Visit to Technovanza at VJTI

VISIT TO TECHNOVANZA AT VJTI

-Ram Pandey (VII B), Mrs. Namita and Mr. Sunny

Technovanza is VJTI's annual techno-management festival with the motto of 'Taking Technology to the Society'. This year too, Technovanza was a grand three day fest that included a number of social initiatives and outreach programmes. 

Technovanza provides the platform for students to apply the theoretical knowledge they gather in class-rooms and use it practically through exhibits explaining engineering principles to lay people. It presents a great opportunity for students to showcase their potential and provides them a learning experience: They make the exhibits with their own hands and then explain the concepts to the people who visit their stalls. The confidence built in acquiring a concept, developing the prototype and then demonstrating it before an audience goes a long way in making the students ready to face the real world.

On 7^th and 8^th of January 2013, the IT batch of students from Std. V to VIII visited the VJTI college at Matunga to view this technological Science Exhibition organized by the students from various schools – our own school was represented by three of our students with their creative project on display- and the college itself.  We observed inundating creativity and thirst for innovation from the participating students. They worked as a team with integrity and professionalism and their ultimate aim was to “Take Technology to the Society”.

We observed various activities of interest for all categories of visitors, young and old, who came to visit or participate in the event. There were many lectures by eminent speakers and group discussions involving experts in various fields. For visiting students and youngsters, there were a lot of competitions in which we could take part and win prizes. For the parents and elders, the exhibition provided an understanding of the various gadgets used in every-day life.

We gathered immense knowledge of novel technology with simple machineries’.  The VJTI college students introduced some devices and gadgets to us and explained their uses in detail. Some of these find a mention here:

Sign Language Indicator: This could convert their signs into a language and then display it on the indicator. This was a means to understand the language of deaf and dumb and thus make for an easier communication.

Smart Traffic System: This system or device can be used by ambulance or a fire brigade to rescue the people. The installation of this system in the vehicle will allow for a change in the signal system if there is a change in direction of the vehicle, thus reducing the noise pollution that is usually created by the siren of an ambulance or a fire brigade.

Gym Energy

Gym Energy:  The gadgets used in the gymnasium could be connected to run the home appliances.  This would mean that the energy generated while exercising could run the home appliances thus saving power and conserving electricity.

Fire Fighting Robot: Robot made to fight fire and defuse it efficiently.

There were the other projects such as the Cube Art of Mr. Ratan Tata, Virtual Drum, Mobile Detectors, Hologram, Morpheus Alert, FITA (To find major flood  zones), MAGLAV (trains running without railway tracks with the help of magnet energy), LI-FI, Railway Rewamp, that were worth watching.

Eco dye

 Reaching out to students, industry and the society in general, Technovanza 2013 was indeed very grand.