film to convey a huge meaning.

           The topics were:

• எல்லை மறவெல்
• அச்சம் தவிர்
•  மாசுபட்ட தேசம் மாறுமா நெஞ்சம் ?
• விவசாயம் இன்றி எதிர்காலமா ?
•  மனிதம்
• சமரசத்தை நோக்கி இந்தியா !
•  புகை நமக்கு பகை

Around 12.45 pm Kiruchitra event was initiated at Vedanayagam auditorium with chief guest as Mr.S.Kirubakarn, Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering department ,BIT and Mr.R.Indrajinth, Associate Professor of Fashion Technology department , BIT. Two teams participated with a great zeal and played their short films. The short film of Tamilan Team from Maharaja college of engineering was so virtuous and got First Prize in the event.

VIDIYALAI NOKKI UN KURAL

This event was conducted to encourage the young minds  to present a sensible and practical solutions for the given issues prevailing in the society. The topics of the event were:
What to change to bring a change in India?

1.  Politicians
2. People's attitude
3. Education system
4. Our constitution
5. Impact of modernism or culture

From 2.15pm Vidiyalai Nokki un Kural event was conducted at Mechanical seminar hall with chief guest as Mr.S.Mohanraj , Assistant Professor of Fashion Technology , BIT. Nine teams  participated and articulated their thoughts through power point presentations. The interaction between the participants and the spectators made the event a great one. Among all the teams, team from Maharaja college of engineering won the First Prize. 

PAPER PRASTUTI

                  It provided a dais to the intellectual minds who want to showcase their views on the
prevailing social issues and afforded with solutions, that was shared to inspire the young
minds. The topics for the event were 

• Is India safe in the hands of democracy or dictatorship? 
•  Will India be a developing nation forever or will become developed one day? 
•  Prevention of malnutrition 
•  Future of engineers 
•  Water scarcity, future utility? 
•  Social projects for road side people 
•  Will Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) inflow develop Indian economy? 
•  Save forest Save life 
•  Education of tribal people 
•  Will Lokpal Bill give hands for corruption-less India?

 Paper Prastuti was conducted simultaneously in ECE Seminar Hall and Textile Seminar Hall from 2.00 p.m.to 4.00 p.m. The judges in ECE seminar hall were Mr.P.Karupusamy and Mr.A.Laksmanan, Assistant Professors of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,BIT.The students in Textile Seminar Hall were judged by Dr.V.EvelynBrindha and Dr.D.Sasikala ,Associate Professors of Computer Science and Engineering department,BIT. In this event,22 teams presented their papers which were scrutinized from various abstracts.Many teams actively participated. Team from Kumaraguru College Of Technology  gave the best solution for the given issue and won the First Prize.

ART OF DEMO

The event focused to exhibit an innovative product which will be useful to improve the status of rural and tribal people.The motto of the event was to bring wealth out of waste.       
            Art of Demo was conducted at CS23 and CS24 Class rooms with chief guests as  Mr.N.Shankar,Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics,BIT,Mr.E.Sakthivel Murugan and Mr.Y.Arivu,Assistant Professors of Mechanical Engineering department, BIT.Totally nine teams took part  in this event and explained the process  of utilizing the waste things to bring out useful products that can be used in our day to day life. Among all the participants, team from BIT demonstrated their product effectively and won the First prize.

PLAKATO

The event was to present innovative ideas through graphics to sow the seeds of pleasing information in the young minds on a particular theme. The topics of the event were:

• Your footprints to the next generation
• The India you don't know
• if you are the first citizen of India, how India will be?
• Our small acts but big impacts in society
• The golden road to the new world
• State of Agriculture
• Democracy under pressure 

            By 3.15pm, Plakato was conducted at Thermal drawing hall with chief guests as Mrs.R.Praveena NSS Programme officer, BIT and Mr.A.Sundaramahalingam, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering department, BIT. Six teams presented their thoughts through  posters of A3 size and team from BIT won the First Prize.