The engineering students of the city displayed their innovative models to observe the National Technological Day on Saturday at Regional Science Centre, Bhopal. A ‘Techno Fest’ was organised for the students to participate and exhibit their innovative ideas through display of models.
The students displayed their models with lot of enthusiasm and excitement. As many as 30 students from almost 10 engineering colleges participated in the Techno Fest. Students from different streams of engineering presented the working models and also learnt about various latest technologies being introduced.
While talking to The Pioneer, Educational Officer of Regional Science Centre, MM Rout informed, “On 11th May, 1998 India achieved a major technological breakthrough by successfully carrying out nuclear tests at Pokhran. Also, first indigenous aircraft ‘Hansa-3’ was test flown at Bangalore on this day and India also performed successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.”
National Technology Day is observed as a symbol of quest for scientific inquiry, technological creativity and the translation of that quest in the integration of Science, Society and Industry. This day is also observed to honour technological innovations and their successful commercialisation which makes fruits of research reach people at large, he added. “So we decided to invite engineering students to let their innovative ideas grow,” Rout added further.
During exhibiting the innovative models, students explained about what they have made and how does it functions. After the exhibition, the students attended an informative lecture conducted by A Subbha Rao Director, Indian Institute of Soil Science (IISS), Bhopal. During the lecture A Subbha Rao discussed about various innovation done in the history of Indian Technology. The students also enjoyed the exhibition as it was interactive and inventive. All the participants received mementos and participation certificates at the programme.