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Vol: 4 Issue No: 1 January 2015

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Edu Mithra National Cyber Olympiad, a joint

venture of AISAT and Edu Mithra Intellectual

Services Pvt. Ltd. was held at AISAT on

October 26, 2014. It was an exploratory

venture to buoy up and nurture the young

talents in the cyber world. The Olympiad

provided a unique and one of a kind platform

where the students showed off their metal,

triumph, met the legends of the cyber world,

shared their thoughts and implemented mind

blowing ideas.

The National Cyber Olympiad 2014 witnessed

great participation from all over India

including Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra

Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The Olympiad started with a Cyber Quiz. The

winners of the Olympiad were Mr. Rajeel K.P.,

MES College of Engineering, Malappuram,

Kerala, Mr. Deepak G. Anil, Federal Institute of

Science and Technology, Angamaly, Kerala

and Mr. Nishchal Gautam, Sree Venkiteswara

College of Engineering, Bangalore. The

winners were awarded with cash prizes of

Rs. 30,000, Rs. 20,000 and Rs 10,000 to the

first, second and third place respectively.

National Cyber Olympiad

MongoDB WorkshopThe Department of Computer Science & Engineering organized a two-

day certification programme on BigData Analytics with MongoDB in

association with Computer Society of India (CSI). The workshop was

inaugurated on October 28, 2014 by Mr. Vijay Kumar Nair, CTO &

Principal Enterprise Architect, Assyst International Pvt. Ltd, Kochi

Kerala. Ms. Mini Ulanat, CSI National Student Co-ordinator, Prof. Dr.

Babu T. Jose, Director, AISAT, Prof Dr. K. E. George, Principal, AISAT,

Ms. Deepthy K. Denatious, HoD, Department of Computer Science &

Engineering, faculty members, students of AISAT and delegates from

various engineering colleges were present for the inaugural function.

The MongoDB Fundamentals Workshop Training was led by Mr. Vijay

Kumar himself and provided hands on training to handle documents in

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a free Schema design using the database tool-MongoDB. The

sessions threw light on development basics, such as document

design in MongoDB and using the drivers, and operational basics, like

how to set up replication for high availability and sharing for horizontal

scalability. The sessions were structured around a series of lectures

and accompanying exercises that reinforced and enriched the

participants' ability to use MongoDB to build new apps better and

faster.

A follow up programme on Advanced Concepts, Online Test and

Project Review for interested participants was conducted on

December 3, 2014. All participants of the 2-day course were awarded

with a Course Certificate and those who cleared the online exam on

the follow up day were awarded Excellence Certificates.

AISAT-IGS and AISAT-ICI Awards for Best Thesis

The final presentations for the AISAT - IGS Award for the best M.Tech

thesis in Geotechnical Engineering in Kerala state was held at AISAT

on October 28, 2014. The selected five finalists from all over the state

presented their theses before the judges for the final evaluation.

Ms. A. R. Sindhu, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam won the

AISAT - IGS Award, sponsored by AISAT for her M.Tech thesis on

'Prediction of Soaked CBR Value for Lateritic Soils in Central Kerala'. The

award which comprised of a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-,

was presented to her by Dr. Verghese Chummar, who is a veteran in the

field of soil exploration in India. The award was presented in an august

function at the Third Praphullakumar Lecture – 2014 on October 29,

2014 at Hotel Gokulam Park, Ernakulam which was jointly organized by

Indian Geotechnical Society Kochi Chapter and APS Kochi.

The AISAT – ICI award for the best B.Tech thesis was also presented in

the same function. The ever rolling trophy presented by the Civil

Engineering Department of AISAT and a cash prize of Rs. 20,000/-, was

bagged by SNGCE, Kolenchery. M.A College of Engineering,

Kothamangalam and SCMS, Karukutty won the second and third prizes

respectively. Citations were given to the project guides of the teams

and the winning college was honored with a plaque and a trophy.

Workshop on Mentoring

A one day workshop on Mentoring was conducted for the faculty on

December 1, 2014. The forenoon session was handled by Dr. Mary

Metilda, renowned international trainer and senior faculty member,

AISAT. She was the former Principal of Maharaja's College Ernakulum.

She emphasized that Mentoring is successful only when it happens

naturally and informally. She encouraged the faculty to include

informal ways of checking in

w i t h s t u d e n t s i n t h e i r

academics as well in their

personality development. An

effective mentor should always

nurture empathy and listening

skills.

The afternoon session was

handled by Prof. Jose Prakash,

Associate Professor, St. Albert's College, Ernakulam. He enlightened

the faculty with the fact that certain techniques and skills

were necessary for mentoring the students. These include

development rapport, effective listening skills, effective

communication, observation of behaviour and most importantly

asking the right question.

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Talk on Welding Technology: Industrial Developments

The Fleeting Albertian Mechanical Engineers (FLAME) organized a talk

on 'Welding Technology', in association with the Indian Institute of

Welding (IIW), Kochi chapter on the October 1, 2014. The objective of

the program was to introduce the students to the advancements and

opportunities in the field of welding technology. Mr. Jose Philip,

Chairman, IIW, Cochin Chapter delivered the introductory speech and

spoke on the importance of welding in the current infrastructural and

industrial developments.

Mr. V. Muralidharan, Chairman, IIW, Chennai Chapter, in his keynote

address explained the various advanced and improved welding

technologies, its scope, applications and the opportunities in the

welding sector. He also threw light on the different courses offered by

the IIW and urged the student members of FLAME to form an IIW

Chapter at AISAT. Mr. V. Muralidharan is currently the Regional

Director, Southern Region of The Indian Institute of Welding.

Signing of MoU between AISAT & IIW

An MoU was signed and exchanged between Mr. Jose P. Philip,

Chairman, IIW, Cochin and Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager,

AISAT on December 10, 2014. The major objectives of the MoU are to

work together towards the upliftment of education in welding

technology and related engineering practices through seminars,

workshops and technical conferences in the state of Kerala, to train and

mentor selected students by experienced engineers from IIW, guide

the students in their projects, to provide training to the technicians so

as to improve their skill etc. Dr. George Sleeba, Prof. P. P.

Premachandran, Prof. Jose V. Mathew and Mrs. Asha K. R. represented

the AISAT management. A few selected students from the Department

of Mechanical Engineering were also present on the occasion.

Christmas Celebration

Christmas was celebrated at AISAT on December 19,

2014. The joy of Christmas filled all over the campus

throughout the day. The celebration was held at the Da

Vinci auditorium. Carol and Crib competitions were held

for the students as part of the celebration. The presence

of Magi made the occasion more glorious. Rev. Dr.

Clement Valluvassery delivered the Christmas message.

The Christmas cake was cut by Fr. Alex Kurisuparambil

and the Magi distributed the cakes to all who were

present. Prizes were distributed to the winners by the

Principal and the Vice Principal.

Editorial Board

Ms. Priya Xavier (Asst. Professor, Dept. of EEE), Mr. Jose V. Mathew (Asso. Professor, Dept of ME),

Ms. Deepthy K. Denatious ( Asst. Professor, Dept. of CSE), Ms. Neena Jeeno (Asst. Professor, Dept. of ASH),

Mr. Thomas Felix (Asst. Professor, Dept. of EEE)

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Events at a Glancel The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized an

Industrial visit to Visual IQ, Infopark for the fourth semester

students on December 17,2014.

l A training program on HTML was conducted for the fourth semester

Computer Science and Engineering students on December 12,

2014. The training was handled by Ms. Josna Joseph and

Ms. Sinijoy P. J., Asst. Professors, Dept. of Computer Science and

Engineering.

l An IEEE seminar on 'The art of Project Management' by Mr. Sagar

Pottachilakath, Manager, Thermo LLC, Dubai was held at AISAT on

November 26, 2014.

l The Department of Computer Science Engineering conducted

training programme in C, C++, JAVA and DBMS for the IETE

students on November 17, 2014.

l A Workshop on LaTeX was organised by the Department of Civil

Engineering on November 15, 29 and December 6, 2014 for the

faculty and M.Tech students of the department. The sessions were

handled by Dr. P. N. Radha Krishnan, Professor, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, CUSAT.

News from Facultyl Ms. Sreelekha K. V., Asst. Professor, Dept of Electrical & Electronics

Engineering, Ms. Nisha Varghese, Asst. Professor, Dept of

Electronics & Communication Engineering and Ms. Shilpa Francis,

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering attended a

workshop on Control Systems organized under the National

Mission on Education, MHRD, Govt. of India from December 2 to 12,

2014 at KMEA Engineering College, Edathala.

l Prof. Vincent K. John, Prof. Anitha G. Pillai, Ms. Liji Anna Mathew,

Ms. Saranya Ullas, Ms. Athira I.C. and Ms. Sheeja M.K., faculty

members in the Dept. of Civil Engineering and first year M.Tech

students of Civil Engineering attended the Third Praphulla Kumar

Annual Lecture series on 'Geotech Challenges of Kochi', organised

by IGS, Kochi Chapter and APS Kochi at Hotel Gokulam Park on

October 29, 2014

l Dr. Arun Joy, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication

Engineering presented a paper on 'Performance study of

BFAM 20RLS channel estimation for AOFDM based two way

Relay' at IEEE congress on Ultra-Modern Telecommunication &

Control System held at St. Petersburg, Russia from October

6 to 8, 2014.