Mr
Krishnamoorthy K, the Director of Training at Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers
Association – IMTMA conducted an Interactive Meet on Future Trends in
Manufacturing on 30 January 2020. The event was hosted by the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at St Joseph Engineering College under the aegis of its
Industry Interaction Cell in association with IMTMA – Bengaluru.
Heads
of Departments and Senior Faculty from various Engineering Colleges
participated in this interactive meet. A total of 24 Faculty members
participated in the Interactive Meet, out of which, 11 members were from
various engineering colleges of the region. The event commenced with the
welcoming of the participants and introduction to Mr Krishnamoorthy M. For over
30 years of his continued engineering practice in the industry, Mr
Krishnamoorthy M has acquired astute expertise in the application and use of
GD&T principles in CAD/CAM, high precision CNC machining as well as
conducting Technical Trainings. Prior to working at IMTMA, Mr. Krishnamoorthy
has worked at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore in the field of Precision
Machining of satellite on –board components. After ISRO, he was with Perfect
Moulds and UMS technologies as a specialist in Tool Planning and Production and
Technical Training in CAD/CAM/CAE, respectively.
The
interactive meet was conducted over two sections. The first section that
commenced at 10:30am was on the Future trends in manufacturing - Automation, Robotics
and Industry 4.0. Mr Krishnamoorthy spoke about the changing landscape of
manufacturing from the point of view of Industrial 4.0. Through a set of
interesting videos, he was able to point out the dynamic growth and development
in the field of Robotics and Automation. The interaction was active and a lot
of enthusiasm was reserved for Collaborative Robotics that merges the human –
robot workspaces. Mr Krishnamoorthy also spoke about the challenges going
forward and the need for skilled workforce to meet the changing needs of the
manufacturing sector.
The
second session was focused on Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association and
about its training modules. IMTMA has been conducting Finishing School and
related training programs in modelling and manufacturing aimed to bridge the
gap in practical knowledge of fresh graduates. A well-established training
center at Bangalore is also a hub for inteships and training programs. The
association has also set up online training services through their online
portals that are beneficial for faculty, students and industry personnel.
The
event concluded at 1:30 pm. The interaction reveals the urgent need to train
our students on advanced manufacturing technologies and contribute the
workforce towards Industry 4.0. Post lunch at 3:30 pm, a discussion was held
with My Krishnamoorthy in the Board Room that was attended by Dr Rio D’Souza,
Principal – SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director – SJEC, Rev. Fr
Alwyn D’Souza, Assistant Director, Prof Sureshnath M L, Head – TPC, Ms Sangeeta
Ferrao, Placement Officer – SJEC, Mr Chiranth B P, Coordinator – IIC, and Mr
Sathyendra Bhat, Chairperson of Industry Interaction - SJEC. Mr Krishnamoorthy
delivered a presentation on the functioning of IMTMA and its multitude of
training programs. The members agreed on the need to pursue an MOU between SJEC
and IMTMA that works for the benefit of student community of the region. The
meeting concluded with the promise of collaborations and an intent of visit to
IMTMA.
St
Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru signed an MoU with Kanara Chamber
of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) on Tuesday, 19 November 2019. The main
objective of the MoU is to have an Industry-Institute interface to enhance the
confidence of the students by nurturing young minds and help budding young
talents. SJEC who was earlier a member of KCCI has elevated its bonding with
the apex body with the signing of this MOU.
The
MoU was signed by Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC and Mr
Issac Vas, President of KCCI in the presence of Ms Shalomi Lobo, Member of Industry-Academia
Committee at KCCI and Ms Vathika Pai, Member of KCCI, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa
and Rev. Fr Alwyn D’Souza, Assistant Directors of SJEC, Prof Lionel Aranha, Goveing
Board Member of SJEC, Dr Sudheer M, In-charge Principal of SJEC, Mr Rakesh
Lobo, HR Manager of SJEC, Mr Sureshnath ML, Head of Training, Placement & Collaborations
at SJEC, Ms Diana Monteiro, Collaborations Officer at SJEC. HOD’s of various
departments of the college were also present.
The
Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one day
Industrial visit for Second year students to “Mangalore Refinery and
Petrochemicals Limited “on 18/11/2019. Total of 35 students along with
three staff took part in the visit.
The
main objective of this visit is to
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), is an oil refinery at Mangalore and is a subsidiary of ONGC, set up in 1988. The refinery is located at Katipalla, north from center
of Mangalore city.
The refinery was established after displacing five villages of Bala, Kalavar,
Kuthetoor, Katipalla, and Adyapadi.
The refinery has a versatile design with high flexibility to
process crudes of various API
gravity and with high degree of
automation. MRPL has a design capacity to process 15 million metric tonnes per
annum and is the only refinery in India to have two hydrocrackers producing
premium diesel (high cetane).It also has a
Polypropylene unit with a capacity of 4,40,000 MT/annum. It is also the only
refinery in India to have two CCRs producing unleaded
petrol of high octane. Currently, the refinery is processing about 14.65 million tons of crude per
year and had a tuover of US$9 billion during last year.
Mr
Satish, Chief Manager of Materials welcomed the students. During the visit he
showed various sections of the plant. He briefed about the history, operations
occurring at various sections, reactors, crude oil storage, products that are
produced in MRPL and showed us how control of the entire plant is done.
This visit
enhanced students’ knowledge on
● Idea
of the working environment of the refinery plant.
● Knowledge
gained on Byproducts of crude oil.
Mr
Chiranth, Mr Santhosh H and Mr Akshay N H, Faculty of Department of Mechanical
Engineering coordinated the visit.
Community Engagement Committee (CEC) in
Association with Student Welfare and Alumni group (SWAG) had organized a
technical talk for the faculty and Final year students on 18th
November 2019 from 10.30 AM to 12.30 PM. Mr Jayaprakash Rao K, Former Regional
PRO, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Zonal Chairman Public Relation Council of India,
was the resource person and delivered the talk on “Advancement of Indian defence science and technology”. The talk was well appreciated by the
faculty and students.
Mr
Ajithanjaya Kumar M K, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and
Electronics welcomed the gathering.
Mr Jayaprakash Rao spoke
about the latest development on Indian Science and technology with a
special emphasis to Defence sector.
Mr Rao displayed few videos
of ISRO, DRDO, HAL, NAL and other organizations along with successful flight
trials and other success stories, which motivated our students to take
interest to seek jobs in this sector. Further, he stressed on Life Mission of Dr
Kalam and vision India 2020 and his oath for students, and he displayed
few videos on interactions of Kalam with the youths and famous European parliament
speech followed by question and answer session.
He also enlighten the
students on advancement made in the field of science and technology in
India and he stressed on the job opportunities in the govement sector and motivated
students to work for India in line with the philosophy of MAKE IN INDIA.
Overall,
the session was informative, insightful and motivated the students to
contribute more for India. The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Subramanya K,
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics. The session
concluded at 1:00 pm and around 80 students attended the talk.
St Joseph Engineering
College, Office of Collaborations in association with Quacquarelli Symonds from
Mumbai organized ‘European Universities Fair’, a half-day interaction event for
all the Final Year engineering of St Joseph Engineering College, who plan to
pursue higher studies abroad. The event was planned and organized by the Office
of Collaborations of SJEC under the leadership of Ms Diana Monteiro,
Collaborations Officer on 7th November 2019 at Bethania Hall, SJEC.
The Directors of
Admission and Recruitment from highly reputed and ranked European universities participated
in this fair. They guided more than 100 interested students on STEM programs,
application for universities, scholarships availability and post study career
opportunities in the US including tips for strong application. Students are
eligible to apply for scholarships worth US $ 7 million.
Some of the universities
that participated in the fair are Durham University (UK), Imperial College London
(UK), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) and Ecole Polytechnique (France).
The delegates interacted
with the Management of SJEC. The Principal Dr Rio D’Souza welcomed all the delegates
to the campus and expressed his interest in building a stronger association
with these universities. He mentioned that a growing engineering institution like
St Joseph Engineering College will benefit from collaborating with Universities
across the world and programs like these will help students understand the
process of applying to aboard universities easily. The Director, Rev Fr Wilfred
Prakash D’Souza, Assistant Directors, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Rev. Fr Alwyn
D’Souza, Mr Rakesh Lobo, HR Manager, Dr Sridevi Saralaya, HOD CSE, Dr Kavitha
Mahesh, Associate Professor, CSE and all the Collaborations Committee members
participated in the discussion.
The fair also had
inteational destination expert of Quacquarelli Symonds from Mumbai Office,
who worked with the students and helped them take effective decisions regarding
their higher education options.
The
CSI-SJEC Student Chapter in association with the Industry and Innovation Group
(IIG) organized a talk on “Start a start-up – Become an Entrepreneur “on 26th
October 2019 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in Webinar Hall. The Resource Person for
the talk was Mr Gopalakrishna Bhat Kakunje, Managing Director of Kakunje
Software Private Ltd, Mangaluru.
The
Talk was organized for the 7th semester CSE students. The programme was
conducted to give the students an insight into entrepreneurship and its
challenges.
Mr
Aronstun, student of 5th semester CSE was the Master of Ceremony of the
function and he warmly welcomed the gathering. Mr Gopalakrishna Bhat then
opened his session with the perks of being an entrepreneur and also mentioned
that one should not restrict themselves to a particular discipline and embrace
innovation. He explained the foundation for a start-up and the various schemes
provided by the govement to encourage young entrepreneurs. He stressed on the
role of accelerators and incubation centres and the kind of start-up ecosystems
they provide. He then went on to discuss his own entrepreneurship jouey and
the various challenges that he faced, the major ones being Account and Employee
management. He also spoke about Licenses, patents and copyrights. He concluded
his session stating that one should focus on customer satisfaction and quality
and also added that courage and willingness to do everything and anything are
the two most important qualities of a successful entrepreneur.
On
the whole, the session was informative and insightful and gave the students a
peek into transforming their ideas into a business.
The
vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Aldrin, student of 7th semester
CSE. The session concluded at 1:00 pm and around 120 students attended the talk.
The programme was coordinated by Ms Sunitha Guruprasad, Assistant Professor in
the Department of CSE and staff Coordinator of CSI-SJEC Chapter. The Office bearers and members of CSI provided
all the help required to conduct the session successfully. As a token of
appreciation, Mr Gopalakrishna Bhat Kakunje was felicitated with a college
memento.
The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical
Engineering had organized one day Industrial visit for Third year Mechanical
Engineering students to “New Mangalore Port Trust, Panambur” on
25/10/2019. Total of 48 students along with staff took part in the visit.
The main objective of this visit is to
NMPT was officially opened in 1975. In the
year 1962, projects that were associated with the port were initiated. It is
the only major port in Kaataka and ninth biggest port of India.
NMPT imports and exports iron ore concentrates
and pellets, iron ore fines, LPG, fertilizers, phosphoric acid, crude and
petroleum products and liquid chemicals
Ms Sushma, Safety Engineer of NMPT welcomed
the students. During the visit she showed various sections of the port. She
briefed about the history, operations occurs at various terminal, loading,
unloading and tracking systems of the container and disaster management system
established at the port . She also explained the working of stackers, offshore
cranes and Excavators systems.
The visit has enhanced the students’ knowledge
on shipping, loading, customs formalities, and storage facilities in the port.
Also, they understood different machinery used in the port to handle the
materials. Overall the visit was educative and informative.
Mr Chiranth and Mr Sushanth, Faculty of Department
of Mechanical Engineering coordinated the visit.
A special lecture series was organized by the
Department of Business Administration in association with “Industry and
Innovation Group” of SJEC on 24th October 2019.
The Resource person for the session was Ms Shilpa,
Proprietor of Hallimane Rotti, Mangaluru. Dr Anjali Ganesh, Professor MBA
introduced the resource person and welcomed her to the gathering.
Ms Shilpa started her session recollecting her past
and connecting it to the necessity for her to start a small mobile canteen for
her survival. This canteen business flourished over the period and she got good
amount of recognition through social media and print media. Having read about
her single-handed fight to lead a decent life on social media, Mr. Mahindra,
tweeted expressing his desire to partner with the single mother and said:
“Delighted to help Shilpa expand her business”. She received a Mahindra Bolero
pick-up vehicle as an ‘investment’ in her venture by Mahindra Group chairman
Anand Mahindra. Shilpa is a
recipient of Mahindra Transport Excellence Award 2017 for her achievements.
Her message to the students is to never give up in
life and always be independent. She has set an example to be an entrepreneur
with an innovative idea and minimum investment and she encouraged students to
be an employment creator rather than employment seeker.
The session ended with question answer session and a
thanking note by Dr Anjali Ganesh.
The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical
Engineering had organized one day Industrial visit for all Second years on four
different days to “GWASF - Quality
Casting, Baikampady”. Total of 154 students along with staff took part in
the visit.
The main objective of this visit is to
GWASF manufactures a range of castings in a
large variety of alloys from a weight range of 10 kg to 450 kg. The castings
are designed and manufactured to meet inteational safety standards such as
the European PED for pressure vessel castings and Lloyds/DNV for marine
applications. They manufacture a product like pumps casing and safety valves.
GWASF has a large base on sub-contractors and in-house machining facilities.
The company has high end machining capabilities to meet tight tolerance
components. Components are surface finished, painted and pressure tested
according to our customers’ requirements.
The visit has enhanced the students’ knowledge
on Metal casting manufacturing process. Mr Rudolf D’Souza, Mr Chiranth, Mr Sushanth, Mr Rolvin
D’Silva, Mr Akshay, M Rahul, Ms Ramya, Mr Jinu, Mr Santhosh, Mr Nitheesh
Faculty of Mechanical engineering coordinated the visit.
The Industry and Innovation Cell of
Mechanical Engineering organized one day Industrial visit for Pre final year
students to “Varahi hydro power plant,
Hosaangadi and Mani dam, Yadur”. Total of 49+49 students along with five
staff took part in the visit. Visit was scheduled on two slots, First visit was
on 17/09/2019 & second visit was on 05/10/2019. Mr. Chiranth B.P, Mr
Santhosh, Mr Vijay V.S, Mr Sushanth & Mr Prashanth Kumar, Assistant
professor, Dept of ME coordinated the visit.
The main objective of this visit is to
Varahi
Hydro Electric Project is a four Units x 115MW = 460 MW hydro power plant. The
river Varahi takes its birth at a height of 730 m in the Weste Ghats at
Hebbagilu, near Agumbe in Shimoga District. Varahi is Kaataka's first
underground powerhouse – a key milestone in the corporation history of KPCL.
Varahi Hydro Electric Project initially
conceived as a surface powerhouse at the blueprint stage. Later converted into
an underground Powerhouse due to Economical and Conce for environment
protection. Varahi was started with two
different stages. Stage I of the Varahi Hydro Electric Project has a total
installed capacity of 230 MW and Stage II of the Varahi Hydro Electric Project
has a total installed capacity of 230 MW contributing 1100 MU annually. This
consists of 4 x 115 MW generating Units at Varahi underground Powerhouse. We
also visited Mani Dam (Dam attached power plant) where two 4.5 MW units are set
up.
This
visit enhanced students’ knowledge on
●
Idea of the working environment of the hydro power station.
●
Parameters considered for the selection of turbine in the
plant.
●
Working principle of Pelton and Kaplan turbine.
The Industry and Innovation Group of St Joseph Engineering College
(SJEC), Vamanjoor, hosted 82 students of St Jacobs Higher Primary School,
Farla, on Friday, 11th October 2019. Farla is a small town in Navoor
which is one of the villages adopted by SJEC.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s Former President Dr APJ
Abdul Kalam, the Innovation Cell under Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD), Govement of India is promoting conduction certain activities at
Engineering institutes across India. The visit by school kids was an attempt by
SJEC to join hands with MHRD and pay tribute to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who is one
of the greatest innovators our country has seen to date.
The school kids ranging from 3rd to 7th standards
were greeted by the college authorities with great gusto and several student
clubs of the college presented their work to the kids. During this visit, the
students were introduced to the innovation facilities at SJEC and went through
a series of interactive sessions on the importance of innovation and its
prospects.
The student teams that interacted with the school kids included Team
SJEC Racing which works on All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Team ACHILLIUS which
works on Electric Solar Car, Team eSJEC Racing which works on Electric All-Terrain
Vehicle, Team ARTEMIS Racing which works on Go Karting, SJEC AERO team and
Automation & Robotics Club (ARC-SJEC).
Post the presentations, the school kids visited the innovation
facilities available at SJEC and explored a few of the projects developed on
campus.
The students of St Jacobs Higher Primary School were accompanied by 7
teachers lead by the Headmistress Ms Jacintha D’Souza.
Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith
D’Costa & Rev. Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, Assistant Directors of SJEC, Dr
Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Mr Rakesh Lobo, HR Manager of SJEC were
present. The event was organized by Mr Sathyendra Bhat J & Mr Yathish
Kumar, Chairpersons of Industry & Innovation Group of SJEC. Several faculty
members of the college including Mr Ashwin Shetty, Mr Ragesh Raju, Mr
Ajithanjaya Kumar, Mr Subramanya K and Mr Vinoothan Kaliveer coordinated the
event.
The
New Age Incubation Network (NAIN) Incubation Centre of St Joseph Engineering
College (SJEC), Mangaluru, in association with Kaataka Innovation and
Technology Society (KITS), jointly organized a Bootcamp called E-STEP on 22nd
August 2019. KITS is a body under the Department of Information Technology
(IT), Bio-Technology (BT) and Science & Technology (S&T), Govement of
Kaataka.
E-STEP
is an initiative from Startup Cell Kaataka with a focus to empower
students/start-ups in the state towards entrepreneurship. E-STEP focusses on
boot camps, mentoring the students and providing specific training which would
cover various aspects of entrepreneurship.
The
program was inaugurated by the Chief Guests Mr Abrar Ahmed, Associate-Marketing
& Outreach at Startup Kaataka and Mr Vishnu Nagaraj, Founder of Carve
Startup Labs and TaGD, who were also the trainers of the program. Rev. Fr
Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa & Rev. Fr
Alwyn Richard D’Souza, Assistant Directors of SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal
of SJEC, Dr Purushothama Chippar, College Coordinator of SJEC NAIN Incubation Centre
and Mr Yathish Kumar K, Incubation Centre Manager, were also present on the
occasion.
Dr
Purushothama Chippar, welcomed the gathering during which he introduced the
initiatives of NAIN and presented the significance of the Bootcamp.
Speaking
on the occasion, Dr Rio D’Souza said that Bootcamp is a platform for the
students to come together and lea the intricacies of the entire gamut of the
startup ecosystem. He mentioned that NAIN has taken the lead in organizing
multiple events to assist the budding entrepreneurs in the state. He also
touched upon the kind of ideas that emerge out of events like these and wished
a fruitful day to all the participants of the Bootcamp.
In
his inaugural speech, Mr Abrar Ahmed spoke about the E-STEP initiative and said
that such Bootcamps are being held at 30 NAIN institutions in the state of
Kaataka. He also mentioned that the Bootcamp would give an overview of the
current startup system besides acting as a platform for ideation where teams
would work on various ideas based on problems, solutions, competitors, and
customers. He said that SJEC has exceeded expectations in terms of the number
of participants and congratulated the organizers for hosting the event.
Mr
Akash Lobo from Final Year Mechanical Engineering proposed the vote of thanks
who was also the host during the inaugural.
The
inaugural was followed by several sessions that included ideation, product
design, and marketing, product development, sales and customer engagement,
mentor talk by a local entrepreneur, discussion on the business model, creation
of a pitch deck, mock pitch, etc.
As
a part of mentor talk by a local entrepreneur, Ms Sulaj Kini, Partner of Bell
Paints, Mangaluru, interacted with the participants and shared her entrepreneurial
experiences.
In
all, 140 students registered and took an active part in this daylong event.
The Department of Civil
Engineering in association with IIEDC organized an industrial visit to Master
Plannery Nirmithi Kendra, Puttur on 15 April 2019 for VI Semester students.
Three Faculty members (Mr Sachin U, Mr Govinda Krishna and Ms. Bhavya)
accompanied a group of 69 students.
The industrial visit to
Master Plannery Rural Development Centre provides practical knowledge to the
students as to how theoretical knowledge is put into action. Master Plannery is
a construction company where they focus on Precast Products like Door Frames,
window Frames, Decorative Products etc and also help the society by designing
low cost houses, Ferro-Cement structures, Interlocks etc. Master Plannery
believes that progress must be achieved in harmony with the environment and
commitment to community welfare and environmental protection are an integral
part of the corporate vision.
St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Vamanjoor,
Mangaluru, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kaataka German
Technical Training Institute (KGTTI) on Monday, 25th February 2019.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Mr Giridhar Salian, Director of KGTTI,
Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director of SJEC, Dr. Rio D’Souza, Principal
of SJEC, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director of SJEC, Mr. Amar Saxena,
GIZ Expert at KGTTI and Dr Sudheer M, Professor & Head of Mechanical
Engineering at SJEC. The two organizations expressed their intention to
cooperate within the scope of their mandates and sphere of competences to work
with youth and for youth, towards skill development of engineering students.
The MoU is made for imparting skill development training under different
training programs organized by KGTTI at SJEC for its students and staff.
According to MoU, the overall objective of the KGTTI
is to provide skill development, hands-on-training in advanced technology and
to enhance employment opportunities of engineering students.
St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru in
association with Kaataka State Council for Science and Technology, (KSCST),
IISC Campus, Bengaluru, Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) and Department
of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt
of India organized an Outreach Programme on Intellectual Property Awareness at
Shubhodaya Vidyalaya, Mudushedde on 21st February, 2019.
A technical talk on “Industrial scenario in DK &
significance of factory act for an industrial set up” was organized on 16th
November 2018 in Fr Fred Memorial Hall, for the third year students of
Electronics and Communication Engineering Department. The talk was an activity
supporting the course Management & Entrepreneurship, and was held in
association with IIEDC. Mr K.G. Nanjappa, Deputy Director of Factories,
Bangaluru was the resource person.
Ms Shrunga K.G, student of third year welcomed and introduced
speaker to the audience. Ms. Vijayalaxmi H.M., Assistant Professor, florally
welcomed the speaker.
The resource person started with the introduction to the
industrial scenario in Kaataka as well as Dakshina Kannada district. Statistics
were provided regarding the number of registered factories, the number of
hazardous factories, Major Accident Hazard Units(MAHs) and the total number of
registers boilers in the state .This was followed by a brief explanation on the
inventory of different hazardous substances and their quantity stored in the
state as well as the threat they possess. A few examples were given for
different hazards like LPG and chemical plants such as MRPL and MCF.
An explanation on how an industry is set up was given. He stated
that the key aspect of any venture begins with an idea, followed by knowing the
market, that is to understand the customer, his needs etc. This is followed by
the action plan which covers topics like location, nature of the business,
facilities, planning, resources like manpower and raw materials. The concept of
material handling, quality control and resource management in industries was
introduced to the students.
One of the key aspects to be taken care in an industry, that is
safety, was elaborated upon. The definition of hazard and safe working
environment was explained. Two laws
formed by the govement for the purpose of industrial safety were explained to
the audience. The resource person explained the two acts, first one being The
Factories Act-1948 and the second one being Kaataka Factories Rules-1969. The
definition of worker and manufacturing process, guidelines for health,
housekeeping, fire and life safety, elevators, isolated storage, ventilation,
and temperature was briefed. The presenter concluded the talk by showing a
video of a real tragedy that took place, in India. This was followed by a brief
Q&A session.
The topics explained were presented in a well-organized manner
and a sufficient number of figures were shown alongside the text. Overall it
was very useful to the audience.
Organizer of the talk Ms. Padmini Bhat, Assistant Professor,
thanked and felicitated the speaker with a memento. Ms Priya Miranda IIEDC
coordinator of ECE Department coordinated the event.
A Panel Discussion on “Smart City Mangaluru and
Business Opportunities” was held at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor,
Mangaluru on 15th November 2018, under the banner COLLOQUY–18. The
event was jointly organized by Department of Business Administration and
Industry Interaction and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IIEDC) of the
college. The panel discussion offered participants the scope of setting up
business ventures in the wake of Mangaulru becoming a Smart city. Prof Lionel
Aranha, Chartered Accountant and Advocate chaired the session consisting of
Annappa Pai, Director of Ace Foods Pvt Ltd, Mangaluru and President of DSIA, CA
Abdur Rahman Musba, Head-Finance of Cardolite Specialty Chemicals India LLP,
MSEZ, Mr Norbert M Shenoy, Financial Consultant, Arunanjali Securities and Ms
Sulaj Kini, Partner of Bell Paints, as panelists.
Prof Lionel Aranha presented an overview of the
growth of Mangaluru from a small town to a city. He highlighted upon the main
strengths of the city in terms of infrastructure, educational services, banking
services and quality of living. In spite of having all the facilities,
youngsters don’t stay in Mangaluru.
Mr Annappa Pai in his opening
statement expressed that people of Mangaluru were always smart and now they are
trying to make the city smart. Highlighting on the changes in the retail sector
he classified it into door to door retailing, retailing at the signal,
traditional neighborhood retail outlets, supermarkets, hypermarket, online
retail, WhatsApp and inteet marketing.
CA Abdur Rahman Musba in his opening statement
highlighted on the prime requirements necessary to set up large industries in
Mangaluru, the principal criterion being land with quality soil and drainage
facility. He mentioned about stable, continuous and quality power, quality of
water and availability of materials. He stressed on the need to promote
Mangaluru and market its locational advantage.
Ms Sulaj Kini, a second generation
entrepreneur briefed about the growth of her family business set up by her
father. She expressed her motivations for staying in Mangaluru. She opined that
metro cities have reached saturation and there is life beyond your work which
our city can offer. She encouraged students to venture into entrepreneurship.
Mr Norbert M. Shenoy, reflected on
the concept of smart city. He expressed that Manguluru is characterized by
remittance economy, event management companies and catering business. Banking,
education and catering were the major successful services set up by the
citizens of Mangaluru. He spoke about the opportunities available for
youngsters, which lie in haessing technologies like app development,
platforms, Inteet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Leaing.
The opening statements were
followed by discussions based on the queries raised by the audience. Dr Prakash
Pinto, Dean of MBA, Mr Sathyendra Bhat, Chairperson of IIEDC and Dr Babitha
Rohit, Coordinator, IIEDC were present for the event.
The
Industry Interaction Cell of Mechanical Engineering organized one day
Industrial visit for second year
students to “Udupi Power Corporation Ltd, Padubidri ”. Total of 45 students
along with two staffs took part in the visit. Visit was scheduled on 12/11/2018
at 10.30 A.M. Mr. Chiranth BP-Assistant Professor,
ME and Mr Akshay-Assistant Professor, ME coordinated the visit.
The
main objective of this visit is to
Udupi
Power Corporation Limited is a 2 X 600 MW imported coal based power project in
the Udupi District of Kaataka. Situated in the weste coastal region of India,
the plant is situated in the village of Yellur, between Mangalore and Udupi.
UPCL
is the first independent power project (IPP) using 100% imported coal as fuel
in the country and was awarded the Gold Shield award for early completion of
Thermal power project Unit-1 from Ministry of power, Govement of India in FY
2010-11 and also the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award in
FY 2014-15.
The
Udupi Power Project supplies 90% of the power it generates to the State of
Kaataka and 10% to the State of Punjab.
Mr.
Vineeth, UPCL welcomed and explained main parts of the UPCL. Following were the
sections which he briefed.
1.
Coal Handling Plant (CHP)
2.
Water handling plant (DM)
3.
Ash handling plant (AHP)
4.
Switch yard
5.
Cooling house
6.
Flu gas De-Sulphurisation (FGD)
7.
Effluent treatment plant (ETP)
This
visit enhanced students knowledge on the architecture of the power plant, the
way various units in which they are linked and the way how whole power plant is
controlled. It has allowed an opportunity to get an exposure of the practical
implementation to theoretical fundamentals.
A
one-day workshop on the topic IP Security was conducted by CIPHER- student
association and IIEDC for the students of Department of Computer Science and
Engineering for pre-final year students. The session was conducted at Bishop
Aloysius Hall, St. Joseph Engineering College – Vamanjoor, Mangalore on 27th
of October, 2018. The programme
commenced at 9:30 am with a welcome address given by Ms. Darly Saldanha followed
by a silent prayer.
The
resource person for the day was Mr. Rahul Dutta, an Associate Engineer in J P
Morgan, Hyderabad. The HOD of the Computer Science, Dr Sridevi Saralya welcomed
the resource person and addressed the gathering, following which Mr. Dutta
commenced the workshop.
Initially,
a pre-session assessment was conducted to judge the calibre and knowledge of
the students. This was followed by the moing session on the topics Data
Encryption Standard, Deffie-Hellman Algorithm, DoS attack, User imitation
attack and how to overcome them. In the afteoon, a hands-on session was
conducted on Creation of VPN tunnel for Secure Data transmission for Linux and Windows
along with the implementation of the topics covered in the moing session to
help the students inculcate practical knowledge on this domain. The faculty
in-charge and student coordinators were also present for the session.
The
workshop ended with a post-session assessment at 5:00 pm following which Ms.
Darly Saldanha proposed the vote of thanks. A memento was presented by Mrs.
Gayana M N to Mr. Dutta as a token of appreciation. The entire workshop was
coordinated by IIEDC coordinator Dr Usha Divakarla in co-ordination with CIPHER
association.
A
Motivational Talk on Entrepreneurship Development was organized by the
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with IIEDC,
SJEC for Final year students of E&E and Civil and pre final year students
of MCA on 10th October 2018 in Bishop Aloysius Paul Hall. The Guest
speaker of the Programme was Dr. G Srinikethan, In-charge Director, NITK STEP. The
Talk provided insights into the world of an Entrepreneur. The interactive
session provided invaluable information on role of an Entrepreneur, skills
required and the road-map ahead. The speaker stressed on the need to prepare a
good Business Model before approaching a Financial Agency. The students were
motivated by case studies of “Student
Start-ups.” The speaker emphasized the need for Surveys of potential customers
and the Market competition. The speaker shared his valuable experience as
Director of NITK-STEP, and requested the young Audience to innovate and Design New
Ventures and promised all possible support for the same. The Talk was well
appreciated by all the students and Faculty members present for the event.
The Department of Computer Science
and Engineering in association with Industry Interaction and Entrepreneurship
Development Cell (IIEDC) organized an interactive session on “Industry
Practices on Software Project Delivery” for the V Semester CSE students on
Friday, 10th August 2018 at 9:00 AM at Bishop Aloysius Paul
Conference Hall of the college. The resource person for this session was Mr
Hari S, Lead-Education Training and Assessment (ETA), Infosys Trivandrum
Development Centre.
The session began with the HOD of
Computer Science and Engineering, Dr Sridevi Saralaya, introducing the resource
person and welcoming the gathering. The interaction was being arranged owing to
the gap between industry and academia as indicated by Mr Hari S.
During the interaction, Mr Hari S
interacted passionately with all the students. As the audience was
predominantly from Computer Science background, he emphasized on the need to be
good programmers. He raised conces over the students recruited by Infosys
during the year 2017-18, who are currently undergoing training at Infosys
Global Education Centre, Mysuru. He pointed out that most of the recruits are
unable to write code for any scenario posed in front of them. This was quite
alarming from the point of view of Infosys as they will have to put extra
efforts to train the fresh recruits.
Mr Hari urged all students to take up
coding more seriously and try to perfect it. He said that there are no
shortcuts to being a good coder and practice is the only way to go forward. He
asked all the students to code beyond what is prescribed in the syllabus. He
said almost all will be able to write code but it is more important to write
good coder. He mentioned a few of the best practices followed in the industry
and named some of the open source tools to check the quality of the code. He
stressed on the fact that due care must be taken to make sure that all coding
standards and conventions are adhered to when writing codes. This makes the
code more readable and ensures better understanding, if and when the code has
to be reused in future. He mentioned that reusing and scaling is the essence of
coding and the coding standards ensure these aspects.
The session came to an end with Mr
Hari S taking on a few of the queries posed by the students.
The Department of Computer Applications
in association with Industry Interaction and Entrepreneurship Development Cell
(IIEDC) organized an interactive session on “Industry Practices on Software
Project Delivery” for the MCA students on Wednesday, 8th August 2018
at 11:00 AM at Bishop Aloysius Paul Conference Hall of the college. The resource
person for this session was Mr Hari S, Lead-Education Training and Assessment
(ETA), Infosys Trivandrum Development Centre.
The session began with the HOD of MCA,
Ms Sumangala N, introducing the resource person and welcoming the gathering.
The interaction was being arranged owing to the gap between industry and
academia as indicated by Mr Hari S.
During the interaction, Mr Hari S
interacted passionately with all the students. As the audience was
predominantly from Computer Science background, he emphasized on the need to be
good programmers. He raised conces over the students recruited by Infosys
during the year 2017-18, who are currently undergoing training at Infosys
Global Education Centre, Mysuru. He pointed out that most of the recruits are
unable to write code for any scenario posed in front of them. This was quite
alarming from the point of view of Infosys as they will have to put extra
efforts to train the fresh recruits.
Mr Hari urged all students to take up
coding more seriously and try to perfect it. He said that there are no
shortcuts to being a good coder and practice is the only way to go forward. He
asked all the students to code beyond what is prescribed in the syllabus. He
said almost all will be able to write code but it is more important to write
good coder. He mentioned a few of the best practices followed in the industry
and named some of the open source tools to check the quality of the code. He
stressed on the fact that due care must be taken to make sure that all coding
standards and conventions are adhered to when writing codes. This makes the
code more readable and ensures better understanding, if and when the code has
to be reused in future. He mentioned that reusing and scaling is the essence of
coding and the coding standards ensure these aspects.
The session came to an end with Mr
Hari S taking on a few of the queries posed by the students.
The Department of Electronics and Communication
Engineering organized a talk titled An Entrepreneur at Ground Zero,
under the aegis of Industry Interaction and Entrepreneurship Development Cell
of the Department on April 23, 2018 from 10.00 A.M to 11.00 AM at Fr Fred
Memorial Hall. Mr Shivraj D Poojary, Software Engineer at Telenetix Private
Limited and also Co-founder of SUNSKRIT Futuristic was the resource person of
the session.
This talk was organised for 4th year
ECE Students. Ms Chrystle Pinto, from 8th semester, ECE welcomed the gathering
and introduced the speaker to the audience.
The
objective of the talk was to inspire students towards Entrepreneurship and create
awareness of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs.
Mr Shivraj D Poojary started the session by narrating his jouey
as an entrepreneur. He also provided information about govement schemes that
support entrepreneurs. He also spoke about Make in India and Digital India
policy. He highlighted the skills and strategies students should develop to
start their own business.
Dr
Dayakshini, HOD of ECE Dept. felicitated Mr Shivraj D Poojary. Around 100 students attended this
session. The talk
ended with vote of thanks by Ms Chrystle Pinto. Ms Rupal M D D’Souza, Assistant Professor in
the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering at SJEC, organized
the talk.
The Entrepreneurship Development
Cell (EDC) of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a
talk on Entrepreneur on March 23rd
2018 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in Spoorthi Hall. The Resource Persons were Mr
Gopalakrishna Bhat Kakunje, CEO and Managing Director from Kakunje Software
Private Ltd, Mangaluru and Ms Namitha Bhat, Software Developer, Kakunje
Software Private Ltd, Mangaluru.
The Talk was organized for the 8th
semester CSE students and 4th semester MCA students. The programme
was aimed at providing information about Entrepreneurship and the steps used to
be a successful entrepreneur.
The Programme started at 11:00 am. Ms Tanya Navas and
Samantha D Sequeira, students of 8th semester CSE were the Master of
Ceremony of the function. Dr Sridevi Saralaya, HOD, Department of CSE and Ms
Sunitha Guruprasad, Assistant
Professor in the Department of CSE,
welcomed the Guests. Without any further delay, the speaker Ms Namitha Bhat started her session. She gave information about Entrepreneurship and the benefits
of becoming an entrepreneur. Mr Gopalakrishna Bhat gave detailed information
about Starting a Start-Up IT company in India. He spoke about his own
experiences of starting a company which included, Infrastructure Management, Financial
Management, Employee Management, Marketing Management, Client Management and Project
Development Management. He also spoke about Licenses and Copyrights and the facilities
available from Govement to start a company.
The session was very informative
& all students appreciated the programme.
The
session concluded at 1:00 pm. Around 150 students participated in the
programme. The EDC
Committee member-SJEC,
Ms Sunitha Guruprasad, Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE coordinated
the programme. Mr Gopalakrishna Bhat Kakunje and Ms Namitha Bhat were
felicitated with college memento as a token of appreciation.
The Department of Civil Engineering organized a motivational talk under
Entrepreneurship Development Cell on 15th March 2018 from 2:15pm to 2:45pm in Bishop Aloysius Paul Hall for Final
Semester students. Ms Ashmitha Castelino, Alumni of SJEC and Gold medallist
under VTU, currently working as Design Engineer, at Roy & Shenoy, Mangaluru
delivered the talk. The talk was aimed to motivate students. Ms Vishika, 8th
semester student compered the session. Ms Ivy Savia Dantis welcomed the guest
with a flower.
Ms. Ashmitha explained the importance of being active and leaing
details of various aspects during the engineering programme. She said that all
the theory especially the derivations that is leat during the four years is
never used in the field. Leaing happens
when people start working. She also motivated the students to know the
availability and market rates of building materials and also made a mention
that students do not understand the importance of talks and other motivation
during the Programme and only realise its value after passing out the College. Often
times there is a disconnect between reality and what is delivered in class and
hence she requested faculty members to take students to construction sites and explain
structural details. Dr Nalini Rebello gave the memento to the guest and
appreciated her talk.The session concluded with an interaction with the
students followed by vote of thanks.
Dr Nalini Rebello, HOD and faculty of Civil Engineering department were
present during the talk. Mr Vijay H., EDC member of Civil Engineering
department coordinated the talk.
On
the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day, the Department of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering organised a finishing school activity for its final
year students on 26th April 2017 in Fr. Fred seminar Hall from 10:30 am to 1:00
pm. This finishing school activity aimed at motivating young entrepreneurs and
providing them vital information on Technical and Financial support available
from govement agencies like MSME (micro small& medium enterprise).
The
resource person for this seminar was Mr Kalai Socrates, Deputy Director of
Ministry of MSME - Yeyyadi, Mangaluru. The seminar focussed on topics like role
of entrepreneurs and society, procurement of IPR and financial support from
Govt. Agencies, ethical values required in business and challenges / motives
for young entrepreneurs. The seminar was followed by a discussion of 20 mins,
wherein the resource person clarified the queries from final year EEE start-up
aspirants.
The
seminar was well appreciated by final year EEE students and faculty members
present on the occasion.
The Industry Interaction Cell of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SJEC organized a Technical Talk on Role of youth in water management and Advances in Water Technology on 25th April, 2017 at 3:30 PM in the Bishop Aloysius Paul Hall.
Mr Avin Kajekar, Management Professional and Director of Genio Management Pvt. Ltd, Mangalore, was the resource person. The objective of this programme was to motivate and create awareness among the students to play their role in water management in day to day life and to take up projects in water technology. In his talk, Mr Avin described various ways of water management and how water could be used effectively & efficiently. He also spoke of different ways of controlling usage of water in day to day life.
Mr Avin also included in his presentation, water technologies available and different types of purifiers currently used in the world. Mr Avin also provided suggestions and ideas for students to take up projects in water technologies in their coming semesters. He also mentioned about different funding agencies that funds projects on water technology.
The outcomes of this talk were:
1. Create awareness about water
management and ways of utilising it effectively.
2. Promote knowledge on water technologies.
After the presentation, the floor was open for discussion and Mr Avin took on the queries which the students raised.
Around 57 students and 7
Departmental Faculty participated in the event.
Mr Chiranth B.P., Mr.
Joel I Concessao, and Mr Binu K.G., the Faculty Coordinators of IIC along with student
coordinators: Ashwin Shetty, Duane Gonsalvis,
Kishan, Ashish, and Aditya organized the event.
Mr Joel I Concessao was the emcee for the event.
The Industry Interaction Cell
expresses its gratitude to The Management - SJEC for their support in
organizing this event.
The Industry Interaction Cell of Mechanical Engineering Department organized a one-day Industrial visit for pre-final year students to Lamina Springs Pvt. Ltd – Baikampady starting from 25th April, 2017. A total of 50 students along with two Faculty members took part in the visit. The Visit was scheduled for four days for different sections.
The main objectives of this visit are:
1.
Provide an overview of the Manufacturing Processes
involved in manufacturing of Leaf springs
2. Enhance knowledge on different materials used in the manufacturing processes.
Lamina Suspension Products Ltd., are India's leading Manufacturer, Supplier, Exporter and Dealer of a wide assortment of Leaf Springs, Automobile Leaf Springs which feature higher load capacity, stability and lasting durability. They are also dealing with numerous foreign conces across the world like USA, UK, Italy, Taiwan, South Korea, France, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Finland, Greece, UAE and many others.
The layout of steps followed in
manufacturing of leaf springs was explained by the company supervisor. Students
witnessed different process like bending, cutting, rolling, heat treatment and
various other manufacturing processes.
The visit has enhanced the students’
knowledge on materials and processes used in manufacturing of leaf springs. Also,
various difficulties encountered in manufacturing the same were realized.
The Computer Science and
Engineering Department in association with EDC Cell organized a workshop on Information
Security Awareness on 4th April 2016 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm in
the Spoorthi Conference Hall for CSE Students. The
resource persons were Dr Alwyn Roshan Pais, Assistant Professor, NITK Surathkal,
Mr I. L. Narasimha Rao, and Mr
CH. A.S Murthy from Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing
(CDAC), Hyderabad. Dr Rio D’Souza, HOD-CSE
welcomed the gathering and introduced the
speakers to the audience.
Dr. Alwyn R Pais explained
the importance of the workshop and also stressed on the growing demand for
information security professionals in the future. Mr. CH. A.S Murthy in his talk spoke about the various types of possible cyber attacks
and computer viruses. Mr. I. L. Narasimha Rao explained about the recent
cyber crimes and how to secure our information while browsing net, logging into
mail accounts, the way to block some of the url's from children etc. He informed
not to respond to fake lottery e-mails since it is a fraud. He mentioned the
need for having strong password and verifying the e-mail ID thoroughly, with
each and every letter in the email ID before responding to any e-mails in the
business transaction. He also talked about risks
involved in online shopping and explained some of the safety measures before going
for online shopping. At the end of the workshop, HOD presented mementos to the
resource persons as a token of gratitude. The event
coordinator Mr Raghavendra Achar thanked Mr
I. L. Narasimha Rao and his team on behalf of the SJEC Management,
HOD, Staff and Students of CSE. Ms. Akshatha
from VI Semester CSE was the emcee.
The Civil Engineering
Department under the banner of Industry Interaction and Entrepreneurship Development
Cell organized a Talk on How to become an Entrepreneur by Mr
Ujwal D’Souza, Proprietor- Marian Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Mangaluru, on 18th
March, 2016 at 11:00 am, in Bishop Aloysius Paul Hall. Er Prem Salian,
Treasurer - Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Mangaluru, and Er
Bharath, Member – ACCE, were the other dignitaries at the event.
Dr Nalini Rebello, HOD,
Department of Civil Engineering welcomed the gathering and explained to the
students the importance of these talks and its effectiveness in creating
awareness. Mr Ujwal D’Souza in his talk, informed the students regarding the
basic qualities required to become a successful entrepreneur. He further
explained the areas into which graduates can look into and also explained
regarding each and every documents that are essential to start a new firm. He
also explained the different types of tenders and the procedure to quote a
tender. The Technical Talk was concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr Prashant
Kurdekar, Assistant Professor and Faculty Coordinator of EDC and IIC of the Department
of Civil Engineering. 6th and 8th semester students
attended the talk.