Events

“Drone Technologies and Applications”

For the first time in India KCG college has brought in National level Drone    Racing to Chennai on March 2nd and 3rd.  KCG Drone PitStop 2018 happened to be the most exciting event for the Drone lovers of this country where flying drone has become a passion for most of the youngsters. This event was planned in such a way that young minds have to design their own drone not just flying the off the shelf commercial one. This was a spectacular event for the audience witnessing the several drones competing with each other and flying through challenging obstacles. Department of Aeronautical Engineering, KCG college of Technology in association with, Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) and Aerospace Industry Development Association of Tamilnadu (AIDAT) has conducted the Mega event KCG Drone Pit Stop 2018. On 2nd March 2018 eminent speakers from Drone Industry have delivered the lectures in the Seminar “Drone Technology and Applications” at Mirza Seminar Theatre of KCG college of Technology. The seminar program was started with welcome address by Dr. K. Vijayaraja, HoD Aero followed by the Lightning of Lamp by the Dignitaries. The Special address was given by Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal KCG College of Technology. The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour for the event were Dr. S. R. Chakravarthy, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IITM and Coordinator National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) and Mr. Subbian Seetharaman, Asst Vice President, Siemens-Gamesa. More than 270 students from KCG College of Technology and 38 students from various Colleges and professionals from Industries have attended the seminar. Chief Guest spoke on the different engineering principles and shared his vision how the engineering should be. His key note address covered various topics including grounding of CONCORDE, air taxis in future, VTOL, comparison of US GDP and Indian GDP growth and the possibility of India becoming the second biggest economy in the world within twenty years and necessity of our younger generation commitment. Guest of Honour shared his experiences in the industry, usage of drones in wind turbines and solar power plant and his current projects at the outset. He spoke on various drone applications in the current market and its future prospects. The Dignitaries unveiled the Logo of Critical Thinkers club and its Year Magazine followed by the prize distribution to the achievers in the club. After the tea break the Seminar started with the first session given by the Resource Person Mr. Syed Mubashar Ali, Director, D-EPSAT Pvt Ltd. He spoke on DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly). He stressed on the importance of manufacturing machine components with less parts which would reduce the weight and leading to additional benefits. He introduced a new term EVIATION which deals with electric planes. Finally he wished to be a partner of Hindustan group in innovating new technologies in air travel  Second session was handled by Mr. Bhaskar Raghunathan, Director and CEO, Takvaviya Tech Pvt Ltd. He shared his passion towards the drones and hisexperiences in the industry. In the interactive session about the out of the box applications of Drones and he explained about his companies involvement in developing drones for specific applications in agriculture NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), studying the tide waves and collecting the data for safety precautions on Tsunami. His work was highly application/task oriented and inspired the students to take up a career on drone technology.After Lunch Break the third session was conducted by Mr. Sai Patabiraman, Founder, Sree Sai Aerotech Innovations. He introduced the regulations of Drones in India and said it was one of the best in the world and how the regulations will create more opportunity in the future. He said every registered drone will get a Unique Identification Number. He stressed the importance of autopilot in the drones and the requirement of four data points to develop an AI (Artificial Intelligence). Final session was handled by Mr. Rakend Dubba, CFD Engineer, Sukra Helitek. He spoke on various application of CFD with drones and their company’s contribution towards the development of drones. 18 teams participated in the event. On the first day, the teams were involved in assembling their drones as per the specifications provided by the organising team of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, KCG College of Technology. Points were awarded for their assembling skills and for the innovation. On the second day, in front of drone lovers of various colleges and public, racing event have started with loud cheering. Professional flyers have flown their UAVs and demonstrated their various aerobatic skills of flying. MMC_UAV and SKYPORT Innovations, an Indo-Chinese MNC, have flown their UAV showing its capability of crowd monitoring and patrolling, which was well appreciated by the knowledgeable crowd. This is the first ever college event in India for drone racing which will become a         yearly event.

Student Category:

First prize – Agni College of Technology, Chennai

Second Prize – RV College of Engineering, Bangalore

Third Prize – Sri Krishna College of Engineering, Coimbatore

Consolation prizes:

1. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science
2. Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research

Open Category:

Winner: Mr.Mohammed Riyaz

Consolations Prize: Mr. Janarthan

Judges for the Event:

Mr. Vinoth Kumar, Engineer, Boeing India Pvt Ltd

Mr. Manoj Kumar, Technical Engineer, Boeing India Pvt Ltd

Mr. Bhanu Praveen, R&D Head, SKYPORT Innovations

Mr. Suresh, Assistant Professor, HITS, Padur

Mr. Dinesh, Project Lead,  UCAL

Mr. Parvez Alam, Head Corporate Marketing, UCAL, India and Mr. Justin Kwok, Overseas Manager, MMCUAV, China were invited for the valedictory function as Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively. Mr. Parvez Alam has appreciated KCG College of Technology for conducting such events. He also spoke to the students insisting the importance of drones in future. Mr. Justin Kwok explained the need for drones in present and future, he also detailed the type of drones used for various applications. The dais was decorated by the presence our Principal Dr. G. Prabhakaran and Vice-Principal Dr. Sumathi Poobal. The prizes  under various categories were awarded to the winners by eminent personalities on the   dias. The participants and winners have appreciated the way in which the event was planned, organised and executed.

A session on Psycho sexual well-being was held for students of First year on 6th March, 2018. Dr. T. Santhanam Ph.D., Director of SDS Institute of behavioural Sciences and his team members – Ms. Shruthi & Ms. Divya, conducted the session for boys and Dr. Anitha Manuel, Dean of Student Affairs, KCG College of Technology, conducted the session for girls.
The session gave an insight about characteristics of adolescents, adolescent behaviour patterns, life goal and its purpose. It also helped them to learn to handle their emotions, to improve their self-esteem and self-confidence and to bring in a change in their behaviour and attitude. The focus was also on stress management and SWOT analysis. It also focussed on as how to have a healthy relationship with opposite gender and how girls can cope with increasing gender violence.
The response from the participants was positive.

8^th March, 2018: KCG College of technology organised the Women’s Day Celebration at the seminar hall at 2 pm on the 8^th of March, 2018.The Speaker for the day was Mr Hafiz Khan from EZone India. All heads of departments as well as students were part of the program.

Ms. Aida Jones preceded over the program, which began with the launch of the website for Women’s Coding Club by our Vice Principal, Dr. Sumathi Poobal with the help of Ms. Anju, the coordinator of the club. The WCC club is a new initiative taken to encourage and strengthen girls in the field of programming.

The second part of the program was the highlight of the celebration. Mr Khan conducted a highly interactive and enjoyable session. He conducted a challenge called Glass Walk. This challenge required a volunteer to walk a few steps on broken glass pieces. The students hesitated initially as the presumption of hurting oneself prevented them from volunteering. Ms. Aishwarya of second year was however ready to take the initiative and she was the first to complete the challenge successfully. After watching her fearless performance, each and everyone in the hall, including our staff performed the challenge. It was a thrilling experience for everyone.

One of the several questions thrown at us were, “Would you be the first one to take initiative to try something new and walk on a path less trodden?” Mr Khan gave us great insight on taking up new challenges. He spoke about being open to new ideas. He went on to explain why none of us got hurt when we walked on broken glass. He therefore gave us a perfect illustration as to solving a problem by complete analysis. He encouraged us to think differently and be an initiator instead of following the band wagon.

The program ended with a vote of thanks and the singing of the national anthem. The session was a thorough learning experience.

The 2nd International Conference on Knowledge based Computing Technologies was organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology at KCG College of Technology, Chennai on 06.04.2018 and 07.04.2018.

The inauguration of the conference ICKCT-2018 commenced with the invocation. After invocation, the dignitaries lighted the kuthuvilakku and the august gathering was welcomed by Dr. M Krishnamurthy, Head of CSE Department. The Conference convener Dr. P. Selvi Rajendran explained the purpose of the conference and the process of the conference. The presidential address was given by Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology. Mr. V.P. Sreekantha Kumar, Associate Professor, IT Department gave the introduction of the chief guest and the Inaugural address was given by the chief guest Prof. Dr. T.P. Kothari, Former Director of IIT Delhi. Dr. C. Emilin Shyni, Professor, CSE Department gave the introduction about the Guest of honour. The special address was given by Guest of Honour Dr. Surya R. Asai. Dr. J. Frank Vijay, Head of IT Department gave the vote of thanks.

After tea break, the session started with paper presentation for Day-I (06.04.18) forenoon. Then after lunch the session also had a keynote address followed by paper presentation. Later the panel discussion was held. In the panel discussion, research coordinators from all the departments have participated. Each session was awarded with best paper award.

On Day-II (07.04.17) paper presentation took place in both the forenoon and afternoon sessions. Keynote address was presented in the afternoon session. Best paper award is awarded in both the sessions. Later in the closing ceremony of 2 day international conference was held with the valedictory address by Dr. G. Prbakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology. Welcome address was given by Dr. R. Anand, Associate professor, Department of IT and vote of thanks was given by Dr. P Selvi Rajendran, Convenor, ICKCT-2018. The conference report was presented by Mr. V.P. Sreekantha Kumar, Associate Professor and the Co-Convener, ICKCT-2018. All the sessions of the paper presentation was held parallel in two venues of F14 and Digital library. On an average of 10 papers were presented in both the venues.

Overall 133 papers were received from national and international institutes. Out of which 105 papers were selected and intimated. 63 papers were registered and 42 papers were presented.

The details of the session for 2 days are given below:

SESSION I: SOCIAL COMPUTING

Date                     : 6/4/2018

Venue                  : F14

Time                    : 11.00 AM To 12.30PM

Session Chairs   :

Mr. Satish Menon                                                   Dr. John Aravindar

Vice President – New Initiatives,                      Professor – CSE,

Thirdware Solutions Ltd, Chennai                     HITS, Chennai

SESSION II: HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

Date          : 6/4/2018

Venue       :  Mirza Seminar Theatre

Time         : 11.00 AM To 12.30PM

Session Chairs   :

Dr. K M Mehata                                                        Mr. Krithivasan Rajagopalan

Senior Professor – CSE,                                         Principal Consultant,

HITS, Chennai                                                            Infosys Limited, Chennai

SESSION III: SMART COMPUTING

Date                    : 7/4/2018

Venue                 : F14

Time                    : 9.30 AM To 11.00 AM

Session Chairs

Dr. V. Vijayakumar                                                  Mr. Deenadayalan P

Professor&Associate Dean – CSE,                     Group Technical Manager,

VIT University, Chennai                                         HCL Technologies, Chennai

SESSION IV: INTELLIGENT COMPUTING

Date                     : 7/4/2018

Venue                  : Digital Library

Time                    : 9.30 AM To 11.00 AM

Session Chairs   :

Dr. Rajeswari Mukesh                                            Dr. C Emilyn Shyni

Professor& Head – CSE                                         Professor – CSE

HITS, Chennai                                                            KCG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Chennai

SESSION V: HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

Date                    : 7/4/2018

Venue                 : Digital Library

Time                    : 11.15 AM – 12.45 AM

Session Chairs   :

Dr Poonkavithai K                                                    Mr. Prabhu Chakrapani

Professor – CSE                                                        Team Leader – Development

KCG College of Technology, Chennai                               Uniphore Software Systems Pvt.Ltd,

IITM Research Park,   Chennai

SESSION VI: SOCIAL COMPUTING

Date                    : 7/4/2018

Venue                 : F14

Time                   : 11.15 AM – 12.45 AM

Session Chairs   :

Dr. L. Kavisankar                                                       Dr S. Sankar

Associate Professor – CSE,                                   Associate Professor – CSE

HITS, Chennai                                                            KCG College of Technology, Chennai

The best paper award was given in each session and following are the details:

Invited Talk:

Day 1 (06.04.18): AN session: The invited talk was given by Dr. Surya R Asai, Software Engineering & Design, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore on “Cloud Native Platform and Micro Services”. She Highlighted the Cloud Services such as Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service and how Micro services can be related to all Services in her speech. She insisted upon Micro services related to Billing, Video Streaming and Trend Analysis related to Scalability issues of Software. Among the three, Video Streaming finds more suitability towards scalability due to vast usage & need and how Micro services find its application.

The Participants from the following Colleges were participated in the conference.

1. Vel Tech RangarajanDr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi,Chennai,India
2. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
3. SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai,Tamilnadu
4. Agni College of Technology,
5. IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram
6. JBAS College for Women,CEG Campus, Anna University
7. Anand Institute of higher Technology,Chennai
8. M.K.Engineering College
9. Sri Sairam Engineering College
10. Swami Vivekanada Institute of Technology, Secunderabad,
11. Meenakshi College of Engineering
12. PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Tamil nadu
13. Jeppiaar Engineering college
14. R.J.College of Engineering and Technology,Mannargudi
15. Valliammai Engineering College
16. Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tamilnadu
17. Loyola – Icam College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai
18. S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology
19. SRM-TRP engineering college, irungalur
20. Joseph’s College of Engineering,Chennai, India
21. Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology,Chennai, India
22. Adhiparasakthi Engineering college,Melmaruvathur
23. Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering & Technology
24. Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering college, Chennai

The Workshop on Photoshop started with the introduction of the resources person by the HoD and continued with the explanation of basic tools, menus and options in the Photoshop CS4. The session continued with an interactive hands-on session of Photoshop software with an example of preparing a brochure, creating logo, preparing a ‘png’ image, etc. Also the participants where trained to prepare texts using masking, and different picture masking techniques. The workshop concluded with different ways of exporting the Photoshop documents like ‘PSD’, ‘PDF’, ‘PNG’, ‘JPEG’, ‘GIF’ etc.

The Professional Development Program “Impress & Inspire”, was held from 7 – 9 May, 2018 from 9 am – 5 pm @ KMC Auditorium, KCG College of Technology. All the Heads of the Departments and Senior Professors attended the Program. The Program was inaugurated by Dr G. Prabhakaran, the Principal. Ms Revathy, the Student Counsellor introduced Mr Sengu Paal, the resource person to the participants.

The trainer started his session with 3 promises – for the purpose, interactive and fun filled experiential learning. The “Fire Ball”, activity made the participants feel that anything is possible and it is “ME and the Power of my mind”, will make the difference. The session also threw a light on the types of barriers, leadership qualities and goal setting. The session provided an insight to the participants to know their strengths and weaknesses and to embrace diversity.

Day 2 concentrated on qualities of a good teacher, team building, strategic planning, problem solving and decision making skills. The 6 thinking Hats of Edward De Bono made the participants to analyze and think from various perspectives. The Balloon Sofa Activity gave an experiential learning for team building and team performance.

Day 3 focussed on mastering the time, identifying the time wasters and prioritisation of activities, effective communication and empathy. The Gold mine activity gave the experience of planning and execution skills. By the end of the day the participants were equipped with the necessary skills to lead their team in a smart and effective manner.

The session came to an end with a Vote of Thanks and National Anthem.

A two day workshop on “Automotive Hands on Training” was conducted on 21^st& 22^nd May / 22^nd& 23^rd May 2018.  The workshop was conducted for the third year Mechanical Engineering students.  Total 57 students registered for the workshop and it was divided into 6 batches.  On day one in the forenoon session, Orientation program was conducted in the seminar hall and brief introduction about the internal combustion engines and its working were given.  In the afternoon session, 3 batches have been allotted with bike engine and 3 batches with car engine.  The students were given training about the dismantling of the engines given to them.

On day two in the forenoon session, students were trained to assemble the dismantled engines.  After completing the assembling session of the given engine, the batches were exchanged to other types of engine for dismantling it.  In the afternoon session there were trained to assemble the given engine.  Troubleshooting of the engines was also taught during the training session.

Resource person was Mr. Xavier Jaganathan and team from “Goodwin Industries”, Chennai.  The feedback was later collected and workshop was found to be useful for the participants.

The Workshop on BIM using Revit Structure started with the welcome address and introduction of the resource person by Dr. V. Vandhana Devi, Head of the Department and continued with explanation of basic tools, menus and options in the Structure section of Revit software by Trainer Mr. Vinay, KKM Soft, Chennai.

About 23 participants attended the workshop. We had participants from industry and other educational institutions.

The session continued with an interactive hands-on session of Revit Structure software viz., preparation of templates, formation of grid to locate the footings, centerline for placing the beams, fixing the columns at required position, fixing the slabs and structural wall panels. Transformation and translational repeat of elements/objects in Cartesian or polar coordinates, mirroring objects and cloning properties for similar elements required were also discussed and trained. Importing templates and pre-designed objects, Exporting fabricated objects to other files, rendering and report preparation of schedule of materials were also the part of the hands on training during the workshop. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by the coordinator and distribution of certificates to the participants by the Head of the Department.

The ‘Hands-on Training with Total Station’started with the welcome address by the HoD and continued with the explanation of basic of surveying, and working principles of Total Station. The session continued with an interactive hands-on session of Total Station instruments and the participants were explained about the various parts and its application. Also the participants were trained to handle the instrument for measuring linear distance, heights, vertical/horizontal angles, etc. The training concluded with the measurement of area, inaccessible distances, height of object and check leveling.

The Madras Engines and Emission Research Foundation (MEERF) Chennai, India

The department of Mechanical Engineering organized the seminar on “The Challenges in the Automotive Engines and Emissions Sector Globally and in India” at Mirza Seminar Theatre on 27.06.2018 from 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm.

The seminar was extremely useful and packed with current engine emission technologies and the audience gained knowledge about the challenges in the engine emission testing requirements.It shapes the methodology for BS VI engine emission norms in India. We gained a clear idea about how engine manufacturers are overcoming the emission trade-offin engines. And also they presented details about the program they roll-out in India for engineering students.

Dr. Bharadwaj Sathiamoorthy,started his presentation withthe NO_x emission levels of recent modern diesel vehicle generations observed in several real world driving conditions which were observed to be clearly higher than demanded in the type approval procedure. Due to the growing number of modern diesel engine concepts equipped with coated catalytic exhaust after treatment, the fraction of NO₂ of the total tailpipe NO_x emissions is predicted to continue to increase in the next few years.

Bearing in mind the upcoming tightening of the NO₂ air quality limits and the steady increase of traffic volumes, excesses of the NO₂ air quality limits at roadside locations have to be expected to an increasing extent for the beginning of the next decade.

He also described about the issue of particulate emissions originated from the diesel engine combustion process can be regarded as being technically solved due to the extensive introduction of diesel particle filters in the vehicle fleet if these systems will prove a high efficiency over the entire vehicle life in real world operation conditions.

However, particulate emissions from road transport will continue to be in the focus of public attention due to particle emissions caused by dust re-suspension and abrasion processes.

Then we came to know about MEERF- a Non-Profit Organisation which engages in research projects to reduce automotive, commercial and off road engine emissions in India. With strong research faculty at its core, working relationships with OEM’s and test laboratories across India, they aim to empower the academic community through research and testing based Programs. He also shared the different concepts and projects which are tested in their lab.

Mr. Ranganathan Narasimhanexplained about the opportunities for undergraduates and graduate level students to pursue and apply work on research projects

THE MEERF R&D PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH ASPIRANTS:

The program is a 10-12 Month Research Program and each candidate will work on current trending research topic in the Automobile industry under guidance of their research mentor. Accepted candidates gain access to wherein, candidates will train in Emissions Testing, set up, Engine Test setup, Data Acquisition, Calibrations, Design of Experiments, Statistical Data Analysis and Reduction.

All Programs are directed by Leading Scientists (Mentors) from West Virginia University, US and India. Letters of Recommendation & Support from MEERF and MEERF scientists for MS and PhD Admissions & Scholarships in any US, Europe and Australian Universities.

Career Assistance (Jobs):Ashok Leyland, Ford, Tenneco, Ecocat, TVS, TAFE, and Mahindra & Mahindra etc. Candidates will also have access to our connected network of Professors and Scientists in Clemson, Carnegie Mellon, UC, Riverside, University of Houston, and MIT etc

The speaker did keep us excited with his efficacy of language and spontaneous interactive approach. The students were then allowed to ask questions which were well answered by the speakers. It was an overall enriching experience and we look further for other such opportunities where both the staff and the students can be benefitted.