ISTE Students Chapter Annual Report ( )

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1 ISTE Students Chapter Annual Report ( )

2 The Indian Society for Technical Education s student s chapter of Government Engineering College, Thrissur holds immense pride in being a part of the prestigious institution that ISTE has always been. The way this pride reflects in GEC is what sets our students chapter a class apart; it manifests in the form of the persistent hard work and a perennial desire to excel and consequently make ISTE, in turn, proud of us. The students chapter rising to be the champions of the past 8 student conventions in a row, being chosen the best students chapter in the last student convention Viviktha 15, hosted by GEC Thrissur are facts that speak for themselves and bolster the reputation of the students chapter as the frontrunner. The chapter aims to consistently guard the aforesaid reputation by honing the skills of its large and passionate member-base through organizing events, workshops and industrial visits to effect overall development of the members. The organisational history of the students chapter over the past year has been described in the following section. Binoy B B Faculty Advisor GEC Chapter

3 1. VIVIKTHA 15 The 14th Annual State Conventon of ISTE, the Indian Society for Technical Education, was held on September 18 and 19 of This grand inter-college fest was based upon the theme bridging the gap between rural and urban India through technology, which was inspired by the innovative strategy called PURA put forth by our former President, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. With more than 20 technical events and other general events, Viviktha 15 was indeed a grand inter college fest. Several engineering and polytechnic colleges all over Kerala took part in the convention under the banner of ISTE. Viviktha 15 was chaired by Dr. K P Indiradevi, Principal of GECT. The General convenor was Prof. C P Sunil Kumar and Navneet Vijay was the Student Convenor, Prof. Binoy B B being the Organising Secretary and Anees Rahman and Adhvaid J were the other student representatives. Over 20 events were organized and about 600 students from various colleges participated and prize money worth Rs. 2.5 lakhs was given away.

4 Viviktha 15, the 14th annual state convention of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), conducted at the Government Engineering College, Thrissur was officially inaugurated by the chief guest Dr. K Sivan, the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre by lighting the lamp in a packed auditorium. The inaugural function was attended by Dr. K P Indiradevi, Principal, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Prof.C P Sunilkumar, program convenor, Prof.Binoy B B, organizing secretary, Prof. T Krishnakumar, Vice President, alumni association of GEC Thrissur, Dr. B Anil, Principal, Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Prof. M M Kuriakose, Secretary of ISTE Kerala Section, Sri P Nandan, PTA President, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Navneet Vijay, Student Convenor of ISTE GEC Chapter and Harikrishnan Varma, College Union Representative.

5 Dr. Ajith Prabhu, Director of KSCSTE, was the chief guest of the valedictory function of the convention. Other dignitaries including the Director of Technical Education Dr. Vijayakumar and Dr. K. P Indiradevi, Principal GEC Thrissur were also present. Student Convenor, Navneet Vijay presented the report of the convention. The function also witnessed the prize distribution to winners of various events and presenting the overall champions trophy to Government Engineering College, Thrissur by the chief guest Dr. Ajith Prabhu. The vote of thanks was given by Anees Rahman, Secretory, ISTE GEC Students Chapter.

6 2. SEMINAR BY Dr. RUPALI KHANOLKAR In connection with Viviktha 15, a national seminar was held at Government Engineering College, Thrissur, on September , by Dr. RUPALI KHANOLKAR, Project Manager, RuTAG, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. The seminar, co-sponsored by KSCSTE, was based on the theme of the convention Bridging the gap between rural and urban India through technology. The eminent professional spoke on the widening distance between the urban and rural parts of the country and how technological efforts can make betterments to the scenario. Students from almost all branches, both B.Tech and M.Tech attended the seminar

7 3. WORKSHOP ON SOLAR AND SMART ENERGY SYSTEM Affiliating to Viviktha 15, Roboversity by Skyfi Labs, held a workshop on Solar and Smart Energy Systems in Government Engineering College, Thrissur, on 12 th and 13 th of September The motto of the workshop was to teach the participants to make use of the solar energy in place of non renewable resources that is in use today. The workshop included courses on : 1. Designing and developing smart traffic signal control systems and solar-powered mobile charger 2. Understanding renewable energy and smart systems 3. Introduction to embedded systems, microcontroller programming and digital sensors 4. Providing practical experience working with live projects on smart systems and solar panels. The workshop conducted, co-sponsored by KSCSTE, had a fee of Rs.6000 per team (each team had 5 members). A staggering number of more than 30 teams participated in the workshop, much to the surprise and joy of both the workshop handlers and the student organisers. The workshop equipped participants with both knowledge and ability to make devices that run on solar energy.

8 4. C PROGRAMMING CLASSES ISTE GEC chapter has been organizing several workshops and seminars for the students for many years. One of such workshops is C programming which is mainly aimed for first year and second year students who find difficulty with C programming subject included in their syllabus. ISTE has conducted C programming classes for the second year students of all the departments, on 25th and 26th September 2015.The programme mainly dealt with the basics of C programming language, thus it was very helpful to the students from biology background. The workshop was scheduled between 9.30am to 4.00pm. The program was inaugurated by Dr. B Jayanand HOD& Professor, Electrical Department, GEC Thrissur. More than 60 students attended the workshop. Classes were organized on the first day and practical sessions on the next day at Central Computing Facility. The classes were coordinated by

9 Abhay Krishnan(S7 CSE), Neel Alex(S5 CSE), Antony(S5 CSE), Shijina(S5 CSE), Sidharth(S3 CSE), and Akshay(S3 CSE). 5. INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO AKASHAVANI Our Students Chapter organized yet another informational experience for the final year Electrical and Electronics engineering students, a one-day visit to Akashavani, Thrissur on 5 th October students, guided by ISTE Students Chapter Faculty Advisor Binoy B B and Prof. Uma Syamkumar of the EEE department were participated in the visit. 6. ANALYTICAL AND DOCUMENTATION TOOLS FOR RESEARCH The Two day workshop on Analytical and Documentation Tools for Research was organized by CERD Satellite Centre, Government Engineering College, Thrissur associated with ISTE Students Chapter on 15 th and 16 th, October, Faculty/Research Scholars/ MTech students of AICTE approved Engineering Colleges were eligible to apply for the workshop. About 40 participants from different Engineering colleges registered for the workshop. The day started with the registration of the participants. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. M. Nandakumar, Professor, EEE Dept. GEC Thrissur who gave an informative talk on the recent developments in the documentation field solely for the research. Later a brief overview of the workshop was given by Mr. Binoy B.B, Course Coordinator and Faculty Advisor ISTE. The first session of the day was handled by Prof. E.C. Ramakrishnan, GEC Thrissur on MICROSOFT EXCEL. He discussed different ways of improving analytical and computational skills in numerical data analysis through MICROSOFT EXCEL. The next session was taken by Prof. Lalu P.P., GEC Thrissur on PYTHON. Basic concepts of programming were discussed so that proficiency in the various concepts of PYTHON was developed.

10 The second day morning session was taken by Prof. Ramesh Kumar P, GEC Thrissur. He introduced the key concepts of LaTeX and shared his knowledge about the software which plays a vital role in research to create technical documents in a pleasing and correct manner. He discussed how to prepare the presentation slides, curriculum vitae etc. The final lecture of the workshop was handled by Dr. M Nandakumar, Professor, GEC Thrissur on the software, MATLAB. The class helped the participants to develop foundation in understanding the different modules and toolboxes in MATLAB. The course also offered hands on session after each session which acted as a platform for various researchers and faculty to have more exposure to the field of powerful tools which were discussed by the different resource persons. The workshop was validated by Dr. B Jayanad, Professor, EEE Dept. GEC Thrissur by distributing the certificates to the participants.

11 7. 18 TH ISTE NATIONAL ANNUAL STUDENT S CONVENTION ISTE conducted its 18 th National Annual Covention at Kings College of Engineering, Thanjavur on 30t and 31 st October Many programs were held including project presentation, paper presentation, technical quiz, circuit debugging, robo war, line follower, treasure hunt, coding etc. student s chapter of GEC Thrissur showed an active participation in the events. And GEC Thrissur was given the Best Students Chapter award under ISTE Kerala Section INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO MADAKKATHARA As a part of an industrial visit organised by the ISTE GEC Thrissur Students Chapter, students of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department were taken to the 400 kv Madakkathara substation, one of the largest in Kerala.Around 45 students of the EEE department, accompanied by the Group Tutor, Prof. Nisha G Poothullil (EEE Dept.) made this visit, on 24 th November, 2015.

12 9. INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO NALLALAM On 4 th December 2015, S5 EEE students went on an industrial visit to Nallalam Sub Station. The 55 students were accompanied by Prof: Rameshkumar P and Prof: Binitha Joseph, where they saw transformers, lightning arresters, bus bars, steel towers, suspension insulators. 10. SEMINAR ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY In the auspices of ISTE Students Chapter of GEC Thrissur, a Seminar on the topic Climate Change and Need for Renewable Energy was held in Mechanical Engineering Seminar Hall on 14 th December 2015 in order to observe Energy Conservation Day. Prof. C. P. Sunil Kumar, Head of the Dept. of Mechanical Engg. was the Chief Guest who delivered an enlightening lecture on the topic.

13 He emphasized the climate change, its impact and adaptation and mitigation strategies with respect to global and Indian scenario and Kerala context, pointing out the salient features of Paris Pact and Kyoto protocol. He has also highlighted pragmatic renewable energy technologies that our country can opt for and the profound need to utilize them in the energy mix of the nation. Prof. B. B. Binoy, Faculty Advisor of ISTE Students Chapter presided over the function. Dew Jo Joseph read out the conservation pledge that was taken by all. Blessy welcomed the august audience and Jineeshlal proposed vote of thanks. About 120 participants made use of the deliberations of the Seminar. 11. PLC PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP In order to familiarize with the PLC programming, the ISTE GEC Students Chapter conducted a one day workshop on PLC. The workshop which was conducted on 28 th January 2016, was led by Arun Jose, Senior Manager, TCC Ltd Udyogamandal.. The aim of the workshop was to familiarise the students with the use of the PLC and its applications in various engineering fields. About 50 participants made use of the deliberations of workshop. Arun Jose spoke about the application of PLC for engineering students and emphasised the need of such workshops so that we remain technically updated, overcoming the drawbacks of the present syllabus.

14 12. CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM ISTE GEC Chapter in assosciation with placement cell conducted a career guidance class on 4th February 2016.The class was held at 2-4 pm in the Eastern Amphi theatre.the class focussed on career oppurtunities in the atomic research fields and also included an awareness campaign on various options in higher education abroad.it was conducted by faculties from Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research and IDP.Students from the third and fourth year attended the session.

15 13. TECHNICAL TALK The ISTE GEC Chapter conducted a project Guidance class on 9 th February 2016.The class was organised by Techgate, Thrissur at the Electrical seminar hall. The class was organised for 2nd and 3rd year EEE and ECE Students.The highlight of the program was awareness on different topics for mini and main projects that are present in the curriculum. ]

16 14. SREENIVASA RAMANUJA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION The students chapter of ISTE, GEC, and Thrissur conducted the ISTE-SREENIVASA RAMANUJA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION of The syllabus of the exam included mathematics of both higher secondary level and B.Tech level. There was also a separate syllabus for students and teachers of polytechnic colleges. The chapter level examination was conducted on March 27 th participated, all belonging to GEC, Thrissur. in which more than 50 students

17 15. A MOTIVATIONAL TALK BY K S SARMA On 28 th July 2016 a motivational talk was given to the final year students of EEE department by Mr. K S Sarma. It was from 3pm-4:30pm. Mr. K S Sarma is an expert industrial trainer/mentor based at hydrabad. He was the branch manager of M/S. Batilibai Ltd; in charge of Kerala operations, based at Cochin. Currently he is the Cheif mentor in the training division of M/S Neemus software Solution PVT. LTD. It was with the influence of our Alumini Mr.K Rajasam we got the golden opportunity to interact to Mr.K S Sarma. More than 60 students attended the session. The main aim of the talk was GOAL SETTING. He also inspired everyone from his own life experiences. He gave an overview of the competitive world around that is waiting for us outside the campus. The session concluded by picking up the important life skills and theories discussed for that one and half hours

18 16. SEMINAR ON WHAT AFTER ENGINEERING? It has become a trend among Malayalees to follow the path travelled by everyone. This is evident in the fields of engineering. Every engineer who passes out of a college pursue the same career, a software engineer. ISTE Student s Chapter hosted a seminar for the final year students of GEC, Thrissur that opened diverse opportunities in various fields on 4 th August The Chopras Career Academy, Ernakulam is a renowned institute and it was an honour for us when Mr. Nishaf Hassan, SCM Hub Director agreed to host a seminar for the final year students on the topic What after Engineering?. The seminar was very informative a useful as it brought into discussion, the various career opportunities an engineer can pursue apart from IT Job. About 75 students attended the programme. There are hundreds of industries in both public and private sectors that recruit engineers. It just takes a moment s thought to make a huge difference in our lives. For example a job in KSEB or BSNL wouldn t make you experience the pressures and tensions of an IT job. At the end of the one hour talk, the students walked out of the hall with a new found freedom and determination that came from the knowledge that they are not bound to follow the so called convention and join a software company.