E-cell activity 2016

The College has an active Innovative-Cell (I-Cell) which gives the students an excellent platform to put forward their innovative ideas. This cell conducts various training programmes to transform the staff and students’ ideas into a new product/process. It guides the innovators to protect their ideas through patents.   This provides an opportunity study of economics, business, entrepreneurship, design, technology, sociology, and engineering. It is a place for people to change the way they make decisions, they must choose to do things differently, make choices outside of their norm.

e-cell activities 2016

  • Dr. Sumathi Poobal , Mr. R.V.Sankar, Dr.Deivasundari,Ms. Jayashree, Ms. R.N.Sharmila attended TiECON 2015 on 31st October 2015
  • Mr. R. Sankar is a certified NEN Trainer on Mentoring Skills Finishing School.
  • Mr.R. Sankar attended a four modules of ‘Capacity Building Programme on BI ‘ conducted in association with PSG college of Technology and EDI, Chennai between Dec 2015 to March 2016
  • Dr.Sumathi Poobal attended ‘CII Startupreneurs ‘ on 10th Feb 2016 at Leela Palace , Chennai
  • Mr. Presennaprabhu , AP, Mechanical Engineering attended ‘NEN Kick-Starting the Entrepreneurial Campus’ conducted by NEN at Sri Ramachandra College of Management,Sri Ramachandra University on 19th Feb 2016
  • Dr.Sumathi Poobal was the resource person for the ‘NEN Kick-Starting the Entrepreneurial Campus’ conducted by NEN at Sri Ramachandra College of Management,Sri Ramachandra University on 19th Feb 2016
  • Eweek celebrations ( Content is already sent to you which contains the information about Bazaar also)
  • NEN awarded ‘E week Runner up award’ for the support given to our next generation of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial leaders at college campus , on 5th March 2016
  • Dr.Sumathi Poobal attended NEN Member Institutes Directors’ &Principles Roundtable on 19th April 2016 at IITM Research Park

i-Cell activities 2014

  • M.N.Pragadish, presented a project CII Innovator 2014 on 24th & 25th of July 2014 at KCG College of Technology, Chennai
  • The recorded programme of one our students project (Solar Vehicle by Pragadish of Final year Mechanical, Snake Robot by BAlasubramaniam, IV year ECE, Wave and wash by Venkateshwaran IIIYear ECE and Elanthamizhan, II year Aero, Electro Chlorinator, by Ganesh Kumar, III Year Civil ) was telecasted in Vasanth TV.
  • V.Vignesh and Naveen Honest Raj II Year EEE won Second place in project presentation , conducted at Jeppiar Engineering College
  • V.Vignesh and Naveen Honest Raj II year EEE won II prize in All India Project presentation at Adhiyaman Engineering College, on 15-16 September 2014 by Institute of Engineers .
  • V.Vignesh and Naveen Honest Raj II Year EEE won First place in IEEE Paper presentation , conducted at KCG College of Technology on 22.9.2014.
  • Nijandhan. N , II year EEE won I Prize in project presentation in National Conference at Veltech, Chennai on 21st August,2014
  • Nijandhan. N , II year EEE received special appreciation  in international Conference at SRM University, Chennai on 25-26 August, 2014
  • Nijandhan. N , Purushothaman and Priya Dharshini II year EEE won II Place in project presentation in National Technical symposium at RMD Engineering College on 11th August 2014.

E-cell activity 2015

IET Student Chapter Bagged Awards

The IET student chapter of our college received the following awards from IET Chennai Local Networks in the award ceremony held on 22.3.2015.

  • Iconic Event of the year 2014 – For the event ‘Project Challenge 2014″.
  • Most Dynamic Chapter 2014 For the vibrant technical activities.
  • Taj-E-IET 2014 – The overall championship award for the commendable contribution to IET.

We bagged all the above awards by competing with 45 student chapters in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Apart from these awards, our students also received following awards for their contribution towards IET and academics.

Chapter focused Awards

  • Anand S (CSE) – Leadership award
  • Subarna Panda (CSE) – Leadership award
  • S Divya (EIE) – Regularity award
  • S Sangeetha (CSE) – Regularity award & Academic Performance award
  • Priya Dharshini D A (IT) – Regularity award & Academic Performance award
  • Harish J (CSE) – Promotional award.
  • Gopi Krisna (CSE) – Promotional award
  • S Ganesh Kumar (Civil) – Trend setter award
  • Shathi M A (CSE) – Trend setter award
  • B Shamreen Ahamed (CSE) – Trend setter award

Chennai Network focused awards

  • Subarna Panda (CSE) – Promotional Award
  •  S Divya (EIE) – Leadership Award

E-cell activity 2014

Awards Won

  • V.Vignesh and Naveen Honest Raj II Year EEE won Second place in project presentation , conducted at Jeppiar Engineering College
  • V.Vignesh and Naveen Honest Raj II year EEE won II prize in All India Project presentation at Adhiyaman Engineering College, on 15-16 September 2014 by Institute of Engineers.
  • V.Vignesh and Naveen Honest Raj II Year EEE won First place in IEEE Paper presentation , conducted at KCG College of Technology on 22.9.2014.
  • Nijandhan. N , II year EEE won I Prize in project presentation in National Conference at Veltech, Chennai on 21st August,2014
  • Nijandhan. N , II year EEE received special appreciation in international Conference at SRM University, Chennai on 25-26 August, 2014
  • Nijandhan. N , Purushothaman and Priya Dharshini II year EEE won II Place in project presentation in National Technical symposium at RMD Engineering College on 11th August 2014.
  • Venkateshwaran, IV Year ECE, Elanthamizhan III year Aero conducted a work shop at KCG College of Technology on 2-D Animation under the banner of their startup Haavani on 11-12 July 2014.
  • Venkateshwaran, IV Year ECE, Elanthamizhan III year Aero conducted a work shop at Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering on Robotics using Arduino under the banner of their startup Haavani on 11-12 August, 2014
  • S A E WORLD CONGRESS: A paper on “Design, Fabrication and testing of a regenerative strut” by M N Pragadish, IV year, Mechanical, has been accepted for SAE World Congress, Michigan, USA in April, 2014.

Awards Won

Believing in the power of youth, this year the IEDC jointly in association with the student startup “Enchanter Corporation” organised the National Level competition titled “Young Minds Innovation Challenge” on the 24th and 25th of January 2014. The challenge provided a platform for school and college students to converge their research ideas into new products and prototypes. We believe that this platform will ignite and inspire the spirit of research, innovation and creativity among students.

e-week 2014

e-week was celebrated to spread the spirit of entrepreneurship among school and college students the following events were conducted during the period 1.3.14-7.3.14

Innovation in schools, 50 rupees activity ,Startup showcase, Innovative talk , Future of Engineering, Online Trading, Hacking , Think Design, Design opportunities in civil Engineering

KCG BAZAAR 2014

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell of KCG College of Technology organized the KCG Bazaar on the 15th and 16th of March, 2014. The planning for the Bazaar began six months ahead of the event.

KCG Bazaar, the annual event of the IEDC was held on 15th and 16th March, 2014 serving as a platform for the Engineering students to hone their business and trades skills. The Bazaar attracted 240 students to test their entrepreneurial potential. The Bazaar showcased products ranging from clothing, accessories, gaming, photography and mouth smacking delicacies. The Bazaar had footfall of over 4600 visitors who encouraged the budding entrepreneurs with a purchase to the tune of Rs.2.50 lakhs. The profit soared to Rs.1.05 lakhs which marked 42.35% on sales.

The budding entrepreneurs left their sales venue with confidence that they would be contributing to the economy a few years from graduation as entrepreneurs.

Students Achievements

  • Venkateshwaran, IV Year ECE, Elanthamizhan III year Aero conducted a work shop on Robotics using Arduino under the banner of their startup Technobreed on 23-24 Jan 2014.
  • Venkateshwaran, IV Year ECE, Elanthamizhan III year Aero completed a project on Modular Robotics – 4 Legged spider- under the banner of their startup Technobreed

TBI Initiatives

  • Mr. Dorai Thodla, Dr.Sumathi Poobal , Dr.Rosy Fernando, Mr. S.Ramanayagam attended a webinar on TBI organized by NEN on 4th Feb, 2014
  • Mr. Dorai Thodla, Dr.Sumathi Poobal , Dr.Rosy Fernando attende a meeting on TBI funding addressed by Mr.Jamkhandi (DirectorMSME) on the 19th Feb 2014

e-cell activities

  • Venkateshwaran, IV Year ECE, Elanthamizhan III year Aero conducted a work shop at KCG College of Technology on 2-D Animation under the banner of their startup Haavani on 11-12 July 2014.
  • Venkateshwaran, IV Year ECE, Elanthamizhan III year Aero conducted a work shop at Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering on Robotics using Arduino under the banner of their startup Haavani on 11-12 August, 2014
  • Dr.Kulasekaran, S&H Department and students attended a programme conducted by NEN on ‘Student –Entrepreneur-Support: High impact Programs’ on 2nd September ,2014, at Anna University.
  • Dr.Lakshmipathy and Mr.Sankar of S&H Department attended a programme conducted by NEN on ‘Innovation &Incubation’ on 30th September 2014 at Great Lakes Institute of Management

Webinars

  • . Students and faculty attended a webinar on ‘Learning it by doing it at your campus’ conducted by NEN on 19.8.2014
  • Students and faculty attended a webinar on Inculcating an Entrepreneur Mindset conducted by NEN on 9.9.2014
  • Students and faculty attended a webinar on ‘Essentials of Mentoring’ conducted by on 14 October, 2014.

Trading Business

S.Ramachandran II Year Mechanical engineering, is doing Trading Business with Sri Lakshmi agro foods , Chennai.

Consultancy Work

  • M.Tamil Magan, Vignesh, Yogeshwaran, Ramkumar, VijayaKumar,Anatha Krishnan, Dwarakesh of IV Year ME are doing a project on ‘Solar Concentrator’, at SECO –India, Chennai
  • T.S.Manikandan , C.Gokul, Karun S.Ravi, A. Mohamed Mudasir IV year EEE are doing a consultancy project on Low RPM DC generator for windmill at SECo-India, Chennai
  • Patrick, Payal Dasharma, Emmanuel Morais IVyear EEE are doing a consultancy project on Concentrated Photovoltaic cell at SECO-India, Chennai
  • Automated Greenery’ a prototype developed by Haavani (a student start up) is being improvised for Green waves , Chennai

Training programmes

  • Training programme on ‘Textile Printing’ for women students sponsored by Canara Bank
  • I Year Orientation on E-cell & i-cell activities for all batches
  • ‘Foot Prints’ an entrepreneurship awareness program for First year students on 29.9.14
  • Awareness programme on startup and business strategy for all final year students.

Mentors as resource persons

Dr.Rosy Fernando and Mr.Dorai Thodla were resource persons for many of the NEN Programmes on ‘Entrepreneurship’,’Innovation’ and ‘e-leaders workshop’ conducted during this period.

E-cell activity 2010-11

  • A NEN ‘Orientation program’ was attended by Dr.A.Kulasekaran/S&H and Mr.M.Elangovan/ECE at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai on 10th, July 2010.
  • A NEN Faculty Development Course on ‘Kick-starting the Entrepreneurship Campus Essentials’ was attended by Dr.A.Kulasekaran/S&H and Mr.M.Elangovan/ECE at Sri Ramachandra College of Management, Chennai from 23rd – 25th, July 2010.
  • An Orientation program was conducted for about 400 students from 2nd and 3rd year of B.E. and B.Tech of KCG on 18.08.10.
  • On 25th August, an entrepreneurship program was conducted in KCG campus and 28 bed packages (bed-pillow-bucket-jug) were sold to new students who were occupying the hostel.

E-cell activity 2009-10

  • The College is a member of National Entrepreneur Network(NEN) E-Cell have been regularly conducting discussions and meetings. These are well attended by staff & students with lots of interaction. Entrepreneurs from all industries are invited to share experience.
  • Two students Gowrishanker final year mech and S.Vignesh final year ECE have received the Certificate of Leadership 2008 – ’09 by NEN for ‘significant contribution to developing a vibrant ecosystem of entrepreneurship on campus’.
  • E-Cell launched its website – http://cloud10.in/ – on 12th Jan 2010.
  • The website was launched by Mr.Venkat Rangan CEO Market Simplified USA. This websites aims to provide information regarding E-Cell activities to all its members.
  • E-Week was organized by the E-Cell between the 6th and 13th of February, 2010. The following events were organized:-
    1. Perspective of the Education System in India – This was a survey conducted to identify the poor areas in our present education system.
    2. Panel Discussion – A gripping session with a host of experts who represented the stakeholders of the education system.
    3. Bridge the Divide – An effort to reach out to the economically disadvantaged children in collaboration with ‘Deepam’, an NGO.
    4. Book Drive – A book donation drive was conducted throughout the campus to collect books of all types to be donated to various community libraries and welfare centers.
    5. Virtual Talk – La Gesse, Director of Customer Development at Rackspace Hosting, USA delivered a virtual talk to around 150 of our students.
    6. Entrepreneur Talk – Mr. M Venkata Subramanyam, Founder, Matchbox Solutions and eFarm gave a talk on his experiences after being in the IT industry for 12 years.