Dr. S.C. Saxena, Director IIT Roorkee; Dr. V.K. Gupta, Dean of Students' Welfare, Dr. P.K. Jain, Chief Advisor Hobbies Club; Dr. M.Parida, Deputy Chief Advisor Hobbies Club, Staff Advisors, Faculty Members, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, and my dear friends. I feel proud and honored to welcome you all to the 49th Annual Exhibition of Hobbies Club, Srishti 2008 on behalf of Hobbies Club council.
Before I begin with I would like to give you a brief description of what hobbies club is all about.
Hobbies Club was established with the efforts of Dr. A. N. Khosla in 1958. The present status of this club is due to devoted efforts of its first president Dr. Shankar Lal. It was established to help students pursue various activities in their free time and come out with innovative ideas and products.
IIT Roorkee was the first technical institute to start a Hobbies Club. The success of hobbies club has motivated other IITs to develop a similar facility at their campuses. The different sections of Hobbies Club present its members with a plethora of opportunities. In Hobbies Club "sky is the lower limit" for imagination. Students get a chance to work without any ordained curriculum and hence their imaginations fly through uncharted skies leading to actual innovation. The basics learnt here are used as a foundation to work on SURA and B.Tech final year projects.
Hobbies club is like a playground of innovation where students can pursue their curriculum as a hobby.
It has been proved beyond doubt that we are doing well in very limited means.
In the end I would like to say, "Nurture your talents and go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined".
Thank You!
© 2006-08 Mitanshu Garg