Pragyaa
Pragyaa is the national level technical festival conducted by , India, started in 2005. The 2008 edition showed participation from Oman in a Blogging Competition - SCI-FI.
The college has its own rock band that plays its own compositions. Evenings are illuminated with crackers. Technical/animated movies are screened in the lounge on a 12 ft x 16 ft background. Pragyaa showcases talent from all walks of engineering.
History
A group of third year students planned the event in October 2004, and ran its first edition in April 2005 which saw around 300 participants from around India. Prof Vishwanathan Mohan, who was then with the Electronics and Telecommunication department, headed the organising team of the event. Though, the idea first faced some resistance from the management, a moral and financial support from Baba Kalyani, of Bharat Forge gave the first boost to the concept. Thought, the first year of Pragyaa, was not easy as it was thought, it did made the students believe that a college, which is physically away from the centres of academics, can do wonders if people come together. Today, as it was conceptualized by the first organising team, the event is one of the most important platforms for students in Marathwada and Vidarbha.
Events
* e-Pragyaa:
Online event( target to capture long distance students)
* Pragyaa:
* Paper Presentation
* Robotics (Electronics and Instruments students)
* C-Brain (for C-language students)
* CEN-Fest (Civil and Architecture students)
* Fashionair (Textile and Fashion Design students)
* Krishi-Pragyaa (for technologists interested in agriculture)
* Business Planning (Management students)
* Bulls and Bears-Share Market Game (finance student)
* PhyChem (Physics and Chemistry students)
* Junior Scientist (school students)
* Gaming Zone
Pragyaa 2005
The fest was established.
Pragyaa 2006
Pragyaa 2006 participation was 450 students, and was characterized by the inclusion of theme songs composed and sung by the college's rock band. Prizes worth Rs. 75k were distributed.
Pragyaa 2007
Pragyaa 2007 participation was 650. The event was characterized by the inclusion of E-Pragyaa - a web based event, demanding no physical participation. E-Pragyaa in 2007 and 2008 received entries from Oman. Physicon gave a new aspect to quizzing by making the questions physics specific. Prizes worth Rs. 150K were distributed. The theme songs included Heroes Unseen.
Pragyaa 2008
With 1600 participating students, prizes over Rs. 252k were distributed. Songs like "Develop through Innovation" and "By My Side" were performed.
Pragyaa 2009
The theme was "ReFORM… ReSEARCH… ReCYCLE", with 34 technical events.
Pragyaa 2010
The theme was "Know Disaster…No Disaster".
Pragyaa 2011
The theme was "Harvest2Obtain".
Pragyaa 2012
The theme is "INDIA....What we were? What we are?? What we can???".
Lectures and video-conferences
Pragyaa 2005
* Prof. Richard Stallman
* Dr. Michael Frank: Official website
>> Topic: Low power electronics: exploring the fundamental limits of computation
Pragyaa 2007
* Prof. Roel Baets: Photonics Research Group
>> Topic: Silicon nanophotonics
* Mr. Anand Adkoli: CEO, Liqwid Krystal, Bangalore.
>> Topic: Opportunities for an engineer as an entrepreneur
* Mr. Malhar Kulkarni: Assistant Professor, IIT, Bombay .
>> Topic: Paninian grammar and translation.
* Dr. Sandeep Pandey: Co-founder and ASHA and ex-Professor, IIT, Kanpur.
>> Topic: Discussion on development.
* Dr. Suhas Joshi: Professor, IIT, Bombay.
>> Topic: Micro machining.
* Mr. Balashaheb Darade: Cognizant Technology Solution, Pune.
>> Topic: Nanotechnology.
Pragyaa 2008
* Dr. D. L. Waikar: Singapore Engineering and Polytechnic, Singapore
>> Topic: Energy resources
* Dr. R. K. Shyamasundar: IBM India Research Lab, Pune
>> Topic: Rationale for designing of programming languages
* Dr. Naresh Dadich: Director, IUCAA, Pune
>> Topic: Why Einstein? : a journey from Newton to Einstein
* Mr. Raghunath Medge: President, Mumbai Dabbawalas
>> Topic: The magic of Dabbawala unfolded!
* Mr. Sandeep Satpal: Research Engineer in Yahoo! India, Bangalore
>> Topic: Introduction to data mining
Workshop
Pragyaa 2007
* Mr. Prakash Shetty: Manager Red Hat (India).
>> Workshop on LINUX.
* Mr. Josef: I-Solution, Bangalore.
>> Workshop on personality development.
Pragyaa 2008
* Dr. M. Sasikumar: Principal Research Scientist, CDAC, Mumbai
>> Workshop on AI/NLP.
Origin of Pragyaa
Pragyaa comes from Pragna in Sanskrit, which means Wisdom Sanskrit glossary
The college has its own rock band that plays its own compositions. Evenings are illuminated with crackers. Technical/animated movies are screened in the lounge on a 12 ft x 16 ft background. Pragyaa showcases talent from all walks of engineering.
History
A group of third year students planned the event in October 2004, and ran its first edition in April 2005 which saw around 300 participants from around India. Prof Vishwanathan Mohan, who was then with the Electronics and Telecommunication department, headed the organising team of the event. Though, the idea first faced some resistance from the management, a moral and financial support from Baba Kalyani, of Bharat Forge gave the first boost to the concept. Thought, the first year of Pragyaa, was not easy as it was thought, it did made the students believe that a college, which is physically away from the centres of academics, can do wonders if people come together. Today, as it was conceptualized by the first organising team, the event is one of the most important platforms for students in Marathwada and Vidarbha.
Events
* e-Pragyaa:
Online event( target to capture long distance students)
* Pragyaa:
* Paper Presentation
* Robotics (Electronics and Instruments students)
* C-Brain (for C-language students)
* CEN-Fest (Civil and Architecture students)
* Fashionair (Textile and Fashion Design students)
* Krishi-Pragyaa (for technologists interested in agriculture)
* Business Planning (Management students)
* Bulls and Bears-Share Market Game (finance student)
* PhyChem (Physics and Chemistry students)
* Junior Scientist (school students)
* Gaming Zone
Pragyaa 2005
The fest was established.
Pragyaa 2006
Pragyaa 2006 participation was 450 students, and was characterized by the inclusion of theme songs composed and sung by the college's rock band. Prizes worth Rs. 75k were distributed.
Pragyaa 2007
Pragyaa 2007 participation was 650. The event was characterized by the inclusion of E-Pragyaa - a web based event, demanding no physical participation. E-Pragyaa in 2007 and 2008 received entries from Oman. Physicon gave a new aspect to quizzing by making the questions physics specific. Prizes worth Rs. 150K were distributed. The theme songs included Heroes Unseen.
Pragyaa 2008
With 1600 participating students, prizes over Rs. 252k were distributed. Songs like "Develop through Innovation" and "By My Side" were performed.
Pragyaa 2009
The theme was "ReFORM… ReSEARCH… ReCYCLE", with 34 technical events.
Pragyaa 2010
The theme was "Know Disaster…No Disaster".
Pragyaa 2011
The theme was "Harvest2Obtain".
Pragyaa 2012
The theme is "INDIA....What we were? What we are?? What we can???".
Lectures and video-conferences
Pragyaa 2005
* Prof. Richard Stallman
* Dr. Michael Frank: Official website
>> Topic: Low power electronics: exploring the fundamental limits of computation
Pragyaa 2007
* Prof. Roel Baets: Photonics Research Group
>> Topic: Silicon nanophotonics
* Mr. Anand Adkoli: CEO, Liqwid Krystal, Bangalore.
>> Topic: Opportunities for an engineer as an entrepreneur
* Mr. Malhar Kulkarni: Assistant Professor, IIT, Bombay .
>> Topic: Paninian grammar and translation.
* Dr. Sandeep Pandey: Co-founder and ASHA and ex-Professor, IIT, Kanpur.
>> Topic: Discussion on development.
* Dr. Suhas Joshi: Professor, IIT, Bombay.
>> Topic: Micro machining.
* Mr. Balashaheb Darade: Cognizant Technology Solution, Pune.
>> Topic: Nanotechnology.
Pragyaa 2008
* Dr. D. L. Waikar: Singapore Engineering and Polytechnic, Singapore
>> Topic: Energy resources
* Dr. R. K. Shyamasundar: IBM India Research Lab, Pune
>> Topic: Rationale for designing of programming languages
* Dr. Naresh Dadich: Director, IUCAA, Pune
>> Topic: Why Einstein? : a journey from Newton to Einstein
* Mr. Raghunath Medge: President, Mumbai Dabbawalas
>> Topic: The magic of Dabbawala unfolded!
* Mr. Sandeep Satpal: Research Engineer in Yahoo! India, Bangalore
>> Topic: Introduction to data mining
Workshop
Pragyaa 2007
* Mr. Prakash Shetty: Manager Red Hat (India).
>> Workshop on LINUX.
* Mr. Josef: I-Solution, Bangalore.
>> Workshop on personality development.
Pragyaa 2008
* Dr. M. Sasikumar: Principal Research Scientist, CDAC, Mumbai
>> Workshop on AI/NLP.
Origin of Pragyaa
Pragyaa comes from Pragna in Sanskrit, which means Wisdom Sanskrit glossary
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