Art Circle

Department Coordinators

Sr. No.	Coordinator	Department
1	Dr. Sheetal Bhandari	Dean Student Development and Welfare
2	Ms. Anagha Chaudhari	Incharge (IT)
3	Mr. Amol Suryavanshi	Mechanical
4	Mrs. Archana Lalge	E&TC
5	Mrs. Shailaja Pede	Computer
6	Mrs. Rashmi Gadbail	IT
7	Mrs. Renu Purohit	Civil
8	Mrs. Niharika Upadhyay	FE
9	Mrs. Deepali Zambare	MCA
10	Mrs. Shilpa Kundale	MBA

Student Coordinators

Sr. No.	Name of Students	Department
1	Shruti Mohrir (SE), Komal Sonawane (TE)	IT
2	Akash Thite [Cultural Secretary] (BE), Lokesh Patil (BE), Mandar Aglawe (BE), Subodh Pawar (BE)	Mechanical
3	Prajakta Dhumal, Dipti Natu, Raghvendra Satbhai, Nilesh Tepale, Mayur Sonawane, Namrata More, Saurabh Malge	E&TC
4	Chippy Kumar (Student Coordinator), Atmaja Sahastrbudhe (Student Co-Coordinator)	Computer
5	Saurabh Dawle (SE), Sakshi Jagtap   (SE)	Civil
6	Shubhda Padwal, Ganesh Prasad	FE
7	Ankita Pardeshi	MCA
8	Akshay Gosavi, Mayuri Mehesare, Vidhya Pawar, Basawraj	MBA

Art Circle Activities Graph

 

	2013-14 SEM-I	2013-14 SEM-II	2014-15 SEM-I	2014-15 SEM-II	2015-16 SEM-I	2015-16 SEM-II
No. of Activities Conducted	3	7	1	7	6	6
No. of students Participation in Activities	71	200	30	137	170	140

Overview of College Level Activities Conducted in 2015-16 SEM-II :

Sr. No.	Event name	Date of Conduction
1	Swartarang 2016-Annual Gathering	13th and 14th January 2016
2	Republic Day	26th January 2016
3	Gadakari Karandak 2016	18th February 2016
4	Various ARTS Programe @ Kaamyani School, Nigdi-Pradhikaran, Pune	18th February 2016
5	Dyankranti Karandak 2016	21st February 2016
6	Kavi Sammellan	11th March 2016
7	Denaryache Haath Ghyave – Charity Program and Photography Exhibition	23rd March 2016

Activities in A.Y. 2015-16

Republic Day Celebration (26th January 2016)

PCCoE every year celebrates republic day with different themes. This year the theme was ‘Save Water”. The Republic Day Function started with the National Flag Hoisting by the auspicious hands of Shri. V. S. Kalbhor Sir followed by National Anthem. PCCoE ART CIRCLE presented a small program of Act and Patriotic Songs on the occasion.

Gadkari Karandak 2016

A team of ART Circle students participated in prestigious Gadkari Karandak 2016 organized under Akhil Bhartiya Natya Parishad on 18th February 2016.The team got various awards like Best Set Design- 1st Prize (Nilesh Tepale-TE ENTC and Saurabh Dawale-SE Civil), Best Direction-2nd Prize (Akash Thite-BE Mech) and Best Play-3rd Prize (Namrata More-TE ENTC and Akash Thite-BE Mech) for the play “TRUSTBIN” in Gadkari Karandak.

A Social Program at Kaamyaani School

A team of ART CIRCLE students have organized a short program for Deaf and Dumb students of Kaamyani School, Nigdi, Pradhikaran, Pune on 18th February 2016.Students had presented various entertainment and art forms like Children Songs, Dances, One Act Play, and humorous acts where the very excited school students enjoyed every part of the session and gifted handmade Cards to our PCCoE students. Overall it was a very different and nice exposure for all our active art circle students.

Dyankranti Karandak 2016

A team of ART Circle students participated in prestigious Dyankranti Karandak 2016 on 21st February 2016. Ms. Payal Kharatmol (SE Mech) got Best Actor- Consolation Prize for play “TRUSTBIN” in Dyankranti Karandak 2016.

Kavi Sammellan

Dated, 11th March, 2016, in this age of technology, will Marathi language lose its allure? To give a straightforward answer to this question through the medium of poems or 'Kavita', Pimpri Chinchwad Trust's, Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Art Circle's students have made a sincere attempt to uphold the rich tradition of Marathi language to celebrate “Marathi Bhasha Divas” which is actually celebrated on 27th February every year. Along with their academics, they managed to make the program “Majhi Vachleli Kavita” a grand success as a tribute to Marathi language. No matter how advanced the technology, culture will never be forgotten; of this the programme was a solid proof. The programme was organized in P.C.C.O.E Seminar Hall from 4pm to 6pm. Swapna Kulkarni (BE EnTC), Vijendra Singh (BE Comp) and Akash Thite (BE Mech) accompanied by Rutuja Tarale, Shubham Alai (SE EnTC), Suyash Salvekar(SE Mech), Tejal Rajput(SE Comp) presented their original poems showcasing their immense talents. The poems being presented with background music provided by Rohit Sawant (BE Mech) and Swapnil Vise (SE EnTC) gave a soulful ambience overall. The programme was marked by the presence of Principal, Dr. A. M. Fulambarkar, Dean Academics, Dr. J. S. Umale, Dean Student Development and Welfare, Dr. Sheetal Bhandari and Head of Cultural Activities, Prof. Anagha Chaudhari. The anchoring was done by Rutuja Pisal (SE Comp), direction by Akash Thite. Besides, Payal Kharatmol, Nitish Rao(SE Mech), Nilesh Tepale, Raghavendra Satbai(TE EnTC) and other art circle members took quite a lot of efforts to carve out a successful programme. This programme could be summarized as a perfect blend of technology and tradition.

National Youth Day Celebration

National Youth Day was celebrated on 12th January 2016 by Department of Computer Engineering at PCCoE. India annually observes 'National Youth Day' on January 12, on the day of the social reformer, philosopher and great thinker Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary. This day was celebrated with the objective to imbibe the students with the philosophy and ideals of the Swamiji, the man who brought a change in the thought process of the youth. On the day, Mr. Aditya Shinde from Dnyanprabodhini Pune has delivered session as” Ashi Jaguya 50 varsha” to youth (SE and TE ) students. He also discussed many inspirational incidences of Swamiji's Life to motivate students. The programme concluded by vote of thanks by the Faculty Co-ordinator of Art circle (Comp) Mrs. Shailaja Pede.

Painting Exhibition

Department of Computer Engineering organized Painting Exhibition on 08/03/2016 with the objective to provide platform to the students who are interested in drawing and painting.

Live Wednesday Magic

DLive Wednesday Magic event was organized with the objective to celebrate different colour days related to specific occasion. Live Wednesday magic is an activity of Art Circle which would continue for the entire academic year. On different occasions there is importance for specific color, Art Circle would announce the color that symbolizes any occasion and the students would follow this color as dress color code on upcoming Wednesday after the occasion. The different colors that Art Circle announced for this semester were:

• Red- RED color code was observed on Wednesday after Christmas.
• Black- Black color code was observed on Wednesday after Makar Sankranti.
• Green- Green color code was observed on Wednesday to welcome New Year.

A Charity Show Denaryache Haath Ghyave

The ART Circle students of Pimpri Chinchwad Education Trust‘s Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering had arranged a charity show “Denaryache haath Ghyave” on 23rd march 2016 in Ramkrishna More Auditorium, Chinchwad-Pune. The one act play ‘Trustbin’ which was performed in top level competitions like Purushottam and Gadkari Karandak was performed in this show. It exhibits the emotions and the struggle against prevalent inequalities in the society of 7th grade young girls. The play showcased the thought that” Trust is more important than money to survive”. Along with this, the show focused on the fundamental cause of Drought, farmer suicides and many other societal issues ‘The Rain’. The show has presented various songs, dance and fillers on ‘Rain’. The First ever Marathi Breathless Singer ‘Tejas Chavan’, Marathi Movie Lai Bhari Choreographer ‘Pankaj Sonavane’ ,well-known rangoli artist ‘Akshay Shahapurkar’ and many other Ex-students of Institute had performed their talent in the program. Audience has appreciated the tremendous efforts showcased by students. The show was successful in tickling Laughter buds but still touched hearts and soul of audience.

The money collected through sold Tickets was decided to be given to “NAAM Foundation”. The part of collected amount worth Rs. 50,000/- was delivered to Dr. Mahesh Patil, NAAM Foundation Representative. Shri. Bhaijan Kazi-PCET Trustee, Dr.A.M.Fulambarkar- Principal, Dr. J.S.Umale-Dean academics, Dr. Sheetal Bhandari- Dean Student Development and Welfare and Ms. Anagha Chaudhari- ART Circle Head were present along with other teaching, non-teaching faculty members, parents and students.

The entire program was directed by Mr. Akash Thite (Art Circle Student Coordinator) and wonderful anchoring was done by Ms. Swapna Kulkarni and Ms. Rutuja Pisal.

Theater Workshop

Date : 11th and 12th July 2015
Judges:

• Mr. Sameer Salmitra - A well known theatre artist in PCMC area, working with TATA Motors Kalasagar from last 20 years, having a record in Guinness book of world records and Limca book of records for maximum play time for continuous 32 hours. Having own theatre school in PCMC area, having experience of theatre workshop for more than 50 batches.
• Mr. Sachin Shelar- Founder of Idiots theatre, working in PCMC area. Working in TATA Motors as a manager, he has taken so many seminars on team management and theatre from last 20 years. He is working on many commercial plays as a writer, director and actor, also expert in every aspect of drama.
• Mr. Akash Thite-PCCoE Art Circle Coordinator, working in theatre from last 12 years, having many awards of TATA Motors Kalasagar, Gadakari, Firodiya, Dyankranti Karandak, Yuva Karandak, etc. Also participated in so many competitions as a writer, director, actor and backstage artist, etc.

The workshop was arranged to improve the theatre skills in students. It contains so many aspects like script writing, direction, screenplay writing, dialogue writing, acting, music arrangement, music direction, recording, light design, light operation, set design, set making, etc. In the workshop on all these aspects different session were planned. These kinds of workshops, improves the voice culture, communication skills, confidence level, presentation skills and many more aspects in students. This was the consecutive 3rd year of theatre workshop which results in many prizes in different Karandak’s and Street Play Competitions.
Outcomes:

• All the students enthusiastically participated in every task of the workshop, students themselves prepared the stories, direction plot, etc and shown their talent.
• The best students among them were awarded at the end of workshop. During the workshop different management games, make believe games, theatre game were conducted which helped to improve the confidence in the students.

Purushottam Karandak 2015

Total No. of Participants: 60
Objective:
To promote hidden qualities in the students such as acting, music, direction, script writing, sets preparation, lighting system etc....
PCCoE Art Circle participated in the 51st Purushottam Karandak 2015 organized by “Maharashtriya Kalopasak” for which the team decided to present the one act play based on social issue. “Trustbin” carries message of inequality in the society and the primary education system and the message was delivered with a different and interesting drama. The tag line which sets the mark of play was, “if we put a dust in a bin it becomes a dustbin, in real scenario every person is like a bin if put trust in it, it becomes a Trustbin.”
Script Writer: Namrata More (TE EnTC)
Director: Akash thite (BE Mech)
Total No. of Participants: 22
Date: 24th August 2015
Venue: Bharat Natya Mandir, Sadashiv Peth, Pune
We got Consolation Prize for the cast Payal (acting) played by “Ms. Payal Kharatmol (SE Mech)”.

5th Pune Short Film Festival 2015

Objective
To pay tribute to Director Stanley Kubrick and Perfectionist Christopher Nolan for their tremendous work in the field of ARTS and MUSIC. This Music Video is the “Sci-Fi Tribute” to the greatest director of all time Stanley Kubrick & his masterpiece 2001: A Space Odessy (1968) and Perfectionist Christopher Nolan & his Space Adventure Sci-fi Interstellar(2014).This music video was shot using a mobile phone and it is selected in 5th Pune Short Film Festival 2015 on 2nd September 2015.
Directed by- Shubham Shevade (BE EnTC)
Total No. of Participants: 4

Street Play on “Awareness on Discipline”

Objective
To focus on the importance and need of different aspects of discipline in various sectors of society.PCCoE Art Circle had organized a Street play on the “Awareness on Discipline”. The event was a grand success as students and faculty members responded enthusiastically by participating and witnessing it. The event was organized on 9th September 2015 at PCCoE.
Written and Directed by: Rutuja Tarale (SE), Nilesh Tepale(TE EnTC), Raghavendra Satbhai(TE EnTC) and Akash Thite (BE Mech)
Total No. of Participants: 45

Play “Bagh na Bhau Jamtay Ka….”-Vinodottam Karandak 2015

PCCoE ART CIRCLE students and team named "Hrasva Dirgh" presented a Comedy one act play in Vinodottam Karandak 2015 on 1st October 2015. The play named "Bhau bagh na jamtay ka????" had won 1st Consolation Prize and Rahul Kalokhe (EnTC Alumni) was awarded with Best Writer's 1st prize.
Event Judges or Guests: - Mr. Sanjay Dole & Mrs. Vinita Pimpalkar
Event Location:- Bharat Natya Mandir, Pune
Event Organizing Institute:- One kid Association
Total No. of Participants: 11