hon. shri. sunil rane executive - president of atharva ... · seminar on interview skills by squad...

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Executive President’s Message

Hon. Shri. Sunil Rane Executive - President of

Atharva Group of Institutes & Founder Secretary -

AET

ACE- The GeNext group transforming through

Research Technology and Innovation “Atharva will

be a Leading Global Center of Excellence in

Research Technology and Innovation that will

Transform Education to Serve as a Valuable

Resource for Industry and Society”

Atharva is one of the fastest growing, educational

brands in India which is a blend of continuous

innovation and global benchmarking. The objective

of the Atharva Group of Institutes is to create

‘industry ready’ youth who can be gainfully

employed upon completion of their courses.

In addition we have several diversifications, the

primary of which is the IT Park which will be a

challenge to accomplish and achieve.

Our focus is on Research, Technology &

Innovation.

‘Dale Carnegie Train the Teacher Program’

Atharva College of Engineering organized

internationally acknowledged ‘Dale Carnegie Train

the Teacher Program’ during September 4 to 6,

2019. It provided a wonderful platform for faculty

members to learn and collaborate. This Faculty

Development Program will definitely bring a

significant enhancement in the teaching quality and

delivery methodologies.

Contents

Executive President’s Message Pg1

‘Dale Carnegie Train the Teacher Program’ Pg1 Electronics Engg. Dept Activities Pg2

Innovation cell activities Pg2

Parents-Teacher Meeting Pg3

Academic Research Excellence Award Pg4 EESA 2019 Pg4

IUCEE SCALE Pg4

Seva Saptah Initiative Pg5

Student Achievement Pg 6

Alumni Talks Pg7

Computer Engg. Dept Activities Pg8 EXTC Department Activities pg9

INFT Department Activities pg12

Electrical Engg. Dept Activities Pg13

FDP on Emotional Intelligence in Learning

Environment Pg15

Independence Day Celebration Pg15

NSS Activities Pg15

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Workshop on Mobile app development

Department of Electronics engineering organized

workshop on Mobile app development & IT industry

overview for second year and final year students on

September 11, 2019.

Industrial visit at Nanotechnology Lab, IIT Bombay

Department of Electronics Engineering organized

industrial visit for third year students at nanotechnology

lab, IIT Bombay on August 29, 2019. 38 students of

third year along with the faculty in charge Ms.

Kavita Bani visited the Laboratory.

Innovation cell activities

Innovation cell of ACE organized an intercollegiate IP

Workshop and Idea Meister competition on September

26 and 27, 2019. Innovation Cell team got plenty of

budding entrepreneurs and is overwhelmed with the

students' interaction with the IPR expert.

Electronics Engineering Department

Activities

Faculty Development Program on Cyber

Security

The Department of Electronics Engineering,

Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai in

association with Shivaji University, Kolhapur has

successfully organized One – Week Faculty

Development Program (FDP) on “Cyber Security”

sponsored under PMMMNMTT Scheme, an

initiative by MHRD with participation of different

stakeholders. The FDP addresses the various aspects

of digital security and promoted student centric

teaching – learning pedagogy among the

participants.

Mr. Harish Chandar, Founder/Director, India-Tech

International and Mr. Ashish Kulkarni from Festo

Controls India Pvt. Ltd. chaired the event as Chief

Guest for the inaugural function. Mr. Ramprasad

Sir, Registrar, ACE, Dr. Bhavin Shah (Convener

and Head of ETRX.) and Mr. Aniket Badami

(Speaker) graced the inaugural function. All Vice

Principals and Heads of Department were present

for the function.

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Parents-Teacher Meeting

Parents-Teacher Meeting (PTM) was conducted for

SE, TE and BE students by the Electrical Engineering

Department on August 29, 2019. The meeting was

conducted with respective batch mentors about

students' attendance and their Unit test-1 performance.

Parents of 102 students participated actively in the

PTM, making it a grand success.

The Parent Teachers Meeting for Information

Technology Department was scheduled on August 26,

2019 to discuss about the students' progress and

performance. It was a great interaction between the

teachers and parents, regarding the development of

their children. Faculty members discussed the

strengths and specific areas of improvement of

students.

Department of Electronics Engineering organized a

Parents-Teacher Meeting on August 29, 2019 for the

Final Year, Third Year and Second Year Engineering

students. Parents interacted with Mentors/Class In-

charges and discussed about their ward's progress.

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication

Engineering organized the Parent Teacher Meeting for

students of SE, TE and BE on 26th August 2019. The

parents interacted with the Mentors and Class-in-

charges and were made aware about the students'

progress in the current semester. Parents positively

participated to take feedback and actively contributed

to the Meet.

Department of Computer Engineering conducted

parent teacher meeting August 26, 2019.

During parent teacher meeting, mentors interacted

with parents about attendance, Term Test-1 marks and

overall performance of the students. The importance

of Internship and Placements was also discussed with

parents. The PTM saw a very good response from

parents and they appreciated the efforts taken by the

college and faculty members in developing the career

of their wards.

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Academic Research Excellence Award

On the occasion of Engineers’ Day, Management and

R&D cell of Atharva College of Engineering

felicitated faculty members to promote Research

activities in Institute. Academic Research Excellence

Award for the academic year 2018-19 was awarded to

the following faculty members on September 20, 2019

for their achievements.

1. Prof.Samuel Jacob 2.Prof.Karuna Nikum

3. Prof.Priti Singh 4.Dr.Mamta Meena

5. Prof.Aruna Pavate 6.Prof.Suraj Tripathi

7. Prof.Pranav Nerulkar 8.Prof.Divya Kumavat

9. Prof.Nikita Patil 10.Prof.Mahendra Patil

11. Prof.Neelima Pathak 12.Prof.Abhilasha Saini

13. Prof.Kavita Bani 14.Prof.Suvarna Pansambal.

Dr. P. N. Nemade, Director, Dr. S. P. Kallurkar,

Principal, Atharva College of Engineering and Mr.

Ramprasad, Registrar, Atharva Education Trust

graced the dias. Ms. Jyoti Mali, Vice Principal, Admin

and HR, Ms. Pragya Jain, Vice Principal, Academic,

Mr. Samuel Jacob, Vice Principal, Technical, Ms.

Karuna Nikum, Vice Principal, R&D and all Heads of

Department were present for the Award distribution

program.

EESA 2019

Department of Electrical Engineering, EESA 2019

successfully conducted annual technical fest on

September 26 and 27, 2019. Project Competition,

Poster Competition, Workshop, Seminar, and Quiz

were organized. Speaker of the seminar was Mr.

Hitesh Choudhary (Scientific officer BARC).

Workshop on Aurdino, hands-on-wiring and

components testing were conducted by students on

September 20, 2019 as pre-event workshop.

IUCEE SCALE Local Student Workshop

(LSW) “Techno Synapse” Atharva IUCEE SCALE organized Local Student

Workshop (LSW) “Techno Synapse” on September 13

and 14, 2019. The objective of the workshop was to

encourage students to think and focus to work together

and accelerate the process of improving the quality of

engineering education and research in Smart India

Hackathon 2019-2020 and to provide Internship

opportunity for maximum number of students.

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'Seva Saptah' initiative

Atharva Foundation conducted a ‘Seva Saptah’ in

honour of Hon. Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra

Modiji’s Birthday week. Volunteers of Atharva

foundation rendered their services across the city

during this ‘Service Week’.

Volunteers of Atharva Foundation visited Nutan

Hindi School, Malad East under the 'Seva Saptah'

initiative and distributed notebooks to the

children as a part of School Adoption.

Road safety campaign was conducted by the

volunteers of Atharva Foundation at Mith Chauk,

Malad West under the ‘Seva Saptah ‘initiative.

Atharva team visited Shanti Dhaan and communicated

with specially disabled children and adults.

Anti Plastic Drive Awareness was conducted by

the volunteers of Atharva Foundation where 400

paper bags were distributed by the team from

Atharva College to Ganesh Nagar Chauk, Malad

West under the ‘Seva Saptah ‘ initiative.

Beach Clean Up Drive was conducted at Marve

Beach, Malad West by Atharva Foundation under the

‘Seva Saptha’ in honour of Hon. Prime Minister, Shri.

Narendra Modiji’s Birthday week.

Volunteers of Atharva foundation actively

participated for the Cleanliness drive at Shatabdi

Hospital, Kandivali west as a part of ‘Seva Saptah

‘initiative.

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Student’s Achievement

Students of Atharva College of Engineering from the

Computer Engineering Department, secured 1st

Runner Up position in SAKEC Technical Debate held

at Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College,

Mumbai.

Congratulations to Prem Raval & Rishabh Shetty for

their splendid performance.

Atharva dance team secured first position at National

Institute of Event Management (NIEM).

Mr. Mandar Vasaikar, (S.E. Electrical) won two gold

medals in the West Zone Nationals held at Alwar

Rajasthan.

Mr. Omkar Sawalkar (Electronics), Mr. Akash

Metkari and Mr. Ajay Gupta (Electrical) won

Carrom National Level Inter-Engineering Sports

Summit 2019 held at MIT-WPU, Pune.

Mandar Vasaikar from Electrical department won

two gold medals in the West Zone Nationals

which was held at Alwar Rajasthan.

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Alumni Talks

Department of Electronics & Telecommunication

Engineering organized an Alumni Talk by Mr Suyog

Vyavahare for third year students on the topic “Being

Entrepreneur in Electronics Industry “on July 21,

2019. Speaker discussed about various innovative

electronics products and product ideas that he has

developed. He also shared his experience as

entrepreneur with clients and National and

International market scenario.

Department of Information Technology and Computer

Engineering organized an Alumni Talk by Mr Omkar

Sanap, Mr. Rajas Thawal & Mr. Harsh Kshatriya for

final year students on the subject “Pre-placement

preparations” on July 11, 2019. Speakers discussed

about challenges and solutions in placement tests and

interviews.

Department of Electronics & Telecommunications

Engineering organized an Alumni Talk by Mr Kunal

Kashikar for Second year students on the topic “Scope

in Electronics” on July 17, 2019. He also gave

overview of various innovative project ideas along

with advanced techniques used in electronics

industries.

Seminar on "Art of Living"

Department of Humanities & Applied Science

conducted Seminar on "Art of Living" by

Motivational Speaker Mrs. Priya Sawant for first year

engineering students on September 18, 2019.

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Computer Engineering Department

Activities Workshop on "Fundamentals of Computer

Vision: Certified by Nvedia"

Department of Computer Engineering organized

two days workshop on "Fundamentals of Computer

Vision: Certified by Nvedia" for the Third Year

Engineering students on August 21 and 22, 2019.

All students actively participated in the workshop.

More than 50 Students got Certificates from Nvidia.

Workshop on Introduction to Scientific

Computing using Python by Fossee- IIT Bombay


one day workshop on Introduction to Scientific

Computing using Python by Fossee- IIT Bombay on

September 19, 2019. It was conducted for second

and third year students under the guidance of Prof.

Suvarna Pansambal and Prof. Mahendra Patil.

In this workshop students learned various industry

applications of Python and were trained in Python

through hands-on practice sessions and quizzes.

Seminar on “Introduction to Smart India

Hackathon”

Department of Computer Engineering organized a seminar

on “Introduction to Smart India Hackathon” for second

year students on September 11, 2019. Around 85 students

attended the seminar and were benefitted by the meticulous

instructions/steps given to successfully compete in SIH

and were inspired to take part in the upcoming

competition.

Seminar on Interview Skills by Squad Infotech Pvt. Ltd

Department of Computer Engineering organized a seminar

on Interview Skills by Squad Infotech Pvt. Ltd under the

guidance of Prof. Suvarna Pansambal & Prof. Mahendra

Patil. Around 90 students of final year attended the same

on August 20, 2019.

Virtual Seminar On Iot And Machine Learning

Department of Computer Engineering organized virtual

seminar under student development program (SDP), on

IoT and Machine Learning on August 19, 2019 under the

guidance of Prof. Suvarna Pansambal & Prof. Mahendra

Patil. Around 130 students of second year and final year

attended the same.

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Workshop on Web Development


one day workshop on "Web Development" by

EOTO Tech on August 23, 2019. It was

conducted by Mr. Shivam Vahia, Mr. Mayank

Vandra and Mr. Premkumar Raval for second

year students. In this workshop students learn

web development and content management

system like Wordpress.

Department of Computer Engineering had

organized one day seminar on Career Guidance in

Blockchain which was conducted for SE and TE

CMPN under the guidance of Prof. Suvarna

Pansambal and Prof. Mahendra Patil. In this

seminar students learned various industry

applications of Blockchain under Spoken Tutorial

portfolio.

Electronics and Telecommunication

Engineering Department Activities

Workshop on "Arduino Coding and its

Applications"


Engineering successfully conducted a one-day

workshop on "Arduino Coding and its Application" on

August 27, 2019 organized by Tech Cryptors in

collaboration with Tirutsava IIT, Tirupati. Students

understood the basics of Arduino and its applications

with hands-on training.

Workshop on "Industrial approach to

Electronics"

Department of Electronics and

Telecommunication Engineering organized two

days workshop on "Industrial approach to

Electronics" for the second year students on July

17 and 18, 2019. Students were given exposure to

several electronic devices and components with

their functioning, specifications, usage and

applications based on current Industry needs.

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Workshop on Basic PCB designing


Engineering organized two days workshop on "Basic

PCB designing" by Mr Kunal Kashikar for the Second

year students on July 29 and 30, 2019. All Students

actively participated in the workshop and were

effectively guided to design their own PCB along with

practice session.

Seminar on Pre-placement talk


Engineering organized a seminar on “Pre-placement

talk” for the Second year students on July 21, 2019

and addressed them about the different aspects of

placement like Eligibility Criteria, Skills and

presentation.

Industrial Visit at Festo India Pvt Ltd


Engineering organized Industrial visit at Festo India

Pvt. Ltd. on September 16, 2019. Total 49 students

visited company. Company showed demonstration of

automation & Mechatronics with introduction to

Industry4.0.

Workshop on Industrial approach to

Electronics


Engineering organized two days workshop on

"Industrial approach to Electronics" for the Second

year students on July 17 and 18, 2019. Students were

given exposure to several electronic devices and

components with their functioning, specifications,

usage and applications based on current Industry

needs.

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Orientation for the subject of Microwave

Engineering

Department of Electronics & Telecommunication

Engineering organized an orientation program as per

the guidelines of Mumbai University for the subject of

Microwave Engineering for semester VII. The session

was conducted by the domain expert Dr. Uday Pandit

Khot, Professor, SFIT on July 10, 2019. He is a

member of The Board of Studies, Electronics &

Telecommunication Engineering, Mumbai University

and have more than 27 years of teaching experience.

The orientation was attended by faculty members of

various colleges from Mumbai, Thane, Ratnagiri,

Asangaon, and Karjat. The orientation was concluded

with vote of thanks by Dr. Deepak Waikar (Vice Chair

for IEEE Education Society Chapter, Singapore.

Seminar on "3D Printing"


Engineering and FABLAB (ACE) organized seminar

on "3D Printing" in collaboration with ISAGON

company on September 26, 2019. Seminar was

conducted by Mr. Kunal Kashikar (CEO, ISAGON).

Seminar gave insight about 3d printing technology, its

need in current industry, basics of 3D print, its

advantages and applications.

Virtual lecture "Electromagnetic waves and

Antenna Basics"


Engineering organized virtual lecture on topic

"Electromagnetic waves and Antenna Basics" by Dr.

Vinitkumar Dongre, Head, Department of EXTC,

Thakur College of Engineering. Third year students

learnt basics of Electromagnetic waves with animation

and Antenna wave propagation.

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Information Technology Department

Activities

Seminar on "Smart Hackathon"

Department of Information Technology conducted

seminar on "Smart Hackathon" for second year

students on September 19, 2019. They get valuable

information and inspiration to take part in

competition.

Department of Information Technology organized

an IoT workshop for TE students on September 26,

2019. Prof. Richard Joseph from Vivekanand

College of Engineering, Mumbai covered topics

like IoT implementation using Arduino uno and

Node MCU, Arduino libraries, data transfers over

cloud using thingspeak platform. Students enjoyed

workshop and learnt various data transfer

platforms.

Visit to Microsoft

Department of Information Technology organized a

one-day visit to Microsoft on September 5, 2019. Aim

of this visit was to have hands-on learning of

Cognitive AI services on AZURE cloud. Students

implemented few Artificial Intelligence applications

on their machines and it was great for all to interact

with the Microsoft Techies.

Workshop on "How to Write Research Paper"

Department of Information Technology conducted

workshop on "How to Write Research Paper" for final

year students, under Research & Development activity

on September 16, 2019.

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Seminar on Introduction to Smart Hackathon

Department of Information Technology organized a

seminar on "Introduction to Smart Hackathon" for third

year students. Around 68 students attended the seminar.

The students were motivated to take part in SIH 2019-

2020

Visit to "Godrej”

Department of Information Technology organized visit to

Godrej, Vikhroli for third year students on August 31,

2019. Visit includes sessions on IoT and AWS by

different industry experts. Students have enjoyed all the

technical sessions and have communicated with all

technical persons for further collaborations.

Workshop on Internet of Things

Department of Information Technology organized one

day workshop on IOT on September 23, 2019 by Prof.

Richard Joseph from VESIT. In this workshop students

learned industry applications of IOT, owning a private

cloud, and hands - on session on IOT which will help

students to build IOT based applications.

FOSSEE workshop on Scientific Basic Python

Department of information technology organized

FOSSEE workshop on Scientific Basic Python.

SE and TE students learned various concepts of

python in this workshop.

Electrical Engineering Department Activities

Industrial Visit to SMEC Labs Mumbai

Department of Electrical engineering organized an

industrial visit to SMEC Labs, Mumbai - Department

of research and development. 45 students of third year

along with Mr. Suraj Tripathy attended the visit under

the supervision of Prof. Sangeeta Jain, Head

Department of Electrical engineering. The students

had an opportunity to learn the modern research

technologies along with the practical handling of PLC

technology along with the Human machine interface.

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Virtual Lecture on "EV Industries of India"

Department of Electrical Engineering arranged virtual

lecture on "EV industries of India" by Dr. Jignesh

Makwana, Marwadi University, Rajkot on September 16,

2019.The topics discussed were Benefit of EV,

Automobile industry, Worldwide view on EV,

Government initiative, Indian EV industries, Indian EV

and Start-ups and skills required for EV. Session was

intended for second year and final year students and 88

students attended the lecture.

Workshop on Introduction to Automation & PLC

Department of Electrical Engineering organized a

workshop on Introduction to Automation and PLC on

August 26, 2019. The workshop was conducted by Mr.

Shreeniwas Kulkarni, Centre Manager, Sage Automation,

Mumbai. The students experienced hands on training on

PLC, Ladder logic design and various applications of

VFD's. Introduction to SCADA and HMI has also proved

beneficial for students.

Seminar on "Application of Power Electronics"

Department of Electrical Engineering organized a

Seminar on "Application of Power Electronics" for SE

and TE students on August 30, 2019. The session was

conducted by Dr. Mini Rajeev, Associate Professor,

FCRIT, Vashi. She has done her M. Tech and PhD.

from IIT Bombay. The session was highly beneficial

for the students.

Seminar on Advanced Trends in Automation

The department of Electrical engineering organized a

seminar on the advanced trends in automation by the

company, SMEC automation and marine department.

Student had an overview in the marine electronics.

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Independence Day Celebration (August 15, 2019)

Atharva celebrated 73rd Independence Day in AET

Campus on August 15, 2018. Senior Inspector, Malvani

Police station chaired the function as a chief guest. Dr. P.

N. Nemade (Director ACE), Dr. S. P. Kallurkar (Principal

ACE) and Mr. Ramprasad Sir, Registrar, ACE, graced the

function. All the Vice-Principals, Heads of Department,

faculty members and staff were present for the function.

NSS Activities

Donation Drive

NSS Atharva organized a donation drive at Atharva

College of Engineering to procure maximum resources

possible to help the people of Kolhapur.

World Rose Day with cancer Patients

NSS Atharva celebrated World Rose Day with cancer

patients on September 27, 2019.

NSS students spent time with cancer patients along

with some educational activities. This event took place

at Dr. Earnest Borges Memorial Home, Bandra East

‘India First Leadership Talk Series’ (IFLTS)

Faculty members and Students of Atharva College of

Engineering attended the ‘India First Leadership Talk

Series’ (IFLTS) organized by MHRD on August 22,

2019 on DD National Live.

Faculty Development program on “Emotional

Intelligence in Learning Environment”

Presentation on "Emotional Intelligence in Learning

Environment" was conducted by Prof. Joslyn Gracias,

Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and

Telecommunication engineering for the faculty

members of Atharva College of Engineering.

Editorial Board

Dr. Shrikant Kallurkar, Principal, ACE, Malad.

Dr. Ritu Sharma, Associate Professor, Dept. of HAS.

Mr. Niranjan Samudre, Asst. Prof., Dept of ETRX.

Any information or suggestions are welcomed at

niranjansamudre@ atharvacoe.ac.in.

Atharva College of Engineering

Charkop Naka, Malad-Marve Road, Asmita Jyoti

Housing Society, Malad West, Mumbai-400095,

Maharashtra, India.

Tel.: 91-022-40294949, Fax.: 40294911

Website: http://www.atharvacoe.ac.in

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