Albertian Institute of Science and Technology, AISAT– Technical Campus

(Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to M.G. University, Kottayam)

Archbishop Angel Mary Nagar, Cochin University P.O., Kalamassery, Kochi-682 022

Web : www.aisat.ac.in, Ph. 0484 2540360, 2540361

Vol : 2 Issue No : 3 July- September 2013

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AISAT Newsletter

News from Faculty

Editorial Board

Mr. Sabin Mathew (Asst. Professor - Dept. of M. E.), Mr. Thomas Felix (Asst. Professor - Dept. of E. E. E. )

Ms. Deepthy K. Denatious (Asst. Professor - Dept. of C. S.E.), Ms. Priya Xavier (Asst. Professor - Dept. of E. E. E. )

Tree Plantation at AISAT

AISAT Newsletter

Mr. Paul Ansel V., Asst. Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering attended a workshop on

Electronic Design Tools & its Application, from May 27 to 31, 2013 at CUSAT.

Mr. Arun Joy, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering presented a paper titled ''Adaptive

Orthogonal Frequency Multiplexing based two-way relay system'' at an International Conference on June 5, 2013

at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering.

Ms. Deepthy K. Denatious and Ms. Josna Joseph, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering attended

a Workshop on "Advances in Web Technology using Java" conducted by Division of Computer Engineering, CUSAT

from April 8 to 12, 2013 , under TEQIP Phase II.

Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, Mr. Paul Ansel V. and Mr. Naibin George, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Electronics

and Communication Engineering attended a conference on “Social Inclusion In Higher Education In India

organized by Xavier Board of Higher Education from April 27 to 30, 2013 .

The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in

association with SEEM organised a Three day workshop on “Solar PV

System, Design and Installation” on March 22, 23 and 24, 2013. The

workshop aimed at providing hands-on knowledge for designing a solar PV

power plant. The sessions were handled by experts from Steinbeis Institute

of Training, Chennai. There were separate sessions on designing of on-grid

and off-grid solar PV power plant.

THREE DAY WORKSHOP ON “SOLAR PV SYSTEM, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION”

Tree Plantation at AISATKAIZEN ‘13

To fulfill divine serenity, a Chapel at AISAT was a

long-cherished dream of many. This dream got

fulfilled when His Grace

, Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly

blessed and inaugurated the Chapel on June 11, 2013.

The priests and nuns of Archdiocese of Verapoly, who

the Most Rev. Dr. Francis

Kallarackal

BLESSING OF CHAPEL

are serving in and around Kalamassery, and the

teaching and non teaching staff of AISAT were present

during the blessing ceremony. The function ended

with the hope of giving a new direction to the spiritual

life of AISAT family; a relief from the busy and humdrum

routine, and a moment of quiet reflection and prayer.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

The quality of engineers coming out of an institution depends on the institution to a large

extent. As AISAT is entering its second year of existence we have the satisfaction of having a job

well done and we look forward, with confidence derived from God’s blessings and grace. Our

motto is the Bible verse “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not

depart from it” Pro 22:6.

Tree Plantation at AISATENGINEER OF THE QUARTER – VARGHESE KURIEN

Varghese Kurien (November 26, 1921 - September 9, 2012) was a

renowned Indian social entrepreneur and is best known as the "Father of

the White Revolution". He graduated from Loyola College, Madras in 1940

and then obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from

the College of Engineering, Guindy. He took India from being a milk-

deficient nation, to the largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the

United States of America in 1998, with about 17 percent of global output in

2010-11, which in 30 years doubled the milk available to every person. Dairy

farming became India’s largest self-sustaining industry. He made the

country self-sufficient in edible oils too.

With the aim of improving teaching skills of faculty of

AISAT a 3-day training programme was conducted from

June 17 to 19, 2013 at AISAT campus. Prof. P. J. Joseph,

Chairman, Toc H institutions inaugurated AISAT- KAIZEN

'13. Dr. Mary Matilda, the Professional Teacher’s Trainer &

former Principal of Maharaja's College was the resource

person for the 3-day programme. Classes were refreshing

and many participants claimed that the programme gave

new dimension to their teaching style.

July - September 2013

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The first Academic Advisory Committee meeting

of Albertian Institute of Science & Technology was held

on April 20, 2013 at the Seminar Hall. Academic

Advisory Committee meeting was meant to evaluate

the past year's performance of each department in the

institution and to present the vision for the next five

years. Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager, AISAT

welcomed the members of the Academic Advisory

Council and the DAC members of each department as

well as everyone present in the gathering.

Dr. Babu T. Jose, Director, AISAT introduced the

Academic Advisory Council members & Department

Advisory Council members to the audience. Academic

Advisory Committee members of the college are Dr. T.

V. Geetha, Professor of Computer Science and

Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, Prof. Vineeth K.

Palari, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, NIT,

Calicut, Prof. S. R. Gandhi, Head of Dept. of Civil

Engineering, IIT, Madras, Dr. Benny Mathew Abraham,

Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, CUSAT, Mr.

Venugopal C. Govind, Chartered Accountant &

Managing Partner, Varma & Varma Co., Mr. Fasal Ali,

Executive Director Bava Son's Construction Pvt. Ltd.

and Dr. Augustus Joseph, Professor Emeritus,

University of Manhattan, USA.

Director mentioned that it is a rare event that an

institution which has completed just one year present

their achievement before the academic advisory

council. He informed that there is a lack of qualified

hands in responsible positions in the engineering field.

Therefore meetings like this will enable the junior

faculty to interact with senior faculty, expert

academicians and industrial people and seek their

advice in formulating the activities of their department.

In the meeting, representatives from the five

departments presented the performance of each

department for the past one year and their future plans

for the next five years. The AAC members gave their

feedback and suggestions on the presentations. Dr.

Varghese Paul, Dr. Anil Joseph, and Shri. K. B. Bobinson

and Shri. P. G. Chilprakash were also present in the

meeting.

Engineers' day CelebrationAWARENESS PROGRAMME ON ENGINEERING

July - September 2013 July - September 2013

AICTE SPONSORED FDP ON “ELECTRONICS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS”

As the first step towards developing a research

centre in medical image processing, the department of

Electronics and communication organized an FDP on

'Electronics in Medical Diagnosis' from May 6, 2013 to

May 17, 2013, which was funded by AICTE.

Faculty members from six colleges across Kerala

participated in the event. The FDP was inaugurated by

Dr. Godfrey Louis, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, CUSAT and the

DEAN OF STUDENT COUNSELLING & PLACEMENT

keynote address was delivered by the famous

oncologist, Dr. V. P. Gangadharan. Experts from

academics and industry were also present. Eminent

faculty and researchers took classes in the areas of

Medical Image Processing, Tele-Medicine and Bio-

medical Instrumentation and their applications. The

participants were taken for industrial visit to the R&D

and production wing of NEST technologies and Amrita

Institute of Medical Science (AIMS), Cochin.

An awareness Programme on Engineering a three

day programme for engineering aspirants, was held at

AISAT Campus from May 21 to 23, 2013. The inaugural

function started at 9.30 am with a silent prayer. The

function was presided by Prof. Dr. K. E. George,

Principal, AISAT. Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery,

Manager, AISAT inaugurated the programme by lighting

the traditional lamp. In his speech, he clearly

mentioned that the reason for selecting the

engineering field should be the student's passion to be

an engineer rather than the pressure exerted by the

parents. Prof. Dr. Babu Rajendran, Former Principal,

NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad made the

felicitation speech.

Prof. Dr. T. V. Babu Rajendran briefed the history of

engineering. The sessions were handled by Mr. Rajan

M., Senior HR Manager, Petronet, Dr. George Sleeba,

Dean, AISAT & Former CMD, FACT, Prof. Dr. P. R.

Poduval, Former Director, SMS, CUSAT, Prof. Dr. Edward

Edezhath, Professor, St. Albert's College and Syndicate

Member, Sree Sankaracharya University and Prof. Dr.

Varghese Paul. The Heads of the Departments also

addressed the gathering. The vote of thanks was delivered

by Ms. Preethi M., Coordinator of the programme.

ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2013

Dr. George Sleeba, former CMD FACT, joined AISAT as Dean

of student counselling & placement on June 5, 2013. He is

basically a mechanical engineer who took his M.Tech from IIT

Madras and has got about 35 years experience as an industrialist

and academician. Rev. Dr. Clement Valluvassery, Manager AISAT

mentioned that Dr. George Sleeba could bring interaction

between academy and industry in a successful manner by

utilizing his vast industrial experience. During his speech

Dr. George Sleeba promised his full support for the improvement

of AISAT academic life.

Dr. Godfrey Louis, Pro-Vice-Chancellor CUSAT

inaugurating the functionDr. V. P. Gangadharan at FDP

Prof. Dr. T. V. Babu Rajendran at the inaugural function Engineering aspirants during the awareness programme