A Webinar on "The Power of IoT - Configuration of Smart Home using CISCO Packet Tracer"

Faculty of Engineering and Technology in association with CISCO Networking Academy hosted a National Level Webinar on "The Power of IoT - Configuration of Smart Home using CISCO Packet Tracer" on 24 May 2020 for students across the Nation to upskill their knowledge in the area of IoT configuration and simulation using CISCO Packet tracer.

Prof. V Vivek, CISCO N/w Academy Coordinator, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering delivered hands on session covering the current technology changes. He discussed about how IoT is booming by taking real time examples, living in a network centric world, communicating over the network, addressing the network – IPv4, configuring routing protocols, routing table-A closer look and implementing smart home using IoT enables devices.

This session was organized to understand and discuss about the advanced technologies automation, which is emerging IT paradigm and how network managers regularly deal with growing demands on increasingly complex networks. The activity-based session used experiential learning technique by involving 100+ students across the Nation.

Three Day - Online Faculty Development Program on Physics of Materials

Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) organized a three days’ faculty development program on “Physics of Materials” from 28 to 30 May 2020. The event received more than 2000 applications out of a panel to scrutinized the applications and selected 500 applicants to attend the FDP.

In the first session the speaker, Dr. Chandrasekhar Shastry, Dean, PG studies Jain (Deemed-to-be-University), briefed on Photonic Materials. In the second session, Dr. N Shanti, Professor, and Head in Department of Physics, CPGS, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) explained about Novel materials and Band Structures Studies. The third session for day two was delivered by a keynote speaker, Dr. B. Darauka Prasad, Professor, BMSIT, Bangalore. The topic of the session was Characterization Techniques for Nanoscale Materials. The fourth session on day two was delivered by a keynote Dr. Maltesh S. Akkur, Professor, Department of Electronics, School of Sciences, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), and the topic of the session was Simulation of Electronic Circuits. Most of the faculty members got to know about conducting lab experiments on a virtual platform using simulation techniques. On day three, a keynote speaker, Dr. B. M. Nagabhusana, Professor, MSRIT Bangalore gave a brief introduction on Nano Oxides for Technological Applications. In the last session Dr. Sambandam Ravikumar, Principal Scientist, Multi-Disciplinary Centre for Biomedical Research, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital spoke on the topic Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles and its Applications.

International Level Faculty Development Program on "Are you IoT Ready? Join configuration of Smart Home using CISCO Packet Tracer"

Faculty of Engineering and Technology in association with CISCO Networking Academy hosted International Level Faculty Development Program on "Are you IoT Ready? Join configuration of Smart Home using CISCO Packet Tracer" on 23 May 2020 for faculty and researchers across the world to upskill their knowledge in the area of IoT configuration and simulation using CISCO Packet tracer.

Prof. V Vivek, CISCO N/w Academy Coordinator, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering delivered hands on session covering the current technology changes. He discussed about how IoT is booming by taking real time examples, living in a network centric world, communicating over the network, addressing the network – IPv4, configuring routing protocols, routing table-A closer look and implementing smart home using IoT enables devices.

This session was organized to understand and discuss about the advanced technologies automation, which is emerging IT paradigm and how network managers regularly deal with growing demands on increasingly complex networks. The activity-based session used experiential learning technique by involving 660+ students across the world.

Workshop on JAVA for Everyone

Faculty of Engineering and Technology organized a one-day workshop on JAVA for Everyone on 25 May 2020 for students and faculty members.

Prof. Mahesh T R highlighted the objectives of the workshop, the importance of JAVA, and why it is widely used across the Internet. The principles of object-oriented programming and how are they implemented in JAVA with respect to real-world applications were discussed in the session. Prof. Mahesh T R gave a complete hands-on session on java where he demonstrated the various concepts of object-oriented programming and salient features of JAVA.

The session gave a brief knowledge on writing Java application programs using OOP principles and proper program structuring. The concepts of polymorphism and inheritance were also demonstrated in the session. At the end of the session participants could develop Java applications to implement error handling techniques using exception handling.

A Talk on “VFD Basics, Latest and Future YASKAWA VFD'S, i^3 Mechatronics and Humatronics”

Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with Yaskawa organized National Expert talk on “VFD basics, latest and future YASKAWA VFD'S, i^3 Mechatronics and Humatronics” on 16 May 2020. The resource person of the event was Mr. Pradeep Kumar A, Senior Manager, Yaskawa India Pvt. Ltd.

The one-day expert talk was intended for participants of all the disciplines. The main objective of the talk was to create awareness and interest about Industrial robotics. The talk motivated students towards innovation and project development in the field. The participants realized the importance of industrial robotics and gained the basics knowledge of automation system and their opportunities.

A Workshop on Python for Beginner

To create awareness and interest in scripting among school children, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology conducted a free one-day workshop on Python. The workshop was intended for children of age 10 to 16 years and motivated them towards innovation and project development at the early stage. There were around 155 participants across the globe who took part in the event.

Participants gained the knowledge of basic concepts of python programming like variables, operators, keywords, identifiers. Analysing the application of control statements and the conditional statement was introduced to the participants to make them understand the complete concept. The speaker shed light on the implementation of the python program using standard, user-defined functions, and core data types.

A Workshop on Python for Beginner

To create awareness and interest in scripting among passionate programmers, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Faculty of Engineering and Technology organized a free one-day workshop on “Python for Passionate Programmers” on 10 May 2020. The workshop was intended for all age group participants with/without a programming background. The workshop motivated the programmers towards innovation and project development at the early stage. There were around 367 participants from Technical and Nontechnical Backgrounds such as Doctors, Business Analysts, Accounting, Mechanical, Metallurgy, Data Science, Physics, and Mathematics, etc. Various topics such as basic syntax, variables, operators, decision making, loops, functions list, strings, tuples, dictionary, evaluation (MCQ) were covered during the workshop.