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VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK

admin — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:11:35 +0000

IIIT- Allahabad has observed the “Vigilance Awareness Week” from 28th October to 2nd November, 2013. In pursuance of the same, number of activities (Competitive and Non-Competitive) were organized at IIIT – Allahabad. On 28-10-2013 Hon’ble Director Dr. M D Tiwari hosted the webpage relating to vigilance in a programme organized at the, Chief Vigilance (CVO) office at 05:00 PM. Formal webpage related to vigilance awareness and its related activities at IIIT-A was inaugurated. On 29-10-2013 few important circulations of guideline for vigilance sensitization & their measures at IIIT Allahabad were electronically circulated to all from the office of Chief Vigilance Officer. On 30-10-2013 an Essay Competition (Competitive Activity) on “Promoting good Governance- Positive Contribution of vigilance” was organized at IT-ITES Lab Top Floor (MBA-IT & MSCLIS Division) during12:30 PM to 01:30 PM. In this competition, participation was invited from Faculty members/ Staff members/ Students of IIIT-A. On 31-10-2013 a Debate competition (Competitive Activity) for the students on the topic “With Cybercrime and warfare on the rise, smart electronic vigilance is the need of the hour” was organized at IT-ITES Conference Room (MBA-IT & MSCLIS Division) during12:30 PM to 01:30 PM. On 01-11-2013The third activity organized during the Vigilance Awareness Week was a Quiz competition (Competitive Activity) organized at IT-ITES Lab Top Floor (MBA-IT & MSCLIS Division) during 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM. In this competition, participation was invited from Faculty members/ Staff members/ Students of IIIT-A. After the quiz competition, prize distribution ceremony for the competitions held, during Vigilance Awareness Week, so far was organized. Shri S N Jha (Former Principal Joint Secretary, U. P. Govt.) was the chief guest for this prize distribution ceremony. In this Ceremony, Hon’ble Director Dr. M.D. Tiwari put his views on the necessity of vigilance awareness. Prof. Anurika Vaish, Chief Vigilance Officer, discussed the importance of transparency into the system through vigilance related activities. Shri S N Jha, Chief Guest, delivered a talk on vigilance awareness and shared his vast experience with audience (Faculty Members/ Staff Members/ Students). At the end, prizes were distributed to the winners of competitive activities organized during Vigilance Observance week (Essay Competition, Debate Competition) by Hon’ble Director. Chief Proctor Dr. Vrijendra Singh delivered a vote of thanks.

FOUNDATION’S DAY

admin — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:09:22 +0000

IIIT-Allahabad commemorated its 14th Foundation day on Monday, August 12th with festivities and celebrations. For the first time, this event was held in the newly inaugurated, state of the art auditorium of the institute – which was filled to capacity with over 1000 students from IIIT-Allahabad and RGIT-Amethi.
The event commenced with the traditional lighting of the lamp by the Hon’ble Director Dr. MD Tiwari, Head of the cultural affairs Dr. R.C. Tripathi and the former Cultural Head Dr. Anurika Vaish.
A rendition of the Saraswati vandana was followed by scholarship distribution to 253 students from IIIT-Allahabad and RGIIT-Amethi. 182 students in B. Tech discipline from IIIT-A secured and 50 students from RGIT-Amethi were awarded scholarships on Merit cum Means basis and Merit-incentive categories.
In the annual academic performance category, 48 scholarships to B.Tech- IT and 24 scholarships to B.Tech-EC discipline were awarded to the meritorious students. The MBA and MS division secured 18 scholarships while the maiden batch of the Bio-Medical Engineering secured 6 performance awards with Ms. Mehul Agrawal being the overall topper for the first year.
The scholarship awards were followed by non-competitive musical and dramatic performances by the second year students. These included a skit welcoming the incoming first semester students – by the second year students which clearly hit all the right notes as evident by the wild applause and laughter from the audience.

The medley dance performance by the trio of Ms. Soumya Sharma, Bhartendu and Prakhar brought the students to their feet. A singing performance by Saurabh Chaturvedi was received an equally boisterous response from the audience.

These competitive events were preceded by a speech by CMO Dr. R Dayal on International Youth Day. Dr. Dayal impressed upon the students, the immense responsibility that they carry on their shoulders and their contribution towards improving the overall environment.
Competitive events started with a “Mushaira”, anchored by Vatsal Mishra which highlighted some original and reflective Urdu couplets by Satish Singh, Anil Yadav and Sonali – among others. This event was planned by “Sarasva” – the literary club of IIIT-A under the able leadership of Divyanshu Ojha.
Two skits by B.Tech 1st year and M.Tech 1st year students, based on the themes- Parent-Child relationships and Reality shows were not only admired, but greeted with enthusiastic applauses and supporting comments from the audience. The skits were prepared and staged by RangTarangini, the dramatics club, under the guidance of Ankur Shukla.
Vartul, Shubham, Chandresh, and the duo of Aishwarya and Tulika kept the audience spell bound by their musical performances. These performances were presented by “Virtuosi” – the Music club of IIIT-A and its head, Saurabh Chaturvedi, who is also a reputed vocalist.
In Dance, a troupe of 6 students from 1st year B.tech performed on
“Light of Lenesia” and “Dheem ta re” and another troupe consisting of performers from M.Tech and MBA performed on various songs, under a medley. The performances were planned, practiced and staged under the able supervision of Ushma-the Dance Club, under President Ayush Varshney.

A video clip highlighting the various events planned for “Effervescence” – the institute fest was also screened for the audience. This screening also marked the official launch of the complimentary website for this event. The website is supported by the Technical club – led by Gopal Shivhare.
The competitive events ended with awards distribution to the winners of the cultural events and the winners of the various Sports tournaments held throughout the last year by Spirit- the sports club. Former office bearers of all the clubs were also felicitated on this occasion.
The overall event was planned and by the Program Management and Publicity Club – headed by Akshay Chaturvedi.

The event concluded with Dr. R.C. Tripathi delivering a note of thanks to all the students, staff and faculty members of the institute.

EFFERVESCENCE MM13

admin — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:07:08 +0000

Effervescence, as we call it, returned with a bang!! Five days of immense fun, frolic and festivity, The annual cultural-technical-management festival of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, lived up to the expectations of all those present here.

Some very informative and important workshops were held during the initial days of the Effervescence on various Technical yet buzzing topics of Android, Ethical hacking and robotics.(22nd-23rd October).
As for the events, while Confondere dealt with showing how well you are in writing a program, the Segmentation Fault tested the actual knowledge of coding. The event dealt with challenging the top coders to debug the errors in the given program.
Stegolica was the event to test your skills on how good are you in hiding your valuable information, how well can you protect your valuable data and how good are you in over smarting the people who are constantly behaving as a watchdog at your data.
Another very interesting event was the “Coldfire” event,where the event was held online,testing the participant’s hacking techniques.
On the next day,24th October , Al-Khwarizm (the annual Online Programming contest) which is quite different from the other online coding contests. This event is an International level coding contest. Konqueror was the online treasure hunt game where you are allowed to surf the internet and look for the lost treasure. It sure was one amazing experience.
Famous poets like Mahendra Sharma, Pawan Dixit, Deepak Saini and Arjun Sisodia, who have a record of making the audience laugh , presented poems in the event “IRSHAAD”( Kavi-Sammelan.)
In The DJ Night programme, music band Sunburn performed at the institute on 25th October. This band has given several hits including ‘House Music’, ‘Death Metal’, ‘Synthpunk’, ‘New Wave’, ‘Soft Rock’ and ‘Madchester’ and made sure that everyone was left dancing to their beats!
The concluding day of the techno-cultural festival Effervescence at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) on Sunday, began with the prize distribution ceremony. Director, IIIT-A, M.D. Tiwari gave away the prizes.
Around 23 teams from institutions such as MNNIT Allahabad, Allahabad University, IIT-BHU and the home teams took part. Winners of the quiz event were: First -Anand Kumar Kotriwal, Agrim Khanna ,Prakul Agarwal from IIIT-A; Second – Deepak Kumar Singh, Mahendra Mohan Das, Rohan Kulkarni from IIT-BHU; and Third – Arshad Ahmed, Saroj Kumar Giri, Shishir Kumar Sarkar from IIIT-A.
Nitesh Kumar Verma and Ankit Kumar, both from IIIT-A, won the first prize in the Antakshari event conducted by the Music Club whereas Priyanka Singh and Nishita Rai were the runners up. Saurabh Chaturvedi conducted the event.
Dramatics event “Double-Trouble” which aimed at checking the compatibility quotient of pairs was held at the Admin auditorium and was presided over by Drama Club president Ankur Shukla.
AI-Pod, one of the main technical events held on Sunday offered a captivating display of perfect blend of robotics and artificial intelligence wherein the contestants were required to design baby robots
To add to the fun, informal events like Tug of War, Double Trouble, Harry Potter trivia, Collage making and Silver Screen and Many more were also held during the fest.
Ad-Mania, a management event based on advertisements witnessed participation of 30 students from different institutions like MONIRBA- Allahabad University, IIIT Gwalior, IIIT-A, etc. The event comprised of two rounds. The preliminary round consisted of tag lines to be identified by the participants. The final was an enactment by the participants on the given products assigned to them randomly. The winner was Team Scorpions of MBA-IT from IIIT-A and runner up was Al-fatch of MSCLIS from IIIT-A.
“Incendiary” the Saturday night where whole stadium full of audience was lost in the world of hardcore rock music witnessed huge participation of different bands from different colleges which included the famous “Fumadore” and “Paramit” of IIIT-A, “Rock Confusion” of MNNIT and other bands like Rage, High Frequency and many more.
The most awaited event of the fest, The Celebrity Night, featured the Pakistani band “RAETH”, known for its hit numbers like “Bhula Do” and “Waada”, mesmerized the young crowd with their energetic and soulful performances on various songs. They left an everlasting impact in the hearts of all those present.