Venue: Mother Theresa Block
We,Mr.Sivagnanam , Ms. Smrithisri and Mr. Sathyanarayananfinal year students from Electronics and communication Department under the Guidance of Dr.V.ThulasiBai Prof &HoD/ECE depthave developed a project that uses the non-invasive techniques for blood glucose monitoring. We need to create a database through which we can train our system and help in producing efficient output.
With the permission of Principal, we have conducted a small Diabetic checkup camp on 11/03/2019 at Mother Theresa block, KCG College of Technology, Chennai along with the Eye Checkup Camp conducted by NSS Unit of KCG College of Technology and Lion’s Club-Karapakkam.
World Plumbing Day is celebrated on March 11th every year. The Department of Civil Engineering of KCG College of Technology is associated with Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) as student chapter. In order to create awareness to the students on World plumbing day, the Department of Civil Engineering along with IPA has organized a Seminar on “I Save Water” for Civil Engineering students.
Mr. Abbas Shabbir Lehry, Chairman, IPA Chennai Chapter and Mr. Shankar, IPA mentor for KCG College of Technology were the Chief Guests for the Seminar on World Plumbing day. Dr. V. Vandhana Devi welcomed the Chief guests and Dean (Academic) for the Seminar. The Head of the Department stated that the purpose of this seminar was to create awareness about the importance of water in our lives and show ways to conserve this most important source of life. She encouraged her faculty and students to interact with the Chairman, IPA regarding the latest trends in plumbing industry and internship training for students to meet the industrial standards. Dr. Vandhana also emphasised on the need to save water by civil engineers. She also elaborated about the sustainable use of water resources for future generations.
She said that approximately 1.2 billion people lack reliable access to safe water that is free from disease and industrial waste. And 40 percent do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities. The result is one of the world’s greatest public health crises: 4,500 children die every day from waterborne diseases.
Mr. Abbas Shabbir Lehry delivered a talk on I Save Water and emphasized on saving water in our day today life. There was a question and answer session. The question asked was “How much potable water is available on earth?” it was answered as 1% by Mr. Surjith, final year Civil student and a gift was handed over to Mr. Surjit by the Chief guest.
Mr. Shankar delivered a motivational talk inspiring young civil engineering students. The entire session was an interactive session and the speakers answered many queries raised by the participants.
Dr. V. Vandhana Devi thanked the Chief guest and all dignitaries by delivering the vote of thanks.
Venue: Christ University, Mysore Road, Bangalore, Karnataka.
The Finals for the TATA Crucible Hackathon was held at Christ University, Bangalore where teams from 4 different centers across the country participated. The entries for the development began in February and over 773 teams participated in this competition in south zone from which 25 teams were shortlisted for the finals held in Bangalore.
The team “Technovative” from the ECE department of KCG College of Technology was shortlisted for the finals of the TATA crucible Hackathon under the ‘Pothole Detection’ theme. The team was one among the 25 teams to reach the finals.
The team consisted of 6 members, Nivedha V V (6A), Jacob Paul (6A), Jonadab Theodore (6A), Ashok T (6A), Arun A (6A), and Divyaa T (6A) with Dr. V.Thulasi Bai, Head of Department for ECE as their mentor and had their center at Christ University- Bangalore.
The team presented a Module for Pothole detection and Mapping it on GMaps using IoT. Indian roads have many potholes which causes lots of accidents. This particular hardware kit helps the public to detect the pothole, noise and illuminance level of the road and label it on the Google map in all seasons even in night time. It uses IoT approach, which is an efficient method in storing and retrieving data for quick use.
The Hackathon at Christ University began with a short presentation by the experts from TATA Group. There were two rounds of evaluation and the judges had several suggestions to improvise the module. The team was shortlisted for the top four, which was to pitch the product to the Jury and the audience and won 3rd prize from among the 25 teamswho qualified for the finals.
Guest Lecture by Mr. Reginald Lourd Raj R, Doctoral Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc- Bangalore
A guest lecture was arranged for III year Mechanical students (A & B Section) on the topic “Rocket Propulsion”subject Gas Dynamics and Jet Propulsion held on th March 2019 at S58 classroom. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Reginald Lourd Raj R,doctoral student at IISc Bangalore.
Mr. Reginald started his lecture be introducing Newton’s laws, which form the foundations of Jet and Rocket propulsion. This was followed by a clear classification of chemical rockets, based on the propellants, size, applications, etc. The construction and working principles of Solid propellant, Liquid Propellant and Hybrid Rocket engines were covered in detailed. The performance of various solid and liquid fuels was compared and studied. The final part of the lecture dealt with Thrust generation and performance of rocket motors. Concepts of Thrust, Specific impulse, propulsive efficiency, thermal efficiency, thrust coefficient, weight flow coefficient, characteristic velocity was derived from fundamentals. Several problems that appeared in the past Anna university papers were solved. The students were provided with his lecture slides, a Problem sheet and a Summary Sheet.
The “National Seminar on Artificial Intelligence in Construction” was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. B. Sivarama Sarma (Head R & D, L & T Construction, Chennai) and Guest of Honour Mr. Rohith Nathan Rajagopal IPS (Superintendent of Police, Railways Chennai) along with our respected Principal, KCG College of Technology and HoD, Department of Civil Engineering. The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour gave a brief introduction about the current trends of Artificial Intelligence and the necessity of the present budding Engineers to learn it.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Expert Lecture – Post Disaster Building Damage Assessment Using GIS and AI Technologies – Dr. G. P. Ganapathy, Professor,VIT,Vellore |
|
The speaker started with explaining the basics of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) and proceeded with the assessment procedure of the building damage after the disaster using GIS and AI. Application of the AI in the disaster assessment were the further topics discussed in the session. Several case studies based on the previous disasters occurred in India and other countries, and the possible ways that would be managed using AI were discussed in the session. |
| Expert Lecture – Artificial Intelligence in Risk Management – Mr. Sekar Kumbeswara, Director, Sybrant Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
|
Stating with the five processes of project management the speaker explained what is risk, its types and the analysis methods. The process of risk management and the four key factors of risk and measures to overcome those were described in a very interesting way to the participants. Before entering in to the AI part of the risk management, the procedures to perform the quantitative risk analysis were clearly explained which will be the vital part to implement the AI in risk management. |
| Expert Lecture – Principles of 3D Printing – Mr. K. Padhmanaban, CEO, Stratnel Technoligies Ltd., Bengaluru |
|
The current predominant application of 3D printing is in the Mechanical and Aeronautical Industry. The speaker of the session showed the vision of the application of the 3D printing in the construction industry called as ‘3D concrete printing’. The robotic based 3D printing of concrete when joins with the artificial intelligence of mapping the given template model of a structure and the printing fabrication control of the prototype. Miraculous structures with out of plane symmetricity are possible with this 3D printing and AI venture, were the AI analyse the possible non-confirmative of the stability of the structure and prepare the suitable consistency of the material and section of the structure. |
| Expert Lecture – BIM on Blockchain – Mr.Srinivasan Sundarrajan, Technical advisor, GAVS Technologies, Chennai |
| Artificial Intelligence in Block Chain technology and BIM and the increased potential in Building Construction (off-site activities) were discussed in the session. For example, if a main contractor completes all their current tasks, on time and within, or on budget, this information can be verified within the block chain for all users to comment on and agree. One other important topic discussed was ‘Digital Twins’ application in construction with ‘Physical space’ – ‘Virtual Space’ examples. |
| Expert Lecture – AI-ML-RPA in Construction Industry – Mr.M.Ravichandran. CEO and Founder, Terafast Networks Pvt. Ltd. |
| The application of ‘Artificial Intelligence – Machine Learning – Robotic Process Automation’ in the Construction Industry were agenda of the session. Examples like Facebook Photo Tagging, UBER Eats, Google translator were discussed to understand the concepts of AI-ML-RPA and future of construction industry in AI and scope for the Engineers are presented. |
Voting Awareness Campaign at KCG College of Technology on 16-04-2019
As a citizen of democratic India, it is the right of every citizen to vote.Youth constitutes to the majority of the population in India. So to create an awareness of voting amongst the students Poster Making and Signing Campaignwere organised at the college campus.
The students participated enthusiastically in the Poster Making Event and Prizes were distributed.
- I Prize – E. Ramya, ECE I year
- II Prize – M. Sakthivel, CSE I year
- III Prize – Jeeva. M, CSE I year
Dr Anand Jacob Verghese, CEO of KCG College of Technology inaugurated the Signing Campaign with his signature, followed by all students and staff, promising to cast their votes and establish democracy.
ABOUT CARBON ZERO CHALLENGE :
Carbon Zero Challenge (CZC) is a competition held by IIT madras that aims to trigger novel ideas towards developing carbon neutral systems to serve major sectors which are plagued by energy and environmental challenges. The thematic areas are;Agriculture, Industries, Transportation systems, Urban Areas & Cities, and Water &Waste management. The grand challenge posed to the competing teams was to develop a grid free /alternative system which is economically viable, socially acceptable, environment friendly, and easily replicable in multiple areas. The challenge is to understand the energy needs of these sectors and develop a sustainable green energy alternative by combination of one or more renewable energy sources.
From over 1000 entries nationally , Team MAGMA has been shortlisted for the final 24 teams to be selected to present their project prototype at the demo day of the competition.
ABOUT TEAM MAGMA :
The team consists of the following 5 students (passed out 2018 batch) of the Dept of Mechanical Engineering with Mr M Arul Inigo Raja as faculty adviser.
- Team Lead :S Bala Surya
- ArjunJayaprakash
- AgasthyaRaghavan
- Joseph George
- Bevin T Abraham.
- Local Mentor : M Arul Inigo Raja.
– Dept of Mechanical Engineering
PROJECT DESCRIPTION :
MAGMA stands for “ Multi- functional Agro Gantry Machine Assembly”.
It is an electrically powered agricultural machine that can help farmers with agricultural operations like tilling, sowing seeds etc.
This project aims to offer a cheaper and cleaner alternative to the modern day tractor. Majority of the farmers in India own land areas less than one Hectare and cannot afford heavy duty machines like tractors and rely on manual / animal labor. This project is intended to cater the needs of these farmers and is designed for small fields.
It consists of the main gantry frame assembly which is driven by electrical motors powered by an on board battery pack.
Different ” agricultural modules” for different purposes( seed drill, tiller etc) can be attached as per the need .
The main concept we are aiming for in this product is“modularity”, where the farmer can “choose” the modules he wants for his field ( according to what he is farming)and fit modules that are tailor made for him/her to the base gantry frame.
DEMO DAY
The demo day was held at IIT Madras from June 5th 2019 to June 7th 2019 where the finalist teams arrived with their project and presented them in their respective stalls.
Our team was visited by various important dignitaries and received very positive as well as critical feedback about our project and it’s path to commercialization and entrepreneurship. The team also received interests from potential investors and entrepreneurs and shared contact details for future communication.
Department of Fashion Technology Report on celebration of National Handloom day
Celebration of National Handloom daywas jointly organised by Department of Fashion Technology, KCG college of Technology and Department of Fashion Design and Art of Hindustan University,Chennai on 07/08/2019. In Hindustan University at school of fashion design and arts department, our faculty Dr.R.G. Panneerselvam, delivered the special lecture about national handloom day and its importance. He insisted that the fashion technocrats shouldpatronage the handloom weavers and their products. He also deliberated on various ways to develop the marketing strategies in frontof fashion and designing students’ community. The stage was set by the students with the various varieties of sarees draped innovatively on the dummies.
Handloom Day Awareness program at FT Department of KCG College of Technology
In the afternoon session, Department of Fashion Technology, KCG conducted an awareness program on handloom for the students of Hindustan International School, Karapakkam. Nearly 50-60 students participated in the awareness program. All the faculty members handled the small sessions about handloom and its economic importance, possible supports to the handloom weavers were discussed in the forum. It all extended from 2.15 pm to 3.30 pm. The students got awareness of the handloom weaver’s tireless work and the skill required by seeing a demo of weaving process on the loom. They also tried the weaving process themselves. All the students were asked to give their small contribution to handloom weavers through purchase of handlooms and by spreading the word about handlooms splendour and the hard work of handloom weavers to their family and friends. Students were requested to have atleast one set of handloom attire in their wardrobe.
As a mark of respect of the celebration, Department of Fashion Technology insisted the faculty members of KCG College of Technology, to wear handloom sarees on national handloom day.
