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S O C I E T Y N E WS GO GREEN FORUM THE ROARING SUCCESS OF ENVIRO 1. 0 PAVED THE PATH FOR A MUCH BIGGER AND MAGNIFICENT EVENT THIS YEARENVIRO 2. 0.IT HAD ALL ELEMENTS JUST IN THE RIGHT PROPORTION TO CAPTIVATE THE INTEREST OF PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AS ONLOOKERS AND AT THE SAME TIME,NOT LETTING DOWN THE CONCEALED AMBITION OF ELEVATING THE NEED OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND CONSERVATION. THE STREET PLAY SOCIETY OF MANIT USES THE MEDIUM OF NUKKAD NATAKS TO SPREAD AWARENESS REGARDING PREVAILING SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE SOCIETY.ALONG WITH PERFORMING ON INDEPENDENCE AND REPUBLIC DAY,THE TEAM PERFORMED AT VARIOUS STREE T PLAY COMPETITIONS LIKE ANTARAGNI ( IITKANPUR)AND RENDEZVOUS ( IITDELHI) .THE TOPIC RASHTRAAY OF CHILD LABOR AND THE PLIGHT OF OLD AGE HOMES WERE RAISED IN THEIR PERFORMANCES.T HE TEAM HAS RECEIVED 200+ EYE DONATION REGISTRATIONS AS A PART IIFM-BHOPAL KARYANVYAN SAMITI-BHOPAL. OF THEIR CAMPAIGN AND WON STREET PLAY COMPETITIONS CONDUCTED BY AND RAJBHASHA ROOBAROO HE I NSTITUTE OF I EEET ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ROOBAROO WENT THROUGH ITS USUAL EXTRAVAGANZA THIS YEAR.T HE PERFORMANCES ON 26TH JANUARY,15TH AUGUST,ENGINEERS’DAY CELEBRATION,AND FINALLY FLASH MOB AT DB CITY.ROOBAROO TRIED TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE THE CORE ART TALENTS,BUT ALSO REINVENT THEM.T HE AUDITIONS HELD IN JANUARY PROVED THAT ENGINEERS ALSO SHARE A DEEP LOVE FOR ALL ART FORMS.ROOBAROO SET UP A GRAND STAGE FOR MAFFICK’ 16,BY HOLDING EVENTS LIKE S WARANGAN,ANAHAD,ROCK BAND C OMPETITION, DANCING DOUBLES, DANCE FIESTA. ARTISTS ACROSS THE NATION IN ENGINEERS STUDENT BRANCH AT MANIT ENDEAVORS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. IN ACCORD WITH ITS AIMS IEEE MANIT STUDENT BRANCH ORGANIZED ITS ANNUAL EVENT AARAMBH IN S EPTEMBER 2 015. THIS YEAR, THE GUEST LECTURE SESSION “ SCEECS”WAS ORGANIZED ON 5TH AND 6TH OF MARCH 2016 WHICH WITNESSED RENOWNED LUMINARIES LIKE NL JOHN C MATHER, PROF. H. C. VERMA, DR. A S PILLAI,RICHARD STALLMAN,AND SACHIN GUPTA. POLYTHENE USAGE REDUCTION FOR GREENER ENVIRONMENT IS AN INITIATIVE BY THE STUDENTS OF MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL I NSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY,BHOPAL WHICH AIMS AT THE REDUCTION OF POLYTHENE USAGE IN THE COUNTRY.A SURVEY ON POLYTHENE USAGE BY SHOPKEEPERS WAS CONDUCTED AND A NOTICE WAS ISSUED FOR ETHICAL USAGE OF POLYTHENE IN MANI T.CLEANING EVENTS WERE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS KALIYASOT DAM AS PART OF THE S WACHH MANIT ABHIYAAN.ECOFEST WAS ORGANIZED ON THE OCCASION OF GANDHI JAYANTI AND THE GARDEN ADJACENT TO THE ACADEMIC SECTION WAS CLEANED. PURGE