VVIET students secure 2nd place in state-level project contest

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Caption:   The prize winning students of Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (standing from left) E. Dilip Kumar, Ravichandra, Sheikh Mohammed Subhan and V. Nandan are seen with (sitting from left) Surekha Manoj, Head of E&E Dept, Dr. B. Chandrashekar, Principal of VVIET and Prof. B. S. Nagabhushana, Department of E&E.

Mysore, Feb. 28 :

The budding Electrical Engineers E. Dilip Kumar, Ravichandra, Sheikh Mohammed Subhan and V. Nandan of Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET) have brought laurels to the E&E Department and also to the institution by winning the State-level Project competition-2013 organised by ‘Anveshana’ on Feb. 22 and 23 at Shikshara Sadhana in Bangalore.

‘Anveshana’ is an initiative to bridge the gap between schools and engineering colleges to develop innovation and creativity in young minds through mentoring of engineering technology.

Priority is given to government high school students for mentoring. During the competition, students display their research projects, working model and present their findings orally.

The competition comprised two rounds where, in the first round out of 200 teams, 44 teams were shortlisted for the final round from the entire State.

In the final round, the students of E&E Dept., VVIET, who secured the second place, were awarded Rs. 25,000.They have also got majority of votes (61%) by the visitors and high school students and were awarded Rs. 10000 as “Most Popular Project”.

Kaveesh V. Gowda, Secretary of VVET; Dr. B. Chandrashekar, Principal of VVIET; Surekha Manoj, Head of E&E Dept, VVIET have congratulated the students for their achievement.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / February 28th, 2013

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