on 14th September 2019. The procedures and study methodology was fully explained. It helped in bringing up ideas which could be incorporated in design presentations.

Eight years. All the way from qualifying to enter the convention and finally tasting a sip of success from the Reubens trophy took us eight years. Reubens is the foremost deciding platform\competition to exhibit a college’s academic work. It requires students of focus, commitment and shear will just to participate and get a respected review. Qualifying among the special mention award was made possible through constant guidance, help from friends and seniors.

ANC (Annual NASA Convention) – a report 300+ colleges, 3000+ students, 61st ANC held at SJB School of planning and architecture, Bangalore was a spectacular moment for any student from architectural base. We from McGANS, participated the event as a group of 5 along with our UD and USEC. The lectures of top architects detailing the present scenario in India and globe were made available for the interested ones while workshops were conducted for enthusiasts. Workshops ranged from exploring software’s [Rhino ,3ds max], rendering ideas and hands on workshops.

The Bamboo and mud workshop focused on sustainability and went hand in hand with the years theme “GO GREEN”. While we participated and enjoyed the talk shows our UD and USEC were called for constant reviews and opinions. The sole trophy participated apart from the qualifying Design completion was Reubens for which the college received special mention. This promoted us among the top 5 elite colleges in India.

UD and USEC organised a face painting competition for all the first years. It was conducted around 5:30 in the evening and we were all give 45 minutes. It was fun to paint in our friend´s face which were wired and crazy. We were asked to paint their faces with the concept which was Transformation. Later on we were judged by them we had to explain our concept and took pictures. The day was so memorable.

This was our first fun event in our college. We also celebrated the 57th NASA day by cutting cake and the USEC of our college explained to us what NASA is and how should we work for it.

We got freshen up and filled up registration forms for on spot events. Registration on different events were done and all had its head start soon after the Inauguration done by SRM University founder.

Amongst those, two teams from McGAN’S registered for the main event, panel discussion. The topic was “Computing Tools vs Manual Drafting tools”, one team for each title. On the first day both teams competed with the other colleges. The shortlisted list for the finals had one team from McGAN’S Meanwhile, other group mates actively participated in On-spot events including Quiz, Product Design, Step-up, Pencil Sketching and many more. Wining in Quiz and Product Design, McGAN’S rose up among the 30 other colleges. The first day ended up rocking more fun enjoyment once the music was tuned up leading way to the DJ night started and rolling.

Second day was further fledged with on spot events and students showed their presents in all the events and leaving marks to the events and showed the presence of McGAN’S even strongly.

The finals of the main event, ´The Panel Discussion´ which was on its full fledge breaking in barriers between groups. The tough competition ended in McGAN’S raising the champion´s cup wining the panel discussion and the Overall Championship.

We were also proud to receive the championship trophy from our college director Ar.Solomon.D.Vedamothu, who was also the chief guest of the event. The Panel discussion curtained off, making McGAN’S proud and adding another trophy to the cabinet and achievement to the College History.

Out of the three was ´Paint and Help´. The objective was to paint graffiti on the wall of an Elementary school near our college premises. The graffiti was related to ´Green Architecture´. The main aim was to give awareness to young minds on how buildings and vegetation has to be balanced.

The task was completed in five days by keeping the NASA day as head start. On 11th and 12thof September 2015,the first coat of primer was done by the evening. On the 13thof September, the work resumed with the design sketches made on the wall, and the final improvisations was done.

By next day the sketches were done, the work started enthusiastically and the first coat of paint was done by the students. Due to a heavy rain at noon, some parts of the graffiti were wiped out, but it was later covered with sacks and Tarpolian sheets to avoid further wipe out.Ones the rain was settled, work was resumed by giving the wiped out parts some patch works and the graffiti was resumed back normal and work progressed with full fledged.

The following days progressed with the students giving in more colors , giving their work more liveliness and giving in their ideas to improvise their design in order to convey their message. The color combos were all blended in and balanced, hence giving the graffiti a touch of cope2.

The design work was completed on 16th of December 2015 and the NASA logo and College Logo was slotted in the graffiti. 

The otherwise scattered students come together regardless of their years and put in every ounce of their energy and hard work into sheets and cultural events. It was no different for the Annual NASA Convention 2014. The weeks before the convention had first year students working on the design of the staple McGAN’S t-shirt while the senior students concentrated on sheets and arranging travel and accommodation. The day of the travel was the busiest and nerve wrecking of all days for the students. It was 10 pm when all the students boarded the bus. The drive from Ooty to Chennai gave the students the much needed the quiet and rest for the next day´s demanding energy hours.

The next morning woke everyone up with excitement and adrenaline in their minds and bodies. While the U-Sec moved on for the registration process, the rest of them observed and took in all the might and air of an impending experience of a lifetime. The drums and the rhythm of a hundred colleges and thousands of hearts beating created a sense of surreal feeling. The students were provided with coupons for food .And a little later, the students settled down in the accommodations they were provided. Evening brought the students the flashing flags and heavy drum beats that came with the scent of Biriyani , which made everybody´s heart and stomach a little hungry. The night opened with even of “Battle of the Bands” and as it continued to thrill the crowd and the judges, few senior students moved to panel sheets for the Rueben´s trophy which continued till 3:00 am.

The next day came with a lot more excitement starting with the bull printed t-shirts that McGan´s students wore to represent their might and drive to win. Various seminar and workshops were held in different arenas and halls throughout the day, but the seminar by the infamous Peter Cook on sustainable architecture was the most talked about. The noon broke everybody into quite a peppy mood when students from different colleges and zones moved their feet to Bollywood numbers. The LIK and product design trophies were called upon and students moved to the respective areas to panel the sheets and the crowd enthusiastically cheered for their fellow people. The sun was setting and it was into the crimson sky that McGAN’S raised their flag proudly. And as hundreds of flags were hoisted and boasted the pride of one´s college, lanterns were flying across the sky and it was the time when everybody forgot the colour of their t-shirts and the college they came from and stood there marvelling at the beauty of the tremendous beauty of it all.

The third day of convention started off with the most awaited photography workshop which interested everybody with mind-blowing and intriguing pictures. The workshop taught the students the importance of observance and capturing moments that otherwise would be unnoticed by a naked eye. The workshop was followed by a couple more interesting seminars. The felicitation ceremony succeeded the seminar, and it included the most proud moment for the students of McGAN’S as the respected principal was honored for his tireless contribution with a lifetime achievement award in the field of architecture. The students later moved to observe the painting of an Indian Flag that included its artistic and cultural diversity put into a large sized canvas. It required a remote controlled mini helicopter with a camera to view it as a whole. The night welcomed the students to music and dance and a true transformation from the hectic days of the past two days. The DJ had everybody throw their hands up and their hair down and enjoy the spirit of complete and utter fun. The crowd moved their feet to the groovy tracks and cheered as the models walked the ramps.

Tired and weary, students moved to check results and though McGAN’S didn´t acquire any citations, the effort and hard work put into sheets were appreciated and acknowledged. But as the saying goes, experience is what you get when you did’t get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer to the world.

The Chairman, Mr Abdul Ghani, the correspondent, Mr J P Gandhi were also present for the occasion. Her Highness, who is an architect & Project Management graduate, addressed the students and reviewed the works of both, the Architecture and Fashion Design Students.

of Architecture is an annual event which includes a wide range of workshops, seminars and a tough competition for various trophies between architecture colleges in TamilNadu and Kerala. Zonasa this year was hosted by Marian College of Architecture and Planning, Trivandrum from the 25th to 29th of October. A team of 27 students from our college participated in this three day event. The students put in a lot of effort and presented the best of their works. Our college bagged Citation for the Reuben’s trophy and Convention trophy received.

4 days Wall painting competition – 21st & 24th February 2019.

Inaugurated By National Highway AE & District Inspector.

Open competition overall India ( Cash award 1. Rs, 50000/- 2. Rs, 25000/- 3. Rs, 15000/- & 11 consolation award Rs, 10000/- ).

National Highway road wall covered 2600 sqft concept SAVE NILGIRIS ( Thummanatti junction & Kilkodappamund wall ).

Participated 40 artist from various places in India.

Provided Food, Accommodation, Art material & Participation Certificate.

students in our campus on 23rd January 2019. The class was about the social awareness like disaster, free health camps for poor and tribal people, first aid, fire safety, road safety, blood donation and explained about the Indian red cross works and the helps that they do for the common people in various places.

with 53 students graduating with a B.Arch Degree and 14 students graduating with M.Arch degree. The day was inaugurated by Ar.B.SKeshav, Principal who delivered the annual report for the academic year 2018-29. The Chairman Mr.N.Muralikumaran declared the graduation day open, followed by JP Gandhi, correspondent introduction of the chief guest Dr.Surappa, Vice Chancellor, Anna University.  The graduating students and the Anna university rank holders Ranson Rajan Koshy who secured Anna university First rank in M.Arch and Raghavendra who secured Anna University 22^nd rank in B.Arch, received their Certificatesfrom the Honarable Chief Guest Dr.Surappa, Vice Chancellor Anna University, followed by which he delivered the graduation day address, by wishing the new architects the best and he put forth vast avenue available in the field of architecture.

Firstly the torch lighting was started by the Principal along with the Physical Director and it was handed to over to the students And then the oath taking was taken by students and sports day opening was declared by the Principal. Initially the 100 metre dash was started for the boys event and further like track and field events, games was carried out. At the end of the 9th evening 4 x 100metre relay for boys and girls was successfully finished and on 10th feb we conducted cricket match for boys. The other games like basket ball, volley ball, throw ball for girls was conducted in our campus before the sports day and the results of the games was carried out for the final day sports.

botanical garden premises in the department of Horticulture block.The camp was headed by Dr.Sowmiya Muralikumaran and Dr.Barghav and free consultation was provided for around 500 people including  the natives, the tourists and the employees of the botanical garden. The first quality medicines were also provided to them free of cost.

Followed by this was another free medical camp held in coonoor held on 21.07.2019 and around 150 to 200 people were benefitted.

Then they slowly began to carve the stone and paint the canvases that occupy the world’s greatest museums to this day. Now, we create things that those ancestors of ours would have never even dreamt of. From painting and photography to film and sculptures, from the Classical and the Impressionist to the Abstract and the Surrealist, this is humankind’s most interesting art and related to this, an art camp was conducted in McGAN’S Ooty school of Architecture which brought in 80 artists from all over the Tamil Nadu State and portrayed their best works from water colours to oil paintings.

Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap. The applied wax resists dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water and repeating if multiple colours are desired.

The batik workshop was conducted in McGAN’S Ooty school of Architecture on 23.02.2018 and the students learnt the batik printing technique along with the application of their creative ideas in pattern making and composition. It was a colourful and fun filled workshop.

on 27th January 2018 with the aim to clean the littered national high way. Doddabetta junction to Kotagiri . District Collector Mrs. J. Innocent Divya made her presence and the inauguration took place at Doddabetta junction by 9:30 am where the Principal of our college Dr. Gauri Shiurkar and the collector started cleaning the road with brooms as a mark of the beginning of the Cleaning Campaign.

by the JCI organisation, Ooty each year. This programme was conducted between various colleges situated all around the Nilgiri district. This event was held in HADP Auditorium, Ooty on the 18th of August 2017. Around seven colleges participated in this event; McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture,CSI College of Engineering, JSS International,Bharathiyar university, Government College of Arts and Crafts, Providence School and Monarch International. Our college acquired the third place and following are the various events that our college has won: Solo singing-winner, Fashion showRunner up, Debate competition Second,Rangoli design competition-Third,Talent huntMs.quest. The event was a grand success and will be held again in the following year.

of India as the Chief Guest and in the presence of our Chairman, Shri Muralikumaran & our Correspondent, Mr J P Gandhi. It was our good fortune having them here amidst the aspiring architects. They honoured the function with their spirited motivational speeches.

patriotic fervour at McGANs Ooty School of Architecture amidst the foggy morning of 26th January, 2018. The ceremony took place in the presence of Principal Dr. Gauri N. Shiurkar, M.Arch HOD Sarika Aggrawal , B.Arch HOD Indrayani Joshi, faculty, staff members and students. The ceremony commenced with the unfurling of the National Flag by the Principal. This was accompanied by the rendition of National Anthem. The heartfelt renditions of patriotic songs aroused feelings of love and brotherhood amongst all.

the lighting of torch and oath by Guru, a notable 5th year. The athletes from Panther and Antler teams hit the ground starting with running races being held as 1500,100 and 200 meters. Winners rose from various age categories inconsiderate of the events. This being followed by long and short jumps ceded the viewers with enough motivation to participate in future events. Short put and discus throw passed on allowing for a lunch break. Football across the green pastured ground was a perfect entertainment and exhibit of sportsmanship. The final events of the day relay proved to be a solo hit for the Antlers where they won all the plays. Team Antlers slammed the overall trophy wherein the volleyball and throw ball matches held 2 weeks ago as well were considered.

simple shapes such as S’curves, circles, triangles and lines for depiction of powerful socio-religious themes and folk traditions. The colour palette is also restricted to six colours- black, brown, red, yellow, green and white. These colours are naturally derived. As an example, red (semm manna)and white (bodhi manna) are extracted from soil, green comes from the leaves of a particular plant (kaatavarai sedi), and black, brown and red are made from the bark of the raisin tree (kari maran). In the face of it, it look similar to Warli art from Maharashtra but the differences are notable on closer sepculation.

on 13 August 2018 for a day long program. He is an architect and an academician. He graduated from University of Pune in 1998 and is currently a Senior Professor and Programme Leader for B A (Hons) Architecture at the University of Lincoln, UK. He also is the Link Tutor for the collaboration between University of Lincoln and Hong Kong Design Institute. He gave two elaborate presentations on the subjects of 6 ‘Context’ and ‘Sustainability’. The session was very lively and interactive. He also reviewed the Urban Design work of the Fifth year students and gave them valuable inputs.

from the institution to show his / her scholarly attainment. The event took place in our multipurpose hall. The degree holders had to go through a Cermonial procession from the Adminstrative block till the multipupose hall. Our Principal, Dr.Gauri N Shiurkar addressed the gathering and presented the annual report to the respective students. The graduation day opening was declared by Shri.N.Muralikumaran, the Chairman. The Cheif guest and the Guest of Honor were introduced by our Correspondent- Mr J.P.Gandhi. Both the Guest of Honor-Dr. Monsingh David Devadas and the Chief Guest Prof.V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai addressed the Convocation Audience. The certificates and the prizes were distributed by the Cheif Guest. Adminstration of the conformant of the degrees by Dr.Gauri N Shiurkar, the Principal; took place next. Chairman adminstered the pledge followed by vote of thanks which was given by the correspondent. The chairman dissolved the graduation day and succesfully ended the ceremony with the National Anthem.

lighting of the lamp around 9:30 am by the Principal, The Chairman, The H.O.D, The Guest of Honor and the Honorable Chief Guest. The Master of Ceremony was Ar. Pappal Suneja. The main event started of with our Principal , Prof Gauri N. Shiurkar addressing the students by a welcome speech. Later the gatherings were addressed by the Chief Guest; Honorable Justice P.Baskaran, followed by the Guest of Honor- Dr.Monsingh David Devadas and Our CorrespondentJ.P.Gandhi. Shri.N.Muralikumaran the Chairman of McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture declared the Induction day open.The Academic Code of Conduct was quoted by Dr.Gauri N Shiurkar, The Principal. Prof Indrayani Joshi,The H.O.D for B.Arch addressed the new entrants. Finally the vote of thanks was presented by Prof. Sarika Agarwal, M.Arch, H.O.D. By 11:30am the event sucessfully ended up with National Anthem. Later, between 11:45 and 12:30p.m, Chairman and The Correspondent interacted.

The students toil in mud to bring the best of the best sheets and try something out of the box. The sheets, paintings, rendering etc are given a once-over and subsequently a million-over. Perfection is the goal and perfection was to be achieved. Zonasa is no cake walk for the organizers, participants or the college that sends their hopeful. In the three day event, each day unfolded with series of workshops and seminars and the convention kept the students preoccupied throughout the day. Held on October 8th, the students of SRM, the host college were eager to win over all the Zone 6 colleges with their charismatic hospitality and enthusiasm. They did win us all over but we won back the championship overall.

ate and lived chanting ZONASA in their minds. From late night discussions about costumes to midnight drafting to buying materials to practicing non-stop for hours to perfect a step, a week went by everyone sacrificing sleep and food , yet hoping for the best outcome of the few people who worked day and night draining every ounce of their energy. The night of the departure to Chennai came with a lot of preparation. The sheets had to be panel ready, the costumes and props had to be packed and a lot of sleepy heads needed to get things done and still in between all this chaos everyone was beyond excited and determined.

It was a sunny and bright morning in Hindustan University when the bus arrived. It has been a whirl wind of things happening ever since then. While the U.D AND U.Sec got ahead with the registration processes the rest unpacked and got ready for the coming events. Though the day went quite uneventful the evening started off with the inauguration of the convention, the evening got more exciting with the host college having their cultural events and a DJ night to get everyone in the spirit. After a very heart filling and lavish dinner, the respective college representatives moved on to pinning up sheets and preparation of the technical and cultural competitions for the next day. Rueben´s and SIDC sheets were pinned up with anticipation over the night by students.

The second day of convention got the students in track of events. On the spot events were actively participated in, out of which McGan´s won the Nerd Talk. Seminars and informative classes were held throughout the day and were initiatively attended. The convention ground was lit for the cultural competitions and that brought colour and excitement to the evening. The students got busy with preparations and costume changes. The hours preceding the events got everyone drained and exhausted but the students managed to put up a good show. Both the events, Fashion show and Dance got positive reviews.

The third day brought a lot of excitement, adrenaline and winning. The proudest moment came when McGan´s was called onstage three times consecutively. There wasn´t a time when the flag of McGan´s was put down. Special mention in Fashion Show and HITS Trophy and Jury´s Choice in product design sent the students in heights of happiness.

The convention was concluded with a lot of happy hearts yet sorrowful over the fact that three days of mind-numbing noises of the drums and heart wrenching anticipation and adrenaline is over, swept over each one of them.

And also, I would like to put in few personal words on the experience I had in the three days at the convention. Arundati Roy in God of small things says few words which relates to what I have to say “Perhaps it is true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. It is preserved, accounted for. Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted is imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become bleached bones of a story”. Though it wasn´t the prettiest of picture there, with accommodation issues and time lapses and not having things done correctly, I am still sort of reeling in the wake of those three days, overwhelmed by the experience and already, inevitably a little bit nostalgic.

But whatever it was, it lit the air around with hyper activeness as everyone busily buzzed around with last minute packing, ticking their ´things-that-you´ve-got-to-have´ checklist, pre-trip selfies and some, walking ´to and fro´ with glum expressions on their faces, questioning “are we really gona sit and draft there?!?.. Should I really carry my T-scale and board all the way!” We, the 2013 batch of Mcgans, stood at the brink of the most awaited experience of the semester, still clueless about all the unforgettable moments, amazing events, vivid experiences and horrible and tiresome incidences that laid awaiting in store for us in the Gadag district of Karnataka.

As we gathered at the Perar junction with a truck-load of baggage, T-scales and drafting boards, waiting to board the bus, I couldn´t help but think how exactly one year back, I watched my seniors go for their rural study and work on their village survey sheets, and wondered when I would reach the same point and how would i make it through.. Time swished past faster than a freefall and there I was boarding the bus to do our own village survey. After all the hustle and bustle of catching the window seat, settling down next to your best friend and the repeated number of headcounts, FINALLY the engine of the S.E.T.C bus roared into life with all the whistles and howls of the students and we made the first mile of our Rural Study trip! As we make our way through the winding roads, the dry lifeless yet splendidly tall towering trees, wildlife reserves, the dusk set in and all the initial enthusiasm slowly ebbed away, with some of us staring blankly out the window with their earphones on, other drooling and dozing off, a few playing a game of cards and some still dedicatedly posing for photos.

At the end of the night long bus journey, we reached the premises of the Mysore railway station where we were divided into groups to board the compartments, given our train tickets accordingly, lectured on having dinner quickly and making it back on time to the train plus the ´usual´ additional note on ´proper behavioural code´. It was the first train travel as a batch together and for a few, it was their very first time on a train as well and it was as overwhelmingly exciting as it sounds! Having boarded the train to hubli, regardless of the tiring day of bus travel we had and a hectic schedule awaiting the next day, the compartments filled with the Mcgans batch were still echoing with chit chats, laughter, yells, music, chorus singing and howling which soon died along with the night only for us to wake up to witness the beauty of the dawn breaking into vast fields of cotton plantations, the sound of the train´s whistle as it sped, the cold breeze hitting our faces and the voices of the vendors yelling “kaapi.. 10 rupee bru kaapi..”

On reaching the Hubli railway station, we lethargically got down and dragged our tired selves along with our luggage and drove our way a 1 hour journey to Gadag, the place that housed us for the next ten days. Stepping down from the bus, as our gaze fell on the three star hotel, our excitements ran equally high as our tiredness. Gadag, a dusty dry city where may be a person who prefers to live life with minimum comforts and just the bare necessities would love to stay!.. And our three star hotel- Keshav clark´s Inn, stood unrelated to, and differentiated from the rest of its dull and rusty surroundings, And THAT was Our very first day at Gadag, Our first day of Rural study! After the hasty freshen-Ups and gulping down some quick breakfast, we assembled at the lobby, hopped onto the bus and made our first visit to the site- the lakkundi village, a 20 minutes drive from Gadag.

First day at the village, as we roamed under the scorching sun, familiarizing every part of village allocated to each group, much did we notice us being followed by curious little children whispering and giggling amongst themselves and shy faces peeping out from the corners of the houses. With the heat of the lakkundi sun at the zenith and sweat trickling down my back, dipped in SPF 50 sun block and wrapped around from head to toe to escape the wrath of the sun, it became our daily routine of venturing into the village with measuring tapes, umbrellas, back packs filled with water bottles, sketch books and stationaries determined to accomplish our daily action plan.

The first day of our rural study felt like a game of treasure hunt, as we split ourselves in groups with the village map in each of our hands, hunting for boundary lines, marking and differentiating each landmark and house from another. With the pressure of completing the documentation works each day went more hectic than the previous one. Tensions ran high as we inched closer to the last day, keeping in mind all the left out chunk of our mission yet to be completed. But nevertheless, Everyday as the dusk sets in, a sense of relief comes along as we leave the site, all tanned and tired, walking all the way back to the bus to board to our hotel rooms with the thought of a warm soothing shower and some delicious dinner on our minds.

As welcoming as the cozy and comfy beds of our three star hotel looked for us, the ones with sore feet from walking all over the village, with sun-burnt skin and a heavy head ache after a busy day at the site, The fear of reviews and markings kept us up all night and gave us the strength to say “dear cozy bed, No thank you.. I´ve got lots to complete!” Every night after dinner, starting from 10pm to sometimes as long as 7am the next day, All the groups took turns, stayed awake and had their reviews and markings for their progress and on-site works accordingly, with the hotel lobby´s and corridors filled with students, some tensed up, half awake and half asleep, sitting and drafting 3 AM in the morning, while some screaming, “HURRY UP!, WAKE HER UP!!.. Our group is going next for the review” or “DAMN IT! I can´t find our butter sheets!” With all the screwing up, the disappointments, the approvals and appreciations we got from our faculties…

AS hectic and tiresome as all this sounds, We´ve had the best of our times too!!.. The unforgettable and funny experiences of trying to communicate in Kannada with the locals of the village, the kind invite-overs and the yummy local food served to us by the people of lakkundi village, the Throbbing DJ nights organized by the hotel for the McGAN’S students, the countless selfies, Being attacked by a mob of children every day at the site cashing you for chocolates, pens and pencils, And our great site seeing trip to Hampi, Badami, Pattadakkal and Aihole and enjoying the scenic wonders and the ancient tales of these gem of historic places! Our Rural Study was a wholesome and an Overwhelming experience and today looking back at those photos, remembering those hectic yet fun filled days of our ten day village survey brings back smiles to our faces.

leave for the holidays. Amids all this the volunteers made sure the rooms were cleaned and kept ready to accommodate people who are going to attend the meeting. You might wonder what´s this all about. Yes McGAN’S is hosting the zonal council meeting of NASA. Apparently; it is been a dream come true for our college to conduct an event this big. It was no easy task winning the bid among five other colleges who presented for the zcm bidding. Those who stayed back for the meet were busy with their assigned works and arranged the studios for the event. On April 4th 2015, the unit secretary and unit designee of various colleges boarded our college bus and reached the campus. Soon after the registration process the volunteers directed them to the accommodations to relax and refresh for the meet. The meeting commenced sharp at 11:30 am. Our zonal president explained about the different groups along with the NASA trophies. This went on for a while with all the students interacting with each other. At 1:30pm the meeting was held back for lunch. The food was amazing with all the favourites on menu. At 3 pm, the meeting continued with the president reading out the rules and regulations for a college to participate in NASA, the discussion went on about the venue and dates for this year´s zonasa. Finally the zonal president concluded the meet by answering and clarifying all the questions and doubts posed by the students. It was evening by the time the meeting ended and many students rushed to their rooms to pack and check out to catch their buses home. As a token of gratitude we offered a sapling to each U-SEC to be planted as a memory of this event. People were surprised and glad that they got a chance to do something new and different. Everyone was quite slacked, in sync with the beautiful scenery around the campus that made them stare in awe all through their stay here.

Many students were also impressed by the “Eiffel Tower” purely made out of broken T-scales. To entertain the guests we also had a campfire, everybody huddled around the fire to keep them warm and cosy. The minute games only added to the fun and gala. Soon the dinner was served around the fire to relish the effect. The music was turned on with full volume and we had some popular numbers being played by the DJ. We danced till we dropped tired, as much as we all wanted the night to never end, it was time to leave since many colleges were leaving early the next day. Summing up it was indeed an honour to host zcm and had a wonderful experience, giving us an opportunity to interact with the other college students. With satisfaction and content of spending the weekend in a great way, students left the campus in our college bus which dropped them off in Ooty.

indirectly, it represents the ´Brahmandam´. Maybe, the gold will be having a high priority today; but for the future the green becomes gold, and the whole mechanic world will be lying below to it. The Creativity is not creativity if it kills the nature; and that creativity will never stand the test of time.