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2.
On 28
th
August 2013, Radio Mirchi Team hosted student events in the campus. The
event picked up its tempo and was a roaring success with a tremendous participation
of all students
3.
VIT Quiz Teams have performed commendably in the QUIZITALIA 2012-13 City
Finals at IIT, Madras on 31
st
August 2013. The winning teams are as follows:
Nishant Ghosh
-11BEC1067 &
Shantanu Saha
-11BEE1116 secured the second
position
Dipankar Behera
-11BME1049 &
Shubham Agrawal
-11BEE1103 secured fourth
position
4.
For the second time
N.S.S. Unit of VIT Chennai, guided by Prof. Govindarajan P
.,
has been rewarded with a Shield for the Blood-Donation Camp'13, from honourable
Dr. Radhakrishnan, I.A.S., Secretary to Government Health & Family Welfare
Department, Tamil Nadu at Kumara Rani Meena Muthaiah Hall, Chennai0n 13
th
September 2103. They were also specially appreciated by Ms.K.Sumathi,
Advocate, High Court, Chennai.
Our VIT Chennai stood in the 4
th
Position for mobilising more than 500 donors in the
midst of many other N.S.S. units (roughly 20) from various city colleges such as
Loyola, Stella Mary's , D.G. Vaishnav, Sathyabama University, Rajalakshmi
Engineering College, B.S. Abdur Rehman University, SRM University.
5.
Our students from Quiz Club participated in the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week
2013 held at IIT, Chennai on 22
nd
September 2013 and won the Third Place. They
have been awarded a memento and Certificate of Appreciation for their commendable
performance. The team comprised the following students:
Nishant Ghoshal, 11BEC1067
Shantanu Saha, 11BEE1116
Shubham Agrawal, 11BEE1103
6.
Congratulations to VIT-Chennai first year students
Raj Abhishek and Sailesh Dev
and Prof.Sathis Kumar
— Their achievement has been covered in Education Plus of
"The Hindu" newspaper dated 11/11/2013.
7.
VIT-Chennai B.Tech Mechanical Engineering students
Kanabar Viral, Pratik
Rachchh, Kothari Anshul, Aditya Vasudeva Rao
for their innovative achievement.
From Deccan Chronicle News paper dated 11/11/2013
8.
On 25
th
October 2013, a Chinese Cultural Festival, Chennai2China, was organized by
the Chinese Language Centre, VIT Chennai. The festival was open to all students in
the campus. All students who had taken the course and those registered a new
participated enthusiastically in being part of the cultural. Chinese and Indian Cultures
found platform to showcase their countries’ cultural bondage in the form of Photo
Exhibition, Tea Ceremony, Painting, Calligraphy, Chinese Kung fu, Fan Dance,
Peacock Dance, Poetry Recitation and rendering of Chinese songs
9.
Student from SMBS participated in 2013 Race Car Competitions:
1. Team Zurra - FSAE competition, Japan, 2013
2. Team Dexterous - Eco Navy Vehicle competition 2013
3. Team Blitz, National Go-Kart Championship, 2013.
4. Team Catalyst, National Go-Kart Championship, 2013.
5. Team Road Runners, Baja SAE India, Pithampur, Indore, 2013
6. Team Saksham, International SAE BAJA, 2013, Tennessee, USA.