The Techfest continues in VIVTECH

Bhubaneswar: 16^th Jan’2014 was the 2^nd day of ‘VIVYAN-2014’-the Techfest in VIVTECH. Five events were lined up for the day. 185 participants from 14 engineering colleges of Orissa joined the ‘Spirit of technology’ in VIVTECH campus.

In ‘COLISEUM’-an event for ‘designing cost- effective and hygienic water tanks” and ‘RETAINING WALL’15 groups competed in the CIVIL Engg. Laboratory.While VIVTECH bagged the 1^st and 3^rd prizes, GIET college bagged the 2^nd prize.

The ELECTRICAL Engg. Deptt. organized the ‘ENELITY’,where 17 groups of tecno-crazy students demonstrated projects on ‘environment- friendly non-conventional energy’. Students of VIVTECH were adjudged 1^st and 3^rd while students from ITER were 2^nd by a jury consisting of senior executives of NALCO and OPTCL.

‘E-Quenz’ was the name of the competition held in the ETC Engg. Deptt. 40 number of students from 13 engineering colleges of the state participated in this Two-tier event. GIFT college bagged the 1^st prize, TRIDENT college 2^nd prize, while ITER and VIVTECH were the joint winners in the 3^rd position.

The Mech. Engg. Deptt. conducted ‘Robo-throw’ and ‘Robo-race’ events. Under the scrutiny of Prof. M.K Mohanty of OUAT, Participants from GEC college, GIFT college,CV Raman college and VIVTECH were adjudged the winners.

‘C-marathon’-a fascinating competition on computer technology will be held on the 3^rd day of the Techfest.