SRMIST (Vadapalani) opens up to KRATORQ 2019

S Vishnu Sharmaa, INN/Chennai, @infodeaofficial

SRM Institute of Technology’s campus at Vadapalani was the place to be on September 20 when KRATORQ 2019 was conducted. KRATORQ was a national level technical symposium organised by Mechanical Engineering department at Vadapalani campus.

Inaugurating the event M. Satyanandan, General Manager, Product Development, Engines, Ashok Leyland (Chennai) said that engineering students must develop essential skills that would be helpful in taking their careers to a great level.

Apart from skills what really matters the most is the attitude, it is essential that one must have the right attitude, he said. He cited his own case of journey from a fresher to the present level of his career in order to inspire the students.

The souvenir on KRATORQ’19 was released on the occasion. Students from various engineering colleges across India participated in various technical and non technical events like Robo war, RC racing, paper presentation, CAD Modeling, Lathe Master, Wild welder, wood pecker, HR skills and so on.

Prizes worth Rs 1 lakh were presented to winners in the events held during the celebration. A. Sengolerayan, assistant professor, proposed vote of thanks.K. Duraivelu, Dean (E and T) and S.Karthikeyan, professor and head, department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST (Vadapalani) were among those present.