IEDC

TINK-HER-HACK

On 17th and 18th December, Tinker Hub hosted Kerala’s largest women’s Hackathon, Tink-Her-Hack, at five different locations in the state, one of which was hosted by Toc H Institute of Science and Technology. Tink-Her-Hack’s focus was on guiding women, who are eager to step into the world of tech, to build and acquire solid core knowledge of a stack, as well as women who want to up-skill their abilities for a stronger portfolio. The Hackathon was open only to girls from all colleges across Kerala. 150 people attended in this prestigious event.  

The event started at 9:00 AM on the 17th of December, and ended at 4:00 PM on 18th of December. During the event, participants jointly programmed a software or a website that aimed to solve an issue that our society faces. Under the guidance of our esteemed mentors – Diksha Srivastava (CUSAT), Tanu Shree (CUSAT), Riya P Mathew (MBCET) and Sandra M A (Jyothi Engineering College) – the participants developed their innovative projects over the course of 24 hours. The projects were evaluated by Divya Suseelan (Delivery Manager) and Athira T J (AS Engineer, TCS), and the top 5 projects were awarded prizes.

Ms. Anju Varghese, Managing Partner PMJ construction Leasing Company, Ernakulam, was our guest mentor for the event and participants got to exchange their ideas and views, and interact with her. She made her presence available during both the days.

The first day of programming consisted of two Git-Hub commits followed by one preliminary evaluation, which was then followed by the final Git-Hub commit of the day. Participants worked on their projects late into the night, perfecting it by noon the next day, for the final submission through the Tink-Her-Hack platform.

The projects developed by the participants during the course of the event were presented to the judges and mentors, and the final evaluation began at 1:00 PM on the 18th of December.

The first position was won by the Maverick team, which consisted of Chinju Ann John, Bhavya Ajith, Angel Rachel Sam and Indhu Mohan, from Toc H Institute of Science and Technology. The second position was bagged by the Sentinels team from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. The third position was won by the Bits n Bytes Team from GEC, Thrissur. The fourth and fifth positions were secured by the Code Acers and Aloha teams from Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, and Government Model Engineering College, respectively.

The participants were mentored, challenged and tested on their skills, and encouraged to push the boundaries of their comfort zones and put themselves out there to create greater things than they thought were possible. The hackathon concluded at 4:00 PM on the 18th of December, Sunday.

DATE – 30.11.2022

VENUE- ST. IGNATIUS VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, KANJIRAMATTOM

TIST IEDC, as part of Innovators Premier League( IPL)the flagship event of Kerala Startup mission, a one day Innovative project exhibition was arranged at St. Ignatius vocational higher secondary School, Kanjiramattom on 30^th November 2022. The product expo was arranged and the skill day was observed by the school as per the guidelines of general education department, Kerala Government. Eleven Projects from our college were displayed in two classes at the venue. More than five hundred students from various eight schools, teachers and public had visited the stalls from 10 AM to 3 PM.

TIST Students had a very worthwhile time interacting and explaining their displayed projects.  The Exhibition entailed students to explore real-world problems and challenges and gain profound practical knowledge and understanding of latest technologies. The doubts and concerns regarding the projects were addressed by the faculty members and students accompanied along with the projects. Two faculty members, Twenty three students were in the project team and four IEDC ambassadors were in the coordinators team.

INDUSTRY VISIT (RA S5) (2020-24 Batch)

APTIV CONNECTION SYSTEMS INDIA Pvt Ltd

Date – 18^th, November 2022

As part of Innovators Premier League, On November 18th 2022 TIST Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) organized a one day industrial visit to APTIV CONNECTION SYSTEMS INDIA Pvt Ltd, Arakunnam, for forty Students from S5 Robotics and Automation along with three Faculty Members.

APTIV is a US based MNC, which is headquartered in Ireland. APTIV is specialized in manufacturing products for Advanced Safety & User Experience, Connection Systems and Electrical Distribution Systems.

We initially had a briefing session about APTIV followed by an interactive session with the General Manager Mr. Manoj Nair. Then we had two sessions by the HR manager, Mr. Sreelal & the Plant Manager, Mr. Raj Singh explaining about LEAN management and they gave us an overview about APTIV’s market level globally. We were taken to the Engineering Lab where we saw the final products from each batch undergo vigorous test. Then We proceeded to the Machining Room, here we saw CNC Machines performing operations like lathe ,milling, grinding, electrical discharge machining etc.

Then we visited the Molding Area where different types of molding, like Injection Molding were displayed. Then we were able to see, connectors of airbags and braking system being made in automated process. Then we proceeded to the Inspection Room, where manual inspection was done for the final products. We also saw multiple gantry robots and robotic manipulators which assisted in transportation of the goods between sections.

EXPERT TALK ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TOPIC- INNOVATIVE THINKING AND CREATIVITY

DATE – 14^TH OCTOBER 2022, FRIDAY

VENUE – SEMINAR HALL, NIRMALA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, MULANTHURUTHY

As part of the inaugural ceremony of Entrepreneurship Development Club under Ministry of Industries in NIRMALA College, Mulanthuruthy, TIST Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) organized a one day workshop ON INNOVATIVE THINKING AND CREATIVITY on 14^th October 2022 for BBA Students and ED Club Members. The Session was handled by Adv. Titus Thomas, Head of Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of Toc H Institute of Science and technology.  The session started by giving an overview of the technological advancements over the past fifty years. He gave an insight into the changes that taking place in our daily life and associated systems due to the advent of technology. No technology will remain stagnant and it will keep on changing according to the changing necessity of human beings. It’s the responsibility of young active students to come up with good ideas that can evolve into a revolution. Industrial revolution 4.o was well explained with examples and videos of artificial intelligence, Robotics, Augmented reality etc.   Innovative thinking and creative thinking must be considered as a culture that everyone can develop and must be conceived as part of the curriculum regardless of their age, gender or stream of study.

The two hours session concluded at 12.45 PM with a note of gratitude and a request to the students to be agile and keep the eyes wide open to see the problems around the world. A good observer only can be a good creator.

The session was Attended by Mr. George Kuriakose, Chairman and Manager, Mrs. Daissy George, Dean, Mrs. Geetha, Principal , Faculty members from various departments and 125 students.

Vayanasala Launch & Workshop on Creative Design

Dated- 20th of July 

KSUM Complex –Kalamassery

The Vayanshala program is an initiative conceptualized with the objective to create creative opportunities for communities at the Panchayat level to step into the digital ecosystem. Along with the launch, EY had organised a Workshop on Creative Design by industry leaders for the students from IEDC. 

The launch of a Vayanashala programme was scheduled on 20th of July , Wednesday at the Kerala Start Up Mission Facility at Kalamassery at 10.15 A.M at the Amphi Theatre. 

The launch was attended by Mr. Anoop Ambika, CEO Kerala Startup Mission, Richard Sheldon, EY GDS Enablement Service Leader, Koshy Mathew, EY Media and EY Accounts leader, Richard Antony, EY GDS India location leader, Subish Ram, EY Enablement Services Automation leader, EY Deal management MBA leader, PM Riyaz, Kerala Knowledge Mission Economy General Manager, Gauri Marwa, EY Communication leader.

The workshop on creative design was taken by Mr. Sathish, Trainer, EY and was attended by following students from TIST and from many engineering colleges across the district.

Report on Python Workshop In association with the Department of Computer Science Engineering

Date – 15^th and 16^th July, 2022

TIST IEDC organized a 2 days workshop on python and Django on 15^th and 16^th July 2022 as part of the national level tech fest, Techfoss 2022. 76 students enrolled for the event The workshop was taken by Sharun E Rajeev, full stack developer and Devaprasad N M, backend developer.

The first day of the event was conducted offline and covered the fundamentals of python programming. The Event started with explaining basic concepts like the difference between compiled and interpreted language. Later they are introduced to an IDE for development and given a brief idea about basic commands and calculations that are possible. The different data structures and data types are introduced. Many of the participants faced issues while compiling and syntax errors. All issues were later resolved with individual attention.

Various basic data types like Integer, Floating Point and String were introduced. The two new data types for those who did a bit of programming were Boolean and None. Boolean can hold only one of two possible values: True and False. The last type was None which is a special type indicating nulls. Along the way, we also introduced the participants to the concept of variables. Many of those who had experience with C++/Java remarked how easy it was to declare a variable in Python without specifying its data type. The reason is that Python doesn’t actually “hold” any data but is merely pointers to data objects. We then moved on to the basic assignment and arithmetic operations in programming. Many of them were new to the module (%), the floor division (//), and the power of (**) operators. We then gave them a simple problem to solve for some practice using the things they learned. Comparison operators were then taught along with conditional statements, it’s syntax, working and how the operators were used in it. Next, we moved on to looping statements. While being taught for loop, they were also introduced to the range() function in Python along with its start, stop and step parameters, which work the same way in string slicing, also explained at the time. In the end, participants were given a few questions to solve, going from beginning to intermediate and they were encouraged to ask any doubts since we were nearing the end of the session.

INDUSTRIAL VISIT – REPORT

PLYWOOD FACTORY, PERUMBAVOOR, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT

14.07.2022

TIST IEDC organized a one day industrial visit for Mechanical engineering students at Seepison Plywood Factory, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam District on 14^th July 2022.

We reached the factory at 10.30am and met the owner Mr. Abdul Majeed. He had taken us for a tour inside the factory and explained the production processes and the functions of each machines. The students got the opportunity to experience the peeling of wood, tray arrangement for wood shaves for drying,  applying resins, pasting, pressing, drying, cutting of edges, labeling, stacking etc were the major stages involved in the process.

The students also taught about the daily power consumption, waste management, effective utilization of waste, raw material sourcing, storage, sales volume, market, labour management etc.

Fifteen students and five faculty members visited the factory. The factory has a monthly turnover of 12 crore. They supply the products to almost all parts of India and abroad.

They have a separate unit for making the adhesive. That unit supplies gum to many manufacturers in and around the district. They have cautioned us to take utmost care while entering the manufacturing unit. The process is completely handled by migrant workers especially from Bengal, Assam, and Bihar. They provide accommodation for all the employees near the factory. 

Angel Investment and Funding Opportunities

Date – 01/07/2022

A session on Angel Investment and Funding Opportunities was organized by TIST IEDC and IIC on 1^st July 2022 by Mr. Abay P. A,DevOps Associate, Upekkha

The objective of the session was to discuss the aspects of funding schemes for early-stage startups. A private equity and external source of financing, angel investing, investment type carried out by a high-net-worth businessperson. In addition to providing funding for early-stage business companies, they also serve as advisors, and strategists, and provide angel investing is a type of private equity investment made by high-net-worth entrepreneurs as an external source of funding. They help early- stage business companies build their firms by acting as mentors, strategists, and financial backers in addition to other roles. Angel investor is a class of investors having the passion and motivation to take risks and invest in new businesses. They work individually and as a syndicate.

Angel India Network is one such organization. Currently, India’s startup ecosystem is good, Supported by the presence of angels and venture investors.

The lecture is to give an insight into the sources of funding for early startups and help students understand the role of angel investors in funding a startup. The lecture is also aimed at motivating and informing students about investment financing opportunities for their startups.

In this session Abay discussed various funding opportunities for early stage startups like incubation facility for the startups across Kerala and various incubation methods, R&D support, mentoring support such as The Mentorship/Connect programme is an extension of the Startup Leadership Academy & Training Programme,

Abhay explained Seed funding facility for early stage startups and support offered in the following terms such as Product development, Testing & Trials, Test Marketing, IPR Issues the session served beneficial for the participants for gaining knowledge regarding startup funding for their business ideas. The participants could rightly utilize the session for effectively conducting an incisive study and objective analysis for their startup ideas before taking the final leap. The session also provided an insight into how the avenues differ invariably dependingupon the stage of the start-up.

BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

REPORT

DATE – 31^ST May 2022

VENUE- RAMANUJAN HALL

TIST Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) and IIC organized a one day workshop on Business Model Canvas on 31^st May 2022. The session was handled by Mr. Ajay Basil, Subject Expert from Adi Shankara Institute of Science and Technology, Kalady. During his session he explained the unique design impact of a product, acceptance of a product, and patentability criteria of a product. The life story of Aishwarya Paramadathil (Machine for disposing off sanitary napkins) has helped the students in understanding more on the value of innovative idea and constant passion.

He had also explained about the different types of companies, its registration procedure, cost of registration of each types etc. During his afternoon session he asked students to pitch their idea in an appealing and professional manner. He gave students valuable suggestions through videos and photos to improve their pitching.

He advised all students to come out of the inertia state and bring out the talent. The workshop concluded by sharing the opportunities and financial assistance provided by the government to help students in startups

Sixty one students from all the departments attended the session. His session was concluded at 4PM after interacting with students.

VIRAGO 3.0 Summit – Report

All Kerala Women Summit – 23^rd April 2022

 ‘VIRAGO 3.0 | The Women Summit’ organized by Women Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Development Cell (WEED-MCET) under Innovation Centre of Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology on 23^rd April 2022. The event aims to promote and nurture the talents of young women and equip them to move beyond the walls of stage fear and to make life-determining decisions through the different problems in society.

This women summit will be conducted based on five themes-Venture, Tenacity, Dynamic, Adaptability, and Revolution. The Summit put forward tasks and activities to recognize the winner of the event as the Queen Virago!

Betcy Elizabeth Bervin(S6 EEE), President of Toc H IEDC-DIWA & Chief Media Officer of TIST-IEDC for grabbing the Title QUEEN VIRAGO 3.0 in the IEDC Women summit – VIRAGO 3.0 organised by Mohandas College of Engineering, Nedumangadu, Trivandrum in association with Kerala Startup Mission.

Initiative of – Mulanthuruthy Block Panchayath Industries Extension cell

Partnered with – IEDC Toc H and CS Department.

The Government Announced ‘ONE YEAR ONE LAKH ENTERPRISES’ (Oru Varsham Oru Lakhsham Samrambhangal)  in April 2022. The honorable Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan proclaimed that the government aims to generate 5 lakh job opportunities through this noble initiative ‘one lakh enterprises in one year.

As part of this initiative Mulanthuruthy Block Panchayath showed its willingness to collaborate with TIST IEDC for organizing a block level competition called IDEATHON. The competition was open to all residents of Mulanthuruthy block panchayath and students studying in various institutions within the above said region. As part of it; orientation sessions and capacity building workshops were conducted in all eligible local bodies during April to July months. Posters of IDEATHON were put in all six panchayath Notice boards. Information was given to the public through social media handles, official notifications and direct messages.

Similarly, we had arranged few meetings with technical experts and bank officials to chip in with this project. Meeting with technical experts were also conducted to get mentorship support, provide the selected team with loans, financial sponsorships and to get done the formalities like licenses.

Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) and Department of Computer Science Engineering of Toc H Institute of Science and Technology were jointly organizing this project.

DIWA Launch

Dated 8^th March 2022

Chief Guest – Ms. SUMITHA S. N (Sub Inspector of Police)

The much awaited launch of DIWA ( Dynamic & Innovative Women’s Association ) an initiative of TIST IEDC had been launched in TIST on the International Women’s Day by the Mulanthuruthy Sub Inspector of Police Ms. SUMITHA S. N. in association with IIC, Women Cell, NSS and JCI Infopark Kochi.

DIWA is a platform exclusively for girls. TIST IEDC has taken a leap by launching DIWA for promoting their Girl students more into Technology, Social Innovation, and Entrepreneurship by providing personalized trainings on creativity, social commitments, innovative thinking, personal hygiene, soft skills, self defense, legal awareness etc.

During the inaugural address the Chief Guest mentioned about the inevitability of girls being come forward to the main stream. She appreciated the initiative and wished its members all the success and support in the future endeavors.  Special Memento and a gift was given by Dr. Preethi Thekkath to the chief guest as a token of gratitude.

Dr. Preethi Thekkath, Principal TIST is being selected for the JCI Women in Leadership Award -2021. The Memento was presented to her by JCI past President JC Anju Varghese during the function.

The Event was Co organized by JCI Kochi Infopark. JCI President Mr. Eldo Chirakachalil, Past president of JCI Ms. Anju Varghese,  TIST Principal Dr. Preethi Thekkath, Vice Principal Dr. Deepa Elizabeth, S&H HOD Dr. Sreeja Subash, Psychologist HOD Dr. Reena Madhu, also expressed their felicitations.

Talk on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

IEDC Mentor of the Month Talk series – March 2022

Date- 09.03.2022, 6.30 PM

Resource person – Adv. Bineesh Mathew

       TIST Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre and Toc H IIC jointly organized a talk on Intellectual property on 9^th March 2022. The session was handled by Adv. Bineesh Mathew, Lawyer from cochin specialized in IPR. During the session he handled Intellectual Property Rights,  Intellectual Property as a property: What are they and their relevance for the intellectual property owner, Procedure & Legal Formalities- Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Design and Geographical Indications.

        Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are a set of exclusive rights protected by law which are accorded to creators or persons over their creations for a certain time period. An IP right holder can realize value from its intellectual assets through utilizing it internally for its own processes or share it externally through provision of goods and services to customers. The latter can be achieved through legal mechanisms such as licensing or assignment.

          In today’s globally competitive environment, intellectual property has placed itself on a pedestal in the context of economic growth and is becoming increasingly important. Intellectual Property (IP) is the fuel that powers the engine of prosperity, fostering invention and innovation. The increasing significance of intangible assets in the global economy is forcing business organizations to actively manage their IP as a key driver for building and sustaining their competitive advantage and achieving superior performance.

             IPRs are now being used not only as a tool to protect creativity and generate revenue but also to build strategic alliances for socio-economic and technological growth. Accordingly, in order to foster the protection of innovations and creativity, the Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is dedicated to mobilize the use of such technological advancement for the economic development of the country. He had also explained the importance of getting a patent for a product or Innovative ideas with examples. After the session the students interacted with him and cleared their doubts. The session was attended by 154 students and faculty members from various branches.

REPORT- IEDC SUMMIT

The sixth edition of the IEDC Summit was hosted by St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, on 5th March 2022 on the theme “Unleashing the Creativity” aimed at accelerating the spirit of vibrant individuals to showcase their abilities and learn from the campus success, acquire technology skillset, get recognised and meet the business and industry stalwarts. 

Thirteen TIST IEDC members and IEDC Nodal Officer attended the summit. We left for palai at 6.45 AM and reached the venue by 8.45. After the registration we had attended the talk sessions at different venues. We also had visited the stalls by various technical companies, maker village etc.

During the valedictory Session it was announced that TIST IEDC is awarded the second runner up and ninth position in the state in Innovators Premier League (IPL) conducted as a prelude to the IEDC Summit.

TEDx TIST REPORT

On the 9th of January 2022, at about 11 am Toc H Institute of Science and Technology organized the first-ever TED talk event on the theme “The road not taken” in association with IEDC TIST. As a socially responsible organization, the event was forced to be conducted on a virtual platform due to the prevailing covid19 pandemic. The talks of the speakers were recorded prior to the event and were played accordingly. The event marked a good response from the audience which was reflected by the attendance of the event which never went below 100.

The first speaker who shared his thoughts and experience was Mr. James Joseph, founder of Jackfruit 365. Sir James shared his experience on what made him take challenges and think beyond restricting himself to a comfort zone in life and the various hurdles he had to face while going forward with his works.

The talk was followed by a break session which was made much more entertaining by the individual performances of students of the institution.

After the break we had Mr. Kenz Elachola, founder of Milliondots, with his way of life to reach where he was, being a young entrepreneur, the talk motivated and gave more courage to the minds of the audience to never give up and move with your passion in life.

The talk of Kenz marked the end of the event which was followed by vote of thanks.

Workshop on Applied Digital Skills

Date – 17.12.2021          

Venue- DL Hall, Aryabhatta Block, TIST

As part of Kerala Startup Mission’s Innovators Premier League (IPL) TIST Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) in association with Institute Innovation Cell (IIC) organized a one day workshop on Applied Digital Skills for budding Entrepreneurs by Google certified trainer and crowd source Influencer Mr. Varghese Jose on 17^th December 2021 at 1PM.  In his session he explained the tools, platforms and activities facilitated by Google to help any business succeed.

He said that almost all entrepreneurs are now going digital, by taking their businesses online, from creating awesome marketing and promotional campaigns, among other processes. It is a fact that having a business idea isn’t the hardest part, but the execution thereof. That’s why few digital skills such as digital marketing or analytical reasoning are essential for the growth of any digital business. The application of digital skills such as AI or cloud computing is dependent on the nature of your digital business.

Being a Google crowd source influencer he insisted participants to learn the application of digital skills to transform their goals and reach the desired level of success.

HACKATHON IN FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Date 4th December 2021 -Hybrid Mode (Online and Offline Mode)

A five-day-long HACKATHON in Future Technologies was organized by TIST IEDC in association with IIC and the Department of Computer Science Engineering was inaugurated by Mr. Arun Alex Coordinator of KTU Industry Attachment cell on 4th December 2021.
The key areas selected are Smart Life, Agriculture, Human Centred computing, Smart city, Disaster Management, and Health Care.
The prize pool was Rs.10,000 ( First –Rs 6000, Second- Rs 4000,) and the last date of registration was on 29 th November 2021.Nineteen Students from TIST and various colleges like Vimal Jyothy, Saint Gits, College of Engineering Kallooppara, SCMS were registered.

Creative Startups (IEDC i-Talk Entrepreneur of the Month Talk Series)

Resource Person- Mr. Amarnath Shankar

Date 27^th November 2021

Online Platform – Google Meet

As part of Kerala Startup Missions Innovators premier League (IPL) Toc H IEDC and IIC organized an online talk on Creative startups on 27^th November 2021.

Mr. Amarnath Shankar started the session by showing a video created by his own production company for PARAS curry powder. Though the curry powder company is located in India it is not a popular brand in the Indian Market. But its one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of quality curry powders. They are not in the retail market but they are supplying the masalas to the food giants like KFC, Dominos, Pizza hut, chicking, Radisson, Taj etc. He narrated few such examples of creative startups from India.

He explained the importance of innovation in the Indian startup ecosystem and the need to constantly evolve in as entrepreneurs from different fields. He also discussed the significance of providing innovative solutions for pertinent issues and for a better tomorrow.He had motivated the students by narrating his own story based on his entrepreneurial journey soon after completing his graduation. His passionate words were inspiring and worth listening.

During the question and answer session he explained the difficulties faced during his initial days, importance of being dedicated and being self-motivated.The session was attended by 229 participants including students and faculty from Toc H and other colleges as well.

IEDC -TIST INDUSTRIAL VISIT, (IPL)

Date – 26.11.2021

Venue- Malabar Extrusions Pvt. Ltd. Peppathy, Ernakulam District.

Organized by – TIST IEDC

As part of Kerala Startup Missions Innovators Premier League (IPL) Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) of Toc H institution of science and Technology in collaboration with Institute Innovation Council (IIC) of Toc H institution of science and technology had organized a one day Industrial visit to MALABAR EXTRUSIONS Pvt. LTD for B tech safety and fire engineering students of Fifth Semester.  

The team consisted of 54 students from the fifth semester , IEDC Nodal Officer  Adv.Titus Thomas and two faculty members from the safety and fire engineering department namely Asst. prof. Naveen G and Asst. prof. Renju raj.

The production engineers of various units gave a guided tour to Dye shop, different types of steel units, vertical milling devices unit, wiring cutting device unit, electric discharge machine unit, steel melting furnace and assembly machine, aluminum extrusion plants and logistics division.

The safety students also had a brief introduction with the chief security officer Mr.cherian who explained about the various safety and security standards in their factory. The students had gained a brief idea about various manufacturing processes which was essential in this particular semester as they have safety in the manufacturing industry as one of their papers.  

3–DAYS HANDS-ON WORKSHOP   

Topic: “INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT USING ARDUINO”

As part of Kerala Start-up Missions Innovators premier League (IPL) TIST-IEDC and IIC in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organised a 3- Day hands on Workshop on “Innovative Product Development Using Arduino” which was handled by Mr. Lawrence Noel A. J, Embedded System Engineer, COMLIFT Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd. From 18-20^th November 2021. A total of 27 participants including 15 students attended the session.

       The three days hands –on Workshop helped faculty and students to understand the key concepts and logic behind programming using Arduino. The programme also gave an insight on application of Arduino in various applications like Water level Control.

LIFE ASSISTANCE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Date- 19^th November 2021

As part of Kerala Startup Missions Innovators Premier League (IPL) an IDEATHON competition was organized by TIST IEDC in association with IIC on 19^th November 2021, 2 PM at IEDC Meeting Lounge at Einstein block. The problem statement for IDEATHON was ‘LIFE ASSISTANCE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED’.

Seven teams from various branches presented their ideas.

1. Sheethal Ann, Muhammed Aslam & Team – Just Walk
2. Vishwanath & Team – Guide Jacket
3. Tejus & Arjun – Half eye
4. Anirudh & Arjun – Third eye
5. Hafiz and Justin Paul – TRAVI
6. Parvathy & Anamika- Life Assist devise for visually impaired people
7. Mahima & Team- Robotic guide dogs

Out of the seven ideas Thejus and Team got First prize, Vishwanath and team got second prize and Hafiz and team got third prize.

Hands-on workshop on Machine learning using python

Date- 14.11.2021

Venue- Ramanujan Hall

 A one-day hands-on workshop on Machine Learning using python was organized by the Department of Information Technology for the students of B Tech Information Technology in association with Innovations & Entrepreneurship Development Centre  (IEDC-TIST) and Institute Innovation Council (IIC) on 14^thDecember 2021. Amjad.N Founder and C.E.O. of ElkanIO Research Labs, Kochi was the resource person.

The workshop comprised of two sessions. In the forenoon session the resource person shared Insight into futuristic trends of modern machine learning.The major areas discussed include Introduction to AI and its applications in the real world. Introduction about machine learning, Types of Learning algorithms, unsupervised learning methods, Partitioned and hierarchical clustering methods, Introduction to Image Processing, Convolution Neural Networks and Natural Language Processing.

In the afternoon session there was Hands on session on machine learning using python. Session covers Pandas for handling real dataset, Numpy for using mathematics library and Matplotlib for visualization using Jupyter notebook. For each of the content trainer solved one case study followed by second problem to be solved by the participants. All participants completely engaged with Python Hangover. Dr Rasmi P S, HOD, Information Technology wound up the session with a vote of thanks.

Interactive session with Newly Selected IEDC Executive Committee Members on 4^th March 2020

Mentor of the month – TALK Series

GUEST – Dr. Anil Joseph, (Managing Director, Geo Structurals Pvt Ltd)

Latest Trends In Construction

Date- 24.09.2020

Department of civil engineering in association with TIST-IEDC conducted a one-day webinar on “Latest Trends In Construction” on September 24, 2020. The session was handled by Dr. Anil Joseph, (Managing Director, Geo Structurals Pvt Ltd)

Speaker covered the technical and architectural aspects of the upcoming structure including the case studies of the design involved. He also covered some of the trends in all construction aspects and the processing required to meet those challenges.

The talk was attended by around 70 participants including Faculty members, and students from the civil engineering department. A feedback form was collected online from the participants.

Prof.Lathi Karthi, HOD, Department of Civil Engineering gave a detailed introduction and welcomed the chief guest. The technical talk was very interesting and gave the opportunity to discuss the recent technologies in construction. The basic idea of this event is to enhance the knowledge about upcoming trends in construction engineering to civil engineering students. The program was successfully concluded with a formal vote of thanks by Edwin George, IEDC Ambassador.

Social Innovation

Installation of Automatic Sanitizer Dispenser Developed by TIST IEDC

DATE – 13.06.2020

As part of the COVID cell activity during the lockdown period during the pandemic; Mechanical Engineering Department In association with TIST IEDC developed a fully automatic hand Sanitizer dispenser that dispenses hand sanitizer in fixed quantity when the person places his hand in the space provided. An infrared obstacle detecting sensor with a range of 2cm to 30 cm is used to detect the obstacle.

On 13^th June 2020, we have installed the device at the Mulanthuruthy Panchayath’s new Block at the entrance. During the installation ceremony Toc H Founder Director Manager Dr.K Varghese handed over the device to the Panchayath President Renji Kollinal in the presence of Director Dr.Alex Mathew, Principal Dr.Preethi Thekkath, Mechanical HOD in charge Mr.Rajesh Kocheril, IEDC Nodal Officer Mr.Titus Thomas and other ward members.

MENTOR OF THE MONTH- IEDC TECH-TALK Series

GUEST- Mr. Dennis Rajan (Asst. Executive Engineer, KSEB, Chithirapuram, Munnar) former Electrical Engineer of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

20.02.2020

TIST Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) organized a TECH TALK on Power Frequency Control for Electrical Engineering Students on 20^th February 2020. Mr. Dennis Rajan (Asst. Executive Engineer, KSEB, Chithirapuram, Munnar) former Electrical Engineer of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) delivered a very informative and interactive session.

Frequency in a power system is a real-time changing variable that indicates the balance between generation and demand. With the integration of more and more renewable energy resources power frequency control has become a major challenge in the present-day power system. Proper frequency control is only possible by maintaining equilibrium between active and reactive power generated without any turbulence.

This session helped students in understanding the significance and challenges of power frequency control. The interactive session arranged at the end of the technical talk provided a platform for students to clear their doubts. All Students from the department Attended the Session.

KOCHI METRO YARD at Muttom Near Aluva

Date – 28.02.2020

TIST IEDC has taken initiative to provide its students an exposure to various industrial practices through Field Visit and training at the KOCHI METRO yard, Muttom, Aluva. A team of 45 students and 12 faculty from TIST got an opportunity to visit the yard on 28^th February 2020.

We reached there at 10.15 AM. We had fruitful and informative sessions at Electrical and Mechanical maintenance Sections, Communication control centre, Sub Stations, Solar Power plant, running stock Monitoring unit etc.

A team of Managers including DGM operations, Asst Manager Trainings, Engineer Mechanical and Electrical, Operations Head etc were there to coordinate the Tour. In this Report IEDC extending high gratitude to the General Manager Rajendran Sir for giving us this opportunity to experience the unmatched field of Technology.

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