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COEP Student—Alumni Joint Project

Techno-Craft Booth Competition 2009

COEP Foundation Board of Directors

Prof Narendra Dahotre (Metallurgy 1981): ndahotre@utk.edu

Mr Narayan Deshpande (Mech 1961): narayan@localnet.com

Mr Susheel Jadhav (Metallurgy 1998) Secretary: susheelj@gmail.com

Mr Sandeep Johri (Mech 1983) Chairman: sandeep@johri.com

Mrs. Anjali (Dadhe) Nandedkar, Ph.D (Metallurgy 1977) FundRaisingChair: anjali@casaengineering.com

Mr. Ajit Nazre, Ph.D (Mech 1986) Treasurer: ajitn@kpcb.com

 

Please make checks payable to "COEP Charitable Foundation“, 

Write: “Techno Craft Booth” on check and mail to

Sandeep Johri, 12760 Camino Medio Lane, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, USA

 

Choose “Techno Craft Booth” in the drop down menu to donate online

Donate minimum $100/- (More is welcome)

COEP   College of Engineering, Pune, India       www.coep.org.in

COEP Charitable Foundation,  USA, Alumni Network www.coepfoundation.org

COEP alumni sponsor "Techno-Craft booth" competition at COEP every year. Ten teams with about 20 students and 10 alumni each will build a booth/model based on a central theme. We are eager to work with enthusiastic students who like to work with tools.

Concept of a Techno-Craft Booth:
Students will build some working gadgets themselves based on a central theme. COEP students to apply their technical knowledge on real life things on a small scale. This will be done in a form of a competition and a team of students will build one booth based on a central theme. This year's theme is “Shaping Imaginations”  Discussions about the theme are going on in a forum. Alumni award a BIG trophy. Names of proud alumni sponsors will be displayed at their respective booths.

General guidelines in forming a booth.
Twenty students (from all four years: in 4-6-6-4 ratio) and ten alumni in each team. Each booth/team has a forum on www.aarewah.com. Log on, click on 'Forum' on left side and reply to a forum of the booth of your choice to participate. Total of 100 alumni and 200 students participate and communicate. Students and alumni will stay in touch through the design and building process.

1. Students can purchase what they need for booth construction. Take receipts to COEP alumni association office. Alumni association will issue cash for the receipt amount. (Up to Rs. 10,000/- only per booth) to the student coordinators. 2. Alumni association will issue a cash advance for a few thousand Rs. if the students fill a voucher in the alumni office. Students are required to give the receipts for the purchases to Alumni association later.

Panel of judges: COEP Alumni association in Pune will assemble a panel of judges for this competition. The panel will include alumni with expertise in various engineering fields.

Judging criteria: Booths/models will be judged on: 1. Technical content, 2. Craftsmanship, 3. Cost effectiveness, 4. Originality of construction work, 5. Practical utility of the model, 6. Connection to the central theme (iConserve - for a better tomorrow), 7. Written report, and, 8.Team effort

 

Role of the alumni
Have fun! Contribute funding for purchasing raw materials and design concepts. Alumni will help by sponsoring it (Rs. 10,000/- per booth) and lend technical and moral support by keeping in touch. Share pictures of the creative process with the COEP community.

Role of the students
Have fun! Design and build a model/gadget and display at the booth during Arts and Crafts exhibition. Students will design a model, purchase raw materials, keep meticulous records, take pictures of the development process, submit receipts and build a booth/model.

How money gets collected and disbursed to students?
Alumni donate to COEP charitable Foundation in US or Alumni Association in Pune (both tax deductible). Students receive the funds in COEP, Pune from Alumni Association and submit receipts/invoices for the amount.

 

Team sign up on forums on aarewah.com 2009

 

1. Alumni: Please write a few lines about yourself:

 

E-Mentor Directory

 

Edit and add your name and page in the directory if it not already there. Look and copy and paste one existing page of another alumnus page to get the format.

 

To sponsor a booth forever,

2. Please Donate $1000/-

More is welcome :-))

Write “Techno Craft Booth” On check or choose :Techno Craft Booth” from the drop down menu to donate online.

 

Donor’s names ($1000/- or more) will be displayed on a plaque.

 

 

 

Trophy !It is 2.5 feet tall !

Total funds collected , 2009

Winners of 2008 competition:

Civil Engg. Department Booth

 

See more pictures of other booths here

Teams sign up on forums on aarewah.com 2009