vit student activities report 2017- 18

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Ba silalRa ath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s

VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 411 037.

(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to SavitribaiPhule Pune University)

VIT Student Activities Report 2017-18

Name of the Event :TEDxVITPune

Was it a Co-curricular or

Extra-curricular event ? :

Extra-curricular Event

If Co-curricular, specify

the field/area under which

it lies :

NA

If Extra-curricular, specify

the field/committee under

which it lies

(Technical/Extracurricular/

Socials/ Sports/Clubs) :

Extracurricular

Date of the event :

15th

April

Time / Duration :

9am-5pm

Venue :

Sharad Arena

Objective of the event :

Provide a platform for speakers from various fields to

showcase their unique ideas and knowledge, in a way which

can inspire the attendees.

General theme of the event

:

A one day event which comprises of 9-10 speakers, who by

the means of their talks, try to provide the attendees with

some insight, some inspiration and motivation.

Names of the Judges/

Guests/ Keynote Speakers :

Keynote Speakers:

Aniruddha Oni Sen

Akshai Varde

Geetanjali Tomar

Mahesh Kale

Anand M.

Devendra Jani

Sachin Sanghe

Ramesh Botalji

Schedule of the Event :

9:30- 10:30 – Icebreaker Session

10:30-11:00- Breakfast

11:00- 1pm – Morning Session of Talks

1-2pm: Lunch

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2pm onwards : Afternoon session comprising of 5 talks and

some entertainment performances.

How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

A total of 100 attendees were shortlisted from over 200

applicants for attending the event. On the day of the event,

the various speakers talked about ideas related to science,

technology, art, infrastructure, leadership ,etc.

Outreach of the Event :

By the means of social media, we were able to get

applications from several parts of India.

Target Audience :

All age groups

Footfall/ Number of

Attendees/ Participants :

100

Percentage of Non-VITian

participants for the event :

15%

Winners of the event :

NA

How well received it was ?

.The event was well received for the amazing content of the

talks, and also the attendees appreciated the personalized

merchandise bags which were given to them.

Benefits/ Outcomes of the

event :

The attendees were able to attain some knowledge and

inspiration from the stories or ideas these amazing speakers

had to share. Whatever they learned during the course of the

event, will help them out in one way or another.

Key takeaway/ quotes from

Speakers/Guests :

NA

Feedback from Attendees :

The event was truly enjoyable

Loved the goodie bag!

Budget of the Event :

NA

Sponsors of the event :

Electromech, Cognizant, MahindraCIE, chkd

Media Partner: Campus Time

Value addition to the

Institute by organizing the

event :

Events like TEDx attract a national audience and can be a

fruitful addition to the overall brand value of the college.

These TEDx talks are recorded and uploaded on to the

official YouTube page of TEDxVITPune where it can be

viewed by numerous people around the country.


Society by organizing the

event :

A source of inspiration for the younger generation !

Organizing Committee :

Team TEDxVITPune

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Secretaries & their roles : NA

Coordinator/s & their roles

:

NA

Event Head/s & their roles

:

NA

Event Manager/s & their

roles :

NA

Number of Volunteers &

their roles :

NA

Learning for the

Organisers :

Importance of teamwork and coordination with each other.

Crowd Handling

Ensuring smooth execution of an event at such a large scale

Future Scope/ Improvement

:

NA

Snaps of the events :

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VIT STUDENT ACTIVITIES REPORT

Name of the Event :


Extra-curricular event? :

Extra-Curricular

If Co-curricular, specify the

field/area under which it lies :

-

If Extra-curricular, specify the

field/committee under which it

lies (Technical/Extracurricular/


Socials

Date of the event :

08-03-2017

Time / Duration :

11:30-2 pm

Venue :

Sharad Arena


To promote general female awareness and to celebrate

International Women’s Day General theme of the event :

1. Cyber Crime & Internet Security

2. General health problems faced by women

Names of the Judges/ Guests/

Keynote Speakers :

Ms Shweta Chawla

Dr Aruna Chafekar

How was the event conducted?

(Brief description) :

Inauguration of the programme by Director Sir.

Felicitation of the guests.

Dance performance by Gauri Lahurikar.

Lecture by Ms Shweta Chawla.

Music performance by Mouli Aphale.

Lecture by Dr. Aruna Chafekar.

Felicitation of the female academic toppers.

Felicitation of female achievers in Firodiya Karandak.

Felicitation of female housekeeping staff. Outreach of the Event :

Using social media in college

Target Audience :

Female students and teaching & non-teaching ladies staff

Footfall/ Number of Attendees/

Participants :

500

Benefits/ Outcomes of the event :

Awareness for women regarding cyber security and health issues.

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Speakers/Guests :

1. Ways to be safe & secure on the internet.

2. Tackling cyber bullies.

3. Common health problems and how to solve them. Feedback from Attendees :

The talk was very helpful as the issues and the their solutions

brought up by the speakers was very realtable to the students. Value addition to the Institute by

organizing the event :

Helping female students to solve their health issues and making

them aware about cyber security.

Value addition to the Society by

organizing the event :

Generating female awareness

Staff and Organizing Committee

:

Prof. R. J Dhake(Student Activities Dean)

Mrs Sheetal Kondhalkar (Staff Ladies Representative)

Aishwarya Boralkar (Ladies Representative)

Madhujita Ambaskar (Asst. Ladies Representative)

Aakanksha Gaikwad (Socials Secretary)

Priyanka Wadekar (Socials Secretary)

Vedanti Gade (Aesthetics Secretary)

Ankita Kadam (FY Coordinator)

Secretaries & their roles : Organizers:

Aishwarya Boralkar (Ladies Representative)

Anchoring:

Madhujita Ambaskar (Asst. Ladies Representative)

Refreshments:

Priyanka Wadekar

Hospitality:

Aakanksha Gaikwad

Aesthetics:

Vedanti Gade Coordinator/s & their roles : Ankita Kadam (FY Coordinator) : Hospitality

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BansilalRamnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s



VIT Student Activities report

Organ donation Campaign

Organized by: VIT Socials



Extra curricular



it lies :

_



which it lies



Social

Date of the event :

From 5th

– 15th

Aug., 2016

Time / Duration :

_

Venue :

VIT college, VIIT college, Phoenix market city .


To create awareness regarding organ donation


:

The event proceeded with the tagline “ Register as an organ

donor for your loved ones”



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Performed street play at various places and publicity was

done.

How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

The forms for registrations as organ donors were circulated

among the students. Also publicity was done to ensure

maximum registrations. Streetplay was performed at various

places to publicize the event more and to encourage general

masses more to register as organ donors.


Publicity was done throughout the college regarding the

event. Also the areas outside college were covered.

Target Audience : The college students, staff members and the common people.

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Footfall/ Number of


30 volunteers.



_


_


Students volunteered actively for the awareness regarding

organ donation.


event :

The fact of Life after death was brought into reality when

people really showed their interest in registering as organ

donors.


Speakers/Guests :

_


The volunteers understood how the process takes place after

the death of registered organ donors. Thus they were

satisfied by the awareness created.


_


Sancheti hospital and Gift your organ(NGO)



event :

Students registered for organ donation. Thus there was an

active participation of the institute in this noble cause of

creating awareness about organ donation.



event :

The people in general understood the importance of

registering as organ donors. They realized the fact that their

donation can save 8 lives!


Socials

Secretaries & their roles : The team of volunteers worked under the guidance of the

secretaries.


:

_


:

_


roles :

_


their roles :

30 volunteers.

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Learning for the

Organisers :

Organizers learnt to convince people to work for the welfare

of the society.


:

To promote the sense of responsibilities of people towards

the society and create awareness about organ donation.


Yes

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Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust's

VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37

(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to University of Pune)

VIT SOCIALS 2016-17

Report- Introductory Meet

Details:-

An Introductory Meet, for the freshers as well as the interested members was

organized on 26th

of August’ 16 under the guidance of Prof Rajesh Dhake - Incharge Student

Activities and Prof. Sagar Kale- NSS Programme Officer. The meet was hosted by our

volunteers Shivam Walaskar and Samrudhhi Mane. An audience of almost 100 members was

told about the motto of VIT SOCIALS and all of its activities.

The Socials Team took up this opportunity to expose the audience to the events which

it organizes throughout the year. The meet began with an introduction to NSS: National

Service Scheme. The first event to be described was the ‘Aatmabodh’. The main objective of

‘Aatmabodh’ is to impart computer literacy amongst adults and senior citizens and to make

them self-reliant with knowledge of Internet in this era of computer. ‘Aatmabodh’ was

followed by ‘i2i’ i.e. Ignited Innovators of India. Organised by the Bhau Institute of

Innovation Entrepreneurship & Leadership (BIEL) and College of Engineering, Pune (COEP)

in association with Eaton, i2i is a programme aiming at providing a platform to students who

are keen to become social entrepreneurs and intend to bring in a small but significant change

in this world around them. Blood Donation Camp is organized once in every semester. All

the students of our college actively participate in this campaign. The social events included in

Vishwakarandak and Melange were also explained. Sevasahyog is a movement initiated for

the education of the deprived.

Prof Rajesh Dhake inspired everyone to actively participate in VIT Socials. The new social

secretaries welcomed everyone and also former secretaries motivated and guided the new

secretaries and the members.

The students were encouraged and motivated to join the VIT SOCIALS team. The meet was

indeed a marvellous start for the beginning of the team.

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Police Mitra




Extra Curricular



it lies :

-



which it lies



Socials

Date of the event :

5th

to 14th

Septemer

Time / Duration :

10 Days

Venue :

Bibwevadi, Swargate, Bharati Vidyapeeth


Helping the Police for crowd Management in Ganpati Utsav


:

-



-


5th

to 13th

September 6:00pm to 9:00pm

How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

Students from the college were given a training before the event,

it mainly included how to manage traffic and crowd during

Ganpati Utsav. Till 13th

September



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Students helped police for traffic management. On the last day

processions were carried out an human chains were formed

wherever necessary for the management of traffic during the

Ganpati Visarjan.


It gave a good message to police as well as people that college

students can be an active part in the betterment of the society .

Target Audience :

-

Footfall/ Number of


100



0


-


The students learnt more about the traffic rules. Thus the rules

were practised well before preaching them among the society.


event :

The students learnt to work in co ordination with the police

officers and thus learnt about the working of the police in

festivals like the Ganeshotsav.


Speakers/Guests :

The Police Officers were glad to see the youth working so

dedicatedly for the society. “ VITians have really done a great

job despite of their hectic schedule and the academics” Feedback from Attendees :

The attendees learnt a lot about the traffic issues faced by the

police during the festivals.


-


-



event :

Due to the dedicated work of the volunteers throughout the 10

days , there was a feeling of satisfaction and pride among the

police staff about the engineering students.



event :

As the people saw the college students working for the good

cause,they also co operated by following traffic rules and thus

there was hardly any chaos during the Ganapati Visarjan.


VIT Socials

Secretaries & their roles : Whole layout of the program was designed by the secretaries

and it was ensured that the volunteers work in proper co

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ordination with the police staff.


:

-


:

The Event Head ensured that the team worked efficiently and

sincerely with the police officers. Also proper guidance was

given to the team prior to the event regarding the traffic rules.


roles :

-


their roles :

100

Learning for the

Organisers :

How to manage a large number of people and how to coordinate

with the police staff. Also volunteers learnt about the traffic

rules in detail.


:

As the event gave the volunteers a realization of the need to

follow the traffic rules. Working under the guidance of the

police officers, in future it will ensure disciplined behaviour of

the volunteers themselves.


Yes.

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Ba silalRa athAgarwal Charitable Trust’s




ELECTION AWARENESS DRIVE




Extra curricular


field/area under which it lies

:

_



which it lies



Socials

Date of the event :

8th

and 9th

Sept., 2016.

Time / Duration :

12-1 pm and 4-5pm on day 1.

Guest Lecture on Day 2 at 2pm.

Venue :

Sharad Arena.


To create awareness about the upcoming elections among

the youth and to ensure that they play an active role in the

voting process.


:

The Vote of the youth counts!



The crowd was guided by the eminent presence of Prof.

Dhapte from Yashada academy( a training academy for

IAS) and The Head of chemical Department Prof.

Bhatkhande.


The Event took place on both the days in parts the

competitions and the guest lecture during college hours

according to the shifts.

How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

The Event took place in two parts – Essay writing

Competition and Extempore competition . The next was the

Guest lecture that took place in Auditorium on day 2. The

competition aimed at receiving views of the students about

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different topics like- Reforms to be made in the current

election system, the message from a common man to the

typical Indian politician, how voters should be approached

by the politicians,etc. Prof Dhapte emphasized the need to

create awareness about the elections and ensure proper

voting in the upcoming PMC elections.


An enthusiastic participation of the students resulted in a

quality exchange of views about the elections and the

problems encircling them.

Target Audience :

VIT College students and Staff. It was a pleasure to see the

staff taking an active part in the event too.

Footfall/ Number of


There were around 40-50 participants in both the essay

writing and extempore competition. Also there was a huge

response of about 400 students and staff members for the

guest lecture.



Having an active response recieved from the VITians

only,the scope of the event is not that extended outside the

college.


Essay Writing Competition- Aniket Gowardhan.

Extempore Competition- Sakshi Bodhade.


The Event was a grand success as a result of the dedicated

work of the whole team. The main motto of the event was

fulfilled.


event :

An awareness was created throughout the college about the

need to be an active part of the voting process.


Speakers/Guests :

A message was given to the TEAM and the masses “ The

opinions and the votes of the youth counts” Thus

highlighting the importance to be an active part in the

betterment of the society.


The students came to know a lot about the election system

an how the voting should be done by considering various

factors.


--


_



event :

The idea of ensuring proper response by the youth was

ensured by the Institute and the Team in general.

Value addition to the Society

by organizing the event :

It was a event that paved way for the development of social

thinking in the youth.

Organizing Committee : VIT Socials.

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Secretaries & their roles : The event was conducted under the able guidance of the

SOCIAL Secretaries.

Coordinator/s & their roles: The whole Socials Team worked restlessly for the event.

Event Head/s & their roles :

Yash Kale.


roles :


their roles :

20 volunteers worked for the event.

Learning for the Organisers

:

The oragnizers learnt how to manage events on such large

scale especially when its a socially sensitive event. Also

team spirit was rejuvenated.


:

The upcoming elections will be benifited by the awareness

thus created as it will receive a proper response from the

youth.


Yes

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Name of the Event : Aatmabodh




Extra-curricular



it lies :

-



which it lies



Socials

Date of the event :

3rd

to 15th

October

Time / Duration :

06:00pm to 07:00pm everyday

Venue :

Labs in the computer department and the Industrial Department.


To ensure computer literacy among the senior citizens.


:

The event proceeded with the theme “ Our knowledge to our

Society”



Prof Rajesh Dhake-Dean, Students’ activities and Prof Sagar

Kale- NSS Program officer.


3rd

Oct – 15th

Oct , 6pm-8pm .

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(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to SavitribaiPhule Pune University

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How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

It was conducted for nearly 15 days, in which students of the

college taught senior citizens computer applications from basics.

Also quizzes were conducted and lectyres were organized to

ensure that they become well versed in the contents taught.


It taught many senior citizens as well as housewives of nearby

area of college.

Target Audience :

-

Footfall/ Number of


100



-


-


The event was successful as the senior citizens and the

housewives learnt about the day to day use of computers. They

realized the importance of computer literacy in today’s world of

technology.


event :

It was a great success for VIT Socials team as at the end of the

event, the participants were able to operate computer on their

own and perform various practical things on it which are useful

in day to day life.


Speakers/Guests :

Prof Dhake appreciated the work of the volunteers calling them

as the teachers in true sense. Also the participants were praised

for their spirit to learn new things.


The participants were very happy at the end of the event. The

program gave them a great confidence about handling

computers for the day to day activities. Volunteers too felt a

great sense of satiffaction.


5,000


-



event :

Increase in moral value by sharing the knowledge about

computers with senior citizens and housewives.

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event :

Many of senior citizens as well as housewives who didn’t even

touch the computers or could not avail that facility were able to

work confidently thereafter. Thus the motive to make them

computer literate was successful.


VIT Socials

Secretaries & their roles : The team of volunteers worked under the able guidance of the

secreaties.


:

-


:

Raunak Mandaokar and Roshan Hazari.


roles :

-


their roles :

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Learning for the

Organisers :

The organizers learnt how to work selflessly and patiently for

the society.


:

The scope of the event was successful as the participants learnt a

great deal about computers and thus they will be able to apply

the knowledge gained for the simplification of the things in

routine lofe.


Yes.

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Ba silalRa athAgarwal Charitable Trust’s




Event Name: Blood Donation Campaign




Extra curricular


field/area under which it lies

:

_



which it lies



Socials

Date of the event :

10th

and 11th

November, 2016.

Time / Duration :

9 am to 5 pm each day.

Venue :

Seminar Hall (1017, Opp. Dean’s Office).


To get maximum blood donors from amongst the college

students

General theme of the even :

Donate For HUMANITY



It evidenced the presence of Honourable Director R.M.

Jalnekar Sir ,Dean of Students’ Activities – Rajesh Dhake

Sir, Pandkar Sir.


A 2 days’ event which started on 10th

nov with the

inaugration ceremony and ended on 11th

nov with the

ending ceremony.

How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

The event was conducted in different sections. Alongwith

the core part that took place in seminar hall,the event

began way earlier with the aesthetics work in order to

spread a word about the event. Publicity was done from

class to class. Streetplay was performed by the streetplay

team of VIT Socials.After all this began the main event.

On Day1, Jankalyan Blood bank had come.On Day 2,

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Sasoon Blood had come. Thus there was a great response

by the donors as well as the volunteers.The event was

concluded by the ending ceremony.


It was great to have a figure of around 370 donors though

there were many more who had initiated but could not

donate due to certainreasons.

Target Audience :

VIT College students and Staff. Itwas a pleasure to see the

staff taking an active part in the event too.

Footfall/ Number of


370 donors and also the team who volunteered for the

event.



Having an active response recieved from the VITians

only,the scope of teh eevent is not that extended outside the

college.


_


The Event was a grand success as a result of the dedicated

work of the whole team. The main motto of the event was

fulfilled.


event :

370 blood bottles were donated to the 2 blood banks .

Alogwith the blood bottles , an awareness was created on a

large scale about the need to donate blood.


Speakers/Guests :

A message was given to the TEAM and the donors “

DONATE for HUMANITY” thereby highlighting the theme

and the tagline promoted was One Donation,many Lives.


_


Rs 26,000/-


_



event :

The Blood assured to the donors that in fututre the donors

will be given a priority whenever they wil need it.”A good

deed is reflected back”

Value addition to the Society

by organizing the event :

Blood banks are facing shortage for blood. By donating 370

blood bottles, we tried our level best to contribute towards

this cause.Also , the blood bottles which we donate are

given to the poor people, in less charges thereby doing a

great favour for the Humanity.


VIT Socials.

Secretaries & their roles : The event was conducted under the able guidance of the

SOCIAL Secretaries.

Coordinator/s & their roles: The whole socials Team worked restlessly for the event.

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Event Head/s & their roles :

Harshal Jadhawar and Sakshi Gajbhiye.


roles :


their roles :

35-40 volunteers worked under various departments like

Aesthetics, Registration, Hospitality, Refreshment,

Technical Support, Certificate Section.

Learning for the Organisers

:

The oragnizers learnt how to manage events on such large

scale especially when its a socially sensitive event.Also

team spirit was rejuvenated.


:

The blood which is donated by the donors herein is given to

the poor people in less charges.Thus, the motive of the event

is successfully achieved.


Yes

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Diabetes Awareness Campaign




Extra Curricular



it lies :

-



which it lies



Socials.

Date of the event :

16th

Nov, 2016

Time / Duration :

8;30 am – 2;30pm.

Venue :

Health Checkup camp- Seminar hall.

Guest Lecture- Sharad Arena

Human chain – Indira nagar


To create awareness about the increasing no of diabetes

patients in the country and arrange free Diabetes check up in

college.


:

Healthy Lifestyle- wealthy Future.



Dr Abhay Mutha,

Chandu Borde,

Chandra Shetty,

Amrutlal Mutha ,

Director R.M.Jalnekar,

Prof N.B.Patki.


1) Free Health checkup camp – 8;30 am to 10 ;30 am

2) Human chain for diabetes awareness in indira nagar – 9;30 am to 10;30 am

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3) Guest Lecture _- 11 am to 12 pm

How was the event

conducted ? (Brief

description) :

The event was conducted in 3 sections. The first was the free

health check up camp that was held in seminar hall from

8;30 am to 10;30 am. Second was the human chain formation

that took place in Indira nagar from 9;30 am to 10;30 am . it

was followed by the guest lecture that took place in the

auditorium- sharad arena from 11 am to 1 pm.


The staff was cordially invited to be a part of the mega event.

Also the students volunteered actively for the event.

Target Audience :

All the staff members, non teaching staff and the students.

Footfall/ Number of


Health Check up Camp- 300 participants.

Human chain- 200 volunteers.

Guest Lecture- 600.





A great response was given by the staff members for the

health check up camp and also the guest lecture.


event :

The event was truly a mega awareness event the students

and the staff came to know a lot about the symptoms and

causes of diabetes and how to deal with it.


Speakers/Guests :

Dr Abhay Mutha guided the crowd about the need to create

awareness about diabetes and about his foundation DCRF.

He took a pledge from all the students and staff present that

they will follow a healthy lifestyle to remove or reduce the

risk of diabetes in future.


The staff was benefited by the health check up plan as well

as the guest lecture as they could understand the factors that

could cause diabetes and the precautions to betaken to avoid

it.



DCRF and VIT.



event :

The staff took an active part in the event along with the

students. Thus a proper awareness was created about the

increasing no of diabetes patients. It was a proud feeling as

VITians volunteered for this event.



event :

The human chain resulted in great awareness about diabetes

in the common masses. Also the health check up was a great

success as it not only helped in checking but also in creating

more awreness.

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VIT Socials.

Secretaries & their roles : The team worked under the able guidance and in co

ordination with the secretaries.


:


:


roles :


their roles :

50 volunteers.

Learning for the

Organisers :

The volunteers and organizers themselves understood a lot

about the symptoms and causes of diabetes and they learnt

how to work selflessly for the society by working with the

doctors.


:

The scope of the program was basically to create awareness

about diabetes and avoid it among masses in future.


Yes.

Extension Activities Report:

1. VIT, PUNE STUDENTS HELP FRO TRACK PASSPORT

APPLICATIONS(Number of days to process passport application has

come down significantly)

Professor Dipak Pawar from IT & MCA department along with six MCA

students of VIshwakarma Instiute of Technology(VIT, Pune), have developed

software for tracking status of passport which helps to Police to speed up passport

police verification process. Until now the Regional Passport Office (RPO) used to

send details of each application online to the police and the police used to process

it manually and send it back to the RPO. The process used to take about 8 to 12

days, but now software enables the police to send the application in real time.The

students who developed the software Akshay Gupta, Sagar Jaiswal, Mohan Patil,

Ankit Sinha, Suraj Pipariya and Sarbjit Sarkar also visited all 39 police stations in

the Pune city and demonstrated the software to all police.

Quote:

“When the DCP contacted us, we immediately started working on the software. It

is win-win situation for the students and the FRO. Our institute is probably only

one which encourages projects right from the first year. It is part of our

academics. The students win about 7-8 awards every year for social projects”.

- Prof. Dr. Rajesh Jalnekar, Director, VIT, Pune

Highlights of the Software:

Color changing Counter: Passport application can‟t be handled by the police for more than 21 days. As soon as application is uploaded, the counter starts at 21 and

drops by one every day. As soon as 10 days are left, it turns red.

Accessibility Levels: Application details are available on need-to-know basis.

Graphical Representation: The software enables officers to see pendency

statistics in graphical form for better interpretation.

Easy alerts to applicants: Officials can alert applicants about the status of their

application via SMS or Email with a single click.

Shifting Police Stations: If an application is sent to wrong police station, it can be

transferred with a click of the mouse to correct police station.

2. Water suitability analysis for drinking

The research project titled "Water Landscaping" to check the quality of

water in various cities across India started in year 2016, in Chemical Engineering

Department, VIT, Pune. The research work funded by WILO Mather and Platt

Pumps Pvt. Ltd, basically focuses on investigation of chemical and biological

parameters to evaluate water quality for potable use.

The water samples were collected from 19 cities all over India including

Pune. The samples were collected from different sources such as hospitals,

residential colonies, marriage hall, sport grounds, lakes, schools, rivers,

government offices, industrial areas etc. Six liters of water sample was collected

from every source. The onsite analyses of biological parameters were carried out

and chemical analysis were performed at Chemical Engineering Department

laboratories as well as at standard NABL certified analytical laboratories. Analysis

results are compared with ISO standards for drinking water.

Prof.(Dr.) Siddhant Jabade, Prof. (Dr.) Dhananjay Bhatkhande, Prof. Mrs.

Priya Nakade and team of 19 undergraduate students of VIT, Pune collectively

conducted the research, experimentation and analysis.

The results of analysis are being extensively studied to evaluate the

condition of water in Pune city and 18 other major cities of the country.

Conclusions of this study may help to decide major steps in field of improvement

in water quality.

3. Development of cost effective and integrated water distribution system

for residential establishment

Prof. Kapil Mundada from Dept of Instrumentation Engineering along with

UG students of VIT, Pune have developed a cost effective and integrated water

distribution system for residential establishment.

Today‟s world is facing a severe water crisis. The water inadequacy leads to

drought, insufficient drinkable water supply, and shortage of water to fulfill

industrial needs. These problems are arising due to inappropriate and

disproportional water distribution, lack of automation, very less presence of remote

monitoring and controlling facilities.

In system developed by VIT Pune Team every house will get separate flow

metering facility to eliminate water distribution issues. Presently, leakage in the

distribution network poses major challenge in water distribution network. The

proposed system has suggested a simple and effective way for water distribution

management for residential establishments. The features of this system are leakage

detection using a turbine flow meter, integrated solution for water quantity

measurement, payment acknowledgement system implemented with the help of

mobile communication etc. Real time monitoring and control of various parameters

is achieved by micro-controller and ZigBee communication.

Figure below shows Statistics from Pune Municipality Corporation (PMC)

for the year 2015 for drinking water. The system developed optimizing the water

consumption from 190 Liters /capita/day to 135 Liters/capita/day, which saves

around 236 MLD water per day, which can be used for more than 170 villages

around the city to fulfill their water requirement.

4. SMART Dust Bin

Garbage waste management is a word biggest issue in urban and city area. A

dust bin overflow problem always occurs in city as well as in entire countries.

Time to time garbage collection from dust bin process is difficult. Decomposed

garbage creates health related serious issues. In order to solve these issues, VIT,

Pune took initiative under the guidance of Prof Vivek Deshpande. Team VIT have

designed novel smart bin for garbage collection which also give alert for full bin,

toxic gases and collection garbage from it. Proposed invention is designed with IoT

as well as sensor technology. The innovation is patented at Patent office of India.

Expected

135

Litres/capita/day

Total Consumption

540 MLD

Actual

190

Litres/capita/day

Total Consumption

776 MLD

Difference236 MLD

The difference obtained is the total water overused which can be supplied to approximately 170 villages.

As we are focusing on the clean India Mission, proper awareness should be

created among the city people so that we can make our Pune city Clean.

5. “Smart Medical Waste Handling System For Hospitals”

Instrumentation Department of VIT college (Prof. Dr. Manisha Mhetre and

Final year students, Dipesh Borole, Mohini sawant, Shailesh Kamble, Tushar

Gharatkar ) has developed system for medical waste handling for hospitals

Disposal of Medical waste is serious problem which generates lot of health

hazards and it involves lot of cost. Hospitals are facing problems of disposing

medical wastes such as saline bottles, injection needles, cottons, syringe, gloves

etc. Surge in the bio-medical waste has to fight with increased re-usability and

recyclability of medical products. A saline bottle is a one such product which

required in large amount. If recyclability and/or re-usability could be introduced

in its product design, it would be highly profitable for all hospitals and also will

prove better for environment. Currently saline bottles have to be punctured

twice, thus making their reuse impossible. A small modification in the saline

bottle has been proposed by VIT team which uses a reusable opening with

pressure equalisation technique without puncturing it. Then, bottle is tagged

with RFID and goes through the bottle re-filling plant after sterilization process.

6. Deployable Toilets

Concept of reusing of waste water in toilets after proper processing has been

developed in SMART toilet system by VIT team. Septic tank right below toilet

system with proper heat distribution kills the pathogens by chemical process. After

this, used water can be redistributed with development of proper pressure and flow

management. The project also encompasses solar panel on the roof which, drives

the pump and other low power electronic systems. Research on “Deployable

Toilets” has been done by Prof. Dr.Siddharth Jabade (Mechanical Engineering

Department), Prof. Dr.Bhatkhande (Chemical Engineering Department) and Prof.

Dr. Manisha Mhetre (Instrumentation Engineering Department) of Vishwakarma

Institute of Technology, Pune.

7.Aatmabodh

To realize Our Vision of VIT "To be globally acclaimed Institute in

Technical Education and Research for holistic Socio-economic development".

The Aatmabodh initiative carries forward this grand vision of promoting

social development by dissipating basic knowledge of computer among senior

citizens and underprivileged sections of society.

Aatmabodh narrates the idea of enlightenment of soul through selfless

service.

Under the Aatmabodh, computer literacy sessions have been regularly

conducted since last 7 years. Recognizing their social indebtedness, the staff

members and students are actively involved in the initiative. Aatmabodh conducts

computer literacy session in every academic semester for a duration of fifteen days.

In this activity, students from all the departments of VIT participate.

Aatmabodh sessions are scheduled after college hours without disturbing the

academic schedule and time table. Students go for canvassing in the college

vicinity to enroll participants.

Topics covered in the Aatmabodh sessions are as follows:

Introduction to computer hardware.

Introduction to Paint brush, Word, excel and power point.

Introduction to internet - creating email account, Sending email with

attachments and surfing on internet.

To book railway Ticket, to pay property tax, electricity bills on line.

In addition to this, speakers are invited to talk on social issues.

A simple test is conducted to gauge the course outcomes.

It gives us immense pleasure to share with you that more than 600

participants have been benefitted under Aatmabodh initiative.This Event was also

appreciated by Saam T.V by telecasting a report on this event in their channel.

3.6.3 Number of extension and outreach programs conducted in collaboration with industry, community and

Non- Government Organisations through NSS/NCC/Red cross/YRC etc., during the last five years (15)

Name of the activity

Organising unit/

agency/

collaborating

agency

Year of the

activity

Number of

teachers

participated

in such

activities

Number of students

participated in such

activities

Investigation on

Biomedical Device

designed for

Endodontic Obturation

application

1.Department of

Conservative

Dentistry and

Endodontics at MA

Rangoonwala,

Dental Research

Centre, Pune

Jan 2012 to

Dec 2015 1 1(Ph.D)

2.Sindhu Laser Dental

and Yash

Clinic,Satara Road

Innovative Method of

Low Cost Storage for

Vegetable

Preservation

Farmers,

ISHRAE,ROTARY

CLUB PUNE

Jan 2012 to

Dec 2015 1 1(Ph.D)

1. Title of Research:

Investigation on Biomedical Device Design for Endodontic Obturation Application

Name of Investigator: RatnakarRaghunathGhorpade

Guide: Dr. K. KalyanaSundaram

Research Centre

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune

(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to SavitribaiPhule Pune University)

Year of Submission: February 2017

Date of Viva: 31 July 2017

Details of admission:

i. Roll No (PhD course): 14

ii. G.R.No: 10P 402

iii. Registration to PhD, with date (UoP): No. PGS 4743 dated 08.10.2012, (Date of

Registration:15.10.2010)

iv. Provisional Admission Letter with date (VIT): VI/SS/PhD/1890, Dated 18.10.2010

v. Registration to the PhD course (VIT): VI/SS/PhD/1952, Dated 19.10.2010

vi. BCUD, Funding: Pune University letter No. OSD/BCUD/230/61 dated 14.05.2012.

a) Pri cipal I vestigator for BCUD fu ded research Project " I vestigatio o Bio edical Device Desig for Endodontic Obturation Application", Univ of Pune (1 April 2012 to 31 Mar 2014, Ref No.

OSD/BCUD/230/61 dated 14.05.2012 Received funding of 2,90,000/-)

b) Co-Pri cipal I vestigator for BCUD fu ded research Project"I vestigatio s o Threaded De tal Implants for Stress using Photoelasticity approach", Univ of Pune (1 April 2013 to 31 Mar 2015, Ref

No. OSD/BCUD/330/ dated 11.10.2013 Received funding of 2,40,000/-)

Affiliation &Sponsorship:

i. Department of Conservative Dentistry &Endodontics at MA Rangoonwala, Dental Research

Center, Pune

ii. Sindhu Laser Dental&Yash Clinic, Satara Road Pune

Name of Doctors:

i. Dr. VivekHegde,

Vice Dean, Professor & Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry &Endodontics at MA

Rangoonwala, Dental Research Center, Pune,

President, Society of Oral Laser Applications, India,

Director, Indian Board of Endodontics, Associate Editor, Journal of Endodontology, and

Director, The White Arch Dental Academy

ii. Dr. Sameer Jadhav,Sindhu Laser Dental, Satara Road Pune

(For pilot studies on root canal Obturation at his clinic)

iii. Dr. SaurabhDoshi and Dr. Naqiya from Rangoonwala Dental College (experimental work at

hospital)

Nature of work conducted (Jan 2012 to Dec 2015)

In the present work an effort has been made to assist dentists whereby heating and compaction of

GuttaPercha can be assisted by waves of vibration to cause a more effective and efficient root

canal obturation. The effect of dual energy (i.e. Heat & Vibration) during obturation cycle

alternately and concurrently useable while inserted within root canal has been studied in detail.

To enable dentists find meaningful ways to determine root canal success in performing the

obturation the factors were identified in groups of energy parameters, material parameters,

process parameters and geometry parameters. Thus to cause successful be important &

responsible for the overall success in root canal obturation. Based on the effect of all thesea

simplified mathematical quantitative model is presented for root canal obturation „Success Index‟ (So) for the mild, medium and severe curvatures which are experienced by dentists while

working on patients in a diverse setting. The models have been validated on simulated test

specimens and actual extracted tooth.

During obturation on every tooth, a compaction load signature was captured (as shown in Fig

below) that shows load vs time chart for a complete obturation cycle for each of the teeth. Also

the roots of obturated teeth were analyzed based on Radio Visio-Graph (RVG‟s) which is considered as one of the filling assessment techniques. It showed that the compaction load must

be carefully applied to achieve complete 3D filling of bio-mechanically prepared canal space.

The results, based on experimental findings (i.e. obturation) over extracted teeth showed that a

dentist can use optimum compaction load (knowing reference ideal „obturation load signature‟) to get enhanced filling with the new method.

Total 16 events are noted as shown in the Fig. above, Maximum compaction force of 2.66 kg

(26.19 N) was noted for 15th

event. The compaction force of 2.25 kg (22.07 N) was noted for

14th

event. Final obturation in a canal shows adequate filling.

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0

0.5

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1.5

2

2.5

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0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

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paction F

orc

e (

kg)

Time (sec) (1 sec = 5 divisions)

2.66 Kg at 268 sec

2. Project Title: “Innovative Method of Low Cost Storage for Vegetable Preservation”

PI: Prof. A. D. Kale (Mechanical Engineering) Funding Agency: BCUD, SPPU, Pune Amount: 2.30L National Patent published on 14 April 2017 Beneficiaries: Farmers, VIIT, ISHRAE, Pune

Highlights of Research Project

1. Generation of shelf life equation of Cauliflower based on temperature and relative humidity.

θs1 =

− . ∗𝐑𝐇+ . 𝟗𝒆[ − ∗𝐓 + . ]

2. Providing opportunities to medium income farmers( 2-4 acres of farm) to preserve farm produce of maximum 1000 kg at FARM END

3. 15 % energy saving in comparison with existing cold storages 4. Works on non-interrupted power of maximum 6 hours 5. 30% reduction in cost of preservation of vegetables 6. Preservation for minimum 5 days summer and maximum 10 days winter

Applications/ Utilities:

1) Affordable Vegetable Cold Storage at farm end for medium income farmers.

2) Vegetable Collection Centre at Taluka Level.

3) Opportunities of energy savings in existing Cold Storages.

ABSTRACT

Main objective of the research project is to investigate innovative methodology of low

cost vegetable storage/s for medium income farmers (2 to 4 acres of cultivable land) to

tackle post-harvest problems. Erratic power supply, non-availability of cold storages at

farm end and vegetable collection centers at Taluka level, huge seasonal produce,

market fluctuations and meagre food processing opportunities are the prevalent post-

harvest problems considered in research work.

By correlating laboratory measured intrinsic properties of cauliflower with extrinsic

parameters of cold storage the shelf life predicting equation for cauliflower is generated.

Shelf life equation of cauliflower forms the basis to develop new cold storage. Ice based

thermal energy storage followed by evaporative mode in natural and forced convection

chambers integrated in an insulated envelope are the methodologies used in

combination to design and fabricate innovative cold storage.

Brine less evaporator, circulation of water with pump, energy efficient low temperature

R-404A refrigerant compressor and sub cooled forced air cooled condenser are used to

produce 28 kg ice in three hours inside the newly developed prototype cold storage.

Coldness (sensible + latent heat) of ice is used for 30 to 34 hours to maintain the cold

storage temperature 15 ± 1°C. On evaporative mode the cold storage is run for 2 to 3

more days to enhance the shelf life of vegetables. Intrinsic properties of locally available

cauliflower are measured before and after storage and are found acceptable.

Research work ascertains that the introduction of integration of thermal energy storage

and evaporative cooling methodologies to develop cold storage will lead to minimum

15% of energy savings. Research work introduces the new insight to tackle post-harvest

problems of fresh agriculture produce at farm end.

Publications

1) Dr. K Sundaram, A D Kale, “Generation of Shelf Life Equation for Cauliflower”, International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science/ ISSN 2249/3050 Vol. 5, Apr 2014

2) Dr. K Sundaram, A D Kale, “Experimental Evaporative Coolers for Vegetable Preservation.” At 3rd International Conference on „New Approach in Applied Physical, Mathematical/Statistical, Chemical Sciences and Emerging Energy Technology for

Sustainable Development.‟ ISBN: 978-93-83083-98-5, 28 September, 2014.

3) Dr. K Sundaram, A D Kale, “Precision Air-conditioning System.” At International Journal for Research in Technological Studies| Vol. 1, Issue 9, August 2014 | ISSN

(online): 2348-1439.

4) Dr. K Sundaram, A D Kale, “New method of Low Cost Storage for Vegetable Preservation”, 8th Maharashtra State Inter-University Research Convention, January

18, 2014 at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon

Patent:

1) Patent is filed on the new methodology “System & method for cold storage and preservation of vegetables.” Patent Application no. is 2874/MUM/2015 is published on

14/04/2017.

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