Student Solar Ambassador Workshop-2019
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of KCG College of Technology in association with IIT Bombay and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has organized one day hands on Training on “Student Solar Ambassador Workshop-2019” under the scheme Gandhi Global Solar Yatra on 02.10.2019. It is a global event and students from more than 180 countries are participating in this “One day Hands on Training to assemble Solar Study Lamp” in their respective premises. In our college, 100 students from the departments of EEE, EIE and ECE are participating in this workshop. The workshop is aimed to celebrate the Gandhian principles of self-sufficiency and as the International Day of Non-Violence towards Environment. The Solar PV Technology is one of the fast growing renewable energy which does not harm the environment. As a green campus, KCG College of Technology continuously providing its support for nation to create awareness among the youngsters and guiding them to utilize the renewable energy sources.
Dr.P. Deivasundari, Associate dean-Industry Partnership& Corporate Affairs welcomed and inaugurated the workshop at 9.30am. She also highlighted the importance of renewable energy and effect of climate change.
Dr. Anuradha, HOD/EEE in the first session (10.00am to 11.00am) after stating the objectives and significance of the programme discussed the following topics:
- Sensitization towards current climate scenario and climate change
- Introduction to Energy and Electricity
- Why solar energy is better than conventional source of energy?
- Benefits and usage of Solar Energy After post lunch
After small Tea break, in session 2 (11.00am to 1.00 pm) Mr.K. Karthikeyan, HOD/EIE gave an outline about,
- Introduction to toolkit components
- Familiarization of components and physical testing
- Technical testing of the technical components
After the post lunch, session 3 started (2.00am to 4.30pm) during which step by step assembly of solar lamp was done by the students. The trainers Mr.S.Balaji, Ms.M. Ramya, Mr.V. Subramaniyan, Dr.S.Prabhuraj, Ms. R. Gayatri, Ms.M. Shanmugapriya and Ms.S. Manisha from department of EEE guided the students for assembling their study lamp.
After the assembly of solar lamp, students were moved from class room to open ground where the future prospects of solar energy which the college will adopt in future were announced.
After the video and photo session, students gave their positive feedback on this workshop. At the end of event, students and trainers were taken pledge on Non-Violence towards Environment.
Coordinator: Ms. M. Ramya, Teaching Assistant, Department of EEE
