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PANIMALAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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JANUARY 2015
SEMINAR ON BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE COURSE
Department of ECE & ENGLISH in association with IEEE-SB Panimalar Institute of Technology organized
a one day seminar on BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATION COURSE. Dr.M.P.Chitra HOD/ ECE
welcomed the gathering. Principal Dr. T.Jayanthy felicitated and introduced the Chief Guest
Mr.JOSHUA, from University of Cambridge to the gathering. The Seminar focused on creating
awareness about the significance of Business English in workplace. Mr. Joshua, University of Cambridge
interacted with the students focusing on the need and significance of Business English in today’s Global
scenario. The specialty of this course not only ends with the dream job, but also acts as a helping hand to
crack all the competitive exams like GATE, GMAT, TOEFL, GRE etc. on the whole. Mr. Joshua made
students to realize how BEC could play a vital role in every graduate’s life to make a way for their
successful career.
ICTACT YOUTH TECHKNOW SUMMIT 2015
IEEE SB, Panimalar Institute of Technology & Panimalar Engineering College in association with
ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu academy organized a ICTACT YOUTH TECHKNOW SUMMIT
2015 on January 9 – 2015.
ICTACT Youth Technology Summit 2015 brought together graduating students in the state of Tamil Nadu
who are aspiring to become the next generation IT Professionals and Innovators. ICTACT Youth
Technology Summit is a part of this initiative that reaches out to the students of the ICT streams on creating
awareness on the new technology development, innovation and opportunities for students in the ICT Sector.
ICTACT Youth Technology Summit 2015 is supported by Oracle.
This one day conference brought together 2000 students from Engineering colleges and Science Colleges
across the state. The conference was power packed with technical sessions which provided inputs to
graduating students on various new technology topics, advanced technology skills required by students,
technology development in Industry, future technology and many more. The conference focused on the next
generation ICT technologies and newer ICT methodologies including the following: Internet of Things,
Industrial Internet, The Smart digital world, Big Data Analytics,Mobility,The Future of Cloud,Power of
Social Media,Newer Business Models with SMAC,Skills for Future, and Entrepreneurship by Various
Speakers from Oracle Academy.
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GUEST LECTURE ON 6 MYTHS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IEEE- SB, Department of ECE Panimalar Institute of Technology in association with Entrepreneurship
Cell, IIT Bombay organized Pre- E Summit 15 on January 10-2015. In a best way of getting geared up for
the E-SUMMIT ’15, we had this pre E-Summit on the 10th January, 2015in our college premises. It was
indeed a source of pride for all of us to have a successful entrepreneur Mr.Venkatesan, Oosur Vinayagam
chief technologist and the co-founder of Hexolabs Private Limited, to grace the occasion with his inspiring
thoughts. He delivered a lecture on ―6 MYTHS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP‖. It had been a very stirring
speech and all of us had the spark of becoming a successful Entrepreneur one day. ―Entrepreneurs are
THINKERS!!‖… This was the statement quoted by Mr.Venkat which proved to be very appealing for all
who were present during the meet.
Mr.VenkatesanOosurVinayagam Delivers the Lecture
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SHORT TERM COURSE ON IMAGE PROCESSING & ITS
APPLICATIONS USING MATLAB – SIMULATION SOFTWARE
PIT IEEE SB & IEEE Signal Processing Society in association with Department of ECE conducted the
Short term course on “DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING & ITS APPLICATIONS USING MATLAB
& LABVIEW” for Third Year ECE students during 19th
to 23rd
January 2015. The topics covered
included: Basics of Image Processing, Image Enhancement, Compression, Restoration & Segmentation
Techniques and Image Processing. In addition, the participants were given hands-on training using
MATLAB & LABVIEW. The Short Term Course attracted about more than 200 participants who felt it
extremely beneficial and gained knowledge on image processing and to write programs for various Image
processing applications.
WORKSHOP ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Workshop on ―Embedded Systems” was conducted for Third Year ECE students during 22.1.15 &
23.1.15. Mr.Parthipan, Manager EPR labs conducted the workshop. The workshop focused on
programming Embedded System processor with few real Time applications. About 215 Students
participated enthusiastically and gained the knowledge.
STUDENTS EVENTS
PIT- IEEE Student Branch, SP, RAS & Communication Society, in association with department of
ECE & EEE organized a series of Events for the development of students and to bring out their talents.
EVENT
Chart Making event on 21st Jan 2015. Out of 50 charts received 10 were selected for final round
Presentation. The winners of the event were:
Prize Name of the Students Year & Branch
I MONICA G II ECE
II SHAFEEKHA FATHIMA S II ECE
III NIVEDA B II ECE
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MODEL MAKING
Model making event on 21/01/2015. There were about 20 Models received. Models designed on various
aspects of technology like MINI Robot, IC, Satellite, etc., became inspiration for many.
Prize Name of the Students
Year &
Branch MODEL
I
ARUL PANDI R,MAGESHAA G, SANJEEV
B III ECE MINI ROBOT
SRINIVASAN L,HARISH KUMAR A ,BEN
SHERWIN N,MOHAN RAJ M S III ECE
SPACE
SATELLITE
II
SHALINI V II ECE IC 555 TIMER
SHYLI M,LAKSHMI R,DEEPA T III ECE SATELLITE
GENERAL QUIZ
General Quiz Contest on 22nd
Jan 2015. There were about 75 students took part in the prelims among them
12 were selected for the second round and 3 for the finals. Round 1 questions were on India’s History
greatness and rich culture; Round 2 an audio video round; ―Gadget Guru‖ — questions based on science
and technology; Mixed bag – on personality or a concept hidden behind the Hangman puzzle; and Rapid-
fire round — a set of questions to be answered in 45 seconds.The winners of the event were:
Prize Name of the Students Year & Branch
I SHARMILA II EEE
II ARUTCHELVI P III ECE
III SHAMI SELES.M II ECE
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CIRCUIT DEBUGGING
Circuit debugging contest was held on 27th
January 2015 to tap the hidden talent of IEEE students. 14
teams responded to the call of the event. The contestants who won in the contest were:
Prize Name of the Students Year & Branch
I NAVEENKUMAR V,JAYARAM
R,PRADEEPKUMAR V II ECE
II INDIRA E , NAVEENA PREETHA.M ,
JERLIN
II ECE &
II EEE
III SHALINI V,NIVEDA B,SUJITHA.S II ECE
TECHNICAL QUIZ CONTEST
Technical Quiz contest on 29th
January 2015.About 25 students attended the quiz prelims from which
4 teams were short listed for the Final round. The finalist underwent through three levels of quizzing
which covered almost all the possible fields in engineering. The winners of the contest were
Prize Name of the Students Year & Branch
I REDDIVARI SAI SARAN, VELAGAPUDI
DEEPAK II ECE
II
SHALINI V , NIVEDA B II ECE
AISHWARYA S , NAVEENA
PREETHA.M II ECE
III PRADEEPKUMAR V, SUNDARJI A II ECE
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FEBRAURY 2015
SHORT TERM COURSE ON ANALOG SYSTEM DESIGN USING TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS ASLKV 2010 STARTER KIT
PIT IEEE SB & IEEE Signal Processing Society in association with Department of ECE conducted the
Short term course (STC) on ―Analog system Design Using Texas Instruments ASLKV 2010 STARTER
KIT‖ for second Year ECE students during 02nd
to 06th
February 2015.STC exposed the students to the
world of analog from system design perspective. The course enabled the student to understand and address
the challenges as a system designer. Course helped the students learn that as a system designer how they
would reason out the right integrated circuit for the right application and also take decisions on how the
system level cost or power or performance can be optimized and perform tradeoffs of various design
parameters.
WORKSHOP ON NATIONAL LEVEL NETWORK
SECURITY CHAMPIONSHIP-2015
PIT IEEE SB, PIT IEEE Communication Society & Department of ECE organized a National
LevelNetwork Security Championship-2015 in coordination with IIT-Bombay & IEEE Madras Section
on February 6&7, 2015. Event was founded with Rs. 10,000 by IEEE Madras section. Dr.M.P.Chitra,
HOD ECE delivered the Welcome address. Dr.T.Jayanthy, Principal, PIT delivered the Presidential
address. Mr.M.S.Saravanan, Chairman IEEE Student Branch PIT introduced the chief guest Mr.Manish
Kumar TyagiSenior Network Design and Support Engineer in Network Bulls Pvt. Ltd. to the gathering.
Event started with the lectures on all the basics of Networking, creating networks, configuring CISCO
routers and switches. Followed by hands on session using software’s like Packet Tracer,GNS and Wire
shark. There were about 125 participants in and around Tamil Nadu Attended the event.
Ms.K.Priyadharshni of Sri ManakulaVinayagar Engineering College emerged as the Winner and will
participate in Round II at IIT BOBMBAY. Ms.R.M.Premihaa, Vice Chairman IEEE Student Branch PIT
delivered the Vote of Thanks.
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Mr.Manish Kumar Tyagi delivers the Lecture
ORIENTATION PROGRAM
As a part of membership drive for the year 2015, our SB conducted an Orientation program for the newly
joined IEEE students. It was organized by the IEEE SB counselor Mr. M. Arun and was conducted by
Mr.M.S. Saravanan, SB Chairman.
About 80 students attended the programme. Mr.M.S. Saravanan briefed about IEEE and its structure —R10,
India Council, Madras Section in general and about IEEE student branch in particular. The benefits of
having an IEEE membership were highlighted. The activities of IEEE SB , IEEE CS, RAS, SP Society and
WIE SB affinity groups were explained to the members. The awards and contests within our SB, regional
and IEEE HQ level were briefed to the members.
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NOBICOM ’15 –ECE TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM
National level technical symposium of ECE department NOBICOM ’15 held on 07th
February 2015.
Dr.M.P. Chitra, HOD/ECE welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest. Dr. T. Jayanthy,
Principal PIT delivered the presidential Address. Er.S.Ramaswamy, Chairman, IETE Chennai Center,
Inaugurated the symposium and released the souvenir. During his inaugural address he highlighted the
importance of innovative thinking and the power of novel ideas. He also stressed on how IEEE forum
empowers the student community.
Er.S.Ramaswamy, Chairman, IETE Chennai Center. Releases Magazine.
SEMINAR ON BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
A Seminar on “Broadband Wireless Communication” held on 19/02/2015.Dr. T. Jayanthy, Principal
rendered the Presidential Address and explained about Recent Trends and development in the field of
communication and scope in that field.
Dr. M.PremKumar, Professor ECE delivered the seminar and discussed the recent technological
developments in the field of Wireless Communication. During his Talk he also insisted students to use the
technology for good cause. About 100 students attended the seminar.
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SEMINAR ON SYSTEM STABILITY IMPROVEMENT
USING FACTS DEVICES IN POWER SYSTEM
A Seminar on “System Stability Improvement Using Facts Devices in Power System” held on
20/02/2015. Mr.M.Padmarasan, Assistant Prof., EEE delivered the seminar and spoke on the Concept,
History / Background - Origin of FACTS, Opportunities, Trends System Architectures and Limitations &
Power Flow Control on AC Systems with Application Studies and Implementation. Basic Switching
Devices, Conditioners, Specification, Cost Considerations and Technology Trends& Impact of FACTS in
interconnected networks .About 100 students attended the seminar.
SEMINAR ON COGNITIVE RADIO
A Seminar on “Cognitive Radio” held on 26/02/2015. .Dr.M.P. Chitra , HOD/ECE, delivered the
seminar and briefed about various terminologies in Cognitive Radio that includes History ,Terminology &
Technology ,its Functions, Cognitive radio (CR) versus intelligent antenna (IA) Applications, Simulation of
CR Networks & Future plans and its working. About 100 students with ceaseless curiosity attended the
seminar. Mr.M.Arun, Student Branch Counselor IEEE thanked the gathering.
STUDENTS EVENTS
PIT- IEEE Student Branch, SP, RAS & Communication Society, in association with department of
ECE & EEE Organized a series of Events for the development of students and to bring out their talents.
PAPER PRESENTATION
Paper Presentation contest held on 17th
& 18th
February 2015 to unleash the potential of the student. Out
of 28 papers presented, the paper presented by P.Dhatchineswari & T.Deepa of third year ECE on
“Wireless Sensor Networks” won the best paper award.
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GROUP DISCUSSION
Group Discussion on 26th
February 2015. Students were divided into two groups & the topic for the
discussion was Education system in India. Students debated both pros & cons of it. Finally they concluded
that there should be drastic change in Education system to make Students highly competitive to Real time
Industry ready.
Prize Name of the Students Year & Branch
I
USHA T II ECE
NAVEENA PREETHA.M II ECE
II
AATHIRAI.P II ECE
ANMOL A MEHRA II ECE
AISHWARYA S II ECE
III UMA MAHESWARI P II ECE
EXTEMPORE
About 50 students participated in Extempore talked on various topics like Swachh Bharat, Advantages of
Co-education ,Land Acquisition Bill, Examinations - has it killed education , Privatization of Higher
Education , Films are corrupting the Indian Youth & Is Leaders Born or are they made in Business Schools?
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MARCH 2015
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
The WIE Affinity Group of IEEE PIT Student Branch in collaboration with ECE department celebrated
International Women’s Day on 9th March, 2015. The event saw more than hundred women staff and girl
students of the college participating in the event.
Dr.M.P.Chitra, Prof & Head ECE & Branch Adviser WIE PIT delivered the presidential Address. In Her
address she contrasted the women of present times to the women of earlier times and analyzed how the
present day women have managed to overcome so many barriers by making a constant effort to follow their
heart and manage their restrictions. Dr. T. Jayanthy, Principal was the chief guest. She preceded the
function and shared some of her experiences with the audience. She emphasized the difficulties faced by the
women in today’s world and motivated the women staff and students to believe in themselves. This was
then followed by various competitions like Quiz, Connections, Gaming for the Students who took part.
Ms.N.P.Ria, III ECE & WIE SB Chairman, Handed over the Memento to all the participants &delivered
the Vote of Thanks.
APTITUDE & C CONTEST
Aptitude & C Contest on 17th
March 2015. About 25 students attended the quiz prelims from which 6
teams were short listed for the Final round. The finalist underwent through two rounds which included
Rapid fire round and Error detection round. The winners of the contest were
Prize Name of the Students
Year &
Branch
I GAYATHRI B II ECE
DHURGA PRIYA S II ECE
II JAYARAM R II ECE
NAVEENKUMAR V II ECE
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PROJECT CONTEST’ 15
IEEE student branch conducted Project Contest the function on 21st of March 2015. 10 projects from
various fields of VLSI, Image Processing, Embedded System and Robotics were exhibited. The project
titled ―Safety and rescue assist technology” by A.KHADARSHAREEF, YUVARAJ and RANJITH
KUMAR of Final year ECE won the First Prize.
WORKSHOP ON CIRCUIT SIMULATION
Workshop on ―CIRCUIT SIMULATION‖ was organized on 23.2.15 for II Year IEEE Members.
Mr.M.S.Saravanan Chairman IEEE Student branch Panimalar institute of Technology conducted the
workshop. About 50 students participated. Students learnt how to use the circuit maker & they designed few
real time circuits using the software. Emphasis is given to applied knowledge of the principles by exposing
the students to live working projects.
WORKSHOP ON ARDUINO
Workshop on ―ARDUINO‖ was organized on 29.3.15 for IEEE Members. Mr.Khader Shariff Student
branch Advisor conducted the workshop. About 80 students participated. Also the workshop helped
students learn the principles associated with Arduino hardware and software. Students had hands on training
session and were trained to program how to control things like lights or motors along with listening to
components like motion detection sensors.
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APRIL 2015
GUEST LECTURE ON HIGHER STUDIES AT ABROAD
Guest lecture on “HIGHER STUDIES AT ABROAD” for final year students held on 29th
April 2015.
Ms. PersisNauman & Kripa of Canam Group Chennai conducted the programme and briefed about
various exams for doing higher studies at abroad. They also discussed about Universities, Scholarships
available and Part Time Jobs.
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MAY 2015
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE & EMERGING
TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
National Conference on Innovative &Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology was organized
by Dept. of ECE, EEE, CSE, IT& MECH on 14th, May 2015. The conference focused on research frontiers
in various domains & provided vibrant opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas, application
experiences, the practical challenges encountered and to establish research relations thereby enabling to find
global partners for future collaboration.
Principal Dr. T.Jayanthy, welcomed the gathering &felicitated the Chief Guest. Shri H.R .Mohan Chair
IEEE Computer Society inaugurated the conference and delivered the key note address.
The conference sessions had a series of invited presentations.
ShriH.R.Mohan Released the Conference Proceedings
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NETWORK SIMULATION TOOLS NS2 & NS3
PIT IEEE SB & IEEE Signal Processing Society in association with Department of ECE conducted the
WORKSHOP ON NETWORK SIMULATION TOOLS NS2 & NS3 on 21st and 22
nd MAY 2015. The
topics covered included NETWORK SIMULATORS-A EAGLE VIEW FOR DIFFERENT
APPLICATIONS. The use of Network Simulators-2, Installation of NS2, Working with Front End Tools
for NS-2, Protocols for Network simulators, and Analysis for the Different Files formats and taking the
outputs, Application development-By participants.
The analysis of output traces file and tools to draw the output graph from the trace file. Introduction OS
Network Simulator 3, the comparison of NS2 and NS3. Installation of NS3, benefits of NS3. The
participants were given hands-on training on NS2 and NS3.
All the participants felt it extremely beneficial and gained knowledge on NS2 and to write scripts for
various Network applications.
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JUNE 2015
GUEST LECTURE ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS
IEEE student branch organized a guest lecture on Communication Skills. The session was
presided over by Mrs. Sofia Vincent, Assistant Professor, M.B.A., Panimalar Engineering
College on 30th
June 2015. The session covered points on how communication plays a major role
in any sector, the various delicacies in the language and the methods by which our communication
skills can be improved. About 75 students actively participated in this.
APTITUDE TRAINING PROGRAMME
To enhance the aptitude skills of Final year students and make them ready for placements -
Career Development Cell and IEEE-SB of Panimalar institute of technology in association with
Productivity Reach, Bangalore organized a one week Aptitude Training Programme during
22.6.2015-30.6.2015. Training Sessions are supported by elitist experts from Premier Business
Schools.
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JULY 2015
GUEST LECTURE ON HIGHER STUDIES IN ABROAD
IEEE student branch PIT in association with PIT alumni cell arranged a guest lecture on Higher
Studies in Abroad to the students of ECE department on 1st July 2015 for which the speakers
were Mr.Arun Kumar, Perusing MS in Kyungpook National University, South Korea and
Mr.Prem Kumar, Perusing MS in New Jersey Institute of Technology, US. The session gave the
students various insights on how to prepare for doing MS or MBA in abroad and the application
process. This event attracted around 650 students.
GUEST LECTURE ON EXPECTATION OF INDUSTRIES FROM YOUNG
ENGINEERS On 1
st July 2015 a Guest Lecture was conducted on Expectation of Industries from Young
Engineers, by Mr.Ram Prashanth, Embedded Developer, Bosch Automotive Steering,
Coimbatore. The session involved talks on how to prepare to get into the core companies, what
type of skills they need, the prerequisites and other expectations of the industry. This event
attracted around 650 students.
SHORT TERM COURSE ON MATLAB & ITS APPLICATION IN POWER
ELECTRONICS
IEEE student branch in association with department of EEE conducted a Short term course (STC)
on ―MATLAB & ITS APPLICATION IN POWER ELECTRONICS‖ from 02.07.2015 -
24.09.2015 for Third year students of EEE Department. The STC focused on how to use
MATLAB software for various applications. Demonstration of the simulation of converter circuits
using MATLAB was demonstrated.
SHORT TERM COURSE ON ANTENNA DESIGN
Short term course for the final year ECE department students on Antenna Design from 6th
July
2015 to 31st July 2015 was organized by IEEE-SB. The short term course was aimed at students
who are about to do their final year project in the antenna domain. The course discussed on the
design and construction of various antennas.
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SHORT TERM COURSE ON PSPICE
Short term course on ―PSPICE‖ was conducted from 07.07.2015 -22.09.2014 for Second year
students of EEE Department. The STC focused on designing a circuit in a PSPICE. The
information imparted to the students will be useful for them to progress with the ideas rendered by
them in implementing basic circuits using PSPICE.
GUEST LECTURE ON LEARN BY DOING
IEEE Student Branch in association with the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of PIT
organized a guest lecture on LEARN BY DOING on 11th
July 2015. The speaker of the meet was
Mr.Sunilraj Sudhakar, Finance manager FORD Global Business Services on the management
methods. The audience of the session were the EDC members.
SHORT TERM COURSE ON LABVIEW AND ITS APPLICATIONS
A short term course was conducted by IEEE -SB for the Third year ECE department students on
LABVIEW and its applications from 06th
to 31st July 2015.This course introduced the students
to various features of LABVIEW and focused on how to use LABVIEW software for various
applications. Image processing concepts with Real Time applications using LABVIEW was
demonstrated. Around 210 students from ECE attended the short term course.
GUEST LECTURE ON AWARENESS ON CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS IEEE student branch in association with the PIT-CDC organized a guest lecture by Mr.Shankar,
Director of Shankar IAS academy on Awareness on Civil Service Examinations on 14th
July
2015. The session gave the students information about the preparation and pattern of the IAS
examination. The session acted as an eye opener for students who were unsure about their career
path. Around 1350 students attended the event.
SHORT TERM COURSE ON PCB DESIGN
IEEE Student Branch organized a short term course for the Second year ECE department students
on PCB design. This course was conducted from 06th
July 2015 to 31st July 2015. The course
introduced the students to various aspects of PCB design. Around 200 students from ECE attended
the short term course. The information imparted by them will be useful for the students to progress
with the ideas rendered by them in their projects.
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ONLINE APTITTUDE TEST
To bring out the talents from students of final year and to make them practice more aptitude
problems IEEE SB in association with CDC PIT conducts online Aptitude test every Wednesday.
AUGUST 2015
MOCK INTERVIEW
Mock interview was conducted to students to test their interview skills. All the eligible final year
students underwent this programme. At the end of the interview students were provided with
constructive feedback in a low-stress environment.
CAMPUS RECRUITMENT TRAINING WORKSHOP
The Campus Recruitment Training Workshop 2015 in association with PIT CDC, IEEE SB & SEED was
held on 22nd
to 30th
August to give an entropic exposure about the campus interview. During the Training
session the participants were made cognizant about how exactly the interview process goes on. The group
discussions held were enlightening. The participants were taught to prepare resume. A live interview was
conducted to observe and learn a lot. This event helped the students to overcome the fear of facing
interviews and got a right view and spirit towards campus recruitments.
WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS
Workshop on Robotics was conducted by IEEE Student Branch in two phases for ECE & EEE
students on 12th
August 2015 to 14th
August 2015 and 19th
August 2015 to 21st August 2015. The
workshops involved around 300 students. The students were given the basic knowledge about the
design and construction of the bots, Line follower robots, etc.,.
EnActUs ORIENTATION PROGRAMME
IEEE Student Branch in association with the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of PIT
organized the EnActUs Orientation Programme on 19th
August 2015. The session was presided
over by Ms.Anitha Nallasekaran, Program Manager EnActUs, South, India. The lecture was
aimed at instilling entrepreneurial instincts into young minds.
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WORKSHOP ON RFID-2015
Department of ECE in association with IEEE SB of Panimalar Institute of Technology organized a
Two days workshop on RFID-2015 in coordination with IIT-Madras & Codex Design during
20th
- 21st , August 2015. This workshop mainly focused on RFID Applications. The workshop
covered topics like Features of RFID Systems ,Security of RFID System, Applications &
assembling RFID developing kit , Interfacing card with Reader, Writing a program for RFID based
access and security system, Testing and debugging the RFID based access and security system
program. Around 125 students in and around Tamil Nadu participated and gained knowledge.
SEMINAR ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
IEEE Student Branch in association with the PIT-EDC organized a seminar on Entrepreneurship
Development on 26th
August 2015. The session was handled by Mr.Harish and Mr.Arul
Prabhahar Asst.Managers, from National Small Industries Corporation, Guindy. During their
talk they focused on how to start up a business, run it and to improve it. They also explained
students how NSIC Chennai helps students to become an Entrepreneur.
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SEPTEMBER 2015
ROBOTRON - ROBO RACE
PIT -IEEE Robotics & Automation Society organized Robo-Race competition for students of
second & third year ECE & EEE. It was conducted on 9th
September 2015. The total numbers of
Participants were around 25. Participants were instructed to make Robot and they have to run the
Robot in the racing field.
ROBORACE
DEBATE ON JOB VS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Debate on Job vs Entrepreneurship was conducted on 11.09.2015. About 30 students participated
in the debate. The students debated the pros & cons of having a job &Entrepreneurship &
highlighted the general psychology of people towards Job and Entrepreneurship.
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DHONI’15 – INVITED TALK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP
An Invited talk was organized as a part of DHONI’15 Prize distribution ceremony on 19th
September 2015, on Entrepreneurship. The event was presided over by Dr.G.Ravikumar,
Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Anna University, Chennai. During his
speech he highlighted how entrepreneurship helps students .The session attracted around 150
students from various departments.
MINI PROJECT CONTEST
IEEE student branch conducted MINI Project Contest on 30th
September 2015. 10 projects
from various fields of VLSI, Image Processing, Embedded System and Robotics were exhibited.
The following students won the prizes in the event.
PROJECT TITLE STUDENTS NAME POSITION YEAR
STUDENTS RECORD USING
C++ AND GRAPHIC
DESIGNS
SAINATH K,MOHAMMED
FARIZ K
GOPINATH K
I
III
FOUR TONE ALISHA CELESTINE.X ,
KAUSALYA.T
NANDHINI PRIYA.M.N ,
INDHUMATHI.J
II
BALL FOLLOWING ROBOT BALAJI T, ARAVIND B,
SUNDARJI A
MANOJKUMAR B,NAVEEN V
II
III
WATER LEVEL INDICATOR
ALARM USING
TRANSISTOR
HARISHBABU T,SHRIRAM S
VAMSI KRISHNA M.
S,JOSEPH MARCIAN M
II
DATA HIDING USING
STEGNOGRAPHY
TECHNIQUE
NAVEEN
KUMAR.V,YOKESH.T
MURUGESAN S
III
III
SOLAR CAR WITH SOLAR
CHARGER
HARINI R , HEMALATHA S
PRIYADARSHINI S III
AUTOMATIC STREET LIGHT
CONTROL SYSTEM
RAMANAN R , SUDHAKARAN
K
VETRIVEL V , RAMESH A
II
BLOW SWITCH AKSHAYA ANAND,
N.CHANDRIKA
S.PRIYANKA
II
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Dr.M.P.Chitra,HOD/ECE & Reviewer of Project contest Reviews the Project
MATLAB CODING CONTEST
PIT -IEEE Signal Processing Society organized MATLAB coding contest for third year students.
It was conducted on 23rd
September 2015. The total numbers of Participants were around 15.
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OCTOBER 2015
IEEE day is special for IEEE members over the world and hence the members of our branch
started to celebrate this day with a lot of zeal and energy. Our activities for IEEE Day aim to make
all of us feel like we belong to a larger community, not just technically, but socially and culturally.
SHARING BENEFITS OF IEEE
Stall has been arranged to explain the benefits of IEEE. Student branch members explained various
ways in which IEEE membership can be used to develop their skills.
INAUGRATION OF IEEE DAY CELEBRATION
IEEE DAY Celebrations was inaugurated by Dr.T.Jayanthy, Principal Panimalar Institute
of Technology. During her Inaugural speech she briefed on the importance and the benefits of
IEEE student membership. She also elaborated on how to access IEEE & tips to do projects.
Dr.M.P.Chitra, IEEE Branch Adviser, HOD /ECE explained in brief about the activities and
awards received by PIT IEEE Student branch. Mr.M.Arun Student Branch counselor briefed about
the activities to be held during IEEE day celebrations. Student and professional members of SB
gathered and shared their achievements among the members.
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Dr.T.Jayanthy, Principal, PIT ,Dr.M.P.Chitra, HOD/ECE, Mr.M.Arun, SB Counselor, during Inaugural function
LECTURE ON IEEE & ITS BENEFITS TO STUDENTS
Mr. S. Ganesh, Professional Member IEEE & Associate Prof. ECE delivered the lecture on
IEEE & Its Benefits to students and society. During his speech he stated how IEEE differs from
other professional societies. How IEEE brings various departments like CSE, EEE, AERO, etc,.
Under a single IEEE roof. He also briefed about IEEE Student project funding, IEEE Extreme,
IEEE SIGHT , IEEE GOLD, IEEE WIE , etc,. Mr.M.S. Saravanan IEEE SB chairman delivered
the vote of thanks.
Mr.Ganesh, Associate Professor ECE delivers a lecture on IEEE
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WALK-A-THON
PIT IEEE student Branch Members as a part of IEEE DAY 15 conducted a walk-a-thon for the
cause of children ailing under child labor, child Marriage & Harassment against Women. The
march consisted of around 40 people and attracted significant attention. The march was flagged by
M.Arun,Student branch counselor, at around 10 A.M.
Walk-a-Thon
IEEE DAY 15 HUMAN FORMATION
As a part of IEEE DAY celebration IEEE students formed themselves in letters of IEEE DAY
15.This grasped the eyes of many first year students and triggered them to ask us what IEEE is?
Office bearers of IEEE SB briefed them about IEEE and Benefits of Joining IEEE.
IEEE ROBOTICS CONTEST
Robotics and automation society PIT conducted IEEE Robotics Contest. Contest was held to
bring in the talents of young engineers. 14 different robots were designed by participants and
exhibited in the contest. The humanoid ROBO hand by Mr. M.S.Saravanan won the first prize.
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ROBO HAND
QUIZ CONTEST
Quiz contest was held to bring out the hidden talent among IEEE student members. About 35
students attended the quiz prelims from which 3 teams were short listed for the Final round. The
finalist underwent through two levels of quizzing which covered almost all the possible fields in
engineering.
Participants during Quiz contest
EXTEMPORE
About 50 students participated in Extempore spoke on various topics like What can you do as an
IEEEian? , Role of Engineers in Developing Society, Digital India, Clean India etc,.
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Mr. Vinoth Student member during extempore
GUEST LECTURE ON IDEA GENERATION
“A man may die, even nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance
without death” , to make it much evident, a Guest Lecture on Idea Generation on 19th
October
2015 was organized by PIT E-Cell in association with IEEE SB & Purple Squirrel. Mr.
V. Ramachandran, Senior Associate, Purple Squirrel,Chennai delivered the lecture. During the
Lecture he explained students about the conventional and unconventional career and how they
counteract with each other. Moreover, how we can make our career unconventional just by
becoming a blogger. He also extended it to other fields like film; photography etc. by that he
showed how even a small start-up can make big entrepreneurs.
Mr. V. Ramachandran, Senior Associate, Purple Squirrel, Chennai delivers the lecture
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GUEST LECTURE ON FINANCE & MARKETING ASPECTS OF
STARTUPS
Guest Lecture on Finance & Marketing Aspects of Startups was organized on October 19 – 2015
by PIT E-ECELL & IEEE SB. ―Start where you are, use what you have and do what you can‖,
with reference to the above context, our journey started successfully with an eminent speaker Mr.
S Varadarajan, CEO ,V empower Academy. The session begun by the question ―what is meant by
the start‖ which aroused our enthusiasm and made us feel comfortable. Then, the speaker gave us
his piece of information about the entrepreneurship and made us aware of how to eradicate the
myths that prevent a person from becoming an entrepreneur. Next, the speaker gave us an idea of
how thinking out of box will help build a good entrepreneur. He also made us visualize how even
small start-ups have reaped fruitful results. He asked us to first master the tricks of the concerned
field and then become an entrepreneur which gave us confidence to wake up the entrepreneurs in
us. The speaker even said, how communication plays an important role in an entrepreneur’s career.
To conclude with, this journey ended up in carving a endless and successful career towards the
path of the entrepreneurship.
Mr. S Varadarajan, CEO ,V empower Academy delivers the lecture
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NOVEMBER 2015
WORKSHOP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & COGNITION
Department of ECE of Panimalar Institute of Technology in association with IFANDFOR
ENDEAVOURS Chennai, IEEE-SB, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society organized a Workshop
on ―Artificial Intelligence & Cognition‖ organized during 4th
to 5th
NOVEMBER 2015.
Mr.S.Kalidas founder IFANDFOR ENDEAVOURS Chennai conducted the workshop. The course
focused on the basics of modern AI as well as some of the representative applications of AI. Along
the way, participants learnt about the numerous applications and huge possibilities in the field of
AI, which continues to expand human capability beyond imagination. There were about 50
participants who felt it extremely beneficial and gained knowledge on applications.
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