Achievements

Faculty Achievements

1. Dr. K. Saravanan was the Resource person in the Francis Xavier Engineering College on the Guest lecture on “Foundations of IoT and Industry 4.0 “held on 1.9.2023.
2. Mr. Robin M Babu of M.Tech. 2020-22(RA) Batch won the best M. Tech Thesis award 2023, from INSARM (Indian National Society for Aerospace and Related Mechanisms).Er. Hari Narayanan Nampoothiri M G was the Thesis Guide.
3. Dr. Starlet Ben Alex was a Mentor for Intel Unnati Industrial Training Programme – Summer 2023.
4. Dr. Anish Thomas coordinated a 3-day educational exhibition at Kristu Jyothi School, Chaganassery and also coordinated an educational Exhibition held at Elamkavu Vidya Mandir, Malakunnam on 6-11-23.
5. Dr. Anish Thomas is nominated as a DAB Member of Robotics and Automation Department, KMEA Engg College on 19-10-23.
6. Dr. Anish Thomas is nominated as a DAB Member of Robotics and Automation Department, KMEA Engg College on 19-10-23.
7. Er Nishanth P R, coordinated an educational exhibition held at KE School, Mannanam from 23-11-23 to 25-11-23.
8. Er Nishanth P R, coordinated an educational exhibition held at KE School, Mannanam from (21.09.23-23.09.23)
9. Er. Chinn Mohan, coordinated an educational exhibition held at Jerusalem Mount Higher Secondary School, Vakathanam, Kottayam from 04.01.2024 to 05.01.2024.23-11-23 to 25-11-23.
10. Marie Kottayil James, was the Assistant Faculty at IIEECP, Fall 2023 from 06.07.2023 to 22.12.2023.
11. Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G was the tutorial chair & Dr. Binson V A was the publications chair of IEEE RASSE 2023 (International Conference) at Saintgits College of Engineering
12. Dr. Anish Thomas Coordinated an educational Exhibition held at Govt Higher Secondary School, Trikkodithanamon 30-01-24.
13. Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M.G was the resource person in Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science , for the FDP on “Unlocking Robotics using ROS” on 18 th and 19th January ,2024.
14. Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M.G was the resource person in Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology , for the FDP on “Robot Operating System” from 22 nd January to 27th January,2024.
15. Dr. Binson V A received Best paper Award for the paper “Non-invasive Diagnosis of COPD with E-nose Using XGBoost Algorithm” in 2021 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS) dated 2^nd September, 2021 (pp. 297-301) (IEEE)
16. Er. Ajith Ravindran, Assistant Professor, Electronics department (student chapter chair – Saintgits IEEE SSCS chapter) is elected as Chair of IEEE SSCS Kerala Chapter.
17. Dr. Ansal K A, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering selected to the Chief Ministers ‘Nava Kerala’ Post Doctoral Fellowship amount of Rs 1 Lakh per month for a period of 2 years among 890 Applications in the category ‘Digital Technology and Engineering’ on 26^th April, 2022.
18. Dr. Starlet Ben Alex & Dr. Binson V A successfully defended their Ph.D. Thesis on 9^th November, 2021 & 28^th March, 2022 respectively

Student Achievements/Awards

1. Best Student Award presented to Mr. Gladwin Yohan Mathew (2018-22 AEI batch) in the First Southern Regional Technical Conclave held during 3^rd and 4^th September, 2021 at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, Tamil Nadu in recognization of his active involvement in promoting Technical Activities thru IEI Students Chapter at Saintgits College of Engineering.
2. Mr. Sarath Kumar and Ms. Rinnu Susan (2020-24 ECE batch – S3) selected as Interns by I-YWD (Innovation for Youth with Disabilities) – A project funded by K-Disc being implemented by NISH, for the purpose of promoting a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship among differently abled youth (Online Internship – 6 months)
3. Mr. Amal P Rajesh (2018-22 B.Tech ECE Batch) registered a start-up “EDPHIN”- a platform for Online course creation and selling market place for professionals and students under UDYAM (MSME, GoI) on 7^th March, 2022.
4. Five students of Fourth semester Robotics and Automation – A Batch (2020-24 RB A batch) Jayasankar V A, Gireesh Suresh, Athul Rajeev, Aswin Kumar M and Adithya Sreekumar secured First place in the competition at Rajadhani Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagaroor TVM in “BIPED ROBOTICS WORKSHOP” conducted on 19^th to 20^thMay, 2022 organized by Itiha 2022 & Anvira Edustation, Mumbai
5. Er. Nina Cleetus (2020-22 TE batch) was selected as the Best Outgoing M.Tech student for the First Convocation Ceremony of Autonomous batches conducted on 20^th August, 2022.

Department Achievements

• Patent Awards – Two Patents got published during the period 1^st August, 2021 to 25^th August, 2022

Inventor/s Name	Title of the Patent	Details	Type of IPR
Er. Jyothish Chandran G, Benjamin Koshy Alex, Julian Thomas Prasad, Samanta Cottackal (2017-21 ECE Batch) and Er. Nishanth P R	Real Time 3D Capturing System for Quality Analysis	Application Number : 202141037372, Application Date : 18.08.2021, Publication Number : 202141037372, Publication Date : 27.08.2021	Indian
Er. Arjun B Murali (2020-22 TE), Er. Jagadish Chandran G (Ph.D Scholar), Dr. Ansal K A, Er. Nina Cleetus (2020-22 TE) and Dr. Binu K Mathew (EEE)	A Novel Circularly Polarised Rectenna for RF Energy Scavenging	Application Number : 202241032410, Application Date : 07.06.2022, Publication Number :202241032410, Publication Date : 10.06.2022	Indian

• Publications
  1. In Journals – 10
  2. In Conference Proceedings – 22
  3. In Book Chapters – 4

• MoUs, Collaborations/Tie-ups- MoU between IIIT Hyderabad and Saintgits College of Engineering was signed on 10^th December, 2021 for 1 year.
• Internships, Placements
  1. 90% of the 2020-22 VE batch students got paid internships cum placement in core companies like Tata Elxsi, Ignitarium Technology Solutions, Synopsys and Tessolve.
  2. All 3 students of 2020-22 TE batch got placed in reputed companies like Tata Elxi, UST Global and DRDO and 1 student of 2020-22 RA batch got placed in Ignitarium Technology Solutions. 80% of 2018-22 batch students got placed in well reputed companies like VVDN Technologies, Tata Elxi, TCS, Wipro, IBS, UST Global, Infosys, Speridian Technologies, Experion Technologies (I) Private Limited, Quest Global Engineering Service Pvt. Ltd. etc. 5 students of 2019-23 ECE batch got placed in IBS.
  3. The Robotics Society student chapter, SAINTGITS College of Engineering has offered an internship for five students from B.Tech Robotics and Automation Engineering 2020-24 batch from 23^rd May, 2022 to 3^rd June, 2022 on the topic “Manhole cleaning robots”, a CERD RSM project, by Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G.

Conferences/Workshops/FDPs/Webinars/ExternalTalks Conducted

1. 3-days Knowledge Enhancement Programme on “Introduction to Embedded Systems and Robotics” for the third semester (2020-24) batch ECE and RB students on 23rd, 27th and 28th September, 2021 in association with IETE Students’ Forum (ISF)
2. 3 days STTP on MATLAB for Chemical, Food Technology and Robotics faculty, research scholars and PG students during 18th, 20th & 21st of October 2021
3. The formal inauguration of The Robotics Society (TRS) of Saintgits College of Engineering was conducted on 28^thJanuary, 2022 (Friday) through Zoom online platform. The Chief Guest for the function was Dr. T. Asokan, Secretary, The Robotics Society (TRS) (Professor and Head, Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras).
4. One-day workshop on ‘LaTex for Technical Writing’ on 29^th January, 2022 in association with Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Students Forum.
5. 3 days FDP on “Physical Design and Verification using Cadence“sponsored by Entuple Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore was conducted from 14^th to 16^th March, 2022
6. Startup Awareness and Leadership Training (S.A.L.T) organised by IEDC, Saintgits College of Engineering at Ambika Vidyabhavan Secondary School, Aimcompu in association with Kerala Startup Mission on 18^th March, 2022.
7. A technical talk with hands on workshop on “Design Robots for International Events” was conducted by The Robotics Automation Communication Electronics Engineering Association (RACEE), The Robotics Society (TRS) and IEDC of SAINTGITS College of Engineering (Autonomous) for the S4 (2020-24 RB A & B)and S6 (2019-23 RB) students of Robotics and Automation programme on 9^th June, 2022. Er. Sunil Paul, Co-Founder and CEO of Srishti Robotics Technologies, Pvt. Ltd. was the resource person for the talk.
8. Internet of Things – Phase 1 hands on training programme by Internet of Things Club in association with IE(I)-Electronics division, for the B.Tech. first year students (2021-25 batch) of Saintgits College of Engineering by the S2 M.Tech VE students (2021-23 VE batch) on 25^th June, 2022.
9. Conducted 2 Webinars, 1 Alumni talk, 1 Awareness Programme on IPR and 1 online technical talk during the period 1^st August, 2021 to 25^th August, 2022.
10. APJAKTU sponsored 3 days FDP – “Orientation for NSS programme Officers” was organised by NSS units of Saintgits College of Engineering from 16^th to 18^th August, 2022. Dr. Rahul Antony and Er. Maheswary Sreenath (FDP Coordinators).
11. One more FDP got sanctioned from APJAKTU on 29^th June, 2022 – FDP on “Technology based Learning for Communication and Signal Processing“. Dr. Beena A O and Dr. Sudha T (FDP Coordinators) – Date to be fixed.