Achievements

Faculty Achievements

  1. Project entitled “Design and Implementation of Smart Braille Printer for Regional Languages” have been approved for financial assistance of Rs. 25000/- under the APJAKTU CERD Student Project Scheme 2024-25. PI Dr.
  2. Beena A. O, Co PI. Er. Nishanth P. R. The Saintgits project “ELINA” received recognition at the International Robotics Round Table Conference held on August 23, 2024, at Lulu Grand Hyatt Bolgatty International Convention Center, Bolgatty, Kochi.
  3. Dr. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on 16 th August,2024 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram.
  4. The Robotics Society sanctioned a four day workshop for “Building ROS based Robots” fund amout: Rs.38,000/- Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G & Er. Chinn Mohanan 27th February, 2023 to 2nd March, 2023
  5. Saintgits College of Engineering bagged second prize in the College Category for enrolling students in the Young Innovators Programme 4.0 as part of fostering an innovation ecosystem in the state Er. Chinn Mohanan – K-Disc Spoc March, 2023
  6. Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G – Co-Investigator of the student project titled “Automated Trash Segregator”, Mechanical branch selected for CERD funding of Rs 31,500/-. Other members are Er. Arun K Varghese (ME) – PI and Abel Thomas, Adithya Kiran S, Ajil B Kallukalam & Alen Mammen
    Varghese (ME students) are the student investigators.
  7. A team from Robotics and Automation Branch won appreciation from District Collector Ernakulam for the active participation at MACHINE EXPO-2023 conducted by Government of Kerala 10 March-14 March 2023
  8. Three Students from second and third year Robotics and Automation stream won third prize for the project “Drone using APM2.8 Arducopter” at project expo organized by Mangalam College of Engineering “P Sivada Nair, Melvin Elias Mathew,Kuruvila Jibi Mathew, Harinarayanan Nampoothiri (Guide)” 26th April 2023
  9. Dr. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G got Rs. 84000/ from SERB International Travel Scheme (ITS) for attending 10 th International Conference of Control, Automation and Robotics to be held at Singapore (AY 2023-24).
  10. Dr. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G, faculty in-charge, The Robotics Society received a funding of ₹53,000 to conduct workshops as part of its activities. (AY 2022-23).
  11. The RSM project proposal of Dr. Starlet Ben Alex has been selected for funding under Research Seed Money (RSM) scheme of the university. The amount sanctioned is Rs. 1,40,000. (AY 2023-24).
  12. The M.Tech project guided by Dr. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G was Best M.Tech Thesis award 2023, from INSARM (Indian National Society for Aerospace and Related Mechanisms).
  13. Dr. Starlet Ben Alex has been awarded as the author of Top-cited article in 2023 recognition by Wiley. Successfully defended the Ph.D. Thesis titled, “Detection of pulmonary diseases using VOC analysis of exhaled breath” from Department of Electronics and Communication, Sathyabama University, Chennai Dr. Binson V A – 28th March, 2022
  14. Er. Jyothish Chandran G and Er. Nishanth P R participated in the Research Master Class programme at IIIT Hyderabad from 11th to 16th May, 2022. As part of the programme, 7 air quality IoT nodes developed by the students will be deployed at SAINTGITS campus and the data will be monitored
    continuously at the international Dashboard maintained by IIIT Hyderabad under India – EU collaboration
  15. Got approval for the research project proposal with Dr. Pradeep C as Co‑Principal Investigator for the project, “Design, development, and deployment of energy‑efficient smart EDGE devices for real‑time traffic flow prediction and control” for an amount INR. 40 lakhs for a Period 3 Years
    (2021‑2023) by DST (Government of India), NMICPS, TiHAN at IIT Hyderabad (https://tihan.iith.ac.in/) with PI’s Dr. Balaji Raman , IIIT, Sri City, Chittoor & Dr. Deepak Gangadharan, IIIT, Hyderabad.Other Co‑PI’s Dr. Annusree Bablani , IIIT, Sri City, Chittoor & Dr. Pramod Kumar Meher, Saandhan Labs Pvt Ltd., Odisha” Dr. Pradeep C 20th July, 2021
  16. Received Research Seed Money (RSM) of Rs. 80,000 from Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD), APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, August 2021 Er. Binson V A 10th August, 2021
  17. Best paper Award- 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 2nd September, 2021 (pp. 297-301) (IEEE) Er. Binson V A 3rd
    September, 2021
  18. Successfully defended the Ph.D. Thesis titled, “Multilevel Prosodic Features for Automatic Emotion and Speaker Recognition from Speech Using Deep Learning Techniques” from Department of Electronics and Communication, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam Dr. Starlet Ben Alex 9th November, 2021
  19. 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
  20. Dr. Anish Thomas successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis on 11th August,
    2023 from NIT,Calicut.
  21. Dr. Sita Radhakrishnan successfully defended the Ph.D thesis titled “Modelling and Control scheme for Blood Oxygen level in mechanically ventialated patients using Soft computing” from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi on 6th January, 2023
  22. The project proposals of Dr. Starlet Ben Alex and Er. Maheswary Sreenath has been provisionally selected for funding under Research Seed Money(RSM) scheme of the university. The amount sanctioned is Rs. 1,40,000 and Rs. 1,30,000 respectively.
  23. An indigenous robot built exclusively at our college for cleaning sewer networks by a team of students and faculty members led by Er. Robin Babu, M.Tech Robotics and Automation (2020-22 Batch), guided by Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G was launched on 16th December, 2022. Er.
    Robin Babu, M.Tech Robotics and Automation (2020-22 Batch), guided by Er. Harinarayanan Nampoothiri M G 16th December, 2022

Student Achievements/Awards

  1. Mr. Dhanush G, Ms. Aryananda Ashok, Ms. Deva Nanda S and Mr. Alen Thomas Saji of S6 RBA (2022-2026 batch) received a cash award of ₹15,000/- at the Big Idea Challenge, 2025.
  2. Team consisting of Mr. Richard Santhosh, Richu K Mathew ,Yaduraj C V, Joel O James of RBB(2021-2025 batch) Guided by Er. Levin Roby Abraham won first prize for the project Semi-Humanoid Autonomous Robot worth 10,000rs at the event INVENTRA project competition conducted at St Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) Palai
  3. Ms. Crystal Elsa Shaji and Mr. Jiji Abraham Issac of S8 RB (2021-25 batch) won prizes for the project titled “ Autonomous Farming Aid Vehicle” on March 2024
  4. First prize in InnoQuest, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai.
  5. Second prize in Project Expo Competition, College of Engineering,Perumon.
  6. Mr. Richard Santhosh, Mr. Richu K Mathew, Mr. Yadhuraj C V, Mr. Joel O James of S8 RB (2021-25 batch) won First prize for the project titled “ Semi- Humanoid Autonomous Robot” at INVENTRA, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai on March, 2024.
  7. Mr. Alen Dennys, Mr. Alen Joe Abey and Mr. Emmaneul Biju George of S6 RBA (2022-2026 batch) won First prize for best idea idea pitch video development, Dekathon 3.0, St. Thomas College of Engineering, Chengannoor.
  8. Mr. Dhanush G, Ms. Aryananda Ashok, Ms. Deva Nanda S and Mr. Alen
    Thomas Saji of S6 RBA (2022-2026 batch) won a cash prize of ₹7,500/ for
    the project titled “ Automated Rubber Tapping System” at Sri Eshwar College
    of Engineering, Coimbatore.
  9. Ms. Kavya Mariam Varghese, Mr. Muhammed Ajmal K, Mr. Naveen Shaji
    George, and Mr. Tomin Michael from the fifth semester RB B batch (2022-
    26 batch) have secured a position in the top 25 out of 250 teams in the
    national level” GenAI Hackathon 2024”. The event was organized by KPR
    Institute of Engineering and Technology in association with Intel on the
    4th and 5th of October, 2024.
  10. Mr. Ashish Shajan, Mr. Aswan A. S of S6 RBA, and Mr. Muhammed Ajmal
    K., Mr. Tomin Michael of S6 RBB  (2022-2026 batch) have secured Third
    Prize in HACKS’US, the prestigious 36-hour Hackathon organized by RSET
  11. IEDC and RSET IIC at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology,
  12. Kakkanad. They have been awarded a cash prize of ₹15,000/-.
  13. The project titled “SOLOCHEF’ of S8 RB (2020-24 batch) Nikhitha S Prem,
    Nandana Suresh and Stephy Cyriac secured special mention in the
    PROJECT EXPO, TECHFEST & KETCON 2024, organised by the APJ Abdul
    Kalam Technological University, from 16 to 18 February 2024.
  14. Ms. Ameesha Ajith, Mr. Aniketh M Nair, Mr. Bilin Biju, Ms. Devi Sandra [2020 -24
    RB A Batch] won the First prize for their project work titled “Companion Arm for
    Robotic Enhanced (C.A.R.E) Chess” in the project expo, Amal Jyothi College of
    Engineering on 4 th May 2024.
  15. Mr. Adithya Satheesh, Mr. Ashwin S Nair, Mr. Athul Rajeev, Mr. Darren
    Padamittam Jacob [2020-24 RB A Batch], secured the First prize for their project
    work titled “Intrusion Countermeasure System” in the Drishti 24 project expo
    conducted by College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) on 4 th May 2024.
  16. Mr. Abi Talib Shaiju (2021-25 batch) and Ms. Nayana B Krishna (2020-24 batch)
    were selected for internship at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
  17. Ms. Diya Seira Abraham, S2 RBA (2023-27 batch won the second prize in the
    STATE LEVEL Cultural and Literary Competition 2024, organized by Chinmaya Seva
    Trust on 28 April 2024.
  18. The student team consisting of Ms. Nakshatra S Prem, Ms. Nandana Sreekumar,
    Ms. Nikita Binoy, Mr. Teffin Jose and Ms. Teresa Joshy (2022-26 RB B Batch)
    secured the second prize for their project work titled “Exo-Skeleton” in the project
    expo Drishti’ 24 conducted at College of Engineering, Trivandrum on 4 th May 2024.

Department Achievements

  • Patent Awards – Two Patents got published during the period 1st August, 2021 to 25th 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 10th 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 23rd May, 2022 to 3rd 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 28thJanuary, 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 29th 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 14th to 16th 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 18th 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 9th 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 25th June, 2022.
  9. Conducted 2 Webinars, 1 Alumni talk, 1 Awareness Programme on IPR and 1 online technical talk during the period 1st August, 2021 to 25th August, 2022.
  10. APJAKTU sponsored 3 days FDP – “Orientation for NSS programme Officers” was organised by NSS units of Saintgits College of Engineering from 16th to 18th August, 2022. Dr. Rahul Antony and Er. Maheswary Sreenath (FDP Coordinators).
  11. One more FDP got sanctioned from APJAKTU on 29th 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.
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