The State level Science Fair with the theme “let’s play with Science” was organized and hosted by Mewar University on 12th November, 2016 to encourage and inculcate a scientific temper amongst young sparkling minds. The Mewar Science Fair was divided into two parts “Science and technology Expo” & “Know my Technique” respectively. The event witnessed young enthusiastic minds from different parts of Rajasthan putting up 220 projects. A total number of 505 participants from 30 schools along with 40 representatives actively participated in the event “Science and technology Expo”. More than 200 students of Mewar University participated in the event “Know my Technique” and demonstrated techniques which were innovative, socially relevant and economical. The Chief Guest of the event was Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar , National President of Vijnan Bharti, Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan awadee, and also an eminent scientist who is the arthitect of PARAM 8000 and PARAM 1000, and Guest of Honor Mr. A JayaKumar, Secretary General, Vijnan Bharti.The guests were welcomed traditionally.
Chief Guest of the event Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar and Guest of Honor Mr. A JayaKumar, Secretary General, Vijnan Bharti along with Chairperson, Mewar University inaugurated the event. With an endeavour to promote scientific attitude among the budding young students the Mewar Science Fair was one of its kind. In the valedictory function judges gave their judgment after inspecting each project on their own merit.
The valedictory function started with the felicitation of Chief Guest Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar and Mr. A Jayakumar by Chairperson, Dr. Ashok Kumar Gadiya and Prof.( Dr.)V .N.Rajasekharan Pillia, President, Mewar Universiy .Mr. H Widhani ,OSD, Mewar University introduced the guests followed by the welcome speech of Chairperson, Dr. Ashok Kumar Gadiya in which he thanked Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar for bestowing Mewar university by being the chief guest of the event . Chief Guest Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar in his speech applauded the students for their novel ideas and praised the Chairperson, Mewar University for his vision of reaching the unreached and providing the technical education to the students from different parts of the country. He highlighted the role of engineering in the medical field and stated that engineering and medical field are correlative in current scenario. He also insisted that the Biology should be taught as one of the core subjects. Prof. (Dr) V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, President, Mewar University delivered the presidential address. The meritorious students were awarded with cash prize and merit certificate by the Chief Guest Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar and all the participants were presented participation certificates. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Ashish Shah, Pro-President, Mewar University.
Winners of “ S&T Expo”:
First Position: Himani Jain, Alvira Khan& Roopali Bhatanagar
[Central Academy Senior Sceondary School, Chittorgarh]
Second Position: Devansh, Devanshu & Hardik
[As Steward Morris School, Bhilwara]
Third Position: Siddharth Mehta, Yogita Jangir & Shivraj Singh
[Bhuvan Bhanu Jain Gurukul School, Chittorgarh]
Winners of “Know my technique”:
Winners: Ahmed Hussain & Farooq Ahmad Shiekh
[B.Tech, ECE- 3rd Year, Mewar University]