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EWB-MJCET STUDENT CHAPTER 2013-14

Road No. 3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERSMJCET STUDENT CHAPTER

Projects and Activities 2013-2014

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EWB-MJCET Chapter was started in the year 2005 as the first student chapter of EWB-India and has been the most active student chapter in the country. It currently has 150 members.

EWB-INDIA MISSION

Our mission is driven by an urge and concern for accelerating sustainable rural development, assisting in capacity building in backward rural and urban communities of India, protecting the country's natural resource base and working across national boundaries for social and economic justice and responsible use of technology.

Faculty Advisors

1. Prof. Ishrat Meera Mirzana

2. Assc. Prof. N. B. V. Lakshmi Kumari

3. OFFICE BEARERS

1) K. Vishnu Prashant Reddy - President2) Sreenidhi Bussa - Secretary3) Baseera Ahmadi - Treasurer

Awards & Achievements in 2013-14

EWB-MJCET has won the BEST STUDENT CLUB award from our college MJCET.

EWB-MJCET has won the BEST CHAPTER AWARD, the award was presented by Dr. Ashok Agarwal, Chairman, EWB-India during EWB ALL CHAPTERS MEET held at BITS, Goa.

EWB –MJCET Students were awarded as the Best Team for Volunteering for AIRTEL MARATHON which was organized by Airtel Tele-Services.

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EWB –MJCET will officially Sign an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with EWB-University of Connecticut (EWB-UCCON), EWB-USA for technical and knowledge transfer partnership.

EWB MJCET student chapter has been exclusively organizing various activities and projects since 2005. Some of the projects and activities that were carried out during 2013-14 are:

PROJECTS:

There are many projects that EWB-MJCET chapter has undertaken in 2013-2014. Some projects are being continued in the current academic year.

Hyderabad Urban Labs Project: December 2013

This project is a unique voluntary citizen mapping initiative in Hyderabad, taken up by Hyderabad Urban Lab (HUL), in which a team from EWB-MJCET chapter participated for a period of 1 week in November-December 2013. It is a multi disciplinary research programme supported by the Right to the City Foundation.

EWB- MJCET student chapter sourced bus route information and geocoded the bus stop locations in selected Greater Hyderabad Metropolitan Areas using QGIS software.

The data gathered by us filled a crucial gap in the databases. This data is expected to lay the foundation for a much better understanding of transit problems in Hyderabad.

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(Harsha, project coordinator, HUL using presentation to explain students)

(A group picture of student members of team MJCET)

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Burgula village project (phase-1 completed) 18th January 2014

EWB- India and Pragathi Welfare Association had agreed to study residents’ needs and improve living conditions in Burgula Village, Mahaboob Nagar. EWB MJCET volunteered to do a need assessment survey and give research solutions to the villagers’ problems regarding sanitation, water supply, housing and general infrastructure.

EWB- MJCET visited the Burgula Village and performed the need assessment study of 500 houses with a team of ten students in a single day with tremendous efforts. The data collected interpreted the needs of the village. The data obtained is compiled into a soft copy for future usage.

The next phases will be commencing through the intervention of Pragathi Welfare Association.

(A group picture of EWB MJCET team with Sarpanch of Burgula Village)

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Govt. Schools Survey Project: 5th February - 15th February 2014

Under the inspiration and guidance imparted by Dr. Ashok Agarwal Sir, EWB MJCET launched an initiative to study the conditions in poor Govt. Schools in Hyderabad with a view to improving the condition of some of these schools. There are many government schools that lack the most basic requirements. EWB- MJCET has taken up this task as a challenge. Though it is cumbersome, we were successful in creating a database of eight such schools by travelling round the city and examining these schools with the help of media. The photos below were taken at Govt Girls High School, Amberpet.

The schools which are most in need will be short listed and will be developed in the next phases.

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Kasturba Memorial Trust Project: (March-August 2014)

Kasturba National Memorial Trust provides a shelter for neglected and underprivileged women. Conditions at the shelter are very poor, lacking basic amenities. EWB MJCET Chapter participated in a project, based on a generous grant of $120,000 or Rs. 68 lakhs from Pratt and Whitney Aerospace, USA, BELCAN, MTC, UTC, Cyient and their allied companies, to construct a two storey building, equipped with E-Learning Centre, Play ground, Bunker Beds, Water Harvesting System, Solar Water heater. Our students focused on various aspects including the Syllabi for E learning Center, designing the play ground area, analysis of water heating requirement and made the project a success.

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(Shri Mahesh Patel, Engineering Global Sourcing, Pratt and Whitney Aerospace, USA handing over the Certificate of Appreciation to the Mr. Prashant Reddy, President of EWB MJCET and his team members)

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(Photograph of Students of Muffakham College Chapter with Dr. Jayanth Sabnis, Vice- President, Engineering Module, Pratt and Whitney Aerospace, USA and Shri. Mahesh Patel, Engineering Global Sourcing, Pratt and Whitney Aerospace, USA)

ACTIVITIES

Industrial visit- 3rd January 2014

Industry visits sensitize students to the practical challenges that Industries face. Industrial visits also give greater clarity about various concepts for students as they can practically see precision practice.

Metal Industries Pvt Ltd, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, India is a sophisticated Commercial Kitchen Equipments & Refrigeration manufacturer with exclusive marketing units of its own. The more we see, the more we learn; Students in number of 45 from both SAE and EWB participated and observed the techniques used for best designing and Manufacture of various products. They could also see various advantages and disadvantages of using various manufacturing techniques on the Environment.

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(A group picture of EWB MJCET with Mr. Dinesh, M.D., Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd.)

DFX workshop: 6th January 2014

DFX is a philosophy that promotes rapid and successful products. DFX Workshop will provide an overview of how to design and develop mechanical engineering product that is manufacture reliable, usable, maintainable, supportable and also profitable. The acknowledgement of such a philosophy will assist students in their research practices.

It is high time that Engineering students start adopting DFX practices and develop world class products. A workshop on DFX practices was conducted by Mr. Ravi Taluri, CEO, RST consulting firm, conducted for a group of members of EWB MJCET Chapter on 6th January 2014 at CSIM/ EWB- India office.

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(A group picture of the participants of DFX workshop with Mr. Ravi Talluri, CEO, RST consultancy)

Student Social Responsibility (SSR): 15th January

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Education is a fundamental human right and vital to achieving economic growth, increasing income, and sustaining a healthy society. Education is important in helping to improve lives, break the cycle of poverty. EWB MJCET is one such chapter which is committed to serve the poor pupils, give them a small moment of joy and learning, and supplement the interest to continue to study by inspiring them.EWB MJCET is committed to ensuring that all girls and boys are able to realize their full potential. We know that children will flourish if they are able to go school, stay there until they finish and learn the basic skills of literacy, mathematics, life skills and critical thinking in a supportive setting. We help them to do this by supporting education initiatives.

(Baseera Ahmedi, Treasurer, EWB MJCET, encouraging the school students)

(EWB MJCET team group picture with Sultan Ul Uloom High School students)

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ADSOPHOS 2014: 6th & 7th March 2014

With fund generation as the criteria, EWB- MJCET has organized three in the National level tech-fest at Muffakham Jah College of Engg. And Tech. conducted on 6th and 7th march.

EWB MJCET has organized three events as a part of our tech- fest ADSOPHOS 2014 they are,

1. Modulo Detritus2. Alpha Coding3. Mega Pixel

The club displayed its innovative projects in the Tech –Expo at the same event.

(students of EWB MJCET participating in the Tech-Expo)

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Felicitation of Ex-office bearers: 26th March

EWB MJCET proudly felicitated their Ex- office bearers in laud to their commitment towards success in their tenure. Dr. Ashok Agarwal, Chairman, EWB- India, Dr. Basheer Ahmed, Advisor Cum Director, Dr. Shaukath Mirza, Director, EWB India, had bolstered the new office bearers with their valuable words. In the same event Brig. P. Ganeshan, Chairman, Honey-Bee network has given a speech on the “Grass Root Innovations” which prompted students to think over the social innovation and entrepreneurship.

(A group picture of office bearers of 2013 and 2014 during the feliciation with the officials of EWB India and MJCET)

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EWB-MJCET STUDENT CHAPTER 2013-14(A group picture of all the office bearers of EWB MJCET for the year 2014)

Clothes Collection Drive: 17th April

To extend our hands and buttress the inmates of Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust, Bandlaguda, while working for their development and lending the intellectual services, our project team has contributed to donate them with a few bags of Clothes which are in good condition.

(A group picture of EWB MJCET team members at Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust donating the clothes they collected)

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