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101 C. 12) ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY INTERACTION CELL

Principal Investigator : Dr. S.G.S. Swamy

Programme Co-ordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

KSCST is successfully implementing educational programmes for the benefit of

High school students, teachers, engineering and degree college students, faculties

of engineering institute, Universities and first grade colleges in the state.

The following are the ongoing projects and programmes of Academic and

Industry Interaction Cell.

• Establishment of Virtual Classrooms (VCR) to Improve the Quality of

Education in Ten Taluks of Karnataka (CSR funds – REC, GOI)

• Establishment of Virtual Laboratory in Backward Talukas of Karnataka -

GoK

• Video Streaming studio lecture series for benefit of faculty and Engineering

students

• National Science Day – 2018

• National Mathematics Day - 2017

• Radio serial on Sustainable Development

• Patent Information Center Cell and activities

• Student Project Programme (SPP) – 41st Series : 2017 - 18

• Teachers Enrichment Programme

• Vijanana Darshana and Chetana Programme

• Evaluation of NGO’s for reporting to Ministry of Earth Science, GoI

The above said programme and projects has been supported by Department of

Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, Department of Science and

Technology, Government of India, NCSTC, Government of India, Rural

Electrification Corporation Limited, Ministry of Power, GoI and Vigyan Prasar,

GoI.

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101 C. 12a) ESTABLISHMENT OF VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS

(VCR) TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION

IN TEN TALUKS OF KARNATAKA

(CSR FUNDS – REC, GOI)

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy

Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

Budget : Rs. 174 Lakhs

Funded by : REC, New Delhi

Progress:

• The KSCST is providing 2 MBPS BSNL broadband internet connectivity

with static IP and accessories such as skype camera and modem to all the

10 centres for a period of one year. Shortly all the 10 VCR high schools will

be provide with these facilities.

• KSCST has organised Vijnana Darshana Programme on 11th, 12th and 13th

January 2018. 85 Students and 21 teachers from 21 Virtual Classroom

established Government high schools participated.

• KSCST has prepared tender document for the development of 3D Virtual

interactive experiments and uploaded the same on Karnataka e-

Procurement portal during January 2018. Further, Notification on the

same has been published on daily Newspaper on 24th January 2018.

• KSCST has organised the bid meetings as per schedules.

• Two vendors M/s. Manipal Technologies Limited and M/s. LabInApp

Technology Pvt. Ltd respectively participated in the bidding process and

the KSCST has invited both the vendors for the proof of concept meeting

for the evaluation and selection of the vendor.

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101 C. 12b) IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY

(E-LEARNING CENTRES) TO IMPROVE THE

QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE

BACKWARD TALUKS OF KARNATAKA - GoK


Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

Budget : Rs. 11 Lakhs

Funded by : KSTePS, DST-GOK

Progress:

• KSCST is monitoring / interacting with all centres and responds / rectify

the problems if any.

• KSCST has taken the initiative to strengthen all the Virtual Labs (VL) by

IT gadgets and other accessories.

• KSCST has organised Vijnana Darshana Programme on 11th, 12th and 13th

January 2018. Four Students and one teacher from each Virtual

Laboratory participated.

• In this programme the students and teachers visited ISRO, HAL heritage

museum, Lalbagh botanical garden, Namma Metro, Visvesvaraya Rain

Water Theme Park, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, All India Radio and

Visvesvaraya Industrial Technology Museum to increase the science

knowledge for rural children and also Model making, experiments on

science, interaction with Phd Scholars from IISc was organised.

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101 C. 12c) ACTIVITIES AT “PROF. A. K.N. REDDY S&T VIDEO

STREAMING STUDIO”

Convener : Executive Secretary

Co-ordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

Council has organized a series of technical talks by Experts / Invitees, Scientists

and Engineers of the Council and the details are as follows:

Sl

No.

Date Resource Person Title of the Talk / Lecture

1. 09 February

2018

Dr. Umesh Rao Hodeghatta,

Chief Technology Officer

NU-Sigma Analytics Labs,

Seattle, USA

How Artificial Intelligence

and Machine Learning is

Transforming Engineering

2. 12th March

2018

High School Science Teachers

Recognised by KSTePS, GoK

Video recording of high

school science experiments

Dr. Umesh Rao Hodeghatta addressing from the Studio

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101 C. 12d) NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2018



Funding by : NCSTC, DST GoI

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) in honour of C V

Raman’s invention popularly called the Raman Effect celebrates the National

Science Day every year. The theme for this year’s National Science day 2018 is

“Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”.

The following activities were organised as a part of Celebrations of National

Science Day 2018:

1. On-the-spot Painting Competition: KSCST organised On-the-spot painting

competition on 10th February 2018 (Saturday) at IISc campus on the theme

“Science & Technology for Sustainable Future”. Dr. H. N. Chanakhya, Chief

Research Scientist, CST, IISc inaugurated the competition. Around 700

Higher Primary and High School students participated in the competition.

The painting were adjudged by the faculty members of Chitrakala

Parishanth and 46 paintings have been selected for award.

Students during painting competition

2. Essay Writing Competition: KSCST has organised Essay Writing

Competition in various BBMP and Government High Schools in second

week of February 2018. One best essay from each school was awarded

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during the programme. 32 BBMP and Government High Schools have

participated in the competition.

3. Prize Distribution Programme: Prof S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST and

Professor, Material Engineering, IISc welcomed the gathering and spoke

about the importance of C V Raman’s contribution towards Science and

Technology. Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST gave a brief

introduction about National Science Day 2018. The programme was

inaugurated by Prof. C.R. Chandrashekar, Senior Professor of Psychiatry

(Retd.,), NIMHANS & child psychologist who also delivered special lecture

on child psychology. Another eminent scientist Prof. S. N. Omkar from the

Aerospace Engineering Department, IISc addressed the students on

“Utilisation of drones in various sectors”. Prizes were distributed on this

occasion to the winners of On-the-spot painting competition and Essay

writing competitions organized by KSCST. Around 750 students from

BBMP, Government and aided High Schools participated.

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101 C. 12e) NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY 2017



Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology and National Council for

Science and Technology Communication Government of India, New Delhi jointly

celebrated National Mathematics Day on 22nd December 2017 on the birthday of

Shri. Ramanujan at Prof. Satish Dhawan auditorium, Indian Institute of Science,

Bengaluru. Around 350 Students from BBMP High Schools participated in this

event.

The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Harish Seshadri, Professor,

Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and

interacted about the importance of Mathematics in Day today life. He also

explained about the opportunities available in the field of Maths. The next

session was by Mr. Prasanna Murthy, Principal (Retd.,) , Vijaya High School,

Bengaluru. He demonstrated various teaching learning materials on value of Pi,

Pythogarous Theorem etc. The next session was by Ms. Janhavi Karthik,

Coordinator, St. Paul’s English School. She demonstrated the technique of

making magic square using mathematical topology. The next session was by Mr.

Venkat Subba Rao, Director, Inno Teach Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,

Bengaluru. He enthused the student with the life history of various

Mathematicians. The last session was by Mr. V. Srikanth Science Communicator,

Bengaluru. He briefed about the importance of mathematics with few videos.

Around 40 mathematical models from various High Schools also exhibited during

the programme. A book “Ganithanda Chatuvatikegalu” in Kannada was

distributed to all the student participants.

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101 C. 12f) RADIO SERIAL ON “SUSTAINBLE DEVELOPMENT”



Budget : Rs.4.22 lakhs

Funding by : Vigyan Prasar, DST, GoI

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Science,

Bengaluru, Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology, Government of

India, and All India Radio, Bengaluru in fulfilment of its science popularisation

mandate and with the aim of creating awareness about sustainable environment

among general public, broadcasting the radio serial “Sustainable Development”

from 18th June 2017 in Kannada and Konkani language.

Till date 38 episodes on Sustainability and Industrial Revolution, Conservation of

Natural Resources, India Ethos & Practices on SD, Sustainable Development

Goal 2030 Energy, sustainable cities, Disaster deduction, Protecting and

Managing Natural Resources, Agriculture, Food security, Education & Skill,

Ocean a & Marine ecosystem, Fossil Fuel & Environment, etc., were aired (every

Sunday at 9.00 a.m.) through all the AIR stations of Karnataka. We are receiving

feedback through email, post card and SMS.

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101 C. 12g) PATENT INFORMATION CENTRE

Program Coordinator : Executive Secretary

Funding by : DST, GOI

Background:

Patent Information Centre, Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology is

supported by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Objectives:

• The main objective is to create awareness among students, faculties of

various educational institutions, industries, Government departments,

R&D Institutions and Individual inventors about Intellectual Property

Rights (IPR)

• To guide inventors regarding patenting, copyright, trademarks,

Geographical Indications etc.

• To assist the inventors in respect of filing patent for their inventions and

other IPR spectrum

• Guide Colleges and Universities to setup IP Cell.

• To increase the Intellectual Property output even for Incubation Centres

and Start ups.

Activities:

The following activities were conducted by the Patent Information Centre during

the period January 2018 to March 2018:

PIC conducted the awareness programme at Sri Venkateshwara College of

Engineering (SVCE), Bangalore on 26th February 2018. The programme was held

in the presence of Chief Executive Director of SVCE and other faculties of the

college. The programme included two technical lectures from the experts of the

Patent field. More than 150 students were benefited by this programme.

PIC also participated in the Open day at IISc held on 10th March 2018 and put up

a stall to exhibit the publications of PIC. More than 50 enquiries were made

regarding the facilities available at the PIC and for awareness programme.

Further 5 enquiries were made at the PIC office regarding filing the patents and

trademark registrations. The information was provided suitably.

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101 C. 12h) STUDENT PROJECT PROGRAMME (SPP):

41st SERIES: 2017 - 2018


Co-ordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

The KSCST had invited project proposals from the final year engineering

students for the 41st series (2017-18) of Student Project Programme (SPP) for the

sponsorship.

The activities of 41st Series of SPP started in November 2017. KSCST had

circulated SPP posters to all the engineering colleges and universities across the

state in the month of December 2017. The Council has received 2973 project

proposals from various disciplines from 157 engineering colleges across the State.

The branch wise details of project proposals received are as follows:

Sl. No. Branch

No. of

Proposals

Received

1. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING 16

2. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING 16

3. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 8

4. BIOTECHNOLOGY 51

5. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 38

6. CIVIL ENGINEERING 383

7. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 559

8. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 10

9. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT &

HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY 1

10. DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 1

11. DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION 1

12. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 201

13. ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 653

14. ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING 15

15. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 9

16. GEO-INFORMATICS 1

17. INDUSTRIAL AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING 13

18. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 11

19. INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 234

20. INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY 2

21. MARINE ENGINEERING 2

22. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 1

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23. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 649

24. MECHATRONICS 25

25. MEDICAL ELECTRONICS 2

26. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING 1

27. METALLURGY 1

28. POLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1

29. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 6

30. TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 58

31. TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY 1

32. THERMAL ENGINEERING 1

33. VLSI DESIGN AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 2

Total 2973

The project proposals are being scrutinized by the experts from IISc, NAL and

Industries. The final list of the selected projects will be uploaded and displayed in

the Councils website in the last week of March / first week of April 2018.

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101 C. 12i) TEACHERS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME



Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) along with

Anubhava Science Foundation, Bengaluru and Department of Education,

Government of Karnataka at the Block level organised “Teachers’ Enrichment

Programme” at Indian Institute of Science campus. Teachers’ Enrichment

Programme is a year-long programme envisioned to enrich the teaching -

learning of science and mathematics in Higher Primary schools of Karnataka.

The Teachers’ Enrichment Programme is offered in physical mode with contact

sessions spread over one year for government and aided higher primary school

teachers. The programme has been launched on 16th August 2017. The third and

fourth contact session was held during 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th December 2017 and

30th, 31st January 2018 at Lecture Hall complex, IISc. A total of 45 teachers those

who are teaching Science and Mathematics from Government and aided School of

Bengaluru North Block 1 and North Block 2 are participating in the programme.

Participants during session

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101 C. 12j) VIJNANA DARSHANA


Programme Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

Background

KSCST is very keen to popularize science among rural children. In this regard,

the Council is organising “Vijnana Darshan” programme. This programme aims

to take the students on a Science tour to leading R & D institutions in Bengaluru

to spur the scientific interest in the students. In this financial year, the Council

has arranged arrange a visit of 84 Government High School Students and 21

teachers of virtual Laboratories and Virtual classrooms from different parts of

Karnataka from 11th – 13th January 2018.

Progress

On the first day (11th January 2018) the programme was inaugurated by Shri. V.

S. S. Shastry, National Awardee & Origami expert. The students visited ISRO

Satellite Centre, Heritage Centre & Aerospace Museum Hindustan Aeronautics

Limited and Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain

On the second day (12th January 2018) Lalbagh - Botanical Garden, Sir. M.

Visveswaraiah Rain Water Harvesting Theme Park , Jawaharlal Nehru

Planetarium and All India Radio. The demonstration of various experiments by

IISc research scholars were also organised.

On the third day (13th January 2016) the students visited Visvesvaraya

Industrial & Technological Museum. The book “Jnana Vijnana Nigantu – Science

Dictionary” in Kannada was distributed to all the participants. All the students

appreciated the programme and thanked KSCST.

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