AAROHAN

   Annual Day - AAROHAN 2022

   Annual Day - AAROHAN 2021

ANNUAL DAY- AAROHAN 8 | Date: 6th March 2021

“Aarohan” the Annual fest of the institute was organised on 6th March’ 2021. Amidst the corona pandemic, the way our institute bounced back to the new normal was the idea behind organizing the event. The theme was named “वीरिरतीरन” meaning resilience, the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.

Aarohan 2021 was inaugurated by chairman of CVM University Er. Bhikhubhai B. Patel, Vice- president Shri Manishbhai S. Patel, Hon. Secretary Dr. Shantibhai G. Patel and Hon. Jn Secretary Shri Mehulbhai D. Patel.

Keeping that thought in mind and following our annual ritual a one day event was scheduled including:
1. Viritiran – Aakruti: An exhibition that was scheduled to showcase the work of students.
2. Expert Talk – A guest expert talk was presented by Narayancharandas Swamiji on “vastushashtra”.
3. On the spot Games- Tug of War, Bounce the Ball, Stick the landing, back guess and Make the pyramid.

The immense energy, positivity and enthusiasm of students made the event successful.



Hospitality & welcoming guests


Opening the ceremony


Falicitate


Expert talk & inauguration

Sports


  Annual Day - AAROHAN 2020

Aarohan’ 2020

Aarohan 2020 a grand congregation of students of SMAID WAS A WEEK LONG Annual festival celebrated towards the joy of knowledge sharing. It encompassed various spectrum of learning as sports, expert’s guidance, hands on workshops and exhibition of student’s work. Students showcased their skill in dance, drama, singing & interpreted their cultural values.

Hon. Deputy collector of Aanand had encouraged them through their esteemed presence along with Hon. Guests from The CVM as Hon. Secretary Shri S.G. Patel, Mentor Secretary Shri Mehul Bhai Patel, Vice President Shri Manish Bhai. The flaovour joy and enthusiasm is shared here through some photographs of events.


SPORTS DAY - 26, 27, 28 JANUARY 2020



SPORTS DAY - 26, 27, 28 JANUARY 2020



WORKSHOP - DEPLOY- ABLE STRUCTURES
BY AR. SHYAM CHAUDHARI & AR. HARSH PATEL - 3RD & 4TH FEBRUARY 2020



WORKSHOP - MODEL MAKING
BY MR. SHAILESH SONAR - 3RD & 4TH FEBRUARY 2020



FOOD FEST - 5TH JANUARY 2020



EXPERT TALK & EXHIBITION INAUGURATION
BY AR. YATIN PANDYA - 5TH JANUARY 2020



EXPERT TALK - MR. HIMANSHU PATEL ( SARAPANCH) - 6TH JANUARY 2020



EXPERT TALK - AR. KAMAL PATEL - 6TH JANUARY 2020



MUSICAL NIGHT - 6TH JANUARY 2020



FORMAL FUNCTION ( EXHIBITION) - 7TH JANUARY 2020



FORMAL FUNCTION ( EXHIBITION) - 7TH JANUARY 2020



FORMAL FUNCTION ( FELICITATION TO DIGNITARIES) - 7TH JANUARY 2020



FORMAL FUNCTION ( AWARD DISTRIBUTION) - 7TH JANUARY 2020



FORMAL FUNCTION ( RELEASING EDGE PUBLICATION) - 7TH JANUARY 2020



CULTURAL NIGHT DANCE PERFORMANCES - 7TH JANUARY 2020



CULTURAL NIGHT FASHION SHOW - 7TH JANUARY 2020


  Annual Day - AAROHAN 2019

Aarohan’ 2019
“Aarohan” the Annual fest of the institute was organised from 27th feb. To 1st march 2019. The three days event had the theme “Parivarta” meaning Me Change represents transitions achieved through intense education in relation to the changes taking place globally, nationally and locally. The schedule from 22nd – 1st March 2019, enveloped a combination of different activities like the workshops (Abhikruti), exhibitions (Akruti), seminars, various sports events, Musical evenings, cultural events, fashion show and the Ending with Awards ceremony on 1st March 2019. Felicitation of scholar & their achievements by students in previous academic year.

Apart from academics lot of extracurricular activities and programs have been conducted during academic year 2018-19. Such events offer students an opportunity to increase their exposure and enhance their skills. Following are the details of activities organized in this Academic Year. 100% participation of the students is indicative of their enthusiasm and involvement in these events.

On the occasion of the seventh Annual Day, SMAID invited Prof. Sudhir Thakur for Expert talk……... Dr.S.G Patel Hon. Secretary and Shri Mehul Patel sir, Jt. Secretary of CVM, Chairman Sir Inaugurated the event.

“AAKRUTI” Annual Exhibition at SMAID was inaugurated by Shri Bhikhubhai Patel Chairman CVM. Dr. S.G. Patel and Shri Mehul Patel . Sec & Jt. Sec of CVM respectively were first visitor of the exhibition. The work of students was highly appreciated by all.




Software Application by Ar. Roshni, Metal sculpture making by Krishna sir (Artist) (22nd & 23rd February 2019)




Rendering Workshop by Prof. Ajit Patel, Paper craft Workshop by ID. Vishal Madhu (22nd & 23rd February 2019)




Sports Day ( 25th & 26th February 2019 )




Expert talk by Professor Sudhir Thakur (Architect,planner) on Development strategic planning of Shrinagar. (27th February 2019)




Exhibition Inauguration (28th February 2019)





Musical Night (28th February 2019)




Food Feast (28th February 2019)




Award Ceremony (1st March 2019)






Cultural Night (1st March 2019)


  Annual Day - AAROHAN 2018

The SMAID college Annual festival AAROHAN 2018 scheduled from 17th - 25th JAN 2018, saw a combination of different activities like the workshops, exhibitions, seminars, cultural event, ending with the Annual Day on the 25th JAN2018.
On the occasion of the sixth Annual Day, SMAID witnessed Shri Manhar Kapadia sir as the Chief Guest for the function. SMAID family also received. Dr.S.G Patel Hon. Secretary and Shri M. J Patel sir, Jt. Secretary of CVM, Chairman and other eminent dignitaries as guests. The Annual Day is a special day for students since academic awards & certificates are distributed for academic achievements. The formal function also saw release of the SMAID Annual publication ‘THE EDGE 2018’ on the theme “shelter for all”. The speech given by both guests were very inspiring and so was the prudential address events.


Ceramic & Terracotta workshop (Date: 17th - 18th January 2018)



Origami & colour on canvas workshop (Date: 17th -18th January 2018)



Annual sports day (Date: 19th - 20th January 2018)



Food feast (Date: 22th January 2018)



Exhibition inauguration (Date: 23th January 2018)



Expert Talk by Dilip Jain (Date: 23th January 2018)



Expert Talk by Ar. Rahul Dalvi (Date: 23th January 2018)



Expert Talk by Ar. Chetan Vaidya (Date: 24th January 2018)



Expert Talk by Ar. Anirudha Dehade (Date: 23th January 2018)



Certificate distribution to workshop conductors (Date: 24th January 2018)



Exhibition walk through by guests (Date: 25th January 2018)



Annual formal function (Date: 25th January 2018)



Award distribution (Date: 25th January 2018)


AWARDS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-17

Sr. no

Catagories

Name of the winner

1

House of the year

Vaayu

2

Student of the year

3rd yr B.Arch.

Rifaquat Khwaja

3

Highest attendance

2nd yr B.Arch

Megha shah

Highest scoring in Architecture

1

1st year Architecture

Ranker

Rajvi Siddhesh Patel

2

2nd year Architecture

Ranker

Ankit Mukesh bhai Suthar

3

3rd year Architecture

Ranker

Nayan Balu bhai Thummar

4

4th year Architecture

Ranker

Ruchi Rishiraj Kapoor

5

5th year Architecture

 Ranker & University Topper

Jigar Patel

Highest scoring in Interior Design

1

1st year Interior Design

Ranker

Lipi Dixit kumar Shah

2

2nd year Interior Design

Ranker

Niketa Manish bhai Panchal

3

3rd year Interior Design

Ranker

Darshita Sunil bhai Mali

4

4th year Interior Design

Ranker

Vaibhavi Patel



Cultural Event (Date: 25th January 2018)


Annual Day - AAROHAN 2017


Decoration for celebration of Annual Day AAROHAN



Day-1: 11th January 2017/ Inauguration of Exhibition



Day-2: 12th January 2017/ Welcome of Chief Guests



Launch of Annual Publication-THE EDGE-2017 (Theme- Green Development)



Award Distribution to Students for their academic achievements



Cultural Programs



Cultural Programs



Fashion Show


Annual Day - AAROHAN 2016

ANNUAL DAY- AAROHAN | Date:11th & 12th January 2016

SMAID celebrated its Annual festival AAROHAN 2016 on 11th and 12th January 2016. The fest showcased a rainbow of activities for two days including workshops, exhibitions, Guest lectures, Musical Night, and concluded with distributionof Academic awards to students, launch of Annual Magazine THE EDGE-2016” with theme on Heritage followed by cultural performances by students.

Day-1 Expert Talks | Date: 11th January 2016

Day one began with the expert talks delivered by renowned Landscape Architect KarmaveerGhatge and Engineer DipenGada. Respective guests shared their experience and interacted with students.
Dipen Gada
A presentation cum interactive session on Professional Projects, was conducted by DipenGada, from Vadodara, for students of Architecture and Interior Design. The focus of this Expert Talk was to enlighten the students on the aspects of “Light and Shadow”its importance in built environment and how to achieve that in design. He also discussed the importance of interaction with client to know their profile, choice to transform that into design with the help of professional techniques and methodology to develop a Project. It was an interactive session with queries/questions. The objective of the event was to get exposure & learning experience which otherwise cannot be achieved by class room lectures and reading books.


Ar. Karmaveer Ghatge
Ar. Karmaveer shared the practical aspects of dealing with landscape designs and its execution with the help of his completed project in various locations. Starting from inception to selection of plants pavement design, incorporation of water bodies’, boundary wall treatment etc. provided a palate of information to students to learn from.

Day-2 Exhibition inauguration, Formal Function & culturals | Date: 12thJanuary 2016

Beginning of day two had Senior Ar. Yashwant Mistry who shared his experience and guided students to learn and excel in their field. Ar. Yashwant Mistry was also the chief Guest for the evening function along with Guest of honour Archaeologist JitendraNath. SMAID family was proud to receive Dr. C.L. Patel, Chairman CVM, Shri S.M. Patel, Hon. Secretary, Shri V. M. PatelHon. Secretary, from CVM, our supporter’s family members and other eminent dignitaries as guests.



Exhibition“AAKRUTI” | Date: 11th - 12th January 2016
Faculty Coordinator: Ar. Ruma Singh       Student team: Bijal, Pavan, Jigar, & Vishal

‘AAKRUTI’, is the exhibition where Students’ Works is displayed annually during the college festival 'AAROHAN’. This year the exhibition was inaugurated by Chief guest Ar. Yashwant Mistry and was open for 2 days constituting works ofDesign Studios, Basic Design, RSP, History of Architecture, Technical Representation Drawings and Building Construction etc. Along with Guest of Honour Archaeologist JitendraNath, CVM Chairman Dr. C. L. Patel graced the occasion by visiting exhibition. Later on during the day many other dignitaries including Kamal Patel Chairman IIID Charotar Region, and parents enjoyed the displayed work.



Expert Talk by Ar. Yashwant Mistry

Keeping the theme “VARSO” of the annual Function AAROHAN, Yashwant Mistry delivered his lecture on Heritage. He explained in length the importance of heritage, for present and future generation. Ar. Mistry kept glued everyone to their seats till the end of the session.

Launch of Annual Publication “THE EDGE”

SMAID publishes its in-house annual magazine“THE EDGE”since 2014. This year’s theme being “Heritage”, magazine received an overwhelming response from students and faculties in writing articles. The magazine was launched successfully during annual day function.Heritage being the connection of past with present and for future generations, Magazine has covered various important aspects like significance of heritage, world over efforts to conserve the heritage sites, Selection criteria for declaration of heritage properties by various authorities and govt. bodies along with featuring UNESCO identified Sites in India. Various articles cover a range of concerns in relation to importance of heritage and its survival in long run.

Student’s Achievements | NASA

National Association of Students of Architecture is an event that provides a common platform for studentsto participate from Architecture colleges across nation.
The event consists of various design competitions, on the spot competition, cultural events, workshops and seminars, interaction with Senior and renowned architects of the country, exhibition where participating student from all the colleges showcase their work.Each college is represented by a UNIT SECRETARY and UNIT DESIGNEE.
This year students of SMAID represented the college at Zonal NASA Convention at Indore, and participated for 2 trophies. SMAID won 3rd rank in the Ruben’s Trophy, 1st rank in Sport’s Trophy and 3 more prizes in On the Spot events. SMAID was also shortlisted among 40 colleges in the Panel discussion trophy. SMAID received recognition of being in top 60 colleges among 400 total Architecture colleges across Nation in Annual National Design Competition (ANDC).
SMAID has participated i Annual Convention 2016, in LANDSCAPE, RUEBEN’strophy, HUDCO, Writing Architecture, and GRIHA Trophies.


Category Class Student
Highest Marks in B.Arch. IST Year Semester I & II NayanThummar(B.ARCH.)
IINDYear Semester III and IV Pavankumar Patel(B.ARCH.)
IIIRDYear Semester Vand VI Hiren Patel(B.ARCH.)
Highest Marks in B.I.D. 2014 -15 IST Year Semester I and II Chandani Harpal(B. ID.)
IINDYear Semester III and IV Yami Patel(B. ID.)
IIIRDYear Semester Vand VI Krupal Rajgor(B. ID.)
Highest Attendance IIIRDYear Semester Vand VI Siddharth Ambaliya(B. ID.)
“Student of The Year” IINDYear Semester III and IV
IIIRDYear Semester Vand VI
Pavankumar Patel (B.ARCH.)
Krupal Rajgor (B. ID.)

Faculty’s Achievements

An International Conference on Women in Science and Technology had been arrangedat BVM Engineering College in Collaboration with Gujarat Technological University from 28th-30th January 2016. Four faculties Prof. Preety Shah. Ar. Devyani Deshpande, Ar. Seemantini Soraganvi and Ar. Shilpi Aggarwal presented paper in the conference. The paper written and presented by Ar. Shilpi Aggarwal and Ar. Seemantini Soraganvi has been awarded Trophy and prize money worth 3000/- along with certificate for Best paper under different themes. Ar. JemishLathiya presented papers in National level Conference on Sustainable Strategies for Waste management on Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste management in Emerging Mega Cities. Jemish also published papers twice in International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (WEDR) / ISSN: 2321-9939 on Sustainable Slum Development Converting the Slum as Housing Stock: A Case Study of Surat, Gujarat, India; and Traditional Architecture of Kutch Region of Gujarat.

Cultural Programmes & Dinner | Date: 12thJanuary 2016

Following the annual day function was the time for cultural performances. The cultural included dance performances, singing, drama, fashion show showcasing costume design and ramp walk relevant to the theme ‘VARSO’. Mesmerising classical dance followed by Retro style and fashion show showcasing the various era of Rajputana, Maratha, Mughal wardrobe amazed the audience with joy and pride. The annual day came to the end with delicious dinner served to the audience.






The Souvenir Shop “ANTARNA”

“Antarna” becomes really active duringfestival “AAROHAN” and is run by the Students guided by coordinating faculty Ar. Devyani Deshpande. It started in 2014, with an initiative to display talent of students in the form of various articles and products students make in their coursework through subjects of electives and workshops. The products displayed in the shop are on sale throughout the year with a nominal price as a token of appreciation and encouragement to the student’s effort. The money collected is transferred to the student’s activity fund.
The students this year have set up the store with Madhubani painted tea coastersand bookmarks, Terracotta plates, artefacts and Jewellery, Tie and Dye Tee shirts, Bandhani scarves and many more such articles.The articles are on display within college premises and we also plan to put up exhibitions in other institutional fares that will give exposure and encouragement to students.

Annual Day - AAROHAN 2015

ANNUAL DAY | Date:30th January 2015
The SMAID college Annual festival AAROHAN 2015 scheduled from 27th-30th JAN 2015, saw a combination of different activities like the workshops, exhibitions, seminars, Musical night, ending with the Annual Day on the 30th JAN 2015.
On the occasion of the third Annual Day, SMAID witnessed Prof. Pradyumna Vyas, Director of NID, Ahmedabad, as the Chief Guest for the function. The guest of honor was past President IIID and practicing architect Ar.Bankim Dave from Surat. SMAID family was also proud to receive Dr.C.L.Patel, Chairman of CVM, Shri S.M.Patel sir, Hon.secretary CVM our donor family and other eminent dignitaries as guests. The Annual Day being a special day for students as well since all academic awards & certificates were distributed for academic achievements. The formal function also saw release of the SMAID publication magazine ‘THE EDGE’. The speech given by both guests were very inspiring and had objectives to look forward to the formal function closed by enlightening presidential remarks by Dr. C.L.Patel Sir.
Following the formal function was the evening of cultural. The cultural very importantly was apart not to be missed since performances inclusive of dance and drama related to the festival theme ‘SUSTAINABILITY-The ability to sustain’.

Formal Function | Date:30th January 2015

CULTURALS | Date:30th January 2015
This year's theme for AAROHAN was SUTAIN-ABILITY; i.e. how we are able to sustain.
Where the word ‘sustain’ means Natural and ‘Ability’ means due to which we can sustain.
Different aspects of sustain ability are "ECOLOGY & CULTURE".
The cultural event held this year was on the basis of this theme. The drama, dance and other performances were supportive in the sense of this theme.

Acadamic Awards | Date:30th January 2015

Prize Distribution:

1. Student of the Year: Hiren Patel,IIIrd Arch
2. Highest attendance: Siddharth Ambaliya,IInd ID
3. Ranker: i. Hiren Patel, IIIrd Arch
ii.Janaki Bhavsar,IIIrd Id
iii.Pavankumar Patel,IInd Arch
iv.Vaibhavi Patel,IInd ID
4.House of the Year: Vayu

Publication | Date:30th January 2015

Exhibition | Date:30th January 2015

Dinner | Date:30th January 2015

Decoration | Date:30th January 2015