Events

Events 2022-23

Site Visit For Sem II AD

An architecture case study is the in-depth analysis, exploration, and understanding of an existing building. While students consider a case ...
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Site Visit to Sir J.J. College of Architecture

Aim The site visits was conducted to have a practical and hands on experience of building construction methods and understanding ...
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Tour Photography Competition 2023

On the occasion of Photography Club presenting, which was conducted on 15th April, 2023, the PICA social media team and ...
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Guest Lecture on “Architectural Design”

As part of introducing the Sem II students to the nuances and processes involved in moving towards a process based ...
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Site Visit – Sem II

Aim To be able to evaluate the site condition and context. Objectives to undertake measurements of the plot boundaries, location ...
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Tekton Talks 2023

"Tekton-Talks"- is a Public Lecture Series as an extension activity of our Tekton Journal. This Academic Year’s Tekton Talks event ...
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Convocation Ceremony 2023

Pillai College of Architecture participated in the campus convocation with other streams like PIMSR, PCE, PCACS. The Convocation Ceremony 2023 ...
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Mutation 2022-23

'Mutations' is the annual, week-long event part of the M.Arch (Urban Design) program, open to all. It intends to extend ...
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Seminar on “Legal Awareness of Women’s Rights amongst the Youth”

Legal empowerment of women is an effective tool to grant them courage to face the challenges of life and seek ...
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Guest Lecture on “Upcycling Process of Context Specific Materials”

No. of Students attended the Lecture: 60 No. of Faculties attended the Lecture: 6 The lecture was organized on 25th ...
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Workshop for “Organ Donation Awareness Program”

Anubhuti, the social service wing of Pillai College of Architecture along with Pillai College of Engineering & Pillai Institute of ...
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Housing Site Visit to Samyama Towers, Kharghar

Aim - To Understand and Study the Planning and Services of High Rise Buildings. The visit to the Adhiraj Housing ...
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Kinesthesia 2023

Kinesthesia was finally here! PiCA organised Kinesthesia every year but due to Covid 19 it was not possible to conduct, ...
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Community Service Day 2022-23

Anubhuti, the social service wing of PiCA had organized a workshop for children from underprivileged sections of society and orphanages ...
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Expert Talk on “Process of Innovation, Development and Technology”

The session began with the introduction to speakers by Prof. Sarojini Lohot. Folds Design Studio. The firm works not just ...
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Study Visit at Nashik

No. of students attended the visits: 61 No. of faculties attended the visits: 5 Introduction: A case study is a ...
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Intra M.E.S. Sports and Games Championship

The MES Sports Council board and its club organize many sports events throughout the year, giving the players an opportunity ...
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Alumni Talk on “Overseas Education” by Salil Keny

The session started with introducing Ar. Salil Keny, Alumni of Pillai college of architecture Working as A Job Captain/ Designer ...
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Translating Research into Design Workshop

A Five-days workshop was organized by Pillai college of Architecture in association with PICA IIC for the students of semester ...
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Kamu Iyer Design Competition 2023

The 8th Year of Kamu Iyer Design Competition, the aim of this competition is to encourage the spirit of architecture ...
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Nirmal 2022 – An Inter College Architecture Design Competition

Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel Every year PiCA celebrates World Toilet day organizing Nirmal Design Competition, ...
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Workshop on “Translating Research into Design”

A five-day workshop was organized by Pillai college of Architecture in association with PICA IIC for the students of semester ...
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Freshers Day 2022

On 23rd December, 2022, the S.Y. B.Arch. batch of Pillai College of Architecture had organized an eventful Freshers for the ...
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Site Visit to Govardhan Eco Village

Aim: To study and analyse the various specialised services provided for sustainability and reusing material existing on site. Objectives: To ...
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Spirit Week 2022

The students of Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel participated in the Spirit week held from 19th to 22nd December, ...
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Mandapeshwar, Jogeshwari and Mahakali Caves Study Visit

Subject Coordinator: Prof. Rupali Vaidya Faculty Team for Site Visit: Prof. Gauri Damle Prof. Ajita Prof. Rupali Vaidya Prof: Aditya ...
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Site Visit Report to B. G. Shirke Const. Tech. Pvt. Ltd., Taloja

Aim: The site visits was conducted to have a practical and hands on experience of building construction methods and understanding ...
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Training and Awareness Program on Rights of Woman

In today’s fast-paced world, women have been multi-tasking and playing an important role in shaping the progress of nation. However, ...
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Events 2021-22

World Water Day 2022

Inclusive Social Awareness: Water is an existential requirement of a human being. Water also has its complex values when it ...
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World Wetland Day

Inclusive Social Awareness: Talavs, lakes and other water resources contribute to the major part of wetland ecosystems of the Konkan ...
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Convocation Ceremony 2022

Pandemic had led a huge difference in the academics. Due to which many programs were on hold. Hence, to honor ...
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Celebration

Every year on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, the Indian state of Maharashtra observes a public holiday. The residents of the ...
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Football Competition 2022

On 16th & 17th February 2022 students from Mahatma Education Society's Pillai's College of Architecture in New Panvel competed in ...
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Spirit Week

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel participated in the Spirit week held from 14th ...
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Guest Lecture on “Design Dissertation”

Prof. Jasmine introduced Ar. Shivani Patil. The webinar was aimed to orient students to the process, challenges, techniques and integrity ...
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Guest Lecture on “Context Sensitive Design Approach”

The lecture was organized on 5th February, 2022 on the Zoom online platform at 10.00 a.m. under the PICA Archilogics ...
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Guest Lecture on “Career Opportunities for Students in Defence Particularly Women”

On account of INDIAN ARMY DAY 2022, Anubhuti of PiCA and Senate, PiCA Student Council in association with women development ...
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Guest Lecture on “Awareness in Research and Innovation”

The Lecture on "Awareness in Research and Innovation" by Dr. B. K. Sarkar was conducted offline in seminar hall for ...
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Traditional Day Celebration 2021- 22

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel celebrated the traditional day on 23rd December, 2021 ...
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Induction Day 2021-22

Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel every year Conduct induction day wherein the newcomers (the first-year students) ...
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Tekton Talk 2021

"Tekton-Talks" - is a bi-annual public lecture series as an extension activity of our Tekton Journal The second talk of ...
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Kho-Kho Competition 2022

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel participated in the sports event Kho-Kho on 10th ...
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Constitution Day

Constitution day or the national law day is celebrated every year on 26th November to commemorate the adoption of the ...
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Tug of War 2021

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel participated in the sports event TUG OF WAR ...
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Webinar on “Popular Destinations for Studying Abroad”

"Popular Destinations for Studying Abroad" The aim was to create awareness among students about the process of application and issues ...
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Nirmal 2021 – An Inter College Architecture Design Competition

On account of World Toilet Day 2021, Senate, PiCA Student Council and Soroptimist Welfare Association (SIBC) organised the Guest lecture ...
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Halloween Day Celebration 2021- 22

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel celebrated Halloween on 31st October, 2021, with all ...
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Guest Lecture on “Children Friendly Built Environments”

PiCA’s Archilogics Webinar Series 2021-22 presented its next guest lecture on “Children friendly built environments” by Designer Aditi Agrawal. She ...
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Guest Lecture on “Creativity and Plagiarism”

The lecture on Creativity and plagiarism by Dr. Sudnya Mahimkar was conducted online for the students of B.Arch. on zoom ...
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Archilogics Guest Lecture on “Research Writing Skills”

The “Archilogics” 2021-22, guest lecture series by PiCA Panvel conducted a research writing workshop on 3rd and 4th September, 2021 ...
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Internship Seminar

"Preparing for placement" A discourse on how to select architecture firms for internship, applying to architecture firms, writing cover letters, ...
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Onam Celebration 2021

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel celebrated Onam on 21st August, 2021. Onam is ...
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Hirwai – An Initiative to Tree Plantation

Inclusive Social Awareness: Many institutions work towards improvement of the relatively unprivileged sections of the society. But in recent years ...
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3 o’clock Studio

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel every year arranges for a 3 o’clock studio ...
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Friendship Day Celebration

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel celebrated Friendship Day on 6th August, 2021. Making ...
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Mahad Flood Donation – Anubhuti

Inclusive Social Awareness In tough times like covid having floods and other natural disasters bring in life of people to ...
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Guest Lecture on “Design I.Y. Housing in Lonavala”

The lecture organized under the PICA Archilogic Lecture Series, was held on 9th July, 2021 on the Zoom online platform ...
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Guest Lecture on “Award Winning Thesis Presentation”

The 1.5 hours long session began with the introduction to speaker by Prof. Tejashree Lakras. The presentation was given by ...
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Events 2020-21

LENS – The Photography Competition

The students of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New Panvel celebrated LENS-The Photography Competition on the theme Architectural ...
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Saint Gobain Photography Contest

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Streets 4 People Competition

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Women’s Day

International Women’s Day 2021 event was celebrated by Women's Development Cell of Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s College of Architecture, New ...
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Tree Plantation 2021

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Trees are ...
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Bird Feeder Design Competition

Holistic approach to social service: Many institutions work towards improvement of the relatively unprivileged sections of the society. But does ...
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World Environment Day 2021

Inclusive Social Awareness: World Environment Day held as an annual event on every 5 June to raise the importance of ...
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Mask Donation Campaign

Inclusive Social Awareness: The Covid situation all throughout the country and the world has created havoc making it a life ...
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Earth Day 2021

Earth Day was first observed in 1970, when 20 million took to the streets to protest against environmental degradation. The ...
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Donation Drive Day

Inclusive Social Awareness: For us, the idea of winter means cuddling under the blanket for warmth, lying in our comfort ...
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World Water Day 2021

Inclusive Social Awareness: World Water Day (WWD) is held annually on 22nd March as a means to focus attention on ...
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Udaipur Architecture Festival 2020

It’s a pleasure to announce that PiCA was one of the knowledge partners at Udaipur Architecture Festival 2020. Also, we ...
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World Soil Day Celebration

Inclusive Social Awareness World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on ...
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“Best Architectural Representation ” Competition

1. We are pleased to announce that our students Md. Imran Dastagir of graduating batch 2020 and Pooja Chavan of ...
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“Archresource” – Your Drawing Challenge Competition

We are pleased to announce that graduating student of PiCA from the batch 2020, Md. Imran Dastagir has won the ...
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World Toilet Day – Q2P Movie Screening 2020

Event Details: Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel observed World Toilet Day on 19th November, 2020 by hosting two major ...
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Diwali – Sharing and Caring

Inclusive Social Awareness: Many institutions work towards improvement of the relatively unprivileged sections of the society.However, there is always a ...
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Halloween Competitions

Halloween Costume Contest event was held as a Competition for the best Halloween costumes and the best food dish for ...
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Vachan Prerna Divas

Vachan Prerna Divas event was held to celebrate reading books in terms of visual or verbal interpretations of the participants ...
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ACOUSTIC Guest Lecture

The objectives of this lecture is to help Students understand the: a. Importance of acoustics in Architecture b. Sound, velocity, ...
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Teachers Day 2020

Event Details: Mahatma Education Society observed Teachers Day on 5th September, 2020 on an online platform this year due to ...
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Short Film Competition – Theme “Social Concerns”

During the Covid-19 pandemic, while facing the challenges of lockdown and social distancing, we experimented with the students working on ...
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Alumni Talks by Mahesh Khanapurkar and Annie Diana Ninan

Pillai College of Architecture brings PiCA Alumni Talks - a lecture series to highlight and commend professional journeys of its ...
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Events 2019-20

IQAC Faculty Training Workshop for Guiding Design Dissertation Students

IQAC and the academic monitoring committee of PiCA together organised a faculty training workshop for guiding design dissertation students, on ...
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Mask Donation Campaign

Inclusive Social Awareness: The Covid situation all throughout the country and the world has created havoc making it a life ...
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Transparence Winner’s Felicitation

The General Body meeting was conducted for the felicitation of the Transparence 2020 Design competition winners and presentation of their ...
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Farewell 2019-20

The Masquerade themed farewell started with the national anthem followed by memento distribution to the final year B.Arch as well ...
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Traditional Day 2019-20

Traditional Day was a event where the faculty and the students came together on the stage to showcase their talents ...
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Felicitation Ceremony 2019-20

The Felicitation Ceremony was hosted by Kiran Patel (5th Year) and Nikunj Deshpande (3rd Year). The ceremony began with Prof ...
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Shiv Jayanti

Venue – Atrium, Pillai Colleg, Panvel. On 20th February 2020, the Shivaji Jayanti was celebrated with zest and zeal in ...
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MES Panvel Campus Model

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mahatma Education Society, our students of Pillai College of Architecture made a model ...
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Alegria – The Festival of Joy

Alegria - The Festival of Joy will be celebrated from 4th - 8th February, 2020 ...
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Constitutional Awareness

Constitutional Awareness - Article 73 and 74: Knowing our constitution is one of the fundamental duties of the citizen Indi ...
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Republic Day Celebration

Every year Republic Day is celebrated at the Quad court, by hoisting the flag in the morning at 8.30 a.m ...
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Community Service Day 2019-20

Inclusive Social Awareness: Many institutions work towards improvement of the relatively unpriviledged sections of the society. However, there is always ...
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Convocation Ceremony 2020

We are pleased to announce that the Pillai College of Architecture’s Convocation Ceremony 2020 was held on 10th January, 2020 ...
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World Environment Day

Event Highlights: Thought provoking lecture Engaging Question and answer Session Commitment by students to spread the awareness Distribution of pre-ordered ...
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Ajanta Study Tour

Objectives of the Visit: Commemorating the lost treasure: Ajanta Caves The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the ...
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Site Training on “Hitachi – HVAC”

HVAC is one of the most important services and there have been many innovations in this domain regarding making the ...
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Guest Lecture on “Design Variable and Design Intent”

Design Variable and Design Intent The guest lecture by Dr. Sushma Joglekar intended at making students of semester 10 understand ...
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Interclass Basketball

Event started with the match of second year against the fifth. The second year bagged their first basket in the ...
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Accesibility Awareness

About 100 students enrolled for being volunteers for the upcoming Audits with Aclude. Mr. Kangaraj, explained the problems faced by ...
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Study Tour to Tattakodi Village, Karnataka

The Rural documentation studio November 2019 aimed at inculcating research skills in semester 4 students by documenting and analysing the ...
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Study Tour to Auroville, Pondicherry and Chennai

Third year study tour is organised with the intension of study and document institutional buildings and their role in the ...
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Jumble Sale 2019-20

The faculty members of MES and PiCA in association with SIBC (Soroptimist International Bombay Chembur) organized a Jumble Sale on ...
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Mutations 2019

Description: 'Mutations' is the annual public exhibition of M.Arch. studio and thesis works done as part of the Master’s Program ...
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Doodle with Gandhi

Event Highlights: Exploring the ideas that define Gandhi Fun filled atmosphere with creativity and thought provoking concepts Students flock the ...
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Freshers’ Party 2019

Brief Description: The Freshers’ was conducted on 23rd September, 2019 in the Articial lawn. The theme of this year’s freshers’ ...
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Love Feast and Open Mic

The Love Feast and Open mic was held in the Ground floor studio and was participated by the students from ...
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Guest Lecture on “ACOUSTIC”

The objectives of this lecture is to help Students understand the: Importance of acoustics in Architecture Sound, velocity, frequency, intensity ...
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Chai with Khaki

Event Highlights: Visiting Police station on 15th August. Sensitizing students towards caregivers to society. Student volunteers served tea to the ...
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Orientation Week

https://youtu.be/GMDbV1_Uy1k The orientation workshop of Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel, First year students of B.Arch. was conceptualized on 31st ...
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Induction Day 2019

The 'Induction Day' was conducted on 31st July, 2019 at 10.30 a.m. in the college's auditorium. Aditya Shukla and Nikunj ...
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Past Events

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Competition

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Competition - the ‘first runner up’ and ‘transformative ideas’ awards won by PiCA M.Arch. (Urban Design) ...
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Kinesthesia 2018

The student council organized the event Kinesthesia, this time, as healthy competitions between the different batches. Students competed in Wall ...
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Basketball Tournament

The Student Council organize the basketball event on 30th November, 2018 in the artificial court at 3 p.m. Here, the ...
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Halloween Day

This year, the student council organized the first ever Halloween event with the help of the First years. Dressed as ...
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Nemesis 2018 (PiCA vs PiHCA)

This year, the student council initiated the first ever competition between 2 colleges of one mother institution. The students competed ...
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Chakravyuha

The mixture of fun and smart was felt on 24th August, 2018 as student participated in the competition of Chakravyuha, ...
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Freshers Day 2018

PiCA held the Fresher's day on 16th August, 2018 organized by the 2nd years and the Student Council. The 1st ...
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Induction Day 2018

As a welcoming step taken by the student's council, the Induction Day conducted on 1st August, 2018, to orient the ...
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Masterchef

The Annual event of Masterchef was organized once again by the student council, where in each batch had a team ...
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Futsal Tournament 2018

PICA had held Futsal Tournament on 29th June, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. which was organized by Student ...
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Environment Day 2018

Environment Day was organized by Anubhuti in collaboration with SIBC, in order to create awareness by calling Anand Pendharkar, who ...
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Yoga Day 2018

AS an initiative to develop yoga as a habit to be followed everyday, PiCA with the help of Align Yoga, ...
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Alumni Week

In order for students to experience a fun week of learning, PICA's Alumni organized the Alumni week with 6 workshops ...
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Comic Con

Every year student council organises a replica of comic con which happens across different parts of the world wherein in ...
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Tug of War 2017

PiCA had held Tug of War on 24th August, 2017 from 4 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. which was organised by ...
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Induction Day 2017

An Orientation Programme for the new fresher’s batch was organised by the teachers as well as the student’s council. The ...
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Volleyball and Throwball Tournament

PiCA had held Volleyball and Throwball Tournament on 28th July, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. which was organised ...
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Futsal Tournament 2017

PiCA had held Futsal Tournament on 30th June, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. which was organized by Student ...
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Anubhuti Event 1: World Environment Day

World Environment Day was hosted by Anubhuti, (A social initiative by students of Pillai college of Architecture) in collaboration with ...
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International Yoga Day

Pica celebrated Yoga Day on 21st June, 2017 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. which was organised by the student’s ...
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Mutations 2015

M.Arch. Urban Design Department, Pillai College of Architecture organized "Mutations 2015" at the College Campus in Sec-16, Panvel, Navi Mumbai ...
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Mutations 2014

It is our immense pleasure to invite you and members of your organization / fraternity to a special viewing of ...
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DesignWorks won the IIID – Godrej Innovations Award for year 2012

The design team for this competition largely comprised of X-PiCANs which included: Jinu Kurien, Ajay Pillai (1993), Raj Singh, Amit ...
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