About LAC
LAC is among the oldest established student chapters of the Institute. It is the official quizzing, speaking and literature chapter of SVNIT. The committee has been playing an active role in the personal and professional development of the students since its establishment. The committee has three main pillars namely Quizzing, Reading, and Speaking. A wide array of events related to the aforementioned pillars are conducted throughout the year for the students of the institute. These events, in addition to helping the students in developing a wide range of soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, public speaking, self-confidence to name a few, also provide a platform to come together and interact with their peers. Every year a new committee is formed through the process of interviews. The committee members regularly partake in the club’s activities which additionally help them in learning management and organizational skills. The committee is guided by Dr. Kalpana Maheria as the Chairperson along with Dr. Chetan Patel and Dr. Sumit Khare as the Co-chairpersons.
Events
The committee conducts regular events all around the year.
Proposed Events:
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Literature Festival
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Book Challenges
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Soft Skill Workshops
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Speech Competition
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Murder Mystery
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Debate Competition, GD workshops
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Quiz Week
Literature Festival
To spread the joys of literature through a variety of fun-filled events, LAC organized the Literature Festival which included a lot of fun-filled activities including debating events, a Squid Game-style event, a Townhall discussion, an open mic, and many more. In addition, a vast LitStreet with various booths selling merchandise, food, and beverages as well as a sizable Book fair as the major attraction, were put up throughout the course of two days.
These are not all! Aaditya Kulshreshth, the witty comedian is shared some of his humour and experiences with everyone on the fun evening of 15th October. Dr. Vineet Aggarwal, the mythologist and the famed author of books like Vishwamitra and Parashuram is shared his knowledge on mythology, stories from India’s past and also had an intriguing exchange with students. We also had the band Strings and Stories who delivered an enchanting performance to draw the curtains on this grand festival.
Quiz Competition
LAC and CAC collaborated to conduct the "Independence Day Quiz" in honour of Azadi Ka Mahotsav.
The event drew a campus-wide audience of twenty-two teams of up to three members each.
The quiz, which was centred on India's freedom movement, included two rounds: the preliminary round and the finals.
The preliminary round questions covered topics such as the Quit India Movement, historical battles like the Battle of Buxar, and freedom fighters like Dr. BR Ambedkar, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, and even Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The top five teams advanced to the final round. The complexity of the questions also increased dramatically, with questions based on news clippings, photographs, and quotations.
Essay Competition:
LAC and CAC collaborated to conduct the "Independence Day Essay Competition" in honor of Azadi Ka Mahotsav.
The event drew a campus-wide participation of many students.
The essays were based on two topics: Unity in diversity of our nation and Highlighting the role of women in India's Independence struggle.
It was a handwritten essay competition with a time limit of one hour and all the students penned down their thoughts on the topic.
Speech Competition:
The LAC and CAC collaborated to conduct the "Independence Day Speech Competition" in honor of Azadi Ka Mahotsav.
The speech's topics were: 75 years of Indian Independence: Lessons learned and future aspirations, India then and India Now Importance of Patriotism in modern times. The competition witnessed several confident orators who voiced their opinions in front of the audience and judges.
INDIA QUIZ
Literary Affairs Committee on the auspicious occasion of Republic Day, conducted the first of its kind, an All-India Quiz. We reached a milestone of over 1100 individuals pouring in from all over the country. The quiz was centered around India which covered a wide array of topics ranging from biz-tech, geography, history, mythology, politics to MELA.
The elimination round ran fairly smoothly, but the players had to lock their horns to reach the finale.
The final round was split into two rounds: ‘Pick Your Poison’ and ‘Long Connect’. The 8 teams played both the rounds and the scores were tallied. It was an evening of relentless competition as the participants fought it out for a position on the leaderboard.
GD Competition
LAC in collaboration with CHRD and ATPAC conducted a Group Discussion competition as a part of Swachhata Pakwada.
The event drew in students from all around the campus who were keen to share their opinions.
The competition was split into a total of three rounds and the students who had the most frequent and logical contributions in the first two discussions were selected for the final round.
Quiz Competition
On the occasion of Vigilance Awareness Week, Literary Affairs Committee organised a quiz competition covering various government policies and the fight against corruption through various other means in the present day, which attracted and engaged a huge crowd who showed a keen interest in quizzing.
Murder Mystery
LAC conducts the Murder mystery event cum orientation for the first year students of the Institute. The event aims to test the listening and comprehension skills of the participants. The members of the committee play suspects of a murder and are questioned by the participants to find out the murderer among the suspects. The Event yearly hosts a turnout of over 300 students who are divided into teams out of which the top three teams get awarded handsome cash prizes.
Anime and Cartoon Quiz:
LAC conducted the second major quiz of the year, the Anime and Cartoon Quiz in the first week of April. The event tested the participants' trivia knowledge from popular cartoons and the animation industry. The quiz saw a turnout of 200 students from the Institute.
Group Discussion Workshop:
Under the guidance of Dr Urvashi Kaushal, LAC went on to conduct another college-wide Group Discussion Workshop exclusively for first-year students to introduce them to GDs in their first year itself. The members of the committee taught the basics of GD to the first-year participants and then mentored and moderated discussions on current affairs topics. A total of 200 students participated in the workshop.
Inter-NIT MELA Quiz
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A first of its kind, the Inter-NIT Quiz was conducted by LAC with the aim of establishing relations with other institutes on the student level,164 participants from across 20 NITs participated in a competitive 5-hour quizzing session, with 3 teams coming out on top. The event was a major success, with NIT Surat securing 2nd position among the participating NITs.
Intra LAC Events:
Lac conducts various intra LAC events which are beneficial for the club members to develop good communication , Speaking and Quizzing skills. Some of the Intra LAC events include Group Discussion (GD ) among the club members, Intra-Lac Debates, Weekly Su-che ( Quiz event), Lac 15 days Book reading challenge, JAM, Extempore, ShipWrecks, Weekly Toastmasters , Intra-Lac Boardroom. These events help the club members in shaping their personality and to become more professional towards the society.