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Annual Report 2020

IEEE COMSOC STUDENT BRANCH CHAPTER,RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY

Annual Report – IEEE ComSoc 2020

Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru Page1 | 13

Introduction

The effective date of the Student Branch Chapter formation of Communications Society of IEEE RITB is December 9, 2019. The elections for the office bearers was conducted on 29 January 2020. We have 4

events planned for the year 2020 out of which 2 events have been conducted so far. The events that are

already conducted are Workshop on “5G Communication Networks and its Future Perspective” and Lecture on “Writing a Competitive Research grant proposal”. The events that are to be conducted are 1

week workshop on drone technology and IEEE Authorship program. The number of members when the chapter was started were 10 in December 2019 which has grown to be 30 as of now.

IEEE ComSoc EXECOM DETAILS

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NO

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NAME IEEE

NO.

Email id Mobile

Number

POSITION HELD

1. Dr SHOBHA K R 93023411 [email protected] 9886493763 Faculty Advisor

2. SHRESHTHA

MEHROTRA

94974093 [email protected] 9113633481 CHAIRPERSON

3. VIBHA

NARAYAN

96379682 [email protected] 9902567008 VICE

CHAIRPERSON

4. NEEHAR

CHANDAVARKA

R

96215358 [email protected]

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9611011083 SECRETARY

5. ADITI JAIRAM 96215093 [email protected]

8971812721

TREASURER

6. NISHANT

PANDEY

96215358 [email protected] 890440371 DOCUMENTATIO

N HEAD

7. ANANYA K 96656706 [email protected] 6362466369 OFFICE BEARER

8. VAIDEHI

VINCHURKAR

96659174 Vaidehivinchurkar1006@gmail.

com

8088057378 OFFICE BEARER

9. AYUSHMAN B 96666193 ayushman_apexlegend@outlook

.com

8371947657 OFFICE BEARER

10. DIVYA

KANDPAL

96656038 [email protected] 7975539936 OFFICE BEARER

EVENTS HELD SUMMARY

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Event Date Title Duration of

Event

Attendee

Strength

1

06-01-2020 to 11-

01-2020

Workshop on “5G

Communication Networks and its Future Perspective”

1 Week 70

(Faculty and students)

2

13-03-2020 Workshop on “Writing a

Competitive Research grant proposal”

3 hours 100 faculty

3 02-05-2020 Webinar on Quantum Dot

Cellular Automata 2 hours 110 Students

4 16-05-2020 Webinar on Learning

Machine Learning 3 hours 280 Students



5 04-08-2020 to 08-08-2020

Success Deck 5 days 200 Students

6

02-09-2020 to 08-09-2020

Wireless Communication Workshop Radio Technologies in LTE

7 days

200 Students

Event Description

Event 1

TITLE: Workshop on “5G Communication Networks and its Future Perspective”

VENUE: Edusat Room

DATE and Time: 06-01-2020 to 11-02-2020

Number of participants: IEEE: 30 Non IEEE:44 Total: 74 (faculty and students)

Details of Resource person:

● Day-1: Dr. Neelesh. B. Mehta, Dr.Navin Kumar, Mr.Uvaraj (Math works)

● Day-2: Devadas Pai and Dr.Srikanth, Nano cell Networks

● Day-3 : Devadas Pai and Dr.Srikanth, Nano cell Networks

● Day-4:Dr.Ponni, Prof. Ganesh, Nokia , Manyatha Tech Park, Bangalore.

Day-5: Samsung electronics, Bangalore, National Instruments

● Day-6: Dr.B.Sundar Rajan , Senior Prof, Dept of ECE, IISc, Dr.Ganeshan Thiagarajan,

Director and CTO, MMRFIC tech Pvt Ltd.

Brief Description:

Day-1 : Dr.Navin Kumar was the ComSoc Bangalore Chair(2017-2018), MD Chair Bangalore

Section(2019), Bangalore section Secretary(2020) and Student Branch Counsellor of Amrita School of Engineering inaugurated RIT- IEEE ComSoc student Branch. Dr. Neelesh. B. Mehta is

a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Indian

Institute of Science Bangalore. He discussed about the mixture of fundamental technologies and

application to 4G/5G cellular system IEEE 802.11 WLANs, WSNs. Mr.Uvaraj elaborated on the physical layer requirements and use cases simulation with 5G toolbox using Matlab.

Day-2 : Devadas Pai and Dr.Srikanth, Nano cell Networks 5G Cellular network evolution: 5G

requirements, use cases, applications, 5G Nr over view, 5G NR Air interface were explained.

Day-3 : Devadas Pai and Dr.Srikanth, Nano cell Networks 5G Key enablers,5G Core Network,

Nano Network.This session gave a Quick review of 1G to 4G and also what is 5G and why 5G is required along with its use cases was discussed, its services, applications overview of 5G

network features along with massive MIMO, mm Wave,5G spectrum, 5G with IoT was also

discussed.



Day-4:Dr.Ponni, Prof. Ganesh, Nokia , Manyatha Tech Park, Bangalore. We arranged for an

industrial visit to Nokia , as a part of Workshop. Totally 30 participants utilised this opportunity. This visit gave an practical flow of 5G communication implementation. Mr.Shyam Prasad and

Vivek ,Nokia Scientists explained in more detail about requirements, architecture, functional

overview, deployment and migration, 3GPP status. Network slicing architecture with APN based

and PLMN ID based, vertical slicing and Horizontal slicing was briefed out.

Day-5: Samsung electronics, Bangalore, National Instruments NI speakers gave a demo on

Labview usage and had hands on session on simulating AM and FM waves using Lab view tool.

Day-6: Dr.B.Sundar Rajan , Senior Prof, Dept of ECE, IISc, Dr.Ganeshan Thiagarajan, Director

and CTO, MMRFIC tech Pvt Ltd. Efficient Coding Techniques for 5G communication was

discussed. MIMO antennas and its applications were elaborated as a part of 5G networking.

EVENT 2

TITLE: Workshop on “Writing a Competitive Research grant proposal”

VENUE: LHC Seminar Hall 1, Ramaiah Institute of Technology

DATE and Time: 13-03-2020 and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Number of participants: IEEE: 65 Non IEEE:35 Total: 100 faculty

Details of Resource person: Dr. Abhishek Appaji, Joint Tresurer & SIGHT chair, IEEE

Bangalore Section, Dept of medical electronics, BMS College of engineering, Bangalore

Brief Description: In his lecture Dr. Abhishek discussed about the various funding agencies and

the different kinds of grants available. He also introduced the participants to stages of funding with reference to different methodology. He expalined about the proper planning for the

proposal, followed by the writing process. He also shared his vision on Sample budget, timelines,



Do and Don’ts in a proposal, expectations of the Reviewers etc. Following which, he shed light

on the benefits and drawbacks of Competitive proposal writing.

The session ended with a hearty thanks and presenting of a memento to Dr.Abhishek in

appreciation for taking the time out to educate the participants on Competitive proposal writing.

He thanked the Management for providing the platform to organize guest lectures. He appreciated Faculty members, students’ volunteers and participants for the successful conduction

of the event.

EVENT 3

TITLE: Webinar on Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA)

VENUE: Virtual

DATE and Time: 02-05-2020 and 11AM -12:30PM

Number of participants: IEEE: 35 Non IEEE:75 Total: 110

Details of Resource person: Dr Preeta Sharan, Professor and Research Head-Department of

ECE at Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Brief Description: A webinar was hosted by the SPS and COMSOC chapters of IEEE-RITB in

association with IEEE Bangalore Section on 2nd MAY 2020 from 11AM -12:30PM. Students

from various colleges and streams had actively participated in it. Dr Preeta Sharan was the honorable speaker who is currently a Professor and Research Head-Department of ECE at

Oxford College of Engineering, Bangalore. The webinar started off with a brief introduction



about Dr Preeta’s education, research works and achievements by Shashank-Technical Head

IEEE RITB. The session was then taken over by Dr Preeta who introduced the concept of Quantum Dot Automata and provided insights as to how it is going to change the future. She also

listed out its advantages, how it can be designed using logic gates, the software needed to

implement it and how it is different from the existing technology. She also shared some instances

which motivated her to take this as her research area and how successful it has been. She also motivated the students by telling them about the internship opportunities she would be providing

in various fields such as QCA, Photonics, AI and how well her students are performing across

the globe. The webinar came to an end with a Q/A session where students and teachers had put

up a lot of interesting questions making it an interactive session.

EVENT 4

TITLE: Webinar on Learning Machine Learning

VENUE: Virtual

DATE and Time: 16-05-2020 and 11AM -12:30PM


Details of Resource person: Dr. Sargur N Srihari is the Satish Dhawan visiting chair Professor

at the Indian Institute of Science and also SUNY distinguished professor in the Department of

Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Buffalo, The State University of New

York.



Brief Description-A webinar was hosted by the SPS and COMSOC on chapters of IEEE-RITB

in association with the IEEE, Bangalore Section on 16thMay20 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Professors & students from various colleges and streams actively participated in it. Dr. Sargur N

Srihari was the honorable speaker who is the Satish Dhawan visiting chair Professor at the Indian

Institute of Science and also SUNY distinguished professor in the department of Computer

Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. The webinar started with a brief introduction about Dr. Sargur N Srihari's education, research works

and achievements by Shashank-Technical Head IEEE RITB. The session was then taken over by

Dr. Sargur N Srihari who started with the concept of artificial intelligence and explained the

three paradigms of AI. Afterwards, he explained about deep learning by mentioning the underpinning of deep learning and how these concepts are built on top of each other with many

layers. In the process, he highlighted the role of linear algebra, probability, and computational

complexity in deep learning. He also shared the example of some frameworks & libraries and

how deep learning disrupts CS. Information shared about the internship opportunities from various companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook in various fields by him was highly

motivational for the students. The webinar came to an end with a Q/A session where students

and teachers came up with a lot of interesting questions making it an interactive & insightful

session.

EVENT 5

TITLE: Success Deck A Mock Placement Drive

VENUE: Virtual

DATE and Time: 04-08-2020 to 08-08-2020




Details of Resource person: All the members of IEEE COMSOC society and some faculty

members of EEE department.

Panelists: Aakriti Suman, Abhigya Parashar, Adarsh B U, Akhilesh Patil, Annada Shukla,

Hema Thota and Prakruti P Kumar

Brief Description:-In order to check one’s preparation towards the same and offer a fulfilling

experience of a mock placement, we- from IEEE Comsoc- decided to conduct 'Success Deck' for 2nd and 3rd-year students from any college.

Professionals from IT sectors were soon reached out to, in order to make the event as good as an actual

placement drive. Three rounds were soon decided: one to test the aptitude and technical skills, one to check coding skills and the last to interview candidates in person. Every round was an elimination round

which thus forced everyone to do equally well in all stages.

Round 1:

Over 200 participants excitedly registered to test their prep. Comprehensive assessments on candidates' aptitude, technical skills, logical reasoning, cognitive abilities and quantitative analysis were made and

questions were thus framed.

The round took place on 4th of August from 3-4 pm on Google classroom, where the participants were bombarded with challenging questions having close options, code snippets and crossword puzzles as

well! The results were declared the same evening, and the top 60 candidates had made it to the 2ndround.

Round 2:

A round mainly to test the DSA concepts of participants, the second round took place on hackerrank,

wherein candidates were asked to code on a few problems for which 3 hours was allotted. It was on 5th of

August, where their expertise in basic concepts of conversion from binary, hexadecimal and decimals to

graphs and pattern creation were tested.

The top 15 students from this round qualified to the last round.

Round 3:

This was the last round for which the qualified 15 submitted their résumé prior to the interview held on 8th of August. The interview was held online on Google meet, alike any other interview likely to be held in the near future.

For this round, we had a panel consisting of professionals from various backgrounds. The panellists included Aakriti Suman, Abhigya Parashar, Adarsh B U, Akhilesh Patil, Annada Shukla, Hema Thota and Prakruti P Kumar. They contributed enormously for the success of the event while coming up with

questions on basic concepts which tested the understanding of the candidate. The panellists and candidates were divided into 2 teams for convenience and the top 3 were settled through immense deliberation, as the competition was tough and close. We finally came up with not 3 but 4 winners, with

the 3rd place tied between two.



The winners include Nishan first place, Guru Kiran on second and both Shiva Swaroop and Trivikram on the third. The other contestants not only received a participation certificate but also comprehensive

feedback and tips on facing interviews from the panellists. They have also now gladly agreed for a webinar to help all students.

The success of the event is not only attributed to the Comsoc team lead by the chair Shreshtha Mehrotra

and secretary Neehar Chandavarkar, but also Dr Shobha KR, a professor in the department of Electronics and Telecommunications, who has served as a backbone and inspired us throughout.

WINNERS First Place Nishan M N (MSRIT Telecommunication Engineering)

Second Place GuruKiran B L(Krishna Institute of Technology CSE)

Third Place Shivaswaroop and Trivikram (MSRIT Telecommunication Engineering)

Participants Qualified for Round 2



Participants qualified for Round 3:



EVENT 6

TITLE: Wireless Communication Workshop Radio Technologies in LTE

VENUE: Virtual

DATE and Time: 03-09-2020 and 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM


Details of Resource person: Dr. Sudhindra K R, Associate Professor, Dept of ECE, BMSCE

Brief Description- IEEE Comsoc Bangalore chapter hosted a one week webinar on Wireless

Communication from 2nd Sep to 8th sep 2020 in collaboration with all the Comsoc student

chapters. A talk on Radio Technologies in LTE was conducted in collaboration with the student

chapter of Ramaiah Institute of Technology on 3rd Sept 2020. Dr Sudhindra K R was the resource person for the particular event. He has around 20 Years of Experience in the field of

Electronics & Telecommunications with expertise in GSM BSS, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA,

WCDMA, LTE, 5G and RF Planning and Optimization, Testing and measurement. He has

worked in ZTE Telecom and Idea Cellular Ltd. He has published 20 research articles in leading International Journals and Conferences. Currently he is working as Associate professor in the

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, B.M.S. College of Engineering,

Bangalore, India. His research interests include Signal processing, wireless communication and

network optimization.IEEE ComSoc Bangalore Section had organised a one-week workshop on



Wireless Communication in collaboration with all Student chapters. The session started off by

Ms. Shreshtha Mehrotra, the Chairperson of IEEE RITB, ComSoc, introducing Dr. Sudhindra K.R to the participants. Next, Dr. Sudhindra took over and started sharing his knowledge with

the participants on Radio Technologies. From the basic building blocks of communication to

discussing the global aim of communication in future, he patiently explained everything in

detail.During the session, all the participants were given a chance to ask their doubts on the chat window which were addressed by the speaker, with the help of Mr. Neehar Chandavarkar,

Secretary of IEEE RITB – ComSoc.

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