The National Level Tech Fest TIARA-2018 was held on the 21st and 22nd February 2018 at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru. TIARA-2018 was inaugurated at the Kalam Auditorium of SJEC. Mr Ivan Feandes, Managing Director and Promoter of Regent Technologies, Dubai and Mangalore Inteet City Pvt Ltd. was the Chief Guest of the programme. Dr Joseph Gonsalvis, principal, SJEC welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guest.
Ivan Feandes in his address complimented the students for developing the innovative inaugural
contraptions and mentioned that India, being a country of youngsters, its future depended on the
achievements of present day youngsters. He called mode day India as a land of opportunities and spoke about how young entrepreneurs are elevating their life style with innovation and creativity. He spoke of how India could assume the role of a leader in technology. He highlighted few areas such as environmental solutions, sustainable energy, banking and finance, healthcare, artificial intelligence, and life sciences that holds potential for growth and mass impact. Congratulating the students in showing interest to participate in the various technical events, he hoped that the fest would help them develop innovations for tomorrow. He asked the students to have big goals, plan well, and work without fear and with passion.
Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, director, SJEC, presided over the ceremony and in his presidential address highlighted the need to use technology wisely and to use technology to bring about harmony and peace. Highlighting the colossal damage to life style by technology, he requested the students to keep an eye over the ill effects of technology.
Fr Rohith D’Costa, assistant director, SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, vice-principal, SJEC, along with the conveners of the fest, Franco Menezes and Reshma K J, were present on the dais. The two-day fest witnessed the participation of students from across the region in a series of technical events displaying their technical skills and competencies.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering:
The Department of CSE conducted five events.
PAPYRUS – PAPER PRESENTATION ON INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY
20 teams participated in the paper presentation competition PAPYRUS.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Adikeshavamurthy and Sachin who presented on the topic- Network Based Severity Prediction System for Potato- Alvas College of Engineering, Moodabidri.
2nd place - Shraddha Kamath who presented on the topic-Bat Algorithm Scheduling Workflow Application in Cloud- Canara Engineering College, Mangaluru.
EXODIA – MEGA EVENT
The mega event EXODIA consisted of 4 rounds which included quiz, treasure hunt, memory test, and games.
Winners of the event:
1stplace: AdithyaShetty, DeekshithRaj, AmithD’Silva from Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology, Moodabidri
2nd place: NikithaShetty, Rakshitha, Rajarajeshwari from Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology, Moodabidri
ENIGMA-TECHNICAL EVENT
The technical event ENIGMA consisted of 3 rounds which included coding, technical questionnaire and treasure hunt.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Rakshith and Achal from Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering
2nd place: Pratibha and Adline from St Joseph Engineering College
BLACK HAWKS – SEMI TECHNICAL EVENT
The event consisted of 3 rounds which tested the teamwork, effective communication capability and the ability to solve mysterious cases.
Winners of the event:
1st place: AkarshD’Mello, Sahana M Angadi, Yuktha Raman GU from St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru
2nd place: Arjun Nayak, Reuben Sequeira, Shreya RK from St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru
COUNTER STRIKE
The event tested the gaming skills of the participants.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Shobith Shetty, Gowtham, Athish Shetty, Shravan Shetty and Sushanth Kotian
2nd place - Nahid, Harshith, Sandeep, Masood and Vinay
Department of Electrical and Electronics
The Department of E&E conducted 6 events.
THE JOURNAL
This was a technical paper presentation event. The topic for the paper presentation was ‘Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronics Technology’. This event focused on bringing out the research and presenting skills of the engineering students and enabling them to lea new concepts, which are beyond the syllabus. Some of the topics presented in this event were solar rains, smart quills, lifi, nanotube fountain pen, wireless power transmission etc.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Mr Mohammed Arfa & Mr Mohammed Shehzan, AITM ,Bhatkal
2nd place - Ms Athira Lakshman SIT, Valachil
INQUISITION
This was a quiz event. This event aimed at testing the knowledge of the students on various topics and in various fields.
Winners of the event :
1st place - Mr. SundeepKamath, Mr. VedanthShenoy & Mr. Nirbhay,Canara Engineering College, Benjanpadavu, Mangaluru
2nd place - Mr. Karan Gupta , Mr. Garry Leroy Pinto &Sujay L Karinja, SJEC, Mangaluru
RACE YOUR RC’S (MEGA EVENT)
Race your RC’s is the mega event of Electrical and Electronics Department. This event is a remote controlled car-racing event in which the participants fabricate their own car or use a readymade car and race it against time. This event brings out the ability of the students to design their own car and encourages teamwork.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Mr Rajath C Kotekar,Shrinivas School of Engineering, Mukka
2nd place - Mr Rahul S, Varun Urs &Glenn Shawn, SJEC Mangaluru
BOT HOCKEY
Bot Hockey is an exciting event featuring bots, which play hockey and try to score maximum goals to win the event. Teamwork is put to test in this event.
Winners of the event:
1st place – Mr IrfanAziz & Mr Adham Noushad , KVG , Sullia
2nd place – Mr Jevish Feandes , Mr Zayan Azad and Mr Alstan Lewis, SJEC, Mangaluru
PICK MIX FIX
Pick Mix Fix was a semi technical event. This event aimed to test the technical and logical skills of the participating teams as well as their creativity.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Krishna Ganapathy, Richard mannil Thomas & Nihaad Mohammed, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place - Asheeq Khalid, Achyuth Diwaker & Karthik M, SJEC, Mangaluru
SECONDS OF SURVIVAL
This event was a series of time management challenge. This event focused on testing the team spirit and time management qualities of the students.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Akhil Nair & Darshan Ail, SIT, Mangaluru
2nd place - Akash Lobo & Chirag I P, SJEC, Mangaluru
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
The Department of E&C conducted 5 events.
ANVESHA
This was a technical paper presentation competition.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Sneha G N, Varshita P J (Alvas Institute of engineering and technology)
2nd place: Chaithanya S P, Haripriya R (Alvas Institute of engineering and technology)
CRAZIOSTACKERS
The event was semitechnical. The event consisted of 3 rounds which included audio-visual questions, mathematical puzzles, general knowledge and aptitude questions and a task, minute to minute task, technical and memory games.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Mr Sai Sagar and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place – Mr Ashish Bellur and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
TECH-KNACK
The event consisted of 3 rounds which tested the participant’s observation skills and knowledge on digital logic and coding.
Winners of the event:
1st place – Ms Akshatha and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place – Mr Shrijith P and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
LOOP HOLE
The event consisted of 3 rounds which included general knowledge quiz, fun tasks and treasure hunt.
Winners of the event:
1st place - Mr Sandeep and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place - Mr Darrel and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
aMAZEing (MEGA EVENT)
Winners of the event:
1st place - Mr Vrashab R, Mr Winston Joel Sequeira, Mr Wilton Daniel Pinto, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place - Mr Akshay Kumar and team, SJEC, Mangaluru
Department of Basic Science
The Department of Basic Science conducted 6 events.
TATVA
The event was based on the principles of Physics consisting 4 rounds.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Mr Chetan Pinto, Ms Chrystle Pinto, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place: Mr Raghavendra Bhat, Mr Siddhartha N, SJEC, Mangaluru
CHEMSTORM
This was a project/model exhibition based on the theme “Science (Chemistry) and Society”.
Winners of the event :
1st place: Mr Deepak Nayak, Mr Yahya Asadi, SMVITM, Bantakal
2nd place: Mr Aldrich Rasquinha, Mr Bryan Caldeira, Mr Winston Pais ,SJEC, Mangaluru
CHEMHUNT
This was a treasure hunt event, which started from the chemistry lab, and the hunt ended in the sports field finding the treasure.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Mr Royston D’Cunha, Mr Naveen Feandes, Mr Prajwal UK, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place: Ms Katherine D’Souza, Ms Deeksha Rao, Ms Melanie D’Souza, SJEC, Mangaluru
MATHART
This was a Collage competition.
Winners of the event:
1st place – Ms Deekshtha,Ms Christal Lobo, Ms Greshal Shalma, SJEC,Mangaluru
2nd place –Ms Jaahnavi, Ms Elrica Neha Costa and Mr Jonathan Dsa SJEC,Mangaluru
CHANAKYA (Mega event – Quiz)
This event tested the knowledge of the participants in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, general knowledge, Current Affairs and engineering field.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Mr Mohammad Sinan A S & Mr Sumanth Pai, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place: Ms Zian Shafi & Ms Sharanya P, SJEC, Mangaluru
PRAYATNA
This was a paper presentation competition.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Mr Astrid Jane Feandes, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place: Mr Akash Lobo G, SJEC, Mangaluru
Department of MBA:
The Department of Master of Business Administration conducted 3 events.
NEURON
The event consisted of 3 rounds which included defending the personalities given to them, creating their own product and promoting it on Facebook and stress interview.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Ms Nishmitha Menezes, SDM College, Mangalore
2nd place: Mr Adriel Feandez of SJEC, Mangaluru
NEBULUS
The event consisted of 3 rounds which included face painting on the theme “Global Warming”, making a short film on the theme TIARA-2018 and presenting a PPT on a product.
Winners of the event:
1st place: Mr Adarsh M P and Mr Rohith K, SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place: Ms Tasniya and Ms Swathi M.S, SJEC, Mangaluru
NEXUS
The event consisted of 3 rounds which included solving puzzles, guessing the correct answer by connecting pictures, treasure hunt.
Winners of the event:
1st place : Mr Mythri & Ms Reena dsouza ,SJEC, Mangaluru
2nd place: Ms Ashwika D.K. and Ms Nidhi S, SJEC, Mangaluru
Department of Civil Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering conducted 4 events.
CENTRE LINE MARKING
The technical event was open for civil engineering students each team with three participants. They were asked to mark the centre line on the ground for the given plan. Judgement was based on the accuracy, time taken and for the neatness .
Winners of the event:
First Place: Mr Jagadeesh, Mr Damodar Shenoy and Mr Rakshith R Shetty of AIET Moodbidri
Second Place: Mr Praveen S, Mr Thanesh Shetty and Mr Ashwath H of SSE Mukka
CID (CIVIL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT)
The event had two rounds, which included puzzles and solving a crime scene.
Winners of the event:
First Place: Ms B Ishwarya, Mr Sayed Aseem and Mr Mohammed Salman Kachhi of SJEC, Mangaluru
Second Place: Mr Melroy D'Souza, Mr Madhusudhan and Mr Akarsh of SJEC, Mangaluru
INNOVATIVE MIND
This was a paper presentation on the topic environmental aspects in engineering or smart city.
