Celebrities to add colour to Paramarsh

Over 7,000 students from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & MP are expected to turn up at the extravaganza

Devanshi Joshi. Vadodara/DNA
Friday, September 12, 2008

Over 7,000 students from more than 30 elite colleges across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra will turn up to attend Paramarsh 2008, an annual fest organised by students of the faculty of technology and engineering, MSU. The three-day fest will be held from September 19 to 21. Paramarsh, a non-technical event, started in 2001, when a group of students from the mechanical engineering department realized the need of such a function at the intra-college level.It is for the first time that celebrities will grace the event with their presence. On September 19, budding engineers will have the opportunity to meet popular author Chetan Bhagat, interact with noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai and sway to the songs of F4, a band formed by an Indian Idol finalist.The excitement does not stop here. Information technology security experts Ankit Fadia and Sunny Vaghela will share ethical hacking tips with participants. Cricketers Irfan and Yusuf Pathan will mingle with youngsters on the inaugural day.“In todays competitive world, technological event are not sufficient. The students have to be equally good at public speaking and communication skills to succeed,” said an event coordinator.He further added, “Paramarsh was initiated with the aim to hone interpersonal skills, creativity and spontaneity of students that will help them face campus recruitment confidently and in group discussions and personal interviews.” Paramarsh kicked off as an inter-college event in 2002. It assumed more significance when in 2005, it became a state-level event. Finally, in 2007, Paramarsh covered the entire west zone and became a popular extravaganza.