Vijayawada: Vikas Educational Institutions organised a national-level IT fest called VikasIT at its campus in Nunna, near Vijayawada, on Wednesday. Students from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and other states participated in the fest and presented their theses. Dr E. Siva Nagi Ragi, Chief Executive Officer of the Cultural Centre of Vijayawada and Amaravati, inaugurated the fest by lightening the lamp.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that engineering students had the capacity to become researchers and come up with new inventions without being dependent on foreign countries. “Indian students have plenty of knowledge and several Indians are in high positions in prominent companies like Google,” he said.
G. Narayana Rao, chairman of the Andhra Arts Academy, said that the state government planned to introduce Telugu-medium courses. About 250 projects and inventions were on display at VikasIT. Guests were impressed by the students’ work. The students of Potti Sriramulu College of Engineering presented a device to reduce the number of road and railway accidents. “It is a small piece of equipment which can be connected to any vehicle, and it can help signal oncoming vehicles,” said one student from the college. Guests were especially intrigued by a robot developed to rescue children from borewells.
C. Dimpu Deepthi and D. Sneha Priya, students who were part of the development team, said, “The robot operates by connecting to a cell phone. It can easily be taken to any place and used to supply food, water and any other things to children accidentally trapped in borewells.” The fest was attended by N. Narsi Reddy, the chairman of the Vikas Educational Institutions; N. Satyanarayana Reddy, the secretary; and principals Dr Ramana and Dr Rammohan, among others.
