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Volume IV No 2 December 2013 e-mail : sbcenews@gmail.com

News from SBCE

CSI BEST STUDENT BRANCH

AWARD - 2013

The Computer Society of India has awarded the

CSI Student Branch of SBCE the Best Student Branch

at the National Level. Formed in 1965, the CSI has been

instrumental to guiding the Indian IT industry down the

right path since its formative years. Today, the CSI has

70 chapters all over India, 418 student branches, and

more than 90000 members including India’s most famous

IT industry leaders, brilliant scientists and dedicated

academicians. This award is being given taking into

consideration the different activities organized by the

Student Branch in the last academic year. It was

observed by the award committee that the seminars,

workshops, symposiums, National Conference and

different expert lectures organized by the SBCE Student

Branch has helped in making the students aware of the

recent trends in the IT field.The award was given at the

48th National Convention of CSI held at Vishakapattanam

on 13-15 December 2013.

Ms. Lakshmi S., A.P., Dept. of CS&E is the

Student Branch Co-ordinator of SBCE. She has

conducted more than 10 programmes at our college within

a short span of one year including national conference,

seminars, workshops and industrial visits.

The various activities includeNUVOLA -

Workshop on Cloud Computing, Workshop on

ANDROID, Training in C++ Programming Language,

TECHUNT 2013, ESDM Workshop, Seminar on

Mainframes and Remote Infrastructure Management.

Started in 2012, the CSI Student Branch of SBCE

is one of the largest student branches in Kerala with

more than 150 student memberships and 3 faculty

memberships.

Prof. Anil A.R.,HoD, Dept. of CS&E receiving the

CSI Best Student Branch Award on behalf of CSI

Student Branch - SBCE at the National Convention

held at Vishakapattanam.

GRADUATION DAY 2013

The Graduation Ceremony for the 2009-13

B.Tech Batch was conducted on 24 August 2013 with

the esteemed presence of Dr. Sreekrishnakumar,

Regional Director, AICTE - Thiruvananthapuram at the

Ashoka Auditorium, SBCE. Prof. K. Sasikumar

(Chairman, SBES), Prof. V Prasad ( Secretary, SBCE),

Mr. K.K. Sivadasan (Treasurer, SBCE), Dr. Somi

Sebastian ( Principal, SBCE) and Dr. E.K.Bhass ( Dean,

PG Studies and HoD, Dept. of CE) attended the function.

All the graduated students were felicitated with

certificates and memento.

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Seminar on Research Methodology

The Post Graduate Inter-disciplinary Forum

(PGIF), Dept. of Civil Engineering and Dept. of

BT&BCE jointly organized a one-day seminar on

“Research Methodology” at SBCE, Pattoor, on 11

December 2013. Dr. E. Gopalakrisna Sarma, Principal,

Sree Buddha College of Engineering for Women,

Elavumthitta delivered a talk on “Research Process”.

He highlighted on the relevance of research and the

process involved.

Dr. B. Narayanan Nair, Visiting Professor,

SBCE, talked on “Solving a research problem”. He

discussed the utilization of scientific methodology to

solve research-oriented problems. Dr. Roshan Kumar,

Professor, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

delivered a talk on “Ethics and Communication skill”.

He stressed on the importance and viability of research

ethics. Also he emphasised the role of communication

skill and research publications. The session gave energy

and motivation to students to continue education and

involve in research problems and to come up with new

innovative research ideas.

Engineering A Solution

The PGIF in association with the Dept. of Civil

Engineering organized a one-day seminar on “Engineering

a Solution”. Dr. B. Narayanan Nair, Visiting Professor,

SBCE, delivered a talk on “Product Development”. He

mentioned in detail about how a product can be designed

and developed. Mr. N. T. Nair, Chief Editor, Executive

Knowledge Lines, made a talk on “Frugal Engineering”.

The mantra of frugal engineering is do more with less.

It is the process of reducing the complexity and cost of

Dr. E, Gopalakrisna Sarma delivering the lecture at

the Seminar on Research Methodology

goods or services without sacrificing quality, and also

making it affordable to people at all levels. The afternoon

session was taken by both Mr. N. T. Nair and Dr. B.

Narayanan Nair on the topic technical writing and thesis

preparation respectively.

Inauguration of Seminar on Engineering a Solution

Vaastu SastraThe PGIF in association with Dept. of Civil

Engineering organized a talk on “Vaastu Sastra” by Mr.

A. B. Sivan, Chief Instructor, Vaastu Vidya Gurukulam,

Aranmula on 4 November 2013. Dr. E. K. Bhass,

Dean(PG) and HoD Dept. of Civil Engineering gave the

presidential address. In the talk, Mr. A. B. Sivan

mentioned that Vaastu is a pure science and a form of

ancient architecture. He related structures with

proportions of human body. Also he mentioned about

ancient sculptures and its existence today. Design of

house as per Vaastu is well explained. In the interactive

session he cleared many doubts and misinterpretations.

The feedback collected shows the session was highly

informative.

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First Place:

Mr. Sidharth Rajeev, Mr. Nithin Prince John, Mr. Sachin

V. Jose, Mr. Santhu S. Nampoothiri ( M-Tech CS&E)

Second Place:

Mr. Jithin Chandra Mohan, Mr. Nandu S. Kumar, Mr.

Akshay Sundar (S5 CS&E), Mr. Eric Joseph Thomson

(S7 CS&E)

Third Place:

Mr. Anish S. Nair, Mr. Vishnu V. Kumar, Mr. Visakh

R, Bino Mathew Varghese (S7 CS&E)

Out of these three teams, the following 2 teams were

selected for the Grand Finale which was conducted at

IIT Bombay on 06 December 2013.

Team 1:

Mr. Anish S. Nair, Mr. Vishnu V. Kumar, Mr. Visakh R,

Mr. Bino Mathew Varghese (S7 CS&E)

Name of the project:

“Intelligent Public Transport System”

Team 2:

Mr. Sidharth Rajeev, Mr. Nithin Prince John, Mr. Sachin

V. Jose, Mr. Santhu S. Nampoothiri( M-Tech CS&E)

Name of the project: “Logoroid-A Cloud Hider”

Session II consisted of an Invited Talk by Ms.

Dija S, Principal Engineer , RCCF (Resource Centre for

Cyber Forensics), C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram on the

topic “Cyber Forensics”. An Industrial Visit was also

organized to Keltron Controls, Aroor as part of the

Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM)

Workshop. The workshop and industrial visit was well

attended by 92 students that consisted of both PG and

UG students of the Department of CS&E and ECE.

They were accompanied by four faculty members from

Department of CS&E including the Student Branch

Coordinator of CSI Student Branch of SBCE.

ESDM Workshop

The Electronic System Design and

Manufacturing (ESDM) Workshop promoted by the

Department of Electronics and Information Technology

in association with the Computer Society of India was

organized in SBCE, Pattoor on the 5th October, 2013.

The morning session of the workshop witnessed two

invited talks by two eminent personalities. Session I

consisted of an Invited Talk by Dr. Gopalakrishna

Sarma.E, Formerly Manager (Operations & Design/

Engineering), M/s.K.S.E.D.C Ltd., Keltron on the topic

“Electronic System Design and Manufacturing”.

Android Awareness ProgrammeACM Student Branch of SBCE conducted an

Android awareness programme at VHSS, Elanthoor,

Pathanamthitta on 18th December, 2013. The event was

coordinated by Mr. Riji N Das (AP, Dept. of CS&E)

and Mr. Gopu Darsan, Aakash Project Coordinator, A.P.,

Dept.of CS&E. The event was conducted as a social

welfare and technical education promotion programme

TECHUNT 2013

The Computer Society of India Student Branch

of SBCE conducted the Stage I of TECHUNT 2013 -

India’s 1st Talent Hunt for Entrepreneurship jointly

organized by the Computer Society of India and Nurture

Talent Academy at SBCE on 16-17 August 2013. Stage

I consists of a two-day Mobile Applications Development

Workshop and the preliminary competition. About 105

participants from various colleges attended the Stage I

and were actively involved in the workshop. The

following three teams from the college were selected

for the Mentor Boot Camp which was conducted on

25th August 2013 at IIT Chennai Research Park:

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Dr. Nagesh Prabhu inaugurating the NSPAB ‘13

.Hour of Code

9-15 December, 2013 was being celebrated as

Computer Science Education Week globally. The Hour

of Code is mainly aimed to promote computer education

globally among all people regardless of age, region,

profession etc. As part of this, the ACM Student

Chapter of SBCE conducted a one-hour promotional

class called “Hour of Code” for S1-CS&E students

based on lecture sessions on http://csedweek.org. The

event was conducted on 13 December 2013 from

3.30p.m. to 4.30 p.m. at CS&E seminar hall. PG

scholars had taken the session for the S1-CS students

and gave them an interactive session based on the online

tutorial provided in the website. The students were given

an overview of programming structures, ways of easier

programme creation, algorithms and android

programming.

NSPAB ‘13

A Two-day National Symposium on Prospects

and Advances in Biotechnology and Biochemical

Engineering (NSPAB’13) was jointly organized by

SBCE, Pattoor and the Council for Food Research &

Development, Government of Kerala, Konni, on 1-2

August , 2013. The symposium was cosponsored by

Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India and Kerala

State Council for Science, Technology and

Environment. The theme of the symposium was on the

application of biotechnology in food processing, quality

assurance and production of drugs and pharmaceuticals

and the various prospective career venues opening up.

Sri. Nagesh Prabhu, Joint Secretary, Dept. of Health

Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New

Delhi inaugurated the symposium. Dr. Prakash Halami,

Principal Scientist CFTRI (CSIR Mysore) delivered the

technical talk.

Eminent speakers like Mr. N Anil Kumar

(MSSRF, Kalpetta), Dr. T.V Shankar (CIFT, Kochi),

Mr. T.S Ganesan (Medical Oncology Cancer Institute,

Chennai), Mr. Rajesh Nair (Ernst & Young), Ms. Priya

Rao (Pelican Biotech Pvt Ltd) also delivered talks

during the symposium. Representatives from various

biotechnology industries also spoke on the career

prospects in the field. Competitive research and

technical paper presentations for students from various

colleges were conducted and best papers were given

at the symposium

Online Session during Hour of Code

in association with Aakash Tab Centre of SBCE. A group

of UG and PG students visited the school and introduced

Aakash Tablet and demonstrated its usage to the school

students. They also provided an overview to android

programming to the students. The event was marked

with Christmas day celebrations of the school.

Final year B.Tech students demonstrated their project

which got awards at Techhunt conducted at IIT-Bombay

and got selection at TBI-Technopark.

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MOMENT 2013

The technical activities of the Department of

Mechanical Engineering, ‘MOMENT 2013’ was

inaugurated on 6 September 2013 by Sri. Premadas T,

Additional General Manager, Mechanical Maintenance

Department, NTPC and followed by a technical talk on

“An Introduction to Thermal Power Plants”. The event

was presided over by Prof. A V Anil kumar, HoD, Dept.

of ME and was attended by Dr. Somi Sebastian, Principal,

SBCE, Prof V Prasad, Secretary, SBES, Sri. K.K.

Sivadasan, Treasurer, SBES, and Dr. E K Bhass, PG

Dean, HoD, Dept. of CE, Mr. Sumith. S, A.P., Dept. of

ME, was the staff coordinator of the activities. In the

afternoon session, the day witnessed a cultural

programme named ROCANA and this programme

showcased several skilled and elite performance by the

students of the department.

National Workshop on Bioprocess Plant

Design

An AICTE-sponsored National Workshop on

Bioprocess Plant Design was organized by the

Department of BT&BCE on 28-29 November, 2013.

Eminent speakers like Prof. T.R Sreekrishnan (IIT,

Delhi), Dr. Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi (IIT, Chennai),

Er. Francis Joseph (METS College, Mala) and Prof. N

Ramachandran (SBCE) delivered talks on various

aspects on bioprocess plant design. The participants of

the workshop also underwent an industrial tour to the

Milma dairy processing unit, Adoor. The deliberations

of the workshop benefited the students in understanding

plant design.

Dr. T. R. Sreekrishnan inaugurating the National

Workshop on Bioprocess Plant Design

ISTE Workshop on Engineering

Mechanics

IIT Bombay Remote Centre of SBCE in

association with the Department of Mechanical

Engineering conducted a Two-week Workshop on

Engineering Mechanics from 26 November 2013 to 06

December 2013 . The workshop was well attended by

the members of faculty from Dept. of CE and Dept. of

ME from various engineeering colleges. Mr. Jobin Joy,

A.P., Dept. of ME was the workshop co-ordinator.

Inauguration of MOMENT 2013 by Sri. Premadas.T

TACHYONS 2013Dr. M. Jayaraju (Director ANERT) inaugurated

the activities of Tachyons(Association of Electrical and

Electronics Engineering) of the the year 2013 on 10

October 2013.Sri. K.K. Sivadasan, Treasurer, SBES, Dr.

E.K. Bhas, P.G. Dean, Prof. Thomas Mathew, Head,

Dept. of HRM attended the function.The news letter of

EEE Department’IMPULSE’ was released by Dr.M

Jayaraju. Mr. Ganesh (2013 EEE Batch topper) was

awarded the ‘Chanakya’ award. The toppers of S3

and S5 were also felicitated teh function.

Workshops and Seminars Attended

Mr. Jobin Joy, A.P., Dept of ME, attended a One

-Week coordinators’ Workshop on Engineering

Mechanics at IIT-Kharagpur during 16-20 September

2013.

Ms. Meerabai S, A.P., BT&BCE, attended a

Five- Day FDP on ‘Separation techniques in process

industries’ sponsored by TEQIP organized by Department

of Chemical Engineering, TKM College of Engineering,

Kollam on 16-20 December 2013.

Ms. Shamnamol G.K and Ms. Remya R (A.P.,

BT&BCE) attended a five day FDP on ‘Waste water

treatment’ organized by Department of Chemical

Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam on

18-22 November 2013.

Ms.Sony M.G (A.P., EEE) and Ms.Chama R.

Chandran (A.P., EEE) attended a staff training

programme on “Simulation Softwares in Electrical

Engineering” conducted at T.K.M College of

Engineering, Kollam from 04-11-13to08-11-13

Mr.Sheleel F. (A.P., EEE) attended a In-house

training programme on “Recent Advances in Power

Electronics and Industrial Drives” conducted at T.K.M

College of Engineering, Kollam on16 - 20 December

2013.

Ms.Abhilasha Parthan (A.P., EEE) attended a

training programme on “Smart Power Electronic

Controllers Using PLDs” conducted at RIT, Kottayam

from 19 - 23 November 2013.

Ms.Anjali (A. P., EEE)and Ms.Anju G

Pillai(A.P., EEE) attended a staff training programme

Invited Lectures

Prof. V.K. Sasikumar, HoD, BT&BCE,

delivered the keynote address at the state level workshop

on “Sound Management of E-Waste In Kerala” co-

organized by Toxics Link, New Delhi, T-TBI

Technopark, Swedish International Development

Cooperation Agency, CISA and Kerala State Pollution

Control Board at Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram on

8 August, 2013.

Prof. V.K. Sasikumar HOD, BT&BCE, was

invited as an expert member by the Kerala State Council

Faculty Achievements

Mr. Manoj Narayanan, AP, BT&BCE, was

awarded PhD in Biotechnology by the University of

Kerala on 6 July 2013 for the thesis entitled

“Concentration, detection and molecular characterization

of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus

and Hepatitis C Virus isolated from water and

wastewater”.

Release of IMPULSE by Dr. M. Jayaraju

Mr. Ganesh receiving the Chanakya award

for Science, Technology and Environment for the

Workshop on “Technology for Transfer and Adaptation

in Kerala” on 4 November 2013 at Mascot Hotel,

Thiruvananthapuram.

Dr. Manoj Narayanan, AP, BT&BCE, was a

resource person in the Workshop on ‘A Perspective on

Biotechnology’ under NAIP-ICAR Project at CEPC

Laboratory & Technical Division, Kollam and delivered

a talk on ‘Basics on Biotechnology’, on 13 November,

2013.

Dr. Manoj Narayanan, AP, BT&BCE, was a

resource person in the TEQIP-sponsored FDP at TKM

College of Engineering, Kollam and delivered a talk on

‘Water and Wastewater Management’, on 22 November,

2013.

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Paper Presentations

Prof. V.K. Sasikumar, HoD, BT&BCE,

presented a paper on “ E-Waste Management and

Recycling Technologies” at the National Seminar on

“Polymers and Environment” organized by the

International And Inter-University Centre For

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, M.G. University,

Kottayam and United States-India Educational

Foundation, New Delhi at M.G. University, Kottayam

on 4 September, 2013.

Mr. Raja Mohan ( AP, M E) published a paper

titled   ‘Machinability of LM6/ Gr Particulate Metal

Matrix Composites with Cubic Boron Carbide Cutting

Tool Inserts’ at International Journal of Emerging

Technology and Advanced Engineering (ISSN 2250-

2459, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 2013) pp. 109 -112.He

also presented ‘Hardness Evaluation of LM6/Gr

PMMC prepared by Stir Casting Method’ at

International Journal of Emerging Technology and

Advanced Engineering (ISSN 2250-2459, Volume 3,

Issue 7, July 2013) Pg- 363 to 367.

Mr. Sumith. S (AP, ME) presented a paper

entitled “Design of Inter tank Structure for Cryo stage

with a Common Bulk Head” at the 63rd International

Astronautical Congress held in Beijing, China, (23- 27

September 2013).

Mr. Amjith. T. R. (AP, ME) presented a paper

entitled “Modeling of Electrical Discharge Machining

Parameters using Artificial Neural Networks “ at the

National Conference on system,  energy and

environments held at the Govt. College of Engg. Kannur

on August 2013.

Mr. Vaisakh. P.S. (AP, ME) presented a paper

entitled “Design of control chart: a review” in National

conference on “Emerging trends in mechanical, safety,

fire engineering and management” held at Toc-H

Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam on

September 2013.

on “In house Work shop on PLC and SCADA”

conducted at T.K.M College of Engineering, Kollam on

06 December 2013.

Ms.Anju G. Pillai(A.P., EEE) attended a

Faculty Training Programme on “Recent Advances in

Power Electronics and Industrial drives” conducted at

T.K.M College of Engineering, Kollam on 16 - 20

December 2013.

Mr. Raja Mohan (AP, ME) presented a

paper entitled  ‘Flux Cored Arc Welding Process

Parameter Optimization using Grey Based Taguchi

Method’ @International Conference on Materials

for the Future-ICMF 2013 (ISBN 978-93-82338-

83-3, October, 2013) [pp.-121 to 126] held at the

Govt.Engineering College, Thrissur.He also presented

‘Electro Discharge Machining of Aluminium Alloy

(LM6)-5% wt. SiC-P Composites Using Copper

Electrodes’ @ International Conference on Mechanical

Engineering Technology, (July 2013 ) held at St. Joseph’s

College of Engineering and Technology, Palai.

Mr. Renjith Raj ( AP, M E) presented a paper

entitled “Bayesian inference for parameter estimation

from transient heat transfer experiment” at the 22th

National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and

Mass transfer at IIT Kharagpur, India on 28-31

December 2013.

Ms.Abhilasha Parthan(AP, EEE) published a

paper ‘Improvement of Directtorque control

performance by using discretee SVM teqnique’ in

International Journel of Scientific and Engineering

Reserch(IJSER) Volume 4,Isssue 10,October

2013.Edihan ISSN 2229-5518.

Ms.Anju G Pillai(AP, EEE) present a paper on

“Transient stability analysis of wind integrsted power

systems with storage using central area controllor ” at

the international conference on Micro electronics,

Communication and renewable energy at Amal Jyothi

College of Engineering,Kottayam held on 04 - 06 June

2013

Poster Presentations

Mr. Amjesh R, Lecturer, BT&BCE, presented

a poster on ‘Identification of novel telomeric G-

quadraplex targeting chemical scaffolds through

screening of active compounds from Annona muricata’

at the International symposium on computational biology

and bioinformatics, held at University of Kerala on 11-

12 December , 2013.

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NSS CampSree Buddha College of Engineering National

Service Scheme Unit 217 organised a seven -day special

camp ‘HEPTA’ at Sree Buddha Central School on 17-

23 December 2013. The inaugural ceremony was

presided by our college Principal Dr. Somi Sebastian.

The camp was inaugurated by Sri.K.K. Sivadasan,

Treasurer of SBCE, by receiving the organ donation

consent form (under ‘Mrithasanjeevani’ project of Govt.

of Kerala) from Dr.Jency Blesson, Assistant Professor,

Dept. of Biotechnology. After the inaugural ceremony

the camp members were engaged in an Ice-breaking

session.

The first session of the camp started at 4 p.m.

with the class of Sri P.V Sumesh, Motor Vehicle

Inspector, Mavelikara. He had taken an awareness class

on the topic ‘ ROAD SAFETY’. He shared many

valuable informations about the consequences of careless

driving, causes of road accidents, penalties for the violation

of traffic rules etc.

ALTIUS (World Malayalee Council).The session was

named ‘Look Within’. Cultural activities were

conducted by Group 4. The activities of day 5 were

formally closed by Group 4.

The third day of the camp started at 9 a.m.

Dr.C.N. Somarajan, Head, Dept. of HRM, SBCE, talked

on the role of teachers in students’ life. At 10 a.m. Sri

Girish Vallam ,a personality development trainer , enthused

the students with various entertainment programmes. At

12 p.m., Mr. Vipin.K. Anand , Lecturer, Dept. of HRD

gave speech on interpersonal interaction.

After lunch break , Sri Sharaffudeen Ashraf,

Assistant Food Safety Commissioner of Alappuzha ,

delivered an awareness talk on food safety and

precautions of health care. During this session,he also

talked about contamination of food which caused

various deadly diseases. Students raised various doubts

on this topic. The next session started at 4 p.m. Sri.

Shajahan , Health Inspector of Bharanikavu talked about

current life-style diseases and about the demerits of

fast foods. Class ended at 6 p.m. Cultural activities were

also held by the volunteers.

The Fourth day of camp started at 9.30a.m.

Adv.Mujeeb Rahman, Mavelikara Bar Council ,took

class on various laws and judicial action. At 11.45 a.m.

there was a class for volunteers on the methods to take

survey on life-style diseases. During the survey students

focused on the Kerala Government’s organ donation

programme ‘MRITHASANJEEVANI’. The senior

volunteers gave survey instructions and split the students

into 10 groups.The students covered around 200 houses

on the adopted village.The volunteers gave the

informations about the topic and conveyed the

seriousness of the desease. With the survey the

volunteers also

The second day of the camp started with the

presentation of group activities of the first group. First

group’s camp newspaper was launched by the

programme officer Dr.Manoj Narayanan. Second day’s

morning session started with the talk on ‘Role of New

Generation in Agriculture’ by Mrs.Lekha Mohan,

Agricultural Officer, Mavelikkara. She presented vivid

ideas about the various avenues in agriculture. After

that she inaugurated the college vegetable garden by

planting a Neem sapling .It was followed by planting of

various types of vegetable plants by college faculties and

volunteers. After lunch break, an ‘AIDS Awareness’

class was taken by Sri. Thomas Wilson, HFPPT,

Thiruvananthapuram. The class focussed on the causes

of the disease, spreading, preventive methods, etc.After

the tea break, a meditation session was conducted by

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collected organ donation consent letters from the public

and they conveys the importance of organ donation to

the common people.Nearly 50 people agreed to donate

their organs. Evening students share their survey

experience. At 9.00 p.m. NSS Technical Cell State

Coordinator Mr.Abdul Jabbar Ahammed visited our camp

and addressed the camp inmates.

On Day 5, medicinal plants were planted.As per

schedule, the volunteers visited Gandhibhavan at

Pathanapuram, which is a home for orphans and mentally

retarded people who have been abandoned by their

relatives. The camp members organized special

programmes and activities for the children, in which they

actively participated and thoroughly enjoyed.The camp

members donated books, pencils, colour pencils,pens,

stationery items sweets and snacks to the little angels.

The camp members also donated Rs.41500/- to the

Caretaker of Gandhibhavan. The camp members assured

that they will frequently visit Gandhibhavan and try to

provide maximum support to the inmates of

Gandhibhavan. By 4 p.m. in the evening, they returned

to the camp.

Day 6 started with the regular activities.After

that the volunteers removed plastic wastes from the

campus and declared the campus as ‘plastic free

campus’by pasting posters about the pollution caused

by plastic.After that the volunteers made an action plan

for the year of 2014 with the help of senior

volunteers.Afternoon session started with class of

Sri.Mahesh Ananthakrishnan,famous short film

director,actor.He dealth with the topic the influence of

the cinema on society.

The last day of the camp started by the session

of Mr. Shankar Narayanan,writer,dramatist.He engaged

an activity-oriented session.After the class, the students

shared their camp experiences.Most of the volunteers

said that ‘their stage fear’ is no more.The Programme

Officer said that he was very happy about the volunteers.

After that the senior volunteers announced the best camp

group,best male and female volunteers. Ms. Athira

Subhash was selected as the best female volunteer and

Mr. Abhijith as the best male volunteer. The closing

ceremony was inaugurated by the Programme Officer

and the programmescame to an end at 2 p.m. with

feedback session and concluding remarks.

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Inauguration of CSI Student Branch

The inaugural ceremony of Computer Society

of India (CSI) Student Branch in Sree Buddha College

of Engineering for Women was held on 5 August 2013.

Mr. Rajan T Joseph, Director CSI, was the chief guest

of the function and inaugurated the student branch by

lighting the lamp. He briefed about the importance of

CSI Student Branch and motivated the students to

actively organize and participate in CSI activities. Mr.

Kathiresan.Y, Senior Manager (Promotions), CSI gave

a brief talk on the benefits of being a CSI member, Ms.

Usha Gopalakrishnan, HoD, Dept. of CS&E welcomed

the gathering. The function was presided over by Prof.

K. Sasikumar, Chairman, SBES. In his presidential

address, he urged students to explore the world beyond

text books to gain more knowledgeDr. E.Gopalakrishna

Sarma, Principal, SBCEW offered felicitations.

The Student Branch Coordinator of SBCEW CSI

Student Chapter, Ms. Maya John, introduced the

members of Student Branch Committee. The CSI student

identity cards were distributed by the CSI Director. The

student convener of the CSI student chapter Ms. Nimmy

Ann Thomas proposed vote of thanks.

News from SBCEW

Mr. Rajan T Joseph inaugurating the CSI Student

Branch at SBCEW

Inauguration of PEAQE

The Association of the Department of Electrical

and Electronics Engineering, Power Electrical Association

for Quality Engineers (PEAQE), was inaugurated on 01

February, 2014 by Mr. S.J. David, Additional General

Manager, NTPC, Kayamkulam and Technical Talks were

given by Mr.S J David. Mr.Rajith Kumar ( Deputy

General Manager, NTPC) & Mr.Asok Murugan (V-

Guard Industries, Kochi) for bridging the gap between

theacademics of the students and the industrial

environment.Energy saving posters were placed in

different locations of the college for generating

awareness on energy conservation.

Graduation Day

The first Graduation Ceremony of SBCEW was

conducted on 03 June 2013. Dr. A V George (Former

Vice- Chancellor, MG University) was the Guest of

Honour. Prof. K. Sasikumar (Chairman, SBES), Prof.

V. Prasad (Vice Chairman, SBCEW), Dr. K. B. Manoj

(Secretary, SBCEW), Dr. E. Gopalakrishna Sarma

(Principal, SBCEW ), Dr. K. I. Koshy (Vice Principal,

SBCEW) , Prof. Satheesh Kochuparambil (Syndicate

member, MG University) and Adv. C Jayachandran (PTA

President, SBCEW) also graced the occasion.

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Workshops AttendedMs. Sangeetha T R attended Work shop on Analog

Electronics organized by IIT kharagpur at SBCE, Pattoor

from 04 – 14 June 2013.

Ms. Sherin Koshy attended Workshop on Analog

Electronics organized by IIT kharagpur at Sree Buddha

College of Engineering Pattoor from 04-14 June

2013,Communication Systems Lab at FISAT, Angamaly

,Faculty Development Programme on

ORCAD,MATLAB and DSP Processors at Saintgits

College of Engineering from 02-09 December 2013.

Ms. Indu I attended Workshop on RF design using

AWR design environment at TKMCE, Kollam from 28

November 2013 to 02 December 2013.

Ms. Nitha S. attended Workshop on Analog

Electronics organized by IIT kharagpur at FISAT,

Angamaly from 04-14 June 2013 ,Work shop on

LABVIEW at FISAT, Angamaly from 03-05 December

2013.

Ms. Devi Murali attended Workshop

onNanoelectronic materials & devices at

TKMCE,Kollam from 25 November 2013 – 02

December 2013,Workshop on RF design using AWR

design environment at TKMCE, Kollam from 28

November 2013 – 02 December 2013,

Ms. Keerthana P attended Workshop onRF design

using AWR design environment at TKMCE, Kollamfrom

28 November 2013 to 02 December 2013.

Ms.Jisha Anu Jose attendedWork shop on Analog

Electronics organized by IIT kharagpur at Sree Buddha

College of Engineering Pattor from 04-14 June 2013.

Mr.SudhiSudharman attended Workshop on

Nanoelectronic materials & devices at TKM,Kollam

from 25 November 2013 to 02 December

2013.,Workshop on RF design using AWR design

environment at TKM, Kollam from 28 November 2013

to 02 December 2013.AICTE winter school on system

simulation with Matlab maple and labview at NSS

Palakkad from 03-16 November 2013.

Mr.Aravind.S attended STTP on ARM processor

in Embedded Systems from 19-23 November 2013

Mr.Lenin Joseph attended Faculty development

program on ORCAD,MATLAB and DSP Processors

at SaintgitsColllege of Engineering from 02- 09

December 2013.

Mr.Shankar.N (A. P., Dept. of AE)attended an

AICTE sponsored ‘Two weeks Winter School on

MATLAB, MAPLE &LabView’organised by NSS

College of Engineering, Palakkad in December 2013.

Ms.Priyalakshmi. S (A. P., Dept. of AE)attended

a Two week workshop on “Analog Electronics” by IIT

Kharagpur, in MarBaselios College of Engineering &

Technology, Trivandrum from 04-14 June,2013.She also

attended a Five-Day workshop on “Imaging

Techniques’13" under TEQIP phase II, organized by

CUSAT,Ernakulam in June 2013.She also attended

another Two Day Workshop on “DSP Processor

TMS320C671x” organized by Travancore College of

Engineering, Oyoor, Kollam in October 2013.

Ms.Mithra S.T and Ms.KrishnapriyaT.Nair (A.

P., Dept. of AE)attended a Three Day Workshop on

“Nanoelectronic materials and Devices” organized by

TKM College of Engineering, Kollam from 25 - 27

November, 2013.

Ms. Mithra S.T, Ms. KrishnapriyaT.Nair and

Ms.Priyalakshmi. S (A. P., Dept. of AE)attended a Five

Day Workshop on “RF System Design using AWR

Environment” organized by TKM College of

Engineering, Kollam from 28 November2013 - 02

Decmber 2013.

Ms.Reshmi R Nair and Ms.Priyalakshmi S (A.

P., Dept. of AE)attended a short term training programme

on “ARM Processors in Embedded Systems” under

TEQIP phase II organized by Rajiv Gandhi Institute of

Technology, Kottayam from 18 - 22 November 2013.

Mr.Sankaran Nampoothiri K, Asst. Professor &

HOD i/c, has attended a twoday National Seminar on

“Strategies of Harnessing Fuel Cell Energy for

Innovative Applications” at VIT, Chennai from 08-09

February 2013 sponsored by CSIR, India

Mr Sankaran Nampoothiri K, Asst. Professor &

HOD i/c, has attended the One day seminar on

“MATLAB & Simulink for Engineering Education”

on 25 February 2013, organized by Mathworks India

Pvt.Ltd at Hotel Trident, WillingtonIsland,Cochin.

Ms.Anju CS, Ms. Athira B and Ms.Swathy C.S.

attended a three-day National workshop on “Nano

electronics Materials& Devices” at TKM College of

Engg, Quilonfrom 25-27 November 2013.

Ms.Athira.B attended a short term training

program on “Advances in Smart Grid Integrations”

from 28 April 2014 to 02 May 2014, organized by EEE

Published by Dr. Somi Sebastian, Principal, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor P.O., Alappuzha District

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department, Saint Gits College of Engineering,

Pathamuttom.

Paper Published

Mr.Aravind.S (A. P., Dept. of ECE) published

paper on “Wireless monitoring and recording of

environmental parameters based on xbee and PIC’’,in

Vol 3 (2013) International Journal for Research in

Commerce ITand Management.

Mr.Aravind.S (A. P., Dept. of ECE) published

paper on “A text reading system for the visually

disabled”, in Vol 3 (2013) International Journal for

Research in Computer Application and Management.

Mr.Aravind.S (A. P., Dept. of ECE) guided two

projects ,Visible light communication and Agricultural

robot for cultivation purpose, which came in top 10 in

the All Kerala -AICTE funded project competition

Srishti 2014 held in Saintgits College of Engg.in

February 2014.

Ms.Swathy CS, A.P., presented a paper titled

“Maximum power point tracking of Photovoltaic

System using Intelligent Controller” in National

Conference on Recent Trends in Communication

and Instrumentation (NCRTCI 13).

Ms.Athira.B, A.P., presented a paper titled

“Power System Transient Stability Enhancement by

coordinated control of SMES, SFCL& UPFC” in

an International conference on Emerging Trends

in Engineering&Technology (ICETET’14).

Ms.Rolga Roy, A.P., presented a paper titled

“Implementation of MPPT Tracking DC-DC

converter using PSO with Fuzzy for the control of

Inverter Fed Induction Motor”in an International

conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering

&Technology (ICETET’14).1

Ms.Rolga Roy, A.P., published a paper titled

“Implementation of MPPT Tracking DC-DC

converter using PSO with Fuzzy for the control of

Inverter Fed Induction Motor” in International

Journal of Innovative Research in Science,

Engineering & Technology (IJIRSET), an ISO

3297:2007 Certified Organization (Vol.3,Issue 4,April

2014).

Ms.Athira B, AP, published a paper titled”Power

System Transient Stability Enhancement by

coordinated control of SMES, SFCL & UPFC” in

International Journal of Innovative Research in

Science, Engineering & Technology (IJIRSET),an ISO

3297:2007 Certified Organization (Vol.3, Issue4, April

2014).

Editorial Board

Chief Editors:

Dr. C. N. Somarajan (HRD)

Mr. Adarsh. S. (CS&E)

Editorial Board (Staff):

Dr. K. I. Koshy (VP, SBCEW),

Mr. Sumith S (ME),

Dr. Siddarth Banerjee (BT&BCE),

Ms. Shobha Elizabeth Thomas (CE).

Ms. Divya Suresh. (BS),

Mr. Sheleel F. (EEE),

Mr. Alex (ECE) and

Ms. Misha Ravi (CS&E, SBCEW)

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