GCE CHRONICLES

From the

Principal’s Desk

Change is the only stable thing in the world. When it was

conventional to publish

only the formal annual edition and the

bi-annual student centered edition, GCE Chronicles h

as come up

with a change. This is a

special cover

on GECOFEST 12.0 (As

Never Before)

, the annual intra-college cultur

al fest of the

college.

I always strongly be

lieve in acco

unting and reporting for each

and every even

t that happens in an institution. In that reg

ard,

I‟m much proud about the Editoria

l Team which has come up

with an extra-ordinary ef

fort to throw light on the effo

rts put

in by the final year students every

year in organ

izing this

cultural eve

nt.

This edition would be a testim

ony to prove t

hat GCEians are a

lot more th

an just „Engineers‟;

to say aloud

with pride, “We

cannot be under-estim

ated anymore”; to declare

that GCEians

are good at cr

eative skills

; and to exhibit th

e „lead-from-the-

front‟ attitude of a

final year stud

ent batch of th

e institution.

I wish all success

for the 2012 passout

s that were the heart

and soul of GECOFEST 12.0 and the GCE Chronicles E

ditorial

Team for recogn

izing their efforts.

Dr. R. S. D. Wahida Banu

executed by the III Years, which pirated

the hearts of the audience, remained as one of the top

moves. If you wonder what it is like, well... it resembles the

billboard still of Jack Sparrow set atop Black Pearl in

‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie. The dance troupe

meticulously formed a big ship and its captain climbed on

the top of the huge Human Ship and ordered the slaves. The

Cruise Formation was striking and soon the audience burst

into rapturous applause. Then, the pirates split up and made

their next move. (Picture shown below)

Surprised?! It's something

much similar to the illustrious Transformers where a car

turns into a super-advanced robot. Well, it is one of the cool

dance moves, but so intricate, executed on the Grand Stage

at the final event-Western Dance. The artful transform,

comprising seven guys, was executed diligently with quick

movements, analogous to the Car-Super Robot transform

and there stood The Giant Scorpion. Now, with the cheers

louder than ever, the transformed Scorpion strode over to

make audience go wild. As a final step, the Scorpion

detonated and blew up into seven dancers who executed the

intricate and tricky transform.

The GCEians made their mark in the Eastern Dance as well.

The ebullient participants with their sublime outfits and their

contemplative use of properties like basket, handkerchief,

pot, plate, entertained the whole crowd with a culturally

traditional touch. This event comprised multiple forms of

dance like Bharatnatiyam, Karakaatam, Oyilaatam,

Mayilaatam, and Dandiya, which made it vibrant.

The third year girls with their cheerful and colourful

performance picked up the first prize. Following this, the

third year boys with their energetic performance won the 2nd place. Last but not the least, the second year girls, with their

diversified performance, bagged the third prize.

Well, this was the humorous version of the main stage event

-Adapt Tune. Here, a group of guys or girls has some space

as its dance floor to showcase their dancing abilities. The

circular space was demarcated by the crowd around, which

cheerfully enjoyed the performances staged. With buckets,

shawls, handkerchiefs and all sorts of equipment/props used

as dance items, the stars of the events sure brought up tons

of laughter and fun. The students of Civil and Mechanical

department came up with the star performances.

This innovative event was held to test the creative forte of

the participants to the complex mixture of songs- both old

and new. The event had limited entries but still drove the

crowd crazy. One could find the whole auditorium dancing

with the participants and encouraging them. All styles of

dance like hip-hop, folk, contemporary etc. were showcased

and the crowd demanded more and more. At the end, the

thrilled audience recorded exhilarated comments.

This was another creative event that brought emotional

rendition on stage. Each year had two groups of participants

and as the name suggests, they had to choose a film and

depict it through their dance and drama. The performances

left the crowd shell shocked. They were a combination of

choreography, comedy and humor. The story dance done by

third year boys for the film Sooriyavamsam transformed to

Naariyavamsam was highly entertaining, toppling down the

crowd with loads of laughter.

Step Up

S. No Event I place II place III place

1 Western

Dance

III Year Boys II Year Boys I Year Boys

2 Eastern

Dance

III Year Girls III Year Boys II Year Girls

3 Adapt Tune Vijayendra, Meta, II

Year

Rahul Yadav, EEE,

III Year

Kamalesh. Mech,

I Year

4 Funny Dance Kalaiselvan, Mech,

II Year

Sundar Pandiyan,

Civil, II Year

Uma Ganesh,

ECE, III Year

5 Story Dance III Year Boys III Year Girls II Year Boys

Step Up

The music club of GCE is a cluster of composers, singers,

and instrumentalists of various enthusiastic combinations to

cheer their pals.

This instrumental ensemble provides a platform to bring to

the limelight many fabulous singers to sing along with

guitar, keyboard, drums and other instruments, so as to make

the song sound just like the original. Also many mix and

matches were compiled for the crowd to feast upon. This on

stage team showed a variety in genres, bearing in mind the

taste of the audience.

Dev Anand, Dhinesh Kumar

Benjamin Samuel, John pinto

Kanimozhi, Deepa, Dhivya, Krithika, Vaishnavi,

Vijayalakshm, Madhan, Praveen, Ashok

This event proved to be the best event to prove unique

voices and talents. The chosen song ought to enthrall the

crowd and make them dance with the melody. Even

Madonna would have to queue up for her chance, as the list

of singers was up in good number. Jeeva Vignesh 3rd year,

Mechanical who sang ‘UyireUyire’ song from Bombay, was

crowned in lime light as the best singer. An awaited moment

was when Nyoingam Konyak, a GCEian from Nagaland

climbed the stage to make the audience dumbstruck with her

mesmeric voice and faultless Tamil.

This event starts in a way to break the hypnotic silence

maintained in the Auditorium during solo singing, by the

beats of the instruments. The most played instruments are

Guitar, Drums, and the Keyboard .The bouncing beats just

thrash our minds, stir our hearts and enliven the place. This

instant makes the way for many musicians to grow under the

shade of the music club. Dinesh Kumar, final year,

Mechanical was shining in the spot light as the best

drummer for his stunning performance. Other participants

include Hamsa Rani, John Pinto. The ravishing host

performance given by Benjamin Samuel, simply stunned the

Beats

Sl

No

Events I Prize II Prize III Prize

1 Solo Singing Jeeva Vignesh, II yr

Mech

Sowmiya , III

year CSE

Sowndhara Pandian,

II yr civil

2 Instrumental Dinesh kumar III yr

Mech

Hamsa rani III

yr mett

John pinto II yr mech

TLA Events

TLA Events

S.No Event I Place II Place III place

1 சிறு கதை III Year Kalaiselvan. P II Year

III Year

2 நீா நானா III Years Suresh II

Year

Kalaiselvan. P

II Year

3 இது உங்க ஏரிா

Kalaiselvan. P Ansar Ali Khan.A Sathish Kumar II Year

III Years Dileep Kumar. S Edison. R Gowtham Raj. K Hemanathan. E I Year

4 நாடகம் II Years III Years III Years

5 விழிாலே மாழி லபசு

Mohammad Ali Asath. M Ashok Kumar. J Arun Kumar. P II Year

Ruban Chak-ravarti. R Vetrivel. S Prem Kumar II Year Pradeepa, I Year

III Years

6 ைிழன் என்று மசால்ேடா

III Years III Years Kalaiselvan. P Uthayakumar II Year

7 ைிழ் அமுலை

III Years Kalaiselvan Paul Srithar Ansar Ali Khan. A II Year

III Years

8.

III Years III Years Dileep Kumar. S

Edison. R I Year

‘The aim of modern art is to represent not the outward

appearance of things, but their inward significance’. As the

saying goes, participants were expected to depict a vibrant

theme in the painting. Two people were allowed per team.

Concentration and observation are monumental for any

artist. This event was a test for these significant characters

among the budding artists. A piece of art would be shown

for 30 seconds and the participant who portrays the same(as

close to the original, as possible), is declared the winner.

‘Art on face is the index of the mind’- goes the slogan for

the FACE PAINT event.

Students painted with eloquent themes and gave a tough

competition to one another. Two teams per year were

allowed.

Brushes could be splashed anyway down on the chart. The

attractive look and design matters the most in this

contest-rather than the theme. The most creative and

captivating painting would be declared the winning art. Two

teams per team were allowed.

An endowed artist can bring out a best painting even without

a brush. A person with the flair for making a wonderful

artwork, using any material other than the painter’s brush

becomes the winner.

The number of materials used adds up points.

To revive the bygone usage of painted pots and celebrative

village moods, GECOFEST ’12 had set a platform this time.

Participants were asked to portray the given the theme on

the pots provided. The auditorium appeared to be

celebrating PONGAL again with all new painted pots during

the event.

The material sounds the same but it is not childish anymore.

Participants need to make attractive, theme based models

with the china clay provided.

Logo designing is the most crucial aspect of graphic

designing, and creating ideas for great logos are not easy.

This event was the test of ability of GCEians to become

successful graphic designers in the future.

Participants painted attractive logos for the GECOFEST’12.

The mantra of the event was- Every block of soap has a

lucrative model inside it and it is the task of the designer to

discover it. Students carve a piece of good art out of the

chunk of the soap that is provided.

Appealing models carrying good message becomes the

winning carve.

Splashes of color and paint alone don’t make art. In

GECOFEST even the array of alphabetical elements takes

up an entrancing art form. Students should rewrite the given

alphabet in the most appealing manner.

Collage is like a hall of mirrors. Every direction you look,

you see something different and visually stimulating.

Participants brought out excellent themes with mere

newspaper cuttings.

There is a lot to be gained from painted portraits. A true

portrait is always fuller and richer than simply an image on a

flat surface. GECOFEST really turned out be a hard core

artistic extravaganza. Luring portraits were submitted by the

budding techies at the end of the event.

The event turned GECOFEST more celebrative and

traditional. Rangoli is a fabulous hand drawing art of

India .It is an art of colors. It brings out the imagination and

creativity of the participants.

Mehendi adorns the hands. Innovative designs coupled with

amazing hand work made Mehendi the most enjoyable

events of GECOFEST.

Line is the most powerful device of drawing. Line is so

versatile – you can do a fine, tight, closely observed

description or simply put a line around an idea – like a

cartoonist. ‘No shades’ is the thumb rule of the event.

Cartoons are meant to be to be funny. But they are a

powerful tool in the democratic society. Students drew a

meaningful cartoon for the topic provided.

An art on the canvas cloth is more extravagant than a work

on the chart/piece of paper. Beautiful customized Indian

canvas paintings made the auditorium bear the look of an art

gallery.

From Kalams to Sachins, all the famous/favorite

personalities were brought down to the GCE in ‘hard

copies’. Eminent leaders were portrayed in the given charts

by the student.

Painting And Photography

Sl

No

Events I Prize II Prize III Prize

1 PORTRAIT

K. SATHIYA SEELAN

– III YR

ASTUNGBA SOR

– I YR

C.HARI PRAKASH – IIYR

& ABHIJEET R. MISHRA

2 WORD

EXPLO-

SION

S.DHIVYA–IIYR &

M.P. REVATHI–III YR

N.KARTHICK

M.DHIVYA – III

YR

K.MEENAKSHI –

IIIYR

ABHIJEET R MISHRA –

III YEAR

&B.DHARANI – II YEAR

3 COMIC

CARTOON

ATSUNGBA SOR – I

YEAR

ABHIJEET R

MISHRA – III

YEAR

N.KARTHIK – III YEAR

& D.DHIVYA – III YEAR

4 LIVE ART ATSUNGBA SOR – I

YEAR

S.VIGNESH – I

YEAR

K.SATHIYA SEELAN – III

YEAR

5 LINE ART M.DHIVYA – III YEAR

C.MEENA – III YEAR

ATSUNGBA SOR

– I YEAR

K.MEENAKSHI – III YR &

ABHIJEET R MISHRA –

III YR

6 MODERN

ART

S.DHIVYA – III YEAR

& A.VAISHNAVI – III

YEAR

R.JAGAN KUMAR –

III YEAR &

S.SATHISH KUMAR –

III YEAR

ABHIJEET R

MISHRA – III

YEAR

S.VIGNESH – III YEAR

R.EDISON - IIII YEAR

7 EYE SNAP

S. PRAVEEN KUMAR

– III YEAR

ABHIJEET R

MISHRA – III

YEAR

K.SATHIYA SEELAN – III

YEAR

R.JAGAN KUMAR – III

YEAR

Painting And Photography

Direction: Boopathi. S

Visual Effects: Prasanth. G

Cinematography: Sathya Narayanan. H

Cast: Vishnu. S, Maruthidasan. H, Sivakumar. E, Prasanth.

R, Vidhyasagar. S, Manoj Prabakar. T, Sathya Narayanan. H

Genre: Thriller

The theme is anti-ragging. The first half goes with a normal

college life in which seniors rag their juniors from their first

day. When it gets intense, the seniors are caught by their

senior, who explains them why ragging was prohibited in

the college. When they found about a suicidal junior in the

same room they were staying, the story dramatizes. The

seniors are haunted by the ghost of the dead junior. But they

don't stop ragging. But the best part is in pre-climax, in

which all three will be haunted by the ghost and sets perfect

platform for the climax. In the climax, all three goes to

psychiatrist, who advises them not to rag. But they continue

to argue that it’s done only for interaction. The end is sure to

thrill the viewers with an unexpected twist.

Bottom Line: This ghost will haunt you for sure…

Direction: Kalaiselvan. P

Production: ME PIX

Music: John Pinto

Cinematography: Prabhakaran, Ansar Ali Khan. A

Editing: Ramachandran

Cast: Ramesh. G, Kumar, Gautam, Prabhakaran, Gopi,

Dinesh, Santhosh, Senthil, Vibin, Ashok, Ramkumar, Abdul

Rahim.G, Vimal Kumar.

Genre: Fantasy, Drama

A nice message backed up by a strong story line. A magic

ring which gives you whatever one wants-quite a dream

accessory for everyone. And the story travels with the

protagonist coming across such a stone. He gets himself

some money, new sets of costumes and enjoys all of its

power.

But this doesn’t last long for there is a mystery along with

that ring. What happens next makes us realize that luck is

short-lived and temporary. Being an out of the box thinking

for a short film, the director deserves accolades. The

screenplay might have been better for it is slightly on the

slower side. Honest acting by the cast and a decent job on

the camera.

Bottom Line: Worth a watch for sure, for luck is a passing

cloud here.

Direction: R. T. Arun Kumar

Production: ME PIX

Editing: Surendh Cinematography: Sanjeev

Cast: Gopinath, Selva, Ramesh, Sanjeev, Arun, Thamarai,

Aravinth

Genre: Drama

The title might mislead the viewers for a comical short film

but it has a mature, social message in it. The need for water

and a world without its presence is showed in a clear way in

this film. It is commendable that the youth of today do have

concern towards the society and its various problems. The

protagonist realizes the importance of water in the latter half

of the film after he has a nightmare about a water-scarce

world. The hero’s journey from a carefree user of water to a

careful human is pictured in a great way.

Short Film

Just A Minute being its expansion is all about the dance of

the tongue in co-ordination with a sharp thought process,

followed by proper use of words and grammar. You can’t

afford to make a mistake, because it takes the mike off you

and the person pointing out your mistake gets hold of it.

This process goes on and as the right to speech gets

transferred, the JAM GOD looks upon and decides what to

do, how to do and when to do. Game goes on for as many

minutes as the GOD wishes and the player with most time of

speech gets the glory.

Even Jack Sparrow, one of the wittiest protagonists, might

find this difficult. One minute you have, to convince the

other sailors that you are the only one, worthy enough to

escape from the ship. Can’t find a reason? Well, you are just

doomed to drown along with the ship. Bon Voyage!

All the participants are aboard on an imaginary ship, which

is about to sink. But there is only one lifeboat…only one

participant can escape.

Each participant can assume the role of any personality he/

she chooses, and will have to speak on his/her ability, to

defend only he/she is the only eligible person to escape.

One of the most exciting and funniest events in

Gecofest’12… Speak with your tongue because you won’t

have enough time to seek the help of your brain. Crazy,

senseless topics which might leave you spellbound are

aboard. Expect the unexpected.

Participants will have to speak for one minute without any

preparation on the topic chosen on the spot.

Have a trip back to the olden days, the days before the

existence of language, where only actions expressed

thoughts. This can be your very personal experience of such

a situation. Prepare yourself to convince your teammates.

Make them understand your actions. Make sure your actions

do speak louder than words.

This is the ultimate endurance test. The strong people-both

physically and mentally, get to test their strengths by

hunting every nook and corner of the campus trying to find

the clues and sort them out for the treasure. 3 teams, 45

brains, 90 hands, all looking for a single treasure.

Milliseconds of thought do make a difference in this

ultimate battle of the human body.

Absolutely nothing. Do whatever it takes to find the treasure

using the clues hidden in the college campus without

damaging them.

You think you are in line with all the worldly happenings

around you? You really think you have got the aptitude to

have news at your fingertips?? Well, this will certainly test

you. It’s a test for your Alma Mater.

Unlimited entries per year write a preliminary written test

which is a multiple choice question paper. The top 8 teams

to qualify in the prelims get to enter the grand finale and a

chance to eternal glory.

Agatha Christie, James bond 007, Aalvarkadiyaan, are some

of the greatest spies in fiction. If you think you have got the

metal and wisdom to crack a case, try it out here. The

ultimate mysteries, fishy cases all laid out for you to solve.

Crack it with pin point accuracy, and you are the day’s

Sherlock Holmes.

Written event

It is much like Sherlock Holmes, with just the nature of the

questions making the difference. Many secret codes are

waiting to be unravelled.

The all time exciting conventional debate where it is the

complex are of putting strong, innovative thoughts in words

and striving to bring about a change. You either speak for,

or against the given topic with not just words but with the

fire, the fire to destroy your opponents and leave them

speechless and to search for something to say. The

command in your voice, the sense in your words should stir

hearts. A good speech has the potential to bring about the

change. This event is a platform to reveal your commanding

oratorical skills.

Battle of words. Rules of a conventional debate are

applicable.

ELA Events

Is your brain able to find out some reasons to convince your

customers to buy an umbrella with holes? Or maybe a clock

that runs backwards? Or a Translucent pair of jeans? Any

idea how to market a T. Rajendar Halloween mask? If you

had enough, this is just a trailer. Ad Zap has got a lot more

crazy stuff to be sold and a lot of funny reasons to be stated.

Let the wild side of your brain take over. Zap in your ads!

This particular event is quite serious, designed to give the

students a real-time experience on how interviews of their

future will be. The final year students become the HRs and

the students are the job-seeking candidates. Everything from

the angle of your tie to the blackness index of your shoe

should be nascent perfect. Make sure the diction in your

voice, the dignity in your walk and the vision in your eyes

state your goal undraped. Any kind of judgement is possible

in this tricky courtroom, where each and every word out of

your mouth counts and it’s bound to make a difference. Face

the endurance test.

Have you ever thought how the famous personalities handle

their spotlight in front of the press people? Especially when

they are amidst controversies!? It’s quite difficult to put

yourselves in their shoes, but that is exactly what this event

did. Get ready to be a personality for some time and face the

queries thrown at you by hungry info-seeking news

reporters. With every word you say interpreted in whatever

possible ways, be careful and choose your words wisely, for

they can send you from fame to eternal shame. Power Star

was one particular personality which got a lot of attention.

This is the intellectual battle of words through the evergreen

game of scrabbles. Make sure you and your teammates hit

the maximum points.

For those who think nonsense, this is the perfect place to

know the magnitude of your non-sensitivity. Can you throw

up the most stupid answers to equally idiotic questions? It

all depends on the craziness in your thought process. Tune

your brains to make it think as stupid and as humorous as

possible. If it does,then you are Mr. Non-Sense Unlimited!

The event will have a question paper consisting of humorous

and ridiculous questions…to which equally humorous (and

crazy) replies will have to be given by participants.

More the humour, the more is the probability of winning.

Vulgarities and obscenity will not be tolerated and will lead

to immediate disqualification.

These three events are the best places for the passionate

writers to show case their cascade of words. The first event

is where the writer is expected to conjure up a story with the

use of the given sentence. Verse-form is a typical poetry

competition where the topics will be given and the

Shakespeare in you comes into play. Essay-Writing allows

you to construct a formal, systematic and an influential

essay on the given topic.

History of ourselves, our country and the world are all

equally important, and need to be known. Many events have

changed the course of the world forever. A small

imagination of how it would be if such an event had not

occurred is what this event is about. Let your intellect take

over to analyse and comprehend a situation as a result of a

non-occurrence of a particular historical event. Speak out

the world you have imagined in the stipulated time.

One of the serious and intellectual event organised I n

Gecofest ’12. The 5 permanent countries of the UN Security

Council would be represented by 5 teams and the sixth final

team will be representing India. The delegates representing

these countries meet to discuss upon an issue of worldly

importance to decide on the further actions and pass a

resolution. With poignant analysis and sharp points in their

arguments, this event is sure to bring out the diplomat

within.

ELA Events

ELA Events

S No Event I II III

1 Extempore R.Moogonda Raja-III Mech H.Sathya Narayanan-III CSE

S.Surendhiran-II Civil Sathammai-I CSE

2 Ship Wreck P.Agniseshan-III Mech V.Pradeep-III Mech Lucky. K -II ECE

3 Puzzles John Pinto & D.Gautam-II

Mech Santhosh & Neelamohan-II

Ramanujam-III Civil & Pras-

anth-III CSE

Manoj & H.Sathya Narayanan

-III CSE

5 Treasure Hunt III Years II Years I Years

6 JAM H.Sathya Narayanan-III CSE R.Moogonda Raja-III Mech R.Prasanth-III CSE

8 Sherlock Holmes D.Gautam & M.Karthick-II

Mech Snehalal & Sneharoy-II EEE

M.Srinivasa Karthikeyan &

S.Subash Raj-II EEE

9 Pixie

Manoj Prabhakar &

M.Navaneethakrishnan- III

CSE

K.R.Arpita-III EEE

L.Durga-III Mett

Anuratna & G.R.Lavanya-II

EEE

10 The UNSC that was-

n’t convened III Years I Years

11 Ad Zap R.Prasanth-III CSE Anuratna-II EEE K.R.Arpita-III EEE

12 The skewed History R.Moogonda Raja-III Mech Prem Kumar-III Mett Snehalal-II EEE

13 Press Meet I Years III Years II Years

14 Scrabble Finals H.Sathya Narayan & Madha-

van III YRS

R. PRASANTH - III CSE & AN-

ISH

15 Non Sense Unlimited R.Moogonda Raja-III Mech SHARATH RAM & PRABHU– II

Mech ARPITA III EEE

16 Drop a tale SURENDHIRAN II YR M.RAMYAPRIYA H.SATHYA NARAYAN - III

CSE

17 Verse Form R.Moogonda Raja-III Mech RAMACHANDRAN Anuratna -II EEE

19 Essay Writing S. KAVIYARASAN 1ST

YR A.ANSAR ALI KHAN 2ND YR

R.ANANDHA LAK-

SHMI,3RD YR

20 Spell Bee R.Moogonda Raja-III Mech Prabhu-II Mech

R.T.Arun Kumar-II Mech Srinivasan-II

GCE CHRONICLES

Dr. S.K. Chitra Lakshimi, Asst Prof, Dept Of English

Navaneetha Krishnan. M, IV CSE

Arpita. K. R, IV EEE

Abhijeet R. Mishra, IV Meta

Lucky. K, III ECE

Surendiran. S, III Civil

Anu Ratna, III EEE

Jayashree T. S., III CSE

Sharath Ram, III Mech

Deepak Krishna. U, II Mech

Sathammai. S, II CSE

Anson Jacob Samuel, IV EEE

Jeyasuriya. M, II CSE

Niranjan. R, III Meta

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