Prastuti-2008 festival of Electrical Engineering Dept. was held on 14-16 February, 2008 at Swatantrata Bhavan on IT-BHU campus. Deepak Bagde (Electrical 1977) was the chief guest on the first day of the festival. He has forwarded following report along with photos.
Email: Deepak.bagde@gmail.com
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The 3-day Prastuti-2008 Contest was inaugurated on Friday, 14th March, 2008. The program started at 10.30 AM. It started with Welcome Address by Prof. S. N. Mahendra, Head of Department, Electrical Engineering. It was followed by Introduction to Prastuti-2008 by Prof. S. K. Nagar and Address by Dean of IT, Prof. J. N. Sinha.
Next, Chief Guest, Mr. Deepak Bagde released the Souvenir and addressed the gathering. After the Director of IT, Dr. Sidhh Nath Upadhyay addressed the meeting, Student Convener, Mr. Ayush Pathak (Final year Electrical) proposed a Vote of Thanks.
On the same day our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was in BHU for the university convocation. There were severe traffic restrictions in the city as well as BHU campus. The PM also stayed in the campus.
Souvenir
The souvenir contents were selected student papers. There were 4 categories of topics.
Category 1: Electrical Engineering sponsored by NTPC
Category 2: Electronics and Communication sponsored by 3D Micro Systems
Category 3: Computer Systems sponsored by TCS
Category 4: Electrical Energy sponsored by NTPC
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(Report on Post inauguration session by Deepak Bagde in his words).
Post inaugural session:
After the inaugural function, I gave a power point presentation of the activities of my company 3D Micro Systems Pvt. Ltd. My presentation started from the photograph of my 1st day in BHU (1972) New Tech 1 hostel. I took the presentation through my own journey in starting my business to developing various products and the successes I had with my product design. I also showed an interesting video on washing machine. The presentation was appreciated by all. The students were keen to ask about starting or getting into business. After the presentation, Prof S. C. Gupta presented me with another memento. Prof Gupta and others presented had a whole lot of questions on my current activities.
After my presentation, we went to the IT convocation which was in progress at Prof Sen Gupta Hall (G-11 of our time).
I had a meeting with the faculty at the department. We discussed on issues related to improving the present syllabus to bring in new technologies and requirements of the industry. The discussion also went on improving the labs. The meeting went on till 3:30 pm. As there were timing restrictions because of PM, I had to rush back to my hotel.
I returned to Mumbai the next day.
Deepak Bagde
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Address by Deepak Bagde, Chief Guest at Prastuti-2008
Good Morning.
Respected director Prof. S. N. Upadhyay, Prof S. N. Sinha, Prof S. N. Mahendra, Prof S. K. Nagar, Student Convener Mr. Ayush Pathak and my dear students:
It gives me great pleasure to be with you on this occasion. I am a student from your department, 1977 batch. It is a matter of pride for me to have studied in this department. I have very fond memories of my BHU hostel life. BHU has given me a lot. It has moulded us in a very practical and responsive way. I can vouch that you are in the best institute of this country.
This Prastuti program that has been going on is a very commendable one. It has given you a proper platform for your ideas. You are all very young and talented. You need such a platform. I wish to convey to the organizers, my whole hearted support in the future as well. So my dear students, sparkle your ideas, innovation and talent. The industry is there to promote you. Your ideas may be simple. They need not be complicated or highly technical. But see how they would affect the consumer.
In the consumer appliances business where I am operating, we face a very tough task of competition for low price, high features and new innovations in order to attract the customer. Previously the companies used to do a model face-lift, i. e. change an LED indicator, add some buttons, change the color or add a display. Nowadays the consumers have become smart. They are young, well informed and exposed to new ideas from TV and internet.
Now where does Prastuti come into this? I feel, during your formative student years, if you participate in contests like Prastuti, you will automatically get the grip of analyzing a problem, and giving a cost effective solution. This solution should give value for money to the consumer.
Prastuti will also help you to get focused. You should get the urge to do well. And this has to come from within.
So believe in yourself, dream of your goal, work hard and make it a reality. I once again thank you all for inviting me here to be part of this motivating program.
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1) EE faculty and students
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2) Speech by HOD, Dr. S. N. Mahendra
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3) Speech by Chief Guest (Deepak Bagde)
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4) Student audience
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5) Deepak Bagde inaugurating Souvenir