Events

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KCG College of Technology organized Two Week Faculty Development Programme on Analysis of Power System Protection And Automation- Current Scenario from 26^th November – 9^th December, 2017.

The inaugural function commenced at 9.00 am in Seminar Hall-I.  The meeting began with an invocation and welcome address by Dr. P. DeivaSundari, Professor & Head, Department of EEE. The The meeting was presided by Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal. He congratulated the Department of EEE for hosting such FDPs in association with industries and offered his felicitations. Dr. G. Sambandan, Advisor – Electrical Sciences also addressed the gathering stating the significance of the topic in current scenario. Around 65 participants registered for the programme.The participants mostly were Faculty and Research Scholars from major academic institutions in and around Tamilnadu.

The programme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr A. Panchalingam, Chief Engineer, Protection and Communication, Tamilnadu Transmission Corporation Limited (TANTRANSCO), Chennai. He shared his views regarding basic protection schemes and recent advancements in protection. He also enlightenened the gathering with the concept of digital substation. The guest of honour, Mr. Balaji Seshadri, Lead Commissioning Specialist, General Electric, Chennai shared his views on power sector growth.

Day 1

Date: 26.11.2017

Session I & II: Power Protection Test Equipment Demo

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The fundamentals of Power System Protection, and transformer differential protection was discussed in detail. Differential protection of transformer using P642 numerical relay and OMICRON was demonstrated to the participants.

Day 2

Date: 27.11.2017

Session I: Fundamentals of Power System Protection

Speaker: Dr.Mahendra V Chilukuri, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

Dr.Chilukuri discussed the various protection characterstics and protection zones in power system. He explained the various types of protection relays. He showed the practical aspects of protection with a comparative study in Malaysian power system.

Session II: Main and Back-up Protection

Speaker: Dr.Mahendra V Chilukuri, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University,Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session started with the basics of current transformer and potential transformer highlighting the various protection related terms like CT error, CT saturation. The session continued with optical instrument transducer.

Session III:  Grid Transformers Protection

Speaker: Dr.Mahendra V Chilukuri, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The speaker had discussion on various relay characteristics and working of various types of relays. He explained in detail the working of static relays, numerical relays and features of relays used in protection of grid transformers.

Day 3

Date: 28.11.2017

Session I: Transformer, Generator and Motor Protection

Speaker: Dr.Mahendra V Chilukuri, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session started with principles of unit protection. He explained in detail the biased differential current relay for the protection of generators and motors. He emphasised on transformer inrush phenomenon. The conditional monitoring of transformers which is one of the recent key research areas in power systems was also discussed.

Session II: Condition Monitoring and Asset Management – Partial Discharge Diagnosis Technique for Offline & Online Analysis

Speaker: Dr.S.Venkatesh Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

Dr.S.Venkatesh discussed the importance of condition monitoring and asset management, the need for power engineers in this area for further research. The session also dealt with the need of testing of power apparatus. The discussion continued with basic principles of Partial Discharge (PD) and various voltage and current PD waveforms. The principle of Partial Discharge Detection Circuits and PD Analyser was also discussed.

Session III: Electric Arc Flash Analysis.

Speaker:Dr.Mahendra V Chilukuri, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session stared with basics of arc-flash phenomenon, its characteristics and the effects of arc-flash that lead to switchgear damage. The speaker also dealt with arc -lash measurement techniques and calculations. A case study on arc-flash helped the participants to have a practical exposure on arc-flash techniques.

Session IV: Non-intrusive Testing Techniques for Ageing/ Residual Life Assessment of Power Equipment Conventional & Non Conventional Approaches

Speaker: Dr.S.Venkatesh, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

He enlightened the audience with the Electric Treeing and the Testing of PD Test Setup. He showed photographs of laboratory studies conducted at LIT- University of Bologna. Variety of analysis techniques applied on the data to extract characteristic information of PD was also discussed. The session continued with the discussion on classifiers for multiple source PD pattern recognition and types of on-line PD measurement system challenges related to online PD analysis.

Day 4

Date: 29.11.2017

Session I: Network Planning Using Advanced Power System Simulation Tool (Siemens Software)

Speaker: Mr. Vikas Chaturvedi, Maintenance and Support, Siemens, Gurgaon.

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session dealt with PSSE, the transmission planning software from Siemens. The challenges in expansion, operation, regulatory compliance, system reliability and security were discussed. Hosting capacity calculation, distribution network analysis by PSSSINCAL was discussed. The features along with the add on modules of the software was dealt in detail.

Session II: HVDC

Speaker: Dr. Mahendra V. Chilukuri, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

He discussed in detail the aspects of HVDC Technology. A comparative study of AC & DC Transmission and detailed discussion on worldwide HVDC links along with a schematic presentation of HVDC transmission system was done. This was followed by an informative session on HVDC applications in India. A schematic diagram of Converter Station was presented in the session.

Day 5

Date: 30.11.2017- Field Trip to Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam.

A visit to Simulating and Training Centre, Fast Breeder Test Reactor at IGCAR was made. At simulating centre, the entire process was simulated using C and Fortran and the mock control panel has been created for training the operators. This centre simulates the control panel of 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor.

The Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) is a breeder reactor of 40 MW capacity. The Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) jointly designed, constructed and operate the reactor. The reactor was designed to produce 40 MW of thermal power and 13.2 MW of electrical power. It is called Stage-II reactor because its fuel plutonium carbide is extracted from irradiated fuel from MAPS (Madras Atomic Power Station) reactors, which in turn called Stage-I reactors, whose main fuel is Uranium 235 and Uranium 238.

Day 6

Date: 01.12.2017

Session I:  Grid Integration of Renewable energy and related Issues

Speaker: Dr. Sasi K Kottayil, Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita VishwaVidhyapeetham University, Coimbatore.

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session started with discussion on net metering system with small grid-tied PV without storage and PV with dual mode inverter and storage. The various aspects of medium and large sized grid connected PV system and RE based smart micro grid was dealt in the session. The various wind turbine driven electrical machines like wind turbine driven squirrel cage induction generators, permanent magnet synchronous generators and variable speed induction generators was emphasized in the session. A new concept of smart solution for energy storage and demand dispatch was also given.

Session II : Issues & Control of Grid integrated Renewable Energy Systems

Speaker: Mr. Prasun Kumar Das Assistant Director, NIWE, Chennai

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

He emphasized on concepts of Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA) and gave a schematic representation of   typical SRRA station. The basic principle of solar cell principle, losses in solar cell and different types of solar modules and its characteristics were discussed in the session. Latest topics of research such as losses in grid connected system and grid integration issues also were discussed.

Session III : UHV Transmission

Speaker: Dr.R.Sarathi, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IITM, Chennai

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session started with need for UHV transmission system and the various challenges in UHV AC system. He dealt in detail the various Temporary Over Voltages (TOV), Slow Front or Switching Over Voltages (SFOV), Fast Front Over Voltages (Lightning Over Voltages) and  Very Fast Transient Over Voltages (VFTO). The general principle of insulation coordination and various methods of determination of the system voltage stress were discussed under insulation coordination.

Day 7

Date: 02.12.2017

Session I: Overview of Blackouts – Lessons to be Learnt

Speaker: Dr. G. Sambandan, Advisor-Electrical Sciences, KCG College of Technology

Venue: Seminar Hall (F14)

The session dealt with the overview of blackouts, major global blackouts, blackouts in India, the twelve biggest blackouts in history, the reasons for blackouts and the lessons to be learnt. The session was stimulating with questions from participants and the real time examples that Dr.G.Sambandan shared from his experience.

The Department of EIE, KCG College of Technology Conducted Two Days Seminar on “Recent Trends in Biomedical Image Processing” on 29^th and 30^th November 2017. The Programme started with Inauguration on November 29^th 2017. Dr.N.Bharathi , Head of the Department (EIE) and Convener of the Seminar gave  the Welcome address. Dr.G.Prabhakaran, Principal,  and Dr. Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal, KCG College of Technology gave felicitation address.  Dr.A.K.Jayanthy, Professor-Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM University inaugurated the session and gave inaugural talk. The inaugural session came to an end with the vote of thanks by Ms.Sunetra Banerjee.

(i). “Biomedical Optical Imaging” by Dr. A.K. Jayanthy, Professor, Dept of BME, SRM University, Katankulathur Campus

Dr. A.K Jayanthy  started the first session with a brief introduction about  Fluorescent Imaging techniques and Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (LSCI) . Later she gave a detailed lecture on each topic like light sources, advantages of the techniques and its application in LSCI. She presented her case study on Psoriasis and Diabetic ulcers. She showed how optical imaging helped in diagniostic accuracy and specificity when compared to other imaging techniques with clear examples and its results. She also made a note that still optical imaging though promising diagnostic tool has very few people taken up their research in this area and she welcomed aspirants to pursue their research in optical imaging.

(ii) “MRI Brain Image Analysis” by Dr.M.Kayalvizhi, HOD- BME Dpt, Agni College of Technology,Thalambur.

Dr.M.Kayalvizhi started session-II  with the basics  of MRI brain imaging techniques. She explained the two types of MRI images namely T1 weighted images and T2 weighted images and its anatomical planes. She also explained about the need of skull stripping, various trigonometric parameters use in

the processing of MRI images and its algorithms. Finally the session ended up with the case study of various MRI brain images and its image processing algorithm results using   K-Means clustering.

(iii). “Medical Image Analysis Using MATLAB” by Mr.J.Saminathan, Teaching Fellow, Dep. Of ECE, College of Engineering, Guindy

Mr.J.Saminathan  started session-III  with a brief introduction to various imaging modalities. He then explained various image processing techniques  like image acquisition, image pre-processing, image segmentation, image enhancement, feature extraction and classification in MATLAB with various examples. He also explained why we go for gray scale images for image processing when compared to RGB image. He finally demonstrated all the above said techniques with the case study of detection of  Lung Cancer using CT images.

(iv). “Imaging Science- An Overview” by Prof. S. Panneer Selvam , Associate Professor Of Medical Physics & RSO,Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical  College.

The second day of the seminar started with a talk by Professor Panneer Selvam. He started the session with the basics of imaging. He explained the science and Instrumentation behind all the imaging modalities like X-Ray, sonogram, CT, MRI, PET and Nuclear Imaging. He also made the audience understand how  the image processing techniques help in improving the image quality in  computer aided diagnostics. He also emphasized  on the research avenues in this area in India and abroad.

(v) “Recent Advances in Diagnostic Radiology” by Dr. Balaji Jeevanandam, Asst.Professor, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Medical  College.

Dr.Balaji Jeevanandam presented his talk on Recent Advances in Diagnostic Radiology. He shared his experience and views on various techniques in 3D image reconstruction like surface rendering and volume rendering. He explained with various sample images that how 3D image processing techniques help doctors in diagnosing abnormalities in certain crucial cases  which  2D image processing technique could not accomplish.

(vi) “Thermography – A Promising Diagnostic Tool” by Dr.Sheeja.V.Franics Associate Professor, Department of ECE,MNM Jain College.

Dr. Sheeja.V.Francis  focused on Thermography. She started the session with the basics of thermal imaging and its need as a diagnostic tool. She explained the role of thermal imaging in breast cancer diagnostics. She created awareness that though Mammogram is the conventional diagnostic tool for breast cancer and considered as the golden standard could not help in early diagnosis of breast cancer and also the painful procedure  that  the patients have to undergo even for screening purposes. Thermal imaging and its processing techniques on the other side though not accepted as a golden standard could help in early diagnosis. She clearly explained the above said point with images and results.

The Seminar came to an end with delivery of certificates to the participants and Valedictory.

A Seminar on Nuances in Research proposal writing was organized by the Department of EIE, ECE and Research Forum on November 30, 2017 at 2pm .The purpose of the seminar was to create awareness among faculties about how to prepare a research proposal document. Dr.J.Prakash, Professor and Head of the Department of EIE, MIT campus, Anna University addressed the gathering. He shared his experience on how to start preparing a research document. He also explained the expectation of the review members while submitting the proposal, and the possible questions that can be asked when presenting the proposal from scrap stage to budget. He suggested that some interdisciplinary groups can be formed and each group can work on a project before submitting the proposal. The Heads of various departments, Research forum members and newly joined faculties participated in the seminar. Over 60 participants attended the interactive session and got their doubts clarified. The session was useful and the speaker told that he will guide and give his suggestions before submitting the proposals in future.

As part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Hindustan Group of Institutions (HGI), the alumni of KCG College of Technology, a Unit of HGI, had their mega alumni reunion on Saturday, 2^nd December 2017.  Over 350 alumni from different batches assembled at the college and celebrated their reunion.

Mr Gowri Shankar, Joint Secretary of KCG Connect which is  the alumni network of KCG College of Technology, briefed the activities of the alumni network and its goal to start KCG alumni chapters across the globe.  He also stated that KCG Connect had been giving support to the student community and had been raising funds for various social causes.

Dr Anand Jacob Verghese, CEO, Hindustan Group of Institutions, facilitated the alumni and said that the college had scripted many success stories and reached important milestones in the past decade and had been in the forefront of technical education and innovation.  Expressing his admiration for the good work the alumni have been doing, he invited them to associate themselves with the activities of the college in the form of mentoring and assisting in placement and contribute to the growth of the institution and thus to the society at large.

Principal Dr G Prabhakaran, Vice-Principal Dr Sumathi Poobal, former Vice-Principal Dr Uduppa, Heads of Departments and faculty were present at the event.

The Department of EIE, KCG College of Technology conducted Two Day National Level Programme  on “Contemporary Approaches on IIoT in Real Time Environment” on 04th and 05th December 2017. The inauguration was started with a welcome speech by Dr.N.Bharathi, Head of the Department (EIE) following with felicitation by Dr.G.Prabhakaran, Principal. The Inaugural speech was given by chief guest Dr.R.Venkatesan Scientist G , Group Head Ocean Observation Systems, NIOT, Chennai. He gave a lecture on Internet of Things – IoT Industrial Applications Real Time. The souvenir of National Conference was released by the chief guest and received by the dignitaries. The programme came to an end with the vote of thanks by Mr. C. Vijay, Assistant Professor, EIE.

SESSION-I

 “Applications of Embedded Systems in IIoT” by Dr. Uppu Ramachandraiah , Professor & Head , Dept of Electrical Science Engineering, HIET, Padur Campus.

Dr. Uppu Ramachandraiah started the session with a brief introduction on IoT such as characteristics, advantages and need for IIoT in Industries . The session moved on to the conventional techniques like Industrial Automation, about  PLC (programmable logic controller ) and  DCS panel design . After that he introduced  the basics of IIoT and its application in industries, the evolution of IoT in the emerging  Industry 4.0. Other topics such as role of embedded systems in the field of IIoT, cloud computing, Cyber Security Systems, IoT in the field of Building Automation and upcoming trends of IIoT in Automobile Technologies. The session was made much more informative with many video clips depicting the function of IoT in Automation. The session ends with the good interaction between participants and the resource person.

SESSION-II

“Industrial IoT-A Practical Guide to Build Simple IoT Devices and  Hands on Training on IoT  ” by Dr.G.Muthukumaran & Mr. Omprakash  , HIET, Padur Campus.

Dr.G.Muthukumaran started the session with simple Real Time examples of IIoT. The session continued with hands on demonstration of  Smart  Automation to control electrical appliances depending  on Human Temperature and Remote control of Electrical Applications using Wi-Fi mobile Network.

DAY 2 (05/12/17)

SESSION-I

“Industry 4.0” by Mr. A. Sivaraman , Chief Executive (Instrumentation) Vipra Projects & Engineers.

Mr.A.Sivaraman started the session with general introduction about Industry 4.0  and  continued with the approaches of IIoT in topics such as  Time for Diversify, Technology and Services. The session continued with in Time for Diversify how the students have to be trained in core field and as well  in software engineering to develop the concepts of  IIoT. Regarding  Technology, he continued with conventional methods and latest technologies which are used in industries and how the skills of operating personnel  to be updated to adapt the technologies. In the area of Services, he gave examples of customer friendly companies and social network services like OLA, Uber, Twitter, Facebook, Whats App as leading in customer services. He also named some companies like Tanjara failed to adapt new technologies and inability to meet the customer demands.

SESSION-II

National conference on IIoT – Dr.E.Sathish, Hindustan Institute of  Technology and Science –Chair for conference

Participants from various colleges presented paper on different topics and at the end of the presentation feedback and suggestions were given to the participants by the chair.

The two days programme ended with certificate distribution, feedback and suggestions about the program by the participants.

The Hour of Code began as a one-hour coding challenge to give students a fun-filled introduction to computer science and has become a global learning, celebration, and awareness event. It takes place every year during Computer Science Education Week, the first week in December (4th to 10th). With such a huge groundswell of support and attention, it’s an ideal time for schools and districts to put the spotlight on computer science programs and expand opportunities. The Hour of Code is at its core not about learning a brand new skill in just one hour. One hour isn’t enough to learn how to code. It’s about increasing access to computer science by breaking stereotypes and opening doors. Somebody may learn programming concepts like loops, conditionals, or basic debugging through the Hour of Code. But a much more important goal is for students and teachers to learn that computer science is fun.

As a part of social outreach programme, KCG College of Technology had organized the Hour of Code in 11 schools around in Chennai. A team of 9 Faculty from CSE and IT departments along with 15 student volunteers from various departments conducted the programme from Dec 4th to 10th. Around 299 students from 11 schools (13 batches) participated in the programme. They practiced Blockly and Minecraft in one hour.

Programme Objectives:

• Introduce school children to computer science in an interesting way.

• Helps to improve the computational thinking skills in an approachable way.

• Students will identify the pros and cons of self-directed learning as it relates to learning code.

Participants:

A set of 15-30 studentsof grade 7 and above participated in a session.
Schedule:

List of student volunteers:

Feedback from School:

The overall feedback for the programme was very positive. Students enjoyed doing coding in one hour. Some of the feedbacks from schools were video recorded. Sample feedbacks are given below.
Students:Don Bosco Excellence

Volunteers Feedback

The volunteers of Hour of Code shared their experiences and what they have learned is compiled and given below

Dorai Thodla, Our mentor
1. Realized that kids do not need to be taught to build things and solve problems. I saw the difference between the performance of students who were assisted by teachers and who were not. Most of the time students who were allowed to explore on their own (and with their friends) did much better.
‎2. Working in groups is one of the best ways to explore and learn. In almost all the 4 schools I went to, I saw this happen.
‎3. If you give interesting, creative challenges, you can keep even very restless kids engaged.
Soumya S, Assistant professor,CSE
‎1. College students should be given a platform to get involved in such activities. It is a proud moment for the teachers to see our students gain respect. I realized that we need to teach more outside the classroom so that they come back and learn in the classroom.
2. “A person who feels appreciated will always do better than what is expected” ‎This quote worked at many places, for our students, teachers and school kids. 
Arunkumar, II year, ECE
‎I understood that I can do more than what I thought.I usually don’t speak much to strangers but through this I learned how to mingle with everyone, even strangers.I got many new friends, met new faculties and had an awesome experience with them.I am very much interested to do such activities in future. And I also realized kids now are more brilliant than us so we have to learn more than now.
Daniel,II year student,EEE
I have not guided anyone on anything,but I did it through Hoc. This is my first team work for a week and it was a great experience! I gained people from other departments including teachers. I am very proud to be a HOC’ian.
Smriti, III year, CSE
1. one thing about which I was very interested before going to first school was – how I am going to handle kids, how will I answer their smart questions quickly…I wanted to try myself… because this is something I think we are doing for the first time… pretty amazing
2. All the students were competitive; they made me to understand that there’s a long way to go. Confidence was amazing, probably something at times even we lack. I am a more confident person now.
3. it’s nice to hear- “mam”
Krithika,Assistant professor, IT
1. This takes me to my school memories,where they teach me these types of activities.(my generation missed it)
2. This was an awesome experience where i learnt a lot from our students. Throughout they were very energetic. Their leadership qualities are excellent,the way how they answer,how they treat each kid is something to be appreciated.
Jonadab Theodore,II year,ECE
Going back to my old school to volunteer was the best thing ever. My old teachers were more than ecstatic.   Furthermore I met such brilliant kids,who were casually completing their works and having fun too.  And whenever I had a conversation with them about coding or computers, their knowledge about general computer science is enormous.And most of all people actually thought I was an actual professor for my height and I felt accomplished more than anything. I still have goosebumps when I see the kids having fun while working on the hour. All in all a brilliant experience and itwas an  honor to be a part of the HOC team.
Adline,Assistant professor,IT
HOC has given me great lessons. 1. Mingling in the society2. How to Organize an event outside the campus 3. The Dedication of our volunteers was commendable. The children  were also amazing as they all started to explore the tools in their own way.We have to keep ourselves updated as these children are brilliant.
Sivagami, II year, AERO
Hoc event gave me
1.  Confidence to open up to the young minds
2. Taught me to tackle and think laterally, and use my logics
3. Participate in an event outside campus n to extend my limits to reach
4. Wonderful vacation n memories for lyf tym

Riya paul,III year,CSE
 Felt really proud of making students learn that computer science is fun and creative.And myself felt proud to be a computer science student. As I had aim of becoming a teacher, thanks to hoc for giving me a chance to teach kids. It taught me that how much a teacher must prepare before taking class. Coming generation is really smart. This could be seen by the questions they asked which made us to think for the answer .This took me to school memories where I wish even I got to participate in hoc. I just wish these brilliant kids are given the right guidance and right direction to shine in their life.
Minju, Assistant Professor CSE
Current and upcoming generations are really smart that we Teachers should update our knowledge frequently. As HOC said every child deserves to learn Computer Science.hoc experience gives me an insight that we can teach students those who are not good in programming through GUI games like Blockly.Also, participation is very important. I am very happy that I worked with students not only from cse.We must get opportunities like this than classroom learning.
Aishwarya, II year CSE
I love teaching especially teaching kids but never ever had such an experience.I Learnned how difficult it is to gain the attention of all the students. My shyness flew off, and I learnned leadership qualities. As a computer science student I’m happy that we spread the knowledge of computer science to kids.  If these activities had been there when I was in school, I would have taken and studied CSE with even more interest. I think this can be called object oriented learning. Thank u to all who gave me this wonderful opportunity. Proud to be a part of this event.
Anju, Assistant professor, IT
This is my first outside campus activity. I Learned alot by interacting with new people.The Kids are extraordinary, what we are learning today, they already knew. Some of them without teachers help started exploring themselves. Great experience. I am very proud being a part of HoC.
Dr. Poonkavithai, Associate Professor,CSE
I strongly believe that we can learn from anybody. Hoc has given me an opportunity to learn from students outside CSE Dept. First and foremost we have to be a kcgian.Lesson1: Belongingness is important
I discovered that sometimes we should let go ourselves. Myself and Anju were frustrated that every school rejected us. And I was not physically fit also. We just decided to keep talking to the PA in spite of her saying principal is busy. Second Lesson learned:” Speak your heart. “
Lesson 3: Studentsthriveanywhere.Doesn’t need only international standards… Its dependent on person alone
Minu Thomas, Assistant Professor CSE
Hoc has proven that learning experiences involve no age limit and it guided us towards engagement in contents and helped us learn new skills.  It took most of us back to our school memories and that helped us to volunteer in the same level of innocence. Also learned that teamwork will bring out the best skills of an individual in any circumstances.

Coordinators:

Mr. Arpit Sharma & Mr. Sudhir, Skill Council for Green Jobs

Skill Council for Green Jobs in collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation has organized a NSDC certified Five Day Training of Trainer (ToT) Programme on “Solar Power Generation” during 11-15, December 2017 for its Affiliated Training Partner at Central Institute of Rural Electrification (CIRE), Hyderabad. This programme is aimed to provide Training of Trainer in Solar energy in India. Being a Certified NSDC-SCGJ partner, two faculty members, Mr. K. Karthikeyan and Ms. M. Ramya of Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from KCG College of Technology were selected to attend this training programme.

The first day of the Training (11.12.2017), started with the registration and inauguration.  Mr. Sudhir/CIRE welcomed Master Trainer Mr. Vamsi Krishna and all the participants who came from several parts of India. The Training started at 10.am. After introduction the master trainer highlighted the importance of solar power generation and the availability of green jobs in future.

Mr. Vamsi Krishna in his first day (11.12.2017) after stating the objectives and significance of the programme, discussed the following Qualification Packs:

• Rooftop Photo Voltaic Entrepreneur – SGJ/Q0104
• Rooftop Solar Grid Engineer – SGJ/Q0106

Day 2 (12.12.2017) started with review of previous day sessions and discussion on the following two more Qualification Packs:

• Solar PV Designer             – SGJ/Q0110
• Solar PV Project Manager (E&C) – SGJ/Q0114

On day 3 (13.12.2017), participants expressed their knowledge and experience, and questioned few areas as doubts to the master trainer. The Master Trainer discussed on government policies and programmes. He also gave an insight to various solar programmes by MNRE, SECI, NSDC-SCGJ and NISE. Video demos also helped the delegates to gain more knowledge in solar PV systems. At end of the day, all the participants were assigned to prepare power point presentation of particular title for next day presentation which covered all four Qualification Packs (QP) mentioned above.

The fourth day (14.12.2017) started with presentation by each one of the delegates.

The presentation covered the following topics:

• SGJ/N0108: Carry out market research and prepare a cost estimate for a Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic plant
• SGJ/N0109: Prepare site feasibility report
• SGJ/N0110: Manage Solar PV project lifecycle
• SGJ/N0111: Entrepreneurship skills
• SGJ/N0106: Maintain Personal Health & Safety at project site
• SGJ/N0118: Pre-Commissioning Inspection of the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Power Plant
• SGJ/N0119: Post Commissioning Testing of the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Power Plant
• SGJ/N0128: Review the structural design of solar PV power plant
• SGJ/N0129: Review the electrical design of solar PV power plant and the energy simulation report
• SGJ/N0120: Work effectively with others
• SGJ/ N0136: Manage installation of solar PV power plant

On the final day (15.12.2017), assessments were conducted for all four Qualification Packs along with personal Skill test for Trainer by NSDC people. Post lunch, Group photos were taken and The ToT programme was ended with a discussion and feedback session.

ME 6401 KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY

(13^th to 19^th December 2017)

A Faculty Development Training Programme on “ME 6401 – Kinematics of Machinery” approved by Anna University, Chennai was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai. This seven days FDTP programme was scheduled from 13^th to 19^th Dec 2017 with both internal and external participants from the affiliated colleges of Anna University, Chennai.

The aim of this FDTP was to provide an opportunity to the faculty members to enrich their teaching skills in the field of machines and mechanisms in order to provide outcome based education and to meet the need of the society.

The inauguration welcome address was delivered by Dr. S. Ramesh, Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai. The presidential address was delivered by Dr.Sumathi Poobal, Vice Principal, KCG College of Technology, Chennai. The programme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. V. Sundareswaran, Professor, Retd. – Engineering Design Division, Anna University, Chennai. Also he delivered a lecture during the first session by introducing the basic concepts and inversions of mechanisms. Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. N. Pragadish, Programme Coordinator, and Dr. Chinnaraj, Registrar; KCG College presented a memento to the chief guest.

There were other informative sessions heldby eminent faculty members. One such session was conducted by Prof. Dr. Krishnakumari, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan University, Chennai. She elaborated the various types and applications of gears.

Dr. Ravikumar Solomon, Head of Mechanical Engineering department, Hindustan University, Chennai delivered a lecture on gear trains. Various types of gear trains along with their applications were discussed in detail. Also problems on complex gear trains were solved during the tutorial session.

Mr. Silambarasan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Velammal Engineering College Delivered a lecture on Cams, their applications and profiles. Cam Profiles of Knife edge follower, Roller follower & Reciprocating follower were discussed in detail.

Few technical lectures were delivered by internal faculty members. They were;

On the last day the valedictory address was given by Dr. Elango Natarajan, Faculty of Engineering, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KCG College of Technology organized a guest lecture on the Electromagnetic Theory course on 7.9.2017 for the second year students. Dr.R. AZHAGUMURUGAN, Associate Professor, Department of EEE, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College was the resource person. Dr. P. S. Mayurappriyan introduced about the speaker to the audience.

He started the lecture asking the students about the sources of electromagnetic fields. Students actively responded to the questions asked by him. He explained about the five units of the course. Starting with the first Unit, he explained about sources and effects of electromagnetic fields, Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s law and its applications.  In Unit II, he explained about the electric field and equipotential plots, uniform and non-uniform fields, utilization factor – electric field in free space, conductors, dielectric polarization, dielectric strength – electric field in multiple dielectrics , Boundary conditions, Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations,  applications. He gave an overview of Lorentz force, Biot–Savart’s Law, Ampere’s Circuit Law, infinite sheet of current, magnetic flux density (B) – B in free space, conductor, magnetic materials – magnetization, Poisson’s equation. He also highlighted the significance Faraday’s law, Maxwell’s equation (differential and integral form) from Unit IV. He also illustrated about electromagnetic wave generation and equations – wave parameters; velocity, intrinsic impedance, propagation constant, conductors- skin depth – Poynting vector – plane wave reflection and refraction – standing wave – Applications.

Finally he gave some tips to study all the five units of this course effectively.

The lecture was over at 12 noon.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KCG College of Technology organized   ICMR sponsored Three Day Workshop on “MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND HEALTH CARE” from 14^th – 16^th September 2017. The inaugural function commenced at 9.30 am in Seminar Hall-I. The meeting was presided over by Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal and inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Dr. T. R. Muralidharan, Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Cardiology, Sri Ramachandra University. The meeting formally begun with an invocation and the invited guests were welcomed by Dr. P. Deiva Sundari, Professor & Head, Department of EEE. . Dr. G. Prabhakaran, Principal and Dr. G. Sambandan, Advisor – Electrical Sciences offered felicitations. Around 25 participants registered for the programme. Most of the participants were Faculty from academic Institutions, Research Scholars, PG and UG students. The Chief Guest shared his views in the field of medical image processing and current research methodologies available.

The detailed report of the sessions are as follows:

Day 1 – Session 1

Ms. Prof. Kuppusamy Thayalan, Consultant Medical Physicist – Kamakshi Memorial Hospital

He introduced the technological perspectives of Medical Imaging. The development of modern radiographic imaging, the basic physical principles behind common approaches to imaging, including Computed Tomography (CT), Ultrasound, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and the pros and cons of each technique were explained by him. Students consider the broader picture behind bringing imaging into clinical use, such as animal testing, human trials, costs, and the requirement of training technicians. Medical imaging in general is rich with applications of engineering and physics because the instrumentation is technically complex. Many of the body’s systems and functions can be modelled, controlled, and investigated using engineering principles and methods. The instrumentation that is used to deliver health care is also very technical and rapidly evolving. As a result, engineering is becoming an increasingly important field of study in both biomedical research and medical delivery at all levels of the health-care system.

Session II

Dr. Y. Sreenivasa Varma, Medical Director, Balagangadhara Varma Nursing Home and Research Centre

He started the session by stating the definition of health, health care challenges and constraints. He emphasized that technology is driving a new paradigm to create better healthcare. He focussed on the basic two approaches in medical innovation: Linear and Technology adoption approaches. He also focussed on the basic two approaches to medicine: Clinical and Molecular approaches. He mentioned that technology helps doctors’ to have better decision making, improving patient and provider interaction and integrating preventive health care tools as clinical reminders. He explained about the top trends in the areas of medical research like image and signal processing, bio medical sensors, IOT and Big data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Genomics, stem cell therapy and tissue engineering. He explained the advancements in imaging techniques, bio sensors, bio sensing wearables, health care big data challenges.

Session III

Dr. M. Sasikala, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, Anna University

She gave an idea about Thermal Imaging and its Applications to Breast Cancer Detection. Body temperature is a natural criterion for the diagnosis of diseases. Thermal imaging (thermograph) applies infrared method which is fast, non-invasive, and non-contact and flexible to monitor the temperature of the human body.  Historically, temperature is a very good health indicator. Body produces heat and body temperature may be different from the surrounding temperature.  The core temperature is maintained within a narrow range of about 33°C to 42°C. Abnormal thermal patterns can be easily detected by thermal imaging. The results of thermal measurement in general compared with other clinical findings to assess the possible correlation. Although the method is non-specific and environment can affect its results, there are several reasons which have caused thermal imaging to be accepted widely among the medical community. First of all, thermal imaging is noncontact, non-invasive method and can be used from far way.

She explained about the different image processing techniques used in thermo graphic images for breast cancer detection. The different thermo graphic image patterns for the normal and abnormal portion of the body were shown. The features to identify the abnormality were also clearly explained.

Session IV

Dr. Sheeja V Francis, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, MNM Jain Engineering College.

Her topic was Feature Extraction and Selection Algorithms adopted in Images. She summarised various ways of performing dimensionality reduction on high-dimensional microarray data. Many different feature selection and feature extraction methods exist and they are being widely used in clinical and health care systems. All these methods aim to remove redundant and irrelevant features so that classification of new instances will be more accurate. A popular source of data is microarrays, a biological platform for gathering gene expressions. Analysing microarrays can be difficult due to the size of the data they provide. In addition the complicated relations among the different genes make analysis more difficult and removing excess features can improve the quality of the results. She presented some of the most popular methods for selecting significant features and provides a comparison between them. Their advantages and disadvantages are outlined in order to provide a clearer idea of when to use each one of them for saving computational time and resources.

Day –II

Session V:       Prof. V. Rajendran, Professor and Head, Department of ECE, Vels University

He addressed the importance of detecting the presence of solid deposit of calcium radicals grouped in certain way in breast tissue. He explained the principles of digital images and analysis of digital imaging processing operation. He explained a case study done titled automated simulation model using CAD techniques, Analysis on cyst using sonomammogram. He explained novel automated algorithm using CAD Technique to find 3D pattern recognition of lesion part using physical characteristics.

Session VI: Dr. T. Jayanthi, Assistant Professor, Department of Bio Medical Engineering, SRM University

She explained about Infra-Red Thermal Imaging for cardio vascular disorders. She discussed in detail about the following:

1. Prevalence of CVD
2. Standard Diagnostic Methods
3. Infrared thermal imaging
4. Potential of IR in diagnosing CVD
5. Static thermal imaging
6. Dynamic thermal imaging
7. IR and hypertension
8. IR and its scope for research

Session VII & VIII: 

Mr. AS Subramanian & Mr. V. Vaanmugil, Siemens Healthineers

Mr.AS Subramanian explained about the different imaging equipments available from the earlier days to the recent ones. He also gave a detailed idea about how these equipments are used.

Mr.Vaanmugil explained about the company portfolio and the recent equipments that are available with them.