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.
The Prodigi & Samarthya of ECE in association with SJEC AICTE IDEA lab Organised three days Student Development Programme (SDP) on "RoboConnect: Exploring Robotics & PCB Integration” from 26/02/2024 to 28/02/2024. The objectives of the workshop were to provide the participants an insight into Programming Basics, PCB Schematic Design using KiCAD, PCB etching and Design of BOT.
Total of 40 Students from II-year ECE registered and actively participated in this SDP. Dr Dayakshini HOD- ECE department welcomed the students and motivated them to have a passion towards building prototypes which is crucial for Innovation. Mr Lanish Abhishek Pinto, Mr Aashish Manuel Noronha, Mr Shravan V K, Ms Shama Shivanand, Ms Vaishnavi, Mr Shreyas S H, Mr Rickson D'Souza, Ms S Sindhushree, Mr Sahaj Shetty, Mr Rakshith and Ms Prerana P of III year ECE were the resource persons. Ms Jayalakshmi K P, Ms K Aarya Shri, Ms Priya Seema Miranda, Mr Glenson Toney, and Mr Aldrin Claytus Vaz Assistant Professor of ECE Department coordinated the event.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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