American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) PEC Chapter organised Civil Engineering 3-Day technical fest Reconnaissance'2018 at PEC. In the inaugural function, Dr. R.R. Singh, Head Civil Engineering Department motivated students and shared that these technical events will help them in enhancing their overall personality. The event was graced by world famous architect Sh. Jit Kumar Gupta as Chief Guest and Er G.J.S Rosha,President, ASCE North India as Guest of Honour for the event. Mr. Jit Kumar Gupta enlightened the students with his expert knowledge in the field of Intelligence Transportation Systems and also touched upon various aspects of the issues faced by the Chandigarh city. Er G.J.S. Rosha coaxed the students to think out of the box. He also shared that the students must be aware of the latest techniques like IoT, Smart City etc., which will help them to grow professionally.
Aiming at all round development of the budding civil engineers, Reconnaissance 2018 was packed with plethora of activities from quizzes to technical events like Build-a-bridge, Aquajet and Geowall, Tenders bid, Green canvas, Inverto etc. Further, workshops on Value added Concrete by Sh Randhawa, Ultratech Cements and Drone Mapping by Mr Pranjal, Ms Khushboo and team were also organised which were highly participated by the number of students. The winners of the events were Piyush/ Manjot Singh (QUIZZARD), Susnato (GREEN CANVAS), Vivek/Mridul (TENDERS BID), Abhishek/Vishnu (GEOWALL), Ankit Sarkar/Gurneet Singh/ Chetas Malhotra (AQUAJET), Anish/Mukul/Divyanshu (INVERTO), Aviral/ Yash Gupta (BUILD A BRIDGE).
Sh. Akshay Raj, Director-CIZ and an alumnus of PEC, graced the closing ceremony and enlightened the students with his experience and mantra of success. He appreciated the efforts of the organising team Aanchal Singh and Mrityunjay headed by Faculty In charge Har Amrit Singh Sandhu and Prof Arshdeep Singh. Mr Akshay also announced scholarship for the winners of various events. The event was finally concluded successfully by awarding certificates and prizes to the winners as well as to the participants.