Jharkhand Science Environmental Fest (JSEF) was organised by Environment Protection and Awareness Club(EPAC), BIT Mesra here on Sunday. The event began with the felicitation of Chief Guest, Dr. H S Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. S. Konar, Dean Students’ Welfare, Dr. Anand Kumar Sinha and Faculty Advisor of EPAC, Dr. R Naresh Kumar followed by watering of a plant by the dignitaries.
After the inauguration ceremony, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. S. Konar spoke on the consequences of global warming and climate change. The chief guest for the event Dr. H S Gupta, Indian Forest Service-Department of Forest and Climate Change Government of Jharkhand, spoke to the students on ‘Sustainability and its Relevance to All Sectors’. Thereafter, Dean Students' Welfare, Dr. Anand Kumar Sinha gave a welcome speech and addressed the students attending the event from different schools and colleges.
Then, the Faculty Advisor for EPAC, Dr. R Naresh Kumar gave a short speech on the importance of the event. This marked the end of the inaugural ceremony after which the students were asked to line up and proceed to the main building to participate in various competitions.
JSEF Debate was organized at the CAT Hall and was conducted by UNESQUO, Quizzing and Oratory Club, BIT Mesra. Hosts for the debate were Subhomoy Haldar and Subhajit Mishra from UNESQUO of the k17 batch. The judges for the debate were Achirava Raha and Anubhav Sinha, from the k16 batch and Aman Mukherjee, from the k15 batch. Over 85 school students participated in the debate. The topic for the final round of debate was ‘Environmental policies are a hindrance to developing nations'.
JSEF Quiz was organized on the topic ‘Environment and Science’ and witnessed a participation of over 120 school students. This quiz was conducted by Abhishek Patra and Jayant Krishna, from the K18 batch. Each team had two students and six teams cleared the preliminary round.
The JSEF Exhibition was organized where the projects were drafted on ‘Sustainable Development and Waste Management’. A total of 105 students participated in 32 teams and presented their projects and models. Judges for the event were- Dr. Rishi Sharma (Department of Physics), Dr. D.V. Siva Krishna Rao K (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) and Dr. Gautam Shandilya (HMCT).
AD-Sense was a two-hour event. The participants were allotted 10 minutes each to brainstorm on ‘Sustainable Development and Clean Affordable Energy Sources’. Following this, the students were given an hour to develop a poster or an advertisement concerning the given topic. The judges of the event were Dr. R Naresh Kumar (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Dr. Venkatesan Jayaprakash (Pharmaceuticals Sciences and Technology).