On behalf of the Department of Networking, the Mentor meeting for the odd semester 2022 – 23 was held on 02.09.2022 at 12.40 PM in the Seminar hall. During the mentor meeting the students shared their difficulties and expressed their grievances to the mentor.
The following minutes were discussed:
- The Mentor discussed about the subjects.
- The Mentors gave instructions to the mentees regarding attendance and proper grooming.
- The Mentors gave information about the Mentor-Mentee activity book.
- The Mentors guided them to surf some websites for learning multiple languages through E-resources and to enhance their typing skills.
| Session Details: Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
| Title of the Session : Mentoring Session on Lean Startup and Minimum Viable
Product /Business |
| Date : 29/08/2022 |
Duration : 10.00AM to 1.30 PM |
| Activity Category : IIC Calendar Activity |
Nature of the Session : Physical |
| Theme : Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
| Expert / Speaker Details: |
| Name: Mr. R.Sankaralakshman |
Designation: Technical Trainer |
| Organisation: Freelancer |
| Brief about Expert/Speaker:
Educational Qualification:
Completed MBA (Finance)
Achievements:
· Supporting the students for final year projects in web designing data science and data analyst
· Over 500 students have been trained over online and offline platforms and got placed in various companies and government organization
· Created a “Career Development centre” to guide the students and industrial persons with psychological methods which enhances their career in right path
· Created a “Business Incubator” to focus on early phase start-ups that are in the development phase makes them to achieve a complete developed business model
· Created an “Idea Incubator” dedicated to ideas and suggestion for their new features and enhancements of the product
· Launched a “Start-up accelerator” to accelerate the running business model to their maximum potential
· DP Textiles, Financial Analyst & Advisor
· Research on “Hinduism is Science” to prove the Hinduism facts with the help of scientific facts
· Being as a Digital Marketing freelancer monitors online marketing trends analyze statistics develop strategies for digital marketing campaigns and tracking the campaigns
Experience:
· 2019 – Present Career Counseling with human psychological analysis
· 2020 – Present Placement Trainer (Aptitude Reasoning, English and Personality
· Development) |
| Objectives of the activity:
· To create an exposure about business startup
· To learn about various products with minimum viable
· To enable students to learn business ethics for startups
· To enrich knowledge towards of product oriented business startup
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| Outcome of the activity:
· Students learnt about various viable products
· Students gained knowledge on startup business
· Students got an exposure towards business idea and ethics
· Students inferred idea on plan and execute about startup business
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| Key Highlights:
· Mr. R. Sankaralakshmanan started talking about lean startups.
· He explained the difference between proof of concept, minimum viable product and minimum marketable product.
· He explained it with the help of an example of a pizza chain.
· He also explained in detail about the Business Model Canvas.
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| Participants Details: |
| Total No. of Student Participation: 61 |
| Total No. of Staff (Teaching / Non-Teaching) Participation: 02 – Teaching |
| YouTube Links: NA |
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Department of Networking organized an alumnus interaction session for the III year Networking students on 24th August, 2022. Our alumni, Mr. Balaharishkumaran (2019-2022 batch), enlightened the students towards cyber security. He gave clear idea of selecting higher education courses related to networking field. He created awareness on network and cyber crime security and also the opportunities available in the Industries. Totally, 16 students got benefited by this Alumni Interaction Session.
Mr. M. Athigopal, Head- Department of Networking, along with three students from the Department of Networking, conducted an Outreach Activity (SLCS Samaj Seva) on 29/07/2022 for the benefit of the students of K.N. Nadar Primary School, Koodakovil, Madurai. Through this activity, the school students were able to understand the Digital Technologies and the good sources of Social Media and Security. Students got a lot of information on how they can reduce the risk of unsecure data in the social media. Our students created awareness and also specified how to access the information up-to-date and post them in several social media with authenticity. Since, it is the basic level, the school students understood the outline of network security and its need. Totally, 50 students were benefited through this extension activity.
| Session Details: |
| Title of the Session : Innovative Practices in IoT & Robotics |
| Date : 18/06/2022 |
Duration : 10.00AM to 3.00 PM |
| Activity Category : IIC Driven Activity |
Nature of the Session : Physical |
| Theme : Innovation |
| Expert / Speaker Details: |
| Name: Mr.Sriram Nagarajan |
Designation: Co Founder & CEO |
| Organisation: Roboram, Nagercoil |
| Brief about Expert/Speaker: (Highlight points from profile of the expert)
Educational Qualification:
Completed B.E (Robotics & Automation)
Achievements:
· Project coordinator for CVRD, Chennai Fire & Safety Department, COIR Industry
· Worked in Industrial Automation Division at Dr. MGR Research Centre, Maduravayol.
· Founder of Automation Firm (RoboRAM) in 2018.
· Launched another venture called “RoboRAM Education” in 2020
· Launched an online learning automation based platform in December, 2022.
· Created a “Board of Studies” Council to construct the course syllabus based on industrial requirements.
· Over 8500 people have been trained around the world, and more than 50 institutions have invited him to deliver about industrial knowledge.
Experience:
· The Nesans, Technical Associate Engineer & HR – DEC 2017 – MAR 2018
· Shalwin Power, Project Engineer – APR 2018 – OCT 2018
· Intech Systems, Automation Engineer – NOV 2018 – MAR 2019
· DR MGR Research Institute,Industrial Automation Consultant -APR 2019 – MAR 2020
· RoboRAM Education, Automation Trainer – JAN 2020 – NOW
· Data Bee, Business Partner – MAR 2020 – NOW
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| Objectives of the activity: (minimum four)
· To create an exposure towards working of IoT and its sensors.
· To learn about IoT- Home automation applications and its real-time usage.
· To enable students to learn Robotics and Automation.
· To enrich knowledge towards working principles of Robotics.
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| Outcome of the activity: (minimum four)
· Students learnt about IoT application and working of different types of sensors
· Students gained knowledge on home automation applications.
· Students got an exposure towards the real-time working of IoT Device – raspberry
· Students inferred idea on designing, working and applications of Robotics in various fields
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| Key Highlights: (minimum four from the talk of expert)
Mr.Sriram Nagarajan, CEO & Founder, RoboRAM, discussed the Scope and importance of IoT in daily life. The expert enlightened the students on the importance of IoT-based home automation such as, Smartfan, smart refrigerator etc. He explained the usage of various sensors like Humidity Sensors, Pressure Sensors, Proximity Sensors, Level Sensors. Also students had a discussion session with the expert and gained ideas on projects related to IoT Home Automation. |
| Participants Details: |
| Total No. of Student Participation: 10 |
| Total No. of Staff (Teaching / Non-Teaching) Participation: 03 – Teaching |
| YouTube Links: |
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| Session Details: |
| Title of the Session : Innovative Practices in IoT & Robotics |
| Date : 18/06/2022 |
Duration : 10.00AM to 3.00 PM |
| Activity Category : IIC Driven Activity |
Nature of the Session : Physical |
| Theme : Innovation |
| Expert / Speaker Details: |
| Name: Mr.Sriram Nagarajan |
Designation: Co Founder & CEO |
| Organisation: Roboram, Nagercoil |
| Brief about Expert/Speaker: (Highlight points from profile of the expert)
Educational Qualification:
Completed B.E (Robotics & Automation)
Achievements:
· Project coordinator for CVRD, Chennai Fire & Safety Department, COIR Industry
· Worked in Industrial Automation Division at Dr. MGR Research Centre, Maduravayol.
· Founder of Automation Firm (RoboRAM) in 2018.
· Launched another venture called “RoboRAM Education” in 2020
· Launched an online learning automation based platform in December, 2022.
· Created a “Board of Studies” Council to construct the course syllabus based on industrial requirements.
· Over 8500 people have been trained around the world, and more than 50 institutions have invited him to deliver about industrial knowledge.
Experience:
· The Nesans, Technical Associate Engineer & HR – DEC 2017 – MAR 2018
· Shalwin Power, Project Engineer – APR 2018 – OCT 2018
· Intech Systems, Automation Engineer – NOV 2018 – MAR 2019
· DR MGR Research Institute,Industrial Automation Consultant -APR 2019 – MAR 2020
· RoboRAM Education, Automation Trainer – JAN 2020 – NOW
· Data Bee, Business Partner – MAR 2020 – NOW
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| Objectives of the activity: (minimum four)
· To create an exposure towards working of IoT and its sensors.
· To learn about IoT- Home automation applications and its real-time usage.
· To enable students to learn Robotics and Automation.
· To enrich knowledge towards working principles of Robotics.
|
| Outcome of the activity: (minimum four)
· Students learnt about IoT application and working of different types of sensors
· Students gained knowledge on home automation applications.
· Students got an exposure towards the real-time working of IoT Device – raspberry
· Students inferred idea on designing, working and applications of Robotics in various fields
|
| Key Highlights: (minimum four from the talk of expert)
Mr.Sriram Nagarajan, CEO & Founder, RoboRAM, discussed the Scope and importance of IoT in daily life. The expert enlightened the students on the importance of IoT-based home automation such as, Smartfan, smart refrigerator etc. He explained the usage of various sensors like Humidity Sensors, Pressure Sensors, Proximity Sensors, Level Sensors. Also students had a discussion session with the expert and gained ideas on projects related to IoT Home Automation. |
| Participants Details: |
| Total No. of Student Participation: 10 |
| Total No. of Staff (Teaching / Non-Teaching) Participation: 03 – Teaching |
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| Title of the Session: Alumni Interaction |
| Organizer (Department / Club / Cell/ Committee / Association) |
NetKings Association of the Department of Networking |
| Date : 03.06.2022 |
Time:01.30 PM |
| Mode of the Session : Offline |
Venue: SLCS |
| Theme(If Applicable) : |
| Expert / Speaker Details: Mr.Nandha Kumar, Senior Support Engineer of Anupam Technologies Pvt. Ltd Chennai |
| Name: Mr.Nandha Kumar |
Designation: Senior Support Engineer |
| Organisation: Anupam Technologies Pvt. Ltd Chennai |
| Objective(s) of the activity:
The alumni meet is to reconnect with the Alumni and celebrate their success and various achievements in their chosen field
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| Key Highlights:
Ø Online certifications of various courses and employment opportunity based on skills
Ø Recent Trends in technology and certifications in the industry.
Ø Career guidance regarding higher studies
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| Outcome(s) of the activity:
The meet also created a platform to identify the college’s most distinguished alumni
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| Participants Details:
v Total No. of students participated: 08
v Total No. of staff (Teaching / Non-Teaching) participated: 01 |
| Session Details: An Exposure visit to Incubation Unit PSYE College |
| Title of the Session : Exposure visit to Incubation Unit |
| Date : 23/05/2022 |
Duration : 11.00AM to 3.00 PM |
| Activity Category : IIC Driven Activity |
Nature of the Session : Physical |
| Theme : Innovation |
| Expert / Speaker Details: |
| Name: Mr.S.Manikandan |
Designation: C-FIE, General Manager |
| Organisation:Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College, Sivagangai |
| Brief about Expert/Speaker: (Highlight points from profile of the expert)
Educational Qualification:
Completed M.E(Ph.D)
Achievements:
· Guided 12 graduated startups and 8 incubated startups.
· He got few funded startups Like, Rain Stock,Mystips and Mithu Dairy Products.
Experience:
· Worked as an entrepreneurship cell manager from January 2014.
· Working as the PSY-CFIE incubation Centre general Manager since January 2022.
· Having eight years of vast experience of nurturing students with an entrepreneurial bent. |
| Objectives of the activity: (minimum four)
1. Encouraging and enabling the alignment of R&D activities to potential needs of the
industry
2. Gain an exposure towards business environment
3. Get an idea on long-term sustainable business development strategies
4. Know about Start-up initiatives and Management
5.Understand Progress and Product outcomes |
| Outcome of the activity: (minimum four)
1. Reflecting ideas into innovations and explore startup based strategies.
2. Understanding the steps to become an entrepreneur right from zero level.
3. Understand the concept of Incubation centre and also got exposure towards government
funding agencies
4. Understand the various prototype of business models and their operations |
| Key Highlights: (minimum four from the talk of expert)
Mr.S.Manikandan, C-FIE, General Manager, PSYEC, discussed the role of centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in providing the orientation, training and development, mentoring and getting patent rights for a product.
The expert enlightened the students on identification, nurturing and translating technical ideas and innovation into a service or product which serves the society.
He explained many sources for business creations and shared few successful entrepreneurs.
Also students had an discussion session with the expert team and gained ideas on start up. He also shared his own experience as an entrepreneur.
He has made sparkle on students to become job creators rather than job seekers. |
| Participants Details: |
| Total No. of Student Participation: 10 |
| Total No. of Staff (Teaching / Non-Teaching) Participation: 03 – Teaching |
| YouTube Links: Nil |
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On behalf of Networking Department, Mr.M.Athigopal, Mr.V.Deepan Chakkaravarthy and Ms.T.Shunmugapriya along with the students of I Year Networking visited Pandiyan Saraswathy Yadav Engineering College Incubation Center at Sivagangi on 23rd May, 2022 from11:00am to 3:00pm. The objective behind this visit was to make the students understand the concept of incubation center,see the facilities provided by such centers, understand the various prototypes of business models, their operations and change perceptions from seeking job to creating the job.
SLCS team met Mr, Arun Arjunan Incubation Center Facilitator, discussed the role of Incubation Centre in providing the orientation, training and development, mentoring, getting patent rights, and commercialization of the product etc,. He explained various sources for business creation such as production of e-Bike,e-Cycle, 3D Printer, Transchair and Solar train trolley . The centre is established in a 2500 square feet of land having a dedicated area with access to shared office infrastructure,Wi-Fi,Conference facilities,auditorium and ample parking space. The students were also given insightful information and demonstration on the basic accounting and managerial techniques adopted for the businesses that have been recently incubated by the center and how they are financed. Many school and college students in and around Arasanoor are working at the centre on their innovations. They shared their ideas and inspired our team. The team had also an opportunity for one to one discussion with many budding entrepreneurs.Totally 10 students were benefitted by this visit.
The Department of Networking organized aPTA Meet through online mode on 17.05.2022 at 6.30p.m to the students of first year. The Parents interacted with the Head of the Department and course teachers. Previous End Semester Marks and Current Semester Continuous Internal Assessment marks, were discussed.The Head of the department requested the parents to give constant motivation and support to their children to score goodmarksinthe forthcoming CIA-II examinations.
