Instructions

1. Carefully read the entire report before filling it

2. This report should be submitted in the prescribed word format only
3. Entry in all fields is mandatory, else the report will not deemed to be accepted
4. In case a student has completed GP3 course by participating in more than one
event/activity, he/she shall prepare multiple reports equal to the number of
events/activities in the same .doc file
5. Number of hours will be validated by the concerned Faculty Guardian, Faculty
Advisor / Faculty In-charge, Chief of Event/Activity.
6. Please note the last date for uploading the report is 31 March 2020.

Division: Branch:
Mobile No.:
Roll No.: GRN:
Name of Student: Gender:

Name of Nasa Space App Total Hours 50

Event/Activity/ Challenge (Pre- Completed:
Responsibility*:
Qualifier Round)
Activity Code: TE 14
Your Role Volunteer
Select Work Category: Technical

Enter the category

number: ________
Select Work Category: Events & Competitions

Enter the category

number: ________
Staff In-charge / Staff Email id: ashwini.shingare@vit.edu, rajshree.akolkar1@vit.edu
Advisor of Activity, Name of Faculty: Mrs. Ashwini Shingare, Mrs. Rajshree Akolkar
Event, etc.
Guardian Faculty: Email id:
Name of Faculty:

Objective of Activity:  To encourage students to know about Hackathon culture

and take active participation in real time issues or problems
using NASA open data.
 To bring forth the innovative ideas and solutions to the
problem statements provided by Space Apps Team.
  Students selected in Pre-Qualification will be sent to local
level of Hackathon to compete with different Zonal winners.

Description of Activity
(Minimum 500 words) The Nasa International Space App Challenge is a collaborative
(Give brief event lead by NASA conducted in different cities all around the
description) world to bring out solutions for everyday problems using
opensource technologies. It’s a hackathon conducted amongst
colleges where students pitch their ideas and innovations to solve
problems in the society. Nasa leads this global collaboration along
with a number of government collaborators and over 100 local
organising teams across the globe.

The event began with the mentors giving a talk to the participants
about the event. This was followed by the elevator pitch where al,
the registered teams who were given 2 minutes to pitch their ideas.
This was followed by lunch break after which the students had to
work on their ideas with mentor support wherever needed. The
mentors were from various background like cloud computing, web
application development etc. The participants gained the
knowledge talking with them. The mentors too appreciated their
efforts.
The fun session rejuvenated the students. This was followed by
second round of scrutiny where the teas were given 3 to 5 minutes
to explain their work until then.
The final the pitching session was conducted where 8 teams were
selected from the zone which ended the hackathon. The winners
were selected based on how technically sound they were their
creativity and the open data sets used by the students.

Duration (In case your Date (dd/mm/yyyy)↓ Time Slot (XX: XX Working Hours (x
contribution in am/pm TO YY: YY hours) ↓
event/activity was for am/pm)↓
more than one day, 3/02/20 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. 1
please specify all 14/02/20 12 pm to 2 p.m. 2
dates and time slots in 17/02/20 10 am to 5 pm 7
the adjacent columns) 18/02/20 10 am to 5 pm 7
 20/02/20 10 am to 5 pm 7
21/02/20 10 am to 5 pm 7
22/02/20 10 am to 5 pm 7
23/02/20 7:30am to 7:30pm 12
Venue: Room no 1324,1325,1236,1237,1328,1413

Your Role & As a volunteer I was supposed to help organizers of the event. I was
Responsibilities: a communication link between organizers and participants. I went
[As Organizer or to various colleges to inform students about this event and bring as
Participant] many entries as possible. I went in classrooms of different colleges
(Minimum 250 words) to inform about the event. I was sent with a group and we also
setup a marketing desk in colleges for getting entries and informing
students.
On the day of event, my main task was to make sure participants
were having enough resources and provide them with any
assistance that I could give. As a volunteer we were assigned
different duties by organizers to handle all participants. We
provided food (lunch, dinner, breakfast) tea and snacks, water and
wi-fi. We were all assigned with different duties to manage all these
amenities.
Benefits to Self 1. Exhibit and enhance leadership skills by working effectively
(Event / Activity with others, employ delegation as a means to involve group
Outcomes): members, use discretion when dealing with liability,
suitability, or matters of confidentiality.
2. Develop problem solving abilities and critical thinking by
diagnosing problems, generate and choose between multiple
solutions, and evaluate outcomes.
3. Develop and enhance communication, interpersonal and
team working abilities by articulating relevant information
to various individuals and groups.
4. Understand the importance of and work to develop
professional relationships with constituents, staff, faculty,
peers, external persons etc.
5. Prioritize commitments and employ time management skills
to maintain balance between academic work, co-curricular
and extracurricular activities, personal time, etc.
6. Perform all the tasks in team and maintain a coordination
within system
Learning,  Learn about the volunteer work and its volunteer
Experiences, policies
Challenges, that you
would like to share:  Get an orientation about work and training for
(Minimum 100 words) volunteer role

 Know the organization’s policy or protocol for

handling complaints or any issues of concern

 Get guidance and support in your volunteer role

Suggestions, if any, to Keep sensitive organizational information confidential
make that
activity/Event more Be punctual for your volunteer duty or shift
effective (optional)

Snaps of
Activity/Event (please
share photos or web
links and other
documental proofs like
certificates, etc.): (Min
4 snaps