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Pragyaa is the national level technical festival conducted by Shri Guru Gobind Singhji (SGGS) Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded started in 2005. Pragyaa has grown with every year. The 2008 edition showed participation even from Oman in a unique Blogging Competition - SCI-FI. The event is not just an exhibit of technical abilities and excellence, but it also entertains every person in the arena with its fun filled evenings. The college has its own Rock Band that plays its own compositions plus evenings are illuminated with crackers. The students also get to relax under the star filled sky as technical/animated movies are screened in the lounge on a 12 ft x 16 ft background. Pragyaa showcases talent from all walks of engineering. This event has been in line with popular events conducted in IITs.
History[edit]
A group of few third year students planned this event in October 2004, created a framework for the whole event and brought its first edition in April 2005 which bagged around 300 participants from various parts of the country. Prof. Vishwanathan Mohan, a young faculty working with SGGS then, lead this bunch enthusiastic students from first to third year. The Idea of Pragyaa had to face a lot of difficulties before it could come to reality. but nonetheless it was an effort to give platform to young, undiscovered talent. Since then Pragyaa has found a major place in institutional agenda and with continued improvisations, PRAGYAA has turned into a mega event. Every year it has grown to accommodate more events and more participants.
Popular Events: A Brief Overview[edit]
We tried to include all types events for all Branches in one roof, which includes school students also.
- e-Pragyaa:
Online-Event(Target to capture long distance students)
- Pragyaa:
- Paper Presentation
- Robotics (Electronics & Instruments Students)
- C-Brain (Having knowledge of C language Students)
- CEN-Fest (Civil & Architecture Students)
- Fashionair (Textile & Fashion Designing Students)
- Krishi-Pragyaa (Any technologists interested in Agriculture)
- Business Planning (Management Students)
- Bulls & Bears-Share Market Game (Finance Student)
- PhyChem (Physics & Chemistry Students)
- Junior Scientist (School Students)
- Gaming Zone
Pragyaa 2005[edit]
First step towards knowledge shearing platform!
Pragyaa 2006: Attitudes are Contagious[edit]
Pragyaa 2006 saw a participation of around 450 students and was characterized by the inclusion of Theme Songs - Composed and sung by the college's in house Rock Band. Prizes worth Rs. 75k were distributed.
Pragyaa 2007: Intelligence beyond Vision[edit]
Pragyaa 2007 grew to include an astonishing audience of 650. The event was characterized by the inclusion of E-Pragyaa - a web based series of event, demanding no physical participation. E-Pragyaa in 2007 and 2008 received entries from Oman thus making Pragya an INTERNATIONAL EVENT. Also Physicon was included which gave a new meaning to quizzing - making it Physics specific and thus more demanding. Prizes worth Rs. 150K were distributed. The theme songs included Heroes Unseen - the quality of which matched a professional track.
Pragyaa 2008: Development Through Innovation…[edit]
Again the size doubled in all aspects. Participation of over 1600 students, prizes over Rs. 252k were distributed this time. The events were organised with an objective of participation from all possible professional courses like engineering, agriculture engineering, fashion designing, architecture, animation and physics. The theme songs were in no way a child's play. Songs like Develop through Innovation and By My Side were appreciated by people even in San Diago and Canada and also Australia.
Pragyaa 2009: ReFORM…ReSEARCH…ReCYCLE…[edit]
It was the 5th ostentatious successful year of National Level Technical Fiesta, which was equally proficient in implementing its theme of Reform...Research...Recycle... It was an event that was home for over 34 technical events, an event that attracted larger number of Companies, an event that had a greater volume of participation from outside, an event that catered a bigger number of visitors, an event that was enriched by the presence of many multifaceted personalities.
Pragyaa 2010: Know Disaster…No Disaster…[edit]
Pragyaa 2011: Harvest 2 Obtain[edit]
PRAGYAA, an ethos of a team, a tale of gradual success, a summation of smart efforts, a radiation of decisive power and a fusion of transpiring ardour to explore technology and transcend the existing one.
Lectures and Video-Conferences[edit]
Pragyaa 2005[edit]
- Prof. Richard Stallman
- Dr. Michael Frank: Official Web Page
>> Topic: Low Power Electronics: Exploring the Fundamental Limits of Computation
Pragyaa 2007[edit]
- Prof. Roel Baets: Photonics Research Group
>> Topic: Silicon Nanophotonics
- Mr. Anand Adkoli: CEO, Liqwid Krystal, Bangalore.
>> Topic: Opportunities for an engineer as an entrepreuner
- Mr. Malhar Kulkarni: Assistant Professor, IIT, Bombay .
>> Topic: Paninian grammar and translation.
- Dr. Sandeep Pandey: Co-founder & ASHA & Ex-Professor,IIT,Kanpur.
>> Topic: Discussion on Development.
- Dr. Suhas Joshi: Professor, IIT, Bombay.
>> Topic: Micro machining.
- Mr. Balashaheb Darade: Cognizant Technology Solution, Pune.
>> Topic: Nanotechnology.
Pragyaa 2008[edit]
- Dr. D. L. Waikar: Singapore Engineering and Polytechnic, Singapore
>> Topic: Energy Resources
- Dr. R. K. Shyamasundar: IBM India Research Lab., Pune
>> Topic: Rationale for Designing of Programming Languages
- Dr. Naresh Dadich: Director, IUCAA, Pune
>> Topic: Why Einstein? : A Journey from Newton to Einstein
- Mr. Raghunath Medge: President, Mumbai Dabbawalas
>> Topic: The Magic of Dabbawala Unfolded!
- Mr. Sandeep Satpal: Research Engineer in YAHOO! India, Bangalore
>> Topic: Introduction to Data Mining
Workshop[edit]
Pragyaa 2007[edit]
- Mr. Prakash Shetty: Manager Red Hat (India).
>> Workshop on LINUX.
- Mr. Josef: I-Solution, Bangalore.
>> Workshop on Personality Development.
Pragyaa 2008[edit]
- Dr. M. Sasikumar: Principal Research Scientist, CDAC, Mumbai
>> Workshop on AI/NLP.
Miscellaneous[edit]
Pragyaa comes from a word Pragna in Sanskrit which means Wisdom Sanskrit Glossary
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