About
The Legacy
History
The Faculty of Technology and Engineering as it stands today formed alongwith the establishment of the Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1949 is an outgrowth of what was popularly known as the "Kala Bhavan Technical Institute" (KBTI) established in June 1890 by his late Highness The Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda state. In May 1990, it completed 100 years of glorious services for the cause of Technical Education.The Kala Bhavan started its activity in 1890 with the modest but novel objective of producing skilled artisans and apprentices by imparting instruction in local language in a huge variety of fields.
During the first few years of the new millennium, it was observed that a lot of companies who came to college campuses to recruit fresh graduates started to lay special emphasis on communication skills, confidence, spontaneous thinking, working under pressure and other such soft skills. A lack of these skills among the students affected their recruitment prospects although they possessed sound technical knowledge and ability. This was the case not only in our college but all over Gujarat. With a common vision to overcome this flaw among students, Paramarsh was started in the year 2002 by a group of students from the Faculty of Technology & Engineering, M.S.U., Baroda as an intra-college event.
From its humble beginning as an intra-college event, today Paramarsh has grown into a zonal-level students’ festival with participation from over 40 elite colleges of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and is one of the largest non-technical festivals of Gujarat today.
Paramarsh ’08 – Explore, Experience ‘n’ Enhance
Paramarsh ’08 played host to around 10,000 students belonging to different career streams from all over the west zone. Around 4,000 students participated in various events like Group Discussions, Ad Making, Biz Mantra etc. Seminars by celebrities like Chetan Bhagat, Ankit Fadia and Sunny Vaghela made the event a truly special one. Apart from the events, workshops and seminars, 3 pronites were also organized. On the first day, we had UltraViolet Dance and on the second day we had a talk show called ‘Voice That Voice’. On the 3rd and final day, we had a music concert called ‘Think Music’ which included performances by Ahmedabad-based rock band ‘Rudraaz’ and the Indian Idol boy band F4 which includes Chang, Parleen, Suhit and Abhishek.
