“Interact-O-Fun” was organized by the Basic Sciences and Humanities Department in association with the Happiness Center on 2^nd and 3^rd July, 2021 from 2 pm to 4 pm for First year students. It was held online through the Webex platform.

This 2 day event was organized to boost the confidence of first year students and enhance their skills in various activities. It was also aimed to promote students interaction with their classmates and seniors.

The first day started with an introduction of the three categories. The First event was “VISUAL INK” in which the participants’ art work was displayed on screen and they were given 60 secs to describe the thought behind their work. This round was judged by Dr. Jyoti Thakare and Prof. Prachi Pande. Vikas Yadav was declared as the winner and Anjali Charje was the runner-up.

The next category was ‘FEET OF FIRE’, in this participants amused the audience with their live and recorded dance videos. It was judged by Dr. Sucheta Moharir and Dr. Rajashree Anwane.  Bhakti Ingle was declared as the winner and Abin George was runner-up

The last event of the day one was ‘WORD RENDER’, in which the participants shared poems written by them. Dr. Kirti Sahu and Prof. Sachin Nagmote were the judges and they declared Subir Sarkar as the winner and Shantanu Jangale as runner-up.

The next day began with an interaction between the first and second year students. The First event for the day was ‘SHUTTER UP’. The participants photographs were displayed on the screen and they had to explain the theme of their click. Lloyd Mendonca was chosen as the winner and Parul Walde was runner-up of the event. The judges were Dr. Sucheta Moharir and Prof. Vasudha Patil.

The next phase was the most awaited event ‘AMPLIFY’, it was judged by  Prof. Namrata Gore and Prof. Atish Gour. Shruti Waghmare’s voice touched the heart and minds of everyone and she was declared as the winner and Om Itankar was the runner-up.

The last event was ‘THUNDER BIRDS’ in which the participants displayed their fitness and workout techniques in the form of recorded videos and live stream. The judges of the event were Dr. Ashlesha Nagpure and Prof. Nikhil Hans Raj and Swapnil Thawale was declared as the winner and Manaswani Mohite was runner-up.

The 2 - day event was concluded with a lot of joy and enthusiasm.

The event was coordinated by 4th Semester students Vibhuti Khodke, Kanishk Kalkar, Dhanashree Pande, Gauri Vyas, Ankit Gharodkar, Kalyani Rajput, Treesa Sibhu, Atharva Likhtkar, and Chirag Agrawal.

From Second Semester the Coordinators were Geetshree Padole, Prachi Adyalkar, Shriddhi Bopche, Shraddha Dahekar, Tajshree Zade, Harsha Kahar, Nidhi Jamgade, Diksha Ladke, Shruti Nandanwar, Tapashya Pandit, Pallavi Kapse, Priyanka Sarode, Likesh Chaudhari, Apurva  Yesankar, Vikas Charde, Subir Sarkar, Shreya Kamble, Rutuja Hande, Om Sorte, and Vaishnavi Bode.

It was conducted under the guidance of Prof. Namrata Gore (Incharge, BS&H Dept.), Dr. Ashish Bodhaye (Co.&Extracurricular Coordinator) and Prof. Sonia Francis (Happiness Center Coordinator).