The third-day of the week-long observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2015 at Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was marked by the participation of college students and youth in the fight against corruption.
An Extempore Competition was especially organised at Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg as a part of VAW activities with the wholehearted support of Dr. Arun Arora, Principal, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg.
Dr. Arora welcomed this initiative aimed at the youth of the society which is also in alignment with the institute’s objective of imparting value-based education to its students.
The programme started with the opening address of Sunil Gupta, Additional Chief Vigilance Officer, BSP in the presence of Dr. Arun Arora, Principal, BIT, Durg, senior faculty members and participating students of the college.
Gupta delved on the propriety of conducting vigilance awareness programmes for college students and impressed upon the house the importance of the role of students in the eradication of the evil of corruption and moving towards a better future.
The response of the students for attending as well as participating in the competition was overwhelming. The participants effectively assimilated their thoughts on the selected topics and presented their views in a lively and crisp manner.
The commendable impromptu performance of the participants drew applause and cheers from the audience. The topics for the speakers of the Extempore competition pertained to eradication of corruption through awareness, transparency and preventive vigilance.
Saurabh Sinha, DGM, BSP and Shubhrata Nagpal, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Deptt, BIT were the Judges for the competition. In all, 30 participants from various disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Civil, Telecommunication, Computer Applications and Management took part in the competition. Three best speakers were selected for prizes and one speaker for the Consolation Prize.
The participants were judged on the basis of content, language command, time utilization, body language and conclusion.
Shrutee Bepari of 7th Semester, ETC bagged the First Prize, Kunjan Pandey of 7th Semester, Civil bagged the Second Prize, Sonal Jha of 5th Semester, EEE bagged the third prize and Abhinandan Sharma of 7th Semester, Mechanical bagged the Consolation Prize. The prizes will be presented to the winners during the concluding day’s programme on October 31 at Bhilai Steel Plant.