Events

This report captures a two-day seminar on APPLICATION OF LIGHT WEIGHT MATERIALS AND CHARACTERIZATION IN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY sponsored by The Institution of Engineers (India) was organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY during 11^th & 12^th August 2018.

During the inaugural session, Dr.S.Ramesh Prof & Head /MECH welcomed the gathering, Dr.G.Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology, gave the presidential address. His valuable address expressed the importance of lightweight materials and characterization in automobile industry in today’s evolving engineering sector. Followed by his speech, The Chief Guest of Honour. Dr. S. Srinivasan Alavandar, Joint Honorary Secretary IEI KLC, Dean academics of AGNI College of Technology, gave insight about the role of engineers and importance of materials in automobile industries by his thought-provoking speech.

After the inaugural session Dr.V.Balasubramanian, Director, Center for Materials joining and Research , Annamalai University initiated the technical session with a prime note on  Introduction of Light Weight Alloys. The next session was carried by Dr.G.Padmanaban, Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology, Vellore under the topic of Magnesium Alloy & its Characterization in Automobile Industry.

The next session key note speaker was Mr.C.V.S. Murthy, Technological Director, DRDL-Hyderabad, he explained the importance of Weldability of Light Weight Alloys and the explained about various real time projects of DRDL. The last session of the first day of seminar was portraited by Dr. S. Madhavan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology under the topic of Light Weighting through Joining.

The Fifth session was Advanced Welding Processes & their Application in Automotive Industry initiated on 11^th August 2018 at 10:30 AM by Mr.A.Manjunath, Scientist ‘F’, Group Director, GTRE, Bangalore. Dr.V.Karthik,  Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy continued the next session and gave applications of  Titanium Alloys in Automotive industries. The following session was the role of Composites and Shape Optimization in Electrical Cars handled by Dr. S. Renold Elsen, Department of Design and Automation School of Mechanical Engineering VIT- Vellore. The final session of the two-day seminar was Weight reduction techniques in automotive, handled by Mr. Helfried-Wolfram Weiss, German expert, Ex-head in car predevelopments car concepts, BMW.

The Valedictory function was guested by Dr.R.Venkatesan, FIE, Council member & chairman IE(I)-KLC  held in the presence of Dr.K.Sarukesi Dean Academic, KCG College of Technology , Certificates were distributed  to all the participants and feedback of the participants was tremendous and their enthusiasm  was overwhelming  until last session.

Details of the Sessions:

The Department of Electronics & Instrumentation conducted “INSPIRIUS 2K18”, a National Level Technical Symposium under the student chapter, “Institution of Engineers (India)” on 20^th and 21^st of August, 2018. The symposium started with an inauguration note by Ms.NikithaShyamsundar and Mr.Ujjwal Kumar of 4^th year, EIE. Dr. N. Bharathi, Head of the Department (EIE) welcomed the gathering. Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology delivered the presidential address. The annual report and the events pipelined for the symposium  was spelled out by Mr. C. Vijay, the faculty coordinatorof the event.
Ms. JalajaMadan Mohan, Head, Technical Coordination and Public Awareness Section (TCPAS), Resource Management and Public Awareness Group (RMPAG), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam delivered the inspiring inaugural address and released the Souvenir. The inaugural ceremony came to an end by vote of thanks by Mr.JaiBalaji, President of student chapter, IEI.

The Department of Civil Engineering conducted a one day National level Technical Symposium “CASTELLATE 2k18” at KCG College of Technology on 24th August 2018. It was the 4th edition of Castellate conducted in the institution. Around 200 external participants from various cities like Pondicherry, Trichy, Madurai, etc. participated in the Symposium.

The event started with the formal Inaugural function at 9.00 a.m in KMC Auditorium. Er. C. Kalyanasundaram, Dr. Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal, Head of the Department Dr. V. Vandhana Devi, General Secretaries Mr. T. U. Ravi Chandran and Ms.J.Emimal were present on the dais. Er. C.KalyanaSundaram, Executive Engineer, TamilNadu Public Works Department presided as the chief guest for the event. The inaugural ceremony started with the prayer song followed by lighting of kuthuvilaku by the dignitaries. The Head of the Department, Dr.V.Vandhana Devi welcomed the Chief guest, dignitaries, faculty , students and all the external participants to the inaugural cermony. She greeted everyone on the auspicious occasion and encouraged the participants to take part in all the events highlighting the significance of Symposium. Dr. Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal felicitated and extended her best wishes to all the student participants. A pre-report of Castellate 2k18 was presented by Mr. Ravi Chandar.T.U, General Secretary which gave a brief idea about the event.

Castellate 2k18 Souvenir was released by the chief guest and the dignitaries. Ms. Emimal.J, General Secretary took the privilege to introduce the chief guest to the gathering. The Vice Principal Dr. Sumathi Poobal honoured the Chief guest with a memento. Er.C.Kalyanasundaram delivered the Symposium inaugural address followed by his key note address on ‘Recent trends in Civil Engineering’. The students and external participants were very impressed by his keynote address and there was a huge applause among the participants for his interesting lecture. Joint Secretary Mr. M. Shamin Anwar concluded the inaugural ceremony with the vote of thanks. The program came to a close by 10.30 am. The participants and students felt that his lecture was educative, sensitizing and knowledge sharing.
  
  

Technical Events

Castellate 2k18 encompassed various events like paper presentation, concrete cube testing, battle cad, tech quiz and so on. The winners of various events were awarded with attractive cash prizes and merit certificates.

Paper Presentation:

The paper presentation event was conducted to provide a platform to express the knowledge of participants in research, in their respective field of interest. Session Judges Dr.P.Siva Kumar and Mr.V.Kishor Kumar provided lot of valuable suggestions to the participants. We received 62 papers out of which 21 papers were shortlisted and presented on the day of Symposium.

Model Presentation:

The model presentation event was conducted to provide a platform to enhance the creative ability of the participant. The event was designed such that it tests the structural knowledge and also their creativity.
Concrete Cube Testing:

In this event the participants were instructed to cast a cube 7 days before the event. The sole concept of this event is to test their knowledge in the concrete mix to get highest compressive strength in the specified density.

Battle Cad:

This event was challenging and competitive which made the participants to think and create a plan as per National Building Code (NBC). The Judges were Ms.P.Kavitha and Ms.M.Kalaivani. About 49 participants attended the prelims from which 12 were shortlisted for final round.

Tech Quiz:

This event was conducted to test the technical knowledge of the participants. Around 40 participants attended the prelims of which 15 were selected for the 2nd round and 10 participants were able to get through the 2nd round and reach 3rd round. Finally for the final round 5 participants were selected.
Castellate 2k18 served as a platform for the budding civil engineers to showcase their skills and talents for the growth of the society. Students participated in all the events with great enthusiasm. The events helped in bringing out the technical knowledge of the students. At the end of the symposium, valedictory ceremony was held in which certificates and cash prizes were distributed by Prof. Dr. P. Sivakumar and Head of the Department Dr. V. Vandhana Devi to all the winners of various technical and non-technical events. Participation certificates were given to all the participants. One of the participants gave feedback about the Symposium that it was professionally and efficiently organised and they had a good time at KCG College of Technology. The program came to a close at 4.15 pm with National Anthem.

Venue: Conference Hall, MELSS
Date: 30.08.2018

Mr.V.Ramanathan, Head-Industrial IT MELSS welcomed the Principal and the KCG team and gave an Introduction about MEL Systems and services Ltd. Dr. G.Prabhakaran, Principal KCG College of Technology gave an insight about KCG College of Technology.

Dr.G.Prabhakaran – Principal, Mr.N.Ramachandran – Managing Director MELSS, Mr.V.Ramanathan – Head Industrial IT MELSS, Dr.G.Sambandan – Advisor,                   Dr.P.Deiva Sundari –  Associate Dean, Dr.C.Emilin Shyni-Professor

Mr.N.Ramachandran, Managing Director MELSS gave an insight about their company. He mainly quoted that MELSS have acquired expertise and specialised knowledge in many areas in the Electronic field. In addition to Electronics and Automation MELSS offers cutting edge in IT solutions to its customers. He expressed their competencies are Technology and Process Consulting, Software Development, Customization, Design and System Integration, Implementation and Post Implementation Support. He also quoted that MELSS offers professional software solutions and R&D consultancy with their hands-on experience in VC++, .NET, Java, C, C++, VB, LabVIEW, LabWINDOWS, and Embedded software platforms, Python, PHP, AJAX, NodeJS, and more, and has international exposure and experience working in diverse industries. He also gave an insight about the commercial applications such as Retail/Warehouse inventory management, E-Commerce portal-Design and Development and Deployment and m-commerce Website and applications – multi-platform. The Industrial applications such as SCADA process and factory, Embedded Software and ATE test program Development and debugging on multiple platforms. Apart from this, he presented a road map for doing the project. He requested to inculcate the importance among students and faculties “To have a dedication towards the work”.

Dr MK Surappa, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, inaugurated the state-of-art Power System Protection Lab funded by the DST-Government of India under FIST scheme, at KCG College of Technology.     The research lab is equipped with modern GE and Megger make equipments. The college intends to give specialized training on power protection to industry persons.

The inaugural function was graced by Mr M Balasubramaniam, Managing Director, Blackboard India, and Chairman, NASSCOM GIC Council, Dr Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions, Dr Anand Jacob Verghese, Director & CEO, Hindustan Group of Institutions, Directors – Dr Annie Jacob and Dr Aby Sam, Deans, and Heads of departments.

The KCG Women’s Coding Club has organized and conducted a Programming Contest-“CRACK THE CODE” for girl students on 22.9.18 (Saturday) in Steve Jobs Laboratory. This platform provides an opportunity to girl students to showcase their skills by solving coding challenges. The contest brought together talented students from various departments.  The contest test their programming skills and problem solving ability.

The competition was held for 2 hours, during the time each team has to solve 3 programming problems using any programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++). The ranking was based on the greater the number of problems a team solves, the higher it’s ranking in the final standings. Ties were broken according to how much time each team needed to solve the problems. Around 42 students (20 teams) have registered for the event and 37 students (17 teams) had attended the contest, a team consists of 2-3 students.

Best Three Coders:

1. First prize: T.N.AkshayaChelvi and R. Claudia Lois of 2nd Year CSE
2. Second Prize: Jihaan, Fathima of 3rd Year CSE
3. Third Place: Saarika, Leandra Mithra, Jothi of 3rd Year IT

The inauguration of IPA Students’ Chapter for the students of Department of Civil Engineering and the installation ceremony of the office bearers took place on 22^nd  September 2018 in the Seminar Hall of our college. Dr. S. Virapan, Director, S.V. Associates, Chennai was the main celebrant to officiate the proceedings. He inaugurated the chapter and addressed the gathering. Mr. Abbas Lehary, Chairman IPA administered oath to office bearers.

(Mr. S.K. Vignesh – Chairman, Ms. S. Jayashree – Vice Chairman,                      Mr. R. Vigneshwaran – Secretary, and Mr. Armishal . K – Joint Secretary).  

During the inauguration Dr. V. Vandhana Devi, HoD – Civil Engineering welcomed the Chief Guest and the gathering and Dr. G.Prabhakaran, Principal gave the presidential address and felicitated the student members. During his address, the Chief Guest deliberated the importance of a professional body like IPA and its benefits to the students’ community. He also gave the historical background and a summary of the recent accomplishments of IPA in India. Mr. J. Shankar,     Hon. Joint Secretary, IPA Chennai was the guest of honour. He gave a special lecture on ‘Emerging Plumbing Trends in the Industry’. All the 65 members of the chapter received their ID Cards. The Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. J. John Alexander, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering.

In accordance with our Founder LATE-Dr KCG Verghese’s VISION “To make every man a SUCCESS”, our Institution believes in holistic development of our students. Education does not pertain only to academics, but also to an overall development.

Statistics say 373 million youths contribute to our Indian population and to our national development. Youths are increasingly exposed to new methods of communication & technology, unrealistic expectations from Social Medias and unhealthy societal pressures. Untreated and unresolved issues may cause negative effects on their mental and physical health. So, it is very important to realize and understand the mental health issues and to create an awareness to prevent, address and to cope with it.

To create an awareness on Youth Mental Health in a Changing World, the World Mental Health Day was conducted on our Campus by the Office of Student Affairs on 12^th October, 2018 between 2 – 4 pm.

Dr Thara Srinivasan, Co-founder & Vice-chairman, SCARF graced the occasion, gave a presentation on “Youth Mental Health” and addressed our students. She judged the SKIT-YOUTH ADDICTIONS staged by our students and distributed the prizes.

The other events on WMH Day:

1. Debate – “Effects of Social Media on Youth Mental Health”
2. Poster making – “Mental Health”
3. Slogan Writing – “Mobile Addictions”

The students participated in the events enthusiastically and it gave them an insight on the WHO theme, 2018.

The program created an awareness amongst the staff and students about the importance of Mental Health, to seek help whenever needed and to BREAK THE SHAME to seek help for Mental Health issues, like any other Physical Illness.

Venue: Sri Sai Ram institute of Technology, West Tambaram, Chennai.

Chief Guest : Er. T.M. Gunaraja, IEI President elect

Guest of Honour: Dr. R. Venkatesan, FIE, Council Member & Chairman IE(I) –KLC

The program was started around 4.30 pm. Executive committee members, students and advisors of IEI students chapter from various colleges in Kancepuram district were attended the meeting.
Dr. Palanikumar, Principal , Sai ram institute of technology welcomed the gathering, Dr. R. Venkatesan, FIE, Council Member & Chairman IE(I) –KLC reported about various activities of IEIKLC.
Er. T.M. Gunaraja, IEI President elect presented the presidential address to the gathering and he encouraged all the student’s chapters for their involvement and participation of technical activities which was conducted by IEIKLC.

Best student of the IEI Students chapter was honoured with Best Student Award IEI KLC-2018 by Er. T.M. Gunaraja, IEI President elect and Dr. R. Venkatesan, FIE, Council Member & Chairman IE(I) –KLC and the students chapter advisors also honoured with shawl with  appreciation. On behalf of our college IEI students chapter Mr. Arul inigo raja, Asst Prof /Mech , Advisor, IEI SC –KLC attended the program. Mr. Amit Pothina , Final year Mechanical Engineering Student was nominated for the Best Student award IEIKLC -2018 by Our Head of the Department. With this connection IEIKLC selected Mr. Amit Pothina for best student Award for our College and with pleasure he received the Award from Er. T.M. Gunaraja, IEI President elect.

After the formal ceremony of Students chapter meet was over.2^nd Annual General Meeting was conducted by IEIKLCin the same premises. In this Meeting our Head of the Department Dr. S. Ramesh, FIE was nominated and selected by the council and committee members of IEKLC for the post of Executive Committee member for Mechanical engineering division.

Fresher’s Talent Hunt saw large numbers of first year students participating in a variety of events.
During the week leading to October 13, a number of competitions like elocution, poster making, slogan writing, rangoli, spell bee, and photography were held for students, giving them a platform to display their talent and prove their mettle. Elocution on the topic “Challenges in the field of Education” witnessed eloquent speakers drawing attention to challenges from the perspective of students teachers and parents. They recommended the adoption of flexible learning structures as well the need to create more educational opportunities for the disadvantaged sector. The poster making competition tested the creativity of the students and the winning design was incorporated into the invite of World Mental Health Day. Several rounds of Spell Bee exposed the spelling strength of the participants. Photography contest on the theme “Emotions” saw a number of interesting entries. Rangoli designs on the theme “Save Earth” also tested the creativity of the students.
The three main group events which saw students practicing hard were Group Dance, Battle of the bands, and Style Icon. As the judges went around giving them feedback to improve, the students did their best to improve, incorporating all the suggestions till the day of the prelims. It was a close call but the judges chose the best who went on to perform for the function on October 13th. Dr Anita Manuel, Dean (SA) welcomed the audience and introduced the guests. Singer and actor Ms Soundarya Nandakumar was the chief guest. She gave power packed and heartfelt rendition of popular numbers to regale the audience. The other two guests were casting director and alumni Mr Arun and Mr Aravind who spoke how they had to overcome various challenges and defeats to reach where they were. Student bands et the stage on fire with their stirring performances, the three winning dance teams showed why they were the best while the best two of the style icon teams sashayed on the stage displaying creations with attitude and impeccable choreography. The audience cheered the performances with gusto.
After the performances came the prize distribution where the winners received gift vouchers and certificates. Ankith (Mech) and Monica (CSE) compeered the entire show. The Vote of Thanks was delivered by another student Vinay (Mech). As all good come things must come to an end, so did Freshers’ Talent Hunt. It was a fun day, a day for the first year students to remember even after they passed out of college!