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ISTE Students Chapter Annual Report (2015-016)
The Indian Society for Technical Education‟s student‟s chapter of Government Engineering College,
Thrissur holds immense pride in being a part of the prestigious institution that ISTE has always been.
The way this pride reflects in GEC is what sets our students‟ chapter a class apart; it manifests in the
form of the persistent hard work and a perennial desire to excel and consequently make ISTE, in turn,
proud of us.
The students‟ chapter rising to be the champions of the past 8 student conventions in a row, being
chosen the best students‟ chapter in the last student convention Viviktha‟15, hosted by GEC Thrissur
are facts that speak for themselves and bolster the reputation of the students‟ chapter as the front-
runner.
The chapter aims to consistently guard the aforesaid reputation by honing the skills of its large and
passionate member-base through organizing events, workshops and industrial visits to effect overall
development of the members. The organisational history of the students‟ chapter over the past year has
been described in the following section.
Binoy B B
Faculty Advisor
GEC Chapter
1. VIVIKTHA’15
The 14th Annual State Conventon of ISTE, the Indian Society for Technical Education, was held on
September 18 and 19 of 2015. This grand inter-college fest was based upon the theme “bridging the
gap between rural and urban India through technology”, which was inspired by the innovative strategy
called PURA put forth by our former President, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.
With more than 20 technical events and other general events, Viviktha‟15 was indeed a grand inter
college fest. Several engineering and polytechnic colleges all over Kerala took part in the convention
under the banner of ISTE. Viviktha‟15 was chaired by Dr. K P Indiradevi, Principal of GECT. The
General convenor was Prof. C P Sunil Kumar and Navneet Vijay was the Student Convenor, Prof.
Binoy B B being the Organising Secretary and Anees Rahman and Adhvaid J were the other student
representatives. Over 20 events were organized and about 600 students from various colleges
participated and prize money worth Rs. 2.5 lakhs was given away.
Viviktha ‟15, the 14th annual state convention of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE),
conducted at the Government Engineering College, Thrissur was officially inaugurated by the chief
guest Dr. K Sivan, the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre by lighting the lamp in a packed
auditorium. The inaugural function was attended by Dr. K P Indiradevi, Principal, Government
Engineering College, Thrissur, Prof.C P Sunilkumar, program convenor, Prof.Binoy B B, organizing
secretary, Prof. T Krishnakumar, Vice President, alumni association of GEC Thrissur, Dr. B Anil,
Principal, Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Prof. M M Kuriakose, Secretary of ISTE
Kerala Section, Sri P Nandan, PTA President, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Navneet
Vijay, Student Convenor of ISTE GEC Chapter and Harikrishnan Varma, College Union
Representative.
Dr. Ajith Prabhu, Director of KSCSTE, was the chief guest of the valedictory function of the
convention. Other dignitaries including the Director of Technical Education Dr. Vijayakumar and Dr.
K. P Indiradevi, Principal GEC Thrissur were also present. Student Convenor, Navneet Vijay presented
the report of the convention. The function also witnessed the prize distribution to winners of various
events and presenting the overall champions trophy to Government Engineering College , Thrissur by
the chief guest Dr. Ajith Prabhu. The vote of thanks was given by Anees Rahman, Secretory, ISTE
GEC Students Chapter.
2. SEMINAR BY Dr. RUPALI KHANOLKAR
In connection with Viviktha‟15, a national seminar was held at Government Engineering College,
Thrissur, on September 11 2015, by Dr. RUPALI KHANOLKAR, Project Manager, RuTAG, Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay. The seminar, co-sponsored by KSCSTE, was based on the theme of
the convention “Bridging the gap between rural and urban India through technology”.
The eminent professional spoke on the widening distance between the urban and rural parts of the
country and how technological efforts can make betterments to the scenario. Students from almost all
branches, both B.Tech and M.Tech attended the seminar
3. WORKSHOP ON SOLAR AND SMART ENERGY SYSTEM
Affiliating to Viviktha‟15, Roboversity by Skyfi Labs, held a workshop on “Solar and Smart Energy
Systems” in Government Engineering College, Thrissur, on 12th
and 13th
of September 2015. The
motto of the workshop was to teach the participants to make use of the solar energy in place of non
renewable resources that is in use today.
The workshop included courses on :
1. Designing and developing smart traffic signal control systems and solar-powered mobile charger
2. Understanding renewable energy and smart systems
3. Introduction to embedded systems, microcontroller programming and digital sensors
4. Providing practical experience working with live projects on smart systems and solar panels.
The workshop conducted, co-sponsored by KSCSTE, had a fee of Rs.6000 per team (each team had 5
members). A staggering number of more than 30 teams participated in the workshop, much to the
surprise and joy of both the workshop handlers and the student organisers. The workshop equipped
participants with both knowledge and ability to make devices that run on solar energy.
4. C PROGRAMMING CLASSES
ISTE GEC chapter has been organizing several workshops and seminars for the students for many
years. One of such workshops is C programming which is mainly aimed for first year and second year
students who find difficulty with C programming subject included in their syllabus.
ISTE has conducted C programming classes for the second year students of all the departments, on
25th and 26th September 2015.The programme mainly dealt with the basics of C programming
language, thus it was very helpful to the students from biology background. The workshop was
scheduled between 9.30am to 4.00pm.
The program was inaugurated by Dr. B Jayanand HOD& Professor, Electrical Department, GEC
Thrissur. More than 60 students attended the workshop. Classes were organized on the first day and
practical sessions on the next day at Central Computing Facility. The classes were coordinated by
Abhay Krishnan(S7 CSE), Neel Alex(S5 CSE), Antony(S5 CSE), Shijina(S5 CSE), Sidharth(S3 CSE),
and Akshay(S3 CSE).
5. INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO AKASHAVANI
Our Students Chapter organized yet another informational experience for the final year Electrical and
Electronics engineering students, a one-day visit to Akashavani, Thrissur on 5th
October 2015. 30
students, guided by ISTE Students‟ Chapter Faculty Advisor Binoy B B and Prof. Uma Syamkumar of
the EEE department were participated in the visit.
6. ANALYTICAL AND DOCUMENTATION TOOLS FOR RESEARCH
The Two day workshop on Analytical and Documentation Tools for Research was organized by CERD
Satellite Centre, Government Engineering College, Thrissur associated with ISTE Students Chapter on
15th
and 16th
, October, 2015. Faculty/Research Scholars/ MTech students of AICTE approved
Engineering Colleges were eligible to apply for the workshop. About 40 participants from different
Engineering colleges registered for the workshop. The day started with the registration of the
participants. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. M. Nandakumar, Professor, EEE Dept. GEC
Thrissur who gave an informative talk on the recent developments in the documentation field solely for
the research. Later a brief overview of the workshop was given by Mr. Binoy B.B, Course Coordinator
and Faculty Advisor ISTE. The first session of the day was handled by Prof. E.C. Ramakrishnan, GEC
Thrissur on MICROSOFT EXCEL. He discussed different ways of improving analytical and
computational skills in numerical data analysis through MICROSOFT EXCEL. The next session was
taken by Prof. Lalu P.P., GEC Thrissur on PYTHON. Basic concepts of programming were discussed
so that proficiency in the various concepts of PYTHON was developed.
The second day morning session was taken by Prof. Ramesh Kumar P, GEC Thrissur. He introduced
the key concepts of LaTeX and shared his knowledge about the software which plays a vital role in
research to create technical documents in a pleasing and correct manner. He discussed how to prepare
the presentation slides, curriculum vitae etc. The final lecture of the workshop was handled by Dr. M
Nandakumar, Professor, GEC Thrissur on the software, MATLAB. The class helped the participants to
develop foundation in understanding the different modules and toolboxes in MATLAB.
The course also offered hands on session after each session which acted as a platform for various
researchers and faculty to have more exposure to the field of powerful tools which were discussed by
the different resource persons. The workshop was validated by Dr. B Jayanad, Professor, EEE Dept.
GEC Thrissur by distributing the certificates to the participants.
7. 18TH
ISTE NATIONAL ANNUAL STUDENT’S CONVENTION
ISTE conducted its 18th
National Annual Covention at Kings College of Engineering, Thanjavur on 30t
and 31st October 2015. Many programs were held including project presentation, paper presentation,
technical quiz, circuit debugging, robo war, line follower, treasure hunt, coding etc. student‟s chapter of
GEC Thrissur showed an active participation in the events. And GEC Thrissur was given the Best
Students Chapter award under ISTE Kerala Section 2014-2015
8. INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO MADAKKATHARA
As a part of an industrial visit organised by the ISTE GEC Thrissur Students‟ Chapter, students of the
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department were taken to the 400 kV Madakkathara substation,
one of the largest in Kerala.Around 45 students of the EEE department, accompanied by the Group
Tutor, Prof. Nisha G Poothullil (EEE Dept.) made this visit, on 24th
November, 2015.
9. INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO NALLALAM
On 4th
December 2015, S5 EEE students went on an industrial visit to Nallalam Sub Station . The 55
students were accompanied by Prof: Rameshkumar P and Prof: Binitha Joseph, where they saw
transformers, lightning arresters, bus bars, steel towers, suspension insulators.
10. SEMINAR ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
In the auspices of ISTE Students Chapter of GEC Thrissur, a Seminar on the topic “Climate Change
and Need for Renewable Energy” was held in Mechanical Engineering Seminar Hall on 14th
December
2015 in order to observe Energy Conservation Day. Prof. C. P. Sunil Kumar, Head of the Dept. of
Mechanical Engg. was the Chief Guest who delivered an enlightening lecture on the topic.
He emphasized the climate change, its impact and adaptation and mitigation strategies with respect to
global and Indian scenario and Kerala context, pointing out the salient features of Paris Pact and Kyoto
protocol. He has also highlighted pragmatic renewable energy technologies that our country can opt for
and the profound need to utilize them in the energy mix of the nation. Prof. B. B. Binoy, Faculty
Advisor of ISTE Students Chapter presided over the function. Dew Jo Joseph read out the conservation
pledge that was taken by all. Blessy welcomed the august audience and Jineeshlal proposed vote of
thanks. About 120 participants made use of the deliberations of the Seminar.
11. PLC PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP
In order to familiarize with the PLC programming, the ISTE GEC Students‟ Chapter conducted a one
day workshop on „PLC‟. The workshop which was conducted on 28th
January 2016, was led by Arun
Jose, Senior Manager, TCC Ltd Udyogamandal. . The aim of the workshop was to familiarise the
students with the use of the PLC and its applications in various engineering fields. About 50
participants made use of the deliberations of workshop. Arun Jose spoke about the application of PLC
for engineering students and emphasised the need of such workshops so that we remain technically
updated, overcoming the drawbacks of the present syllabus.
12. CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM
ISTE GEC Chapter in assosciation with placement cell conducted a career guidance class on 4th
February 2016.The class was held at 2-4 pm in the Eastern Amphi theatre.The class focussed on career
oppurtunities in the atomic research fields and also included an awareness campaign on various options
in higher education abroad .It was conducted by faculties from Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research and IDP.Students from the third and fourth year attended the session.
13. TECHNICAL TALK
The ISTE GEC Chapter conducted a project Guidance class on 9th
February 2016.The class was
organised by Techgate, Thrissur at the Electrical seminar hall. The class was organised for 2nd and 3rd
year EEE and ECE Students.The highlight of the program was awareness on different topics for mini
and main projects that are present in the curriculum.
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14. SREENIVASA RAMANUJA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION
The students‟ chapter of ISTE, GEC, and Thrissur conducted the ISTE-SREENIVASA
RAMANUJA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION of 2016. The syllabus of the exam included
mathematics of both higher secondary level and B.Tech level. There was also a separate syllabus for
students and teachers of polytechnic colleges.
The chapter level examination was conducted on March 27th
in which more than 50 students
participated, all belonging to GEC, Thrissur.
15. A MOTIVATIONAL TALK BY K S SARMA
On 28th
July 2016 a motivational talk was given to the final year students of EEE department by Mr. K
S Sarma. It was from 3pm-4:30pm. Mr. K S Sarma is an expert industrial trainer/mentor based at
hydrabad. He was the branch manager of M/S. Batilibai Ltd; in charge of Kerala operations, based at
Cochin. Currently he is the Cheif mentor in the training division of M/S Neemus software Solution
PVT. LTD.
It was with the influence of our Alumini Mr.K Rajasam we got the golden opportunity to interact to
Mr.K S Sarma. More than 60 students attended the session. The main aim of the talk was “GOAL
SETTING”. He also inspired everyone from his own life experiences. He gave an overview of the
competitive world around that is waiting for us outside the campus. The session concluded by picking
up the important life skills and theories discussed for that one and half hours
16. SEMINAR ON “WHAT AFTER ENGINEERING?”
It has become a trend among Malayalees to follow the path travelled by everyone. This is evident in
the fields of engineering. Every engineer who passes out of a college pursue the same career, a
software engineer. ISTE Student‟s Chapter hosted a seminar for the final year students of GEC,
Thrissur that opened diverse opportunities in various fields on 4th
August 2016. The Chopras Career
Academy, Ernakulam is a renowned institute and it was an honour for us when Mr. Nishaf Hassan,
SCM Hub Director agreed to host a seminar for the final year students on the topic “What after
Engineering?”.
The seminar was very informative a useful as it brought into discussion, the various career
opportunities an engineer can pursue apart from IT Job. About 75 students attended the programme.
There are hundreds of industries in both public and private sectors that recruit engineers. It just takes a
moment‟s thought to make a huge difference in our lives. For example a job in KSEB or BSNL
wouldn‟t make you experience the pressures and tensions of an IT job. At the end of the one hour talk,
the students walked out of the hall with a new found freedom and determination that came from the
knowledge that they are not bound to follow the so called convention and join a software company.
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