IEEE Day Celebration 2020

For the first time since its inception, the IEEE Student Branch of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda-Goa observed IEEE Day with the tagline, Celebrate the bond of Technology. It was celebrated on October 2, 2020 from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm. Keeping in mind the norms of the pandemic, the event was held in Online Mode & was coordinated by IEEE Student Branch Counselor, Prof. Yeshudas Muttu. The Chief Guest was Dr. Saurabh Mehta, Chair of IEEE Bombay Section Technical & Professional Activities Committee and was attended by Dr. Varsha Turkar, HOD-ETC, and all IEEE student members. The dress code was mandated to be blue. The entire event was hosted by Ms. Neha Joshi, Secretary of the IEEE Student Branch.

Mr. Alston Dias, IEEE Student Branch Webmaster introduced the chief guest to everyone. Dr. Saurabh Mehta spoke about the importance of celebrating IEEE Day. Moreover, he also informed the attendees of the various benefits and perks an IEEE member can avail. He encouraged the student members to take upon the facilities that the organisation provides and to use it at full advantage as it would help in building professional careers. Before concluding, Dr. Mehta answered a few questions asked by the members. Later, Prof. Yeshudas Muttu addressed the audience as an IEEE Student Branch Counselor with his motivating words and assured that the IEEE student branch will make a positive impact on their Professional life. The first session ended with a small video that showcased all the events that IEEE DBCE Student Branch had organised since its foundation.

The second half included fun events for the student members, with its objective to strengthen communication and networking between fellow members by participating in the games that followed. It was initiated by Ms. Anjima Rajesh, IEEE student member who hosted Shazam wherein participants had to guess the name of the song that was played for them.

Following this, Memeflix-a quiz- was conducted by Mr. Suyog Borker, IEEE Treasurer and Mr. Kingsley, IEEE student member. The participants’ knowledge was tested in three rounds- Netflix, Memes and IEEE. Subsequently, Ms. Krystal Fernandes, IEEE Joint Secretary and Ms. Valini D’Silva, IEEE student member hosted Scribble It! wherein participants had to draw a word and the others had to guess what it was.

Surf It, Say It event was planned by Mr. Renvick Fernandes, IEEE Chair and Mr. Gautam Desai, IEEE Vice-Chair wherein, a topic was given to the attendees and two minutes of search time was given, then after they had to return and talk about it. The aim to conduct this was to expand the knowledge of the members about the IEEE organization. Finally, a round of Situational Bingo was hosted wherein the IEEE Chair gave out college and IEEE related situations and the attendees had to share their personal experiences if they had done it.

IEEE Day 2020 concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Mr. Renvick Fernandes.