Students from 7 States come together in UPES

DEHRADUN, India - Feb. 16, 2016 - PRLog -- The 5^th edition of two day student fest was organized by the UPES-SPE student Chapter. The student Chapter of Society of Petroleum Engineers has come a long way since its inception in 2010 and in this journey of 6 years it has made some exemplary accomplishments. It has been ranked amongst the top 7 Student Chapters across the 310 student- SPE Chapters worldwide and UPES chapter also happens to be the only one from India in this category. It earned the highest honour bestowed by SPE International “The Outstanding Student Chapter Award” consecutively in the years 2014 and in 2015. UPES -SPE Student Chapter is also the recipient of SPE Gold Standard Award for three successive years in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

The UPES- SPE student chapter registered with the SPE North India Section is a platform on which students pursuing their engineering studies in petroleum and allied sectors come together to exchange information and share their knowledge and experience while at the same time competing amongst themselves through various competitions and  interface mediums. This fest also provides an opportunity to the budding engineers to interact with and learn from well-known experts and accomplished industry professionals. Association with participating professionals also provides to them the industry linkages and contacts which the students then leverage to further their careers and pursuits. The 5^th edition of UPES SPE Fest this weekend. Don’t miss the profusion of enthusiasm at this amalgamation of academics and professionalism. Be a part of the inauguration of the 7^th edition of Energy Era this SPE Fest.

Over 200 students pursuing their engineering studies in petroleum and earth sciences stream came together during this two day event which included participants from PDPU- Gandhinagar, Gujarat; UTM- Shillong, Meghalaya; Aditys College – Surapalem, Andhra Pradesh; Nuwrosjee Wadia – Pune, Maharashtra; ITM University – Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; Mohal College – Hyderabad, Telangana and UPES, DIT , Graphic Era & UIT from Uttarakhand. The fest was inaugurated by Mr Baljit Singh(Vice President, Jubilant Energy) in presence of  Mr. Raj Kanwar (Founder, SK Oil Fields) along with Dr S J Chopra, Chancellor, Dr Shrihari, Vice Chancellor & Dr Kamal Bansal, Dean of College of Engineering.  Sharing the details of the various  competitions which were organized during this fest Mr Arun Dhand , Director- Media Affairs said that most events were focussed to check the Oil& Gas quotient of the participants which included “Amphora” - A inter college quiz for various colleges of Uttarakhand; “Barrel Wars” -  A three round event requiring the talents of a driller, a geologist and a chemical engineer, with each round testing different set of skills; “Breaking Bid” -  An event related to petrochemicals, where participants will bid for unit operations and processes to most profitably convert raw material into marketable products virtually; “Techuminati”- Paper presentation based on oil and gas domain; “Virtuoso”- Poster presentation based on oil and gas domain; “Noesis”- Quiz event based on oil and gas domain; “Source Code”- Coding event organized for the programmer hidden in every petroleum engineer; “Symposium”- A group discussion and debating event that will test not only the depth of participants’ thoughts on the given topic, but also their ability to clearly and concisely convey those thoughts; “Mud Challenge”- Mud preparation event where the team that prepares mud whose composition and properties are closest to described parameters takes home the prize but the most awaited and looked forward to was the model display event , wherein  students got a platform to showcase their original models and get realistic feedback from industry professionals on their creations. Model display also included the projects done on simulation and modelling software like Prosper and CMG. Innovative projects like Multi well pad drilling were also put on display by the students.

Series of lectures from various oil and gas industry professionals were also held during this two day event where the students were given deep insights on the field requirements and conditions. The experts also shared what the industry expects from the new age petroleum engineers. The first position winners of some of the competitions were Simran Vidur of UPES for Symposium;  Latika Ozair Nandita of UPES for Virtweso; Rishika Anish of UPES for Amphora; Sagarika Himani of UPES for IOGCEE-Software. Prizes were given away by special guests at the Valedictory which included Mr A K Sacchan, Head of DIT, ONGC and Mr Abhijit Basu, Regional President, ONGC Videsh ltd.

The student led organizing team was ably led by UPES faculty which included Dr D K Gupta, Dr Mohd Ismail Iqbal, Dr Vasmi Keshava, Dr Pushpa Sharma & Dr R P Soni . The festival was sponsored by Himadri, Dabur, ATO tecH, SuRTech, Scafe & AIESEC. The student organizing team of UPES-SPE -2016 fest was led by Govind Hungenn, Ayush Aggarwal,Shivam Mallik,Parth Singh,Prateek Kharbanda,Ravi Patel & Sgarika Gangopadhyay.

Visit website for more details:- http://www.upes.ac.in