The colorful opening ceremony of Gyan Jyoti-2020, an Annual Techno-Cultural Festival of Hindustan College was inaugurated by Mr. Harish Rautela, Brajprant Pracharak, as Chief Guest and Mr. Ajit Anjum, Managing Editor of India TV, News24, as Guest of Honour in APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium, grand auditorium of the College after the lamp lighting and recitation of Saraswati Vandana on 5th February, 2020. The dignitaries specially invited to this program were honored by offering flowers to them. The Convener of Gyan Jyoti-2020, Dr. Puneet Mangla gave a detailed description of about 40 programs and events of the ceremony. More than 500 students had registered for participation in various competitions and activities from HCST and other institutes of Agra-Mathura region.
All the activities and competitions were judged by invited judges from relative fields. Dr. Rajeev Kumar Upadhyay, Director of the college welcomed all the guests at the inauguration ceremony and presented a detailed account of the achievements of the college. The students Muskan Khetan of the college have brightened the name of HCST by getting AIR – 18 and AIR – 46 by Shivangi Agarwal, a student of Bio-Tech. Engineering who excelled in the GATE examination at the all India level in 2019. He told that 5 students of the college got more than 90 percent and 23 students got more than 80 percent marks in the first semester examination of AKTU, Lucknow. He also praised the contribution of the organizers for the successful organization of this annual event in the previous years.
He told that the college is running or has completed many programs funded by DST, NIMT, CSIR. He told that the college has signed MOUs with well known organizations like, MSME, Jackson State University, Bulgium and TSIR etc. He further told that the college has established Automatic Weather Center, I.V hub, and The Center of Excellence and the Nodal Centre of Universal Human Values and Professional Ethics of AKTU, Lucknow. Executive Director of Sharda Group, Prof. D.G. Roy Chaudhary welcomed all the guests at the event and encouraged the minds to participants in the Gyan Jyoti 2020.
The Executive Vice President of SGI, Prof. V.K. Sharma, said that for the last 20 years, the college has been continuously organizing the annual celebrations of Gyan Jyoti successfully. In this ceremony, the students demonstrate their skills and learn the methods of management. He encouraged the students to participate in maximum numbers of activities and sent best wishes for their success. He called Gyan Jyoti the festival of ‘Light of Knowledge’.
The Special Guest of the program, Mr. Ajit Anjum, in his address shared the journey of his student life and career from the beginning to till now. In his speech he presented the example of Mr. Dhiru Bhai Ambani, Founder of Reliance Industry and Thomas Alva Edison, and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam who got success in life and profession. He also said that the CEOs of the world’s top 100 companies are mostly engineers. Giving the example of Satya Nadella, he said that he is still serving as Microsoft Chief despite being an electrical engineer. He asked the students to recognize their strengths and remove their weaknesses and develop them as their strengths and work according to their interests. He said that the most important thing for engineers is the idea and secondly the use of that idea. He told the students that 99 percent of people have succeeded with their hard work and only one percent people are God gifted. Presenting a famous quotation, he said, “laharon se darker noka paar nahi hoti, koshish karne valon ki kabhi har nahi hoti’. He inspired to those who try by giving example of the ant that the ant does not feel tired and give up the task. She carry grain, and slips hundred times from the climbing walls”.
The Chief Guest at the program, Mr. Harish Rautela, discussed spirituality. He said that the one which is in the body, is in the Universe, the one who knows this fact is called Vivekananda. He motivated the students to bring the country on the path of progress along with their own progress. He said that by putting spirituality and science together, the world can be taken on the path of development. Referring to a question asked by Vivekananda, he said that someone asked Vivekananda if India would be divided in small groups due to poor conditions and slavery, he gave a simple answer and said that while we worked for the search for God no one can divide us. At the end, he asked to the students to learn many things from this function of knowledge and actualize them in life. Along with this, he encouraged the students to participate enthusiastically in the Gyan Jyoti-2020.
At the end of the ceremony, vote of thanks was presented by the Dean Student Welfare Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal. The program was successfully anchored by Adamsiraj, Shobhita, Devan Bansal and Shruti Aggarwal. On this occasion, all the staff members, and students of all departments were present.
Anand Engineering College Technical Campus, Agra is organizing its 21st Annual Techno-cultural fest Cerebrum 2020 on 6th -7th March 2020. Sh. V K Sharma, Executive Vice President SGI, Dr Shailendra Singh, Director Anand Engineering College Agra and other invited dignitaries formally inaugurated the Cerebrum 2020 by lightening the lamp on 6th March 2020.
Dr Shailendra Singh, Director Anand Engineering College, Agra in his welcome speech highlighted the achievements of students and faculty members during the previous year. Later, he presented the annual progress report of the college and said that Anand Engineering College is committed and determined for the development of students. He also stated that Techno-Cultural fest Cerebrum is a function of the students, by the students and for the students.
Sh V K Sharma, Executive Vice President, Sharda Group of Institutions addressed the gathering and quoted that such co-curricular activities not only help students in their overall development but also make them self reliant and confident. He also congratulated the young students for their untiring efforts and creativity.
Dr. Himanshu Vijay, Convener and Dr. Aatrey Pandey Co-convener of Cerebrum 2020, brief the program of Cerebrum and said that these types of technical and cultural fests will help the students to enrich their knowledge, skills and abilities in organizing events and hence in the overall personality development. They added that this year various technical, cultural and fun events like Paper presentation, poster presentation, code rush, Mind power games, Drama, Chhota Bheem, Bike Racing are the most attractions of the Cerebrum.
The 10th MSME Convention was virtually organized by All India Management Association (AIMA). During this convention, our institute Hindustan Institute of Management and Computer Studies, Farah, Mathura got an opportunity to join as an academic partner. In this virtual convention, innovative solutions related to micro small and medium enterprises were discussed. At the beginning of the convention, Honorable Minister of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, Shri Nitin Gadkari in his address said that today there is a need of an hour to work on new products and new technology. As part of the self-reliance campaign, we saw that during the Corona period, many people started making sanitizers which was much needed. He said today’s research work should be done for the common man. With the advent of technology, we should make products that are low in cost and unmatched in technology without compromising on quality. Today, MSME has the additional responsibility of providing new opportunities in the rural, agricultural and tribal sectors as India is undoubtedly seen as a growing economic country on the world map and the youth here is the backbone of this country. Therefore, there is an urgent need to strengthen the production sector. He extended his best wishes to AIMA for organizing the convention on this subject.
Today, a total of five planners were held in which in-depth discussion on Innovation Readiness, Emerging Opportunities, Innovative Financing, Branding and Digital and Social Media Marketing were discussed. Various eminent speakers of the country participated in this convention. Mr. Harshapati Singhania, Mr. Rakesh Sethi, Mr. J.S. Juneja, Prof. Raj Aggarwal, Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Mr. Pradeep Sharma, Mr. Prahlada Kakkar are some of the prominent names among them. At the conclusion of the program, Prof. Raj Agarwal thanked everyone and this convention was extended to MSME. He said that on the basis of technology transfer and innovation, we can strengthen our GDP.
We had a poster competition organized for the students of our institute. The theme of the poster competition was ‘Skill India’. Students expressed their feelings through a sum of 22 posters. First, second and third prizes were given to the students. During lunch break, a quiz competition was also organized by Dr. Gunjan Bhatnagar (faculty management) with questions based on the functioning of M.S.M.E. and its contribution. The winning students of the quiz were also honored. The Director of the Institute, Dr. Naveen Gupta thanked all the members involved in the convention and appreciated own students for asking such relevant questions to the panelist. He said that our institute likes to have such kind of convention so that our educational activity can also move forward effectively and this proves to help us to enhance better quality in imparting value education.
Hindustan Institute of Management and Computer Studies (HIMCS) have organized orientation program-phase II for their newly admitted MBA and MCA students. It was organized at various stages for the new batch students who are enrolled in these courses. The first phase of this program has already been completed in the month of December 2020, today the second phase was started from 4 January 2021. The program was inaugurated with Saraswati Vandana and dance, lighting the lamp.
On this occasion by Dr. Naveen Gupta Sir (Director-HIMCS) guided the students on the challenges related to mental health problems. He explained that “In this era of competition, we have started paying more attention to the negative aspect of it due to problems in life, negativity, depression etc.” If we work for our own development, then we will be inspired by others rather that we will be jealous of them. So there should be healthy competition. In addition, he said that we should take care of our health, family, society and nature. He also explained in detail the neurotic and psychotic disorder keeping in mind the mental health. He said that education can be made better during this corona period as we are continuously providing value based education online as well as offline. I hope that your 2-year journey in this institute will be beneficial for you all.
Mr. V. K. Sharma Sir (EVP- SGI) addressed the students as well. He praised HIMCS and said that it is not an institute but it is a movement. This is a movement where our students with professional education learn the responsibilities of building their characters are also fulfilled. After its establishment, it has raised a mountain of achievements till date. It is the only institute in Agra – Mathura region which is NAAC Accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council for M.B.A. and M.C.A courses. I wish all my students a bright future. He also defined 16 points of success in detail.
On this occasion, the collective list of placements for the last 23 years was shared by Dr Priya Pandey (Head- T&P ) and Mr Shobhit Kant Sharma informed that our institution has given managers and IT professionals in various different fields for the past years. The placement department of Sharda Group invites reputed companies and ensures their placements.
Mr Naresh Dhingra (Head-PDP) and his team guided the students and told them what improvements are needed within the next 2 years to raise their personalities and how the PDP classes would be beneficial for them. He discussed the role of communication in overall personality development.
At the end, the final year students of MBA and MCA have organized cultural programmes for their juniors for developing cordial relationships with them. Newly admitted students showed their hidden talent in open theatre which was highly commendable.
The first-year students of Hindustan Institute of Management and Computer Studies, Farah, Mathura (HIMCS) walked into their first year of MBA and MCA program. In an effort to make the fresher’s feel welcomed as a part of the HIMCS family, the Talent Hunt programme was organized by the seniors. Seniors shared their experiences with the new batch of students as they spoke about what awaits the new students in the academic year ahead. Here at HIMCS, Talent Hunt Competition is a platform for MBA and MCA newcomers to showcase their hidden talents. A talent hunt is an event in which participants perform the arts of singing, dancing, lip-syncing, acting, playing an instrument, poetry, comedy or other activities to showcase skills.
A slew of performances were held for the new batch of students. These included performances in dance, music, stand-up comedy and oratory. A funny skit and a management quiz were also on the cards. Thus talent hunt is much awaited affair for seniors as well as juniors. This ceremony began with a candle light welcome for juniors where Director of the institute, Dr. Naveen Gupta lightened the lamp. The ceremony saw many dazzling performances by both seniors and juniors alike from energetic dance numbers that made evening even more charming. Students performed on various songs like kab tak chup baithe, kamli kamli, ore piya, zulie zulie, Oh beta Ji etc. Ramp walk rounds were there, where juniors suppressed their feelings and introduced themselves. They answered the Judge’s questions.
Dr. Naveen Gupta openly praised the immense potential of management and computer studies students. He said that today there is a need to express your words vigorously in front of others where communication becomes very important. He said that I have seen many such students who appear to be very influential externally but as soon as they are asked to express their views on a subject, the reality comes out. Therefore, today there is a need to create our own image. We need to strengthen our network so that the students of the new batch can learn from their experiences and could take inspiration from their seniors.
The final results are as follows:
Best Orator- Mugdha Singh
Best Innovator- Kajal Srivastava
Best Intellect- Saurabh Upadhyay
Best Personality- Srishti Chauhan (MBA) and Gaurav Saini (MCA)
Best Performer- Neha Verma and Manav Arora
The Departmental Head-MBA, Dr. Abhilasha Singh, Dr. Riju A. Singh, MCA-Head Shri N. K. Mishra and all the teachers and staff of the institute were present in APJ Kalam Auditorium today. All the people present in the auditorium cheered after seeing the presentation of the first-year aspiring students of the institute. At the same time, the theatrical performances of the final year students were highly appreciated. He captivated everyone with their unique skit. The students performed the melody by the guitar. The amazing talent of the students was enhanced through group dance, group anthem and recitation of poetry together. With the ramp-walk performed by the students was revealing the confidence contained in them, which is essential to strengthen their personality.
Dr. Sheetal Sachdeva, Dr. Gunjan Bhatnagar and Mr. Vivek Pandey were handled the responsibility on behalf of the faculty. From MBA second year Aishwarya Bulani, Rashmi Yadav, Utkarsh Jain, Akshay Pundir, Suraj Chandola, Rishita Jain, Prateek Chawla, Sonali Sonkar, Adarsh Chaudhary were the coordinators for this event and from MCA second year, Prashant Rajawat and Ila Varasi handled this responsibility.
Hardik Jain, a first year student sharing his views said, “Our seniors really put in a lot of time and effort into organizing this talent hunt event and we appreciate them for giving us an insight into their wonderful journey at HIMCS”.
Acknowledging the efforts of the seniors, Mugdha Singh, stated that “In these pandemic times our seniors gave us fresher’s a welcome to the HIMCS family. The love and affection was felt by all of us”.
