Greetings from IGS-AISAT Award committee

We are glad to invite post graduate students of civil engineering to participate in the IGS-AISAT Award competition-2016 conducted jointly by Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Albertian Institute of Science, Kalamassery.  The main objective of the IGS –AISAT award competition, conducted annually for M.Tech Civil Engineering students of Kerala state is to promote research in the area of Geotechnical Engineering.

The attached brochure and the registration form may kindly be circulated among the post graduate students of your institution who are doing M.Tech thesis work on topics related to Geotechnical Engineering.

The students interested in participation should take approval in writing from their Head of Department in the prescribed format and sent to aisatigsaward@gmail.com on or before July 15, 2016.

IGS-AISAT Award 2016

Brochure Registration form

25/07/2016- A Batch (ME+EC+EE)- Seminar Hall

25/07/2016-B Batch (CE+CS)- Da Vinci Hall

27/07/2016 – A Batch ( ME+EC+EE) Seminar Hall

27/07/2016 – B Batch ( CE+CS) Da Vinci Hall

 Note:

26/07/2016, 28/07/2016 students will be engaged by respective departments

29/07/2106- Friday – Schola Brevis

The fifth Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting of the Civil Engineering Department was held on 18^th July 2016 at AISAT Technical Campus. DAC is an annual forum which reviews the performance of the department in the last academic year and also formulates guidelines for the year ahead. Dr. Babu T. Jose, (Chairman, DAC) and Director, AISAT chaired the meeting. Er.M.M Mohandas, MD, Malayil Builders, Dr. Anil Joseph, MD, Geostructurals (P) Ltd. Er.S.Suresh and Prof. Dr. Benny Mathews Abraham, CUSAT contributed to the discussions as the invited members of the advisory committee. The fruitful suggestions by the stalwarts in the Civil engineering profession were gladly welcomed by the faculty members, anticipating that it would definitely accelerate the efforts to transform engineering graduates to professional engineers. Rev. Fr. John Christopher, Asst. Manager, AISAT, Dr. K.E George, Principal, Prof. Vincent K. John, Vice Principal, and other faculty members of the department were also actively present in the meeting.

The fourth Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting of the Mechanical Engineering Department was held on 19^th July 2016 at AISAT Technical Campus. DAC is an annual forum which reviews the performance of the department in the last academic year and also formulates the action plan for the year ahead. Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvaserry, Manager, AISAT chaired the meeting and delivered the presidential address. Prof. Dr. Babu T Jose, Director, AISAT welcomed and introduced the DAC members. Prof. Dr. Prasad Krishna from NIT Suratkal, Dr. Sabu Sebastian, Senior Scientist, NPOL, Dr. Joseph Augustus from University of Manhattan, ChilPrakash, Managing Director, Chilton Refrigeration, Dr. George Sleeba, Dean and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, AISAT contributed to the discussions as the invited members of the advisory committee. The vital inputs regarding research, internships and NBA procedures by the pioneers from the Mechanical engineering academia and industry were gladly welcomed by the faculty members with confidence that it would definitely push the efforts to transform engineering graduates to professional engineers. Rev. Fr. Alex Kurisuparambil, Associate Manager, AISAT, Rev. Fr. John Christopher, Asst. Manager, AISAT, Prof. Dr. K.E George, Principal, and other faculty members of the department were also actively present in the meeting. Prof. P P Premachandran delivered the vote of thanks.

NSS AISAT unit conducted a three day minicamp from 8^th July to 10^th July 2016. 35 NSS Volunteers participated in the camp. First day started by dividing the whole group of 35 volunteers into 4 groups. Each group was then assigned different locations in charge. They went to each house in the locality to collect details and to invite them for the free medical camp. Altogether 160 houses were covered by all the groups. After lunch, all the volunteers assembled in the auditorium for group dynamics. Objective of AISAT NSS is to work as a team. The group dynamics session helped the volunteers to feel the unity irrespective of their gender. After this a cultural programme was arranged by each group after which a Birthday party was arranged for one of the NSS member. After the feedback session first day of the minicamp came to an end.

 Second day started at 7 30 am the whole group was divided into two. One set continued the survey visiting more houses. The other set remained in the college for PBU – Pioneer Built up Program. As a part of this program, a group of students from different parish came to visit AISAT engineering college. The session started with interaction with Aisat students letting them understand the values and ambitions of the college. Students of AISAT and faculty members introduced the visitors to each branch explaining about each lab facilities. After lunch they started cleaning Courtyard of C block as a part of swachh bharat. Preparation for the medical camp was done and duties for each volunteer were assigned by the volunteer secretaries and Program officer. After Dinner game session was held at the auditorium which included indoor badminton matches.

 On the third day all volunteers assembled at the seminar hall at 9:00 AM for the inaugural ceremony of Medical camp. AISAT NSS Unit in association with Lourde hospital, Ernakulam conducted the medical camp.   Inaugural ceremony was blessed by the presence of ward councilor Rukhiya Jammal and Veemol Varghese. Programme started with prayer song by NSS volunteers. Welcome speech was delivered by Dr. K E George, Principal AISAT. Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery presided over the function. Official inauguration was completed with a vote of thanks by NSS volunteer secretary Rejoice Thomas. Medical camp included doctors from different departments which include Pediatrics, Gynecologist ENT, Dietitian, and Orthodontist. About 157 patients registered and attended the medical camp. They were also provided with free medicines. Camp was concluded by 1 PM. It was a enlightening session for all.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering conducted a one day workshop program for the final year (2013-2017 Batch) students on “Basics of LaTeX”, documentation software on 19^th July 2016. The session started at 9:00 am and the whole day session was guided by Ms.Reshma Mary Jose, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

LaTeX is widely used in academics for the communication and publication of scientific documents in many fields, including Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics and Political science. It also has a prominent role in the preparation and publication of books and articles. LATEX uses the TeX program for formatting its output, and is itself written in the TeX macro language. LATEX is intended to provide a high-level language that accesses the power of TeX in an easier way for writers.

LaTeX also offers programmable desktop publishing features and extensive facilities for automating most aspects of typesetting and desktop publishing including numbering and cross referencing, tables and figures, page layout, bibliographies and much more.

The main aim of this workshop was to introduce the absolute beginners to LaTeX and learning the basic commands and to write documents in LaTeX using TeXworks. This document preparation system is used for producing professional looking documents and this provides an easiness in documentation of seminar as well as project reports. The students were effectively participated in the entire session to improve their documentation skills. The program was concluded by 3:00 pm.

Engineers are different because they have to apply scientific principles for the welfare and future of the society. The engineering career demands dedication, self-confidence and team work, so as to be successful as an engineer. “Hard work and dedication is needed for Engineers to fulfill their societal obligations” Dr. Letha ( Vice Chancellor-CUSAT) was addressing the new entrants to the engineering profession at the function “Schola Brevis-16” an induction programme for engineering students of 2016 batch, organized by Albertian Institute of Science And Technology, Kalamassery at the college campus on 29 July.

                     The function was presided over by Most Rev. Dr. Francis Kallarakal, The Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly, and patron of the institution. In his presidential address, the Archbishop pointed out the students to be wary of the pitfalls present in the digital world of today, and urged them to keep away from such distractions and deviations. He also pointed out the importance of discipline and dedication during student life, so as to achieve the goal.

                  Earlier, Prof. Dr. K.E George, Principal, welcomed the gathering, and Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, outlined the vision and values of the Institution. Prof.Dr. Babu T Jose, Director, elaborated that the need of the hour is to create graduate engineers and not engineering graduates, and how the institution aims to achieve this aim. Prof. Vincent K John, Vice Principal, proposed the vote of thanks.

                The function was followed by student motivational talks by eminent academicians

There have been a lot of incidents about ragging taking place across the state and the country. Keeping this in mind AISAT has conducted a session on Ragging and its Consequences on August 3, 2016. The resource persons for the session were Mr. Rajesh, Practicing Advocate High Court of Kerala and Mr. Mohin.C.S. Sub Judge.

Principal Dr. K.E. George introduced the resource person. Advocate Mr. Rajesh handled the first session. He described what is ragging and cited the latest incidents as examples.  He explained that the early phases of ragging started during the First World War in the military camp with a positive intention. Later it started in the school and college campuses. He explained that ragging doesn’t mean untoward incident from a senior to a junior but any activity which a student is force to do is considered as ragging. He also mentioned about the consequences which a student has to face if he is involved in ragging. He also said that the institutions will also have to face the consequences if the ragging is not reported to the police on time. Mr.Mohin, Sub Judge concluded the session saying that students involved in ragging are considered as criminals and urged the students not to involve in this crime under any circumstances.

The class was very effective and it clearly explained how serious crime is ragging

AISAT nature club has organised Green campus day celebration on 4^th august, 2016. Dr. K. E. George, Principal, AISAT welcomed the gathering. The program began with a talk on ‘Relevance of nature protection’ delivered by Swami Samvidanand, chief coordinator of Green Vein organisation. He inspired the students by raising a very relevant question ‘Do engineers exploit or protect the nature?’. He explained the answer with lots of examples that a common man is facing in his day to day life. The things that are harmful to the nature is the product of us only. He concluded the session with a valuable message that it is better not to exploit the nature rather than seeking methods to protect it.

The talk was followed by a sapling plantation at campus, inaugurated by Rev.Fr.Alex Kurishuparambil, Associate Manager, AISAT and Swami Samvidanand. Principal Dr. K. E. George, Ms. Sreelekha K. V., Staff coordinator of AISAT Nature club, all first year B.Tech students, HODs of various departments and faculty members of AISAT also planted saplings.

As part of Faculty Lecture series Mr. Arunkant A. Jose, Dept. of ECE and Mr. Thomas Felix, Dept. of EEE delivered a seminar on the recently concluded Makers Workshop Organized by FISAT.

As a part of academic curriculum activities two faculty members Mrs.Femey Rose and Mr.Tubin T.X along with 15 students of  S5 Electronics and Communication Engineering(Batch 3)  were decided to visit industries on 30^th July 2016. The students visited FABLAB, AIR  and DOORDARSHAN. Students  reached the FABLAB at 10.30 am. The Kerala Start up mission employee Mr. Daniel Jeevan received us at the entrance and gave us a brief introduction about FABLAB.

FABLAB(Fabrication Laboratory) is small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication. A FABLAB is generally equipped with an array of flexible computer controlled tools. At the FABLAB he explained about vinyl cutter,3D plotter,CNC router,3D printing,laser cutter,sensors,moulding and casting.It was an informative and interesting session.

The next visit was to AIR . Mr.Anand,an employee of AIR studio welcomed the students and explained about the communication,its basic components AM,FM,need for modulation etc.Students were able to understand these concepts thoroughly because of the theory classes of Analog communication.Students were granted permission to enter the recording studio and could learn about the live FM program. The studio wall was made of porous material to avoid reverberation and echo.

At 2.00 pm students reached DOORDARSHAN. This is one of India’s largest broadcasting organisation in terms of studio and transmitter infrastructure . All the three visits were really informative. Being Electronics and Communication Engineering students this industrial visit helped them to gain more knowledge about the communication area . It also gave the students inspiration to learn about more technologies and also to invent something that will be useful in nearby future. Students  are looking forward to more opportunities like this, that can help them to develop their technical skills.                                                                                     

This is an annual seminar organized by the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, to throw light on the various prospects of studying electronics which was held on 5th August 2016. This time the resource person for the seminar was Dr. M. V. Rajesh, Professor College of Engineering Poonjar.

The seminar detailed on basic professionalism a student should exhibit for becoming a true professional and also explained the various routes available for an electronics engineering student to excel. As Electronics finds it part in any technology of the day the opportunities for electronics students will always remain high.

The speaker emphasized on the fact that the concern of students regarding the toughness of the subjects lies in the lack of passion. The students interacted with the resource person and rated the program as effective and apt.

A workshop for EEE, ECE and CSE faculty was organized on “Open Technology Training for Engineers”. The resource person was Mr. Ashok Shenoy. He is an expert who had trained faculty of various reputed companies like Qualcomm, UTC, EMC2, Wells Fargo, American Megatrends India (AMI), GDB, BOA, HCL, VMVare, Wipro ,  Alcatel Lucent , L & T Infotech ,  HCL Infosystems ,  Polaris,  Vista System Software ,  Safran Aerospace ,  Siemens Information Systems Ltd, Computer Science Corp ,  Nest Technologies ,  Eram Infotech.

This program falls in Engineer Teacher Initiative and was organized in the Systems lab under the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The engineer teacher initiative is the brain child of our director Prof. Dr. Babu T. Jose. The intention is to bring in more practicing engineers as teacher so as to impart field experience to the students to make them employable. The program helped the participants to understand the real power of C programming and how an engineer uses C program attributes to suit his requirement. The product design route map was also discussed and it was effective because of the first hand collaboration of the resource person to the various companies.

This makes it imperative for engineers in the electronic, electrical, mechanical and Information Technology domains to gain the technical knowledge required to create industrial strength applications and appliances using these open technologies. The objective of these short duration meetups is to create awarenes and intrest in open technology and enhance more participation. The ability to learn a new hardware or software technology platform and assemble circuits and write code to develop solutions with it does not ensure development of a good commecrializable engineered product.Open technology too requires training the engineer in using open toolsets productively to guarantee the development of products. He concluded that an engineer who has been well trained in the techniques of using open technology tools will be in high demand in MNCs.

The AISAT ASHWAS CENTRE is functioning under the umbrella of AISAT. It has already undertaken social service activities such as Blood donation Camps, Cadaver donation Camps, free medical camps etc. It is now on a greater mission “Home for the Homeless”.

AISAT, cordially invite you for the launching function of the activities of AISAT ASHWAS CENTRE for the year 2016-‘17 which will be held at AISAT Seminar hall on August 15, 2016, at 9.00 am and thereafter for the foundation stone laying ceremony of ASHWAS BHAVAN – 1 taking place in the identified plot at Vadakkum Bagam, Eloor, near Infant Jesus Convent.

We solicit your gracious presence and whole hearted support for the realization of the venture.

Brochure

Ashwas_Bhavan_Brochure

AISAT ASHWAS CENTRE

Inauguration of Annual Activities 2016-17

 Programme Schedule

Venue: Seminar Hall                                      Date: 15/08/2016

 Albertian Institute of Science and Technology organized an awareness program on ‘ROAD SAFETY’, in the loving memory of Mr. Arjun S, an AISATIANS who passed away on a road accident.

Mr. Sadik Ali, RTO in his speech enlightened the students the need of wearing helmet while riding bikes. He also pointed that “Rules are for obeying” and road safety rules are to be followed by every citizen.

During an interactive session Mr. Adarsh Kumar,JRTO said that road accidents are mainly due to careless driving. Every student has the duty to fulfill the dreams of their parents. He explained the need for following an ontogentic learning system in driving, which focuses on devolping a careful and attentive driving skill. The seesion was informative and he encouraged the students to interact with him.

Rev.Dr.Clement  Valluvassery,Manager, Dr. K.E.George,Principal,AISAT, Asst.Prof.Kanaka Xavier, HOD,Department of EEE shared their views on road safety.

The IGS-AISAT Award, for the best M Tech thesis in Geotechnical engineering in Kerala was awarded to Basil Jaimon of SOE, CUSAT for his exceptional work on  ‘ Laboratory studies on the development of synthetic waste and stability of bioreactor landfills’. The award which comprised of a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-, was presented to him, by Prof. Dr.G.V Rao, Former professor & Dean, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi during  an august function at the fifth Praphulla Kumar Lecture on August 6^th 2016 at Hotel Mercy, M.G Road Ernakulam. The event was jointly organized by Indian Geotechnical Society Kochi Chapter and Association of Piling Specialists, Kochi. Mr. M.D Nair, Chairman, IGS – Kochi Chapter , Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, AISAT, Dr.Babu T. Jose, Patron,  IGS – Kochi Chapter & Director-AISAT, Dr. Anil Joseph, Secretary, IGS Kochi chapter  and Mr. B.  Chandramohanan, Secretary, APS – Kochi were the dignitaries present for this blissful event. The annual lecture was delivered on the topic “Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil structures-A Critical Appraisal of Design and Construction” by Dr. G.V. Rao, an exceptional talent who has contributed to the growth of Geotechnical Engineering in the country with his excellence in research on Geosynthetics.

The selected finalists from a lot of 16 candidates presented their theses before the judges for the final evaluation on 5^th August 2016 at AISAT. The authors of the best five theses among the finalists were honored with certificates of appreciation.

The AISAT – GRACE award for the best B Tech project was also presented at the same function. The Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya ever rolling trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 20,000/-, for the best project was bagged by the team consisting of Ms. Merlin John, Mr.Ahammed Kabeer and Ms.Tinu Diamond of AISAT. The winners of second prize worth Rs.15000/- were Mr. Jerin Thomas John, Ms. Gopika Rajeev, Ms. Jinchu Sabu and Ms. Arya Elizebath of Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally. Ms. Neba C.Tony, Ms.Sandra G.Raj, and Mr. Devdas G of AISAT came third to receive a cash award of Rs.10000/-.Citations were given to the project guides of the winners

A two-day placement oriented training program was conducted for the 2017 batch of AISAT on 6^th and 7^th of August 2016. Konfidence is a Kochi (Kerala) based firm started by two IIM graduates Mr. Krishna Swamy and Mr. Kishan Kumar in the year 2004. They have individual aptitude training experience of 8,000 hours and all that experience has been translated into developing these cutting edge products. A total of 117 students participated for the training out of the 126 registered students.  The workshop was designed to provide them with a toolkit to solve problems faster and improve their test taking strategies .The training program covered the following aspects like, Discussion on the Importance of Aptitude Preparations, Quantitative Ability, Analytical Reasoning and Logical Thinking & Data Interpretation Quantitative Ability. The two day training program enabled the students to have an overview of the selection process, it also helped them to generate the skills for cracking the Interview. Students also got a confidence of building up their problem solving skill

The Independence Day was celebrated by the students and staff of the college on 15^th August 2016.To commemorate the sovereignty of our nation, Dr.K.E.George  Principal,AISAT unfurled the tricolor flag and all in unison sang the national anthem and expressed the joy of freedom.Rev.Dr.Clement Valluvassery,Manager,AISAT delivered the Independence Day Message.

Renowed  Psy. Vipin V Roldant, HOD and Chief Consultant Psychologist, Sunrise Institute of Medical Sciences, Kakkanad was the cheif guest of the day. He has conducted more than 10,000 hours of training for different target groups like Corporate Professionals, Sports Stars, Media Personalities, Police Force, Professional Students, Adolescents, Teachers and Parents.He Unveiled the model of ASHWAS BHAVAN-1 and gave motivational talk which emphasized on the power and happiness of giving than receiving.The launching function of the activities of AISAT ASHWAS CENTRE for the year 2016-17 was also declared on the same venue.

The AISAT ASHWAS CENTRE  has already undertaken social service activities such as Blood donation Camps, Cadaver donation Camps, free medical camps etc. It is now on a greater mission “Home for the Homeless”,as a part of this mission,the foundation stone laying ceremony of ASHWAS BHAVAN – 1 took place in the identified plot at Vadakkum Bagam, Eloor, near Infant Jesus Convent.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, organized a one day annual computer hardware exhibition on 18th  August 2016.The exhibition was officially inaugurated by f Dr .K.E.George, Principal,AISAT and Mr. Vincent John, Vice principal,AISAT. ENIAC, the association of Computer Science and Engineering students, deem it a proud privilege to present to you all a bird’s view of computer hardware and software exhibits.

Rev.Dr.Clement Valuvassery, Manager, AISAT along with Dr.Babu T Jose,Director,AISAT graced the occasion and gave their valuable suggestions and complemented such initiative.This exhibition was arranged as a part of promoting awareness about the hardware aspects of the computer network activities and the faculty members of department computer science guided the students for the successful execution of the program.