The symposium was held on 22nd and 23rd November 2012 under the theme of “Meeting Global Challenges through Knowledge and Wisdom”. This year, students from three more degree programs, Tea Technology and Value Addition, Mineral Resources Technology and Industrial Information Technology were privileged to join with their research findings. A new feature, a poster session was added to benefit those who were not successful in presenting their papers orally. In total, 47 posters were on display.