The students of Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering & Technology (SVIET) has brought laurels to the region by being adjudged as the Best Engineering College Award at the recently concluded 16th ISTE Students National Annual Convention 2013 held at Periyar Manniammi University, Thanjvaur, Tamil Nadu.
The event was organised under the aegis of ISTE (The Indian Society for Technical Education) which is a national, professional, non-profit formed in 1968. The convention witnessed a series of event which includes paper presentation, poster and model exhibition, multimedia presentation, short films, extempore speech competition and 22 others related subject contests which was well contested with the participation of over 5,000 students representing around 215 engineering institutes across the country. The ISTE also awarded SVIET with “The Best ISTE Chapter Award” for their outstanding contribution in concerned field. The other was bestowed to SVIETians includes first prize for young engineer innovators for Best BTech project to Hemant Kumar, a final year BTech student.
Alumni meet at Desh Bhagat varsity campus
Chandigarh: Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes organised its alumni meet Fiesta 2013 at Desh Bhagat University Campus. While inaugurating the programme, Director General of Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes and Pro Chancellor of University, Tajinder Kaur welcomed the alumni and informed that the Group of Institutes has been elevated to the status of Desh Bhagat State Private University by Punjab Government and now it is imparting higher education to over 8,000 students from 28 States of India and 12 countries of the world in more than 250 conventional and non-conventional courses.
The programme comprised various cultural items and stage activities like classical dance, group and solo dance, Bhangra, Giddha, mimicry, skits and one-act plays by the alumni as well as the current students of the group. The cultural programme highlight was a performance by two rock bands.