Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 23: Education is all about igniting young minds & enabling them to attain their fullest potential. Keeping this as a motive, Yogananda College of Engineering & Technology (YCET) participated in Toycathon 2021. YCET has been selected by MIC/AICTE as the only Nodal Centre for hosting Digital Toycathon 2021 Grand Finale in UT of J&K from 23rd June to 24th June, 2021.
Toycathon 2021 is an inter-ministerial initiative organized by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell with support from AICTE, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
Under the PM Modi’s ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’, Toycathon-2021 is conceived to challenge India’s innovative minds to conceptualize novel Toy and Games based on Bharatiya civilization, history, culture, mythology and ethos. The formal welcome address at inaugural session was given by Dinesh Gupta, SPOC, YCET. The session started with the speech of illustrious Director, YCET Prof. (Dr.) A.K Srivastava, who in his address told that this Toycathon will connect young minds to national institutions and will also instill the spirit of inquiry, critical thinking and life skill learning.
The session was further followed by the speech of guest of honor, Arun Bangotra, Principal Govt Polytechnic Kathua, who congratulated YCET for being a premier institute in Jammu for hosting the event & added that Physical & Digital Toycathon will show right path to our young engineers because youth are the future of our Nation who build new ideas & translate their thoughts & ideas into actions.
The proceedings of the day ended with emphasis on overall development of the students. The day turned out to be as much a success story for the students as it was for the entire team of YCET.
YCET gave special mention to the higher management Vidhi S Singh, Chairman Jamwal Group of Educational Institutions, Managing Director Renu Bangroo for embolden us to partake in Toycathon 2021.
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