Culture
DCET/UICET student culture is one of the most visible in Panjab University. Cyanide the annual festival of DCET/UICET was one of the first student festivals started in Chandigarh and has a long tradition. The festival is often host to Star Performers, DJ Nights and other events. Tatva is the student magazine of DCET/UICET. There is an annual debate competition called the Polemic. Location: DCET/UICET is located in the heart of the university, next to the AC Joshi Library and Student's Centre.
Some famous alumni of the department are:
- Dr. Aravind Verma: Dean of Department of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He is also R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering.
- Dr. Daljit Singh: Ex Dean Faculty of Engineering, Panjab University Chandigarh. Counsellor of Science & Technology at Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA
- Dr. Akhil Bidani, Dunn Professor of Bio-Chemical Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Houston, USA.
- Mr. SC Gupta. Ex. Chief Executive, Engineers India Limited
- Mr. Baljit Gambhir. Ex CEO- Shell Oil India Limited (A Shell Oil Company) etc.
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Famous quotes containing the word culture:
“As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.”
—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)
“There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.”
—George Steiner (b. 1929)
“... we’ve allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyond fifty, sixty, or seventy—all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics—many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)