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Rise N Shine Celebrated Dr. A.P.J. Abdul kalam Birthday -- A Report
" If you want to shine like a Sun, first burn like a Sun" -- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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On remembrance of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's 85th birth anniversary, RISE 'N' SHINE from Vickram College of Engineering, had organised various events in the college premises on 18.10.16. The welcome address was given by Aswin Kumar, from final year Mechanical depaartment.They conducted English and Tamil Debates to the students at 1.30-3.00 pm. Further more, they also conducted Poster Presentation to the students in all departments at the same time.
Regarding the English Debate, Six participants were participated in Preliminary round with involvement. They submitted their views very strongly, on the topic “Achievements of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as a President and Scientist.” Fortunately P. Vembarasu from III year ECE , awarded the first prize. The second Prize was given to Vishal Sivakumar, from II year Mechanical Department.
In Tamil Debate, Twenty Two participants were participated in Preliminary round. Then they were short-listed to ten, to take part in Debate. They showed their ardent involvement while speaking on the same topic “Achievements of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as a President and Scientist.” However, L. Rasika from III year Civil, awarded the first prize and K.Vignesh from III year Mechanical Department got the second prize.
In Poster Presentation, Eight teams were taken part. They put forward their presentation on the theme “A.P.J.Abdul Kalam's Vision-2020” with more enthusiastically. Vishal Sivakumar and Aabith Hussain from II year Mechanical Department, received the first prize. The second prize was awarded to S.Gayathri and K.Menaka from EEE Department.
To add flavour to this, the Prizes and the Certificates, for the winners and the runners, were distributed by our honourable Principal Dr. S. Nagarajan, in the Valedictory function. The vote of thanks was given by Joshua Sam, from the department of Civil Engineering. Thus the program was well organised by the RISE 'N' SHINE team with the assistance of Mrs. Kavitha from Physics department.