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Updated on: Friday, February 26, 2010

Kolkata: CSI, Kolkata Chapter, organised the Regional Student Convention on February 20 at the K P Basu memorial Hall of Jadavpur University campus.

The convention furnished a platform for the budding engineers and future professionals. Dr Debesh Das, minister in charge of IT, WB, inaugurated the convention.
Students of various colleges shared their ideas and expressed their thoughts through presentations of their projects and research papers. E-governance, SMS banking and creation of a secure voting system were a few among many topics the students’ demonstrated.
Gourav Misra, final-year B Tech student, presented a paper on the various kinds of Trojan viruses. “It’s a great opportunity for us to demonstrate our hard work. There are many things I didn’t know and got to learn today. Our project is long and detailed one and hopefully we’ll improve in the future,” shared Misra.
“Don’t waste precious time in giving acknowledgements and introductions,” was a piece of advice given to students who spent ample time in thanking lecturers and explaining contents, by Prof Phalguni Mukherjee, chairman, computer society of India, Kolkata chapter.
Students from engineering colleges also demonstrated an interesting way to recharge, rejuvenate and revitalize the brain-cells through quizzes, rich in visuals.
Amitava Gupta, professor of power engineering, JU, and also one among the three judges, articulated what he felt about the opportunity proffered to the students and expressed. “This is where they can focus and demonstrate their papers. Students should equip themselves with the strength of innovation.” When asked about the flaws and weaknesses of our students, he had to say, “Our students’ weakness is the lack of tenacity they show.”

Turning a Nelson’s eye to the flaws, he appreciated the difficult labour the students had put into the presentations. “This is a mere stepping stone and they have to go a long way,” added Gupta.
Suman Nath, a final-year, BTech student from MCKV Institute of Engineering, who won a prize for poster presentation, was thrilled being rewarded for his work. He said, “It was a great learning experience as there was so much to gain from other participants.”

Last year the students were mere spectators and could be called benchwarmers as the tide of recession hit the markets hard. This, put job prospects for final year students in jeopardy. The question of job prospects after the lull could not be concealed this year. Rahul, a final-year CS student, informed, “The job offers are still not up to the mark but it is showing signs of improvements and encouragement this year.”

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