The Student Chapters

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

We at ACM see a world where computing helps in solving tomorrow’s problems — where we use our knowledge and skills to advance the profession and make a positive impact. ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and profession. ACM NIT SURAT is one among the many student chapters of ACM across the globe in various institutions.

Through its year-round activities, be it coding challenges, hackathons, quizzes, or development workshops and competitions, the club has always aimed at doing its best and indulging the majority of the students. The chapter is moving towards achieving nationwide recognition by conducting open-to-all contests on various digital platforms successfully.

Coding contests such as Epiphany and Inception were conducted this year to lift and promote coding culture among the young tech geeks. The various exhilarating workshops held throughout the year include Git and GitHub and UI/UX, which introduced the concepts of version control and user interface designing, respectively. Apart from this, we had the ACM Summer Challenge and AMOC (ACM Month Of Code), which were month-long events to test the coding and development skills of our talented newbies and sophomores. The ACM Hour Of Code was also conducted, in which our executives visited various schools and provided insight about the opportunities in computer science and its importance. Finally, the Tech IQ Quiz was the perfect opportunity to check upon the tech knowledge of SVNITians.

Cultural Affairs Council (CAC)

“We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.” Cultural Affairs Council is SVNIT’s official student chapter that handles the institute’s major cultural activities, including fests such as Sparsh. CAC conducted several events this year. The new semester began with Fun Street, where everyone was laughing, having fun with their friends, cheering them on so they can eat more PaniPuri, and enjoying their kooky dance moves. Later on, during the Kite Festival, SVNITians exhibited their kite-flying skills, trying to jam up Manjhas with their special someone. Collectively, it brought a feeling of nostalgia mixed with love, along with some good music.

On the other hand, during Safin Hassan sir's talk, many students took life-changing advice, seeing themselves as the next big thing. It gave everyone positive vibes and a new way to look at our lives. We learned about unity in diversity and explored our culture with “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat”. We celebrated National Education Day together. We do not remember the days; we remember the memories. And all these memories will have a special place in our hearts and will keep on making our life more beautiful. A lot of credit goes to CAC for making this year such a beautiful and celebrated piece of time and making the college laugh, dance, sing, and eat happily.

Civil Engineering Society (CES)

Civil Engineering Society, the oldest student chapter of SVNIT, Surat, has consistently aimed and worked towards developing skills and providing knowledge in the field of Civil Engineering, keeping up with modernization in the field, and helping students with their career prospects. Its annual technical festival, Kaizen, not only offers a wide range of events, workshops, and fun field games to the students of our institution, but also draws a lot of attention from civil engineering students across Gujarat. Several other events are also conducted throughout the year. In the academic year 2019-20, CES conducted workshops on AutoCAD (2D) and Revit (3D). Through its online presence on various social media platforms, puzzles and quizzes were conducted. Its online series, “Stating the Structures”, which shared civil engineering marvels from all the states in India, was well-received for being informative as well as innovative. The Kaizen 2020 fest took place from 15-16 February, 2020. It was met with great anticipation and excitement as students turned out in great numbers for the events — both technical and managerial, and participated in games and informal events as well. The technical events created by the CES team found winners in participants who were able to apply basic civil engineering concepts in practical problems to obtain optimum models. Participants also went full throttle on their wits as they competed in the managerial events in the fest. CES plans to keep introducing new and innovative ideas in the future as well.

“Creativity is all about connecting the dots. Always has been.”

2014 was the beginning of an era when a small group of technology enthusiasts felt the need to have a community with diverse interests. A community where one could test their abilities and expand limits by implementing revolutionary ideas and eventually portray it through a medium that every student can understand. The fundamental goal-sparking technical discussions created a very inducive atmosphere, which was a major focus in the initial phase.

The capability to sustain through the hardest of times makes an organization and its people more reliable. Keeping up with our ups and downs taught us to adapt to the circumstances but never to back off.

Chemical Engineering Society (ChES)

The Chemical Engineering Society was instituted on 16 January, 2014. Affiliated to the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), ChES SVNIT aims to spread knowledge and experience to future chemical engineers about chemical engineering education and its applications. Over the past years, ChES has conducted various events demonstrating innovation from fun activities and technical events. We always emphasize the fact that we are students from a technological university and work on our steepest gradient of progress towards engaging and promoting technical education and discussions among the students of National Importance.

With a Team of 60+ members, we strive to spread technology, sciences, management, economics, and finance both inside and outside the college boundaries. To suffice our Mission and Vision’s need, we organise talks, workshops, challenging competitions like CaseStudy, and Technical Quizzes. We conduct Study Jams, dismantle machines, experiment on hardware, draw simulations, and most importantly have fun! In the academic year 2019-20, some of the most talked-about and reputed events were samples of our brainstorming discussions. To exemplify:

1.

Lumières (where 13 best professor-researchers shared their research work in separate talks) ChES organized an introductory orientation for the first-year students on 7 November, 2019. This orientation was done to familiarize students with this community. Our respected faculty advisor, Dr. Meghal Desai, also gave a motivational talk to students, which helped in their better involvement. The Eureka 2.0 initiative was started in October 2019 to help students develop a research-orientated mind. Groups of 2nd and 3rd year students were made to organise the program. Teams presented their research abstracts to the audience in the Blackboard Sessions conducted. Finally, the teams compiled and concluded their optimal solution to the respective problem statement selected by them in the Poster Presentation. ChES represented SVNIT in the Chem-E-Car competition 2. Winter school (where we trained students in several fields from some of the best brains on campus) 3. IOT Bootcamp (the hands-on project that opened doors to the beginners in the field of

IOT) 4. Numerous thoughtprovoking Group

Discussions focused on technology and solutions. Attesting the club's growth, we decided to decentralize it into three different subgroups: 1) Aryavarta - Quantitative

Finance, Algorithmic

Trading, Business

Analytics, Consulting 2) Yantrika - Code,

Computers, Circuits 3) Aantarak - Core

Engineering and Space

Sciences

These groups work in different domains. However, they share the same goal and work in unison on various

projects. at IIT Gandhinagar on 20 October, 2019. Our team bagged the 3rd position in the competition out of 9 teams, including colleges such as PDPU, IIT Gandhinagar, and NIRMA University.

Chem-E-Quest, the treasure hunt, was conducted for the first-time students on 9 November, 2019. One of the main purposes of this event was to make the freshers familiar with the department. Siphon, the annual departmental fest, was conducted by the Chemical Engineering Society from 18-19 January, 2020. A total of 13 events were conducted over a span of two days. Various technical, nontechnical, managerial events and quizzes were organized to introduce the students to the various fields and applications of Chemical Engineering.

CHRD (Centre for Human Resource Development) is a student chapter that inculcates aesthetic values in the students and creates human resources. Have you heard of the terms ‘keeping up the responsibilities’ and ‘fun’ as one? CHRD is these words as one. This club has truly learnt the concept of “Unity in Diversity”. Events like Shamiyana, Chhanak, and Mega Nights act like umbrellas, sheltering all the clubs at once!

Kirdaar

Whenever you hear the word ‘Drama’ in SVNIT, ‘Kirdaar’ is surely going to be the first word coming to your lips. Here, a pen is mightier than a sword and a drama isn’t just about theatre; each performance brings emotions of love, hatred, joy, sadness, and anger. When you join Kirdaar, you don’t join a club, you join a family. A wise man once said, and we quote, “Kirdaar hamesha saath rehta hai…Apna ho ya Apnaya”.

Raag

Raag is a feeling. From strumming the strings to drumming the beats; from the classical taste of violin to rock bass, we have it all. There is probably no place left in college where ‘Raag Jam Sessions’ have not occurred. Meetings at lawns, practicing at the CHRD room, jamming in front of PMC, chilling at Galla and Khetlapa are just a few of the daily routines of this melodious club. “We know that we are no Arijit or Shreya but we can still offer you a bang for your buck!”

Malang

Malang, the dance club of CHRD, is like a 3-course meal. For starters, Malang has the entire range of dance forms like Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Lyrical, Wacking, Classical, Semi-classical, and more. “Dance Jam” and “Synchronize” are the major events. For the main course, Malang provides a platform to all l the solo dancers out there. Last but not least, the desert — the most delicious part of the Malang platter is the Rubix crew. This crew has been making SVNIT unbeatable for years by representing our institute and winning dozens of competitions. “You do not need to be a Michael Jackson, shaadi wala dance will also do!”

Akriti

CHRD’s very own creative and jolly mixture, infamously known as ‘Akriti’, is the student chapter that has touched everyone on campus with its creativity. For example, the Sparsh Wall. If you’ve never clicked a picture with the Sparsh Wall, are you even an SVNITian? This wall, created by the workhorses of Akriti, is a landmark for the entire institute. This club has decorated almost everything in college from the main gate to Gajjar Bhavan. Decorations for every festival, from Navratri to the Fresher’s Party have also been done by the same club. “We brush your creativity, you stroke the rest!”

Cinephilia

Now, the 3-year-old baby of CHRD, ‘Cinephilia’ has certainly started blooming like never before. This student chapter shows a culture of acting, directing, and shooting in small feature movies. These movies please the heart like smelling an orchid in a valley of garlands and also deliver heart-touching messages through their screenings. A movie isn’t just shots edited together to present a story; it is a collective effort of directors, writers, cinematographers, soundtrack editors, and more. This club teaches the values of resources and time management like no other. “Not going to flex, but we make movies worth watching.”

Convex

Believe us when we say, “Every event ever happened in SVNIT is directly a part of Convex Club because they are always there to capture every moment.” From orientations to workshops to marathons to mega nights to fests, everything links back to Convex, as they are the sole photography club of our institute. This student chapter works magic with their lenses. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”

“CHRD can’t be anyone’s first priority as it is the only priority!”

Drishti

DRISHTI aims at encouraging curious minds to build up their technical aspects in a constructive manner. We represent a collaborative vision after considering everyone’s ideas and transforming them in a socially helpful manner. We include young enthusiasts working in different domains, ranging from Machine Learning to Structural Designing, and from Aeronautics to Automated Systems.

Orientation:

Orientation is the spark to ignite the forthcoming innovation. It is the very first interaction of the club with first-year students where we tell them what we do, how we do it, and how they can be a part of it.

Grand Roboprix:

“If you never try, you will never know.” In line with this ideology, we present “THE GRAND ROBOPRIX” every year in the odd semester and set the stage with the very first technical event organized exclusively for first-year students. It aims at bringing the fresh and creative minds together to build their bots, which compete against each other. This year, 37 teams took part in this event and made it a huge success.

Makerspace:

It is our flagship event where the students are provided with an excellent opportunity to learn and create what they inculcate. Projects are assigned according to the student’s interests. Mentors are provided to them who guide and help them overcome challenges faced throughout the completion of the project.

Workshops:

Knowledge can always be attained at any point in time; the only necessity is to identify the real quest, personal interest, and correct approach. Keeping this in mind, we at DRISHTI try to impart the knowledge of various domains to all the curious minds out there. Each workshop is a springboard from which the students will gain a deeper understanding of technology. In these unprecedented times, we conducted an online workshop for the first-year students on several wideranging topics to help them inculcate an aptitude for developing technology.

Mini-projects:

This is a month-long welcoming project for the second-year students. This prepares the students with the utmost basic skills in this era of technology. This event also enhances the skills of individuals and prepares them for the upcoming major projects.

Major-projects:

These are 6-month long projects for the second-year students in which they explore cutting-edge technology. We continuously work on improvement of our projects and also participate in various competitions worldwide.

This academic year, we also worked on other notable projects like Desalination Plant, Gesture Interpreter for Specially Abled, Plant Leaf Analyser Network, Reforester, Sustainable Society Planning, and Aero Modelling. Some notable achievements this year are — Robocon 2020, where team DRISHTI scored 98/100 and were one of the 79 teams (out of 93 total teams) who cleared the first round. We have been working on a rover for the last 4 years and participating in IRC (Indian Rover Challenge) for the last 3 years. We have secured 8th and 9th rank in IRC 2019 and IRC 2020 out of 32 and 35 participating teams, respectively. The Aeromodelling team built an RC plane, quadcopter, and a solid-propellant rocket, and qualified for the 2nd round of the Boeing Aeromodelling competition organized by IIT Bombay in its Techfest in January 2020.

All India NIT Conference:

We got a chance to present Team Drishti in the All India NIT Students’ Conference, which was organised by SVNIT, Surat from 14-15 September, 2019. There, we procured an opportunity to showcase some of our projects like exoskeleton, RC plane, automated check-in system, cable stayed bridge, and Geodesic Dome.

18 years of innovation:

On 28 April, 2020, we completed 18 years of our upliftment with a meaningful journey full of lots of innovations, challenges, memories, and thousands of moments of togetherness and satisfaction.

Giving back to society:

During tough times of the COVID-19 pandemic, being a technical club, it is our duty and responsibility to use our knowledge and energy efficiently so that we can support the world. After working diligently for many days, Team DRISHTI, along with the Workshop Professionals from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of SVNIT, successfully designed and developed a robot, DOSTAR (Differentially Operated System To Assist Recovery) for helping and providing support to the society in the best way possible. The bot was handed over to SMIMER Hospital, Surat and is now being used to deliver food and other necessities to the patients without getting in direct contact with them. In addition to this, a few of our team members have developed a system, CAPTEN (Corona and Pneumonia Testing Networks), which differentiates between COVID-19, Viral Pneumonia and no findings using their chest scans. This model can be employed to assist radiologists in validating their initial screening, and can also be employed via the cloud to immediately screen patients. This was a small step by us to support our society and nation in the time of crisis.

Developer Student Clubs, SVNIT (DSC SVNIT)

DSC SVNIT is our college’s chapter of the extensive network of the developers community that Google has built all over the world. We bring together people who are passionate about growing developer communities that foster learning, sharing, and collaboration. The club is intended as a space for students to try out new ideas and collaborate to solve real-world problems and build sustainable solutions.

DSC SVNIT held a wide variety of workshops and competitions amongst many informal meetings and discussions during the 2019- 20 academic session. We followed the successful Orientation with a workshop introducing open-source software, along with programs like Outreachy, Women in Fedora, and Google Summer of Code. After the great response from students, we held workshops to help budding developers get started in fields like Machine Learning and Multiplatform App Development.

In March, we organized our flagship event, the “HackCovid19 Hackathon”, in which students from all over the country tried to come up with ideas and solutions that would help the efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic. With help from a wide array of sponsors and influential judges from the industry, HackCovid19 turned out to be DSC's most successful event yet.

The Electrical Engineering Society, SVNIT Surat, fondly abbreviated as EES SVNIT is a student chapter of the Department of Electrical Engineering, SVNIT Surat. The student chapter organizes various technical and nontechnical events throughout the year, providing students an apt platform to showcase their talent and technical puissance. The student chapter proudly boasts of having the highest number of followers on social media amongst all the clubs and student chapters of the institute.

A typical year in EES commences with its orientation, Discharge, where the freshers are acquainted with EES and its events. Next is Dextrix, which attracts a huge turn-up of inquisitive students willing to learn about different electrical machines and trending technological domains like Machine Learning and IoT. Another event, Quiziyapa is conducted annually, which is undoubtedly the best quiz event conducted in SVNIT and has a lot of appealing X-factors. The annual mega-event of EES, Aatish, is conducted in the even semester. It attracts a lot of crowd with its innovative technical and nontechnical events and workshops.

EES also organizes many other events like Intra-Departmental Cricket and Departmental Week, which gives the students a muchneeded rejuvenation from study and exam-related stress. At EES, we always have something for you, irrespective of your year/branch!

Hindi Cell, SVNIT

IETE Students’ Forum, SVNIT (ISF SVNIT)

The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is a nationally acknowledged society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology, especially in the field of Electronics, Communications, and Information Technology. IETE Students’ Forum, ISF, is a stream of student bases for engineering students across the country, established in over 550 colleges.

The IETE Students’ Forum at SVNIT works towards building an environment for exchange of technical knowledge by organizing various quizzes, seminars, technical workshops, competitions, and career guidance sessions. Currently, Dr. Rasika Dhavse and Dr. Shilpi Gupta are the faculty advisors. Working under their guidance is the core committee from pre-final year, followed by the Executive committee from second year. The members of ISF include students from all circuit branches of SVNIT.

Throughout the year, it organises seminars, quizzes, and competitions to provide an insight about various domains in the field of Electronics and Communication and prepare students for placements. This year as well, an orientation about IETE and its importance and benefits was arranged for the students. The year started with an event on MSO, MDO, and DSO training, as it is of great use in the electronics curriculum. The foundation day of IETE was celebrated with a talk on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. To assist in placements, IETE organised talks by placed seniors from a variety of domains — core, software, and managerial. A coding competition was also held in collaboration with Microsoft to train competitive coders from all circuit branches. A separate talk was organised on ‘Python for Everybody’, which received great appreciation. IETE also assisted a workshop by WOMEN4 on ‘Python for Data Science’.

IETE Students’ Forum, SVNIT organises its main event, the renowned annual departmental fest, HERTZ, every year. It is a two-day event of the Electronics and Communication department, organised under the guidance of the faculty advisors and Head of Department. It is an initiative of IETE Students’ Forum to enhance the skill and excellence of students in every aspect — including technical and intellectual skills through various competitions. There were 8 mega-events including tech and non-tech events. The events were FuseIt (Soldering event), Spark (Line follower event), Circuitrix (Circuit designing event), Rootfs (Coding event), Mock placement, IPL Auctions, Switch (Debate event), Treasure hunt (Explore your department). Apart from these events, we had various informal events and refreshments for the participants. The prizes of previous events were also distributed.

IETE has thus played a prime role in understanding technology and building careers of many students. It stands by its motto by inspiring inquisitiveness and encouraging students to explore and learn.

Joyfest

Joyfest is a philanthropic initiative spearheaded by the students of SVNIT, Surat as a part of the joy of giving. As the name suggests, we work to spread happiness and joy amongst the weaker sections of our society. Students of this institute who voluntarily work with a positive attitude run this club. We organize events and take various initiatives throughout the year, including our main event, Joyfest — where we invite children from various NGOs and slums and organize a day-long event for them. It is our effort to make them believe that they too are an integral part of our society. Apart from this, we celebrate Independence Day with children in the slums of Surat, Grandparents Day at old age homes, and Children's Day. We also have a Cloth Drive in which we collect used clothes from students, faculties, staff, and distribute them to people in need. Joyfest organizes frequent visits to different NGOs and many more.

Another aspect of our club that we are very proud of is our policy of not using the institute’s funds. We raise funds for our events on our own merit. We conduct a "Paper Drive" in which we collect used papers and notebooks from all the hostels and staff quarters and sell them. The money raised is then further invested in designing merchandise — which we sell to students, as well as people outside the campus, to meet our requirements. This reduces paper wastage in the campus and also generates funds for us. We believe that our sincere efforts can make someone's life a little happier and can change their attitude towards life. We would be grateful if more students come out to support and work for this initiative.

Literary Affairs Committee (LAC)

The Literary Affairs Committee is a unique hub where creative ideas are encouraged and expressed. Home to cosmopolitan readers, debaters, orators, quizzers, and literature enthusiasts, LAC provides a platform where students’ interests are explored and nurtured. Recognizing the importance of practical communication skills in all fields of work, LAC also focuses on developing and improving the communication skills of all students through various speaking events — including extempores, discussions, and poetry slams.

The 2019-20 session for LAC began with the debate competition, poetry writing competition, and Just-aMinute events conducted under “Swachhata Pakhwada”. Next was the blockbuster Murder Mystery event titled “Who Killed Walter?”, which was highly praised by the audience and members alike. A mixed-bag quiz was conducted after the

Diwali break, followed by the Orientation (and interviews) for new recruits in early November. In the winter break, an online quiz tournament between SVNIT and NIT Jalandhar was held by LAC in collaboration with QUEST – The Quiz Club of NIT Jalandhar. The year 2020 opened up with the debate and “Book-Up” events, conducted in the first week of the spring semester. It was succeeded by a three-day celebration of quizzing held under the “Quiz Evenings” event.

LAC meetings offer an open floor for its members to interact, explore, and express themselves frankly. Many intra-LAC workshops on Group Discussions (GDs) & Quiz Making, along with SuChe Sessions, Toastmasters, and even the general Mafia game sessions, aim to shape and improve the soft skills of the members. Although the primary objectives of LAC are the promotion of literature, improvement of communication skills, and providing a platform for quizzing on multiple themes — books, movies, TV series, general knowledge, and sports; LAC has always aimed to improve the overall intellect of both its members and the campus.

Madhatters Theatre Club

Madhatters was started by a few members of Renesa 4 years ago, who felt the need for an English theatre club on campus. One of the youngest groups in college, we have grown by leaps and bounds with more than 20 members now. From our first performance of a small classroom skit, Madhatters now routinely showcases performances to packed audiences at the Production Seminar Hall. The initial focus on English theatre has now grown to encompass moviemaking and experimental theatre; in fact, last year, we submitted a film for the IFP 50- hour film competition. With the way things stand, we have shifted over completely to digital media which has offered its own set of rewards and challenges. Everyone at Madhatters is expected to step outside of their comfort zone and contribute to the group in more than one way: our writers act, our designers sing, and the light guy probably directed the whole project. Madhatters offers people the chance to break away from the monotony of studies and explore their creativity, but more than that, it brings a lot of like-minded students together who end up bonding over theatre. As our unofficial slogan goes: “We are all mad here!”

Nirvana

SVNIT was established in June 1961. This college has its own campus, spread over hundreds of hectares. Over the past few years, the construction of various buildings in the academic sector has led to labourers and their families staying within the campus. Among these families exist children who do not have access to basic education. As India faces challenges like poverty and literacy, situations like these present themselves not just on campus, but all over the country. “NIRVANA - a reason to smile.” “Everyone who knows little can teach little.”

Nirvana is a social initiative student chapter taken up by our college to provide primary education and moral values to underprivileged children in and around the campus. This activity is volunteered by the students of SVNIT.

Everyday in the evening, volunteers pick up children from in and around the campus and teach them at the LT2 Seminar hall. The primary focus is basic education and awareness. Many fun activities like yoga, drawing, rangoli, and rakhi-making are carried out on weekends. We also celebrate Holi, Diwali, Uttarayana, and other festivals with them to educate them about festivals and cultures of India.

Society of Automotive Engineers, SVNIT (SAE SVNIT)

We introduce ourselves as Team Phoenix Racing, SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) SVNIT. We are an organization dedicated to automobile projects consisting of Mechanical and Electrical engineering enthusiasts. We have a legacy dating back to 2005, having achieved recognition across various national and international level competitions since then. Our past accolades including GARUNA ARAI SAE (2005), PUSHPAK BAJA PORTLAND (2006), ASHWAMEDH (2007), YUYUTSU BAJA (2009), ANSHUMAT BAJA (2009), EKLAVYA MINI BAJA (2010), PHOENIX SUPRA (2011, 12, 14, 15, 16), NATIONAL GO-KART COMPETITION (2013), GO KART DESIGN CHAMPIONSHIP (2019, 2020). All these have invariably added feathers in the cap of our glory.

In 2019-2020, TEAM PHOENIX RACING SAE SVNIT participated in 3 nationallevel events and proved itself. The team proved that with hard work, they can achieve anything. The team could taste this success due to immense efforts by the entire team, led by Captain Hari Om Saini, Chairperson Hemish Gangajaliya, Manufacturing Head Mihir Panchal, Treasurer Vaibhav Shukla, Rajan Swami, Oorja Dorkar, Shaan Polra, Tirth Lodhiya, Shulabh Yadav, Mohit Ambekar, K. Vamsi, Drivers – Nishant Mittal and Raghav Shah, Rahul Shah, Sanskriti Pal, Anirudh Manoj, Anup Kamath, and Dhanush Binu, to achieve this precision-based performance.

Here is the list of events that the team took part in:

1. E-Go Kart Design Challenge, Electric Vehicle: Overall Champions 2019 & 2020 — With a clear vision in our mind and a specific target, we have toiled towards establishing our name in the field of electric Go-Karts. Electric Go-karts have stupendous achievements, having a broad motive of shifting focus to electrification and future development of mobility. Our go-kart cleared various rounds successfully and has been a consistent champion for 2 years.

2. FORMULA BHARAT 2020 — Formula Bharat is a global engineering design competition in which students from colleges and universities all over the country compete with a life-size Formulastyle vehicle in areas of engineering design, overall cost, marketability, and dynamic performance.

3. BOEING FLY HIGH AEROMODELLING COMPETITION 2020 — Boeing - IIT National Aeromodelling Competition for college students in India is sponsored by Boeing, and conducted in collaboration with various IITs. The competition is launched with the vision to provide a unified national platform for students interested in aerospace and related engineering disciplines.

Apart from these, the club also arranges various seminars based on basic industrial training, vehicle dynamics, and SOLIDWORKS design software. More detailed information regarding our journey can be seen on the official website of FSAE as well.

Society for the Cultivation of Science and Humanities (SCOSH)

SCOSH is one of the student chapters which focuses on promoting science culture in the college. The club goes with the motto — “little significant events can lead to significant results over time”. Yes, it must sound familiar to you; we are talking about the ‘butterfly effect’. The major role this holds in our club can be seen through our logo itself. We, being research enthusiasts, focus on all the daily science progressions in the world and bring it out to the people of our college. Living in a dynamic world,

where everything is going at its pace, the task of covering all major researches and events, with a commitment to develop a profound interest in our peers, is a major task which we look to achieve.

Now talking about what we do. I don’t think we’d be boasting if we call ourselves the “busy bees” of our college. We have a passionate team of content writers, graphic designers, inhouse team, and many others who work together to make the events successful. As every club has its orientation, we also do the same by collecting all the first yearites, making them sit in a room and trying to convince them they need to have The year 2019-20 was indeed a very memorable year for SPIC MACAY SVNIT. It started off with a beautiful Shehnai concert by the Shankar Brothers - Shri Sanjeev Shankar and Shri Ashwani Shankar in September. The entire audience, including the faculty, students of SVNIT, and people of Surat were left mesmerised by this evening. After a perfect start to the year, this time we introduced a new module of SPIC MACAY in our college called Cinema Classics. Through its CINEMA CLASSICS module, SPIC MACAY holds special screenings of films at educational institutions in to develop a taste in science to lead a normal life. Those who get our point and feel like they can do something in our club come for the interviews and we select a bunch of students out of them.

Every one of us develops a keen interest in something at the age of 10-13. So, we kick off our work by going to schools in Surat and inviting them for our event “PRAKRITI”. In this event, we plan some recreational science activities for young students so that they can be wellengaged. The second major event which we organize is “INQUEST”. If you are a student of SVNIT and are in your senses, then you must have heard about this. It which the students are introduced to well-crafted and meaningful films. We conducted a screening of the movie The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin. This was followed by a fruitful discussion of various aspects of the movie. The year ended with our grand event, VIRASAT 2020: A journey towards our roots. A total of 7 renowned artists, along with 30 supporting co-artists performed at this mega-event of SVNIT, which had a series of classical music, dance, folk and theatre concerts. World-famous artists like Grammy awardee Pt. Vishwa Mohan is a mega-event, “A 10-hour Researcha-thon”, in which we provide research papers of their choices to students and tell them to present the paper to others on the basis of their understanding.

All the major events are incomplete with minor ones. So, every year we try different ideas. This year, we organized a Science Treasure Hunt. We also organize workshops of Python, Matlab, Latex, and Linux, organize premiere nights of movies and some research-oriented talks. With all this, we sum up about our club in the hope that next year we

Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY)

would have more to write in this column. Bhatt (Mohan Veena), Dr. N. Rajam (Padma Bhushan, Hindustani Violin), Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (Padma Shri, Sitar), Priyadarsini Govind (Bharatanatyam), Sudip Gupta (Dolls Theatre), Konark Natya Mandap (Gotipua), and Mysore A. Chandan Kumar (Carnatic Flute) graced this event. This cultural extravaganza was held at the Admin Lawns in SVNIT from 27 Jan. to 1 Feb., 2020 and was attended by a crowd of around 500 people every day. SPIC MACAY SVNIT hopes to conduct more activities in the future to bring the youth of India closer to its rich culture.