The Department of Computer Science of the College organised a State level event ‘Tech Week 2023’in collaboration with Goa Technology Association. Techweek is First-of-its-kind State-level event organized by the Department of Computer Science of the College in association with Future Ready from 17th to 20th of January 2023. Many eminent personalities were part of Techweek. Asst. Prof. Ramkrishna Reddy was the Faculty Coordinator of the event and Mr. Atharva Naik was the student coordinator. Students from various higher secondary schools, BCA, B.Sc. (Computer Science /IT), B.E. (Computer Engineering), B.Voc.(Software Technologies/Development) programmes participated in the event. Techweek 2023 was atechno-edutainment event organized to encourage young minds and to provide a platform to showcase their talents.
The Inaugural programme was held in Hall No. 1 of the College. The programme began with the lighting of the lamp and a welcome speech by the President of VVM, Shri. Nitin Kunkolienker, who highlighted the importance of such events in promoting technical education and encouraging students to pursue careers in technology. This was followed by the Principal’s address. Mr. Mangirish Salelkar briefed about all the events of Techweek 2023.We were honoured to host Mr. Ralph D’souza, Chairman of GCCI as the Chief Guest at the inaugural function. Mr. Ralph appreciated the institution for organizing the most unique event in the State of Goa and encouraged all the participants of the day with some motivational words. The keynote speaker for the day was Mr. Milind Anvekar, President GTA. Ms. Ekta Agarwal, Founder and CEO – S.S. Technologies, Chairperson, SDCCE Comp. Science Council was also present for the inaugural function. The inaugural concluded with a Vote of Thanks by the student coordinator, Mr. Atharva Naik and MoU was signed with Xerviz Wlobal & 91Hr.
Tech Talk Series
The four TechTalk Series by various Industry experts covering a wide range of technical concepts and ideas for faculties and students of various colleges across Goa.
The TechTalk series started off with Resource Person, Mr. Vikram Pai Raikar, CEO, Valour Creations. Mr. Raikar enthusiastically introduced the attendees to the different fields in Animation like social media, entertainment, education and the gaming industry. He emphasized the three things needed for an Animator: Passion, Industry Experience and time. He further mentioned that animation needs both creativity and technical skills.
The Resource Person for the next session of the series was Mr. Anil Colaco, Founder, Progressive Systems. Mr. Colaco spoke about all the threats that surround our social, business and technical life and the fascinating way in which technology can be used to protect us. He further discussed data privacy and data security.
Mr. Akhilesh Bhise Founder, Innovent was the Resource Person for the third session of the series. An interesting array of topics were covered like Virtual Reality in architectural designs and execution and how Virtual Reality adds value in the architecture field with realistic experience. A live VR demo was given to students and faculties.
Mr. Yashvit Naik, Co-Founder & CTO, Teknorix was the Resource Person for the final session of the series. Mr. Naik explained various concepts of cloud computing like Prem/Datacenter, Bare Metal Server, Virtual Private Server, Containerisation, Virtual Machines, Serverless Computing and Azure SQL. A demo of the live app was shown to the audience.
The TechTalk Series was attended by a total of 6 colleges: Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce (Pilar), Goa Multi Faculty College (Dharbandora), Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science (Margao), Dhempe College of Arts & Science (Panaji), Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce (Khandola) and Carmel College (Nuvem).
The faculty in charge of the TechTalk series was Ms. Shruti Kunkolienkar along with Ms. Siya Gauns Dessai as student coordinator. These sessions were well-attended and received positive feedback from the students.
DAY 2 – Inter-Department Activities Report
The Inter-department Activities were held on Day 2 of Tech Week 2023 between 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. In this event, competitions were held for students of all Programmes of our college. The Competitions were:
- Unleash Your Creativity
- Make a meme
- Gaming – Call of Duty
- Gaming – FIFA 18
DAY 3 – Spectra
Day 3 began with the Inaugural Function of Spectra. Spectra was organized for the Undergraduate college students from Computer Science and Information Technology from across the state of Goa. Registrations began at 8:30am on 19th Jan 2023 wherein 11 Colleges with 152 Participants registered for the Spectra Events and for Gaming events.
The Inaugural Function of Spectra was held at 10am on 19th Jan 2023. Dignitaries present were Principal Prof. Prita D. Mallya , Vice Principal Dr. Edwin Barreto along with Mr. Sumit Kumar, Head of Department of Computer Science, Mr. Ramkrishna Reddy, TechWeek Coordinator and Ms. Sweta P. Shet Verenkar, Spectra Coordinator.
Principal delivered the Welcome Address and conveyed her wishes to all the Participating teams. 9 Onstage / Offstage and Lab Events along with Gaming events were held over the course of the day.
Day 3 events ended at 5:30pm.
The Business Idea competition was also held on the 3rd day of Tech Week 2023 from 11.30 am onwards. Six teams participated in this competition. CA Vinayak Dhumtakar and Dr Edwin Barreto, Vice Principal were the Judges for the competition. The objective of the Business Idea competition was for the young minds to present their skillset to start their own business.
DAY 4 – SPECTRA
Spectra 2023 events continued on Day 4 i.e. on 20th January 2023 from 9am onwards and ended at 11:30am. All the Prize Winners of each event were given a Certificate and a Trophy at the Valedictory Function.
Winners of Spectra: Rosary College of Arts and Commerce, Navelim Goa
Runners Up at Spectra: St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa
The Prizes of all events were handed over by the dignitaries present at the Valedictory function.
Round Table Discussion
Round Table Discussion was facilitated by skilled moderator Mr. Mangirish Salelkar, Co-Founder & CEO Umang Group. Renowned experts from IT industry, Institutions and Financial Sector chaired the panel discussion. Mr. Prasad Sawant, CEO, Buoyancy Consultant & Engineering LLP, CA Gaurav Kenkre, Chairperson Goa ICAI, Mr. Milind Prabhu, Chairman IT committee, GCCI, Mr. Rohin Parkar, CEO, Spintly, Mr. D.S Prashant, CEO FIIRE, Mr. Rohan Warty, CEO Xerviz Wlobal and Prof. Prita D. Mallya, Principal Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics were present.
Round Table Discussion was attended by students and faculties of 6 different colleges across Goa and IT professionals from various Organizations. The topic for the round table was “Demystifying IT Industry in Goa”. The discussion started with Mr. Mangirish Salelkar giving a brief introduction of all the Panelists present and then started with the Q&A session for the IT experts. Topics like how to bridge the gap between Industry and Academia, Healthy ecosystem for startups, solving practical challenges faced by the IT industry in Goa, funding and various relevant topics were discussed. Q&A session was held for the audience. Ms. Shruti Kunkolienkar was faculty coordinator for the event and Ms. Pranjali Naik was the Student Coordinator.
The Valedictory Function of Tech Week 2023 began at 3 pm. The Chief Guest for the function was Dr. Vivek Kamat, Director Technical Education. Mr. Mangirish Salelkar, Co-Founder & CEO, Umang Group and Principal Prof. Prita D. Mallya were present for the valedictory function.
The Chief Guest highlighted the importance of Knowledge in this generation and appreciated the initiative taken by the College for organizing Tech Week 2023 in collaboration with Future Ready events.
The Vote of Thanks was proposed by Mr. Ramkrishna Reddy, Techweek coordinator who acknowledgedall the Sponsors and the organizing Team and Student Volunteers. Participants appreciated the Organizing and Hospitality received at the College campus on all 4 days of Techweek 2023.
