I.T.S Engineering College – Celebration of Vigilance Awareness Week
I.T.S Engineering College organized an Essay Writing Competition on 4th November on the topic, ‘The Importance of Moral Values in a Student’s Life’, to mark the celebration of Vigilance Awareness Week, effectuated by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), the apex integrity institution of our country.
The Vigilance Awareness Week was observed from 31st October to 5th November with the theme ‘Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating corruption’.
The momentous event commenced with auspicious lamp lighting ceremony by the director of the college, Dr. Vineet Kansal in the presence of all the dignitaries. He enlightened the students on the significance of integrity and the need to eradicate corruption. He also emphasized on the importance of the role of youth in uprooting corruption. The session turned out to be extremely illuminating, instigating interaction and discussion among all those present. The speech concluded with everyone taking the integrity pledge- ‘I believe that the corruption has been one of the major obstacles to economic, political and social progress of our country’ which is envisaged by the CVC.
Finally the essay writing competition was started and over 70 students turned up, eager to pen down their thoughts on the topic. The competition was kept open to students of all branches and years. The time duration provided to write the essay was one hour and the word limit was 500-600 words. The objective of the event was to inculcate greater awareness on corruption and anti-corruption measures among students.
The winners of the competitions were 1. Shamita Sharma (CSE/2nd Year)
2. Ayushi Singh (CSE/1st Year)
3. Umesh Gour (ME/1st Year)
and consolations Megha Sharma (CSE/1st Year), Apoorv Bhaduria (CSE/4th Year), Eshan Sharma (ME/1st Year)
The event was executed by Fraternity-the Literary Society of I.T.S Engineering College; it was carried out smoothly and received acclaim by one and all. Students’ Coordinators of the event were Sandeep Mehta- ME IV yr, S. Prabhu-ME IIIyr, Nikhil Singhal-CSE IIIyr. Faculty Coordinators were Dr Rashmi Gupta, Dr Kavita Sinha and Dr Nidhi Puri.
