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Poster Presentation on “Coexistance In Nature With Harmony”

The Prodigi (Student Association of ECE) organized a Poster Presentation Competition for II-year ECE students on February 27th, 2024 in Communication Lab, III Floor, AB-I. The theme for the presentation was "Coexistence in Nature with Harmony” and the event was in support of the course Universal Human Values-II (22UHV37). The objective of this activity was to gain a deeper understanding of how humans can coexist with nature in a mutually beneficial and sustainable manner.


A total of 20 groups, each consisting of 5 members, actively participated in the event. The event judges were Mr Prasad S M, Assistant Professor from the Department of ECE and Ms Renuka Tantry, Assistant Professor from the Department of ICBS. Ms Bhuvaneshwari Bhat and her team bagged the first prize, while Mr Rusank and his team won the second prize. Dr Dayakshini, HOD-ECE, honored the prize winners. Ms. Vijaylakshmi H M, Assistant Professor of the ECE Dept, concluded the event by handing over the appreciation letter to the Judges, as a token of gratitude. Ms. Padmini Bhat and Ms. Shama B N coordinated the event.

 

Inauguration of Prodigi Activities for the year 2023-24

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Inaugurated Prodigi Activities 2023-24 and Samarthya Club on December 7, 2023 in Kalam Auditorium starting at 9:30 AM. The chief guest for the event was Dr. Shashidhar G Koolagudi, Professor, and Former Head of the Department of Computer Science at NITK Surathkal. Dr. Sudheer M, Dean Academics at SJEC, graced the event as the Guest of Honor.

Dr Dayakshini, HOD-ECE Department, welcomed  the Chief Guest and Introduced him to the august gathering.  Mr Prasad  S M, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE  briefed about the activities conducted under Prodigi for the academic year 2022-23. Dr Dayakshini congratulated the new office bearers of Prodigi and Samarthya club. Dr Shashidhar G Koolagudi and Dr Sudheer M felicitated the meritorious students who topped in their academic performance. Mr Rathan P A and Mr Leslie Rodrigues President of Prodigi and Samarthya club briefed about the activities planned for the academic year 2023-24.

The Resource Person, Dr. Shashidhar Koolgudi delivered technical talk for ECE students on Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. The session covered topics such as the impact of AI/ML, the overview of Machine Leaing, steps involved in the ML process, and practical applications.

Ms  K Aarya Shri, Ms Priya Miranda,Mr Glenson Toney and Mr Aldrin Claytus Vaz Assistant Professors of the Department of ECE Coordinated the program.

 

ECE: TALK ON "FUTURE OF CIRCUIT ENGINEERING"

Objectives of the workshop:

1. To enlighten the job opportunities and scope of Electrical Engineering across the globe.

2. To prepare students for Core Company Jobs.

PRODIGI, ECE student association organized a technical talk on Future "Future of Circuit Engineering & for the student of Circuit Engineering Branch on 25th April 2023 at 12:00 PM in Fr Fred Memorial Hall. Mr Sudeep Sapnil Gonsalves, an Alumnus of 2021 batch and currently working as Design Engineer at Tridonic UK Ltd, United Kingdom was the resource person. Ms Avila Priya Pinto, PRODIGI Coordinator, welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person. Mr Sudeep appreciated the students for opting Electronics and Communication Engineering and motivated them to make the maximum utilization of the opportunities provided by the college. He stressed on the positive side of Circuit engineering and thee scope of Electronics across the globe. He enlightened the students by giving examples of students who build the network with their Seniors, Professors and Industry people for problem statements to carry out projects. He mentioned about things to be done beyond Classroom to build an impressive Profile. He called upon the students to make fundamentals strong to excel in the core industry. Dr Dayakshini, Professor and HOD and Ms Maninarayana, Assistant Professor felicitated Mr Sudeep Sapnil Gonsalves. Mr Sahal of third year ECE gave vote of thanks. Ms Avila Priya Pinto, Mr Prasad S M and Ms Nandini Maninarayana, Assistant Professors coordinated the Program.

Title of the Event: Future of Circuit engineering

Date on which the event was conducted: 25/04/2023

Mode: Offline

Target audience: 3rd year

Number of participants: 120

Name of the Resource person(s) with Affiliation: Mr Sudeep Sapnil Gonsalves, Design Engineer, Tridonic, UK Ltd., UK

 

ECE: TALK ON BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR

Title of the Event: Being an Entrepreneur

Date on which the event was conducted: 18/11/2022                      

Mode: Offline

Target audience: Pre final year students

Number of participants: 75

Name of the Resource person(s) with Affiliation: Ms Andrea Gonsalves, Co-founder- Market Bird, an advertising Agency

Objectives of the workshop:

·         To understand the opportunities and challenges of being an entrepreneur.

·         To get familiarize with the concept of entrepreneurship and the various types and levels of functioning.

PO's & PSO's mapped to: PO2, PO3, PSO2

Brief about the proceedings of the event: The Prodigi- Student Association of the ECE Department had organized a talk on "Being An Entrepreneur”  for the Pre final year students by  Ms Andrea Gonsalves, Co-founder- Market Bird, an advertising Agency as well as the alumni of class of 2016.

The session began at 3:00 pm in Fr Fred Hall , Academic Block I. person. Ms  Jennifer Saldanha  Assistant Professor ECE welcomed all and introduced the speaker.

Ms Andrea gave the insights on being an employee or an entrepreneur as well how to how to start a business. She stressed on the fact that that Entrepreneurship is not about the idea it about the implementation. She shared the experience of starting a business during the critical phase of life (2020 pandemic).She spoke about different ways to start a business without investing ,the resources required to start a venture, and how to look onto the opportunities. She called upon the students to look onto the opportunities rather than putting boundaries or restrictions.

At the end of the session, Ms Andrea interacted with the students and answered various

questions. Ms Jennifer handed over the Appreciation letter and thanked the Ms Andrea for having a fruitful interaction with the students. The session was well organized and appreciated by everyone. 

 

Ms Shwetha Kunte of 3rd year ECE compered the program. Ms Jennifer Saldanha, Ms Avila Priya Pinto and Mr Prasad Assistant Professors ECE, coordinated the event.

 

 

ECE: Talk on “Career Opportunities for Final Year Students”

The Prodigi Student Association of the ECE Department had organized an Interactive session for the Final Year students by Mr Shashank V M, Associate Engineer Qualcomm, Bangalore as well as the alumni of ECE 2020-21 batch.

The session began at 2:30 pm in Spoorthi Hall ,7th floor, Academic Block III. Ms Avila Priya Pinto, Prodigi Coordinator welcomed the Resource person as well as the participants. She introduced the resource person.

Mr Shashank spoke about 5G Technology and its evolution, Artificial Intelligence revolution, Interdependence of AI and 5G technology, Job creation in various domains, Open sources available, Industries open to ECE graduates, Skills required for ECE students to fetch good jobs, Mentorship programs by LINUX, Open Source technology. He also spoke on how to memorize the leaings and suggested few books for reference. He also shared his experience at Qualcomm. At the end of

the session, Mr Shashank interacted with the students and answered various questions .

Ms Avila Priya Pinto, Prodigi Coordinator handed over the Appreciation letter and thanked the Mr Shashank V M for having a fruitful interaction with the students. The session was well organized and appreciated by everyone. 


Objectives of the workshop:

Ø  Students will be able to explore various job opportunities for the ECE graduates in Industries.

Ø  Students will be able to know the various online leaing tools and mentorship programs in order to lea the cutting edge technologies and build the resume.

Ø   

PO's & PSO's mapped to:

PO6: Engineer & Society

PSO2: Industry Interaction

 

ECE: Know Your States - A Team Presentation

On the occasion of Azaadi ka Amrit Mahothsav, Prodigi- A student association of Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering & ISTE student chapter SJEC jointly organized a competition for II year ECE students on the topic  Know Your States-  A Team Presentation on 12th August 2022.

The Program started at 9:30 a.m. in the Fr. Fred Hall. The program began with the national song " Vande Matharam”. The judges, Mr. Prashanth Kurdekar, Caretaker SJEC-AIRWING NCC unit, serving as Assistant Professor in  Dept. of Civil Engg. & Ms Reshma K J, serving as Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE , were cordially welcomed to the program.  The presentation competition started with state Sikkim and swept till Gujarat in west and Tamilnadu in south to Jammu & Kashmir in north. Each presentation of duration 3 minutes touched upon the art & culture, geography, food, tourism locations and well known personalities of that state. Few teams performed the dance forms of that state as well. Totally 15 teams participated in the competition. The team- Madhyapradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan bagged the 1st, 2nd & 3rd prices respectively. ECE faculties witnessed the competition.  Ms Padmini Bhat, Prodigi coordinator & Ms Chaitra U R, ISTE Dept. coordinator distributed the prizes.

The event explored the heritage & rich culture of our motherland. This event was an effort to inculcate patriotism in young minds.

The program concluded with national anthem

 

ECE: Alumni Interaction by Mr Sagar Nayak

PRODIGI- Student's Association of ECE Department, St Joseph Engineering College conducted a session and provided an insight about importance of good projects and inteship on Tuesday 24 May 2022 in Fr Fred Memorial for second and third year students of ECE. The resource person of the talk was Mr Sagar Nayak, alumnus, batch of 2021.

The event started with the silent prayer. Ms. Sharol of 3rd year ECE-B hosted the event. After welcoming the speaker, the class advisors and the students present at the event, she then introduced the speaker of the event, Mr Sagar Nayak to the audience. Then the session was handed over to the speaker.

The session began with Mr Sagar introducing himself and his preparation for core job during engineering. He then spoke about his company, his role, the technology used in his in company in brief. Later he spoke about the technical aspects like the different architectures, tools available and their importance. He also stressed about the importance of fundamentals and the idea of having deep understanding of the concepts that we lea in class and the projects that we take up. He also made the students realize the importance of the pre-final year stage in career building.

Finally, the discussion ended by a brief Q&A and the feedback was collected from the students regarding the session.The topics were presented in a simple and understandable manner and were very much relevant and important to the pre-final year students. The students were motivated to engage themselves in more and more number of projects and courses, so that they could build a strong career ahead. Very good feedback was received from the audience.

 

ECE: Talk by Toastmaster

The Toastmasters Club of St Joseph Engineering College in association with PRODIGI- Student's Association of ECE Department conducted a session and provided an insight about Toastmasters Inteational on Tuesday 24th May 2022 in Fr Fred Memorial for second year students of ECE. The resource person of the talk was DTM Beena Shetty of Toastmaster Mangaluru.

Toastmasters provide a supportive and positive leaing experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. The session included an opening about what Toastmasters is and how it is beneficial for people to improve their communication and leadership skills and network to improve their net worth. This was followed by a session on the roles involved during a Toastmasters session, following which a small Table Topics session (impromptu speaking) was conducted wherein the students enthusiastically participated.

The session that lasted for an hour was conducted by DTM Beena Shetty, TM Daryl Rodricks and TM Meera Rao.

Finally, the discussion ended by a brief Q&A. The students were motivated to bring the best out of themselves, so they can present the best of you themselves to the world. Through practice of both impromptu speaking and prepared speeches, they lea to become more comfortable with being uncomfortable. Overall, it was a very useful session for the students, as they are going to begin their jouey of leaing. Very good feedback was received from the audience.

 

ECE: Talk on ‘Investment Avenues for Young Adults

The Student Welfare Group (SWG-Group) of St Joseph Engineering College in association with PRODIGI- Student's Association of ECE Department organized a talk 'Investment Avenues for Young Adults' on 4th May 2022 in Fr Fred Memorial of AB-III for final year students of EC and EE department. The resource person of the talk was Dr Shakila B Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, SJEC.

 

The event started with the silent prayer. Ms. Sharol of 3rd year ECE B hosted the event. After welcoming the speaker, the class advisors and the students present at the event, there was introduction of the speaker, Dr. Shakila B to the audience. Then the session was handed over to the speaker.

 

Dr Shakila B began her session by highlighting the importance of early investments for young investors who will be joining the corporates very soon. She said starting to save in early 20s, no matter how small, would leave the young investors with a wider investment horizon. She also discussed the different avenues of investments with examples. Various tips for managing personal finance were shared by the resource person. The session started by naming the different avenues of investment that the students knew.  This was followed by the speaker explaining in detail the different avenues of investments and their comparison. Further the speaker discussed about the things to be known before investing, factors considered while investing and the important financial tips for the youth. The talk was very informative and caught the attention of the audience.

Finally, the discussion ended by a brief Q&A session and the feedback was collected from the students regarding the session. The topics were presented in a simple and understandable manner and were very much relevant to the current competitive society. Overall, it was a very useful session to the final year students, as they are going to begin their work life and start eaing in few months. Very good feedback was received from the audience.

 

ECE: A peer learning session on AI & ML

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering organized the peer leaing session on AI & ML.  This session was organized to the students of Electronics and Communication Engineering by Ms. Swathi Rai M, Ms. Priyanka Divakar Naik, Mr. Dillan Rainer Pereira and Mr. Lanwin D'Souza on April 12, 2022.

The Program was conducted at 10:30 a.m. in the Fr. Fred Hall. The event started  with the silent prayer.  The chief guest of the program  Dr. Dayakshini, HOD, Department of ECE, The Prodigi coordinators Dr. Sandhya Dass and Mrs. Padmini Bhat, class advisor Mrs. Vijayalakshmi,  were cordially welcomed by Ms. Sharol(3rd year B). Inauguration was followed with the introduction of the program by Ms. Sharol. In the beginning of the program Dr. Dayakshini, HOD, Department of ECE, delivered a brief talk on the session addressing the students.  Then the session was handed over to the speakers of the event.

The session started by Ms. Swathi Rai M who delivered the introduction to the importance and the future scope of AI and ML in today's world. This was followed by the importance of mathematics for AI, ML, DS and beyond by Ms. Priyanka Divakar Naik. The session was then continued by Mr. Dillan Rainer Pereira and Mr. Lanwin D'Souza. The topics discussed were covered on the details of the emerging technologies and what exactly AI-ML-data Science is all about. The speakers briefed on topics of new ideas, new technologies (AI-ML-DS) and their evolutions. A detailed explanation was given on the differences and the different applications of these technologies. Every session was very informative and caught the attention of the audience.

Lastly, the discussion ended by a brief Q&A session and the students' feedback was collected for the conducted session. The topics were presented in a well-organized manner and very much relevant to the interest of the students. Overall, it was very useful session and good feedback was received from the audience. Finally, the event concluded with the valedictory program.

 

ECE: A Peer Learning Session on AI & ML

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, PRODIGI-Student Association organized the Peer Leaing session on AI & M to the students of 2nd year ECE on April 12, 2022.

The session was arranged in the Fr. Fred Hall. The event started with the silent prayer.  The chief guest of the program was Dr. Dayakshini, HOD, Department of ECE, The Prodigi coordinator Dr. Sandhya Dass was present. Ms. Sharol(3rd year B) cordially welcomed and started the session. In the beginning of the program Dr. Dayakshini, HOD, Department of ECE, delivered a small talk on the session addressing the students.  Then the session was handed over to the speakers of the event. The speakers were Ms. Swathi Rai M, Ms. Priyanka Divakar Naik, Mr. Dillan Rainer Pereira and Mr. Lanwin D'Souza, students from 2nd year ECE.

The session started by Ms. Swathi Rai M who delivered the introduction to the importance and the future scope of AI and ML in today's world. This was followed by the importance of mathematics for AI, ML, DS and beyond by Ms. Priyanka Divakar Naik. The session was then continued by Mr. Dillan Rainer Pereira and Mr. Lanwin D'Souza. The topics discussed were:

·         Technologies & Terminologies: AI vs ML vs DL vs DS

·         Applications of ML

·         Characteristics of Big Data

·         Challenges in Data Handling

·         Data Science and Data Analytics

·         Mathematics for AI-ML-DS and Beyond

The speakers briefed on topics of new ideas, new technologies (AI-ML-DS) and their evolutions. A detailed explanation was given on the differences and the different applications of these technologies. Every session was very informative and caught the attention of the audience.

Lastly, the discussion ended by a brief Q&A session and the students' feedback was collected on the session conducted. The topics were presented in a well-organized manner and very much relevant to the interest of the students. Overall, it was very useful session and good feedback was received from the audience. Finally, the event concluded with the valedictory program.

 

ECE: A Session on "Writing A Literature Review"

The Department of Electronics & Communication Engg of SJEC presented a talk on Writing A Literature Review as an activity of PRODGI- Student's Association & Industry Oriented Activities Lab & Mini project lab on Saturday, December 04, 2021.

The main objective of the talk was to address the students of 5th Sem ECE regarding the literature survey and review aspect of their upcoming mini project, which is an important section of their Phase 1 inteal evaluation.

The talk was presented to both A and B sections of 5th Sem ECE in two separate classrooms. The resource persons were Dr Dayakshini , Dr Phalguna P S, and Mr Glenson Tony.

The talk began at 2 pm with a brief introduction of the matter by Dr Dayakshini, HOD of ECE Department followed by welcoming the gathering by Ms Jennifer Charlotte Saldanha, Asst Professor, Dept of ECE.

The key points discussed and key takeaways from the talk were:

·         The need for literature review in project report

·         Difference between literature survey and literature review

·         Way of reading a literature paper

·         Renowned publishers of jouals and conferences

·         Identification of trusted sources

·         Procedures to follow while filling the literature review canvas

·         Various referencing styles used

The program concluded with rendering vote of thanks by Mr Glenson Tony.

 

ECE: TREASURE HUNT

Prodigi- Student association of Electronics & Communication Engineering department organized a Treasure Hunt event for 3rd year and 2nd year ECE students on 27th November 2021. Treasure hunt is a popular game in which hidden objects are found out by following a series of clues.

The event was started on the 27th November 2021 at 1.45 pm and ended at 4.30 pm. Prodigi coordinator Mrs. Padmini Bhat & Mr Glenson Toney coordinated the event. The event witnessed active participation of students of ECE. There were a total of four teams and the teams were 2nd year A, 2nd year B, 3rd year A, 3rd year B respectively.

The event was conducted by final year students. The first clue was given to the class representatives of each class at 1.45pm and it was followed by 6 clues which were hidden within the department that helped them to find the final object. Among the 3rd year, 3rd 'B' section emerged as winners and among the 2nd year, 2nd 'A' section emerged as winners.

It was a fun filled activity where the students participated enthusiastically and succeeded in finding the clues.

 

ECE: Inter-class volleyball tournament

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering organized an interclass volleyball touament for 3rd year and 2nd year ECE students  on 23rd October 2021. Volleyball has long been a popular sport in the college and this was evident in the enthusiastic response to the touament.  Teams were built and shuffled. There was a huge crowd of students who had gathered on the playground to cheer their respective teams.

The event was started on the 23rd October 2021 at 2:00 pm and ended at 3:15 pm. The main audience were the Prodigi coordinators Dr. Sandhya Dass and Mrs. Padmini Bhat, faculties from ECE department and also there was a huge crowd of students from ECE department gathered on the playground to cheer their respective teams. There were a total of four teams which was shuffled and the teams were 2nd year A, 2nd year B, 3rd year A, 3rd year B respectively.

At the beginning there was a toss which was followed by the match-up between 2nd year A over 3rd year B, in which 3rd year B emerged as the victor. The second match was between 3rd year A over 2nd year B, in which 2rd year B emerged as the victor. The final of the touament was held between two teams that had been the best and most consistent throughout - 3rd year B and 2nd year B. 2nd year B emerged as the winners of the touament.

The touament was a huge success with a great crowd tuout. All the participants in the touament were great exponents of the best qualities of sportsmen and sportswomen

 

ECE: Technical Talk from CoreEL Technologies

 

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering organized the Certificate distribution program to the students who had completed one month of inteship at CoreEL Technologies Pvt Ltd and a Technical Talk was organized to the 3rd year students by the resource person Mr. Arun John Mathais on 11th October 2021.

The Program started on 11th October 2021 at 12:00 p.m. in the Fr. Fred Hall. The chief guest, Mr. Arun John Mathais , Dr. Dayakshini, HOD, Department of ECE and The Prodigi coordinators Dr. Sandhya Dass and Mrs. Padmini Bhat were cordially welcomed by Sanketh(Secretary, Prodigi). Inauguration was followed with the introduction of the resource person to the students by Mr. Joel Mascarenhas(President, Prodigi). Then Ms. Sahana(Joint Secretary, Prodigi) conducted the certificate distribution program where the students were appreciated and awarded with inteship certificates. The inteship was based on FPGA Design & verification and Functional verification using system Verilog for a duration of one month.

The resource person, Mr. Arun John Mathias, is currently working as a Manager at CoreEL Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. At CoreEL, & the session started with the introduction to fundamentals of FPGA and ASIC. The topics discussed were covered on the details of FPGA and ASIC and their differences. He briefed on topics of system on chip and system Verilog. A detailed explanation was given on the inteship and the industrial opportunities that are available for the freshers. The resource person also discussed the various Professional courses that a student can pursue after graduation. Every session was very informative and caught the attention of the audience.

Lastly, the discussion ended by a brief Q&A session and about the students' feedback or experience from the inteship program which was conducted by CoreEL technologies. The topics were presented in a well-organized manner and very much relevant to the interest of the students. Overall, it was very useful session and good feedback was received from the audience.

Finally, the event concluded with the valedictory program. Mr. Mohammed Kaif(Vice President, Prodigi) proposed the vote of thanks. Ms. D Thejasvi Rao(Treasurer, Prodigi) led the master of ceremony.

 

Webinar on “Tips for Effective Report Writing Using MS Word”

PRODIGI-ECE students' association organized a webinar titled as "Tips for Effective Report Writing Using MS Word" to the staff and students of ECE departments on 12th June 2021. This event was focused on training the students on the basic technical report writing skills required to prepare project and seminar reports using MS word. The webinar was organised by Dr. Dayakshini, HOD-ECE. The webinar started at 2:30 pm by moderator Ms Jennifer C Salanha, welcoming the attendees and speaker.

 

The resource person Mr Keith Feandes started his session by presenting the VTU guidelines for UG project reports and by giving various tips to incorporate those guidelines in their document using various options available in MS word. He provided useful insights on how to prepare table of figures, text and figure alignment, customizing margins, page numbering, page breaks, inserting equations and figures. He also mentioned about different errors made by students while writing project reports and gave useful tips on how to avoid them. He demonstrated mendeley-referencing tool for citation of the references.

 

There was active interaction by the students during the webinar. The session ended with the vote of thanks proposed by Vijayalaxmi H M. Around 220 students participated in the session. The feedback link was shared with the participants at the end of the session.

 

ECE: Webinar on “Career options and opportunities for Electronics graduates”

PRODIGI-ECE students' association organized an Online webinar on "Career Options and Opportunities for Electronics Graduates" for ECE students on Webex video conferencing platform on Saturday 15th May 2021.

Dr Dayakshini, Professor & HOD-ECE Dept was the Moderator of the event and Ms Reshma K J, Asst Professor, ECE Dept was the Event Co-coordinator.

The Resource Person of the webinar was Mr. Renjith C V, Product Designer, Philips India Ltd., started his session with Career Planning and Higher Education in India and Abroad. He also described the detailed information on Product Development Flow in Industry starting from product initiation to prototyping. The Resource Person enlightened the students on types of jobs available in Industry, Technical and Behavioral skills required by the Industry. He also stressed the significance of Research and Development Jobs over Software and Hardware Engineering Jobs. Typical skill sets for Embedded System Engineer, Signal and Image Processing Engineer, Microcontroller, IoT, Deep Leaing and FPGA Design Tools were also provided in the session.

He also said that students should strengthen their fundamentals of Electronics to get placed in various Core Electronics Industries. He concluded his session by highlighting specialized courses to enhance career prospects for Electronics Engineer. He provided list of courses and training centers that ECE students can take up to enhance their knowledge in the emerging fields of Electronics.

The webinar was attended by students and faculty members. The session was very interactive with many queries from students.  The session ended with vote of thanks delivered by Ms Vijayalaxmi H M, PRODIGI Coordinator.

 

Workshop on "Research Paper/Report Writing, Plagiarism and Ethical Issues"

PRODIGI-ECE student association organized a two day workshop on "Research Paper/Report Writing, Plagiarism and Ethical Issues" on talk on 23 and 24 March, 2021 at Fr Fred Memorial Hall. The workshop was focused on giving insights on the aspects such as: how to write a project report, how to write a research paper, awareness on how to avoid plagiarism in writing report, ethical issues in research and documentation, Tools for writing project report, project presentations and research paper such as MS word, PowerPoint Presentation. Workshop also included hands-on session on LaTeX tool for report/paper writing.

First session of the day one, was on the topic "How to write a research paper and project report" which was conducted by Dr Rohan Pinto, Associate Professor, ECE dept. In this session, the resource person gave useful tips on how to plan and organize project report, what should be the content for different sections of the project report. How to write a research article in an effective manner so that it gets accepted by the conference/jouals.

Second session of the day one, was on the topic "Plagiarism and Ethical issues" which was conducted by Ms Jennifer C Saldanha, Assistant Professor , ECE Dept. The session was mainly focused on giving awareness to the students on "Plagiarism". In her talk she explained different ways to avoid plagiarism in the documentation. She also gave useful information on how to paraphrase the text and different types of citation styles to avoid plagiarism. The talk gave insights on ethical issues in research, wherein she mentioned about different types of research misconduct, role of ethical approval committee for bio medical research and conducted case studies for the students to identify unethical behaviours in research.

Third session of the day one, was on MS word, Power Point Presentation Tools for research documentation which was delivered by Mr Keith R Feandes, Assistant Professor, ECE Dept. In this session, the resource person demonstrated different options available in MS word which will be useful for students while writing the project report. He also demonstrated mendeley tool for arranging the references. The Day 1 ended with resource person demonstrating power point presentation tool for preparing the project presentations.

The first session of the day two, was on LaTeX tool for documentation which was conducted by Ms Dayakshini, HOD-ECE. The session stared with the brief introduction of the tool and how it is useful for research documentation.  The introduction was followed by hands on session wherein the resource person demonstrated different examples to introduce participants to the LaTeX tool and its usefulness in the documentation to write report and thesis.

The last session of the workshop was on TURNITIN software for plagiarism check, handled by Ms Shama B N, Assistant Professor, ECE Dept. She demonstrated the steps to be followed while using the software by staff and students. She also explained typical plagiarism report generated by TURNITIN software and how to analyze the report.

The workshop was organized and moderated by Ms Vijayalaxmi H M and Ms Jennifer C Saldanha, Co-ordinators, PRODIGI 2020-21.

 

Talk on "IPR and Technology Transfer"

ECE Department organized a talk on "IPR and Technology Transfer" to the St Joseph Engineering College Staff at Prerana Hall on 5/1/2021 at 11.00 am. This event was focused on providing insights on Intellectual Property Rights, rules, and procedures involved in applying for patent. The seminar started at 11.00 am sharp by Dr. Mamatha Girish welcoming the gathering and introducing the resource person to the audience.

 

The resource person Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor (Research and Patents), Nitte University,

spoke about the steps involved in applying patents, terms and conditions, time involved in processing the patent application by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).

 

The second resource person of the day Dr. Indrani Karunasagar, Director (Projects and DST-TEC),Nitte (DU) gave valuable suggestion on how to convert a thesis into a publication, importance of impact factor & H index of jouals. She also provided the tips for proposal writing and applying grants for research projects.

 

The talk was followed by question answer session. The session ended by handing over the memento to the resource persons by Director Rev. Fr. Wilfred Prakash D'Souza. Around 80 staff participated in the session. The feedback link was shared with the participants at the end of the session.

 

Talk on Research on Control Engineering

PRODIGI-ECE student association organized talk on Research on Control Engineering to the students of ECE and EEE departments on 7-11-2020. This lecture was mainly focused on the modelling of nonlinear systems and to design linear and nonlinear control systems from the basics to advanced structures. The seminar started at 11.30 am by moderator Ms Loshika Lokesh, 5th ECE student, Dr. Dayakshini HOD, ECE Department welcomed the attendees and introduced the speaker to the participants.

 

Overview and topics of discussion: Engineering systems are nonlinear in nature. Based on needs and convenience, engineers linearize the systems for modeling, control and implementation to improve the closed loop performance with and without disturbance. To explore the challenges and to effectively apply the engineering mathematics, one should deal with the system's nonlinearity. Taylor series plays a major role to deal with the nonlinear systems. This entire webinar was focused on the modeling of nonlinear systems and to design the class of linear and nonlinear control system from the basic to advanced structures.

 

The talk was followed by question answer session monitored by Ms Jennifer C Saldhana. The session ended with the vote of thanks by Ms Vijayalaxmi H M. Total 305 participants attended the session. At the end of the session the feedback link was shared with the participants. The webinar is well appreciated by the participants.

 

Talk on Mental Health and Wellbeing

PRODIGI-ECE student association organized talk on Mental Health and Wellbeing to the students of ECE department. This event was focused on providing staff and students with the tips to handle stress, anger and emotions and lea to maintain good mental health. The seminar started at 11.30 am sharp by moderator Ms Jennifer C Salanha, who welcomed the attendees and speaker.

 

The resource person Dr Lavina M Noronha in her talk, she mentioned about the aspects which impacts wellbeing. How to find simple reasons to be happy in our day to day life. What are the different exercises or meditations which can be taken up to have a sound sleep. She also stressed on importance of being positive in our life, managing time, getting organized, managing anger and how each one of these aspects contribute towards mental health.

 

The talk was followed by question answer session moderated by Ms Vijayalaxmi H M. The session ended with the vote of thanks. Around 200 students participated in the session. The feedback link was shared with the participants at the end of the session.

 

ONLINE EVENT "RACE FOR THE PLACE"

PRODIGI-ECE student association organized online event "Race for the place" on 17-10-2020 to give an idea to ongoing students about the procedures, ways and knowledge required during placements. This event was designed to provide insight and understanding regarding the key concepts during placements. The seminar had started at 11.00 am sharp by moderator Astrid Feandes who welcomed the attendees and speakers and then the event by led by keeping a pole question. She introduced our president of Prodigi association Hithesh. Prodigi president Hithesh presented an introductory speech to all attendees and also to all the speakers'. Later treasurer Katherine was introduced by moderator and she spoke about the list of events conducted last academic year. Secretary Carlton was introduced who shared the plans of events that would be conducted this year. There were total of 5 speakers who were passed out of year 2019-2020.

Speakers were:

a) S Anantha Kamath

b) Santan Edwin Feandes

c) Zacche Joshua

d) Sindhura S

e) Sandesh A Mesta

First session was presented by S Ananth Kamath. In short he presented about the key points required for a students during placements. He also shared his personal experience about his placement procedure and how he got selected in ITC InfoTech. His session provided the key points on how to face the placements. The next session was then presented by Zacche Joshua who is placed in Infosys and TCS. He provided us his personal experiences about the interview procedure. He just stressed the point saying that the patience was the key and hard work is all required for placements. The third session was led by Santan Edwin Feandes who also explained about the procedures and basic requirements for aptitude test, group discussion, interview procedure. He also shared his personal experience and how he got selected in ITC InfoTech. Later Sindhura led the session where she spoke about her interest in both core and IT companies. She explained how a student should pick core and IT on their ability. Also her experience on selection procedure for TCS. Last but not the least Sandesh A Mesta led the final session. He is placed in 2 companies and currently working for "Byjus"- the leaing App. Having experience of attending interviews of more than 20 companies, he stressed upon importance of preparation while attending placements. All the speakers explained importance of placements and how one should be prepared in order to get placed in a company. The session ended with vote thanks delivered by Vice President, Joel Mascarenhas from third year ECE.

 

Talk on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Prodigi-ECE Students’ Association in association with Industry and Innovation Group (IIG) organized a talk on "Innovation & Entrepreneurship" for III, IV year ECE students, faculty and students from other departments on 2 March 2020 from 11:00AM to 1PM in the Kalam Auditorium. The Resource Person for the talk was Dr Manesh Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Manipal-Govement of Kaataka Bioincubator, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).

            Prodigi-ECE Students’ Association in association with Industry and Innovation Group (IIG) organized a talk on "Innovation & Entrepreneurship" for III, IV year ECE students, faculty and students from other departments on 2 March 2020 from 11:00AM to 1PM in the Kalam Auditorium. The Resource Person for the talk was Dr Manesh Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Manipal-Govement of Kaataka Bioincubator, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). The program began with Dr Dayakshini , HOD-ECE welcoming Dr Manesh Thomas florally. Talk by Dr Manesh Thomas mainly concentrated on the role of Technology Business Incubator (TBI) for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Dr Thomas briefed the audience about the concept of Bio-Incubators and how it can help and encourage students and faculty to have a successful Start Up. He also spoke about the monetary benefits that are available for the same. The talk also concentrated on the future innovations and types of innovations in various domains and also the requirement of deep science for real innovation. Basic and applied research are the key factors for innovation. Needs for innovation include problem, ideas, research, access, mentor support, set up team, finance and business expertise, resolving conflicts, clear strategy, legal review and association with incubators. Innovation should mainly concentrate on the problems or needs of the present and future. Dr Manesh Thomas also spoke about patents, steps involved in filing patents and the need for this to have a successful business model. He listed the reasons and common mistakes for failure of innovation. Main idea of the talk was to believe in the idea and to carry it forward in the right direction to establish a successful business. Session was interactive and well appreciated by the students. Dr Jagadeesha R B, Associate Professor, Department of ECE handed over the memento and letter of appreciation to Dr Manesh Thomas. Ms Sadhika Shetty, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE compered the program. Prodigi Coordinators, Ms Vijayalaxmi H M and Ms Chaitra U R coordinated the program.

 

ECE: Peer Learning Talk

Prodigi-ECE Students’ Association organized a Peer Leaing Talk on "Build your career with inteship and project opportunities” for II year ECE students on 7 November 2019 at 10:00AM in the Fr. Fred Memorial Hall, SJEC.

Mr Sanketh Prabhu and Mr Sagar Nayak, III year ECE students addressed the audience about the steps that the students can take to increase their employability. Guidance was given on how to explore the corporate world through inteships via platforms like Inteshala.

Importance of exploring different sub-domains by actively working for mini projects and extra-curricular projects was highlighted and encouraged.  Students were also briefed about the beauty and challenges of the entrepreneurial life. The session was interactive and well appreciated by the students.

 

ECE: Alumni Interaction

Mr Saurabh Jain from 99Games, 2010 passed out ECE Alumnus and Ms Shilpa Shenoy, 2016 passed out ECE Alumnus from KarMic Design Pvt Ltd, addressed the V & VII semester ECE students. Ms Shilpa was accompanied by Mr Madan B, Director, KarMic Design Pvt Ltd and MrPringal D’souza, Member of Technical Staff, KarMic Design Pvt Ltd.

Mr Saurabh Jain spoke about data analytics, which is an upcoming area in the gaming industry. He also shared his experience about the gaming industry and the requirements and expectations of the industry from the students. He stressed upon the importance of having strong technical knowledge in order to progress in the industry. He also shared his experience of doing MBA and importance of higher studies.

Ms Shilpa along with Mr Madan B and Mr Pringal D’Souza spoke about the working environment in KarMic Design Pvt Ltd. They stressed on applying the theoretical concepts in applications. This will help the students to gain more knowledge and exposure to industry. They also spoke about the requirement of the industry.

 

ECE: Inauguration of Tessolve Semiconductor Laboratory and Bio-medical Electronics Research Laboratory

Two new research laboratories, Tessolve Semiconductor, and Bio-Medical Electronics Research Laboratories were inaugurated in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering on 14th September 2019. Mr. Mahesh Bhatkal, Technical Director, Applied Digital Microsystems, was the Chief Guest of the function.  Tessolve Semiconductor Laboratory is set up to train students as test Engineers in the field of Semiconductor IC Testing.   Mr. Rohan Pinto and Mr. Vijay Ganesh PC have undergone training at Tessolve Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru to train students.  Bio-Medical Research Laboratory is set up with an objective to help faculty and students to carry out their projects and research in the field of Biomedical Engineering. 

Dr. Rio D’Souza, Principal, SJEC in his address informed that it was a historical event in SJEC. He congratulated HOD and Staff of ECE and advised to make the best use of the facilities. He informed that an MoU is signed with Fr. Mullers Medical College and Hospital for the benefit of staff and students.  Rev.  Fr. Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director, SJEC in his presidential address said that the management is happy that the Department has utilized the seed money for setting up Bio-Medical Electronics Research Lab and encouraged the faculty to come up with more such Labs and wished them a great success. Mr. Mahesh Bhatkal, Technical Director, ADM, Mumbai spoke about how Industries are collaborating with the Institutions to make graduates ready to join the Industry. In addition, he said that test Engineers are one among the highly paid Engineers across the Globe. He appreciated the Management’s involvement in setting up Tessolve Semiconductor Lab. In the beginning, Dr. Dayakshini, HOD, ECE briefed about the importance and uses of both Tessolve and Bio-Medical Electronics Research Labs.  Mr. Rohan Pinto proposed the vote of thanks and Ms. Sadhika Shetty compered the event.

 

ECE: Peer Learning talk on Arduino

On November 7th, 2018 a peer leaing talk was conducted on “Arduino” by Mohammed Arslaan Kola and Chaithra from 4th year -Electronics and Communication Department, St. Joseph Engineering College; for the students of 2nd year at the Fr Fred Memorial Hall. This talk was arranged by the Prodigi association of the Electronics department. It was aimed at motivating the students to develop various projects and introducing them to Arduino - an open source, physically programmable circuit board.

The talk began with Mr. Mohammed introducing the speakers and setting forth the importance of building educational projects. He gave a brief introduction to Inteet of Things and acquainted the students with the basic concepts of Arduino. The session was further carried out by Ms. Chaithra who explained the hardware and the basic programming commands required for working with the Arduino board. She also introduced the students to some basic sensors required for project building. The talk was concluded by Mr. Mohammed followed by a question and answer session.

Finally, Ms Prajwal D’souza – Associate Professor, Electronics and Communication Department delivered the vote of thanks and encouraged the students to come up with new projects.   Ms Jayalakshmi K. P the faculty coordinator was also present

 

ECE: Inauguration of PRODIGI - Student Association

The Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department formally inaugurated the Departmental Student Association – PRODIGI at 11:30 am in the Kalam Auditorium in Academic Block II, on 25 September 2018.

The President on the occasion was Director, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza. Mr Madan B, Director, KarMic Design Pvt. Ltd. was the Chief Guest. Mr Keerthan Prabhu, Founder, College Innovators, NMAMIT, Nitte, our Principal, Dr Rio D’Souza and Assistant Director, Rev Fr Rohith D’Costa were the Guests of Honor.  

Mr Ashish Kini, President, PRODIGI, read a report of Association activities held in the academic year 2017-18.

The dignitaries were welcomed by Ms Nisarga P N, after which Mr Ananth Kamath, Vice President, PRODIGI, briefed the activities proposed for the academic year 2018-19.

The inauguration ceremony was innovative with the dignitaries using a robot “Curio 3.0” designed by final year students of EC to launch PRODIGI’s yearly magazine “PRODIGI EXPRESS”.

Dr Rio D’souza, Principal, SJEC requested the students to adopt the changes in their life and to be aware, alert to the mode technological changes. He also encouraged students to be innovative and help in building a better society.

Certificates of Excellence, for the top 5 rank students in the previous Semester, were presented by the Dignitaries. The Director, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza appreciated the final year students for their effort to build the robot and motivated the students to come with a new problem and to find a solution and become  useful mankind for  society.

Ms Rhea Gillette Lewis, Secretary, PRODIGI, proposed the Vote of Thanks. Ms Shravya K compered the inaugural ceremony.

Followed by the formal inaugural function, was a talk on ‘Involve - The DNA of Leadership’ by Mr Keerthan Prabhu who gave tips on how one can build confidence and improve the leadership quality within oneself.  He also asked students to think differently and solve problems in a unique way.

The talk was followed by an informal programme for  the students and faculty of Electronics and Communication.

The students of third and fourth year EC welcomed the second year students by conducting various fun activities.  The programme ended at 5 pm.

 

ECE-Prodigi: Talk on Digitalization and its Impact & Communication and Creativity

Prodigi – The Students’ Association of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organised a talk on 28 April 2018 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in Fr Fred Memorial Hall.. The resource person was Mr Vidyabhushana H from Siemens Technology, Bengaluru. The final year students of ECE Department attended the talk.

The session began with an introduction of the Resource Person by Ms Prajwal D’Souza, Associate Professor - ECE Department. In his address, Mr Vidyabhushana spoke about Digitalization and its Impact- Age of digital disruption. The speaker conveyed the pros and cons of the advancements in digital technology. Machine leaing, Data analytics and Inteet of Things (IOT) were the key areas of the talk. He also explained how the data would play a vital role in the near future as all the devices will be connected to the inteet and will be IP addressable.

Later a workshop on Communication and Creativity was conducted for selected students from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The speaker addressed the general techniques through which one can improve his/her communication skills. Activities were conducted to demonstrate the use of effective communication.

 

ECE: Technical Talk on “Cloud Computing”

PRODIGI, the Students’ Association of the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at SJEC, organized a technical talk on Cloud Computing by the resource persons, Dr Krishnamoorthi M, Professor, Dept of CSE, MIT, Manipal, on 27th February 2018 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm in Fr Fred Memorial Hall.

This talk was organised for 3rd year ECE Students. Ms Nisarga P N, from 6th semester, welcomed the gathering and introduced the speakers to the audience.

The objective of this talk is to enlighten the ECE students with the basic knowledge of cloud computing. Prof. Krishnamoorthi began the session with explaining Virtualization, types of cloud, services provided by the cloud, benefits of  cloud computing. Professor also narrated the recent trends in cloud computing.

The HOD of ECE Ms Dayakshini felicitated the speaker. Around 80 students and few faculties of ECE attended this session. The event ended with vote of thanks by Ms Nisarga P N. Ms Prajwal D’Souza and Ms Deepthi S R coordinated the programme.

 

ECE: Inauguration of Activities for 2017-18 of PRODIGI

The Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department formally inaugurated the activities of its Departmental Student Association – PRODIGI for the academic year 2017-18 at 2:30 pm in the Kalam Auditorium of Academic Block II, on 4th September 2017.

Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Director - SJEC was President of the function. Dr Rio D’Souza, Vice Principal of SJEC graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, Principal – SJEC and In-charge-HOD of ECE Department, and Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Assistant Director-SJEC, were the Guest of Honors.

The dignitaries were welcomed by Ms Shivani, President of PRODIGI, after which Mr Ashish Kini, Vice President - PRODIGI, delivered the annual report of activities conducted by the association in the previous academic year 2016-17.

The inauguration ceremony was innovative with the dignitaries using a Qurio 2.0, the Robot designed by the Pioneer Club Members, to light up the lamp.

Ms Eden Rose Feandes, Treasurer-PRODIGI, briefed the activities proposed for the academic year 2017-18. The Chief Guest, Dr Rio D’Souza, asked students to adopt the changes in their life and to be aware and alert to the mode technological changes.

Certificates of Excellence for the top 10 rank holders of the previous Semester, was presented by the Dignitaries. The Director, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza explained the importance of being a prodigi.

Mr Chethan Pinto, Secretary - PRODIGI, proposed the Vote of Thanks.  Mr Radlee Jovan D'Souza and Ms Chrystle Pinto, were the emcees of the inaugural ceremony.

Followed by the formal inaugural function, refreshments were served to all the students and faculty of ECE department. Prodigi members welcomed the second year student to the ECE family by conducting some fun activities.

 

ECE - Prodigi: Technical Talk on COLLABORIZM

PRODIGI, the Students’ Association of the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at SJEC, organized a technical talk on Collaborizm by the resource persons, Mr Claran Joel Martis and Mr John Baptist Rodrigues, both, alumnus of SJEC from the Class of 2016, on 8th August 2017 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in Fr Fred Memorial Hall.

This talk was organised for 3rd year ECE Students. Ms Beverly Jessica Dsouza, from 5th semester, welcomed the gathering. Ms Chaitra from 5th semester, introduced the speakers to the audience.

The objective of this programme is to encourage the students to use Collaborizm platform to update their knowledge and to implement their ideas into the project. Mr John Rodrigues spoke about benefits of Collaborizm platform and how it helped him to funds his project. The CoffeeBot, a Bot that was designed and developed by Mr John Baptist Rodrigues  and featured in the New York Times, was presented. The Bot delivers coffee to people in the workplace or elsewhere.

The Principal – SJEC, Dr Joseph Gonsalvis appreciated the work done by Mr Claran Martis and Mr John Rodrigues. The Director – SJEC, Rev. Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza felicitated the speakers. Rev Fr Rohith D'Costa, Assistant Director-SJEC and Dr Rio D'Souza, Vice Principal – SJEC, were also present.

This session was well appreciated by all students. The event ended with vote of thanks by Ms Beverly Jessica Dsouza. Ms Prajwal D’Souza and Ms Deepthi S R coordinated the programme.

 

ECE: Technova – 2017 Project Exhibition

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering conducted its annual Academic Project Exhibition under the Institutional banner of TECHNOVA-2017 on May 26, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Department premises. 34 teams exhibited their Projects and participated in the competition. Projects were from different streams, such as: VLSI, signal processing and embedded systems. The teams were divided into 3 batches. Each batch was evaluated by a panel consisting of exteal and inteal judges.

The exteal judges were

1. Dr Rekha Bhandarkar, Professor & HOD, Dept of ECE, NMAMIT, Nitte.

2. Dr Praveen J, Professor & Dean Academics (CSE, ECE, ISE), AIET, Moodbidri

3. Mr Gautham Athreya, Deputy Manager - Instrumentation, MCF Ltd

The inteal Judges were

1. Dr Bini A A, Associate Professor, Dept of ECE, SJEC

2. Mr Wilfred John Vaz, Assistant Professor, Dept of ECE, SJEC

3. Ms Dayakshini, Assistant Professor, Dept of ECE, SJEC

Top two teams and one innovative project from each panel were shortlisted for the second round.

In the second round the shortlisted teams were evaluated by the other two panels. From this evaluation process the following prizes were awarded:

I prize: XY Plotter by Akash K U, Deepesh S, Dharmith Hegde N, Keerthan guided by Ms Vijayalaxmi H M, Assistant Professor, Dept of ECE, SJEC.

II Prize: Automated Patient Paralysis Health Care system by Deepa N Nayak, Edwig Colin Sequeira, Kanika, Rahul Lynel Dsouza guided by Ms Preetha D’Souza, Assistant Professor, Dept of ECE, SJEC.

Innovative Project: IOT based embedded robot for safety and security applications by Nidhi P Raj, Pallavi G Shetty, Sushmitha, Wesley Rita Feandes guided by Ms Dayakshini, Assistant Professor, Dept of ECE, SJEC.

 

ECE: Peer Learning Programme-II

Prodigi Student Association of ECE department organized a Peer Leaing Program to introduce the advancement and latest technologies available in the industry so as to motivate the students to enrich their skills. Mr Floyd Allan V F  and Ms Shwetha Prabhu from VIII semester B.E gave a talk on “IoT Based Prognostics and Systems Health Management for Industrial Applications” and “Bio Metric Authentication Using Brain Waves” respectively, to IV semester B.E students of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department. The talk was scheduled on 11 April 2017 at Fr Fred Memorial Hall, Academic Block –I.

 

ECE: ARDUINO WORKSHOP

Arduino workshop was conducted in the Department of Electronics and Communication on 25th March 2017 (Saturday). Workshop on Arduino Basic-V1 was conducted by Ms. Lavanya B L, Assistant Professor, E&C Department under Prodigi and Pioneer student association.

This workshop provides a platform for students to understand fundamentals of Arduino and to understand the basic procedures for working with Arduino board. The Arduino is a cheap, flexible, open source microcontroller platform designed to make it easy for hobbyists to use electronics in homemade projects. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 (datasheet). It has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button.

The duration of this workshop will be one and half days (or 3 afteoon session) with three and a half hours session on each half day, in a total of ten and a half hours divided into theory and hands on sessions. At the end of this workshop a competition (exhibition of their own project) will be organized among the participating students and each participating student will get certificate of participation.

Total registration for the workshop is 123 students out of which 69 second year students, 51 third year students and 3 final year students. The first 38 registered students workshop was conducted on 25th March 2017 (Saturday) from 1.30 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. in LD lab Room No (1210 A) and AE Lab Room No  (1210 C ) with the help of 4 student volunteers, Mr. Vijay Ganesh P, Pioneer co-ordinator and Mr.  Prasad S M, Prodigi co-ordinator.

Contents covered in the workshop: Introduction to Arduino and its Features, Installing the Software Arduino IDE, Basic of arduino coding, programing the Serial Monitor, Different LED programs (ON the LED, Blink the LED, Pushbutton to on and off the LED, Traffic Light, RGB LED, User input to on and off LED-Serial Monitor, Bluetooth controlled LED), Relay to on off the Bulb using bluetooth and Servo Motor Control. 

 

ECE: PEER LEARNING PROGRAM

Prodigi Student Association of ECE department organized a Peer Leaing Program. This was done to introduce the advancement and latest technologies available in the industry so as to motivate the students to enrich their skills. Mr Dharmith N Hegde and Mr Rahul Lynel D’Souza from VIII semester B.E gave a talk on VR and AR in Surgery and Wearble Bio Sensors respectively, to VI semester B.E students of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department. The talk was scheduled on 24th March 2017 at Fr Fred Memorial Hall, Academic Block –I.

 

ECE: Technical Talk on “Open Sources Hardware”

Prodigi ECE student Association organized a technical talk by Mr Claran Joel Martis from CVision Mangaluru on Open Sources hardware for the II Year EC students on 25 October 2016. The talk was very informative and interactive. Mr Claran spoke about Arudino and its applications and also he briefed about the IOT. 109 students from 3rd semester A and B section ECE department were present for the talk.

 

ECE: Talk on “Carrier Awareness”

Prodigi ECE Student Association organized a carrier awareness talk by Mr. Arun from TIMES Mangaluru on Placement Preparations for the III Year EC students on 29 September 2016. The talk was very informative and interactive. Mr. Arun spoke about the opportunities for the fresh graduates and the requirements of Industry. Aptitude Test was conducted to evaluate the leaing skills of students.

 

ECE: Technical Talk on “Applications of Basic Digital and Analog Instruments”

A Technical talk on “Applications of Basic Digital and Analog Instruments” by Mr Rajendra Hebbar, Territory Manager from "Applied RealTech Systems Pvt Ltd‟ was organized by Prodigi Student Association for the students and staffs of ECE department on 29 July 2016 at DSP Lab. Mr Hebbar explained the applications and new features of analog instruments and also gave demonstration on practical applications of Amplitude modulation circuit. The talk was arranged in two sessions from 11:00AM to 1:00PM and a repeat session from 2:00PM to 4:00PM

 

Prodigi: Industry Interaction on System Automation

A talk on system automation was organized by the PRODIGI ECE Student Association on February 15, 2016 in Fr Fred Memorial Hall from 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM for 4th ,6th and 8th sem ECE students. 

The resource persons were Mr Naveen and Mr Akhil from SMEC Labs, Mangalore. PRODIGI Staff Coordinator Ms Ramya P. C. welcomed the gathering. Mr Naveen addressed the students of the Department and briefed them about automation. Mr Naveen spoke on automation, its applications in different industries and its benefits. He also spoke on various automation techniques. A brief introduction about the engineering component solutions used in the industry, such as, PLC-programmable logic controllers, SCADA, HMI, and VFD was provided.  He also discussed its benefits in various industries such as, power generation and transmission, paper and pulp industry, and robotics. He also briefed on career and job opportunities in this area and also spoke about the need for entrepreneurship development.

The session ended with Ms Preetha D’Souza, Staff Coordinator, PRODIGI thanking the speaker and presenting a letter of appreciation.

 

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