HOD Speak Dear Readers,

"To lose patience is to lose the battle”

As rightly quoted I would say be little more patient, we would defi-

nitely win this battle of pandemic and soon the things will be normal.

The teaching pedagogy today inculcates collaborative learning, with

a focus on group discussions, just-a-minute sessions, puzzles/

paradoxes roles, quizzes, fish bowl exercises and formal debates

which increase student involvement and comprehension. Needless

to say, with academics we also conduct good co-curricular activities

through EESA, IEEE and other committees.

It is very unfortunate that the world is facing an unprecedented time,

and I greatly appreciate your understanding and flexibility as the

situation continually changes. The current circumstances we live in are unknown to us all and they

bring a lot of uncertainties and new challenges with them. Even during this unprecedented time,

me and my department made sure that the academic program has continued to the best extent

possible through this online medium.

As we all prepare to navigate the days ahead, I want to take a moment to make sure that, in this

extraordinarily demanding and stressful time, you are taking care of yourself, specifically as it re-

lates to your emotional well-being. Taking an advantage of “ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT” I would

encourage all my students to take some challenge and develop some project which can be con-

verted into product further helping out the society and make VIT proud.

Inside this

Issue

Faculty Profile

Prof. Javed Patel

Prof. Akhil Masurkar

IEEE Events

The Past Perfect

- Oindrilla Chatterjee

Student Achievement

Guest Lecture

Outside World Interaction

Faculty Achievement

Alumni Webinar

Student Speak

– Kartik Bodhankar

Scan and get linked with ETRX Newsletter

Dr. Arun Chavan

Head of Electronics Department

Secrets of Research

“ Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought ”

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INSIGHT Department of Electronics Engineering

1 Jan

31 March

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ESSA “Hackatronics”; 20th March’21

ESSA organised a technical competition called as “Hackatronics” on various

buzz word Technology domain like Embedded Systems, Computer Vision, Data Science

etc. The students were offered various Problem Statements and they worked for 14hrs

long to get the solution of it and then successfully presented in front of Judges. Event

started with an Inauguration ceremony and the host welcomed the HOD and the Conven-

or, which was followed by a motivative speech by Dr. Arun Chavan (HOD). Then Alu-

mina's of Electronics Department of VIT were welcomed as the judges for the event. To

name few were Mr. Vishal Urlam, Ms. Revti Naik, Mr. Tushar Barot, and Mrs. Snehal

Andhare. This event helped the students to showcase their technical skills and to estab-

lish the idea sharing and creativeness driven by enthusiasm towards a shared goal. The

event was concluded by the vote of thanks proposed by host and then results were an-

nounced for the hackathon by Prof. Rakshak Sood (Convenor) and a finally inspirational

words for participating students were given by the panel of judges.

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Name: Prof. Javed Patel Designation: Assistant Prof. M.E: Electronics & Telecom-munication Engineering ; Mum-bai University

B.E: Electronics Engineering ; Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Industrial Experience: 6 yrs

Teaching Experience: 22 yrs

Area of Interest: Basic Electri-cal Engineering, Control Sys-tem, Television Engineering, Power Electronics .

Faculty Profile IEEE Activity : “IRIS-2021” ; 6th-14th FEB 2021

IRIS is a series of talks given by people from vari-ous walks of life. An acronym for Inspire, Resonate, Integrate, and Succeed. IRIS aims at imparting knowledge and key life lessons through people, who have faced multiple challenges as they struggled to make it to the top of their careers.

First speaker was Mr. Alcatraz Dey, explained his journey from being an IAF officer to becoming a writer. He also shared few tips about gaming, writing, counselling, etc.

Second Speaker was Padma Vibhushan Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, one of the Instrumental Scientists of

Pokhran-1 and 2 Nuclear Tests. Rajagopala Chidam-baram started the presentation ‘Technology is Power’. He shared some tips about how students can succeed in their fields and how technology is beneficial to them. Fur-ther, he explained his vision of Future India. He also intro-

duced us to the Leadership qualities of Dr. Homi Bhabha, he explained how it is helpful for the development of our country. He explained the Low Carbon energy techniques, Nuclear power, and Nuclear applications, he shared his views on India’s nuclear pro-gram. He showed how Nation’s development and nation’s security go hand-in-hand.

Third speaker for event was Mr. Shronit Ladhani who shared his journey from a school kid to an entrepreneur. He gave a clear explanation of how to learn and how to rely on oneself more than anyone in order to be successful. He emphasized on the fact that success starts with the mindset of action fol-lowed by a decision of the next step and action performed.

Fourth Speaker was Mr. Yuvraj Walmiki, awarded with National Award - Shiva Chhatrapati Award, he is an In-ternational Hockey Player, and only Indian Hockey Player to play in German Hockey League for 8 consecutive years. He started with talking about the importance of being a good human then being a successful person. Then he shared his inspirational story ‘from Darkness

to light’ about the hard times he has faced and still managed to be at the position he is. From being the youngest player in the Air India Hockey team to scoring the winning goal against Pakistan in the Asian Championship Trophy Mr. Walmiki is a great example of hard-work and determination.

IEEE Activity : “Voyager-2021” ; 3rd-28th March 2021

Voyager is an expedition to the realm of cutting edge technology. An amalgamation of competitions, tech-talks, workshops and enchanting fun events. voyager aims to weave creativity, learning and knowledge, in a bit to unleash ideas that transcend notions and limits.

Secrets of Excellence

“ Excellence is not being the Best; it is doing your Best ”

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Name:Prof. Akhil Masurkar

Designation: Assistant Prof.

Ph.D: Electrical Engineering (Pursuing)

Area: Microwave Remote Sensing

M.E: Electronics Engineering, FRCRCE, Mumbai University

B.E: Electronics Engineering, VIT, Mumbai University

Teaching Experience: 12+ Yrs

No. of Paper Published: 07

Area of Interest: Analog and Mixed Signal VLSI Design, Electronic Circuits, Deep Learning and Machine Learn-ing, Computer Vision, Micro-wave Remote Sensing.

Guest Lecture - VLSI Design: Mr. Navin Sankar

The lecture was started in genuine polite manner but soon took

an enthusiastic approach. It was started with welcoming and

introducing the speaker - Mr. Navin Sankar, is currently working

as an Application Engineer for Cadence at Entuple Technolo-

gies put up at Bangalore for over 3 years. Title of talk was

"Emerging Trends and Challenges in VLSI Design for Fourth

Industrial Revolution".

The session was

opened with the initial

discussion of VLSI and it’s importance and

then later it went on practical aspects of VLSI

Design. The students have acquired knee

knowledge about importance of learning basic

VLSI Design and Cadence Tool. Entire Lecture

was successfully hosted and monitored by

Dr. Sangeeta Joshi and Prof. Girish Gidaye.

Outside World Interaction

Dr. Prof. Sangeeta Joshi was being invited as a Resource Person for Online Session

on “Managing Documentation for NAAC” organized

by IQAC on 13th Feb, 2021.

She was called as a Panel Member to have Panel

discussion on theme “Igniting Minds for Innovation

through Quality concepts applied to HEIs” at 3rd

National Conference on Innovative Mechanisms and

Standards for Assuring Quality in Higher Education

Institutions (IAQHEI 2021).

She was also called as a

resource person by Reena Mehta college of Arts, Science,

Commerce and Management Studies for National Level Fac-

ulty Development Program on “ 21st Century Skills in

Virtual Classrooms”

Prof. Akhil Masurkar is now recognized as

Senior Member - IEEE Membership, denoting

a personal and professional commitment to

the advancement of technology.

Aspect’s of Progress

“ A little Progress each day adds up to Big Results ”

Past Perfects

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Oindrilla Chatterjee

Oindrilla Chatterjee is VIT pass out from Electronics department in the year 2013-17. Today she is working as Data Scientist at RedHat, Bos-ton, Massachusetts and also work-ing as Co-founder and Software Developer at Parkaze, Greater Boston Area. She has done her masters from Boston University in

Computer Science. She also did various certification by AMCAT. Presently, she is working on building machine learning as-a-service platform focusing on Natural Language Processing tools. At Parkaze, our mission is to bring diverse resources to-gether to create new experienc-es for the sustainable smarter cities of the future. Parkaze is a hassle-free, community-powered parking and navigation platform where you can host and rent privately owned park-ing spots.

Student Achievement

1. Ashi Chaurasia - IEEE Blend-ed Course - IoT

2. Dhiraj Gaikwad - Coursera Course - AWS Cloud

3. Shlesha Shashikant Chavan - Coursera Course - Teamwork Skills

4. Vivek Mundaye - Coursera Course - Time Management

5. Siddhi Bandivdekar - Coursera Course - How to write Resume

6. Tanya Raut - Coursera Course - Google Cloud Platform Fun-damentals

7. Gauravi Bhagwat - Mathworks - MATLAB Onramp

8. Selva Balaji Mohan Babu Koli-yar - Coursera Course - Intro-duction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Sys-tems

9. Sagar Shendage - Mathworks - Machine Learning Onramp

10. Varun Soni - Coursera Course - Python Data Stuctures

1. Prof. Ulka Padwalkar

participated in “Ed-

Tech Hackathon

2021” organized by

IIT Bombay

2. Prof. Akhil Masurkar

coordinated the online

training course on

“Overview of Geopro-

cessing using Python”

conducted by Indian

Institute of Remote

Sensing, Indian

Space Research Or-

ganisation, Depart-

ment of Space, Gov-

ernment of India.

3. Prof. Akhil Masurkar

coordinated the online

training course on

“Satellite based Navi-

gation: A Journey

from GPS to Mobile

Phone Platform” con-

ducted by Indian Insti-

tute of Remote Sens-

ing, Indian Space

Research Organisa-

tion, Department of

Space, Government

of India.

4. Prof. Akshatha Bhat

has participated in

“IRIS - 2021”, flagship

event organized by

IEEE VIT Student

Branch.

5. Prof. Akshatha Bhat

has participated in 3-

day e-program on

“Ensuring Physical

and Mental Well-being

during COVID”, orga-

nized by Center of

Excellence (CoE) in

Complex Nonlinear

Dynamical Systems

(CNDS), Department

of Electrical Engineer-

ing under TEQIP-III,

VJTI.

6. Prof. Dr. Arun Chavan,

Prof. Akshatha Bhat ,

Prof. Shrikant Velankar,

Prof. Girish Gidaye, Prof.

Pravin Annadate, Prof.

Nisy Mathew, Prof. Vivek

Patkar, gave presenta-

tion on various topics as

Paper Review, Technical

Talk and Book Review

as a part of R&D activity.

Alumni and Career Counselling Committee - Webi-nar; 6th March 2021 The guest for the day was Mr. Rajat Jain, an alum-nus from Electronics Engi-neering Department from the batch of 2020. The lecture started by giving overview about GRE Examination. He explained in detail the paper pattern for GRE and gave guidelines on how to prepare for GRE entrance examina-tions. He shared some valua-ble tips and tricks to enhance the performance in GRE ex-amination. He also shared the study material for GRE examination with students. He narrated his experience of GRE Examination. He advised students regarding what to carry on the test day and how to deal with different types of questions. It was a good learning experience for the students and the keenness was well observed in their reac-tion. On the whole, the session was fruitful and well received by the audience. Webinar ended with question-answer session. Prof. Rajashree Soman gave the vote of thanks

Chief Editor - Prof. Ulka S Padwalkar, Dr. Arun Chavan

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Student Speak:

I got inspired to enroll in VIT by the motto 'Provoked by Intellect,

Propelled by values'. After the orientation program, I got excited to be part

of VIT.

As a fresher, everyone including me, was a little nervous about whether I will match with the college environment or not, but that fear was gone from day 1 due to the support and help provided by First Year Depart-ment. Whether it comes to study or related to co-curricular activities, the FE department always comes with a unique idea to connect with students and to give knowledge. After getting familiar with all the class, I got an opportunity to be the repre-sentative of my class. It was a new experience as I got the responsibility of my class. I had to maintain a good relationship with the students as well as with the professors. I also took part in Freshers’ events, attended the freshers' eve. I completed a winter internship provided by the Electronics department. Before the internship, I was considering myself a techie guy but when I started to work on the project, I came to know that I just know the tip of the Iceberg. There is a lot more to learn! That 7-day internship period boost-ed my confidence to do something new. Unfortunately, this pandemic started, and everything changed. Offline teaching changed into online and along with that, we started our sem 3 in Online mode. It was difficult at the start but as the days passed, This pandemic taught us that nothing is permanent even jobs too. Based on your skills, companies will decide how you can be an asset to them. So, I considered this as a golden opportunity and improved my skills in the technical as well as in the non-technical domain. College provided us Coursera and EDX course subscriptions through which I learned new things and improved my knowledge. College also organized Value Added Courses (VAC) for every do-main. I attended some of these sessions and gave a final touch to every topic which I learned over the Internet. I handled the position of Event Coordinator at IEEE-VIT's Flagship Event, IRIS'21. This was the first time in my life where I coordinated with everyone in the committee and made it a huge success. It was a new experience, and I will be thankful to IEEE-VIT for giving me the opportunity. I actively participated with my great team in online hackathons such as the Swadeshi Micropro-cessor Challenge, EdTech hackathon by IIT Bombay, IBM Hack challenge, V-hackathon where we received special mention, Hackatronics by EESA where we were the winners. All these events made me believe that that winning or losing the competition is not important. The way how you approach the solution, that thinking process is important. Our team has the motto just like ISRO, "Give your best, prepare for the worst". I am lucky that I got the best people from my class. Every-one fell apart due to lockdown. But salute to the enthusiasm of all the professors!! They always kept our hope high and never stopped working. Because they know that Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today! Hope so when everything will become normal, the first thing I will do is to grab a coffee from CCD and will enjoy it with my friends in the gymkhana!!!

- Kartik Bodhankar CR, SE ETRX-A

Faculty

Achievements