KCG College of Technology celebrated International Women’s Day on the campus from 1st to 8th March 2023. The week long comprehensive programme aimed at sensitising women students and faculty on keeping good health, knowing self-defence techniques, understanding Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, excelling in technological entrepreneurial careers, and achieving financial stability. The celebration was inclusive and not limited to women, emphasising the need for men to reflect and reshape their positive masculine qualities to build a more egalitarian world.
The events included a Master Health Check-up for women staff of the college arranged by the Management of KCG Tech in collaboration with Chettinad Hospital, Karapakkam; Self-Defence workshop for girls by Ms Sharadha Padmanabhan, Tai Chi Practioner and Self Defence Instructor on self-defence techniques; legal awareness session by Mrs Gigi Pramod, Advocate, on POSH Act that boosted further the morale and improve the campus culture, session on “Women Entrepreneurship” by Ms Rajashri Sai, Founder- Impactree Data Technologies and Zuppa Geonavigation that emphasized on women’s participation in technological advancements through technology entrepreneurship to narrow down digital skill divide and create more job opportunities, educational session on “ Financial Literacy” by Ms Vidhya Shivakumar, Co-Founder, Money Marvels to make wise investments and safe loan applications and also a session for men on “Positive Masculinity” by Mr Arun and Mr Arvind, Celebrity Facilitators and Casting Directors- Vijay TV, that galvanised the participants to adopt positive masculinity approaches to prevent and eliminate violence against women.
The grand finale of the International Women’s Day Celebration was held on 8th March 2023 with Tmt. N. Kamini, IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police, HQR & Traffic, Tambaram City as the Chief Guest in presence of Dr Elizabeth Verghese, Founder Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions and Dr. Annie Jacob, Director, KCG College of Technology. Speaking on the occasion to the girls and women faculty the IPS said, “Create an identity, develop a sense of self-esteem, set smart career goals, use technology with prudence, attain financial independence and work for building a sustainable and inclusive world”. She also distributed prizes to winners of literary competitions themed on role of women.
Dr Elizabeth Verghese, Founder Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions presided over the function. In her presidential address Dr Verghese highlighted the International Women’s Day theme for the year “Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality” and said, “With digital skills, girls and women will be better able to identify and build digital solutions to solve problems that confront them and others, including gender-based problems”. “Beyond merely preventing bias, empowering women to become digital creators will add value to the digital space by making it more accommodating for both genders”, She reiterated.
Ms. Virusha Balu, Vijay TV Super Singer, gave an electrifying performance and the huge auditorium resounded with her mesmerizing voice. Students sang along and danced as she melodiously rendered hit songs. The highlight of the event was the exclusive cultural programme staged by the students and the members of faculty. The celebration concluded on a fruitful note with lot of fun and learning.
The technical expert lecture on the most trending and promising area of Data Science took place in KCG College of Technology in association with CSI Kancheepuram Chapter on 04/03/2023. The event named “Data Analytics & Technical Stack” was organized by the Department of Information Technology in association with CSI Kancheepuram Chapter and was conducted at 10.45-11.45 am in KMC auditorium.
About the Speaker
The speaker of the event was Mr.Gurusivaraman, Principal Consultant-Consultant Analytics, Infosys, Chennai. He has around 21+ years of progressive IT experience as a Principal Analytics Consultant/Program Manager with rich expertise in Retail, CPG, Supply Chain Logistics, Brazil Finance & Taxation, Pricing and Promotion domain. Currently he is managing large advanced analytics global program for top CPG client BAT. He provides predictive analytics in pricing and promotions for their revenue growth management team by implementing advanced analytics solutions. He has deep expertise in Retail Supply Chain Logistics as has worked with top clients like Walmart, JCP, Macy’s and BNSF. He has received multiple certifications from IIT Roorkee on “Data Analytics with Python” and from IIT Madras on “Data Science for Engineers”. He is also well versed in Cloud, DevOps, No-code and Low- code technologies.
Content of the Lecture
The lecture on the area of Data Science and its industry approach insisted more on its architecture, components, life cycle, platforms and tools used in the industry. The speaker gave a deep knowledge on the industry tech stack and various opportunities. The major factor which influences data science from other disciplines is value discovery and future prediction. There are various platforms available for performing Data Science. Mahout is a major machine learning library which can be directly integrated with Map Reduce to implement algorithms on huge data. The speaker listed out the industries where data science is implemented. He concluded his speech quoting that “Data Science opens new streams of opportunities, enhance the productivity, increases efficiency and delivers value”.
About the Audience & Felicitation of the Expert
The audience of the lecture were second year and third year students of Information Technology, Computer Science and AI-DS. The speaker was felicitated with a memento on behalf of KCG College of Technology.
KCG Women’s Coding Club has organized a Hackathon- Women Codeathon 5.O for girl students on 4.3.22 (Saturday). The event started with a formal inauguration by Ms. Anju A, KCG Women’s Club Coordinator. The contest started at 11.00 am, the girl students from various department had registered and participated in the event. Around 60 students had registered and 20 teams (50 students) had participated for the Hackathon-. Students were asked to solve different problem statements in different domains. Students were asked to do a presentation and to show working application of their idea. The invited panel members Ms Aishwarya and Mr Sundarapandian (CSE 2020 alumni) from Zoho corporation evaluated the teams for creativity, novelty and presentation of their idea. Judges appreciated the students involvement and creativity and asked them to extend their imagination to next level. Students had shared their experiences about the Codeathon, they were very enthusiastic and excited to solve each challenge. The event ended at 3.15 PM with vote of thanks.
1st Place: Shyamily R, Sangeetha D, Nitisri T Sof 3rd Year CSE
2ndPlace: Fahima Niaz, Hemavathi S, Nehameena of 3rd Year ECE
3rdPlace: Ramya R, Sujithra R, Haripriya M of 3rd Year AIDS
