Event On : 25 Mar 2018

The 9th Inter University Engineering, Science & Technology Academic Meet organized by Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (FOSET) in association with Indian Society for Technical Education, West Bengal Chapter was held at Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Sreerampur on 25th March, 2018.

The Inaugural Ceremony was held at the lecture theater in the presence of Prof Saikat Maitra the Vice Chancellor of MAKAUT as the Chief Guest, Prof Sudipta Mahish, Officer in Charge, FOSET, Prof Ashik Paul, General Secretary, FOSET and Prof Jaya Sil, Chairperson, FOSET.

The Academic Meet involved active participation from 200 delegates, both students and researchers from all over West Bengal, presenting their research papers in diverse subjects like Electrical and Instrumental Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Jute, Textile & Fibre Technology, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Agricultural, Biotechnology & Food Technology, Journalism, Mass Communication & Media Science, Micro Biology, Food & Nutrition and Innovative Technology and Innovative Model Competition.

The Journalism, Mass Communication & Media Science department also saw active participation from students and researchers. The judges were Prof Suman Bandhopadhyaya and Prof Saikat Majumdar,faculty, Amity University, Kolkata.

Avantika Gupta, M.Sc. 4 student from iLEAD, Kolkata was awarded the first prize for her paper “Portrayal of Women: Content Analysis of Automobile Advertisements”

iLEAD students Survi Agarwal, Ankita Ghosh, (M.Sc. 2), and Arijit Paul, (B.Sc. 2) were the runners up for their paper “Mainstream Cinema & Stereotypes”.

The students had a great experience at Sreerampur and all thanked their mentors, Professors Sumanta Bhattacharya and Archan Mitra for this opportunity.