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OCTOBER 2016

VOL 4, ISSUE 5

MECHNOVA

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT NEWS LETTER

“Oruvattom Koodi” Alumni meet for the year 2016 on 10

th September 2016. Attended by Alumni and their family from

around the world. Function was inaugurated by Rev Fr(Dr). Thomas Melvettath ,Chairman VJEC and

presidential address was given by Dr Benny Joseph , Principal, VJEC. Alumni from various professional

facet shared their experiences. Discussion aimed at strengthening alumni relations for the benefit of the

students and the college

Inside this issue

HOD Desk Placement Statistics Efficycle 2016

Alumni meet

Auto Desk Work shop

Personality development

Work shop

EDC Work shop

Efficycle

Newly Joined Faculties

PTA meetings

HOD DESK

Greetings to Dear students, Faculty and Friends! College alumni meet conducted on 10

th Sep 2016 was very successful. Alumni

from various facet of professional life shared their experiences and were very proud to see the growth of our college. Such interactions will definitely contribute to the reach and growth of the department and the college. Our students have done a wonderful work in completing SAE- EFFICYCLE (Efficient Hybrid Human Powered Three Wheeled Electric Vehicle) for participation in the design completion to held at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara on 12-16 October 2016. PTA meetings of S1,S3,S5& S7 gave opportunity for parents to assess performance of their wards and interact with faculties.Additional training programme and courses conducted to ensure our students are up-to-date with latest in the field of technology

Cdr Raju K Kuriakose(retd)

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As part of academic curriculum and

evolving the skill set among students,

ME department SAE VJEC chapter in

association with the Intercad systems

conducted one day work shop on latest

Auto desk Fusion 360 on 27th

August

2016 at CAD lab. The excellentsession

on Fusion 360 was conducted and

various exercises were given to

students based on various project

works.

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOP ON AUTO DESK FUSION 360

Mechanical Engineering organized one day

training workshop on

“PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT –

DEVELOPING A WINNING

APPROACH IN LIFE”

for S1 (A & B) mechanical Engineering

students on 20th August 2016. Prof S

Bhaskar (Department of Mechanical

Engineering Kumara guru College of

Engineering) was the resource person

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INTERACTION WITH SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TEAM

VJEC INVICTUS is ready for the

battle…SAENIS EFFICYCLE 2016 (An

Intercollegiate Design Competitionto

Design and Fabricate an Energy

Efficient Hybrid Human Powered

Three Wheeled Electric Vehicle) event

will held from 12th October 2016 to 16th

October 2016 at Lovely Professional

University, Phagwara (PUNJAB)…..This

event provides an opportunity for our

students by setting up the trend of using

eco- friendly vehicle in campus and

come up with some innovative designs.

The vehicle is capable to drive

simultaneously by two drivers and also

run alternatively on an electric drive.

The vehicle is powered by human-

electric hybrid power and capable of

seating two passengers catering to the

day to day mobility needs in an

ecofriendly way

SAE TEAM INVICTUS -EFFI-CYCLE 2016

Mechanical Engineering

Department in association with

Entrepreneur Development Cell of

VJEC conducted a workshop in

“Interaction with Successful

Entrepreneurs” on 12th August

2016 at Vallppilly hall.

Ms. Manjusha Mohan (Executive

Director, Dennis Morton) & Mr.

Sudhin V M (Co- Founder & CTO

Vatsaa Energy Pvt. Ltd) has

interacted with the students. Dean

Mechanical Engineering

Department Prof. Raghavan K

coordinated the event

EFFICYCLE IN NEWSPAPERS

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WELCOME TO OUR NEWLY JOINED FACULTIES……

Editors: Mejo M Francis &Hari Prasad

Mr. Charles Jacob B. Tech,

M.Tech

Assistant Professor

Specialization:Engineering Design

Ms. Kavitha Radhakrishnan

B Tech, M Tech, MBA

Assistant Professor

Specialization:Aeronautical

Engineering, Operations

Management

Department of Mechanical Engineering PTA meetings were conducted for different batches

S7ME- 23.08.16, S1ME- 01.09.16&S3ME- 23.09.16

A detailed information regarding the students overall performance up to first series was given to the parents, on

which the parents were satisfied on the concern and dedication provided by the staffs for thestudents. Detailed

discussion on academic activities have done with parents, staff & management & toppers from each classes and

students with full attendance were awarded with prizes

PTA MEETINGS OF S1, S3 & S7ME BATCHES