Career Development & Guidance Centre of Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with M/s Airbus SE, European Multinational Aerospace Corporation organised “Airbus Day” in PEC Auditorium on 24th August 2022 for all the B.Tech 3rd and 4th-year students and M.Tech final year students.
The event started with a welcome speech by Dr. J.D. Sharma, Head of the Career Development and Guidance Centre of PEC.The director of PEC, Prof. (Dr.) Baldev Setia inaugurated the event with his motivating words for the students participating in the events scheduled for the day. The event includes a quiz, an Airbus Global presentation, an enlightening and informative panel discussion, interactive technical presentations, Airbus Day Innovative Challenge, and an Early Bird Mentorship Program.
An enlightening and informative panel discussion then took place involving eminent leaders of Airbus on the topic “Future of Aviation”. After a short break and a quiz, five technical presentations were shown that were followed by enthusiastic discussion and interaction about the same with the students of PEC. Several teams participated in Airbus Day Innovation Challenge and out of all the teams, top ideas were selected. These ideas were pitched along with team of Air post lunch and a short quiz and each presentation was followed by a Q&A session.
All the heads from Airbus then discussed the Early Bird Mentorship Program followed by an Interactive session where many students discussed their thoughts and ideas regarding the Aviation Industry.The teams who bagged first and second positions in the innovation challenge were awarded with Airbus merchandise as prizes.Airbus also appreciated the volunteers and provided them with certificates for their brilliant effort .The students present during the whole session were given exciting goodies at the end of the session.
The event ended with a closure note and a vote of thanks by the Airbus Team. The session remained a huge success as it posed to be a huge insight into the Aviation Industry and an informative platform for students to interact directly with a leading Industry in Aerospace.