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ANNUALREPORT

2016

Vision & Mission 04Tribute to the Founder 05The Chairman on Excellence 06The Correspondent on Staying Relevant in a Changing World 07The Joint Correspondent on Realizing the Amazing Potential 08The Principal on Setting the Culture 09An Introduction 11

ACADEMIA Programmes 12KCT Business School 102

CAMPUS Infrastructure 110Mahamandapam 116

SIGNATURE EVENTS KCT Yugam 120Founder’s Day & KCT Scholarship Awards 123Graduation Day 124Bootcamp 126Farewell function 127

RESEARCH & INNOVATIONR&D 130iQUBE 132Re 133TIFAC CORE 134 CEAD 135

ENTREPRENEURSHIPForge 138LEED 140SAKTHI EXCELLENCE ACADEMY 141

ACTIVITIESLeadership Council 144Sports 146

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPSMOUS 150 GLOBAL CONNECT 151 INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 153

ALUMNIAlumni Tech Lectures 163Alumni Management System inauguration 165Alumni UK & USA visit 165

PLACEMENTS 168

GOING FORWARD 170

CONTENTS

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VISION

The vision of the college is to become a Technical

University of International Standards through

continuous improvement.

MISSION

Kumaraguru College of Technology is committed in

imparting Quality Education and Training in Engineering

and Technology to prepare students for life and work

equipping them to contribute to the technological,

economic and social development of India. The

College pursues excellence in offering training to

develop a sense of professional responsibility, social

and cultural awareness and set the students on the

path of leadership.

KCT Annual Report 2016-17 5KCT Annual Report 2016-17

Arutchelvar Ayya Dr. N. Mahalingam, Founder

Chairman of Kumaraguru College of Technology

strived to live a life of values and ideas with purpose

and vision to impact the world. The enigmatic life

merged into the light on October 2, 2014, the

birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Until the last

moment, Ayya was doing what he believed and

envisioned talking about Saint Vallalar’s philosophy.

Throughout his life, Ayya carried the twin torches of

Gandhian values and Vallalar’s way of life. It is then

in the divine grace that he merged into eternal light

on the day of Gandhi Jayanthi.

Your vision. Our path.

A TRIBUTE TO OUR FOUNDER DR. N. MAHALINGAM

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THE CHAIRMAN on Excellence

Kumaraguru College of Technology is the brain child of our founder Arutchelvar Dr.N.Mahalingam. The institution is three decades old and has earned a reputation for itself. There is a good demand for admissions and equally many leading companies in the core and service sectors prefer to absorb our candidates in their organisations. This apart, the institution enjoys tremendous goodwill among the general public and is rated among the best institutions in our state of Tamil Nadu, South India.

However, we are not resting on our laurels. We are conscious of the challenges ahead and we have a commitment to make Kumaraguru College of Technology the number one institution not only in this region but in the nation as well. All this requires the support and goodwill of our alumni who are down spread all over the world and number around 20,000.

Initiatives are being taken to step up the activities and ensure employability of our candidates. The outcome based education as stipulated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council is now being introduced and in the course of time, our students will match global standards.

The Indian Republic is now close to seven decades. Phenomenal progress has been done

in this period. However many challenges continue to confront the nation.

The major advantage for India today is the demographic profile. Almost 65% of our population are in the age group of 22-30 years. Much depends on our ability to empower them through education to emerge as enlightened citizens who will enrich the nation.

Along with the academic programmes, efforts have been taken to develop their personality to make them holistic in nature, sensitive to social needs.

The management, its 400 plus faculty ably supported by a similar number of supporting staff are engaged in transforming Kumaraguru College of Technology into an institution of excellence, true to the vision of our founder.

Dr. B.K. KRISHNARAJ VANAVARAYAR Chairman


THE CORRESPONDENT on Staying Relevant in a Changing World

The place of education in the traditional Indian context has always been accorded the highest pedestal. Combined with cultural traditions such as family values, faith and belief systems and commerce, education defines individual roles and their place in shaping larger society. The purpose of education is therefore, not limited to providing security or success; it is to ensure that character and principles are upheld and followed at all times.

‘Character is life’ defines the larger purpose of Kumaraguru College of Technology. 30 years ago, Founder Chairman Dr. N. Mahalingam envisioned an institution that would retain this fundamental truth in its pursuit of excellence. Dr. K. Arumugam, one of the principal architects of the institution, transformed the vision of Dr. N. Mahalingam and helped build the edifice on which all growth has followed.

As inheritors of this legacy, we now have to work very hard to translate the vision and uphold all the values that KCT stands for. In today’s rapidly homogenising world, the lines that define each of the fundamental principles are steadily blurring. Disruptive changes threaten to undermine the true purpose of education—to remain relevant to changing contexts, to empower individual thought and impact collective consciousness.

We have been witness to the dynamics of change in businesses as well. Family enterprises like ours have had to constantly reinvent ourselves amidst the onslaught of larger players. The scenario for larger businesses is no different with the increasing coming together of geographical boundaries and markets, businesses are now delving deeper into identifying their DNA in order to differentiate themselves.

Higher education must take these challenges into account. In order to stay relevant to the industry scenario, institutions that do not foresee where their current path will take them are in grave danger.

If we hope to play a dominant role in the global economy through digital, manufacturing or commercial revolutions, we must first get back to the drawing board and relook the way we have been looking at higher education.

For KCT, this means building our unique footprint, using this strong foundation of ‘character’ to stand up and stand apart.

M. BALASUBRAMANIAMCorrespondent

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THE JOINT CORRESPONDENT ON REALIZING THE AMAZING POTENTIAL

The world today is in an extraordinary phase of its existence. Advancements that the human race has made in science and technology in communication, manufacturing, materials, healthcare, transport and construction are truly remarkable.

Much of this in the last two centuries was due to the commitment and perseverance with which visionary academic institutions pursued the quest to help the progress of mankind. The academic study and research by the Staff and Students in these citadels of knowledge and wisdom have been legendary world over.

The world today certainly has progressed but the striking fact seems to be the regression of aspects like environment and the reality of poverty and lack of opportunity to progress for millions.

I see an amazing potential for the multitude of institutions globally to entrench themselves into finding ways to make the planet and its inhabitants exist well.

India is in a phase where it has crossed many strides and many more harsh realities exist in this developing nation.

Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) since 1984 has been in the pursuit of impact and excellence. Today the institution with its 7000 staff and students are exploring ways to enhance their

knowledge and pursue research for the benefit of society and progress of the economy.

The potential for India and its youth are truly limitless. The developed world looks at India as a market and the developing world looks at it as a solution. KCT built on the foundation of its visionary founder is working to tap on this potential.

KCT is an institution that looks at the holistic development of an individual and the college offers a plenty of scope for enhancement and evolution of the mind, body and spirit. “Character is life” is the motto of the institution.

Moving towards the future, KCT dedicates itself to become an institution of excellence and impact. It would be done with its resources, capabilities and partnerships with businesses, institutions and the state. Global partnerships remain an important aspect as the potential is being built on.

Realizing the potential within each individual along with the strengths that exist in the ecosystem will be the aspiration for the next decade.

SANKAR VANAVARAYARPresident - Joint Correspondent

PRESIDENT - THE JOINT CORRESPONDENT on Realizing the Amazing Potential


THE PRINCIPAL on Setting the Culture

Kumaraguru College of Technology is a 31 year old autonomous institution visioned by Arutselvar Padma Bhushan Dr. N. Mahalingam. KCT has been accredited multiple times. The institution was envisaged to impact on social improvement through education on the border western Tamil Nadu.

The institution was started with the blessings of Ramanandha Adigalar and spirituality was always intertwined in the activities of the institution. More than 20,000 Alumni of KCT are contributing to the development, progress of the societies across the world. KCT as always, and will be emphasizing its motto “Character is life”.

This is also the only institution in this country where Mahatma Gandhi Study Centre and Swami Vivekananda Study Centre are established. Both the centres are part of curriculum of every student. The student take active part in character building and nation building. There are many opportunities for the students and faculties to immerse and develop our nation through multi various activities.The emphasis, thus is on the nation building.

The next generation is built on strong fundamental education, sports and volunteering social activities. The students participate in all these activities and that sets the culture of students at KCT. Needless to say, the facilities are available for students to involve themselves in these activities on 24 X 7 basis.

Dr. R.S. KUMARPrincipal


Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore is an autonomous Engineering College, established in 1984 under the auspices of Ramanandha Adigalar Foundation, part of Sakthi Group founded by Arutchelvar Dr.N.Mahalingam, a Gandhian, industrialist and a philanthropist. He envisioned to empower the youth through quality education and thereby drive socio economic development blended with spirituality. True to the vison of its Founder, KCT stands today as an institution of excellence in technical education with 32 years of illustrious service to the students, many of whom are shining as leaders and contributors to development, across the world.

Located amidst the IT corridor in a sprawling campus of 150 acres, KCT offers 13 Under Graduate and 14 Post Graduate programmes with many approved Research Centres. More than 6000 students are imparted quality technical education by a dedicated team of 395 qualified and experienced faculty members and ably assisted by 360 supporting staff. The college has residential facilities to accommodate about 3300 students in 8 blocks with state-of-the art dining halls and student facility centre. Well-equipped laboratories, research facilities such as: iQube, CEAD, Modern Garage, dirt-track range are some of the facilities, which are part of KCT. FORGE, a techno business incubator of KCT, provides technological consulting for start-up pursuits of alumni of KCT and entrepreneurs, besides supporting conversion of innovative ideas of students into product development.

Under the able guidance and adept administration of Dr. B. K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman, Sri. M.Balasubramaniam, Correspondent and Sri. Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent, the college has been consistently progressing in academics, infrastructural development including student amenities. The college has 28 clubs and forums, sports facilities spread across in 21 acres with modern facilities, a state-of the art Gymnasium, and an exclusive department for Human Excellence, ably supported by the Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekanandha Study Centres to groom the human in the budding professionals.

The continuous growth in placements over the years in well reputed IT and Core companies, pursuit of higher studies by students in renowned institutions in India and abroad and remarkable entrepreneurial pursuits of the alumni have been the laurels that adore KCT continuously. The accreditation from NAAC and NBA for quality and standards of education and 53rd position in all India level in the NIRF ranking have added feathers to the cap of KCT. With the continuous support of all its stake holders, KCT continues to march forward to the next level of progress.

AN INTRODUCTION

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ACADEMIA

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

The Aeronautical engineering department personnel includes 13 full-time faculties and two lab

instructors who are Airforce retired. Composite material lab and Avionics Lab are the two new labs

which were started in the last academic year. Students actively participate in the Aeromodelling Club

and SEDS club activities throughout the year. 29 Students got placed out of 36 students, who opted

for placements. 12 students got admission for post graduation at various reputed universities in the

USA and South Korea.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Aerodynamics Laboratory is

enhanced with the addition of research grade data acquisition system for the subsonic wind tunnel facility.

• 2. High-speed jet facility setup is inducted into propulsion laboratory

• 3. Exclusive lab facilities for Avionics and composite material are started.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • . Bring in more consultancy projects

with the present advancements made in the laboratory.

• 2. Planning to apply for NBA.

• 3. Planning to organize short intensive courses, conferences and seminars on current technological developments which will be of benefit to the students, faculty and the society.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • P3 Engineering Consulting Pvt.Ltd,

Bangalore

• Semiconductor Laboratory, Research Institute of the Department of Space

Faculty Strength

Student Strength

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RESEARCHDepartment of Aeronautical Engineering is actively involved in research activities in the areas of Aerospace propulsion, Rocket Nozzle Optimization, Wind turbine blade design, Micro propeller designing and analysis.

Alumni

• Career opportunities in Aero related companies has been explained by our KCT Alumni

Mr. Nijanthan, Founder, Aeroengineers.

• Higher studies and its importance has been explained by our KCT Alumni Ms. Tharika,

MS/Ph.D Student from Auburn University.

• MBA as a career and becoming an Entrepreneur has been explained by our KCT Alumni

Ms. Gayathri , MBA, from Korea Aerospace University.

MoUs

• Signed MoU with P3 Engineering Consulting Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore

• Combining with ECE department, an MoU is signed with the Semiconductor Laboratory, Research Institute of the Department of Space.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY Students

• Udaya Prakash R, Raj Kumar G, Vijayanandh R, Senthil Kumar M, Ramganesh T, “Structural analysis of aircraft fuselage splice joint”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Journal, ISSN 1757-899X, Volume149 Number 1, 012127

• Vijayanandh R, Raj Kumar G, Senthil Kumar M, Samyuktha S, “Prediction of spacecraft of position by Particle Filter based on GPS/INS integrated system”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, ISSN 1947-5500, Volume 14, Number 11, Page Number 29 – 35.

• Published paper on “Fatigue life estimation of Aircraft engine compressor with suitable material selection” in IEEE conference proceedings (Scopus Indexed) with ISBN number of 978-1-4673-7807-9, 978-1-4673-7805-5, and 978-1-4673-7806-2 (November 2016)

Faculty Members

• P.S.Premkumar, S. Bhaskarchakravarthy, S. Jayagopal, P.Radhakrishnan, S.NadarajaPillai, and C.Senthil Kumar, “ Investigation of engine oil cooling problem during idle conditions on pusher type turboprop aircraft”, International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines (In print)

• Prem et al “Computation of Aerodynamic Gust Response using the Open-Source SU2 Code” RAeS Applied Aerodynamics 2016 conference proceedings, ISBN Number 1-85768-371-4

• Prem et al “Numerical Study on Effect of Chevron in 3D Convergent – Divergent Nozzle” RAeS Applied Aerodynamics 2016 conference proceedings, ISBN Number 1-85768-371-4

• Prem et al “Experimental and computational studies on propeller flow field characteristics” RAeS Applied Aerodynamics 2016 conference proceedings, ISBN Number 1-85768-371-4

• Prem et al., “EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES ON PROPELLER CHARACTERISTICS”, NMWT 05, MIT, Chennai

• Prem et al., “Effect of Cone as Forebody on drag and flow field of Bluff body model”, NMWT 05, MIT, Chennai

Milestone Events • Two of our faculty members Mr.P.S Prem Kumar and

Mr.M.Senthil Kumar have got their UGC minor project proposal approved and the funds are sanctioned.

• KCT AIRCRAFT DESIGN CONTEST 2016 competition was held in memory of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on his birthday.

• Airshow event was conducted by AFI technologies on September 2016.

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AUTOMOBILEENGINEERING

The department of Automobile engineering, established in 2011, is dedicated and committed in developing a resource pool of graduates and socially committed individuals, who are well-honed in various aspects. We have created state of the art laboratories and testing centres for practical training in the areas of Automotive Chassis, Engine performance, Vehicle Design & Dynamics, Automotive Electronics, Vehicle Maintenance and Vehicle Testing Track. We focus on industry exposure to the students and train them through Internship/Industry projects in the following Thrust Areas. • Automotive Design • Automotive Electronics • Retail management. Our placement record continues to hold an envious track record and research has found pride of place amongst students and faculty alike. Our department facilitates a good learning environment with newly updated labs, which provokes the students to pursue their degree in a practical manner.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Two Wheeler and Three Wheeler

lab is upgraded with a two wheeler Chassis dynamometer.

• Bosch Centre for Automotive Electronics is established in KCT with 18 Diesel Engine management Kits offered by Bosch from Infineon Technologies, Bangalore and the supporting Sensors by Robert Bosch.

• Engines Lab is upgraded with a high end Engine Dynamometer with universal engine mounting.

• Consultancy works are done using the Two wheeler chassis dynamometer for LGB and Jayem Automotives

• Core Industry placements in Renault Nissan, Delphi TVS, TAFE, Brakes India, Rane India, Ampere, Jayem.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Upgrade the Labs with latest

equipments like Engine Management System, Antilock Braking System, Fuel Cell Trainer Kit, Flow bench.

• Equip students with more Industry Connect through challenging Industry projects and Internships.

• Conduct Skill Development program in Automotive Service technician Level IV under Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) schemes

• Conduct 3 day Proficiency Improvement Program in Association with Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

• Conduct 2 day National level Workshop on BAJA SAEINDIA Mega Design Workshop in Association with SAEINDIA.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Established partnership with LGB

for consultancy and Internship

• Student projects in Ampere Vehicles and UMS Technologies.

• Six sigma implementation support project in Venkateshwara Springs through Brakes India.

• Industry sponsored Bosch Centre for Automotive Electronics.

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Student Strength


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RESEARCHDepartment of Automobile Engineering is actively involved in research activities in the areas of Suspension, Brakes, Material Optimization, Process optimization and Design.

Alumni

Our Alumni’s have grown strong and reached high places and we receive consistent feedback from them, they also support the department through projects and Internships.

• Consultancy projects from LGB Coimbatore

• Guest Lectures on Career opportunities

• Industry Projects in Ampere Vehicles

• Mock Interviews conducted by Alumni for the career guidance

for their juniors.

MoUs

• Signed MoU with Robert Bosch for the “Bosch Centre for Automotive Electronics” and also industry aligned Lab Experiments have been Introduced.

• KCT Signed MoU with ARA Institute of Canterbury New Zealand, and as a part of it, the Students and Faculty from Department of Automobile Engineering went to ARA for “International Certification Course on Motorsports Engineering”.


• Dr. S. John Alexis: Biodiesel from Goat and Sheep Fats and Its Effect on Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions. Journal Name: International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology.

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine with the addition of kamala orange skin additive. Journal Name: Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Emission Characteristics of a CI engine with the addition of different additives. Journal Name: International Journal of ChemTech Research

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Fatigue curve parameters description of AISI 1141 Micro alloyed Steel using Gatts equation, Exponential & Hyperbolic function. Journal Name: Carbon – Science and Technology

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Mathematical Analysis of MWCNT based aluminium alloy metal matrix composite. Journal Name: Applied Mechanics and Materials

• Dr. G. Thenmozhi: Effect of Cascade Controller on the Drum Dynamics of CFBC Boiler. Journal Name: World Applied Sciences Journal

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Renewable Fuel Production Technologies. Journal Name: Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research

• Mr. N. Sivanesan: Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Clutch Engagement Judder and Stick Slip. Journal Name: SAE 2016 International

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Experimental Investigation of Influential Parameters in High Speed Machining of AMS 4205. Journal Name: Asian Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities.

• Dr. S. John Alexis: Corrosion behaviour of Aluminium Metal Matrix reinforced with Multi-wall Carbon Nanotube. Journal Name: Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies

Milestone Events • One Day “International Workshop on Motorsports Engineering”

and “International Seminar on Advanced Fluid Research and Testing” in association with ARA Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand.

• International Event “Quad Bike Design Challenge 2016” in association with Federation of Mechanical and Automobile Engineers (FMAE)

• Career Guidance Program on Automotive Engineering in association with Motor Vikatan

• KCT Mini Dirt Bike 2017

• International Certification Program On Motorsports Engineering at ARA Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Department of Biotechnology established in 2002 offers B.Tech with an annual intake of 60

students. In 2007, the department started offering M.Tech with an annual intake of 18 students.

Besides, the department is recognized as the centre for research in Biotechnology focusing on R&D;

the centre offers both full-time and part-time research programme leading to Ph.D. The department

holds an R&D budget of Rs.1.21 Crores obtained through various funding agencies like DST, DBT,

AICTE. The department conglomerates 15 teaching faculty of which 10 are doctorates; and is well

supported by 6 technical assistants. Department of Biotechnology focuses on three major thrust

areas – Medical biotechnology, environmental technology and food biotechnology. To reflect the

improvement in Research, the department has currently filed 2 Indian patents.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Inauguration of “Mammalian Cell

Culture and Plant Tissue Culture Lab” 4th July, 2016

• Special Lecture on “Opportunities in Food science and nutrition” by Dr. Kathiravan Krishna moorthy, AP, Dept. Of Food Science and Safety, Illunious Institute of Technology, USA, 09th August, 2016.

• Commissioning of Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (17 L) through DBT project funding on 23rd September, 2016.

• Special Lecture on “ Scope of genotyping and next-generation sequencing data in medical and population genetics” by Dr. Raja C. Mugasimangalam, CEO, Genotypic Technology, Bangalore, 23rd September, 2016.

• Inauguration of Department Blog - “Biofocus”, 23rd September, 2016.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Establishing Industry supported

laboratory for sequencing with Genotypic Solution, Bangalore

• MoU with Genotypic Solution, Bangalore has been planned.

• Encouraging students to do industry linked projects and enhancing core company placements.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Pharmagenica Healthcare Pvt Ltd,

Bangalore.

• Common Effluent Treatment Plant - Perundurai.

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


15 265 2002


RESEARCH• Dr. K. Kumaresan was awarded INSA summer research

fellowship 2016-17.

• Dr. N. Sivarajasekar submitted a research proposal under the AICTE-RPS scheme title - Development, characterization and application of Echinochloa frumentacea protein based edible films (2.9 lakhs)

• Dr. N. Sivarajasekar submitted a research proposal under the DST-ECR scheme title – Product development, characterization and application of Echinochloa frumentacea protein based edible packaging films infused with spices (14.6 lakhs).

• Dr. N. Sivarajasekar submitted a research proposal under the DST-EMS scheme title - Development and Intensification for Recovery of Flavonoids from Orange Press Liquor by a Hybrid Membrane Process (9.46 lakhs)

• Prof. P. Ramalingam submitted a research proposal under the “Waste Management Technology Scheme- DST” title- “Removal of mixture of carcinogenic dyes from textile dye bath salts using reverse micellar technology and use of recovered salts for dyeing” (105.86 Lakhs)

• Prof. P. Ramalingam submitted a research proposal under the “WATER IC- DST” title- “Scale-up studies on continuous removal of dyes using multistage centrifugal extractor, chemically modified-coconut coir fibers and bacterial cellulose beads” (43.2 Lakhs)

• Dr. R. Baskar, Associate Professor submitted, a research proposal under the DBT title- “Development and characterization of banana peel based wound dressing material for genital warts” (20.03 Lakhs)

• Mrs. E. Nithyapriya was awarded Rs. 10,000 by TNSCST

under “Popularization of Science” Scheme.

Alumni

• Mr. Dhilip Kumar G (Batch 13-17) secured AIR: 72 in GATE 2017

• A total of 12 Students of Batch 13-17 cleared GATE 2017 with AIR.


• Total Papers published in International Journal : 18; Conference Proceedings – International – 6 and National -2 ; Book Chapters Published – 3

• Consultancy work done for Molecular Modelling, Waste Water Analysis and Phytochemical Analysis.

Faculty Members

• Dr. Ram K was recognized as a research Supervisor – Anna University with the specialization in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. (2016-17)

• Dr. K. Kumaresan was awarded the Young Scientist Award in the 2nd Annual Scholar meet at BIOMEDCON- 2016, New Delhi.

Milestone Events • Prof.P.Ramalingam PI / Mr.D.R.Manimaran (Co-PI) was

granted with Rs. 27.85 L from DST, New Delhi for the project “Extraction of residual synthetic dyes from textile dyebath effluent using solvents in multistage centrifuge extractor”.

• Prof. N. Saraswathy delivered a guest lecture on “Popular Series Lectures in Biotechnology” sponsored by DBT, New Delhi at KSR College of Technology, Trichengode – 21st to 23rd June, 2016.

• Dr.M.Shanmugaprakash, Assistant Professor-III delivered a guest lecture on “downstream processing” at Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, 12th July, 2016.

• Dr. K. Kumaresan, Assistant Professor (Sr. G), delivered an invited talk on “Plant derived immunomodulators: An approach to prevention of urogenital infections” at Central Government Institutes Siddha Regional Research Institute (SRRI, Kerala) and Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) under Ministry of Ayush, Govt of India, 8th October, 2016.

• Prof. N. Saraswathy was appointed as one of the Sub-committee members at ACT Campus, Anna University. 25Th November, 2016.

• Prof. N. Saraswathy, delivered a guest lecture on “Molecular Techniques on viral and cancer diagnosis” at Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, 14th February, 2017.

• Dr. T. Satish Kumar, Assistant Professor III delivered a guest lecture on “Phytochemicals as antimicrobial agents” at LRG Govt. Arts College, Tirupur, 1st February, 2017.

• P. Ramalingam delivered a guest lecture on “Microbial growth kinetics, Production Kinetics & Downstream Processing” at Bharathiar University, 18th March, 2017.

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CIVIL ENGINEERING

Being one of the oldest branches of Engineering, Civil Engineering has been a core contributor to the

infrastructural development and environmental safety of a country. With specializations ranging from

Structural Engineering, Water Resources, Transport Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geo-

Informatics, Infrastructure Engineering, Construction Management and Geotechnical Engineering,

this branch of Engineering offers varied opportunities to the learners for active research and

professional development. In tune with the dynamic changes across the world, modern techniques

and innovative solutions are continuously evolved for the development of new buildings, state-of-

the art maintenance and preservation of the cultural heritage. Known for its potential in turning out

competent nation builders and entrepreneurs, the branch and its specializations remain as one of the

preferred choices for the aspiring youth.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• The Fluid Mechanics and Machineries

lab has been upgraded with research scale tilting Flume.

• Structural Technology Centre is upgraded with Noise and Vibration analyzer, Uni-axial Accelerometer and Impact Hammer worth about Rs.10,35,000/-.

• GIS Lab is functioning with ArcView, ArcGIS and QGIS software in high-end workstations.

• Seven of our faculty members are peer reviewers in international journals.

• Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights(IPR) was organised to impart students and researchers with knowledge on IPR.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Establishment of Research Centre

on Smart City in collaboration with Birmingham University, UK and Ministry Urban Development and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

• An International Conference on Waste Water management (ICWW 2017) is to be organized on 17-19th Aug’2017 in association with Tel Aviv University, Israel and Technical University of Liberec, Czech.

• Won a MoEF funded project worth 31 lakhs.

• Increase the revenue generated from consultancy to more than 5 lakh rupees.

• Upgrade the existing GIS Lab with state-of-the-art facilities.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Ulltra Ready-mix Concrete Pvt. Ltd.,

Coimbatore.

• ACC Cements Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore.

• M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.

• Glass Academy Foundation, Chennai.

• Sainath Enviro-Tech, Tuticorin.

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Student Strength


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RESEARCH• UGC has granted Rs, 2,40,000/- for research on “Arsenic (III)

removal from drinking water”.

• TNSCST has funded Rs.10,000/- for student project on “Vibration Analysis of RC beams with partial replacement of E-waste as coarse aggregate”.

• Applied for MoEF fund of Rs.31,00,000/- for research on “Utilization of waste fly ash as coarse aggregates for Light Weight Concrete (LWC) and investigation of its behaviour against Impact & Seismic loading”.

• We have applied to AICTE-MODROBS for Modernisation and upgradation of Soil Engineering Lab worth Rs. 20,00,000/-.

• Four students got summer internship at Central Soil and Materials Research Station, New Delhi.

• Our faculty members were involved in the consultancy work for Southern Railways for designing a concrete mix

Alumni

• Abishek, Geetanjali, Poovelan, Jagathshri joined NICMAR for pursuing higher studies.

• Karthick Raj T, MRT Infra Con, 166/3 Dashkant Street, KMS palayam, Perundurai; Yugendhran D, Director-Operations, Merestone properties(P) ltd, Ultimate Alloys industrial park, Sulur, Coimbatore and R.M.Naresh, Managing Director, Seyon Builders, Coimbatore, visited our department for a guest talk.

Social Impact

• PG Lab course for Structural Engineering students of Anna University, Coimbatore is being hosted in our Structural Technology Centre. This facility is also utilised by four other neighbouring institute students for their project works.

• Our faculty member was invited at a discussion on “Integrated Chennai Flood Modelling” and a lecture on “Evolutionary Computing & its applications” organised at IITM.

MoUs

• Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies (TNIUS), Coimbatore.



• Dhivyadharshini and Anjali won Gandhi Park renovation competition.

• J. Balamurugan, S. GopiKrishnan, M. Kaarthic and M. Mari Ganesh won First Prize in CEBACA Talent Hunt - 2016 Design Competition with a trophy and cash prize of Rs.50,000/-.

• Selvasastha won IE Design Competition held at Neyveli.

• Bagavathi got summer internship at IISc Bangalore.

• Balamurugan, DeeptiPaul Joseph and Jagathshri got summer internship at IITM.

• R.Suby presented a paper in the 9th International Conference EWRI, ASCE held at China.

Faculty Members

• Dr.N.Ramsundram was involved in the World Bank Training programme organised at Shivpur and Mandla, Madhya Pradesh and he is also a member of IEEE Foundation funded project on “Smart Agriculture for Sustainable Food Production”.

• Our department had generated funds of about Rs.2.5 lakhs in consultancy.

Milestone Events Organised a National Seminar on Smart and Liveable Cities on 24.2.2017 and 25.2.2017 for which about 70 government officials attended in addition to other academicians and researchers. Some of the eminent personalities who graced the occasion are:

• Mr. Rajendra Ratnoo, IAS, Director, Tamil Nadu Institute for Urban Studies.

• Dr.K.Vijaykarthikeyan, IAS, Commissioner, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation.

• Shri. Sarah Natasha, Head, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), Coimbatore.

• Mr. A. Shankar, Head- Urban Solutions, JLL Property Consultants.

• Mr. A. Raghunathan, Managing Director, Mapspace Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Chennai.

• Mr. S. Bhaskar, Chief Functionary, NGO - IC Centre for Governance, Coimbatore.

• Dr Saket Sarraf, Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

• Mr. S. Selvakumar, Power System Engineer, ABB Global Industries Ltd, Chennai.

• Mr. S. Narayanan, Director, Highway Concessions One Private Limited, Mumbai.

• Er.K. Ashok Natarajan, CEO, Tamilnadu Water Investment Company (TWIC) Ltd, Chennai.

• Mr. E. Iniya Nehru, Director, National Informatics Centre, Chennai.

• Mr. H. Lakshmikantha, Divisional Engineer, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board.

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COMPUTERAPPLICATIONS

The Department of Computer Applications was established in the year 1993. Since its inception, the department has been striding great heights with a proactive vision and a strong commitment, with uncompromising standards of excellence, to develop competent programs and to groom the students with computational skills that shall match with the present and futuristic necessities of IT industry. The department is efficiently managed by a human resource cluster of 16 experienced faculty, with diverse specializations whose average years of experience is 15.5 years among whom 7 are Doctorates.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• An MoU has been signed with

Cisco Networking Academy to offer its flagship course Cisco Certified Network Associate - Routing and Switching (CCNA - R&S) to offer CCNA course to KCT students. 97 students have been benefited by this course.

• Dr.R.K.Kavitha, AP [SRG] has been awarded the doctorate degree from Anna University, Chennai in October’16.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • To strengthen the R&D activities of

the department.

• To initiate the NBA accreditation process.

• To secure approval for Research Centre from Anna University.

• To set a state of art cyber-security lab with industry collaboration.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • An MoU has been signed with

Cisco Networking Academy to offer its flagship course Cisco Certified Network Associate - Routing and Switching (CCNA - R&S) to offer CCNA course to KCT students. 94 students have been benefited from this course.

• A course on “Python” was conducted for KCT students in association with Consensus Technologies Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore. 30 students from various streams have completed the course.

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


16 248 1993


RESEARCH• The Department of Computer Applications aims to enhance

the research activities in various blooming domains of computer science. The research activity is active with 7 Doctorates and 4 faculty members pursuing their doctoral degree.

• Research Publications and Project Proposals are the best indicators of research activities of the department. Five Papers has been published by the faculty in International Refereed journals with reporting in Google Scholar, eight papers in International Conferences and two papers in National Conferences. Five research proposals were submitted to funding agencies like Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS), Educational Research and Innovations Committee (ERIC), UGC, Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Imprint-india.org with total fund proposed to the tune of Rs.46 lakhs.

Alumni

• Mr.S.Anantha Padmanabhan (MCA 2006-2009 Batch), Research & Development at Mercedes-Benz, Bengaluru, delivered a seminar on “Managing Technical Professionals” on 20.8.2016.

• Mr.R.Vinothkumar (MCA 2013-2016 Batch), 2D&3D Animator, Real Works Studios Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, conducted a workshop on ”Multimedia Application Development using Open Source Tool - Gimp and Blender” on 09.11.2016.

Social Impact

• E- Literacy Programme IV” was conducted for the House Wives and Senior Citizens from 23.03.2017 to 24.03.2017. The objective of the program was to impart basic level computer awareness to the participants.

• E- Literacy Programme IV “Foundations of Computers and Internet” was conducted for the Home guards on 15.07.2016. The intent of the program was to empower the participants with computer education which provides knowledge in fundamentals of computer, desktop publishing (MS word),

Internet and Social media.

MoUs

MoU with Cisco Networking Academy to offer its flagship course Cisco Certified Network Associate - Routing and Switching (CCNA - R&S) to offer CCNA course to KCT students.


• B.JosephBritto (15MCA007), S.Gowrishankar (15MCA012) and B.Ganga Gowtham Prabhu (15MCA010) have won the first prize in project competition held as part of Global Conference on Advances in Science, Technology and Management (GCASTM) conducted by VIT, Vellore on 08.01.2017.

• R.Vivek (16MCA043) and R.Aravindan (16MCA002) have taken part in “RENOIR’S CULPTIVISION” - designing competition at P.S.G. Institute of Technology on 17.02.2017 and won the first prize.

• C.Navaneetha Krishnan (14MCA027) and C.S.Santhosh Kumar (14MCA044) has successfully completed ICND2 (Interconnecting Network Devices Part 2) of CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Certification Examination in September ‘16.

Faculty Members

• Nandakumar G S, Thangasamy S and Geetha V, “Automated Assessment of Knowledge and Skill Acquired by E-learning through Adaptive Testing”, The Online Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning, Volume 4, Issue 4, ISSN: 21476454, October 2016.

• Dr.M.Manikantan and Mr.N.Jayakanthan, “Enhanced Clustering Techniques for Search Engine Results using K-Algorithm”, International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 5, ISSN: 2349-784X, November 2016.

• Mr.N.Jayakanthan and Dr.M.Manikantan, ”Malicious Attack Detector“, International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, Volume 3, Issue 1, ISSN: 2395-4396, January 2017.

• Mr.N.Jayakanthan,“Classification Model to Detect Malicious URL via Behaviour Analysis”, International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2017, ISSN: 2319-8656, March 2017.

Milestone Events • SIGNUP’17, a career guidance programme was conducted for

the final year UG students from various Arts & Science colleges on 09.03.17. Dr.Samuel Churchill, Founder and Director of GetSetGo, Coimbatore motivated the students to raise their aspirations and capitalize on the opportunities available to them. Mr.A.R.Vijay Bhargav, Software Engineer, Cognizant Technologies, Coimbatore alumni (2010-2013 Batch) gave an insight on the opportunities available for MCA students in industry.

• An Awareness programme on Quality Projects was organized for III MCA students on 21.09.2016. This program helped the students to understand the importance of doing good projects and to integrate quality in projects selection, initiation, planning, execution, control and completion. The session was handled by software experts Ms.Arshia Shagul, Senior Software Engineer, Wipro Technologies, Coimbatore & Mr.R.Sathis Babu, Software Engineer, Citrix R&D Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.

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COMPUTER SCIENCEAND ENGINEERING

The department was established in 1987 with a UG programme in CSE and subsequently a PG programme in 1999. Since its inception, the department has progressed with a vision and a strong commitment to develop competent professionals with excellence. With total teaching faculty of 31, among which 4 are doctorates and with 8 supporting staff, the department has well equipped computer laboratories and a rich repository of software covering a wide spectrum of applications.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Our faculty members have

trained 150 students from various departments and they have obtained EMC Data Science Associate International Certificate.

• Students are offered one credit courses that are conducted and certified by industry.

• Mega workshops were conducted in Machine learning, Cloud computing, Mobile application development and IoT.

• Project EMC

• Placement stat.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Establishing Centre of Excellence

in IoT.

• Establishing Centre of excellence in digital security.

• 100% placements in total and at least 20% in product company placements.

• Improving students’ performance in GATE and other competitive exams.

• Publishing more research papers in reputed journals.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Infosys Campus Connect

• InfraStack Labs, Bengaluru

• Srishti Software and Applications Pvt. Limited, Bengaluru

• Hire Happi, Coimbatore

• EMC Corporation, Bengaluru

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


31 546 1987


RESEARCHOur research activity spans both basic and applied research, focused on interdisciplinary research across streams of engineering. The research group is focused on bridging the gap between academia and industry by enhancing curriculum and syllabi.

Funded Projects

• KCT Management Funded Project on “Conserving flora and fauna of Indian forest from sudden forest fire” is in progress.

• Re Funded Project on “Microsoft Kinetic Control Robotic Arm” is completed.

• In house Projects on “Stationery stock management system” and “Timetable management system” were deployed in the department and is being used effectively.

• Publication of research papers in national and international journals is an indication of research activities of a department. In 2016-17, over 60 papers have been published by faculty

members and students in international journals.

Alumni

• Guest Lecture on Visual Effects by Mr. Ravi Shankar Raju, Project Manager, Mari and New Technologies in London on 23.6.2016.

• Guest Lecture on Global Technology Standards and Best Practices in India by Mr.S.Swaminathan, Head of Business Development, GS1 India on 4.7.2016.

• Guest Lecture on A day in the life of software engineer by Mr. Niranjan Chandarraj, Software Engineer, Salesforce, Canada

on 21.12.2016

Social Impact

• Basic Computer Training for Udayampalayam Government School Children.

• A team of faculty /students visited Universal Peace Foundation, Nallagoundenpalayam, Karumathampatti, conducted various events and contributed dresses to the inmates.

• A team of faculty members handled classes for +2 students of

Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Coimbatore.

MoUs

• Signed MOU with InfraStack Labs, Bengaluru.


• Dhivyadharshini and Anjali won Gandhi Park renovation competition.

• J. Balamurugan, S. GopiKrishnan, M. Kaarthic and M. Mari Ganesh won First Prize in CEBACA Talent Hunt - 2016 Design Competition with a trophy and cash prize of Rs.50,000/-.

• Selvasastha won IE Design Competition held at Neyveli.

• Bagavathi got summer internship at IISc Bangalore.

• Balamurugan, DeeptiPaul Joseph and Jagathshri got summer internship at IITM.

• R.Suby presented a paper in the 9th International Conference EWRI, ASCE held at China.

Faculty Members

• Dr.N.Ramsundram was involved in the World Bank Training programme organised at Shivpur and Mandla, Madhya Pradesh and he is also a member of IEEE Foundation funded project on “Smart Agriculture for Sustainable Food Production”.

• Our department had generated funds of about Rs.2.5 lakhs in consultancy.

Milestone Events • National Conference on Computing Perspectives on Smart

City along with two pre-conference workshops on IoT and Hadoop.

• Mega Workshop for second year students to expose the key upcoming domains of Computer Science namely – IoT, Android Application Development, Data Analytics and Machine Learning.

• Few Students have won in Hackathon and have exhibited their coding skills.

• Several students have participated in Anna University Zonal Sports Meet and won many prizes.

• Established Centre of Academic Excellence in Data Science and Big Data Analytics with EMC Corporation, Bengaluru

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ELECTRICAL ANDELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has been an integral part of the institute

since its inception in 1984 and it has grown steadily over the years. The department has developed

strong links with industry, academic and research institutions. Currently it offers UG Programme (B.E)

with an annual intake of 120 and a PG Programme (M.E) in two specializations viz, Power Electronics

& Drives and Embedded Systems Technologies with an intake of 18 students each. With advanced

infrastructure laboratory and 10 technical supporting staff and 33 dedicated teaching faculty of which

9 are doctorates, the department has been consistently accredited since the year 2000.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Industry oriented Training workshops

and seminars are conducted to bridge the gap and learn the new technology.

• One Credit Courses are offered to students to gain additional Values.

• BEAT is a new initiative which aims in identifying the needy and providing handful support to the

• students to become successful professionals in their desired field.

• Creative Project Presentation with new ideas to develop their thinking capability and Presentation Skills.

• Start up of Research Initiative with E- Vehicle, Solar Power and Variable Frequency Drives.

• Students undergo the internship training at various domains.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • To integrate technical incubation

centre in the department for the benefit of students and researchers.

• Plan for more number of core placements and entrepreneurship.

• To upgrade laboratories to advanced standards.

• To involve the students in Social Engineering Problems and to do research in the same field.

• 60 % of Faculty will have Doctoral Degree

• To set up a Government of India recognized center – Meter Testing.

• To encourage students to participate in various technical Design contests

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Amptech Transformer

• AVOP Minerals Private Ltd.

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


33 460 1984


RESEARCHThe department has been progressively engaged in research and consultancy activities for industry and society. Various domain research and social projects submitted to corresponding funding agencies.

• AC and DC Drives

• Power Quality Analyzer

• Dual Rotor PM Alternator

• PMSM Drive

• Mixed Storage Oscilloscope

• Control Valve System

• Temperature Controller System

Alumni

• M.Mohamed Ibrahim-Apple - Specialist, Sridhar.A, BOSCH- Software Engineer, S.Raja Vignesh-Business Sky, S.Kishore Kumar-INFOSYS Senior Software Engineer, B.Lalithkumar-Inuvika Soft Engineer Canada.

Social Impact

• Dynamic Pricing for Electric Energy traffic

• E – Vehicle

• Solar Power for Remote Village

• Air Quality Monitoring

• Transformer Core Design

• Variable Frequency Drives

• Smart City

MoUs



PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY Faculty Members

Funding Agency: MNRE / TEDA Sponsored

Grant Received: Rs.11.25 Lakhs ( 30% of total project cost)

Total Cost of the Project: Rs. 34 Lakhs

Principal Investigator: Dr. C. Udhaya Shankar, Associate Prof / EEE

Highlights

• Grid Connected Solar Power Station.

• SCADA software for online monitoring.

• HHV make solar panels

• EB cost saving of Rs. 65,000 per Month ( 7 Lakhs per year Approx)

• Lightning Arrester Protection for 50 m Radius.

• Poly crystalline based solar panels.

Milestone Events Two Days Hands on Training on “Solar PV Panel-Parameter Calculation, Testing & Installation”

The objective of this programme is to motivate the deserving Engineering community all over India to become successful entrepreneurs in the field of solar and wind energy systems by providing hands on training.

The technical sessions were delivered by Mr.Vijay, Senior Engineer, Progen Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. He explained various concepts in Solar PV Panel parameters calculation and testing methods and how to design solar panel for utility scale, commercial and residential scale, Real time PV panel testing and calculation.

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ELECTRONICS ANDCOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering was established in 1984 at KCT. Since

then, the Department has been consistently progressing and currently it offers B.E. Programme in

Electronics and Communication Engineering with an annual intake of 180 and two masters degree

namely M.E. programme in Communication Systems with an intake of 24 students and M.E.

programme in Applied Electronics with an intake of 18 students, besides research programmes

leading to the award of Ph.D. as a recognized Research Centre of Anna University. With a human

asset of 45 faculty members of which 11 are doctorates and 12 supporting staff, the Department has

been consistently accredited since the year 2000.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• The Communication systems Lab,

DSP & Networks Lab and Linear Integrated Circuits Lab has been upgraded with equipments and software’s worth Rs. 30,82,528 to augment the R&D activities.

• Project Lab was established with a total investment of Rs. 10,26,820

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Adopt project based learning in few

course in each semester

• Prepare documents for the next NBA

• Two papers to be published for innovations in teaching and learning

• Assessment of the quality of Internal Test QP, Internal test valuation

• Verification of Course file before the commencement of every semester

• Arrange Course Committee meeting as per regulation

• Active Class room to enhance Active learning. (need approval from Management)

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Robert Bosch Engineering Solutions,

Coimbatore

• Soliton Technologies Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

• Texas Instruments Pvt Ltd

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore

• Pramura Software Solutions, Coimbatore.

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


45 642 1984


RESEARCH• Dr. Ramalatha Marimuthu received grants for the following

projects:

• “Smart Agriculture For Sustainable Food Production” for IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee Sanctioned amount: Rs. 11,50,000

• “Adjunct Faculty appointment” for AICTE

• Sanctioned amount: Rs. 6,00,00

• 4 Faculty members were awarded Ph. D.

• 8 research projects are being funded by the Management worth Rs 7.58 Lakhs.

• 12 Projects were applied to external funding agencies worth

Rs 2.48 Crores and waiting for results.

Alumni



Social Impact

• Organized awareness programme in association with National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR), Hyderabad at various

Engineering colleges in Coimbatore in order to promote HAM.

MoUs

• Robert Bosch Engineering Solutions, Coimbatore

• Soliton Technologies Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

• Texas Instruments Pvt Ltd

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore

• M/s Vignani Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Coimbatore

• National Institute of Amatuer Radio(NIAR, Hyderabad)

PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY Publications

• International Journals (Indexed Journals) : 12

• International Conferences: 23

• National Conferences: 3

Consultancy

• 4 consultancy projects were undertaken with Bull India Pvt. Ltd and I2C systems Coimbatore during this academic year worth Rs. 10.650 Lakhs.

Milestone Events Centre of Excellence was established in association with Texas Instruments with a total investment of Rs. 26.12 Lakhs.Mr. Rajendra Ratnoo, IAS, Director, Tamil Nadu Institute for Urban Studies.

ACHIEVEMENTS Students

Eight students of Third year ECE participated in design competition Conducted by TNSCST and won cash prize of Rs. 10,000/ for each project during April 2017

• “Systems to prevent accidents happening in unmanned railway crossing”, Pritika P, Priyavarsha Ravichandran, Radhika R, Raveena Retnakumar.

• “Advanced technique for soil moisture content based automatic motor pumping for agriculture purpose”, Karthikaa M, Lavanyasabari V , Lavanya R, Meena P

Faculty Members

• Dr. K. Kavitha, Dr. G. Amirtha Gowri, Dr. M. Alagumeenakshi, Dr. A. Amsaveni, Ms. K. Thilagavathi and Mr. J. N. Swaminathan received recognition award from the Management for publishing papers in the reputed journals.

• Ms. S. Shiji Shajahan and Ms. Ashwini A Metri was awarded “Young women achiever award in the field of Electronics and Communication” from Venus International Foundation during March 2017.

• Ms. S. Shiji Shajahan received Recognition award from OICC- (Overseas Indian Cultural Congress), Damam Region, Saudi Arabia on 11th March, 2017.

Milestone Events Centre of Excellence was established in association with Texas Instruments with a total investment of Rs. 26.12 Lakhs.Mr. Rajendra Ratnoo, IAS, Director, Tamil Nadu Institute for Urban Studies.

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The department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering was established in the year 2006. The

department currently offers a B.E. Program in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. We

aim at producing talented Electronics and Instrumentation specialists who cater to the needs of

the modern industries. We have highly modernized laboratory facilities for the academic activities.

The departments have full-fledged laboratories. The state-of-the-art facilities provided enable

students to carry out their projects in the areas of Process control, Industrial automation, Industrial

Instrumentation. Recently signed MoUs with Yokogawa and inaugurated centre of excellence.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• A New Calibration lab with

an investment of Rs. 45 L has been established with partial sponsorship of Rs. 10 lakhs from Fluke.

• Sensors and Transducer lab was established with a total investment of Rs 10 L, enabling the students to study the different types of transducer and its applications.

• Modernization of Electronics lab with a total Investment of Rs 3.5 Lakhs well equipped with advanced software tools, electronics and Data acquisition systems equipment facilitating students and faculty to make their projects on campus.

• International Society for Automation (ISA) Student chapter started.

• Got approval from Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for conducting two courses soldering and bracing technician and Calibration technician.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Attaining NBA Accreditation to

ascertain quality improvement in the department.

• Organizing International Seminar.

• To establish a few more industry connected laboratories.

• Providing automation solutions for Small Scale Industries in and around Coimbatore.

• To pursue collaborative research with reputed institutions and increase the submission of

• Project proposals to funding agencies.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Yokogawa

• Siemens

• Fluke

• Texas instruments

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


11 260 2006

ELECTRONICS ANDINSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING


RESEARCH• A DST sanctioned inter-departmental research activity worth

Rs. 25.93 lakhs is being carried out by department of EIE and Textile on “Design and Fabrication of Computerized Dynamic Knittability Tester for Hosiery Yarns”.

• “Centralized Automated Water Supply system for KCT campus – A model for Coimbatore smart city” has been initiated. The management has funded an amount of Rs. 2.3 lakhs for R&D.

• Inter-departmental research activity worth Rs.1.77 lakhs is being carried out by department of EIE and Textile on “Experimental investigation of performance improvement in

automatic air conditioner”.

Alumni

MR.Mageshwaran from Valai networks, MR.Karthikeyan from Aspire systems, MR.Shivashankar from Accenture from 2011-2015 batch handled the session for 3rd year EIE students.

Social Impact

• R.Gayathri, D.Maheswari, R,Vinupriya & S.Chandrika III year EIE presented their project on smart agro system in Abdul

Kalam Eco system and secured fourth place.

MoUs

• Discussion going on with regard to MOU signing with Fluke and SIEMENS.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY Publications

• M.Saravanabalaji, E.Muthuramalingam, V.Athappan presented a paper entitled ‘A Novel Approach for Dynamic Compensation in Boiler Drum Level Control’ in ‘International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Computer’ (EEIC-2016).

• M.Saravanabalaji, E.Muthuramalingam, V.Athappan published a paper in Scopus indexed journal. International Journal Control Theory and Applications (IJCTA)

• V.DineshKumar published a paper in Annexture I journal. Asian Journal of Research in Science and Humanities.

Consultancy

• VMC and HMC Load spindle speed over ride Client- Lakshmi mikcro controls, Coimbatore.

Milestone Events • KCT Industry Academia Meet on Instrumentation organized

on 24th March 2017 to bridge the gap between industry and academia today.

• One day workshop on VLab and VTU in association with College of Engineering Pune (COEP)

• Anna University approved seven days FDP programme on Industrial Instrumentation - II

• One credit course conducted by SIEMENS.

• Five days Hands on Training in PLC offered by SIEMENS.

• Core immersion programme - Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Sakthi Sugars & Synetics Automation.

Achievements

• V.Santhiya, 2017 passed out, was awarded as the best outgoing student from 2012-2017 batches (overall).

• Roshini Vargesse /AP-II/ received Engal Asan award during teachers day celebration 2016 at KCT.

• L.Muthulakshmi & M.Fenitza, the third year students, won the first prize for paper presentation among 250 papers in National level technical symposium at Karpagam college of Engineering.

• Four students from third year EIE went on till final round in IT OLYMPOID Competition.

• P.Harashavarthini, P.S Muthuperiyaval, S.Sharmila II Year EIE secured first place in dance competition in Inter college fest –Aura 16 organized by Pondicherry institute of medical sciences.

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FASHION TECHNOLOGY

‘Trend’, ‘Vogue’, ‘Fashion’, by whatever word you call it, is one word which has people behind it and

has a telling effect on the word ‘era’ as far as clothing and grooming is concerned. The Department

of Fashion Technology offers B.Tech. Fashion Technology, M.Tech. Apparel Technology and Ph.D.

Programmes under Anna University, Chennai. The department has been accredited by National

Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi under Tier I Scheme of the Washington Accord for five years

from the year 2014 which facilitates transnational recognition of degrees and mobility of graduates

and professionals.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• The Garment construction laboratory

is added with new advanced computerized button sewing and button hole machine along with single needle Lock stitch machines worth 6.67 lakhs during the year.

• To improve the testing and research facilities, the Apparel Quality Evaluation Lab is added with new equipments such as Drape meter, Advanced abrasion resistance with pilling tester, Electronic twist tester and Beesley’s balance worth 4.11 Lakhs.

• For research laboratory, magnetic stirrers capacity of 2 litres with 3500 C temperature range, 2 nos were sourced for research and development of nano particles for application on textile and apparels.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • To facilitate Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with renowned industries

• To establish an industry sponsored laboratory for ERP / Industrial Engineering

• To enhance employability skills of the students through value added courses by industry personnel

• To acquire externally sponsored projects from government/private agencies in the technical fields of textiles and apparel.

• To offer value added consultancy services and skill development programmes for the need based industry and institutes

• To encourage students to pursue higher studies in India and abroad and for Entrepreneurship.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Gokaldas Exports (Bangalore).

• Bhagyalakshmi Processing Unit, Gokila Garments, Gokul Knit fabs, Valliammai fabrics (Tirupur), Decathlon (Coimbatore).

• JUKI India Pvt Ltd, Lectra Technologies, Premier Fashions, Pidilite Industry, Mehala Machines.

• Decathlon Sports India Ltd, JJ mills, Reliance Trends, Advanced Clothing Concepts, Linea Fashions.

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


15 189 2002


RESEARCHThe department has currently four ongoing projects worth Rs. 45.22 lakhs from the UGC, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and KCT Management funded projects.

Alumni

• Mr. Rajesh kumar (2008-12 batch) delivered a lecture on ‘Technical Aspects of Interlining’ for the Fashion Technology students on 9th September 2016.

• Mr. Rajkumar (2012-16 batch) & Ms. Heera Bharathi (2011-15 batch) facilitated the students for Placement and Career Guidance.

Social Impact

As engineers of what they learn, students undertake many socially relevant projects leading to solutions for the problems of the community. As a part of social innovation project, field visit works best when they provide support for students to explore in a personally meaningful way. The Features of field visit include

• Facilitate the learning of abstract concepts.

• Motivate students through increased interest and curiosity.

• Increase student-student and student-teacher social interaction.

• Develop social awareness.

• The Department of Fashion Technology organized a Skill development training course on Garment construction, Arts and Crafts for Women.

MoUs




Our department is proud to have the KCT TIFAC CORE, the in-house research center sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and industry. The department and the research center is engaged in consultancy activities for industries, institutions and students projects making use of the potential of faculty and facilities of the laboratories, generating an average annual revenue of Rs. 4.4 Lakhs.

Faculty Members

Our department faculty members and students are committed towards research, consultancy and industrial collaborations. With the steady increase in the number of publications, our faculty members published 7 research papers in peer review high impact factor journals, 4 papers were presented in international conferences and 3 book chapter publications were the acclaimed research database. This will give an impact on innovative research in the social and environmental development.

• Dr. G. Ramakrishnan – Dr. Radhakrishnan award (Kumaraguru College of Technology)

Milestone Events

NBA Accreditation: The department has been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi under Tier I Scheme of the Washington Accord for five years from the year 2014.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The department of Information Technology was established in 1998 at KCT with an annual intake of

30 students as BE (IT) under Bharathiyar University. In the Year 2002 Nomenclature has been revised

as B. Tech (IT) under Anna University. Since then, the department has been consistently progressing

and currently it offers B.Tech programme in Information Technology with an annual intake of 60

students. With a human asset of 17 faculty members of which 5 are doctorates and 6 supporting

staff, the department has been consistently accredited since year 2003.







NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • OBE Curriculum to be Strengthened

• More Industry Oriented Outcome based Electives to be Introduced

• Smart Class room to be introduced

• More Case studies oriented examples to be discussed to make the class more interactive

• Flipped class room concept to be tried and evaluated.

• Quality of Projects and Assignments should be evaluated using online plagiarism tools and rubrics criteria

• Fully functional Entertainment Technology & Assistive Technology lab should be established

• Improve industry collaboration through joint lab projects and industry based courses

• Funding Proposal on Security aspects in Sensor networks.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Voonik, Carnegie mellon university

• IIT Delhi, Bosch

• Placement Season, Bosch

• GoFrugal, GoFrugal

• SyberGate Technologies, Newgen Software Technologies, Bosch

• OYC tech India pvt ltd, Muraai Information Technologies Bangalore

• MFI Document Solutions (R) LTD, South Africa, ViSolve

• FORGE, Tamilnadu Agricultural University

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


20 546 1998


RESEARCH• Smart Agriculture For Sustainable Food Production-IEEE

Foundation program, USA-Rs. 12,00,000

• Invoice and Inventory management system-Arun steels , Coimbatore-Rs. 50,000

• Elephant intrusion detection, alert and repulsive system to

• avoid human elephant conflict in Maruthamalai-Thanikandy zone KCT management funded Rs. 1,13,000

• Vehicle communication Assistive system-KCT management funded-Rs. 42,980

• Flexibility in Car Door System Using Finger Print-KCT management funded-Rs.12,000

Alumni

• Aarthy m - accenture , cts,nissan, ashish murugan s-wipro, ashwath-tech mahindra, brahmanambika r-accenture , wipro, hp, dhanush kumar-newgen, dharan-muraai tech, dhivya-just dial

• Gayathri n-accenture, gopi s-accenture, jeyashri t-accenture, kalaivani m-accenture , cts, kalai vani r-accenture , cts

Social Impact




• Significance of Combining Machine Learning Techniques for Web Caching with Web pre-fetching - Fetching Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research

• Improving Access Latency by combining Intelligent Web caching and Web pre-fetching Techniques-Journal of Convergence Information Technology

• Performance Improvement By Combining Intelligent Web Caching Techniques With Spatial Weight Matrix Technique For Web Pre-Fetching - International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology

• Data Transmission Using Video Stenography-Open Journal of Engineering Research and Technology

• Soil Moisture Forecasting using Ensembles of Classifiers -Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST)

• Hybrid learning of fuzzy cognitive maps for sugarcane yield classification-Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

• Overview of software defined networks and mesh tree protocol-International Research Journal Of Engineering And Technology

• Various Techniques for Predicting Cervical Cancer-International Journal Of Innovative Research In Computer And Communication Engineering

• Sentiment analysis on online product review-International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology

• Exam Hall Invigilation Using CCTV Camera-SSRG International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering- (ICET’17) - Special Issue

• Opinion on tourism- IJIRST –International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology, Volume 3 Issue 08.

Milestone Events

• Achieved 100% placement for 2013-17 batch

• *Implemented online course registration

• *Introduced FCLF

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MANAGEMENTSTUDIES

KCT Business School, established in 2005, has been highly progressive and in pursuit of impact

and excellence in management education. The full time, two years Masters Program in Business

Administration is valued for commitment to excellence in professional practice. KCT Business

School’s MBA program is an experience that is customized, adaptable & personal. The program

prepares students to design their career path to be in the corporate sector or Business Startup/family

business. We foster student diversity, open opportunities and encourage peer learning.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• KCT.BS organized 8 Management

Developmental/ Capacity Building Programs for the Industry and 5 Consultancy projects and generated a revenue of Rs 2938808 (Twenty nine lakhs thirty eight thousand eight hundred and eight). The programs were either customized for specific organizations or open programs with a diverse participant pool.

• NEEDS – 2 Entrepreneurship Development Program for first time entrepreneurs, organized and funded by EDI, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai was conducted for 25 days with Rs 5,12,419-/

• EDI-TN Regional Startup Activation Program 2017-Grand Finale – Boot Camp & Conclave was conducted with over 2000 students and 75 top ideas were chosen at a program cost of Rs. 6,01,735-/

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Twinning with MSM

• Launching Fellowship Program in Leadership

• Launching Analytics Program with IBM

• Launching PG Diploma in Banking & Sales Management

• Launching M.Tech Technology & Management

• Research Activities Review and Enhancement (RARE)

• Establishment of SME Centre

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • CIRCOR Flow Technologies India Pvt.

Ltd., Coimbatore

• Redington India Ltd

• VWR

• Sakthi Finance Limited

• Tiffany’s

• SAFS Organic Enterprises

• M/s.Bakgiyam Engineering (P) Limited

• Chennai silks

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


21 360 2005


RESEARCH• Funded Research Project- 11 proposal worth Rs. 3907085

was submitted for funded research

• Ph. D Supervisors -7 Faculty have been approved Anna University Ph.D Research Guides

• Conference Presentations - 18 papers presented in National & International conferences in premier institutions by faculty

• Research Publication-A book titled Business Statistics using Excel was authored by Dr. S. Jaisankar, Dr. Kirupa Priyadarsini, Dr. Poongodi. B & Latha A, 13 papers published in Annexure Journals by faculty, 6 papers published by students

• Case Studies-19 cases were developed for classroom teaching, 9 cases were presented in conferences.

• Reviewers - 8 faculty were reviewers in national & international journals

Alumni

• 21 Alumni Shared their expertise in Guest Lectures, Orientation programs, Workshops & Career Readiness Program

• 53 Alumni got together at the Alumni Reunion

Social Impact

• 180 Students of KCT Business School were engaged in Social Immersion Projects on the UN Sustainable Development Goal themes. 150 students were engaged in the SS Kulam block of Coimbatore during November 19 – 26, 2016 and impacted around 3000 people through investing 7200 man-hours on specific projects.

• 30 students were engaged in the Project C2D (Cash to Digital) with an objective of creating awareness about digital transactions among the men and women in small businesses in the areas in and around Coimbatore city and guide them to move to mobile wallets. Students had engaged with 1400 small business owners and 610 small business owners switched from cash transactions to e-wallets.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY

• 5 Consultancy & Market Research projects were conducted, 32 students were involved in the research

• A case developed by Dr. Jaisankar S, “Location Decision for Valarmathy Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore” was adjudged 2nd prize at Christ University, Bangalore

• Dr.Mary Cherian, was awarded the Best Management Teacher by Coimbatore Management Association

• Vignesh M (2016-18 Batch) won the Junior Mr. India title at the 37th Junior National Body Building Championship

• Venkateswaran B (2016-18 Batch ) won the Gold Medal for 1500mts at Anna University Athletic Championship & SIICA

• 37 papers presented in National & International conferences by students. Two papers were adjudged Best papers

• Dr. Mary Cherian, Dr. Kirupa Priyadarsini, Dr. Jaisankar S, Dr. Nalini P & Anshul Saxena won the Boardroom Simulation Game – The Master Strategist – 2016 organized by PSG Institute of Management

• Anshul Saxena won the Best Paper at the ICSSR Sponsored National Conference titled “Marketing in an interconnected world - Trends, Opportunities & Challenges

Milestone Events • Nine students from Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand

visited KCT Business School from January 30 to February 18, 2017 and the theme was Business & Entrepreneurship. The International students studied Economy and Business during their first week, second week focused on society & culture and the last week of the program gave them learning on Entrepreneurship

• A 10 month Diploma in Business & Management, was offered to the Engineering students and completed successfully.

• Dr. Vijila Kennedy, Director, won the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship - Senior Administrators Program award and visited 15 Universities in the US

• Dr. Lakshmi Meera , Assistant Professor, attended the Price Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators in the US

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

The department of Mechanical Engineering is one of the earliest established departments, functioning

since the inception of the institution in 1984. The department has grown in strength from an intake of

60 students in B.E Mechanical Engineering programme to intakes of 180 students in B.E Mechanical

Engineering programme and 18 students each in ME programmes in Industrial Engineering, Energy

Engineering and CAD/CAM. The department is a recognized research center, offering programme

leading to the award of Ph.D degree by Anna University. The department has 48 faculty of whom 12

are doctorates, 20 non-academic staff lend invaluable support.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Thermal laboratory equipped with

Single cylinder 4S diesel engine with open ECU and common rail direct injection system (CRDI)

• CAM Lab enhanced with Autodesk DelCAM - Powermill - Ultimate & Training.

• Gas chromatography and FLIR E5 Thermal Imaging infrared Camera for Energy Laboratory.

• Establishment of Industry sponsored NDT lab consists of Ultrasonic , Magnetic Particle and LPT etc.,

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • To develop centre of excellence in

one of the thrust areas.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Bull Agro, Coimbatore.

• Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd., India

• LMW, Coimbatore.

• L&T, Chennai & Coimbatore

• Roots Industries India Ltd, Coimbatore

• SodalTech, Coimbatore.

• BIS-NDT, Coimbatore

• Tata Advances system Ltd, Hyderabad

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


48 697 1984


RESEARCH• The department, being a recognized research centre is actively

involved in research in thrust areas such as Bio-Materials, Composite Materials, Welding, Metal Cutting, Energy Engineering and optimization.

• Faculty members actively engage in research, consultancy and contribute papers in international and national Journals. The faculty executes research in Mechanical Engineering as well as inter-disciplinary areas.

• Currently 18 faculty members are pursuing Ph.D.

• Students are involved in industry projects to understand the real platform in which they are going to serve.

• The department has received grants from various government

funding agencies such as AICTE and UGC for projects.

Alumni

Mr.Maheswaran Vattur Sundaram

Doctoral student

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden.

Social Impact



MoUs



PUBLICATIONS AND CONSULTANCY Design Competitions

• BAJA team secured 7th position in National level and achieved “Best Safety vehicle” position in BAJA 2015.

• Secured 3rd position in off road design challenge QUADTORC-2015 in national level and 1st position in South India level.

• 80% of the student members of SUPRA team were placed in core industries.

Awards

• Aravind Krishna.R of final year bagged “ISTE Chapter Best Student award” in the ISTE TN & Pondicherry section Annual Convention held at Anand Institute of Higher Technology.

• Afzal Ahamed N, Dharni Vasudhevan V, Karthikeyan M awarded best project by CAMERON Manufacturing India.

Others

Buvanesh Chandrasekhar of final year got placed in UniTechTransfer GmbH (German company) with a package of 23 Lakhs

Faculty Members

• Dr. A.P Arun received two patents for products, “An automated personalized shopping cart” and “Toothpaste dispersing oothbrush”.

• Faculty members published 26 peer reviewed papers in international and national journals, of which many of them are listed in Google Scholar, indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.

Milestone Events • The department organized Industry - specific OPEN HOUSE

with Jyoti Automation CNC Ltd from the period of 15 Dec 2016 to 4 Jan 2017.

• The department organized the live demo to Industry experts and students on “Machining Solutions for Pump & Motor Parts”, “Machining Solutions for Die & Mould” & “Machining Solutions for Pattern Making”

• The Anna University approved FDTP program on ME6019 - Non Destructive Testing and Materials was conducted in the Department of Mechanical engineering from 15-12-2016 to 21-12-2016.

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MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

The department of Mechatronics Engineering was established in the year 1999, offering B.E. in

Mechatronics Engineering with an annual intake of 60. The department has well developed laboratory

infrastructure which bridges the gap between industry and academia. It also provides consultancy

services to the industries. The department regularly invites people from the industry to interact

with the faculty and students to update them with the current know how’s and also to make them

understand the needs of various Industries. Industrial automation, Robotics, Automotive Electronics,

Mechanical Design, Noise and Vibration are the thrust areas of research.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Sensors and signal processing lab

has been upgraded with various controller board for student project and laboratory experiments.

• Instrumentation lab has been upgraded by new 8 channels DAQ for strain gauge measurement set up.

• PLC lab has been modernized with latest equipment such as pilot- bottle filling plant and SCADA systems.

• The Robotics lab has been upgraded with “INTEL 6th generation NUCi5, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD electronics item”.

• On board computing lab is established for student project.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • To conduct the training programme

on technical, soft and life skills to the students and faculty members.

• To encourage and train the students to appear for GATE and other competitive examinations.

• Establishing centre of Excellence in Industrial Automation.

• To promote research publication in scopus indexed journals.

• To obtain funded projects from various government agencies.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • National Instruments, Bangalore

• Neutech, Bangalore

• FESTO, Bangalore

• Taegutec, Bangalore

• LMW, Coimbatore

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


12 202 1999


RESEARCHWith a young team of faculty members and focused students, the department has been active in R&D and Consultancy activities. With the hands on training imparted by the faculty, students engage in good projects bringing out their conceptual strength. Most of such projects are carried out in industries, earning the appreciation of the industry and opening up of opportunities for internship, collaborative research and placements. Two of our faculty members have registered for Phd. One of our faculty members has completed her Ph.D in the month of June, 2017. Four papers has been published in international journal in 2016-17.

Alumni

Organized a guest lecture on “Quality Engineering” by alumni Mr. Naresh Boopathi, Quality Control Engineer, Mc Dermott International Inc, Dubai on 02.02.2017.

Social Impact

• Mr. J.Sivaguru and P.Magudapathi of our department went to a Government School, Saravanampatti, to teach and create knowledge in the basics of mechanics and sensor.

• Mr.A.Ramkumar, conducted a blood donation camp in association with NGO, Vadavalli.

MoUs

• National Instruments and Ardiuno, Bangalore.


• Mr. M H Ashik, Mr. Akhil Krishna, and Mr. Roche Periyanayagam, 3rd MCE, exhibited their innovations “i-farmer” in an international Arena in International Engineering and Technology Fair-2017, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Feb 2-4, 2017.

• Roche, Akhil Krishna, Ashik, the students who won first prize in Yi Entrepreneurship, CII-Yi Startup Challenge held at Bangalore and won cash price Rs.75000 in the project idea “Autonomous robot for small and medium scale farmers to do precision farming”.

• 30 Students of III yr participated in an International design contest ROBOCON held at MIT, Pune on March 2017.

• S.Vinoth, R.Karthik and R.Sundar of final mechatronics went for two weeks summer school in “Mechatronics systems engineering and product Innovation” from July 18th –August 1st, 2016 in RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

• Tarun reddy and Adithya of third year Mechatronics attended the ROS summer school at FH Aachen, Germany from August 15th to 26th, 2016.

Faculty Members

• K. Akila, “A Hybrid Image Enhancement Scheme for Mammographic Images, Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences”, 5 May 2016, Special 10(6): pages 26-29.

• Dr.R.Venkatesan and K.Murugesan has published a paper titled “Extrusion Die load Minimization using genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm.” In international journal of advanced technology in engineering and science (ijates). ISSN 2348 -7550, volume 05, issue 01, January 2017.

Milestone Events • 4 patents were filed on the topics, Induction based Coir Drier

Machine, Egg-Yolk Albumin Separator , Electric Steam heated Lunch Carrier for Indian Food (Lunch Mate), Internet of Things (IoT) based multipurpose mobile robot for farming in Indian environment (I – Farmer )

• Industrial Automation Laboratory was established

• Task based 7 days FDP on MATLAB programming and its tools.

• 7 days Hands on training on Labview was conducted for students.

• Active learning method is implemented in theory courses as a new teaching method.

• E – Yantra lab setup was initiated with the help of IIT Bombay sponsored by MHRD. In this lab, students and faculty members are trained in robotics program and various competitions.

• “i Farmer” student design project got the first prize of Rs.75000/- in CII-Yi Startup Challenge and third place in Ni Yantra .

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SCIENCEAND HUMANITIES

The year 2016-17 was marked with many events and success stories. This can be attributed to

the dedication and team spirit of the teaching and non-teaching staff members and students. The

Science and Humanities Department continues to maintain and expand its research efforts across

the diverse fields. Physics Division had taken a great initiative to be recognized as a Research Centre

in our campus and has been approved with effect from March 1st, 2017. Many of our staff members

attended Faculty Development Programmes, Seminars, Workshops, International and National

Conferences conducted both in KCT and outside KCT during the academic year 2016-2017.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Physics Division had taken a great

initiative to be recognized as a Research Centre in our campus and has been approved with effect from March 1st, 2017.

• 6 projects have been selected for Management Funding and a total amount of Rs.11,88,000 has been sanctioned towards the same.

• 17 Research papers were presented and 12 papers were published in this academic year by our faculty

• Many of the faculty members attended National conferences, seminars and workshops held in various Institutions.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Planning to organize National level

seminars, FDPs and Workshops on current technological developments which will be of benefit to the students, faculty and the society.

• Planning to apply for DST, UGC funded projects.

• Planning to apply for the establishment of Mathematics research centre.

• Our department faculties aim to achieve more in the forthcoming academic year and wish to equip themselves with the advancements.


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Faculty Strength

Student Strength


70 546 1984


RESEARCHDr.Sreela.B (English), Dr.R.Krishnamoorthy (Mathematics), Dr.J.Rajasingh (Mathematics), Dr.S.Selvanayaki (Mathematics) were awarded Ph.D. degree this academic year. The faculty attended seminars and workshops, presented and published papers. 17 Research papers were presented and 12 papers were published in this academic year by our faculty.

Alumni



ACHIEVEMENTS/ AWARDS• Our faculties have received numerous honours during the

Teacher’s day celebration function in the month of September 2016. Mr.Suresh Kumar.S, has won the Best Library Usage Award, Mrs.K.P.Thilagavathy has been rewarded with Engal Aasan Award and Mrs.K.Maheswari has got the Punctuality Award.

• Ms. J. Dhivya was awarded the Best Presentation Award in an International Conference on “Advances in Applied Mathematics” by Dedicated Juncture Research Association, Nagercoil.


• K.P.Thilagavathy/ AP/Mathematics, 15-07-2016 & 16-07-2016 Paper presented on “A study on Achromatic and b- chromatic number of multistar graphs and shadow graphs” at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam in the National conference on “ Bridging Innovative Trends in Pure and Applied Mathematics”

• R.Rajkumar/ AP/Mathematics,15-07-2016 &16-07-2016 Paper presented on “ Weather forecasting using genetic anfis and classification using Fuzzy k- nearest algorithm,” at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam in the National conference on “Bridging Innovative Trends in Pure and Applied Mathematics”.

• Dr.K.R.Aranganayagam /AP/ Chemistry, 19-10-2016 & 21-10-2016, Synthesis of ZnO and Ag/ZnO nanorods: Characterization and Synergistic invitro Biocidal Studies at 1st International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNAN 2016)

• Dr.S.Kalapriya/AP/Physics, Ms.S.Nithya/AP/Physics:27-02-2017 & 28-02-2017 Paper presentation at a National Conference held at NIT, Trichy on “Advanced Materials Processing and Characterisations”.

• K.Meena/ AP(SRG)/Mathematics, 19-11-2016 & 20-11-2016 Presented papers in International Conference on “Advances in Applied Mathematics” by Dedicated Juncture Research Association, Nagercoil.

Milestone Events • Student centred Activities organised - The Mathematics

Division of our department conducted MATHFEST, a one-day programme for I year students which included Model making, Quiz, Paper Presentation and Short film making. More than 500 students participated and exhibited their various talents.

• In association with Cambridge English, English division conducted Business English Certificate (BEC) Exam for all the I year students and faculty members.

• Comprehensive training programme for GATE 2017 and other competitive exams and coaching on the topics- Probability, Differential Equations and Probability distributions were given to the students by Dr.A.Santha, Associate Professor from Mathematics.

• Social Immersion Project - As a part of the Social Immersion Project, talks on “Modern Villages” by Mr.Elango Rangasamy, a Village President and “Social Issues” by Mr.G.R. Mohan, Managing Director of Sunsil Engineers were arranged for the students.

• Workshops/ Seminars Organised- The Physics Division organised a three-day workshop on “Recent trends in Physics” in the month of September, 2016. Many resource persons from various institutions and universities talked about the recent advancements in the field of Physics.

• Activities for Supporting Staff - The supporting staff Ms.N.Lavanya, Mr.K.Velumani, Mrs.Vijayakumari.D and Mrs.Prema.R of our department attended a one-day workshop on “Electrical Safety and Energy Conservation Measurement” conducted in our college which was highly informative.

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TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY

The Department of Textile Technology was started in the year 1995, conducting B. Tech. (Textile

Technology) and M. Tech. (Textile Technology) programmes. The department has been accredited

by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi under Tier II Scheme for five years. Technology

Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), Department of Science and Technology

(DST), Government of India has established a Centre of Relevance & Excellence (CORE) in TEXTILE

TECHNOLOGY & MACHINERY in Kumaraguru College of Technology. KCT-TIFAC CORE is the

first centre dedicated to the textile sector in India. Under this programme, laboratories have been

set-up with latest equipment to meet the requirements of training, testing and research. A pilot

manufacturing facility has been setup to produce samples in small quantities for research.

IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Textile Chemical Processing Lab- 2

Nos. Water Bath worth Rs. 86,319/-

• Garment Manufacturing Laboratory- Usha Embroidery Machine Rs. 99,723/-

• Technical Testing Laboratory- CBR-Puncher Test Apparatus Rs. 1,18,230/-

• Textile Testing Laboratory- Digital Single yarn strength Tester Rs. 94762/-

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANS • Quality Publications in Reputed

Journals such as Scopus, Web of Science etc.,

• Filing Patents through quality concepts

• Improving faculty qualification with more doctorates

• Collaboration with industry for consultancy, training and placement

• Equipping students to groom better and acquire good job positions in core industry placements.

• Encouraging students to participate in competitive examinations and motivate to pursue Technical and Non-Technical higher studies in India and abroad.

• Collaboration with foreign Universities for research projects/faculty exchange/student exchange

• Promote R & D activities

• Centre of Excellence in Renewable Textile Composites

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • Trytex, Coimbatore

• VI Micro systems, Chennai

• KG Spinning mill, Annur

• Manju Exports- Karur

• Voltas Ltd., - Coimbatore

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


15 184 1995


RESEARCH• Design and Fabrication of COMPUTERIZED Dynamic

Knittability Tester for Hosiery Yarns : DST, Government of India, Ministry of Science & Technology : 25.85

• Characterization and immobilization of banana peel protease to incorporate in wound dressing material for genital warts : DBT : 33.87

• Design and Development of Zari yarn Tester : UGC : 1.40

• Development of an Universal Air Permeability Tester for Textile Material : Management Funded project : 3.50

Alumni

• Internship were given for two batch of students at Lucky Yarns, Veppadai, Thiruchengode and KKP Textiles Private Limited, Namakkal

• Mr.Thamaraiselvan and Mr.Hariharan(2013-14 PG Alumni) acted as Expert Judges for

• Two days National Level Contests on Project Design & Paper Presentation “TXT Tech Challenge 2k17” on 23rd and 24th March 2017.

Social Impact

• Inaugrated AICTE sponsored “Skilling the Youth” under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) of Project #12 under K16/A52 by Shri. Mr. M. Senthil Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of Palladam Hi-tech Weaving Park, Chairman – Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) and Shri. A.M. Selvaraj, Joint Director, Scientific and Industrial Testing and Research Centre (Si’Tarc) on 27.10.2016 at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

• Two days National Level Contests on Project Design & Paper Presentation “TXT Tech Challenge 2k17” on 23rd and 24th March 2017, organized by Textile Technology Association with Guest of Honours Mr Kalyan B Maiti, Senior Manager, Textile Machinery Division, Voltas Limited, Coimbatore and Mr.S.Muthukumar, General Manager-R&D Micro Cotton, Sharadha Terry products Limited, Mettupalayam.

MoUs




• Ms.Deepika.V and Ms.Surya.R of Final year B. Tech Textile Technology have presented poster on “Extraction, immobilization and application of laccase enzyme on delignification of coconut coir fibre” in 44th Textile Research Symposium at IIT, Delhi held from 14.12.2016 to 16.12.2016

• Ms.Kavya.C and Ms.Vaishnavi Muralidharan of Third year B. Tech Textile Technology have presented poster on “Polymerisation of epsilon-caprolactone using a biocatalyst extracted from germinating sunflower seeds” in 44th Textile Research Symposium at IIT, Delhi held from 14.12.2016 to 16.12.2016

• R.R.Vengateishver of Final year B. Tech Textile Technology has won Bronze Medal in “All India Student Design Competition (NDRF) at 23.10.2016 organized by The Institution of Engineers, Pune (India).

• 2Sreekrishnan, Poonguzhali, Vaishnavi Muralidharan of Third year B. Tech Textile Technology secured Third place in Annual Inter College Cultural Fest from 22.09.16 to 25.09.16 organized by National Institute of Technology, Trichy

• R.Suriya of Final year B. Tech Textile Technology has secured Second place in National Level Contest on Project Design/Paper Presentation on 23rd and 24th MARCH 2017

Faculty Members

• Mr. P. Chandrasekaran, AP II received Engal Asan Award.

• Our faculty members have published papers in leading Journals associated by Scopus and Web of Science. Total number of 8 such publications has been done in Journals namely Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe, The Journal of the Textile Institute, International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, Journal of Applicable Chemistry, China Textile Science, etc.,

Milestone Events • An International Workshop on “Engineering to ingeieuirwesen

– Bridging the skill gap” is organised by Department of Textile Technology and Mechanical Engineering jointly with RWTH Aachen University, Germany and University of Cologne on 27.09.2016. Dr. Dieter Veit, Academic Director and Ms.Sangeetha Ramaswamy of ITS- RWTH Aachen University and Ms.Ariane Elshof, University of Cologne conducted the workshop. Fifteen staff and twenty three students participated in the workshop. The workshop gave an eye opening about the University system of Germany to KCT students.

• The Department of Textile Technology organized a seminar on “Biomimetics- Textile Innovations” on 30.08.2016. Dr. Christopher Hurren, Institute of Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Australia, was the speaker.

• International Seminar - One day International Seminar on “Advances in Spinning and Weaving Machines” was organized jointly by Department of Textile Technology and TIFAC CORE on 29.08.2016. Mr.Varghese K. Xavier, General Manager and Branch Head of M/s Itema Weaving (India) Private Limited, Coimbatore and Prof.G Nagarajan, Aksum University, Ethiopia, conducted the seminar proceedings.

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Kumaraguru College of Technology is committed to provide quality education and training in

Engineering and Technology to prepare students for life and work. As the motto of the college

is “CHARACTER IS LIFE” it provides not only Engineering Technology education but also social

education. The Department of Human Excellence was started in the month of September in 2009

with a mission to impart knowledge about Indian culture, ethics, values and spiritual principles in

a modern idiom to the youth by employing a scientific and rational approach. It helps the youth to

unfold their hidden potentialities and achieve excellence in every field of life. To achieve this vision one

credit course is conducted for all the UG students up to the seventh semester. The Department has

two centres and a Yoga hall for the utility of the Students and Staff.

MAHATMA GANDHI STUDY CENTREThe Mahatma Gandhi Study Centre was inaugurated in June, 2009 by Arutchelvar. Dr. N. Mahalingam, Chairman, Kumaraguru College of Technology. It has a Photo Gallery consisting 100 photos of Mahatma Gandhi depicting some important events of Gandhiji’s life. The centre has books written on Mahatma Gandhi by various eminent authors of India and abroad. The videos are screened as a part of audio visual education to the students.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA STUDY CENTRESwami Vivekananda has been a perennial source of inspiration to millions of people worldwide. His sublime personality has left indelible imprints on the minds of people who have met him or read about him. Introducing such an awe inspiring humanist and world teacher to the students of Kumaraguru College of Technology, is the primary objective of Swami Vivekananda Study Centre. The centre has a photo gallery and library books.

YOGA HALLUlltra Ready-mix Concrete Pvt. Ltd., The Department has a Yoga hall named after Swami Vivekananda with an area of 2700sqft. This hall is used for mass yoga practice and also for conducting practical for the students.

Faculty Strength

Student Strength


25 546 1984

DEPARTMENTOF HUMAN EXCELLENCE


ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR 2016-17• Visiting hours for centres from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

• Youth Personality Development Annual Camp - July 2016

• Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi – 2nd October 2016

• National Youth Day - 12th Jan 2017

• Sarvodaya and Martyrs Day - 30th January 2017

• International Day of Yoga - 21st June 2017 (Yoga Sangamam)

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Sakthi Excellence Academy (SEA) involves and engages in a gamut of activities under three key

verticals namely Technical, Non-Technical and Socio-Cultural. With renewed vigor and enthusiasm,

year 2016-2017 saw SEA growing by leaps and bounds as it successfully launched the third batch

for the flagship PGDDE course and re-launched CVF Programme for SFL employees. SEA expanded

its horizons by widening its’ portfolio and made significant contributions in all verticals.

TECHNICALPG DIPLOMA PROGRAM IN DESIGN ENGINEERING FOR CMI (PGDDE)Course for the third batch was launched in the month of August 2016 after a meticulous and rigorous selection process. 18 male candidates (9 – GATE & 9 Non-GATE) hailing from various parts of India namely Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tripura, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were selected for the course. The regular Faculty for the course included Industry experts and Senior Academicians from KCT and other premium institutions of the Country. There were Guest lectures, Personality Development Session, NLP Sessions, Outbound training programme and Industry visits to FACT, Aurora Institute & Inspection services and ONGC. As a first of its kind, Webinar Classes were launched for this batch. The theory sessions were sufficiently supplemented by lab hours for the students to gain hands on experience for the fundamentals and nuances learnt in the classroom.

NON-TECHNICALTRAINING PROGRAM FOR SFL EMPLOYEESThe 5th Batch of Commercial Vehicle Financing (CVF) Programme for Sakthi Finance Limited (SFL) trainees was successfully launched. 9 students identified through a process are being trained and at the end of the same will join SFL as Marketing Officers. Various programs like Management development program, HR Intervention, NLP sessions, Induction & programs for marketing department were conducted for SFL employees during this year.

ACTIVITIES AT KCTBOOT CAMPSEA played a pivotal role and made significant contribution in Engineering Immersion Boot Camp 2016. Dr.Prema Narasimhan was an integral part of the entire event, “Swagatham” and “IGNITE”, where the fresh incoming students go through various sessions about KCT, Academic process, motivational sessions, Campus Tour & Opportunities at KCT. SEA Team worked in tandem with Office of Student Affairs (OSA) for the entire event and organized training program for Brigade Marshalls to equip them with inputs to train the students.

RECRUITMENT DRIVE – ZOHO UNIVERSITY

SEA in association with ZOHO University successfully completed the recruitment drive for the consecutive year during October 2016 at Coimbatore and Pollachi. 11 deserving candidates after four rounds in the selection process got recruited to work in a MNC with the support of ZOHO University.

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SAKTHIEXCELLENCE ACADEMY


SOCIO-CULTURALThe Socio Cultural wing of SEA focuses on a series of activities in Education, Women Empowerment, Wellness Initiatives, Environment, Health, Music and Culture under different sub-entities.

NAMADHU PANGU

Namadhu Pangu coordinated with Mr.Healer Bhaskar in organizing a health awareness session to 1200 students during Boot Camp 2016 for the fresh incoming Students. The wing participated and contributed to Coimbatore Peace Festival organized by Shanti Ashram Festival held during August 2016 to engage children and young people in local Peace building initiatives. UMANG, a function for the women housekeeping staff at KCT was celebrated in association with SEA during April 2017.

Holistic Health and Wellness Profiling event was organized during November 2016 for KCT students to emphasize on health and fitness. More than 1300 KCT Students including PGDDE Students and Housekeeping staff participated in this event. This effort was executed with the help and support of Department of S & H and Kumaran Hospital, Saravanampatti. Namadhu Pangu organized Laya Samarpanam, the exclusive Ghatam by Shri. Vikku Vinayakram, Grammy award winner on 20.3.2017 on the occasion of KCT Founders Day - Maha Utsav’17. Around 1000 students, Faculty and visitors enjoyed the beats and rhythms of soulful music. Anantha Jothi – Amudhu Pagirvome, an idea conceptualized by Namadhu Pangu to spread the values of Ayya, by sharing a handful of rice by all members inside KCT, was held during Founders Day. Students and staff volunteered and supported the cause happily, there were more than 1400 kgs of rice was collected, 300 kgs of rice was given to Shanthi Ashram and remaining to the people in need.

More than 2100 litres of milk was supplied to 600 children covering five schools in the surrounding region in the last one year. This is a perennial activity happening every Friday in the week. A Learning Center functions at Udayampalayam village for school children on all Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are creating a major impact in the lives of 25-30 Students, and 30 Student volunteers work towards this cause.

SOCIO-CULTURALSPICMACAY

KCT in association with SPICMACAY conducted a Lecture demonstration on Manipuri Raas Leela by Sri.Sinam Basu Singh, Manipur Classical Dancer during February 2017. Around 200 Students and Faculty participated in this event and appreciated the beauty of Manipuri classical dance.

CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL CAMP

Mangayarkarasi Trust organized a 5 day residential camp for rural children during May 2017. More than 250 children studying in classes 6 to 9 from different districts of Tamilnadu along with 30 teachers participated in the camp which focused on realizing self potential and building values among these children.

THEVARAM PANNISAI POTTI

To celebrate Ayya’s birth anniversary in a befitting manner and to encourage singing of Thevaram, a competition was organized for school children from various institutions in Tamilnadu and Othuvar during March, 2017 and the event turned out to be a memorable one.

CONCLUDING REMARK

SEA had a remarkable journey in the last one year adding a lot of value proposition to all its stakeholders under its three key verticals with new initiatives and streamlining of processes. With added agility and focus, SEA will relentlessly work towards excellence and it has the much needed fillip and drive to explore new avenues, horizontally and vertically under its ambit.

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Kumaraguru College of Technology is committed to provide quality education and training in

Engineering and Technology to prepare students for life and work. As the motto of the college

is “CHARACTER IS LIFE” it provides not only Engineering Technology education but also social

education. The Department of Human Excellence was started in the month of September in 2009

with a mission to impart knowledge about Indian culture, ethics, values and spiritual principles in

a modern idiom to the youth by employing a scientific and rational approach. It helps the youth to

unfold their hidden potentialities and achieve excellence in every field of life. To achieve this vision one

credit course is conducted for all the UG students up to the seventh semester. The Department has

two centres and a Yoga hall for the utility of the Students and Staff.

NEXT YEARGOALS AND PLANSTo conduct Post-Graduate programmes in specialized areas.

To conduct Training, Certificate, Short-term courses and awareness programmes.

To carry out research in textile technology and machinery.

To offer product development, testing and consultancy services.

To run an Information Centre on patents, know-how’s, technology, machinery and other products useful to industry.

INDUSTRYPARTNERSHIP • M/s.Reach Sewn Technologies &

Consulting Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore

• M/s.Sangeeth Textiles, Coimbatore

• M/s.Statex engineering, Coimbatore

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IMPERATIVEADVANCEMENTS• Technology Information, Forecasting

and Assessment Council (TIFAC), an autonomous organization under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi, aims to keep a technology watch on global trends and formulating preferred technology options for India. TIFAC’s Objectives is to undertake technology assessment and forecasting studies in selected areas of national economy, Watch global trends & formulation of preferred options for India, Promotion of key technologies, and Provide information on technologies. Former Honorable President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam while in service as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India first conceived this unique mission at the DST.


Faculty development programme on

PLASMA TREATMENT AND ELECTRO SPINNING OF TEXTILESFaculty Development Programme on “Plasma Treatment and

Electrospinning of Textiles” organized-Faculty from various

Engineering colleges and arts colleges participated on 10.6.16.

International seminar on

ADVANCES IN SPINNING AND WEAVING MACHINESKCT-TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology & Machinery in association

with Department of Fashion/Textile Technology organized

International seminar on “ADVANCES IN SPINNING AND WEAVING

MACHINES”-on 29.8.2016 at KCT. About 200 students/faculty from

various textile/apparel engineering/arts colleges attended the event.

Workshop on

TESTING OF TEXTILES AND APPARELSKCT-TIFAC CORE organized workshop on TESTING OF TEXTILES

AND APPARELS ON 29.9.2016. About 30 students and faculty

attended the programme. Chief Guest Shri K N Viswanathan,

Vice-President, Indian Cotton Federation, Coimbatore addressed

the participants and highlighted the importance of testing.

Short term training programme on

TESTING OF TEXTILES AND APPARELSKCT-TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology & Machinery in association with Department of Fashion Technology organized Short term training programme on “TESTING OF TEXTILES & APPARELS” on 15.11.2016 at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. About 48 students and 2 faculty from IFTK, KOLLAM, Kerala participated in the Short term training programme. Dr C Ramesh Kumar, Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles & Management, Coimbatore was the Chief Guest of the event.

Workshop on

TESTING OF TEXTILES AND APPARELSKCT-TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology & Machinery in association with Department of Fashion Technology organized Workshop on “TESTING OF TEXTILES & APPARELS” on 13.02.2017 at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. About 18 students and 1 faculty from Lady Doak College, Madurai participated in the workshop. Prof.A Rajagopal, Chief Executive, Indian Statistical Institute, Coimbatore was the Chief Guest of the event

Workshop on

TESTING OF TEXTILES AND APPARELSKCT-TIFAC CORE organized workshop on TESTING OF TEXTILES AND APPARELS ON 29.9.2016. About 30 students and faculty attended the programme. Chief Guest Shri K N Viswanathan, Vice-President, Indian Cotton Federation, Coimbatore addressed the participants and highlighted the importance of testing.

Workshop on

CAD FOR APPARELSKCT-TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology & Machinery in association with Department of Fashion Technology organized Workshop on “CAD for APPARELS” on 20.03.2017 & 21.3.2017 at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Faculty development programme

TEXTILE COMPOSITES FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONSFaculty Development Programme on “Textile Composites for Various Applications” was organized by KCT-TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology and Machinery in association with Department of Fashion/Textile Technology, on 30.5.2017. Faculty from various Engineering colleges and arts colleges participated in the FDP.

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iQUBEOn a voyage of imagining and creating new technologies to advance the entire existence in the

future. iQube is an incubation Centre for every aspiring tech fanatic. We aim at bringing out the

creator and discoverer in Students/Engineers. We are here to help tech fanatics to mould their

innovative ideas into products. We provide mentorship and guidance and set them in the correct

path to achieve what they have dreamt of.

COURSES HANDLED• Embedded Systems - 600

• Robotics - 200

• Cyber security - 800

• Android - 320

• Web Development - 200

• IoT - 800

PROGRAMSHANDLED• Arduino day

• IoT Boot Camp

• Cyber security Boot Camp

• Hackathons

-Botathon

-RiGathon

-Climathon

-Dover Hackathon

SERVICESOFFEREDWe’ll be offering a number of services in various fields. The services would basically come under the categories of:

• R&D Lab

• Training Programs

• Internships

• Tech Reviews and

• Project Guidance

which would satiate the innovative minds. With exciting inaugural offers, we aspire to enthuse more entrepreneurs into getting attached to our initiative and funding our cause. With an ambient location inside the campus, IQube envisions to draw the young engineers/entrepreneurs and thus establish a standard amongst the

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PROJECTS HAPPENING AT IQUBE• Quadcopter

• Biped Robot

• Robotic Hand

• Humanoid

• Bookshelf

• Smart Grid

• EKKI FMS

• Sphata Health Device

• Telepresence robot

• Intelligent Parking 11.Track-R

• Smart Home

• Apps

• Tennis Tutor

• Neuro-Intelligence

• Lobot

• Smart Campus

• Digital Signage and much more hobby projects.

MILESTONE EVENTS • Handling 3 Academic professional subjects for 180 students

at KCT.

• Enabled Coimbatore Police Cyber Team for a 55 days program.

• Winner and Runner-Up - Yu-Start Event hosted by CII and YI.

• 3rd price in NIYANTRA 2016.

• Selected to Pitch in USA for a product hosted by VIT.

• Hosted Arduino day event with an impact of 102 students with KIC Team.

• Created Coder’s, Gamer’s and RoboWar communities.

• Hosted 40 Hours of 6 Course each

-Embedded system and IoT – 30 Students

-Web Development – 18 Students

-Android Development – 15 Students

-IoS Development – 4 Students

-Game Development – 12 Students

-3D Design Development - 8 Students

• Developed a PC Game.

• Developed a defense BOT for KCT in RoboWar.

• In partnership with FORGE, Hosted 2 HACKATHON.

-BOTATHON

-Connected Device Product Hunt

• Currently working with 3 industries as solution provider and technology partner.

• 20+ Prototypes were successfully made.

• 4 Teams cleared in DOVER hackathon “thick-o-Fest” and went for funding to build the prototype.

• Handling 3 Academic professional subjects for 180 students at KCT.

• 2 Teams from iQube got selected to present in FOOD HACKATHON in NEW DELHI.

• 3 Students went to ISREAL for a course ”CYBER SECURITY” at TEL AVIV University for 1 month after attending SANDBOX hosted by FORGE.

• Won in GCASTM conference 2017, at VIT University and got tickets to participate in ASEE conference at Columbus.

• In partnership with KCT YUGAM, hosted 3 workshops

-Internet of Things – 120

-Android Development – 280

-Cyber Security - 280

• Working with a real time Agricultural project.

• Hosted 6 External workshops outside KCT.

• Mentored 12 SIP projects.

• POS system for KCTBS Angadi.

• Attended YI-Hackathon with 20 Students.

• Trackr Completed v1.0.

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GARAGEOn a voyage of imagining and creating new technologies to advance the entire existence in the

future. iQube is an incubation Centre for every aspiring tech fanatic. We aim at bringing out the

creator and discoverer in Students/Engineers. We are here to help tech fanatics to mould their

innovative ideas into products. We provide mentorship and guidance and set them in the correct

path to achieve what they have dream of.

COURSES HANDLED• Embedded Systems - 600

• Robotics - 200

• Cyber security - 800

• Android - 320

• Web Development - 200

• IoT - 800

PROGRAMS HANDLED• Arduino day

• IoT Boot Camp

• Cyber security Boot Camp

• Hackathons

-Botathon

-RiGathon

-Climathon

-Dover Hackathon

SERVICES OFFEREDWe’ll be offering a number of services in various fields. The services would basically come under the categories of:

• R&D Lab

• Training Programs

• Internships

• Tech Reviews and

• Project Guidance

which would satiate the innovative minds. With exciting inaugural offers, we aspire to enthuse more entrepreneurs into getting attached to our initiative and funding our cause. With an ambient location inside the campus, IQube envisions to draw the young engineers/entrepreneurs and thus establish a standard amongst the customers.

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ACHIEVEMENTSJune 2016

• Sakthi Racing 16, a team comprising of 30 members attended the SUPRA SAEINDIA which was held at Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida. They designed and manufactured a formula type racing vehicle.

• Team Blitzkrieg, the BAJA team of KCT attended the Virtual round of SAEINDIA BAJA which was held at Chitkara University, Chandigarh and cleared it.

July 2016

• Mr. Graeme Harris from Ara Institute of Canterburry visited our College when Garage had a training session handled by him on “Power modification in a 2 stroke Engine”.

• A visit to Kari Motor Sport was arranged for the interested students.

August 2016

• Team Legion, the Quad racing team of KCT attented the QuadTORC competition which was held at Chandpur, UP where they secured overall 2nd position and the winner of Kill the hill and manoeuvrability events.

• Team Zeall Racing, the kart racing team of KCT attended the Indian Kart Racing held at Coimbatore and secured the Best Innovation Award.

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September 2016

• National Racing Championship was held at Kari Motor Sports track where few of our students were selected for Marshalling.

• Team Zeall Racing participated in National Kart Racing Championship held at Kohlapur, Maharashtra and came runners-up in Innovation.

• IGNITE, the Engineering training program for the students to be in a racing team started in the month of September.

October 2016

• Team Legion racing participated in the Quad Bike Design Challenge held at KCT, Coimbatore and won the best aesthetics award and the endurance race.

December 2016

• Team Blitzkrieg participated in the Enduro Student India

competition held at Coimbatore, TN and secured overall 18th position out of the 120 colleges that participated from all over India.

January 2017

• Team Blitzkrieg participated in the Enduro Student India competition held at Coimbatore, TN and secured overall 18th position out of the 120 colleges that participated from all over India.

February 2017

• Team Blitzkrieg participated in the BAJA SAEINDIA competition held at Pithampur, MP and secured overall 18th out of the 160 colleges that participated from all over India.

March 2017

• Team Zeall Racing participated in the Formula Kart Design Challenge held at Bangalore, and won the Best Design award and Best Aesthetics award.

April 2017

• Team Falconz Racing, the solar kart team of KCT participated in Indo –Asian Solar challenge held at Punjab.

June 2017

• Sakthi Racing 17, participated in SUPRA SAEINDIA held at Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida during the month of June.

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CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCEIN ADVANCED DESIGN - CEAD

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LEADERSHIPCOUNCIL

The Leadership Council is a league of leaders who are working along with the management in

the holistic development of the student community. It is a student body comprising Presidents

of the Departmental Associations, Presidents of selected clubs (based on Arts, Literature Social,

Nationalistic, Ethics and Values, Health and Fitness), Sports Captains and Representatives from

UG/PG. Student leadership through this council will make the institution productive, progressive,

proactive and process oriented. The Leadership Council will be active in decision making in

institutional reforms.

ACCOMPLISHED TASKS• An Awareness on road safety was

given to all the students of first year by their DA presidents along with other LC members.

• Extra Timing for Hostel Sports Girls were granted beyond 7 pm for practice.

• All the Department Association Inaugurations were conducted successfully between 18-08-2017 and 1-10-2017.

• An idea was proposed to construct a Study Area at Boys Hostel along with a library where students can study individually as well as in groups.

• Ideas are generated to maintain Badminton Court at Dr.Arumugam Students Center and Leveling of Athletics Track and few Sports related Solutions were given.

• Leadership Council gave a complete framework in solving Seat Belt issue along with content and banners.

• An idea was given to implement Student Profiling System to collect the complete data of students.

LEARNINGS FROM• 2 day workshop called Emerge’17 on

student empowerment, opportunities, engagement, exposure, confidence, creativity to Club Presidents, DoA Presidents and LC members.

• Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA’17) headed by Mr. Vijay Kumar IPS and Mr. Kanagaraj IAS.

• Learnt basic First Aid Training from Mr.Krishnamoorthy, Secretary of St.John’s Ambulance Service, Tirupur.

• 3 day Outbound Training at NALS, Coonoor.

WORKING ON• Modified KCT Sports League to

engage Saturdays.

• 10 Points Action Plan from Department of Academics.

• Framing and Formation of Literature Wing.

• ERP System- Module installation for Transport and vehicle sticker approvals

• All the DoA Presidents and the LC members are working on Yugam’18.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

The efforts to renovate, upgrade and build new infrastructure for the institution have been consistent and designed to improve the learning and living environments. Key among the additions over the last several years, are the state-of-the-art auditorium, new and improved hostel facilities, revamped laboratories and classrooms and dining ambiences.


The east Kore, being located near the MVB, has Namma cafe and Kovai Giftshop being run in it. With easy accsess for hostellers and students and staffs, it has made quiet an impact already.

K’s cafe has been set up for the convinience of hostellers. Since its opened from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM, it saves them the time to have a quick crunch with the variety in the menu.

KORE - At the heart of any institution is its people. And KORE is the point where people, students, faculty, staff and guests come together to exchange notes, indulge in copious amounts of coffee and cakes, snack, lunch and breakfast through the day. With two large screens displaying interesting bits of news and events from around the world, and the soft background of music, KORE has become just what we intended it to be the core of KCT.

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Four Corners. From the time it was inaugurated, this has become a symbol of everything KCT stands for; embedded beneath the founder’s photograph, is the motto, ‘Character is Life’. A verse from the Thirukkural follows as a subtle reminder of the true goals and pursuiits of life. The Four Corner and the paths leading upto it are a vehicle-free zone.

FOUR CORNERS


The dining halls for the hostellers have been revamped with a larger, more spacious place. The boys’ dining hall can seat 1440 students at one time and the girls’ dining hall accommodates 1008 girls.

BOYS AND GIRLS DINING

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The International Guest House embraces a blend of aesthetics and functionality. In addition to 13 executive rooms, the guest house also rooms a gallery and library. We see this becoming a hub of cultural and intellectual exchange on campus.


KRAFT when its finishing touches are done, this is where we expect fitness enthusiasts to find their comfort zone. Kraft houses state-of-the-art equipment.

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We have conceived a Maha Mandapam, to be built in Dravidian architectural style. This eight-pillared structure is a humble and reverential tribute to the extraordinary life and the magnificent vision of our Founder. The Mandapam structure and space will act as a space for remembrance and reflection of our revered Founder and his life’s philosophy.

A humble, reverential tribute to the life and legacy of our founder

A r u t c h e l v a r D r. N . M a h a l i n g a m


The granite stone mandapam will bring together the aesthetics of ancient temple structures and infuse contemporary dimensions and materials. The structure will portray the lives of Arutchelvar, Saint Vallalar and Mahatma Gandhi - the guiding forces of KCT.

MAHA MANDAPAM

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SIGNATURE EVENTS

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INTER-COLLEGIATE TECHNO CULTURAL FEST


KCT Yugam, a five day National level Techno-Cultural fest, where one can get recognized, be inspired and celebrate is held at Kumaraguru College of Technology at Coimbatore for three days during 9-13 February 2016.

Yugam, meaning an era, is an amalgam of competitions, inspirational talks, music, dance, workshops, proshows and much more. Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent and Dr. RS Kumar, Principal of Kumaraguru college of technology (KCT) presided over the event for three days and held it in a grand manner. The KCT Yugam event aimed at stimulating the youth to elevate aspirations, fight challenges and to achieve big.

A total of 9543 students from over 150 colleges and universities took part in the first day event, which had a good response and perception among the students in the campus.

KCT Yugam conducted 105 events + 25 workshops including culturals, exhibitions and technical competitions. The highlight of the events were: Aqua Missile, Glider, Parachute making, Next Einstein, Mini dirt bike, Robo soccer, Amazing race, Business quiz, and various technical competitions.

There were inspirational talks by Major D.P. Singh, Dabbawalas and King Sidharth at KCT Campus. Following that there

were Proshows conducted by Ability Unlimited and Stephen Devassy. Workshops were conducted by Soliton, Bosch, Audi, L&T, etc.

Our major sponsors were ABT Foods, TVS, HP, CTS, Soliton and Bosch.


Founder’s Day is an occasion to remember the inspiring life of Arutchelvar Dr. N. Mahalingam; emulate his high thinking and simple living, and work towards realising his vision for an empowered, socially conscious humanity.

The Founder’s Day for the year 2016 was both a moment to remember the great ideals of the founder, celebrate his vision and also take concrete steps to fulfil the vision he set for this institution.

MARCH 19th-21st 2016

The Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship Awards

Apart from the Government sponsored scholarships, the Management of Kumaraguru College of Technology has instituted merit scholarship in the college. The top 10 rank holders in each class of B.E./B.Tech, and top 3 rank holders

in each class of M.E/M.Tech and MBA/MCA are given Rs10,000/- each every academic year. 1021 students of B.E/ B.Tech, M.E/ M.Tech and MBA/ MCA were benefited during 2015-16 with a scholarship of Rs. 1.02 Crores. This scholarship is named after the Father of our Nation.

1.02 CRORE`

C e l e b r a t i n g

1018 A c h i e v e r s w i t h

worth of Scholarship

M a r c h 1 9 t h , 2 0 t h & 2 1 s t ( S a t , S u n & M o n )Kumaraguru Col lege of Technology, Coimbatore

Maha Jyothi ExhibitionsThe Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship Awards

Thevarap Pannisaip PottiSilamba Sangaman

Dr.N.Mahalingam Memorial FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Tournament

MAHA UTSAV’16EST. 1984


Graduation Day for 2015 batch was held on 14th and 15th May 2016 for 1516 graduates out of which 381 students graduated first class with distinction and 1021 students graduated with first class. The Chief Guests were Mr.Jayadev Galla, MP, Guntur and MD of Amara Raja Batteries and Mr. Vijay K. Thadani, Vice Chairman & MD, NIIT Ltd, Co-Founder, NIIT University.

BATCH OF 2015

14th & 15th May 2016

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EIBC was initiated to facilitate the smooth transformation of the students from school to college environment. It provides a forum for them to understand the prevailing scenario and acclimatize themselves with the institute for the next four years. A brief about the institute, its values, objectives, various clubs & forums are introduced to students helping them to plan their journey with the institute in a much better way. EIBC is a five day camp, which holistically covers various aspects of the life of an engineering graduate. The highlight of the camp is; it is conducted by the students of KCT, so that the bonding & level of understanding of the concepts & ideologies are high as they belong to the same age group.

Schedule:

• Day 1: What is KCT- Culture ,Values and Opportunities

• Day 2: Academics - Engineering in KCT

• Day 3: Holistic growth, Staying sound and Stable

• Day 4: Systems and Processes

ENGINEERING IMMERSION BOOT CAMP (EIBC)


Every year the students of the passing out batch is bid farewell department-wise and year-wise. During the department-wise farewell, the students are felicitated by the concerned department heads, faculty, non-teaching staff and their juniors. During the year-wise farewell, all the students of the passing out batch are invited and wished well. The idea is to take the students through the years of their stay in KCT and various contributions made by their batch towards building the nation. The students provided their feedback and suggestions for improvement related to academic, infrastructure, facilities and amenities.

FAREWELL 2016

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RESEARCH & INNOVATION

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Research Promotion

For each department, thrust areas of research were identified . Further, Research work group members were assigned for each department to coordinate the research activities of the department viz. Thrust areas. In this context, Dr. P.Ramasamy , Director ,Research centre , SSN College of Engineering , Chennai was invited on 02-03-2016 for the promotion of Research campus. Dr.P.Ramasamy had an interaction meeting with Chairman, HoDs , Research work group and students . He discussed the various outcomes of research and funding agencies for the research projects. Also, he emphasised the seed money grant to the faculty and students from the management funds so that research work will be initiated by the large group of faculty and students. This would bring a research culture and environment to do research in the campus. Also, a student research centre is started (RE) in this period to promote students research in the campus.

Research Papers published in the Journals and Conference Proceedings

INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL OTHERSPeer Review Journals 164 35Non-Peer Review Journals 44 18e-Journals 99 20 1Conference proceedings 109 62 8

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

DURING PERIODMAY 2015-JUNE 2016

RESEARCH &DEVELOPMENT


Research Activities

R&D activities include academic research in a sustained manner leading to a PhD degree, preparation, review and submission of research proposals to funding agencies and publication of research findings in journals and conference proceedings. Also efforts are made to involve in collaborative research in emerging fields. During the above period, an MoU has been signed with ARA Institute of Technology, New Zealand for the collaborative research in the area of CFD, Engine Simulation and motor racing. MoU with ARA includes faculty exchange and student internships . In the same period MoU signed with Tel Aviv University, Israel for the collaborative research, faculty exchange and student internships.

While research pursued by a large number of faculty members are supported with incentives, younger faculty members are encouraged to pursue research with registration for Ph.D. During this year 130 faculty are involved in their PhD programme. During this period, 22 PhD degree has been awarded to faculty by Anna University , Chennai. Faculty members and students are sponsored to attend the conferences and symposium abroad. Students of various departments undergone internships at foreign universities . Faculty members visited foreign universities for a period of two weeks as a part of the exchange programme. Further, faculty from foreign universities visited and delivered lectures and co-ordinated training programme in our institute to faculty and students.

During this period, various funding agencies sanctioned Research funds for the total amount of Rs 72.3 lakhs . Periodic reviews are held to ensure timely and satisfactory completion of these projects. Apart from government agencies faculty members are involved with private industries sponsored research in the area of welding, valve design, corrosion to Cameron Manufacturing Industry, Coimbatore involving UG and PG students. Research work related to blower used in textile mills and synchronous motor design to M/s Lakshmi Electrical Drives Limited are being carried out in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Departments.

Management has sanctioned 24 projects with the grant of 39 lakhs during Phase I for investigative research. They have enabled the faculty members put forward proposals for more substantial research projects sponsored by funding agencies belonging to Government of India and other agencies. Students research initiative motivated by the management with sanctioned grant of Rs 20 lakhs during the year 2016-17(Phase I). Further , students are encouraged to do innovative projects at iQube. Students carrying out automotive design vehicles and participating national events like SAE SUPRA and BAJA have won prizes. Faculty members published their research findings in journals and conference proceedings.

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ACTIVITIES

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The sports club is a very active club in KCT. The large spacious ground is never empty. The year 2015-16 has been a remarkable year for sports in KCT. The fllowing were some of the acheivements:

Anna University Inter Zone Badminton Men Champions

Anna University Zone XI Overall Champions

Champions in Anna University Zone XI Table Tennis Men & Women, Badminton Men, Volley Ball Men, Kabaddi Men and Hockey Men.

Runners Up in Anna University Zone XI Kho-Kho Men, Volley Ball Women, Badminton Women, Basket Ball Women, Athletic Men & Women, Hand Ball Men, Chess Men.

Champions in KICS’15 Badminton Men & Women, Table Tennis Men, Chess Women, Kho-Kho Women.

Runners up in KICS’15 Basket Ball Men, Ball Badminton Men and Hand Ball Men

Champions In 5th SIICAA Badminton Men & Women, Ball Badminton Men, Basket Ball Men & Women, Hand Ball Men, Foot Ball Men, Volley Ball Men, Kho-Kho Women, Table Tennis Men, Chess Men and Athletic Men & Women.

Runners Up in 5th SIICAA Kho-Kho Men, Volley Ball women, Throw Ball Women and Chess Women

Champions in 7th CENTIES Badminton Men

Runners Up in 7th CENTIES Kho-Kho Women and Ball Badminton Men.

Champions in Throw Ball Women team in Sasurie and Adithya Trophy.

The Sports forum has conducted many zonal competitions and our own competitions in KCT as a way to promote health, sports and fitness. events that were hosted by KCT during the year 2015-2016 were:

Ultimate Kumite National Karate Coaching Camp

Coimbatore District Paralympic Meet

KICS ’15 Arutselvar Dr.Mahalingam Rolling Trophy an Inter Engineering Tournament

Anna University Zone XI Badminton Men & Women Tournament

Anna University Zone XI Cricket Men Tournament

Tamilnadu State Junior Silambam championship-2015

Anna University Zone XI Hockey Men Tournament

Anna University Zone XI Athletics Men & Women Meet

5th National Paralympic Sitting Volley Ball Championship

32nd State Karate championship

Anna University Inter Zone Fencing Champion ship for Men & Women

Anna University Paralympics Athletic Meet for Men & Women

Founders Day Rapid Chess Tournament

Silamba Sangamam Founders Day – Limca Book of Record

National Hand Ball Coaching Camp

SPORTS

KCT

COBRAS

KCT

TIGERS

KCT

LIONS

KCT

JUMBOS

SHARKS

KCT KCT

EAGLES

KCT

RHINOS

KCT

WOLVES

KCT

COBRAS

KCT

TIGERS

KCT

LIONS

KCT

JUMBOS

SHARKS

KCT KCT

EAGLES

KCT

RHINOS

KCT

WOLVES

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INTERNATIONALPARTNERSHIPS

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MOU’S SIGNED

KCT Signed a MoU with Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand

KCT signed a MoU with RWTH Aachen University

KCT signed a MoU with University of Leeds

KCT Signed a MoU with Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand for student and faculty exchange; joint research and events; academic partnerships; joint programs. The MoU was signed by Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent of KCT and Mr. Kay Giles, Chief Executive of Ara of Institute of

Canterbury. Dr. Teresa Schwellnus, Head of the Business School of visited Kumaraguru College of Technology on April 18, 2016 and the MoU was signed and exchanged. She also had discussions with KCT Business School, addressed the BS students on SMEs in NZ and sensitized the summer school students on their visit to New Zealand.

KCT and Excellence Initiatives–International Network of Knowledge (EIINK) have signed a MoU with RWTH Aachen University’s International Academy represented by Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar and Dr. Helmut Dinger on May 23, 2016. The purpose of the memorandum is to build the relations between two partners in emphasizing the academic value of Scientific Interactions and student exchange.

KCT signed a MoU with University of Leeds, United Kingdom on November 5, 2015. The purpose of the memorandum mainly focuses on the faculty and student exchange between the two partners. The student exchange and credit transfers have been detailed in the MoU.


study tour at ara institute of canterbury

Textile Department Students in Czech Republic

Students of KCT Business School are undergoing a Summer School Program on Business & Entrepreneurship at Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand from April 26 - May 9, 2016. The program also includes lectures, roundtable discussions, projects, presentations, visits to companies, adventure sports, nature walks and sightseeing. Students have opted for home stay to have a real experience of NZ and its culture and people!

Four KCTians from the department of Textiles visited Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic from May 16 to June 15, 2016 through the MoU between the Institutions. Ravichandran Rani Vengateishver & Thangamuniyandi Vigneshkarthikeyan did a literature study of 3D Knitted Structure of Spacer Fabrics. Krishnaswamy Abishek & Chinnannan Gokul carried out a literature study of Thermo-Physiological Properties of 3D Spacer Fabrics.

GLOBAL CONNECT

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Students of Mechanical Engineering in Germany

Civil Engineering Student in UK

A Visit to THE Kiwi Land

Mithun Raja Subramanian, Saainath Ravichandran, Sangeeth Eswaran, Vinay Sidharth Vignesh from Final year Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering were in RWTH Aachen University, Germany from June 20 - July 4, 2016 for the Automotive and Mobility Studies Summer School.

Darun Kumar Maheswaren of Final Year of the Undergraduate Program of Civil Engineering was in University of Leeds, UK from July 2 – 31, 2016 for Leeds International Summer program (LISS). Taking advantage of the vibrant, student friendly city of Leeds, and the rich history, culture and natural beauty of the area, the summer school combines world-class tuition with local knowledge, academic-related field trips, and a wide variety of social activities. Through experiential learning and field trips, students will spend lots of time outside of the classroom, enjoying hands-on learning that will give them insights into British culture, history and society. The summer school has a busy social programme to help you make the most of their time in Leeds as well as further afield.

Shri hari of final year Mechanical department and Dheena Dhayalan of final year Electronics and Instrumentation department attended the two week “Business and Entrepreneurship” study tour at Ara Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand from August 8 to 20, 2016

GLOBAL CONNECT


Future Plans

International Robotics Certification program was conducted for 3 days from 25 August 2016 to 27 August 2016. During the 3 days the students were introduced to many new concepts with respect to programming, ROS, etc.

They were given task to be presented by Aateck, Students were also given practical experience by taking them to an industry – Effica Automations where they asking challenging questions, felt the real time experience of Robotic Automations. One of the highlight of the program was getting to know NAO – a 58 cm humanoid, which is a personalized robot companion. It was wonderful to experience the boundaries of robotics when NAO did yoga posses and danced to some exciting numbers, everyone enjoyed the learning process.

Third day was for presentation of the project. The presentations were focused and of high quality. Furthermore session by Mr.Arun Damodaran DENSO Europe, Ms. Varsha Kulkarni from Singapore and Mr. Arvind Research Scholar, Bosch Stuttgart became a forum for advanced learning. Overall the students enjoyed the learning experience.

The KCT International Partnerships office is keen in collaborating with different Universities around the world. The partnerships will be focused on Dual Degree program, Student & Faculty mobility between the Varsities.

INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

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ALUMNI

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ALUMNITECH LECTURE

21.01.2016 - Alumni Tech Lecture by Mr.Ravi Shankar -Project manager at THE FOUNDRY

Lecture given on Vfx to the CSE Students.

23.3.16 - Lecture on Software testing & Project management by our Alumnus Ms. Shweatha Govindhan followed by Panel discussion by our Alumni Mr.Ramaguru-Bosch, Ms.Shweatha- Accenture, UK & Mr.Arun -Shankar IAS Acedamny on the topic of Path to Success.

7.03.2016 - Mr.Arun Karthi Manoharan Alumni lecture on Product description and implementation of APACHE EAGLE in Ebay & Development Trends Using Recent Open Source Software


ALUMNI MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INAUGURATION

ALUMNI UK & USA MEET

We have revamped the Alumni portal of KCT Alumni Association along with the launch of the Alumni App for our Association. Office bearers of KCT Alumni association and Alumni department coordinator launched the Alumni App.

The Website and App will enable our alumni to connect with each other and with our alumni association to enhance the Alma mater and alumni networking.

To engage the international Alumni of KCT we have conducted Alumni meets to receive their feedbacks for the future prospects for the student empowerment. Joint correspondent of KCT Shree Shankar Vanavarayar and R S Kumar Principal visited Uk US and Germany to Interact with the Alumni International alumni meet in UK 31st Oct 2015 to 8th Nov 2015.

International alumni meet in San Franciso, USA on 11.06.2016 with around 20 Participants.

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TRAINING & PLACEMENTSTRAINING & PLACEMENTS

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KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

TRAINING & PLACEMENT

2016 Batch –Placement Report

1053

762

1194

RegisteredPlacedOffers


The Placement Cell of KCT plays a vital role by serving as a platform for Corporates and Young graduates to interact for mutual benefits.

Services are provided throughout the year to prepare students and help those secure placements. The number of students placed through

campus placement programs is on the rise every year.

VISION• To initiate the career for all the eligible students of every branches in the core industries

• To impart training to the students in Soft-skills and Aptitude in order to make them industry ready professionals

• To place the students in MNCs and Overseas

COMPANIES VISITED

CORE COMPANIES

2016 Batch

Companies visited

Core Companies

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817

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CoreProductServices

StartupsManagement

4

8

2011

13

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Bio-Tech

Construction

Manufacturing

Electronics

Textile

Electrical

Automation

Aerospace

2016 Batch

Companies visited

Core Companies

6641

817

4

CoreProductServices

StartupsManagement

4

8

2011

13

26 2

Bio-Tech

Construction

Manufacturing

Electronics

Textile

Electrical

Automation

Aerospace


SOFTWARE / PRODUCT

CORE COMPANIES


AE-Aeronautical EngineeringEI-Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

AU-Automobile Engineering FT-Fashion Technology

CE-Civil Engineering IT-Information Technology

BT-Bio Technology MC-Mechatronics Engineering

CS-Computer Science & Engineering ME-Mechanical Engineering

EC-Electronics & Communication Engineering TT-Textile Engineering

EE-Electrical Engineering

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Placed

Salary Details

Training Programmes Conducted

Programme No. of Hours

Aptitude Training 98 Hrs

Communication Skills 72 Hrs

C/C++ Programming 96 Hrs

Technical Training Department-wise 72 Hrs

Online Placement Test 30 Tests

Online Technical Test 10 Tests

Programming Tests (for Circuit Branches) 11 Tests

Mock Group Discussion 06 Nos

Mock Interview 05 Nos

Company Speci�c Training 10 Nos

0

5

10

15

20

25

Minimum Average Maximum

2.5

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Salary Details

Training Programmes Conducted

Programme No. of Hours

Aptitude Training 98 Hrs

Communication Skills 72 Hrs

C/C++ Programming 96 Hrs

Technical Training Department-wise 72 Hrs

Online Placement Test 30 Tests

Online Technical Test 10 Tests

Programming Tests (for Circuit Branches) 11 Tests

Mock Group Discussion 06 Nos

Mock Interview 05 Nos

Company Speci�c Training 10 Nos

0

5

10

15

20

25

Minimum Average Maximum

2.5

4.5

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GOING FORWARD

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Higher education institutions in India are facing multiple challenges today a rapidly changing world, the demands on talent from corporate institutions, paucity in terms of talent retention for academic needs, and the employability quotient amongst students, amongst numerous others.

Kumaraguru College of Technology has been consistently marching forward, addressing critical parameters for growth and holistic development of the institution. The following parameters are designed to address key challenges over the next three years.

Academic inputs

Well designed OBE curriculum

Mapping industry-demanded competencies

Enabling critical and analytical thinking and developing an ethically sound and socially conscious young minds)

Innovative teaching in class room and laboratories with extensive use of technology—(NPTEL, MOOCs and other online resources in an ICT enabled learning environment)

Testing and evaluation methods of credible standards, fostering a research fervor among the human resources for both faculty and students.

Student care

Implementing the CBCS in letter and spirit

Development of technological platforms and tools for all campus activities backed by state-of-the-art technical infrastructure (Moodle – Mobile apps- Automated display Boards – Information Kiosks- Wi-fi enabled campus)

Active and performing Clubs and forums to kindle and nurture creativity

Managerial and leadership skills

Enabling minds to pursue their passion through designed and structured opportunities

Coaching and guidance for career and competitive examinations such as GATE/CAT/GRE/TOEFL

Promotion of sports and games

Space and tools for spiritual learning

Practicing Yoga, music, fine arts, counselling services to render help and facilitate the learning journey


Networking with Industry and Institutions

Strengthening external and internal communication

Facilitating industry-institute research and development

Industry certification courses for students, supplementing their degree

Mutually beneficial technology sharing and Programmes for revenue generation and sharing etc.

Programmes for entrepreneurial development

Technology business incubators and industry sponsored R&D facilities

Product Development and testing facilities

Placement and career related training to be integrated from second semester onwards.

International Collaborations

Learning facility for foreign languages as part of curriculum or beyond curriculum

Regular participation in select international events

MoUs with accredited universities for student and staff exchange

Certification / diploma Programmes of foreign universities at KCT

Collaborative courses with credit transfer options

Faculty Development

Intensive and consistent training for faculty linked to career advancement

Identification of researchers early and providing incentives for good research, publication and patents

Inter-disciplinary research groups with targets and internal funding

Institutional Goals

Identifying year-wise targets and integrating the processes with relevant interface before the commencement of academic year

Bringing automation and reducing paper work across all departments

Adapting a maintenance cycle and calendar for all infrastructural facilities

Reviewing and Simplification of existing administrative processes and the interface between administrative and academic departments for better outputs.

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