Marathi Bhasha Diwas was celebrated on 27 February 2019 in St. Francis Institute of Technology with great enthusiasm. Many contests were organized a week before to celebrate the occasion. Students and faculty participated in the recitation of their poems at a get-together in the Assembly Hall of the Institute.
Details of the participants for every segment of the contest is as follows:
Spin a Story Contest with 100 words:
1) प्रथमच..! by Asst. Prof. Sunil Pansare (In-Charge HOD, Mechanical Engineering)
2) निरोप..! by Asst. Prof. Sunil Pansare (In-Charge HOD, Mechanical Engineering)
3) खरा मानकरी by Asst. Prof. Sunil Pansare (In-Charge HOD, Mechanical Engineering)
4) विसाव्या शतकातील आनंदी by Tanmayee Gosavi (TE-ExTC A)
Pen a Poem:
1) एक होता पाकिस्तान by Vaibhavi Naik (TE-ExTC B)
2) मायबोली मराठी by Mr. Raheem Sayyad (Library Attendant)
3) कितीदा नव्याने तुला आठवावे by Ankush Patil (BE-ExTC B)
4) आई by Asst. Prof. Pradnya Rane-Sawant (Computer Engineering)
5) मैत्री म्हणजे......!! by Prof. Dr. Kavita Sonawane (HOD, Computer Engineering)
6) बाजार by Sumukh Maduskar (TE-CMPN B)
7) जास्त त्रास कशाचा? by Vibha
Face-A-Book:
1) श्री. अच्युत गोडबोले यांचे मुसाफिर by Ms. Yashada Agarkar (Laboratory Asst., Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering)
Cook it up:
1) खांडवी by Ms. Sucheta Prabhudesai (Asst. Librarian)
2) ठिकरीची आमटी by Natasha Shinde (BE-ExTC B)
3) मांसवडी by Asst. Prof. Dr. Vaishali Jadhav (Information Technology)
Marathi Personalities:
1) महाराष्ट्र भूषण: डॉ नानासाहेब धर्मादिकारी by Mr. Vishal Acharekar (Laboratory Asst., Mechanical Engineering)
Alongwith the above contests, a book exhibition of Marathi books was organized in the Library.
Also, a page "Maharashtra Times: Pahile Paan (पहिले पान)" dedicated to Review of Books was created on our blog. This page contains reviews of books published in Maharashtra Times e-paper.