The Robotics Society Saintgits College of Engineering Student Chapter ((TRS-SC/22/021)
In the last few years, robotics activities in India have moved well beyond the traditional industrial applications, atomic energy, etc. and entered newer domains of education, rehabilitation, entertainment, and even into our homes. Indian robotics researchers have similarly grown from a handful to over a hundred engaged in different research labs, academic institutions, and even training students from engineering colleges and secondary/higher secondary schools in the form of Robotics Workshops. Many of us feel that it is about time to form an academic society to augment our robotics activities further and for better interaction among ourselves. With this intention, the Robotics Society of India was formed on 10th July 2011. The main objectives of the RSI are:
1. Encourage interaction between robotics researchers in India.
2. Hold joint workshops and conferences at the national level.
3. Associate with other organizations like IEEE, ASME, etc.
4. Publish a newsletter, proceedings, journal etc
The Robotics Society Student chapter currently has 127 student members and three faculty members. Er. HarinarayananNampoothiri is the faculty in charge, and MrHariprasad B of B.Tech Robotics and Automation is the student Secretary. The Student chapter was inaugurated on 28th January 2022 by Dr. Asokan T, Secretary, The Robotics Society and Professor and Head, Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras.
Activities:
10- Day Internship Programme.
The Robotics Society allows the students to understand the fundamentals required for designing robots. Five students completed the first batch of training and continued working on funded projects of the department.
Training to participate in International Competitions.
The Robotics Society student chapter support students in participating in various international competitions. Mentors will support the student team.Er. Sunil Paul, CEO of Srishti Robotics, addressed students on the topic “Design Robots for International Events”.
The Institution of Engineers (India)-IE(I) Robotics Division
The Institution of Engineers (India)-IE(I) Robotics and Automation Engineering students’ chapter was established in the year of 2019 with chapter code 686532/SCE/RA at the Department of Electronics Engineering. The Department level activities are coordinated by Division advisor and the student representatives. The primary activities of the IEI Student Branch are to carry out a spectrum of technical activities and functions such as dissemination and updating of Engineering and technological knowledge among its members, the information on all matters affecting engineering, through technical activities such as seminars, quizzes, workshops, project exhibitions etc.
Dr. Binson V A
Staff Coordinator
Activities:
Webinar on the topic “A Glimpse on 2020 Physics Nobel Prize”
Speaker: Dr. Noble P Abraham
Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Mar Thoma College Kuttapuzha P. O., Tiruvalla
The Institution of Engineers (India) students’ chapter of Saintgits College of Engineering (Robotics and Automation Division)conducted a webinar on the topic ” A Glimpse on 2020 Physics Nobel Prize “on Monday, October 19, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. In the webinar speaker explained the concepts of singularity and black holes. He told that Roger Penrose had given clear information about black hole based on Albert Einstein’s general relativity theory. A black hole is a region of space-time where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it. Prof. Noble P Abraham described about Penrose’s concept of black holes that it will reach singularity at the end stage. In the stage of singularity physical laws are not valid. For this invention Penrose got Nobel prize. The presenter briefed that Roger Penrose explained big bang theory using a model named cyclic cosmology.
In the last twenty minutes of his presentation, he explained the contribution of Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel which lead to discovery of a supermassive compact object at the Centre of our galaxy. In his final slide he recapped the contributions given by Stephen William Hawking and other laureates. 48 members from different departments participated in the webinar. Participants actively interacted with the speaker after his presentation. Webinar came to an end by 6:55 pm.
Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) Students Forum (ISF)
The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India’s leading recognised professional society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology of Electronics, Telecommunication, Robotics & IT. The IETE is the National Apex Professional body of Electronics and Telecommunication, Computer Science, Robotics and IT Professionals. The Institution provides leadership in Scientific and Technical areas of direct importance to the national development and economy. Government of India has recognised IETE as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and also notified as an educational Institution of national eminence. The objectives of IETE focus on advancing electro-technology. The IETE conducts and sponsors technical meetings, conferences, symposia, and exhibitions all over India, publishes technical journals and provides continuing education as well as career advancement opportunities to its members.
Saintgits IETE Students Forum commenced since 2010. ISF provides common platform for the students to exchange their ideas in technical topics of interest, e.g., curriculum, employment, higher educational opportunities, emerging trends etc. The forum plan and organize Technical Programs, Special Lectures, Workshops, Seminar, project exhibitions, Alumni interaction for the benefit of the students. ISF regularly organizes intra and inter collegiate project competitions, idea competitions and Quiz competitions.
Dr. Riboy Cheriyan
Staff Coordinator
AY 2020-21
- The IETE Students’ Forum (ISF), Saintgits College of Engineering conducted a webinar on the topic “Life’s Little Tricks: Getting you prepared for 2024” by Mr. Joel Abraham (2016-2020 ECE batch) in connection with the Online Student Induction Programme (SIP 10) for B. Tech first year students (2020-2024 Batch) through the online platform ZOOM on 21st November, 2020 (9.00am to 10.30am). Total number of participants was 120. Dr. Riboy Cheriyan – IETE Coordinator/SIP 10 in-charge, Dr. Beena A O – Webinar Coordinator
- IETE Kochi Centre and IETE Students’ Forum (ISF), Saintgits jointly conducted “Walk with scholar program – GYANIKKOPPAM” on 9th December, 2020 from 5.30pm to 6.30pm through the online platform ZOOM. The scholar for the program was Sri. P Venugopalan, Director DRDL (Retired) Hyderabad. Honouring ceremony of the newly elected Distinguished Fellow Member of IETE Sri C K Haridas, DGM (Retired) BSNL Palakkad was also conducted along with the GYANIKKOPPAM programme. Total number of participants was 235. Dr. Riboy Cheriyan – IETE Coordinator
- IETE students’ forum in association with Department of Electronics Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering organized an inter college Quiz competition – CURIONS through Google Meet online platform on 19th June, 2021. 102 students from 10 colleges participated in the event. The first prize worth Rs. 1500 was bagged by Aleena ElzaJoji and Anu Theresa Saji of S6CSE-A and second prize worth Rs. 1000 was bagged by Alphy Biju Varghese and Ann Mary Thomas of S4CSE-A. The quiz master for the event was Mr. Sethu Manohar of S4 ECE and the scorer for the program was Mr. Ryan Biju Joseph of S4 RB. Dr. Riboy Cheriyan – IETE coordinator
AY 2021-22
- RACEE, the student association of Department of Electronics Engineering in association with IETE students forum organized a webinar on ‘Cyber Laws and Online Safety’ for the first year (2020-24 batch ECE, RB-A and RB-B) students of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Robotics and Automation programmes through Google Meet online platform on 31st July, 2021. The resource person for the programme is Mr. SyamGopi, Associate Professor, CSE Department, AmalJyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally. He is also an Elite Member of Cyberdome Kerala Police, Membership Chair- ACM Kottayam Professional Chapter and Project Manager of Nextguard. Dr. Riboy Cheriyan – IETE Co-ordinator, Er. Dhanusha P B, Er. HarinarayananNampoothiri M G – Webinar Coordinators.
- The Department of Electronics Engineering in association with IETE Students’ Forum (ISF) organised a 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 through zoom online platform. Resource persons :- Er. Chinn Mohanan, Er. Nishanth P R, Er. Anish Thomas. Er. Anish M George – Add-on course coordinator (ECE & RB).
- Research Interest Group (RIGS) – VLSI of Department of Electronics Engineering in association with The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (IETE) conducted the webinar on the topic “My experience with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam- Missile Man of India” for B. Tech. and M.Tech. Students, Interested Teaching and Non-teaching staff through Google Meet on 26th January, 2022. The Resource Person for the webinar was Fr. (Dr.) George Athappally, Professor, St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur. Total no. of participants – 172. Program Coordinators – Dr. Sreekala K S (RIG – VLSI Stream coordinator), Dr. Riboy Cheriyan (IETE Coordinator).
- Department of Electronics Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering in association with IETE Students’ Forum conducted a Social Outreach Programme on the topic “Problems associated with the long usage of mobile phones” for the students of NSS Higher Secondary School, Karukachal on 27th June, 2022. Resource Persons for the programme were Adhithya Satheesh, Emmy Anna Thomas (S4 RB A (2020-24 batch)) and Ashby Kuriakose (S6 ECE (2019-23 batch)). 100 students participated in the programme. Dr. Riboy Cheriyan (IETE Coordinator)
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) is the leading National Professional non-profit making Society for the Technical Education System in our country with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of our Technical Education
System. Being the only national organisation of educators in the field of Engineering and Technology, ISTE effectively contributes to various missions of the society and government. The strength of ISTE is the strong base it has in technical education institutions in the country. The ISTE activities at Saintgits commenced in the year 2003. At present, In Saintgits the ISTE has a very large and an effective membership base consisting of more than 1000+ Life Members, 5000+ Student members.
The major objective of the ISTE is to provide quality training programmes to teachers and administrators of technical institutions to update their knowledge and skills in their fields of expertise and to assist and contribute in the production and development of top quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industry and other organisations. With this aim in Saintgits we are organize various webinars, seminars, induction and refresher programs in collaboration with AICTE and other funding agencies.
Dr. Ansal K. A.
Staff Coordinator
ACTIVITIES
AY 2021-22
● Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Data Science Demystified” by Dr. Anoop V. S., Senior Scientist & Head (Training), Kerala Block chain Academy, IIITM- K Building, Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 21 st August, 2020 (from 11.00am to 12.00pm) through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – Students, research scholars and faculty members from all over India. Total number of participants were 70 (21 External Participants).
● Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Transparent Thin Film Transistors for AMOLED” by Dr. Akkili Viswanath Gowd, DST SRF, IIT Dhanbad (ISM Dhanbad) on 12 th September, 2020 (3.00pm to 4.00pm) through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – students, research scholars and faculty members from all over the world.
Total number of participants was 149 (114 external, 45 from Saintgits).
● The department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized an International Online Faculty Development Programme on the topic “Microsytems Design and Control Engineering” from 17 th to 20 th September, 2020 through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – Research scholars and faculty members from National and International Institutions. Total number of participants
was 150(100 External Participants and 50 Inhouse Participants). Dr. Ansal K A – ISTE Advisor/Coordinator, Er. Maheswary Sreenath – Co-coordinator. The resource persons for the sessions were as follows:-
a. Dr. Anuj Abraham, Scientist at A*STAR – Agency for Science, Technology and
Research, Singapore (17.09.2020, 11.00am to 12.30pm),
b. Ms. Kalpana Senthamarai Kannan, SRF, Nano Electronics and Nanotechnology, University of Grenoble Alpes, TIMA Lab France (18.09.2020, 2.00pm to 3.30pm),
c. Dr. Ramesh K Gupta, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP), University of Maryland, USA (19.09.2020, 7.00pm to 8.30pm),
d. Dr. Laxma Reddy Billa, Senior Process Engineer, Dynex Semiconductor Ltd, United Kingdom (20.09.2020, 3.30pm to 5.00pm)
● The Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Metamaterial Based Antenna Design & Beam Forming Network” by Er. Arshad Karimbu Vallappil, Lecturer/Research Fellow in Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 7 th October, 2020 (10.00am to 11.30am)
through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – students, research scholars and faculty members from all over the world. Total number of participants was 120 (96 external, 24 from Saintgits).
● The Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antennas” by Dr. Dibin Mary George, SRF CERMA LAB, CUSAT, Cochin on 31 st October, 2020 (3.00pm to 4.00pm) through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – All students, research scholars and faculty members from all over the world. Total number of participants was 119.
● Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE, Saintgits College of Engineering conducted an alumni expert talk by Er. Gokul Sali (2015-19 ECE pass out batch), Test Engineer, Tessolve Semiconductors, Bangalore on the topic “Introduction to Automatic Test Equipment – A Design Flow” for the undergraduate students of Electronics and Communication Engineering branch through Google Meet online platform on 30 th May, 2021 (11.00am to 12.00pm). Total number of participants was 50. Er. Maheswary Sreenath – Webinar Coordinator
The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India’s leading recognized professional society devoted to the advancement of Science and Technology of Electronics, Telecommunication, Robotics & IT. The IETE is the National Apex Professional body of Electronics and Telecommunication, Computer Science, Robotics and IT Professionals. The Institution provides leadership in Scientific and Technical areas of direct importance to the national development and economy.
Government of India has recognized IETE as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) and also notified as an educational Institution of national eminence. The objectives of IETE focus on advancing electro-technology. The IETE conducts and sponsors technical meetings, conferences, symposia, and exhibitions all over India, publishes technical journals and provides continuing education as well as
career advancement opportunities to its members.
AY 2020-21
● Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Data Science Demystified” by Dr. Anoop V. S., Senior Scientist & Head (Training), Kerala Block chain Academy, IIITM- K Building, Technopark Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 21 st August, 2020 (from 11.00am to 12.00pm) through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – Students, research scholars and faculty members from all over India. Total number of participants were 70 (21 External Participants).
● Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Transparent Thin Film Transistors for AMOLED” by Dr. Akkili Viswanath Gowd, DST SRF, IIT Dhanbad (ISM Dhanbad) on 12 th September, 2020 (3.00pm to 4.00pm) through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – students, research scholars and faculty members from all over the world.
Total number of participants was 149 (114 external, 45 from Saintgits).
● The department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized an International Online Faculty Development Programme on the topic “Microsytems Design and Control Engineering” from 17 th to 20 th September, 2020 through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – Research scholars and faculty members from National and International Institutions. Total number of participants
was 150(100 External Participants and 50 Inhouse Participants). Dr. Ansal K A – ISTE Advisor/Coordinator, Er. Maheswary Sreenath – Co-coordinator. The resource persons for the sessions were as follows:-
a. Dr. Anuj Abraham, Scientist at A*STAR – Agency for Science, Technology and
Research, Singapore (17.09.2020, 11.00am to 12.30pm),
b. Ms. Kalpana Senthamarai Kannan, SRF, Nano Electronics and Nanotechnology, University of Grenoble Alpes, TIMA Lab France (18.09.2020, 2.00pm to 3.30pm),
c. Dr. Ramesh K Gupta, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP), University of Maryland, USA (19.09.2020, 7.00pm to 8.30pm),
d. Dr. Laxma Reddy Billa, Senior Process Engineer, Dynex Semiconductor Ltd, United Kingdom (20.09.2020, 3.30pm to 5.00pm)
● The Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Metamaterial Based Antenna Design & Beam Forming Network” by Er. Arshad Karimbu Vallappil, Lecturer/Research Fellow in Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 7 th October, 2020 (10.00am to 11.30am)
through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – students, research scholars and faculty members from all over the world. Total number of participants was 120 (96 external, 24 from Saintgits).
● The Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE Saintgits chapter organized a national webinar on the topic “Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antennas” by Dr. Dibin Mary George, SRF CERMA LAB, CUSAT, Cochin on 31 st October, 2020 (3.00pm to 4.00pm) through Google Meet. Targeted Audience – All students, research scholars and faculty members from all over the world. Total number of participants was 119.
● Department of Electronics Engineering in association with ISTE, Saintgits College of Engineering conducted an alumni expert talk by Er. Gokul Sali (2015-19 ECE pass out batch), Test Engineer, Tessolve Semiconductors, Bangalore on the topic “Introduction to Automatic Test Equipment – A Design Flow” for the undergraduate students of Electronics and Communication Engineering branch through Google Meet online platform on 30 th May, 2021 (11.00am to 12.00pm). Total number of participants was 50. Er. Maheswary Sreenath – Webinar Coordinator
AY 2019-20
● The Department of ECE in association with ISTE conducted an internal talk on “MOTIVATION DURING EXAMINATIONS” by Dr. Saravanan K on 20 th November, 2019 for S1 ECE & RA & S3 ECE students. ISTE department Coordinator – Dr. Ansal K A
● Department of ECE in association with ISTE students chapter organized a webinar on the topic ‘Free space optical communication’ by Dr. Anjitha Viswanath, Scientist/Engineer-SD, OELGD/ISG/AIS/IISU, Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvananthapuram on 8 th May, 2020 (9.30am to 10.45am) through Google Meet online platform; Targeted audience: Final year B.Tech ECE and M.Tech students; Students of all years including RA batch attended the webinar. External talk in charge – Er. Maheswary Sreenath
● The Department of ECE organized an expert talk series in order to bridge the gap between the curriculum and industry. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, it has been decided to conduct the event online. The fourth webinar in the series was organized in association with ISTE students’ chapter on the topic “Opportunities in Space Science and Astronomy”on 15 th May, 2020 (11.00am to 12.00pm)through
Google Meet online platform. The guest speaker for the event was Mr. Alikhan Basheer, Project Engineer-1(Optics), India TMT Coordination Center (ITCC), Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Targeted audience: B.Tech and M.Tech Students.
● Department of ECE in association with ISTE conducted a webinar on”MICRO/NANO SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES – AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE “on 25 th May, 2020 (11.00am to 12.00pm) through Google Meet online platform. The guest speaker for the event was Dr. Laxma Reddy Billa, Senior module process engineer at Dynex Semiconductor Ltd., UK.Targeted audience: Faculty members and M.Tech Students.