Hyderabad, February 11: The E-week India celebrations hosted by the Muffakham Jah College for Engineering and Technology (MJCET) gave voice to some major issues plaguing India.
Ideas for India is an exercise planned by college students where they went about the city collecting ideas from people, which can bring about a positive change. “Our politicians should be less corrupt,” was an anonymous hung up on one wall. The section saw comments, opinions as well as real ideas from school students, colleges, market places and slums. About 600 ideas collected daily are being displayed at the Ideas wall. “More opportunities and better industry exposure for technology students,” suggested one, “Illiteracy should be taken care of before making hundreds of schemes,” said another. There were some whacky ones like “make me famous” as well.
“Ideas for India has been started with the basic aim to generate ideas from a cross section of the society that can contribute to a positive change. Ideas are also meant to encourage people to take up some of them and work on it. They can sometimes be a starting point to a revolution,” said Mujtaba Hussain, an organizing committee member.
The ideas picked up by the organizing committee will also be displayed in other schools and colleges so that they are read by youngsters across the city. “We are hoping that some youngsters pick up some ideas and actually bring about a change,” added Hussain.
The E-week India event saw huge participation from students from many city colleges. Individual events hosted by each college department drew between 7,000 to 10,000 participants in the last six days. Other events like Trash Hunt, Trade Off, Short Film Festival, B-Quiz, Art Attack, Texture painting also saw good response. “We received over 250 registrations within hours of opening. Our events are liked by students for their creative content,” said Sirin Jammel, from Mechanical Engineering department.
–Agencies