As reported by: Kapil Srivastava [Mec '08]
On the 16th of August on official fresher's night was organized in the swatantrata bhawan. The main objective of the fresher's night was to allow the newcomers to display their talents and to get to know each other better.
The eminent people who were present there to grace the occasion included Prof. S.N. Upadhyay, Director of the Institute, Prof. A.S.K. Sinha, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. P.K. Mishra, Head of the cultural wing of the Gymkhana, Prof. G.N. Agarwal, Head of department, Department of Ceramic Engineering and others.
The director addressed the audience in swatantrata bhawan and welcomed the first yearites to the institute again. He then told them about the institute again in brief and then wished good luck to all the participants for their performances.
Then the performances started and the students from all the branches showed tremendous enthusiasm and spirit in their performances. There were group dances, solo dances, group songs, solo songs, instrumental performances and skits presented by the students of almost all the branches.
On a bit of inquiry, it was found that they had been helped by a few seniors, which included Anjani Rai, Vaibhav Suman, Kapil Hari Dwivedi, Piyush Jain and Swati Arora. The coordinators of the event Pushpendra Pratap Singh and Mridula had worked hard to put up a good show. Even the compering of the events was being done by the first yearites.
The judging panel had Vipul Srivastava, Manish Sharma, Mehek Khandelwal, Swati Arora, all from 4th year Ceramics Engineering dept. and Piyush Jain, 4th Year Mechanical dept. The judges said that the performances reflected lack of practice but the spirit and enthusiasm was commendable. They also spotted the natural talent, which cannot be hidden. Gaurav Mittal and Shubdha were declared Mr. and Ms. fresher respectively.
The crowd behaved very well and there were minor instances of hooting which the teachers and students easily brought under control. Overall the audience was very cooperative.
Way to go Facchas...