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DRISHTANT,THE LITERARY SOCIETY OF MANIT IS VERY DRI SHTANT ACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO INCULCATING THE ART OF LITERARY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH AN ARRAY OF SERIOUS EVENTS LIKE WORD PRAWN, CROSS-WITS,WHILE OTHERS BEING FUN LIKE IN TRENDS,AVADA KEVADRA.IN THESE WELL ROUNDED 2 HOUR EVENTS,SCHOLARS GET TO DEVELOP GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH INTERESTING AND FUN FILLED ROUNDS.WITH 2SUCCESSFUL,HEAVY LITERARY EVENTS,BREAK THE I NTERNET AND I LLUMINATI 4 . 0 GRACING TECHNOSEARCH 15 AND THE EXTRAVAGANZA IN RIPPLE’ 15,DRISHTANT IS CONTINUOUSLY TAKING STEPS TOWARDS ITS AIM OF HARBORING A SOUND LITERARY PERSONA IN THE SCHOLARS. THE DEBATING SOCIETY, OR ‘ DEBSOC’ , WAS THRUST INTO EXISTENCE WITH ONE AIM:TO REPRESENT NI T BHOPAL AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEBATES DEBSOC AND JOIN THE RANKS OF THE BEST DEBATERS OF THE COUNTRY.T HE SOCIETY CONDUCTED ITS FIRST RECRUITMENTS THIS SEMESTER.T HE SOCIETY HOLDS REGULAR DISCUSSION AND DEBATING SESSIONS EVERY WEEK. T HEY REPRESENTED NIT BHOPAL CONTINGENT AT THE 11TH IIT DELHI PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE,AND NLS BANGALORE PROVING THEIR SPEAKER AND METTLE BY ADJUDICATOR GRABBING HIGH SCORES. CONTINGENT IS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE NLIU ELOCUTION 2016,AND WON THE FIRST AND THIRD PRIZE FOR BEST SPEAKER. I STE ISTE,MANIT ORGANIZED THE 14TH EDITION OF “ CHIMERA” IN THE FEBRUARY.CHIMERA,AN ANNUAL INTER COLLEGE NATIONAL LEVEL QUIZ COMPETITION AND STUDENT MEET, HAD A SERIES OF QUIZZING COMPETITIONS.T O EXPAND ITS REACH THE PRELIMS WERE CONDUCTED AT I NDORE AND JABALPUR AS WELL. ‘ UPSTART’ ,A START-UP CONVENTION WAS ORGANIZED UNDER THE BANNER OF C HIMERA ROOTING FROM “ MAKE IN I NDIA:S TART UP I NDIA” CAMPAIGN.ANOTHER INTEGRAL PART OF C HIMERA WAS MEGATREOPUZ, WHICH IS A NATIONALLEVEL O NLINE C RYPTIC HUNT. ISTE,MANIT WAS ALSO A HOST TO THREE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS DURING T ECHNOS EARCH, MUD WARRIOR SAGA ( MANUAL BOT RACING) AND CODATHON( CODING COMPETITION) .ISTE MANIT IN ASSOCIATION WITH T ECHFEST , I IT BOMBAY ORGANIZED ROBOTICS WORKSHOP IN S EPTEMBER’ 15. ISTE MANIT ALSO CONDUCTED A SERIES OF WEEKLY MONTH OF EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS TO KEEP STUDENTS UPDATED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY SPI CMACAY SPIC MACAY IS A SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF I NDIAN CLASSICAL AND FOLK ART IN THE YOUTH. SPIC MACAY, MANIT HAS ORGANISED THE ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR 1 ST YEAR STUDENTS. SOME OF THE PROMINENT ARTISTS WHO VISITED THE COLLEGE UNDER S PIC MACAY WERE: BHOLANATH MISHRA, HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL VOCALIST; PT. RONU MAJUMDAR, FLUTE PLAYER; JAYANTI KUMREJ, A VEENA PLAYER AND DARSHANA JHAVERI,A MANIPURI DANCER.A GUEST LECTURE BY S HRI VISHVAMOHAN T IWARI,RETD.LIEUTENANT AIR MARSHAL,WAS ALSO HELD.ON THE OCCASION OF HINDI DIWAS,KAVI S AMMELAN WAS ORGANIZED. ALSO,NAYA THEATRE PERFORMED A PLAY AND A SPECIAL PROGRAM OF KAWALLI BY BANDA NAWAZ. SPIC MACAY AIMS TO CONTINUE THE TREND OF SUCH EVENTS TO MAINTAIN THE GENERATION TOWARDS THE . INTEREST OF INDIAN CULTURE. THIS ISION HAD A FLOURISHING VI SI ON V ADVENTURE THIS SESSION ORGANIZING EVENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS STARTING FROM WLT SESSION TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF WORKSHOP , INTER-COLLEGE ARDUINO INVOLVING STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER BHOPAL. VISION HELPED VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS TO BUILD THEIR OWN BOTS,MODIFY THEM AND PREPARED TO A LEVEL FOR COMPETING AT NATIONAL LEVEL TECHFESTS. A BASIC AN