Computer Science and Technology faculty organized a three days Orientation Programme-2011 for the students of B.C.A, M.Sc.(Computer Application ) and M.Sc.(Information Technology). More than 300 students attended it.
Day 1
The Orientation Program for the year 2011 had begun with the Formal function at 11.00 a.m. hosted by Ms. Himadri Patel-Asst.Prof., SRIMCA, Ms. Monika Naik-Asst.Prof., SRIMCA and Ms. Jaishree Tailor-Asst.Prof., SRIMCA. The students of BCA 5th Semester beautifully recited the prayer "Bahu Punya Kera Punj Thi".
The Guest of Honour of the function was Dr. Jatin Desai, Director, Chhotubhai Patel Institute of Technology-UTU. The Lamp Lighting ceremony was graced by the dignitaries. Ms Jikitsha Sheth-Asst.Prof., SRIMCA extended a warm welcome to the new batch, the Guest of Honour, faculty and staff with a thriving welcome speech. The event was followed by Floral welcome. Mr. Jitendra Nasriwala-Associate Prof., SRIMCA introduced to the audience about the Trust-Bardoli Pradesh Kelavni Mandal, Uka Tarsadia University and also introduced the Department of Computer Science and Technology.
Dr. Jatin Desai shared his motivating and inspiring thoughts about the Preach and Practices of Department of Computer Science and Technology. He also appreciated the discipline and hard work of each and every member of the department. He endowed his bliss to the first batch of the Department affiliated to UTU.
Dr. Bankim Patel showered his words of wisdom to the new batch. He revealed his thoughts regarding the building blocks of the department and its stringent academic policy. He emphasized strongly on discipline and punctuality and its role in academic, personal and professional life. He ended his speech by blessing the students and wishing them a good-healthy time in the department.
Vote of thanks was delivered by Mr. Omprakash Chandrakar-Associate Prof., SRIMCA, At 12.00 noon, Students, faculty and staff assembled for lunch.
The post lunch session commenced with a Presentation with an idea to give a summary about the Trust, Affiliated Institutes, Best Practices, Infrastructure facilities, Education Enrichment Initiatives, Achievements, Faculty Profile, and Placement. The presentation was initiated by Ms. Jaishree Tailor - followed by Ms. Monika Naik and Ms. Jikitsha Sheth.
The presentation was followed by a Tea-Break.
The Day 1 of the orientation program ended with the Campus Visit for the students intending to make them aware about the physical location of infrastructure facilities which was managed by Mr. Omprakash Chandrakar, Mr. Sandip Delwadkar, Mr. Hardik Vyas, Mr. Prakash Khaire and Mr. Vikas Patel.
Day 2
The first hour of the Day 2 of the Orientation Program commenced with two parallel sessions. The first was the Campus Visit for the students of BCA, B.Sc. (IT) and M.Sc. (CA) and the second session was Faculty-Parents Meet at 11.00 a.m. It was solely dedicated to the Parents of the new batch. More than 300 parents were present in it. Dr. Bankim Patel made the parents aware by disclosing the facts and realities of the field of Computer Science and Technology and the cut-throat competition of the business world. He also highlighted the best practices of the institutes like discipline, punctuality, continuous evaluation system, attendance, mentoring-counseling etc. He stressed upon the fact that apart from the institutes, facilities and faculties, parents and their support also play an important role in building the academic career of a student. He further talked about the infrastructure facilities that are made available for the quality education at the department. He also put forth his views regarding the necessity of a Laptop for pursuing smooth learning process in the field of computer science and information technology. He ended his speech by assuring parents a healthy academic, spiritual environment with full of support to the students from every member of the department.
The session further proceeded with a Presentation with an idea to give the parents a summary about the Trust, Affiliated Institutes, Best Practices, Infrastructure facilities, Education Enrichment Initiatives, Achievements, Faculty Profile, and Placement. The presentation was carried out by Ms. Jaishree Tailor followed by Ms. Priti Prajapati-Asst.Prof, SRIMCA. Also, the list of the
counsellors for BCA, B.Sc. (IT) and M.Sc. (CA) was declared so that parents could communicate with the concerned counsellors for their queries and doubts if any. Amongst the parents, one of them rose to ask regarding the Linguistic barriers and communication skills of the student. To this, Dr. Kalpesh Lad-Asst.Prof. SRIMCA responded by revealing that sessions for enhancing Communication Skills are held on a regular basis. Apart from this, seminars, assignments of their concern subjects are also the tools to improve the English language and its vocabulary and to help build confidence for effective communication.
It was found that a good amount of Parents interacted with the concerned counsellors regarding their doubts. And counsellors tactfully responded to the same. Parents, students, faculty members and staff gathered at around 12.15 p.m. for the lunch.
The post lunch session of the 2nd day of the Orientation Program 2011 was enriched with Games and Events. There were two teams(Team-A and Team-B) governing the games and events. Team-A was headed by Mr. Dharmendra Bhatti and Dr. Lal Bihari Barik who are Associate Prof., SRIMCA. They were supported by staff members namely, Ms. Mitali Mistry, Ms. Himadri H. Patel, Ms. Chetana Tailor, Ms. Jayshree Tailor, Mr. Ketan Naik, Ms. Disha Deliwala, Mr. Vikas Patel and Mr. Dhiren Tandel.
Team A created 10 teams each comprising of 15 members. Each team was further divided into 4 teams each consisting of 3 members. The teams were judged on the basis of their performance in each game. Out of the 10 teams, students of Team 4 topped in all the 4 games and was declared winner under Team-A. Students were given gifts for their excellent performance games wise and overall performance.
The games include "WHO AM I?" regarding logo and personality identification. "TREASURE HUNT" that helped the student to get more aware of the campus, "PUZZLE GAME" which included more than 10 computer based puzzle games and "MODEL DESIGN" wherein students were asked to create a model based on IT concepts. These games were enjoyed by 150 students.
Team-B was headed by Mr. Jitendra Nasriwala-Associate Prof., SRIMCA and Ms. Bhumika Desai Asst.Prof., BVPIBMCIT and were supported by staff members Ms. Sapna Desai, Mr. Pinkesh Patel, Ms. Jignasa Prajapati, Ms. Krutika Naik, Ms. Monika Naik, Ms. Nehal Adhvaryu, Ms. Yagni Desai, Ms. Preeti Bhatt.
Among the four games, one was "Rick Game" in which there were two groups, each one was having 5 students at a time and have to cross the path of bricks which were placed at a uniform distance apart by keeping steps on it and failing to touch the ground from one location to another. The group which crosses first at the decided location was the winner. Then a "Football Game" in which there were two groups each one was having 8-10 students at a time, were have to pass the foot ball under their legs by standing in a position of one after other and passing the football. Once the football reaches at the last standing student, he/she has to come at the front position with the ball and the chain of passing the ball goes on until one full round is over. The winning team was declared according to the time criteria. Another was "Balloon Chain" wherein Each Group of 5 to 6 Students have to place a balloon in between two consecutive students like a chain, in a standing position without touching the balloon by hands, keeping their hands in upward bend position and have to cover a full round from one location and reach back to the original one. The winner was the team, who reaches the desired location in least time. And the fourth was "Preserving Balloon Game" where Each Student was asked to tie a balloon with the help of a string in his/her leg and an instruction was given to them that the one whose balloon lefts after 5 minutes should be the winner.
With a team of 10 Faculty Members and 12 student volunteers, the objective of each game was shared with and by the students like Concentration, Team work, synchronization with each other, Time utilization, alertness, avoiding negative thoughts etc. All the games played by students showed the enthusiasm, zeal, eagerness and efforts to achieve the goal, to be a winning team or winner and also the healthy competitive virtues of the growing IT buddies. At last the students who shared the above stated mottos of the games were awarded by imparting prizes.
Day 3
On the last day of Orientation Programme-2011, Alumni talk, Technical Seminar and DJ was arranged for the students.
Ms. Preeti Mathur, an alumni of 2006 batch addressed the students on 13th July. She is a Senior Developer at Finlogic Pvt. Ltd., Surat and has 6 years industry experience. She explained students about how the practices followed at Institute helped her to achieve success in industry. She compared on life and thoughts at college and in industry. Her focus was on how learning at institute develops problem solving attitude which is highly fruitful when one enters professional life. Her session was enchanted more than 350 attenders which comprised of students and staffmembers.
Technical Seminar included how to design effective presentations which was delivered by Ms. Manika Verma-Asst.Prof., BVPIBMCIT. Students realized that they do and don't regarding slide preparation and presentation. She covered effects of animation and transition which can make the presentation attractive. Mr. Prakash Khaire-Asst.Prof., BVPIBMCIT shared his knowledge regarding Google Search. He explained different techniques of searching using Google which gives near to desired result. He explained the techniques of providing range during the search and also how to omit irrelevant text from the result.
To add fun and enjoyment, Dance with DJ was managed by Mr. Sandip Delwadkar-Asst.Prof., SRIMCA which concluded the three days Orientation Programme.
