Students' Achievement : Muthai 2016: Conceptual Design Competition for Pune Riverfront : Karan Dhumal & Namrata Sowale - 28/11/2016

PVPCOA congratulates it's students Karan Dhumal and Namrata Sowale in procuring First Position in the "Muthai 2016 - Conceptual Riverfront Design Competition".
Around 25 teams from different parts of the state like Kolhapur, Mumbai, Jaipur, Ahemdabad, & Nagpur participated in the competition. The teams also attended the induction, visited and selected the stretches, worked on it as well. 

Following colleges competed in first five : 

VIT's PVP COA 

COEP 

Sinhgad COA 

D. Y Patil, COA Akurdi 

D. Y. Patil, COA Kolhapur 

Panel of Jury contained well known and experienced Urban Planners,Ecologist & Landscape Architects - 

Urban Planners - Kedarnath Ghorpade & Ar. Malaksingh from Mumbai 

Landscape designers - Ar. Varsha Gavandi & Ar. Gayatri Godase 

Ecologist - Dr. Swati Gole & Parineeta Dandekar 

Jury's part contain 180 marks where as people from cross section of society who included a housewife, a shop keeper, advocate, practising engineer, doctor, CA, CS, school teacher etc were also invited. This section had 20 marks. 

Muthai River Festival 2016 'Conceptual Riverfront Design Competition' Results As per Expert Panel 1. VIT's PVP COA 

2. Sinhgad COA 

3. DY Patil COA, Akurdi & DY Patil COA Kolhapur 

As per Citizens Panel 

1. COEP 

2. Sinhgad College 

3. DY Patil COA, Akurdi 

After combining Expert Panel & Citizen Panel Final Results are 

1st Position- VIT's PVP COA & Sinhgad COA 

2nd Position- D Y Patil COA, Akurdi 

1st award now is divided into 2 teams which comprises Rs. 20,000/- each, out of which one award is sponsored by A Design Studio- Ar. Mangesh Gotal & Ar. Sidharth Harishchandrakar & by Jeevitnadi - Living river Foundation. The teams also get internship from Sustainable Initiatives, Pune. 

2nd award is for Rs. 15,000/- is sponsored by Spiro Designs, Ar. Shailesh Dandane & Ar. Abhijeet Waykule and the Internship with Ar. Anita Dake. 

The awards were distributed by the hands of Shri Rajendra Singh, " Waterman of India" He was quite pleased. 

First 5 entries were displayed in COEP auditorium again for viewing by dignitaries and Invitees.

Poster for the event

Thesis Studio : Wake up and Speed Up Studio 2016 - 30/11/2016 to 2/12/2016

Started by Ar. Pattabi Raman in 2010, we at PVPCOA continued the tradition of organising the Thesis Wake-up and Speed up studio this year too. This studio is a 3 day intense workshop for the Final year students to gear up for their Thesis Project after the Practical Training.

During the workshop students prepare a Brochure, a Poster and a Touchstone that creates a baseline for their Thesis Project and helps them get a clearer perspective to it.

The studio team is Ar. Prasanna Desai, Ar. Vijaya Srinivasan, Ar. Mrunalini Anekar, Ar. Minal Sagare, Ar. Rashmi Joshi, Ar. Shekhar Garud, Ar. Nachiket Patwardhan, Ar. Asmita Patwardhan, Ar. Darshan Medhi who will be heading the whole studio.

This year Ar. Narendra Dengle and Ar. Miki Desai are invited for the Studio review scheduled on Tuesday, 6th of December 2016.

Poster for the Studio

Studio team introducing the exercises

Students at the Studio

Ongoing at the studio

Workshops : Hands on Workshop (HoW) - 24/11/2016 to 28/11/2016

The Hands on Workshop (HoW) conceived in 2012 in PVPCOA, to understand the importance of indigenous materials in today's context and working along with students to bring back its glory. The students are encouraged to understand the material and technology, which are beyond the classroom / syllabus, by conducting annual workshops with the help of experts.

URBANISM is the study of the characteristic ways of interaction of inhabitants of towns and cities (urban areas) with the built environment. We, at P.V.P.College of Architecture, Pune, believe in creating socially conscious architects who can contribute in shaping our built environment. We identified the two raging problems of urbanism - SHELTER & WASTE. In order to bringing about a radical shift in students’ and ultimately the citizens’ outlook towards construction, we chose WASTE as our source to derive new building materials. With a vision to use the indigenous waste and man-made waste materials to solve the issue of shelters, we formulated a strategy for the Hands-on Workshop for the academic year 2016-17 involving the II and III year students.

This year the Hands-on Workshop 2016, where 15 groups of students from II year and III year respectively will compete, intends to adopt a research based approach and will focus on two aspects - Shelter and Waste.

The Workshop was scheduled from Thursday, 24th November 2016 to Monday, 28th November 2016.

The Jury for the Workshops were
Ms. Sandhya Dhamale, SWaCH, Pune
Ms. Ashwini Deshpande, Elephant Design
Ar. Meghana Kulkarni

The winners of the workshop were as follows:
1)
2)
3)
4) (Special recognition)

The whole Workshop was conceptualised by Ar. Vijaya Sriniwasan and Ar. Rohan Nahar, alongwith Ar. Harshada Brahme, Ar. Devendra Deshpande and guided by Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai. It was steered with the help of Ar. Hrishikesh Ashtekar, Ar. Minal Sagare, Ar. Vishal Patankar and Ar. Niranjan Garde. The workshop would not be a success without the help of our VIT's Secretary Shri Jitendra Pitaliya and the whole PVPCOA admin team.

Poster for the Event

Introduction Poster for the Event

Healthy Body & Healthy Mind : Mrs. Geeta Desai on "Healthy Body" & Blood Donation - 22/11/2016

As a part of "Healthy Body & Healthy Mind", expert sessions on "Healthy Body" by Mrs. Geeta Desai was conducted by PVPCOA on Tuesday, 22nd November 2016.

Mrs. Geeta Desai graduated from SNDT Pune in 1985 & did her post graduation in Food Science & Nutrition in 1987 from S. V. T., Mumbai She has 24 years of experience, in the field of Diet & Nutrition in which she was associated with a leading hospital in New Delhi as a dietitian for 2 years working on therapeutic diets.She has gained experience in the field of fitness & weight-management after working for a decade in one of the reputed health clubs in Pune. She has been a visiting faculty at Department of Food Science & Nutrition, S.N.D.T. College of Home Science and at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Pune. She has delivered lectures to create awareness about diet in various forums, Institutes & IT companies. She has also conducted Workshops for the parents of preschoolers, schools, colleges & personality development courses. She has also developed a diet & nutrition course for fitness professionals.

Currently, she is practising as a Diet Consultant and Nutrition Counsellor in Pune dealing with WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES and THERAPEUTIC DIETS specialising in diets for Diabetes, Cardiac & Renal problems, Hypertension, Gout, Ulcers, Disturbed Lipid Profile, diets for Pregnant & Lactating mothers, Children and also for Sportsperson. She has also devised diets for several sportsperson, athletes, swimmers, golfers and bodybuilders which has helped to increase their stamina and performance.

Today Mrs. Desai had brief introductory session with the students, where she spoke about how to maintain healthy body by regularising daily diet. Later she had one on one discussions with the students. A Blood Donation and Haemoglobin count camp was also organised as a part of  this session. She will be available for consultation in college on regular basis.