Anchoring script

Inaugural …15th September,2022

Dreams, visions, and experiences…
Architectural designs of some cosmic happenings,
Decades in the making,
Builds an apex of truth.
A very Good morning our honourable guests, intellectuals, benevolent teachers and dear
students to this magnificently glorious day as this day, is dedicated to liberty and innovation
of thoughts.
Welcoming speech

Today, we have gathered here to commemorate and honour the contributors and the
innovators of our society. I, Vartica Saxena on the behalf of our department would like to
present a gracious welcome to you all.

Besides, I am extremely privileged to welcome our Chief guest Mr. Shashi Mohan
Shrivastava, our hon’ble chancellor sir, Mr. N Ravishankar, hon’ble Vice chancellor Prof G
Raghuram, The key note speaker Mr. Brij Panjwani, along with our director SoAPD Prof. Dr.
Anjali Krishan Sharma.

I’m also honoured to welcome our respected Deans, Directors, Heads of various schools,
teachers and students. Thank you all, for giving us your precious time.

Lamp lighting

Darkness could not drive out darkness; only light can accomplish so, as said by Martin
Luther King.

Let us hope that the brightness of education overcomes the darkness of divisions, injustice,
and aggression in society and leads us to growth, equality, and liberty.

We would like to appreciate the goddess of wisdom for her blessings by kindling this lamp.
We pray she bestows upon us additional academic prosperity.

Hence, I would request the dignitaries to help us in the lamp lighting ceremony. (saraswati
Vandana)

Kulgeet……Moving ahead, I would like to request everyone to standup for our kulgeet

Plays…….
i-converge….
The acronym for International Conference on Vernacular Resource Genesis, provides a
platform to deliberate upon rational approach for the future built environment.
i-Converge 2020 focused on the theme of “Re-Imagining and Re-Designing Built
Environment in the Presence of COVID-19”.
In view of the post- pandemic era, i-Converge 2022, the second edition of international
conference, enthuses on the theme of “Changing Dimensions of the Built Environment”.
The conference is scheduled as a three-day event for knowledge sharing among artists,
academicians, researchers, students, policy makers, and industry professionals from
Architecture, Planning, Design, and other related fields and with constant discussions and
deliberations I am sure that we would be gaining new insights into the issues observed.
With this, I would like to invite our students of B.Arch 4th year to carry the event forward.
Inviting the guests to the dias-
Good morning to all present here. I, Ms. Aindvi and I, Ms. Ishika would like to request our
esteemed guests to proceed towards the stage and take their respective seats on the dias.
Firstly, I would like to invite our chancellor sir – Mr. N Ravishankar sir on the stage.
Sir has served as a Member of the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) During his Civil Service
career, he served in the Govt of Uttar Pradesh. Govt of Uttarakhand and Govt of India. 

He was the CEO of NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India) from 2007-11.
 
He also served as Administrator, USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund), in Department of
Telecom In this capacity he was appointed as the First CMD of BBNL (Bharat Broadband
Network Ltd) In 2014, he was appointed as Secretary (Administrative Reforms), Govt of
India. He also served as Adjunct Faculty in Dept of Management Studies at IIT Roorkee in
2016.

Following him I would like to invite…our vice chancellor sir – prof G Raghuram to take his
seat on the dais.

Sir is an accomplished teacher, administrator, and researcher in the Higher Education

Division. He was an integral part of the team led at BITS Pilani to envision the
transformation of the University. 

He served his five-year tenure as the Director of BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus

 In 2007, he was appointed as Deputy Director (Academics) in charge of academic affairs at
BITS Pilani including faculty recruitment.
  I consider it to be a great honour to invite our chief guest for the day Mr. Shashi Mohan
Shrivastava…Sir would you please take your seat on the dais too.

Sir has a teaching experience at Indian statistical institute since 1980 both at graduate and
under graduate level. He has been awarded by Indian national science academy medal for
young scientists in 1981
Sir has also organized many workshops and conferences since and has worked in several
countries for academic ventures.
His publications include several research papers & books.
I feel extremely privileged to invite our keynote speaker– Mr. Brij Panjwani on the stage
and request him to take his seat.
Sir is the Chief Architect at Panjwani Architects , is a practising Architect based at Dehradun,
with his wife Ar Ila Panjwani and daughter-in-law Ar Himadri Panjwani.

Over Forty years of experience in architectural design, planning, project development,

Interior design and hands on construction and execution that helped him to understand the
nitty gritty of detailing and its impact on site has moulded him into a personality that he is.

Ar Panjwani and his team have been Designing for Single family residences to multi
dwelling units and apartments, guest houses to hotels and resorts, nursing homes to
hospitals, commercial complexes and what not . The last four decades has been a learning
and growing process.

Ar Panjwani has been working in different parts of the country, be it Uttarakhand , Uttar
Pradesh Delhi as well as in Pathankot and Ludhiana in Punjab, Poanta in Himachal,
Guwahati in Assam, West Bengal, Ranchi, Chennai and Bangalore.

This exposure to the local materials , local construction practises and issues related to
those places has honed the skill and talent at Panjwani Architects .
Presently, Ar Panjwani , looks forward to solve new Design problems created by the
Pandemic and overcome new challenges, resolve issues and lead in technical innovation
by entering new areas of design development

Further, I request our director mam prof. Dr. Anjali krishan Sharma to proceed toward the
stage and take her position at the dais.
Professor of Architecture and Director: Having thirty-eight years of versatile experience of
academia, practice, and real estate sector.
 Was awarded an Indo-Dutch fellowship to research on Housing Typologies in public sector
housings and won first prize in a national housing design idea competition and was awarded
the project as well.
Worked on Indian Heritage Cities Network program, UNESCO, a continuation of doctoral
work on Sustainability and historic city and a core member of Asian Universities Network
Forum on Advances in Research, Japan.
 Bouquet Present….

As per the tradition of our University, I’d request the director ma’am to welcome our
guests by presenting them a bouquet.

As the chairperson of the conference, I would like to invite our director to the podium to
express her views and declare the conference open.

Thankyou ma’am for sharing your thoughts with us.

. Abstract Book Launch….

Now, we would like to invite our Hod sir Ar. Jitendra Sirohi and Dr. Aanchal Sharma for the
launch of our book on abstracts submitted for the conference.

We request all the members on the dais to untie the ribbon of the book as a part of this
ceremony.

Thank you all once again.

Our request now goes to our chancellor sir to enlighten us with few words.
Thank you, sir.
Now, may I welcome our vice chancellor sir to say a few words.
Thank you, sir.
I would now like to invite our chief guest to acknowledge us with his words of wisdom.
Thank you, sir.

Without much delay I would like to invite our keynote speaker Mr. Brij Panjwani, to the
podium for sharing his thoughts on the theme of the conference.
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Thank you sir for enlightening us.

Distribution of souvenirs…..

Once again, I would like to invite Ar. Jitendra Sirohi on stage for the distribution of
souvenirs to our guests as a token of appreciation.
Inviting the dignitaries and guests for high tea…

Thank you all for your time and patient listening.

At the end of the inaugural ceremony I would like to invite our guests and faculty members
for high-tea being served in the Vedanta lobby at ground floor.

Post tea-break we request you all to join us for the panel discussion on the topic:

Built environment 2050: Our preparedness and Approach, in the seminar hall, ground floor
of Vastu building.

I request the volunteers to proceed with our guests.