Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Publicity Round- A successful drive to kickstart technovanza.

The atmosphere near the technovanza-hub on the first day of the publicity drive was one of apprehension and excitement. Around a hundred first year students and many second year students had gathered around the hub and chatting excitedly about the events. Since Techno-Fever had already set in, the students were well aware of all the events in technovanza. Anyway, the publicity co-ordinators explained all the events once again. Eventually, teams comprising two SEs and three FEs were formed and allotted different engineering colleges across Mumbai. { Such a team formation was thought of so that the EXPERIENCED SEs could guide the FEs in making the publicity-drive a successful endeavour. But as it turned out later, many FEs were very co-operative and efficient and sometimes were better than their second year counterparts}
Each team was supposed to arrive at the allotted college in and around the lunch-break of that college. After getting due permission from the Director and the GS to put up posters and the desk, the real drive would start. One of the techno co-ordinators, Lalit, had explained back in VJTI, “ Catch the students in the crowded zone of the college. Explain to them the details of the events in technovanza. Let them know what a large scale festival this is. Encourage the students to register and participate. And most importantly, make the website http://www.technovanza.org/ famous.” His instuctions were followed to the last word.
The response from all the engineering students in Mumbai was very positive and encouraging. Their enthusiasm and eagerness to participate in technovanza promised a tough and cut-throat competition ahead. All this just goes to show how active, aware and technically-oriented Mumbai engineering students are! Hats off to them for their support and encouragement!
For the first time in the history of technovanza, all the colleges across Mumbai were covered within two days! This feat was made possible because of the very co-operative and enthu fist year students who promise a bright future for VJTI. Three cheers for all the FEs and SEs who kickstarted technovanza with a huge success!!!

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