National Level Technical Symposia

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College Festivals

GeoFest 2K10

GeoFest 2k10 a national level technical symposium was conducted on 17th and 18th April, 2010 in the college campus. During this festival, students from various engineering colleges actively participated. Earlier TRRANSCENDZ-06 on 26th March 2006 and ELETRRONIX-08 on 19th March 2008 were held in our college .

The theme of the fest was ‘Environment Awareness’ received the appreciation of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) who were the technical advisors for the fest. Opening ceremony is graced by Mrs P. Indira Sampath-Project Director, Forest Department, Govt of AP. She presented a brief insight about environment situation around the world. She also gave students very valuable tips about environment protection.

The fest had several technical and non technical events along with many fun filled games and stalls. Technical events included Paper Presentations, Model Presentation etc while non-technical events were still photography, bluff master, dumb charades, mock press, mock interview etc. All the events were a huge success with active participation of students from various colleges. There were also few indoor games which was a huge attraction for everyone. All the events also had some message for environment protection. WWF provided with various technical and logistic supports for creating awareness among students regarding environment protection.

Several film documentaries on environment protection were presented by students. There were very much appreciated by WWF officials. Food was provided on both the days for all the students and several food stalls were also displayed.

Closing ceremony was graced by Dr. C. Raghavendra Rao Reader, School of MCIS, University of Hyderabad. All the awards were given during the closing ceremony. The grand competition of Mr & Ms GEO was also conducted during the ceremony and winner was selected among the students who have won different competitions.

Organizing such an event was never an easy task and it would have not been such a success without the support of Principal Dr S Mahboob Basha. He has provided all the amenities for the fest and kept encouraging and praising student’s hard work. Also a worthy mention is student coordinator Dr Mehtab Yasmeen who kept the students on toes all the way till fest was over. She guided the students towards right path and was always a huge support. The hard work of all the organizers and volunteers was responsible for the success of Geo fest 2k10.

Technomania

The annual technical fest of AHCET, TECHNOMANIA 2011 was held with great fanfare at the college premises from 28th February - 1st March 2011. With maximum participation from the student community, it proved to be a huge success with interesting activities like paper presentations, technical quiz, debates, robo-wars, project presentation and many more.

SPICEM

On 29th February & 1st March Al Habeeb College felt the aroma of technical and fun events. The technical events like paper presentation, technical quiz, technical debate, robotic race & wars, circuit designing, programming with C language and many more were held in a lively manner. The college had the privilege to invite the eminent personalities like Prof.N.Ashok Kumar, CDI, Formerly Director of National Academy of Construction for inaugural function and Dr.Syed Azeemuddin, Dept. of E.C.E, IIIT-Hyderabad for valedictory function. Both the chief guests inspired the students with their speeches. The event was an appropriate platform for students to come up with their own innovative ideas in their respective streams. Some students emerged into good organizers, volunteers and some proved their skills in the entrepreneur area by setting up the food stalls & bookstalls etc...Over 700 people attended the event and around 100 students from various colleges also participated.

INSPIRETECH

Annual college festival ‘InspireTech, 2k13’ was conducted during 4th and 5th March, 2013. More than 600 students participated in both technical and fun events. Nearly 100 students from over 20 colleges from all over Andhra Pradesh attended the grand festival. The highlight of the festival was the technical model presentations; innovative and modern technology was depicted by the budding engineers through their models. Thermal Furnace model from Geetanjali college of engineering and technology received great appreciation from one and all and was selected as the best model. Students also actively participated in other technical events like paper presentation, debate, quiz, poster presentation etc. Fun events and food stalls were the most liked items in the festival. Dr. C. G. Chandra Shekar, Scientist ‘F’, BDL was the chief guest of the opening ceremony and he encouraged the students to be inspired by and to work like the great scientist and ex-President of India Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam. Dr. Swarupa Rani, Professor, University of Hyderabad was the chief guest for the valedictory function. She advised the students to be well organized and well read to become a through professional. She also distributed the certificates and prizes. Overall the college festival ‘InspireTech, 2K13’ turned out to be the most educative, interesting and entertaining event of the year where the students got the opportunity to showcase their talents and skills and build relationships within the student community.

Departmental Festivals

ACUMECH

Dept. of Mechanical engineering has organized its annual departmental fest named as ‘Acumech’ during 28th and 29th Feb, 2013. Mr. Uday Bhaskar was the coordinator of the event. Mrs. Brahamra, Professor, JNTUH was the chief guest of the inaugural session. The Chief Guest inaugurated the ROBO Mission and Project Presentation events, interacted with students and appreciated for the working models prepared the students. Paper presentations, models, projects, quiz programmes and number of fun events were conducted during this two day fest. Our college students and other college students have also participated in this event.

EXPLORICA

The Department of CSE has conducted their departmental fest called ‘Explorica ‘ on 16th October 2012. Students from many colleges have participated in this event but those from Vidya Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mukhaffam Jah College of Engineering and Technology were prominent. This was the first time, college has conducted such departmental fest and it was decided to make it an annual event. CSE team of faculty and students worked together to make it a grand success. Dr. S. M. Basha was the Convener and Mr. Shaik Imam Saheb was the Co-convener while Ms. Farha Fatima, Asst. Professor and Mr. Paripurna Chandra, Assoc. Professor were the faculty coordinators. Ms. Syed Osman Quadri and Mohammed Mustafa were the student coordinators for the event. Different technical events like Technical Debate, Paper Presentations, Briangle (technical quiz), Dumb C (C Skill) , Mock Interviews, Documentary Presentation, Poster Presentation, Hyper Think and Link were organized along with number of fun events like Lan Gaming, Hobby Exhibition, Beg Borrow and Steal, Blind Path, Peck Screwz and Fast Typing. The highlights of the event were the plethora of activities performed , decoration of the corridor using old CDs and sumptuous lunch provided by the students. Prizes and certificates were distributed to the winners on the same day.

Annual Cultural Competitions

Colours

In the spirit of decade celebration of the college a vivid cultural event called ‘Colours’ was held on 28th

Jan, 2012. Fun games like lemon spoon race, back race, slow bicycling etc and literature events like poetry writing, painting, sketching, calligraphy etc along with salad dressing, cooking and lot more other events were held. Students and faculty enjoyed greatly the memorable event of the college.

REJOICE

A one day long cultural competitions event called ‘Rejoice’ was held specially for the first year on 15th Dec, 2012. All the students cherished the different competitions and participated in large

number. The competitions were performance based, creative and literary and some of them were story writing, poetry writing, calligraphy, documentary film presentations, salad dressing , cook

without fire, photography, extempore, ad mad shows , mehndi designing etc.

College Annual Functions

Annual College Day Function 2010

Annual College Day Function was celebrated on 24th April, 2010 in college campus at Chevella on grand scale. The Hon’ble Sri Justice Gulam Mohammed, Judge of High Court, Andhra Pradesh was the Chief Guest of the Function. Sri. Dasaka Chandra Sekhar, Vice President, Corporate Service, Mahindra Saytam and Mr. Syed Basharath Ali, Founder CEO, Tameer Consulting Associates, Hyderabad were honoured Guests Special invitees included Moulana Shah Mohd Fasiuddin Nizami from Jamai e Nizama, Hyderabad and Professor P. Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Professor, Dept. of ECE, JNTUH, Hyderabad.

Chairman of Al Habeeb Charitable Trust Mr. S. Abdul Kareem and Principal Dr. S. Mahaboob Basha explained in detail the development measures and the academic activities that have been taken by the management to impart quality education to the students. It was specifically pointed out that AHCET is at present the only Muslim Minority Institution in Andhra Pradesh to get Accreditation Status by the National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi.

Principal highlighted all the qualitative learning and teaching methods in progress and also informed that the institution has started R & D activities recently. So far 10 papers have been published in various journals and many more results will start flowing in a couple of years.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Gulam Mohammed began his speech with a verse from the Holy Quran that emphasizes the importance of learning. Mr. Syed Basharath Ali observed that Allah, the almighty has given time of 24 hours equally to everybody. He added that three things namely Dream, Plan and Action are required to shape ones destiny. Prof. Dr. P. Chandra Sekhar Reddy emphasized the need to develop employable skills since that is what the industry expects from the engineers in the making. Moulana Shah Mohd Fasiuddin Nizami expressed his deep regard for and appreciation of Al Habeeb College, its achievements and its rigorous efforts to attain professional excellence with human values.

The prize distribution ceremony which followed saw prizes being awarded to students for academics, sports events and technical events. Faculty and non teaching staff members too were awarded prizes as recognition of their services and loyalty to the institution.

Annual College Day Function 2011

Annual College Day of Al Habeeb college of Engineering & Technology was celebrated on 27th March 2011 in the college premises. Shri A. K. Khan, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad , was the Chief Guest, Dr. A Govardhan, Principal, JNTUH College of Engineering , Jagtiyal and Dr. C. Raghavendra Rao , Professor, Department of Computer Sciences , Hyderabad Central University were the Guests of Honour. Dr. P. Chandrashakhar Reddy, Prof. E.C.E. Dept., J.N.T.U.H was the Special invitee.

The welcome address was delivered by the Chairman of the Al Habeeb Charitable Trust, Sri S. Abdul Kareem who also explained about the various initiatives taken by the management in the process of fulfilling its motto to become a ‘centre for excellence’. The Annual report of the various activities organized by the college during the academic year 2010-2011 was presented by the Principal Dr. S. Mahaboob Basha. he Chief Guest Sri A. K. Khan in his speech emphasized on the role of the students in the development of the nation. Giving the example of Michel Angelo who sculpted beautifully from raw material, he said engineers are also molded by the institution and its faculty from raw material into admirable achievers. In this context he emphasized the need for values and ethics in achieving one’s goal. He cautioned the students to avoid the tag of “back logs” and advised them to be innovative, combining skills with originality and adaptability. He laid emphasis on a clean life and morals.

The Guest of Honour, Dr. A Goverdhan, while talking about the present job market, expressed the importance of training the students in employability skills and the need for soft skills for Technocrats. He drew every body’s attention to the fact that education today has become learning-centric, for both teachers and students.

Dr. C. Raghavendra Rao appreciated the College for its commendable growth and observed that the institution was moving in the right path to achieve excellence.

Dr. Chandrasekhar Reddy also spoke about the needs to modernize the labs and upgrade knowledge keeping in view the requirements of today’s society.

The speeches were followed by the prize distribution to meritorious students who performed well in academics and other co curricular activities. Faculty and the non teaching staff members were also awarded prizes in recognition of their services and loyalty to the institution. Lunch was served to everyone who attended the celebrations.

Thus the Annual day celebrations were a grand success. The students enjoyed the function and they also spoke high about the institution by narrating their experiences.

Orientation Programmes

Orientation Programme

Our college has conducted ‘Orientation Programme’ on 22nd September, 2012 to welcome the 11th

batch of students. On this occasion, Dr. Mohd. Ali Rafath, IAS, CEO and VP, APDCCF was invited as the Chief Guest. The other dignitaries who were present were Dr. Pramod Kumar, Prof, Dept of Chemical Engineering, JNTUH, Dr.K.V.Sharma, Prof, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUH, Dr. Syed Jahangir Prof EFLU. The welcome address was delivered by Shaik Abdul Kareem Saheb, Chairman, AHCET. A report on the about and progress of the college was presented by Prof. Shaik Mahboob Basha, Principal, AHCET. A presentation on English Department Activities was given by Ms. Syed Farhat Jahara Associate Professor of English, and Training and Placement activities was presented by Dr. Mehtab Yasmeen, Professor, Dept. of S & H. Senior students also shared the college experience with their juniors.

The Programme was highlighted by the address and insights of the guests of honours. Chief guest Dr. Mohd. Rafat Ali spoke on the importance of engineering education in the global market. College prospectus was also released. The programme was concluded by honouring the guests and proposing vote of thanks to the hounarable guests by Ms. Ethel Jestika, Associate Professor of English, followed by National Anthem.

Management Fests

Management Festival – FOG 2010

FOG was conducted on 22 rd and 23rd Dec, 2010 by the MBA students to create the zeal and enthusiasm among the budding managers. Both formal events like group discussion, debates, paper presentations and business quiz and informal events like dancing, singing, one minute show dumb charades etc were organized. The fest was grand success.

Management Fest 2011

The students of the MBA department organized 'FOG', a fest on the management theme on 19 th and 20th April,2011 which included many exciting activities and competitions concerned with the management arena. Dr. Sindhu, Associate Professor and Dr. G. R.V.K. Acharyulu, Reader, HCU were the

Chief Guests. The event was widely appreciated and the winners of the various competitions were a happy lot.

Alumni Meets

Alumni Meet 2012

Alumni meet called ‘Reminiscences’ was celebrated with great fervor on 31st March, 2012. Over 100 alumni from different batches attended the event. During the meet alumni interacted with each other and became nostalgic about the great time they had at the college. Present batch students entertained their seniors, Mr. Amin CSE II and Mr. Salman Mech I spell magic of melodious songs and Mr. Adnan Mech I enthralled the audience with his beat boxing talent.

Alumni Meet 2013

Alumni meet named as ‘Rendezvous’ was held on 9th Feb, 2013 nearly 80 alumni attended the programme and shared their experiences of college and on job with the present students. They gave valuable and practical advice to their juniors for successful placements. Many alumni who have attended were well settled abroad in reputed companies and they were on vacations and cannot miss the opportunity to meet their faculty and to be in their college once again. This time there was special entertainment package for the alumni presented by their juniors, Mr. Zubair EEE I has presented wonderful college songs and the team of Petroleum students enacted a comedy play called ‘Kaun Banega crore pati’ in typical Hyderabadi language.