Vidya Pratishthan

College of Engineering

Co-Curricular Activities

The institute encourages co-curricular activities among the students to bloom and develop their overall personality. Students are given seminars by stalwarts like Sharu Rangnekar on Time Management, W.N. Dandekar on Aptitute and Logical Reasoning, Vishwas Vaishampayan on Image Managemen and Stress Management.

VISIT to TIFR
Electronics and Telecommunication students at VIIT got a real treat when they went for a visit to the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Khodad, Narayangaon, to have an in-depth peek at the Giant Metwer-wave Radio Telescopes (GMRT). Besides the huge dish antennae, students also saw the entire process of radio astronomy, right from how the signal was received at the dipoles to the process of amplification, filtering, analysis and recognition.

Visit to BARC
In search of knowledge, ten students from VIIT left for the Bhaba Atomic Research Center, Mumbai to study the Anupam supercomputing cluster. One student who was in the team says:

“We reach Mumbai at 9:00am, and headed for BARC. What followed next was a series of security checks and entry procedures, after which we finally entered the Computer Department at the Modular Labs (Mod Labs). We were first briefed about what was in store for us by the head of department, Mr. P. S. Dhekne, who had much information to give us. Later, we went to visit the Anupam supercomputing cluster, which is a 64 node PIV cluster, running at 43 GigaFlops. After an explosive Q&A session, we had a look at the Multi plasma display screen, a technology developed by BARC, allowing any number of plasma display screens to be connected so that they act as one single large screen. Unfortunately, we were unable to see the VR system that had been developed, as the person in charge was not around. To satisfy our ravenous stomachs, BARC had prepared a scrumptious lunch, which we thoroughly enjoyed. After lunch, we carried on to see the research nuclear reactor, Druva, used for research and the production of isotopes. Armed with radiation exposure badges, we entered the main reactor, where we saw the fuel rods and cadmium rods. We also had a look at the control room and the heavy water collection plants.”