MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Kumaraguru College of Technology and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana – AICTE, Government of India jointly organise “SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME“. Courses will be offered in various disciplines as mentioned below under three departments

• Open End Spinning Tenter  (Textile Tech. dept),
• Fabric Checker (Fashion Tech. dept),
• Calibration Technician (E & I dept),
• Soldering and Brazing operator (E & I dept) courses

Week days Evening: From 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm

Holidays/Saturdays/Sundays: From 8.30 am to 5.00 pm

“Sanskriti’17 – Ancient Indian Science and Culture”

A State Level Competition for School Students 

Indian Heritage Week : 19^th – 25^th Nov 2016

Event Date: Postponed from 20/Jan/2017. New Date will be announced soon.

The World Heritage Week which is celebrated all over the world between 19^th November to 25^th November. The vision is to increase awareness and encourage the young learners about the preservation and safety of the cultural heritages and monuments of the country. To live the ancient Indian culture, tradition and heritage, it is necessary to understand the science behind the variety of priceless cultural heritage and historical monuments; to know how they built these heritages without having any knowledge of so called advanced technology and without having sophisticated tools, machinery and systems.

Objective

• To create awareness about the ancient Indian scientific philosophies and culture.
• To promote our varied and rich ancient culture and traditions.
• To propagate the ethos of Ancient Indian Science and Culture.
• To encourage young learners to utilize modern technology sustainably with inspiration from past Indian Civilization and to carry out research in our Ancient Science and Culture.

Events and Description

KCT has taken the initiative to celebrate the World Heritage Week this year in the city by organizing a Science Contest for School Students from class 8^th – 12^th , by giving a Science touch to the historical structures of India, tourist places and cultural and traditional heritages of our country.

The human spirit in ancient India has given to the world, knowledge in fields like production technology, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, navigation, architecture, civil engineering, medical science, physics, chemistry, logic, astronomy, mathematics and so on. There are many such instances in mostly all these fields. There is evidence that many elements in all these varied aspects of today’s global civilization owe their origin to ancient India.

In ancient India, unlike today, sophisticated tools, machinery and systems were unheard of. Yet there were numerous contributions that were made even in the absence of the above. In fact a lot of attention was given to every minute detail to make such contributions.

How were they able to  build great monuments without any flaws , develop planned irrigation and sewage systems, treat many diseases, were able to do many surgeries like cataract and fractures that too without the advanced technology? This event will give students a platform to search the answer for these questions and will help them to use some of those techniques to create cost effective inventions in future.

Science Events

One of the oldest civilizations in the world, the Indian civilization has a strong tradition of science and technology. Ancient India was a land of sages and seers as well as a land of scholars and scientists. Research has shown that from making the best steel in the world to teaching the world to count, India was actively contributing to the field of science and technology centuries long before modern laboratories were set up.  Many theories and techniques discovered by the ancient Indians have created and strengthened the fundamentals of modern science and technology. While some of these groundbreaking contributions have been acknowledged, some are still unknown to most.

This event will give students a chance to do research and to bring in light, the science and technology involved in ancient India.

1. Model Making

Students shall do research about Science and technology in Ancient India and come up with a prototype model with posters on the mentioned theme.

• Students from 8^th to 12^th can participate
• Each team can have maximum of THREE participants.
• An abstract of not more than 300 words should be submitted to enter prelims.
• Selected Participant are requested to make a model related to the following topic and it should be showcased and presented in front of expert committee.

Topic:                                                   

Any model showcasing the Science associated with Indian Culture and Heritage.

Eg. architecture, medical science, irrigation system etc.

Some examples:

• The fact that the products like sugar, cotton (cloth), camphor, lac, glass, alloys of metals(e.g. Brass)were manufactured in ancient India, presumes that in those times Indians had some apparatus in place, and some knowledge of chemical engineering.
• The Gumbaz that we see on mosques all over the world originated as the interlocking dome in the “Stupa” of the Buddhist architectural tradition of India, which proves that they had the knowledge of civil engineering.
• The Jantar Mantar was constructed to calculate the date, day and time.

2. Idea Presentation

Any explanation about science and technology used in ancient India on the mentioned topics can be described using a Power Point or a chart.

• Students from 8^th to 12^th can participate.
• Each team can have maximum of THREE participants.
• An abstract of not more than 300 words should be submitted to enter prelims
• Team selected for final round is to make presentation for 10 minutes using power point/ chart.                                                                                             

Topics:

• Architecture
• Irrigation and Drainage Systems
• Medical Science
• Costumes and Ornaments
• Agriculture

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