AVINYA 2.0- a day long inter collegiate Entrepreneurship Fiesta

On the 25^th November 2023, Avinya 2.0 was organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell of Don Bosco College of Engineering. CDR. Parijat Sinha was the chief guest for the inaugural ceremony; he was accompanied by the Director Rr. Fr. Kinley D’Cruz, Principal Dr. Neena Panandikar, Registrar Dr. Kala Nayak, E-Cell Convenor Prof. Amey Tilve, Avinya Faculty Coordinator Prof. Swaroopa Sail, Chairman Mr. Nikhil Rao and the committee members. Dr. Neena welcomed the gathering and Fr. Kinley addressed the gather. The outgoing chairman Mr. Shubham Tendulkar gave a brief about the events during his tenure. Retired Cdr. Parijat Sinha in his inaugural speech said “struggle is different for each individual, Its depends on individual personality how to come out and shine”. He also said “Don’t compete with others, compete with yourself, be risk takers”.  Retired Cdr. Parijat Sinha is associated with Chowgule Education Society, Goa. 

Followed by the inaugural event the competitions began starting with Eureka, in which the students were given the topic 2 hours before their presentation, the participants made the best of the two hours and presented their concepts smoothly to judges and answered their questions as well. Simultaneously the Pitch it competition started, which was an angel investing event in which the participants pitched their ideas to the panel, they were judged on the various aspects such as problem statement, solution, market analysis, future scopes and more. At the same time Bizz Wizz aka a quiz competition that challenged the participant’s knowledge of entrepreneurship, economics and general knowledge was organized. Business to brand had several participants from various colleges, the participants prepare a case study on their chosen company and prepare a full analysis based on their Marketing campaigns, products and future scopes. To explore the online sphere a competition named Brandwave was organized that had colleges from Goa and out as participants in which the participants had to make a promotion video on any product of their choice and they were judges based on their uniqueness, editing, sound and product placement.

The participants were truly grateful for the event to portray their talents and skills, the winners were felicitated at the valedictory function at by the Chief Guest Dr. Gervasio Mendis, Additional Director, Directorate of Higher Education, Porvorim and serving as a Principal at Government College Sanquelim, Goa. In his speech he said “Engineers play a very important role in in shaping today’s world, so a platform like Avinya gives a platform for students to showcase their talent.” He also praised the college for providing an audit course for the students of DBCE. It was day filled with various exciting events and several emotions.