LPU celebrated “Cap-a-Feather” - a computer science & info tech festival that featured the best of computer related skills of the students of the University. The event was organized by Department of Computer Applications and saw participation of 200 computer geeks from all over the University. The students competed in various games like Presentation Competition, Extempore, Workshops, Mini Games, LAN games, Debugging, Tech Treasure Hunt, Placement Grooming, Galaxy of Coding and Placement Buzz.
The festival witnessed a combined attendance of nearly 2500 visitors, at various venues where events took place. Rahul Batra, one of the students who attended the fair said, “Getting exposed to the various events of the fest, I came to know how much new is happening in the field of computer sciences and information technology. This has widened my approach of looking at these sciences and has helped me to be a more intense learner than before.”
In the Presentation Competition, details of emerging technologies and latest developments taking place in the field of computer sciences and IT were put to display with visual demonstrations. Various workshops were organized on diverse subjects like Ethical Hacking, Website Development without the use of languages, software development, networking etc. In extempores, issues were deliberated and contesting views were presented with respect to the effects of various computer & information technologies on man's life and overall human development. The debugging contest saw students locating and eliminating the errors in a given a program of Java or C language. In Galaxy of Coding, a problem project was given to the contestants, and they had to set it right in minimum time. “Placement Buzz” revolved around the illumination of various techniques and skills required while appearing for a job interview in an computer or IT based company. Students located computer parts hidden across a geographical space and tried to assemble them rightly in “Tech Treasure Hunt”. LAN gaming and Mini games were more oriented to the gaming skills of the students.
The program ended with a cultural program wherein glimpses of rich cultural heritage of Punjab were exhibited through the medium of dance and music. Mrs Rashmi Mittal, Executive Dean -LPU while distributing the prizes to the winning students said, “Computer is arguably the most significant invention of the last century, and it is amazing to see that it continues to add to itself various operational attributes that make it even more necessary for man to depend upon for its various needs. There is no end to the innovations that can be brought about in this sphere, and LPU is committed to promote the relevant sciences of the field.”
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