Events

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!


The Department of Civil Engineering organized a Knowledge Enhancement Seminar Sponsored by AICTE- INAE by Distinguished Visiting Professor on “COASTAL PROTECTION STRUCTURES” at KCG College of Technology on 13^th October 2018. The program was sponsored by Indian National Academy of Engineering in association with AICTE under the Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme for a period of one year which spans from 1^stJune 2018 to 31^st May 2019. Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy, Scientist-G, Director – National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) graced the occasion. About 95 students and faculty (internal and external) attended the knowledge enhancement seminar.

The seminar started with the formal inaugural function at 11.00 a.m in the Seminar hall. Chief Guest Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy, Registrar Dr. C. Chinnaraj, Head of the Department Dr. V. Vandhana Devi were present on the dais. The Head of the Department welcomed the Chief Guest, internal and external faculty and civil engineering students to the knowledge enhancement seminar. Dr. V. Vandhana Devi shared with the participants that from now on Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy will be the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Department of Civil Engineering and he will be closely associated with KCG College of Technology. She also encouraged the students to deploy the knowledge shared by the guest in their future careers. The chief guest was introduced by Mr. R. Deepak. Registrar Dr. C. Chinnaraj honoured the guest with a memento.

Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy delivered technical speech on the topic Coastalprotection Structures. He gave a detailed presentation on his recent project Restoration of Pondicherry Beach. He presented a study of the coastline, data on waves and near shore current movements. He explained in detail regarding the methods which needs to be adopted to restore the Pondicherry beach to its earlier stages. He also talked about the two reefs, a near shore wedge-shaped reef to the north of the city foreshore and an offshore reef for the south of the city foreshore which was built by the city to restore the beach along the Pondicherry coastline. The reefs provided a mild barrier to sediment losses which enabled sand to move naturally to the north while slowing sand loss from the city foreshore.

The student participants and faculty were very impressed by his presentation and there was a huge applause among the participants for his interesting lecture. The Head of the Department thanked the chief guest and also informed about the project titled “Design of Intake Structure for a Desalination plant in Agatti Island” carried out by Civil Engineering students in association with NIOT. Further she requested for more real time projects for final Semester students in NCCR and NIOT and got the acceptance from Dr. M. V. Ramana Murthy for the same. The seminar came to a close with a vote of thanks by    Dr. P.S. Aravind Raj.

Coordinators:

Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Associate Professor, Department of EEE

Mr. S.Balaji , Assistant Professor, Department of EEE

Ms. M.Ramya, Teaching Assistant, Department of EEE

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of KCG College of Technology has organized a NSDC certified Four Day Training on “Rooftop Solar Grid Engineer” during -16^th to 20^th, Nov 2018 for (76 Number) Second year students at Seminar Hall S13.  The training was conducted by combining both A and B Sections. The training was aimed to create awareness on the Solar energy in India. Being a Certified NSDC-SCGJ partner this training helped students to familiarise with Solar PV system installation.

Dr. T. Anuradha, HOD/EEE welcomed and inaugurated the workshop at 9.00 am. She also highlighted the importance of NSDC solar training and the availability of green jobs in future.

Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Associate Professor/EEE in the first session of day 1 (16.11.2018) after stating the objectives and significance of the programme discussed the following topics

• Fundamentals of course & knowledge.
• Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies
• Basics of Solar PV System

After post lunch Mr.S. Balaji, Assistant Professor/EEE gave an outline about overview and selection criteria for Solar PV Modules and its Components. After small Tea break Ms.M.Ramya discussed about types of Rooftop Solar PV Power Plants and their operating principle.

In day 2(17.11.2018) during first Session Mr.S.Balaji discussed about Standards and Regulations for Installing Rooftop PV system. Afternoon session was handled by Ms.M.Ramya who elaborated the Sizing of the PV System for ON/OFF Grid Solar PV Systems.

In day 3 (19.11.2018), the students were taught with installation of solar PV system.

The following topics were also discussed:

• Civil, Structural and mechanical installations.
• Electrical connections.
• Electrical safety.
• Inverters and charge controllers installation.

After small Tea break, the session started with hands on practice in Solar PV installations. The students were split into batches with 10 per batch and asked to install rooftop PV system. They were guided by trainers (Coordinators). The trainers gave an insight to various solar programs by MNRE, SECI, NSDC-SCGJ and NISE.

In day 4 (20.11.2018), Ms.Ramya briefed about the importance of Health and Safety in Project Site and a video demonstration helped students to gain more knowledge about the safety in solar PV systems. After morning session the students visited the 100kW plant located in terrace of aero building. The students were explained with the string connections, inverter and ACDB connections. In last session the students were evaluated by oral test.

The NSDC training was ended with a discussion and feedback session by the students. The student gave a good feedback about the training. They also stated that this training gave them the basic knowledge and confidence in Solar PV systems.

The Knowledge Enhancement Seminar on Structural Optimization using Genetic Algorithmstarted with thewelcome address and introduction of the resource person by Dr. V. Vandhana Devi, Head of the Department and continued with the basics of evolution of algorithms and programing by Dr. P.Sivakumar.About 21 participants including PG students and faculty from other educational institutions attended the seminar.

The session continued with the application or transformation of the practical problem in the engineering in to the machine language through mathematical equations and other higher order integrals. Different types of available machine learning programs and algorithms were introduced to the participants and the detailed abstract of the ‘Genetic Algorithm’ was discussed.The salient topic of the seminar was application of the genetic algorithm in optimization of resources and materials in structural design and fabrication.  The event concluded with a vote of thanks by the coordinator and distribution of certificates to the participants by the Head of the Department.

Toastmastering and KCG TM Clubs………An Introduction

Toastmasters International is a US headquartered non-profit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of promoting communication and public speaking skills initially and at present toastmasters has introduced a programme called pathways which covers all professional skills. There are about 3, 60,000 members in 141 countries which is divided in to regions and districts. KCG Toastmasters Club (for faculty) is functioning in our campus since the year 2011 with 28 faculty members as on date and KCG Youth masters TM club (for students) is functioning in our campus since 2016 with 22 members as on date. The Clubs belong to region 13, district 82 and division G, covering Tamilnadu and Srilanka. It is worth mentioning that the club has bagged „Golden Gavel‟ Award twice, a prime honour in the toastmasters fraternity and produced two district leaders who served as Area Directors and has been the first educational organization in the district to have a faculty club exclusively for teachers amidst many other corporate and community clubs.

The Conference….

The Semi-annual Conference of Division G in association with Division B was hosted in our campus on Saturday, 17^th November 2018. Around 380 toastmasters from different corporate and community clubs from the division participated. The Conference Comprised of the following components

1. Humorous Speech and Evaluation Speech Contests
2. District Council Meeting
3. Keynote Speeches
4. Distribution of Educational and Leadership Awards.

We are happy to inform that 4 out of the final 20 contestants were from KCG TM Clubs.

Finalists from KCG

Dr. Jaya R, Assoc.Prof, English Division and Balaji R (Aero Student) were the two among the top ten contestants for the Evaluation Speech Contest and Balaji

R (Aero Student) & Gautam R (CSE Student) were the two among the top 10 contestants for the Humorous Speech Contest.

Organizing Team from KCG

Faculty

1. Praveen Joe, ACG, ALB, (CSE)
2. Venketramanan, CC,CL (AERO)
3. Ravichandran, CC, CL (AERO)

Students

1. Aniruth(CSE)
2. TM.Daniel Christopher (CSE)
3. Akshaya (CSE)
4. Poornima (AERO)
5. TM.Thejshri (AERO)

News Letter

The division newsletter was released on the day by the district-trio, and TM. Aniruth was the reporter representing our area.

Awards, Recognitions and Winners

Six educational awards were filed and the toastmasters received their certificates for the same.Minu Susan

Jacob (CSE) and TM.Akshaya were recognized with “Excellence in Leadership” Awards for club growth.

Aniruth, TM, Akshaya and TM. Thejshri were recognized for being the newsletter reporter, Sargent at Arms and Co-Logistics Chair for the conference.

Venketramanan and TM. Ravichandran were recognized for being hospitality Chairs.

The team was recognized for being the venue partners for the conference and TM. Praveen Joe received it on behalf of the team

TM Balaji R of the KCG Youthmasters Club was the 1^st  Runner Up in the Humorous Contest

Cultural Performance

Our first year dance team entertained all the delegates by their fabulous performance. They were recognized for the same by the organizers.

TEAM KCG – VENUE PARTNERS

By celebrating World Citizen Day we celebrate inclusiveness, embrace diversity and make everyone feel that they are part of the global community, said Dr. Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions, while delivering her presidential address on the occasion of World Citizen Day organized by KCG College of Technology, Chennai. She also highlighted the need for educational institutions to reach out to the underprivileged in the society and inculcate compassion and empathy in students.

Today, over four billion people are wired and connected to the Internet; it has brought about information and communication revolution and has changed every aspect of our lives, said the Chief Guest Mr. Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu. Discussing in detail how media influences our thoughts and behaviour in digital era, he asked the gathering to be cautious about fake news and breaking news and be critical of what they read, watch and consume.

Earlier, participating in a panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Anita Manuel, Dean, Student Affairs, panellists Lt. General Bobby Mathews (Retd.), Joint Director, Hindustan International Schools, Dr. Revathy Parameswaran, Principal, PS Senior Secondary School, and Mr. V.S. John, St. Michael’s Academy shared the various initiatives taken by their schools to help students embrace diversity and promote gender equality and inclusiveness.

The Chief Guest also gave away certificates and cash prizes to winners of Debate, Quiz, Essay Writing and Poster Making competitions held in connection with World Citizen Day.

Dignitaries Dr. Annie Jacob, Director, KCG College of Technology, Principal Dr. G Prabhakaran and Dean Dr. Sarukesi were present.

 Dr. Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson Hindustan Group presenting a memento to Mr. Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu as Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology looks on.Mr. Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu addressing the gathering on World Citizen Day programme.

Panel Discussion on school initiatives to mould youngsters as World Citizens

Day 1 – Session 1 – Inaugural Function

Dr. S. R. Satish Kumar, Professor, Structural Engineering Division, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, was the Chief Guest of the Inaugural function of the Three days Faculty Development Program.

Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology, Dr. K. Sarukesi, Dean Academic, KCG College of Technology and Dr. Vandhana Devi, Head of the Department, Department of Civil Engineering, KCG College of Technology presided over the function.

The Inaugural function started with the lighting of the lamp by the chief guest and all the dignitaries and Tamizh thai vazhthu.

Dr. V. Vandhana Devi welcomed the Chief guest, Principal, Dean and all the participants. She emphasised on the need for faculty development programs for faculty members. She also elaborated about the three days faculty development program on Limit state design of steel structures.

Dr. G. Prabhakaran delivered the presidential address in appreciating the department for organizing the faculty development program and also encouraging the department in conducting such activities continuously in the future.

Dr. K. Sarukesi addressed the gathering appreciating the department for organizing the faculty development program and discussed about the role of civil engineers in the society and also suggested books that have to be read by all civil engineers.

Dr. S. R. Satish Kumar delivered the inaugural address in the need for such programs for the teaching faculties to enhance their technical knowledge and encouraged the participants to observe and learn from the lecturing skills of the different resource persons.

Mr. M. Pitchi Rajan thanked the chief guest, all the dignitaries and the participants for showing their interest in participating in the faculty development program by delivering the vote of thanks.

KCG College of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering signed a MoU with National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR). NCCR is an attached office of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India. NCCR was established in Chennai, in the year 1998 for implementing IDA assisted Environment Management Capacity Building Project. Presently, NCCR is continuing its activities in the field of Coastal Research, fully funded by MoES. Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy (Scientist-G), Director NCCR, welcomed the Principal and faculty members of Civil Engineering. Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal KCG College of Technology gave an insight about the college. Dr. Uma Sankar Panda (Scientist-E) gave an insight about NCCR. Also he explained about the various projects and research activities undertaken by NCCR in the area of Coastal Research. The MoU was signed by Dr. M. V. Ramana Murthy (Scientist-G), Director, NCCR and Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal, KCG College of Technology. Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy, Director NCCR appreciated Dr. V. Vandhana Devi / HoD Civil Engineering for putting all her sincere efforts to make this MoU happen between NCCR and KCG.

The main objective of this MoU is to develop collaborative activities in the area of applied research, training and education to foster the development of students. Also the MoU encourages interactions between the Scientists, Research fellows, Faculty members and students of both the institutions. The MoU was signed for 2 years. The event came to a close with a vote of thanks by Dr. V. Vandhana Devi, HoD / Civil Engineering.

Members Present during the signing of MoU:

1.Dr. M.V. Ramana Murthy (Scientist-G), Director, NCCR

2.Dr. G. Prabhakaran – Principal, KCG College of Technology

3.Dr. Uma Sankar Panda (Scientist-E), NCCR

4.Dr. V. Vandhana Devi – HoD/Civil Engineering, KCG College of Technology

5.Mr. R. Deepak – Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, KCG College of Technology

Benefits of the MoU between NCCR & KCG

10. Close interactions between the Scientists, Research fellows, Students and Faculty members of both the institutions.
11. Imparting In-plant training at NCCR Campus for B.E. Civil Engineering Students.
12. Deputation of students for Industrial training and In-plant training on-site will be arranged for NCCR funded projects.
13. Special technical training will be arranged for both students and faculty members in NCCR campus.
14. To formulate ministry funded research projects and HRD plans between NCCR and KCG College of Technology.
15. To utilize various lab facilities and equipments at NCCR, by both students and faculty members of KCG College of Technology.
16. To exchange scholarly information between Scientist of NCCR and Faculty members of KCG College of Technology.
17. Publications of Joint Research papers, books and magazines by both the faculties of the respective institutions.
18. Potential joint funded projects applications and executions between NCCR and KCG College of Technology.
19. Student projects will be carried out under the guidance of NCCR Scientist.