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Techno fest: Minister for Public Works Mons Joseph inaugurated Nirmaan ’08 - a three day national-level techno fest of Civil Engineering Students Association at the Cochin University of Science and Technology here on Friday.

Gangan Prathap, Vice-Chancellor, presided over the meeting. A.M. Yousuf, MLA, released ‘MEZANNINE’, student magazine of the Civil Engineering Students Association. A. Ramachandran, Registrar, Babu T.Jose, former Dean of Engineering, P.S. Sreejith, Principal of School of Engineering, K. Lava, Chairman, Builders Association of India, spoke.

Vivek Ramachandran, president of the Civil Engineering Students Association (CESA) gave an introductory note about the events of Nirmaan ’08.

R.P. Rajagopalan Nair, former Principal, R.I.T Kottayam, gave a lecture on ‘Socio-technical aspects of high rise buildings’.

Science day: The Centre for Science Communication at the Cochin University of Science and Technology organised a creative science writing workshop here on Friday.

Mr. Gangan Prathap inaugurated the event. He urged parents to take the lead in creating science awareness among children.

The Vice-Chancellor released Kamsan and Kaatile Kootukar, books on science fiction, penned by centre coordinator Anil Kumar Vadavathoor. Centre director A. Aravindakshan presided over the meeting.

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