Independence Day celebrations at PEC were a vibrant and joyful affair. The morning began with the flag hoisting ceremony by the director Dr. Manoj K Arora, who was escorted by the NCC cadets to the venue. This was followed by the singing of national anthem. Students from the Hindi and English Editorial Boards gave speeches that instilled a feeling of patriotism and oneness in all.
The morning was lit up with soulful songs by the Music Club of the college. The Dramatics club soon followed suit by dancing enthusiastically to patriotic numbers which left the audience mesmerized. The cultural saga ended with the Punjabi Editorial Board delivering a power packed Bhangra performance.
This was followed by a speech by the Director who appreciated the efforts of all the students. After sharing the importance of the day he went on to describe the recent achievements of PEC which included RandD Activities like work on Big Data in CSRC (Cyber Security Research Centre), infrastructural developments like the recently inaugurated and well equipped New Academic Block, the procurement of a new 3D printer, collaborations with institutions like IIIT-Delhi and Chandigarh Administration over a pilot project concerning Drone Mapping in Chandigarh, to name a few. He also highlighted the various research grants that the professors from different departments of PEC have bagged. Apart from this PEC has also joined hands with NDL (National Digital Library).
Among other achievements that he listed, PEC has also signed an MoU with the Ministry of Railways, earlier in May for setting up of 'Kalpana Chawla Chair' for Indian Railways.
Further he gratefully acknowledged the Indian Air Force for having agreed to give MIG21 to PEC so as to facilitate learning and development of students, especially from the Aerospace department. He also expressed his gratitude to the alumni of the college for showing their immense support in the principles and projects that the institute invests its interests in (like the solar technology lab project that is due to commence soon). As a part of the future goals he mentioned a new digital data and cloud computing facility that is being established to keep pace with the rapidly changing technology. The essence of the celebration was to make everyone realize that to reap the blessings of freedom one must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. The morning concluded with sweets and refreshments for one and all.