28 Mar 2019-29 Mar 2019|Noida | F- 1 Seminar Hall
CSI UP State Student Convention 2019
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UP State Student Convention 2019 was organized by the Amity CSI Student branch on 28th & 29th March, 2019 at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida campus. It was a two day event that witnessed enthusiastic participation in various technical competitions of the convention from reputed institutions of the State. The event commenced by taking the blessings of Almighty and lighting the lamp on the chants of Saraswati Vandana. During the inaugural ceremony, Prof. (Dr.) K. M. Soni, Dy. Dean of Engineering & Technology at Amity University, Noida welcomed all the participants to the convention and motivated the young minds to develop a healthy competitive spirit. Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh encouraged the participants and emphasized on the relevance of technical competitions for holistic development of the students. Also present during the ceremony were Dr. M. K. Pandey, Dr. Abhay Bansal, Joint Heads of the School of Engineering & Technology and Dr. Nitasha Hasteer, Dy. Director Academics of the Institution. More than sixty students from Computer Science & Information Technology branches from different reputed institutes from all over north India registered and showed keen participation during the event. During the convention Quiz-o-Mania 3.0, Weaving the Web, Decrypton 5.0 and Code Hunt 3.0, technical coding competitions were conducted. The rules of the event were briefed to all the participants before the start of the event. Quiz-O-Mania, was a technical quiz game show, that was enjoyed by all participants to the fullest. The first iteration of website designing competition with the name weaving the web was conducted where the topic was given to the contestants on the spot and participants were judged on interactivity and user friendly interface of the website. Decrypton 5.0 was a combination of a treasure hunt and also tested technical know-how of the participants. The participants were presented with an encrypted text using some ciphers which they had to solve to find the enclosed message which contained the venue for the next round. In Code Hunt 3.0 the participants had to solve a crossword puzzle and prove their coding skills.
On the second day of the convention, Dr. Nitasha Hasteer, Student Branch Counsellor welcomed Sh. R. K. Vyas the Vice President (Elect), Computer Society of India to the valedictory session of the convention. Sh. R. K. Vyas delivered a motivating talk which enlightened the participants. The winners of various competitions were applauded and awarded during the prize distribution ceremony by all the dignitaries present. The student branch members presented a report of the two day convention and proposed a vote of thanks to Hon’ble Founder President, Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and advisory committee members of Computer Society of India for the opportunity to organize the convention.