Dr. A.I.T.H. Awadhpuri, Kanpur conducted 21 days long induction program for new comer first year students of 4-year B.Tech degree course from 15^th November 2021 to 04^th December 2021. Director Madam, Dean Student welfare and Dean Training and Placement in inaugural address appreciated the need for conducting such informative and educative program for young engineering students. The program started with an introductory address by Prof. Rachna Asthana (Director) and Dr. Rajesh Gupta (Dean, Student Welfare) . There was an icebreaking session by Professor A. K. Nagpal (Dean Training and Placement) on the first day. On the starting of the Program 120 students were registered with 16 Mentors, which increased to 278 after spot counseling. The Entire Program was conducted in active participation and effort of Dr. D.P. Singh as Co-ordinator.

The aim of the program was to give the students who are joining the college a bird’s eye view about various dimensions of engineering and the career opportunities for the engineering students and to acquaint them with the systems and procedures of the Institute as also to give them an idea about anti ragging rules. The program aimed to establish a cordial relation between Fresher’s and their Seniors in the Institute and to give a proper orientation to the new students about the course, about engineering and about the future prospects as well as the methodology of learning to be adopted to be successful in life.

The speakers included a mix of internal and external persons. Expert lectures for the Motivation of students were done by Prof. J. Ram Kumar, IIT Kanpur; Dr. Vinay Krishna, Dr. Brijraj Singh, Dr. Seema Dwivedi, Dr. Pratibha Shukla (AKTU UII Cell), Dr. Navpreet Singh and many more from the other renounced Institutions. During the Programme about 20 teachers as mentors each as per 20 students has taken the lecture upon HVPE daily for about two hours. He also recorded the attendance of the students twice during the Programme. Most of the special and Interactive lectures were taken by All Departmental HOD’s, Deans and Coordinator of the Programme. While updating the mental and Physical status of the students, various types of Sports related activities, Literary and Cultural Activities was successfully conducted as per the schedule of the programme.

Main events/topics were covered in the induction program: yoga, motivation, Cultural, Literary, Sports Activities, communication, leadership skill, interpersonal skills, stress management, group dynamics and team building, time management, Examination Skills and New Dimensions of engineering the sessions were well received by the students. A feedback survey, done among the students, who were present orally in presence of Director and Faculty mentors on the last day, showed that around 80.85% of students surveyed were of the opinion that the program was good, 12.77% opined that the program was excellent, 8.5% opined that the program was average. 97.87% of the surveyed students opined that such program should be conducted in future. The students also pointed out to improve about the infrastructure of ground, mess, Toilets and Hostel Facility.