Constro India PCERF Vidhyarthi Competition 2018

Organisation : Constro India, Pune Construction Engineering Research Foundation
Contest Name : PCERF Vidhyarthi Competition 2018
Application Last Date : 1st – 2nd Week of September 2017
Location : Pune
Contest Details : https://constroindia.org/index
Website : https://constroindia.org/Index.html

PCERF Vidhyarthi Competition :

With the motto of ‘Education and Research’, PCERF undertake various activities, including PCERF- Padmashree B.G Shirke Vidyarthi Competition’, which is organised every year and supported by ‘B.G Shirke & Co’.

Related : Bharat Edu IDEA Competition 2017 : www.contest.net.in/24648.html

This Competition aims at enkindling the thoughts and skills of the students to come with efficient way of thinking in various facets of the construction practices and it endeavours to motivate students for emerging with the research culture as well as inculcating the research aptitude in budding engineers.

With an aim to provide platform to work in unison with all the stakeholders (viz. Students, Academic Institute / University and Industry) in the construction Industry, so as to evolve ways & means for more efficient use of construction practices and provide optimum value to the customer.

This competition was initially organized in Pune but now, it has reached beyond geographical locations of Pune. The competition is organized for Civil Engineering/Architecture students at Under Graduate and Post Graduate level the same receives a high participation of students from Pune, Mumbai, Nasik, Ahmednagar etc.

At the initial level student entries are screened by the respective HOD’s, before forwarding to PCERF. At the second level, PCERF appoints Advisory committee, consisting of members from Civil Engineering and Architecture faculties, which short list these entries out of the total number of entries received, based on standard criteria, which are defined at the start of the competition.

These short listed entries are categorised in four groups- each from UG and PG of Architecture and Civil Engineering. PCERF appoints Jury panel, consisting of senior Architecture and Civil Engineering professionals and the short listed students are further screened by the Jury panel, which is the final stage of this competition.

After this interaction, Jury panel select winners from each group as mentioned above and they are felicitated with a cash award, a trophy and a certificate each. All participants of the competition receive “Certificate of Participation”.

Encouraged with the student’s participation, PCERF is now planning to take this competition forward, and make it a Maharashtra state level competition.
The competition is organized with following objectives:
To motivate the students toward developing the R&D attitude in emerging technology
To enkindle the thoughts and skills of the students to come with efficient way of thinking
To develop Industry-Institute relations

To seek a solution for the identified problems faced by the construction industry
Schedule of PCERF Vidyarthi Competition – 2018
Launch announcement of PCERF Vidyarthi Competition 2018 – 29th April 2017
Finalisation of Jury and Advisory Member – 2nd Week of June 2017
Invitation letter to colleges for Participation – 1st Week of July 2017

Last date of Submission of EoI’s (Expression of Interest) – 1st Week of August 2017
Last date of Submission of final entry – 1st – 2nd Week of September 2017
Short listing of entries by Advisory Committee Member – 2nd Week of October 2017

Jury Interaction- Presentation of Candidates in front of Jury Panel for finalization of Winners – 2nd Week of November 2017
Compilation and Finalisation of Award – 1st Week of December 2017
Award Ceremony – 19th January 2018