On the occasion of Engineers Day on 15th Sept. 2017, BES Pune chapter and AIR Pune jointly organized Quiz competition in AIR Pune’s auditorium. Engineering students from various Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic Colleges in Pune were invited to participate in this competition. The response was overwhelming. On the basis of first come first serve, ten colleges were invited to participate. Fifteen students from each college represented their college.
Function started with Welcome speech and brief history of Broadcast Engineering Society and its today’s importance. The speech was delivered by Shri. Ravindra Ranjekar, Secretary, BES Pune Chapter [Asst. Engineer AIR Pune.] Then Smt. Sangeeta Upadhye, Vice Chairperson BES Pune [Asst. Director (E), AIR Pune] invited Shri. Ashish Bhatnagar, Chairman, BES Pune Chapter [DDG(E) & HOO AIR Pune], Smt. Kalpana Gokhe, Vice Chairperson, BES Pune [Director (E), Doordarshan Pune] and Shri. Gapal Autee, Deputy Director (P) and Prog. Section Head, AIR Pune, upon stage to garland the photo frame of Bharatratna Shri. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya and pay tribute.
Afterwards students from various colleges were invited to participate in Quiz Competition. Shri. Yogesh Hoshing and Smt. Jyoti Ranjekar conducted Quiz. Before commencement of Quiz, rules were elaborated. Five rounds were conducted in which questions related to broadcasting, radio communication, television technology, various types of modulations, satellite communication etc. were asked. Shri. Hoshing, Smt. Ranjekar, Shri. Gangapure and Shri. Akolkar under the supervision of Smt. Sangeeta Upadhye prepared question bank for Quiz and Shri. Waichal prepared Power Point Presentation to display these questions on screen. Students participated enthusiastically. There was tie for second runner up position. Four colleges were fighting for this position. First rapid question answer round was conducted. Again there was tie between two colleges. Second round of rapid question answer was also resulted as tie. In third round College of Engineering Pune won this round and secured Second Runner up position. Marathwada Mitramandal Polytechnic College declared first Runner up and AISSMS IOIT was announced as Winner of this competition. All the winner teams received Memento from BES Pune Chapter. All participating students received participation certificates.
It was followed by speeches of Shri. Autee, Smt. Gokhe. They congratulated the winners. They also praised the efforts of engineering employees who made this event successful. Shri. Bhatnagar interacted with students. He delivered a very motivating speech. He also narrated one or two incidents to inspire the students. Representatives from students appreciated the function and expressed their feelings. Vote of thanks was delivered by Shri. Ashok Bhapkar, Treasure, BES Pune [Asst. Eng. Doordarshan Pune] The programme was concluded with high tea.
Shri. Bivalkar and Shri. Agate performed role of scorer, Shri. Ghatole and Shri. Raut operated PA system, Shri. Chavan carried responsibility of lighting and Smt. Valunjak, Shri. Nale, Shri. Naik, Shri. Akolkar, Shri. Gangapure etc. were members of organizing committee of this event.