GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, THRISSUR

ANNUAL REPORT ISTE STUDENTS’ CHAPTER

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ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT OF ISTE STUDENTS’ CHAPTER

Opening up a plethora of avenues for the budding engineers of GECT, ISTE Students’

Chapter has striven incessantly to diversify its activities. Govt. Engineering College,

Thrissur is one of the most-sought after colleges of Kerala and places pivotal

significance on the overall development of the students rather than restricting their focus

into the academic domain alone. ISTE Students’ Chapter of GECT realizes the true

potential of the young engineers and encourages them to push all the limits, to achieve

what might seem impossible. Every year, we organize a wide variety of activities for the

same. The support and encouragement extended by ISTE Kerala Section has been the

driving force for all our activities. We have just completed yet another eventful year. The

following is a list of activities conducted by ISTE Students’ Chapter from August 2013 to

August 2014:

Manilal A. M. Binoy B. B.

Secretary Faculty Advisor

1. INCEPTO – 12TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF ISTE KERALA

Incepto’13 was the 12th Annual Student’s Convention of ISTE Kerala Section held at

TKM College of Engineering, Kollam on 16th and 17th August 2013. It was a rostrum for

young engineers to bring out the innate flair in them. It provided a platform for the

students to come and explore the realms of science and technology. The event

consisted of various technically oriented competitions.

The convention commenced with the inaugural function held in the college auditorium

on 16th September 2013. ISTE Student’s Chapter of Government Engineering College,

Thrissur received the award for the “Best Students Chapter with maximum number of

activities ˝ in the inaugural function of INCEPTO’13. Abhi Aravind received the “Student

of The Year” award for her hard work and dedication towards the various activities

conducted by ISTE.

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Committee members of ISTE Students’ Chapter receiving the “Best Chapter Award”

About 200 students from Government Engineering College, Thrissur

participated in INCEPTO’13. Students of GEC Thrissur ensured their active participation

throughout the event and made our college live up to its legacy of being front-runners.

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Ms. Abhi Aravind T A receiving the “Best Student” award

Nithin P V, Nikhil Thomas and Praveen Pradeep of our college upheld the name of

GECT by being the 1st prize winners in the most exiciting event ‘Aquaphenoix’.

AdarshVijayan, Amal George and Harikrishnan K of GEC-T bagged the 2nd place in the

same event which added to the victory of GECT. GEC-T’s domination in technical

activities was again promoted when our team comprising of Rajesh Damodharan,

Praveen Prasad, Sachin Chandran and Nithin P V showcased their skills in robotics and

became the winners of the most thrilling event of INCEPTO’13, the Robowar. Circuit

analyzing skills of our students was showcased in the event ‘Glow it Mr.Edison’.

Praveen and Rajesh Damodharan of GECT were awarded the 1st and 2nd prizes

respectively for ‘Glow it Mr.Edison’. ‘Build ‘em up’ was an event that combined the art

and science of theoreticals. Manu of GECT was judged as the winner for this creative

event. Students of GEC also proved their skills in SQL Data Mining by being the 1st and

2nd prize winners for the same. Rajeev S and Paul Davis of GECT were the adjudged

winners in ‘SQL Data Mining’. Abhilash and Abhay of GECT bagged the second shot.

Our students also achieved prizes in general quiz as well as in quiz on industrial safety.

Ashwin, Sandesh, Vishnu S Kumar and Swathi P G were the master brains who won

the quiz competitions. Out of the six finalists of the most exciting event, ‘Best Manager’,

four were from GEC Thrissur. Arun Jacob of GECT was honoured as 1st runner-up in

Best Manager. Again, GECT was showered with awards in ‘Shell Scripting’ and ‘Coding

2x Relay’ by Rajeev S and Paul Davis. Sooraj and Shivapriya of GECT were awarded

the 2nd prize in the event ‘Creatio’ where technical capability and creativity of emerging

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engineers was being tested. Meera and Ashwin of GECT were honoured with 2nd prize

in ‘Paper Presentation’.

The convention was concluded by the valedictory function on 17th September. Winners

of various competitions were honoured on the function. Students of GEC Thrissur

performed well in the wide medley of competitions conducted and bagged the overall

champions’ trophy at INCEPTO’13.

2. GOOGLE APPS WORKSHOP

In order to familiarize with the apps offered by Google, the ISTE GEC Students’

Chapter conducted a one day workshop on ‘Google Apps’. The workshop which was

conducted on 28th August 2013, was led by Prof. Jinu K T, Professor and Head of the

Department of Electrical Engineering, IES Chittilappilly.

Prof. Jinu K T addressing the students

50 students who participated were of the opinion that the workshop was

beneficial. So, the programme which aimed at making students aware about the various

google apps was able to achieve its goal. The session included classes about various

apps like google map, gmail, google drive, google calendar, youtube, play store, google

chrome, google docs, google plus, etc.

Through the interactive class, the students were able to clear their doubts about

the topic. They were interested in knowing more about several apps like google play

store, google docs etc. and Prof. Jinu K T helped them to know more about it. The

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workshop was a really new experience and the students could utilize the opportunity to

a great extent.

3. SREENIVASA RAMANUJA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

The students’ chapter of ISTE, GEC, and Thrissur conducted the ISTE-SREENIVASA

RAMANUJA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION of 2013. The syllabus of the exam

included mathematics of both higher secondary level and B.Tech level. There was also

a separate syllabus for students and teachers of polytechnic colleges.

The chapter level examination was conducted on 30th August in which more than 100

students and 20 teachers participated, all belonging to GEC, Thrissur.

Chapter Level Examination of SRMC 2013

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Chapter Level Examination of SRMC for teachers

The zonal level exam held on 9TH NOVEMBER 2013 in our College. It was an honour

that our college was selected as a venue for the zonal level examination. A total

number of 34 students and 15 teachers were selected for the zonal level from GEC,

Thrissur, TocH Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam and Vidya Academy of

Science and Technology, Thrissur by conducting chapter level exam in their respective

colleges. The 3 hour exam began at 2 PM. Prof. C. P. Sunil Kumar, Chairman was the

coordinator. Faculty adviser Prof. Binoy B B took over the invigilation duty.

Sixteen students belonging to GEC Thrissur were selected for the zonal level exam

1 Sravan Pai

2 Ramesh Krishnan

3 Sagar M. Sabu

4 Anu K. Jose

5 Akhil M.V

6 Yogesh

7 Jenit Tomy

8 Keerthik Manuel

9 Samuel Mani

10 Jomy Varghese

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11 Anju S.

12 Sarang P

13 Anu N.

14 Rakesh P.

15 P. Rishikesh Menon

16 Ajay Raj K.

Zonal level examination of SRMC

The national level exam held on 25TH January 2014 in our College. Eight students

belonging to GEC, Thrissur were selected for the national level exam:

1. Anju S

2. YogeshSabareenath

3. Akhil M V

4. RishikeshMenon P

5. SravanPai

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6. Anu N

7. Ramesh Krishnan

8. JenitTomy

National Level examination of SRMC

Faculty members Jayan M V and Gladwin Jos K P also qualified for the national level

exam for Teachers. Anju S (S6 EEE) won a consolation prize of Rs. 2000 in the national

level and also a cash prize of Rs. 5000 in the zonal level bringing pride and honour to

our college.

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4. EXPO – ISRO AND KNPP

An expo was organized in the Department of Electrical and Electronics, including

exhibits from ISRO and Koodamkulam Nuclear Power Project as a part of our tech fest

Dyuthi on 11th, 12th and 13th of September 2013. About 600 students participted for the

expo.

Students visiting the stall of ISRO

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1SRO, Indian Space Research Organization is the primary agency under the

department of space(established in 1972) for executing space programmes. This expo

included various missions of ISRO such as sounding rockets, remote sensing satellites,

INSAT, geostationary satellites and polar satellites. Starting from Aryabhatta to the

recent Chandrayaan 1 and RISAT1 satellites, ISRO had demonstrated its capability to

build and launch its own launch vehicles and satellites. After placing the Indian tricolor

onto the moon, ISRO is now looking towards probing the unexplored frontiers of MARS

and the SUN. ISRO has also set its size on the development of a heavy lift boost, GSLV

MK-111. A variety of Rohini sounding rockets that had been developed for conducting

scientific and technological experiments, were exhibited. In addition to this, models of

PSLV and GSLV were displayed. PSLV can launch 1700 kg class remote sensing

satellites into a 620 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit. GSLV is capable of launching

2000kg class satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO).The models of

geostationary satellites of India such as INSAT series,2E,3B,3D etc which were very

innovative to our students. GSLV MARK-111, to place 4000kg class satellites in GTO,

is under development. INSAT, Indian National Satellite System is a multipurpose

satellite system for telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorological,

disaster warning and search and rescue. Also the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite such

as IRS -1C, IRS- P3, IRS -1D etc offered space –based data in range of spectral bands,

spatial resolutions and swaths.

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At the stall of ISRO

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station in Koodankulam in

the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The plant's first reactor

is the first Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) belonging to the Light Water

Reactor (LWR) category in India, and the 21st nuclear power reactor in the country.

Various charts and models depicting the reactors, safety measurements etc were on

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display. The officials were always there to explain all about the functioning of the

reactors. The plant uses the advanced version of Russian-developed PWR nuclear

technology called VVER. VVER stands for Vodo-Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactor,

which means Water-Water Power Reactor. The VVER technology has completed more

than 1,500 reactor-years of operating time. The KNPP is installed with AES-92 (or V-

466 model), the latest version of the third generation VVER-1000, that offers greater

safety and longer lifespan. The AES-92 design features a combination of active and

passive safety solutions. It retains the traditional active safety provisions, such as the

use of neutron absorbing control rods to control the reactivity. The passive safety

system incorporated in the design relies on natural factors, such as pressure

differentials, gravity or natural convection to ensure protection against malfunction of the

reactor during emergency situations.

Students visiting the stall of KNPP

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5. BASIC C PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP

The ISTE students’ chapter of GEC, Thrissur has always presented something new

and helpful for the students. And this time, it was the first year students who benefitted

from the two day workshop on C PROGRAMMING held on 19th and 20th of October

2013. The intention was to make the students, especially those who hadn’t studied

computer science in the higher secondary level, familiar with the basics of C

Programming.

The first step was to collect the names of the interested students by making them

register their names online prior to the workshop. About 135 students registered and a

fee of Rs.50/- was collected. On the first day, the participants were addressed by Prof.

C P Sunilkumar, Chairman ISTE Chapter Thrissur, and student convener Sujith A K

(S7 CE) gave a small introduction about ISTE and its objectives to the participants.

A theory class was organized on the first day and we had some students of computer

science department willing to render their help. Sreelal, Vijeenrosh P W and Rajeev S of

S7 CSE, JitheshVijayakumar and Albince Paliakkara of S5 CSE, who are well

experienced in the field of coding websites and programming softwares, took classes

about the fundamentals of C PROGRAMMING which turned out to be a real help for

beginners. The classes began at 9.30 AM and came to an end by 4 PM. On the second

day of the workshop the participants had a practical session where they could test their

knowledge by trying out the programs given to them in the computer lab. Varun Mulloli

of S7 CSE and Abhay Krishnan of S3 CSE and many students from S5, S3 and also

S1S2 of various departments came forward to help the participants in the lab and to

clear their doubts. At the end of the practical session the participants gained a basic

idea about the fundamentals of C and programming logic which would be an asset to

them throughout their academic years and also when they pursue a profession.

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Practical session of the C Programming Workshop

The two day workshop came to an end with a concluding ceremony wherein the

participants were awarded with a certificate by Prof. Binoy B B. DwarakLal (S7 CE),

Secretary, ISTE GEC Chapter delivered the vote of thanks.

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Theory session of C Programming Workshop

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Faculty Advisor Prof. Binoy B B presenting a token of gratitude to Mr. Rajeev S

6. DEBATE ON “INDIA’S MISSION TO MARS, MANGALYAN, A

BANE OR BOON”

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's first mission to Mars left Earth's orbit early on 5th

November 2013, clearing a critical hurdle in its journey to the red planet and overtaking

the efforts in space of rival Asian giant China. The mission is a "technology

demonstrator" project aiming to develop the technologies required for design, planning,

management and operations of an interplanetary mission. The success of the

spacecraft, scheduled to orbit Mars by next September, would carry India into a small

club, which includes the United States, Europe and Russia, whose probes have orbited

or landed on Mars.

A debate was conducted on November 5, whether India’s mission to Mars- the

“Mangalyan” would be a bane or a boon. Views were presented to support both sides. A

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total of 58 students participated in the debate and Binoy B B, Assistant Professor,

Department of EEE was the moderator. On the beginning, the participants were

addressed by Dr. P R Shalij, Secretary, ISTE Kerala, gave a small introduction about

ISTE and its objectives to the participants

Students attending the debate

One of the students participating in the debate pointed out that the $72 million mission

has a trip of more than 400 million miles (643.7 million kilometers) ahead of it. The

probe will fly halfway around the sun while moving out toward the orbit of Mars,

intercepting the Red Planet Sept. 24 for another major rocket maneuver to place itself

into orbit. If the probe arrives successfully, India's space agency will become the fourth

entity to have a mission to reach Mars. The United States, Russia and the European

Space Agency have already done it. Though $72 million sounds stunningly a large

amount, it is just actually one tenth the amount that NASA has spent on its new mission.

Contradicting the above point said a student that if such a large had been made

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available to enable such an unsure project, clearly it could have been made available to

meet the hundred other important needs of the country.

Another pointed out that the Mars probe will study the planet's surface and mineral

composition, besides sniffing the atmosphere for methane, a chemical strongly tied to

life on Earth. However, NASA mission Curiosity did not find significant amounts of the

gas in recent tests. Yet again, this is just a possibility.

The next point in support was said by a student as -It was decided to launch this Mars

probe on the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), removing the risk of launching on

India's larger failure-prone Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, which could have

put the mission immediately on the path to Mars. On the other hand we had another

student countering the above said that the probe repeatedly passed through Earth's Van

Allen radiation belts. Apparently, Indian officials mitigated the threat by beefing up the

craft's computers with radiation shielding. And it meant the probe had to carry more

propellant, leaving less room for scientific instruments and decreasing the fuel left over

to survey Mars once it arrives there. So the Indian mission carries about 33 pounds, or

15 kilograms, of scientific instrumentation which is actually not so safe.

It is India’s first interplanetary mission and, if successful, ISRO would become the fourth

in space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and European

Space Agency !!!

7. WHETHER THE KOODAMKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

PROJECT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED OR NOT? – A DEBATE

As a part of activities of Indian Society for Technical Education GEC Chapter, a debate

was conducted in Government Engineering College, Thrissur on 10th January 2014 .The

topic was “Whether the Koodamkulam Nuclear Power plant should be encouraged or

not?”. A total of 53 students participated in the debate and Binoy B B, Assistant

Professor, Department of EEE was the moderator. On the beginning, the participants

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were addressed by Prof. C P Sunilkumar, Chairaman, ISTE Thrissur Chapter, gave a

small introduction about ISTE and its objectives to the participants

Students attending the debate

The main argument raised against the opening of Koodamkulam Nuclear Power plant

was about the nuclear hazards that are likely to happen. The power plant will turn out to

be another Fukushima if a natural calamity such as a Tsunami occurs. Other

environment problems are also expected if the project is on. The nuclear wastes

produced in the power plant are also another threat to human as well as environment.

The increase in energy demand stand as a strong reason which in turn supports the

Nuclear power plant. Nuclear power is a sustainable energy source which reduces

carbon emissions and can increase energy security if its use supplants a dependence

on fossil fuels. The cost of nuclear power is lower than that of either fossil fuels or

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renewable. The proponents argue that the risk of storing nuclear wastes is small and

can be further reduced by using latest technology in newer reactors.

These were the main points raised in favour and against the Koodamkulam Nuclear

plant. The debate was a healthy one. Moderator concluded the debate by restating the

points raised in the debate.

8. KURUKSHETRA’14 – THE DEBATE COMPETITION

ISTE Students’ Chapter of GEC Thrissur, organized yet another interesting activity,

KURUKSHETRA ’14, a debate competition. The competition was carried out in two

levels. A preliminary round was conducted in which every student got a chance to

participate. Two questions, one technical level and another general level, were given in

each class and everyone was asked to write about it in ten minutes. Then the best of

the answers were selected and those students got a chance to participate in the final

round. About 40 students participated for the event.

Moderator of the debate addressing the participants

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On January 16th 2014, the final round of debate was conducted in the auditorium from

2 to 5 pm. Prior to the competition a talk was also organized. A faculty from Kingfisher

Training Academy, Thrissur, Mr. Davis Padical, delivered an enlightening speech about

IELTS. After the talk, the final round began and the topic of debate was MANAGEMENT

STUDIES OR TECHNICAL COURSE, WHICH ONE OPENS UP A BETTER PATH TO

BOOST ONE’S CAREER? The participants were divided into two groups. While one

group pointed out the benefits of technical courses, the other group was equally

determined to prove the merits of management studies. Sanjay Gopal (S6 CSE)

moderated the debate.

Amit Upadhyay (S8 PE) and Mr. Davis Padical did a brilliant job as judges. After a

brilliant display of ideas and concepts by the participants, Govind Menon (S1S2 ME)

was selected as the best performer and Mrudul N (S8 ME) as second best. Prof. C. P.

Sunil Kumar, Chairman ISTE GEC Chapter distributed the cash prizes and felicitated

the occasion.

Judge Amit Upadhyay addressing the participants

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Prof C P Sunilkumar presenting the cash prize to the winner

9. VISIT TO AKASHAVANI

Our Students Chapter organized yet another informational experience for the

final year electrical and electronics engineering students, a one-day visit to Akashavani,

Thrissur on 24th February 2014. The team of about 30 students, guided by ISTE

Students’ Chapter Faculty Advisor Binoy B B and Asst. Prof. Uma Shyamkumar of the

EEE department started off from college at 10.30 am.

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FM station

On reaching the studio, the team was first taken to the recording studio. A recording

studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and

monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum

acoustic properties (acoustic isolation or diffusion or absorption of reflected sound that

could otherwise interfere with the sound heard by the listener). Recording studios are

carefully designed around the principles of room acoustics to create a set of spaces with

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the acoustical properties required for recording sound with precision and accuracy.

Equipments found in a recording studio are:

Mixing console

Multi-track recorder

Microphones

Reference monitors, which are loudspeakers with a flat frequency response

Keyboard

Acoustic drum kit

Then the team was informed about the networking topology used in the station.

Radio circuits inherently possess a broadcast network topology. After that they were

shown the fm transmitter which was confined to the size of a room. The transmitting

antenna is the crucial part of the system. Preferred type of antenna is affected by

several factors, but mostly by transmitting site. The middle of the area is covered. It is

an omni-directional antenna which transmits equally all ways, while outside the

coverage area the signal is beamed in with a directional antenna. There is also a GPS

based clock for synchronizing time at all stations throughout India.

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The team visiting Akashavani with team head prof. Uma Shyamkumar and Faculty Advisor Binoy B B

Thus the one day visit was very informative to the students as they were given

the opportunity to see and understand something they usually study just in theory.

10. TALK ON “FAMILIARIZATION AND DESIGN OF

TRANSFORMERS”

A session on the topic Transformers and its construction was conducted

on 26th of February 2014, Wednesday from 10.00am onwards by ISTE Students’

Chapter of GEC, Thrissur. The class was taken by Ms. Er. Amrutha A. S. , Engineer -

Design, KEL (Kerala Electronics Ltd.), Mamala Unit, Ernakulam. Prof. Jiji K S of

Electrical and Electronics engineering department presided over the occasion. It was a

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combined session for students of both Electrical A and B batches of 4th semester. The

session was conducted at the computer lab of electrical extension.

Ms. Amrutha A S addressing the audience

In this session, different aspects of manufacturing procedures, design aspects,

the new generation transformers like Dry type, K rated and Star rated transformers were

introduced. The main topics explained in the session were the basic principle of

transformers, different types of transformers, different parts of transformers, the step by

step construction and installation process of transformers. Also, samples of various

types of insulation papers used in transformers were given to the students for closer

examination. This interactive session provided an opportunity for the students as well as

the faculty to clarify different doubts in the areas of distribution / power /Dry type / K

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rated/ Star rated transformers. Discussion covered various current major issues related

to the manufacturing and the design aspects and the special design procedures for the

energy efficient transformers.

Ms. Amrutha A S addressing the audience

A total of 111 students and 6 faculty members attended the programme. The

class was helpful for attaining a deeper knowledge about transformers and its

constructional aspects. The session came to an end by 12.30 pm.

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Prof. Jiji K S addressing the audience

11. SEMINAR ON “WHAT AFTER ENGINEERING?”

It has become a trend among Malayalees to follow the path travelled by everyone.

This is evident in the fields of engineering. Every engineer who passes out of a college

pursue the same career, a software engineer. ISTE Student’s Chapter hosted a seminar

for the final year students of GEC, Thrissur that opened diverse opportunities in various

fields on 4th March 2014.

The Chopras Career Academy, Ernakulam is a renowned institute and it was an

honour for us when Mr. Nishaf Hassan, SCM Hub Director agreed to host a seminar for

the final year students on the topic “What after Engineering?” .the seminar was very

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informative a useful as it brought into discussion, the various career opportunities an

engineer can pursue apart from IT Job. About 75 students attended the programme.

There are hundreds of industries in both public and private sectors that recruit

engineers. It just takes a moment’s thought to make a huge difference in our lives. For

example a job in KSEB or BSNL wouldn’t make you experience the pressures and

tensions of an IT job. At the end of the one hour talk, the students walked out of the hall

with a new found freedom and determination that came from the knowledge that they

are not bound to follow the so called convention and join a software company.

Mr. Nishaf Hassan, SCM Hub Director addressing the audience

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12. SEMINAR ON “THE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT THREE

YEARS”

A seminar on the topic "The challenges for the next 3 years" was also hosted by ISTE

Students’ chapter of GEC, Thrissur on 5th March 2014. The session was conducted by

the alumni members of our college.

The seminar was conducted by Mr Nishaf Hassan - SCM Hub director, The

Chopras Career Academy, Ernakulam, for first years of all departments. He pointed out

the importance of engineering in coming years. He also highlighted branches other than

engineering for pursuing a better career, some of them including logistics and

management studies. He presented a PowerPoint presentation in which various

motivating videos were shown. Mr. Nishaf informed us about hardships that occur in the

field of engineering based on real-life experiences. He also shared the various job

opportunities outside the country and the obstacles faced by students in pursuing their

passion. Furthermore he advised the necessity of basic knowledge in English for

communication. The seminar lasted for about an hour. The session was very

informative and the students found it extremely useful. The alumni association provided

us with materials including magazines and feedback forms. Finally the session was

concluded with a vote of thanks by the students' representative.

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Mr. Nishaf Hassan, SCM Hub Director addressing the audience

13. CAREER GUIDANCE CLASS

Pre-final year engineering students have always been facing the dilemma, “what after

engineering?” And they are always presented with two answers, either get placed in a

good IT company or go for higher studies such as M.Tech/MS. But ISTE Chapter of

GECT, organized a two hour talk on 12th March 2014 which was helpful in diverting the

students’ direction of thought about their career.

A team from Petrocil Engineers and Consultants Pvt Ltd headed by Rashad, came to

our campus. They are a professionally managed multi-dimensional Engineering

consultancy with specialists in Process, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Pipeline, Civil and

Electrical disciplines. Asst. Prof. Jiji K S presided over the programme. The talk was

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very informative as it enlightened our students about the wide range of opportunities for

Electrical engineers in the field of Refineries/Petrochemical and other chemical

industries. Electrical engineers always have an important place in all stages of an oil

refinery plant, both on shore and off shore. Also, this company offers crash courses for

students to bridge the gap between what they learn inside the campus and how they are

expected to apply that in a real time job. It can be assured that this two hour talk made

the students ponder about their careers and see the opportunities offered to them in a

different perspective.

14. LUMINO’14

The ISTE Students’ Chapter of GEC, Thrissur conducted another colourful event

LUMINO ’14- THREE HURDLES, ONE RIDE TO GLORY, on 25th March 2014.

Receiving about 40 registrations and total of 200 students, the event turned out to be a

huge success.

LUMINO ’14 consisted of three rounds in which students were to participate

in teams of 2 to 4. The first round was TREASURE HUNT and the attractive part about

it was the teams entered the hunt directly without any aptitude test. Ten teams qualified

the first round and reached the second. The second round, JUNK ART tested the

creative skills of the participants as they were asked to make up a useful household

item out of a number of junk materials. It did compel our participants to think in new and

different perspectives as they have never done before and the results were marvelous.

The final round was designed for four teams. And in the final round, AD-ZAP, the teams

had to prepare and present an advertisement for a given product. Thus the three rounds

tested the technical, innovative and managerial skills of the participants.

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Participants at the first round of LUMINO’14

The team of Arun R Nair, Amal Raj, Amal Jeorge Appadan and Thejus Hari

outran their competitors and won the first prize. The team of FazilMuhammed,

Sharafuddheen, Collin and Jose won the second prize. The valedictory function was

presided over by Prof. C. P. Sunil Kumar, Chairman ISTE GEC Chapter & ISTE Kerala

SMC member. Prizes were distributed.

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Prof. C P Sunilkumar presenting the cash prize to second prize winners

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Prof. C P Sunilkumar presenting the cash prize to first prize winners

The valedictory function of LUMINO’14 also became a dais where the core committee

members were honored for their hard work and dedication. They were awarded with a

certificate. Anju S (S6 EEE A) was given a token of appreciation for her achievement in

the zonal and national levels of Sree Ramanuja Mathematics Competition. Binoy B B,

Faculty Advisor of ISTE GEC Chapter felicitated the occasion. Also the new core

committee members of the students’ chapter for the academic year 2014-2015 were

selected.

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Core Committee Members of ISTE Students’ Chapter for 2014-‘15

15. SEMINAR FOR M.TECH STUDENTS “OUTREACH”

In order to sprawl the awareness and importance of doing research work at IIT-M, two

eminent delegates Dr. A. K. Sujith, Aerospace Engineering and Dr. T Pradeep, Physics

Department from IIT Madras delivered a lecture on the “Research program at IIT

Madras” on 27th March 2014. Prof. C. P. Sunil Kumar, who is Chairman, ISTE Chapter

introduced the envoys from IIT-M to students. The emissaries exchanged thoughts and

conveyed the importance of having a research program at IIT-M for the interest of the

nation development. The session was especially for the final year postgraduate

students of GEC-Thrissur, close to one hundred students from various departments had

participated in this interactive session. The session was held at the seminar hall of the

Civil Engineering department. About 50 students participated for the event. The

intention of their brief visit is to sprawl the awareness and benefit of research and attract

more students to research programs. The talk lasted for nearly two hours. They

interacted with the students of GEC Thrissur and students were put forward their

anticipation and queries at various perspectives. Delegates listed the benefit of

research at IIT-M. Researchers may benefit the scholarship, unmatched ambience,

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scholarship for participating in international conferences and higher industry sponsored

scholarship for outstanding candidates. There are four distinct modes by which research

enthusiast can pursue research they are, regular PhD, MS program, part time PhD,

interdisciplinary PhD. At the end of the session delegates distributed the palmhlet of IIT-

M outreach and the session was dispersed with refreshment.

Dr. A. K. Sujith, Aerospace Engineering addressing the audience

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Dr. T Pradeep, Physics Department addressing the audience

16. EARTH HOUR

A program was conducted in the Seminar Hall of Civil Department of our college

on 28th of March 2014 in order to highlight the consequences of excess use of electricity

consumption and importance of ‘Earth Hour’. Mr Manoj V A, who works as Assistant

Executive Engineer at KSEB Madakkathara, was the Chief Guest of the day.

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Students attending the seminar

Mr Manoj highlighted the importance of saving electricity. He stressed that only

50% of the requirement is met by the electricity production in Kerala. The state has the

highest share of domestic consumption. Hence ‘Earth Hour’ would be an ideal solution

for the present scenario. ‘Earth Hour’ is observed every year on the last Saturday in the

month of March. He explained that ‘Earth Hour’ can be observed by turning off all

electrical appliances for one hour during peak hours (i.e. 6.00pm to 10.00pm).He said

that “Switch off your lights on Saturday 29th March from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm to be part

of the world's largest voluntary action for the environment!”. Observing ‘Earth Hour’ not

only reduces power consumption but also helps to check global warming which is a

threat to the entire planet. In Kerala, hydel projects are mostly used instead of thermal

for generation of electricity, moreover hydel electricity generation is pollution free and

environment friendly. He insisted using 5-star power rated appliances as it reduces

energy consumption. He mentioned the necessity of using alternative sources of energy

like solar, wind etc instead of conventional sources. Around 70 students attended the

session.

Mr Manoj provided an eye-opening lecture on the necessity of control of power

consumption in the state and the crisis faced by KSEB. The students found it very

informative and thanked Mr Manoj for spending his valuable time.

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17. YUKTHI’14 – THE PROJECT EXPO

ISTE Students Chapter of Govt. Engineering College Thrissur has organized Project

Expo YUKTHI’14 at Millennium Auditorium of the college on 7th and 8th of August 2014,

in association with the inauguration of the renovated ISTE building, depicting the

creativity and the spirit of innovation in the student fraternity. The exhibition was

inaugurated by Dr. M Bhasi, Director, School of Management, CUSAT. The inaugural

function was presided over by Dr. K. Vijayakumar, Principal, GEC, Thrissur. Prof. C. P.

Sunil Kumar, Chairman, ISTE GECT Chapter delivered the Chairman’s address. Dr. M.

Nandakumar (YUKTHI-14 Project Evaluation Head and PTA Secretary), and Prof. T.

Krishnakumar of Mechanical Engineering Department gave felicitations. Asst. Prof.

Binoy B B (Faculty Advisor, ISTE Students’ Chapter) welcomed the gathering and Arun

K Devadas, Convenor, ISTE Students Chapter proposed vote of thanks.

Inauguration of YUKTHI’14 - Prayer

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Lighting the Lamp ceremony

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Inauguration of the renovated ISTE building by Guest of Honour Dr. M. Bhasi

Among the vast multitude of projects and gadgets in display, the following stood out

for their innovation and out of the box thoughts.

1. Image text translator

2. Toll management website

3. Parallel operation of tap changing transformer using SCADA

4. Maglev wind mill

5. Safety helmet

6. Grid connection PV system

7. Dynamic traffic control system

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8. Vehicle headlight dimmer

9. Multiple transformer temperature monitoring system with automatic circuit

breaking operation

10. Cell phone detector

11. Cell phone controlled robot

12. Gas leakage detection and protection

13. Peizo electric security system

14. Semi automated paralleling of alternator

15. Multi function power supply

16. Temperature controlled fan

17. Speed checker to detect rash driving vehicles on highway

18. Remote operated spy robot

19. Arduino based tilt detector

20. Heart rate monitoring using 8051

21. Automatic door bell with object detection

22. Snake inspired robot

23. High speed pneumatic wind shield wiper design

24. Ignition control automatic side stand retrieval system

25. Wind powered mobile charge

26. Cyclic powered reciprocating pump

27. Weight carrier

28. Motorized screw jack

29. Box shifting mechanism

30. Seat belt and power brake ensuring system

31. Advanced Braile system for blind

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32. Hand gesture to voice conversion for speech/ hearing

impaired

33. Smart home

34. Navigatorial aid for visually impaired

35. Android contol for spy robotics

36. Patent monitoring system

37. Heart rate measurement from fingertip

38. Indoor tracking system

39. Automatic setting and resetting of circuit breaker

40. Adaptive smoke emission alert system

41. Brain controlled wheel chair

42. Hovercraft

43. Magic stick for visually impaired

44. Remote controlled fan

45. Energy limiter

46. Tesla coil

47. Regenerative breaking

48. Step climber

49. Heron’s fountain

50. Lug nut remover

51. Geneva mechanism

52. RF based speaking system

53. Electronic eye

54. Water rocket

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Snake Inspired Robot

Apart from these, there were stalls which arrayed sophisticated equipment and

models from KSEB, BSNL, All India Radio. Also models from civil engineering,

mechanical engineering and architecture departments attracted huge crowds.

Model of a Transmission line system at the stall organized by KSEB

The first prize was shared by Snake Inspired robot by Nishad K, P Rishikesh

menon, Niyas P, Nitish Nandakumar and Nithin Madhavan P (ME Department) and

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Brain controlled wheel chair done by Yadu Sharon (EEE Department). Second prize

was shared by advanced Braile system for blind, done by Vibin A D, Sreejith P, Shincy

P S, Nikhitha, Ramees (ECE Department) and Seat belt and parking brake ensuring

system by Arjun Mohan, Aravind G, Arun R, Arun K A and Arun Kumar V A (ME

Department). Third prize was shared by Heron’s Fountain done by Muhammed Ashik

M, Fazil Muhammed Kutty, Vineeth P V and Sharafudeen (PE Department). Energy

limiter done by Navya Krishnan K, Saily E S, Poornima Mohan, Manju Varghese and

Veena (EEE Department) was specially appreciated by jury.

School students visiting YUKTHI’14

The expo was a brilliant display of the innovative and brilliant projects of students of

GECT. Around 2400 students attended the event. Students from about 15 schools in

Thrissur were also bestowed with an opportunity to take a look at the projects of all

trades and various other exhibits that are displayed along with the projects. . It provides

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a splendid rostrum, not only for those who wish to put forth their ideas infront of the

world but also to the young budding talents who wish to know about the evolution of

technology happening today.

Prof. C P Sunilkumar presenting the cash prize to Mr. Yadu Sharon who shared the first prize

In the valedictory function held on 8th August 2014 at 5 pm in the Millenium

Auditorium, certificates and cash prizes were distributed to the winners by Prof. C. P.

Sunil Kumar, Chairman, ISTE GECT Chapter. Mr. Binoy B B, Faculty Advisor, ISTE

GECT Chapter gave welcome speech and Mr. Dilu John Cherian, Treasurer presented

a report on Yukthi’14. Mr. Jiyad Roshan, Secretary of the Students Chapter proposed

the vote of thanks.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

1. Exclusive robotics based Techfest.

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2. Workshop on MATLAB, Micro controller etc.

3. Exhibition of workshops and laboratories.

4. Developmental activities in a tribal village near Athirappilly, Thrissur.

5. Basic C workshop for first year students.

6. Workshop on embedded C Programming.

--Signed--

Binoy B B,

Faculty Advisor,

ISTE Students’ Chapter,

GEC, Thrissur