The enthusiastic participation coupled with expert speakers and a breathtaking view made the day memorable. The venue was a conference room on the 28th floor of Gift One, Gujarat’s tallest building with a picturesque cityscape. The day began with talk by founder Chairperson of IEEE IAS DA-IICT Student Branch Chapter, Ms. Megha Tak who briefed about the establishment of IAS chapter in DA-IICT in 2012 and the help and courage received from various faculties and fellow students. Neelanshi Varia, the chairperson of IEEE IAS SB DA-IICT introduced all the participants with motto and activities carried out in the past. Dr. Anil Roy, the current chapter advisor of IEEE IAS Student Branch Chapter at DA-IICT enlightened all the participants about IEEE and IAS community by giving a brief overview of the history, purpose and development of IEEE society.

Highly accomplished speaker, Dr. Anita Basalingappa, interested everyone with a fantastic talk on market demands, management and importance of branding. Putting up the slogan “Familiarity builds Confidence” she convinced every participant of the importance of brands. Dr. Basalingappa is the professor of Marketing in MICA, Ahmedabad.

Mr. Braj Bhushan Mishra, General Manager and the head of Engineering and Fleet Management at GE India Ltd., gave an extraordinary talk on the recent innovations and technologies implemented at ALSTOM Projects and gave a great insight into the importance and the fruitful consequences of a person’s innovations.

Mr. Sanjeev Agarwal and Mr. Alok Hurra, co-owners at Brainbow Academy of Multiple Intelligence, introduced with scientific proofs, a relatively unknown branch of multiple intelligence, dissecting a person’s thoughts and interests with just his fingerprints. They ran us through the science underlying it and explained how their academy has highly succeeded in showing people their correct interest and how they can avoid stress and tensions by following their right, built-in skill.

The speaker session ended with a very active interaction session and felicitation to all the speakers. This was followed by a tour of the GIFT City, where the city’s technological advancement was explained with the city’s modern technologies like automated drainage system, automated waste collection system were intricately explained. Mr. Dhyan Trivedi, alongwith the HR Head at GIFT City guided us through the whole tour.

At the end, all the participants were gifted bluetooth speakers as memento. Enthralling conversations, fruitful networking, beautiful views and entertaining speeches along with an enlightening tour of the smart city made the event a successful one.