SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY KUNIAMUTHUR, COIMBATORE- 08 DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 1) Smart India Hackathon 2019 Winners: Award : First Prize – Rs.1,00,000/- Team : The Rivals Mentors : Dr. Sivabalan Praveen T and Mr. Ajeeth kumar A Problem Statement title : Automated slot allocation algorithm with Rationalised Block Time Ministry/Organization : Ministry of Civil Aviation Nodal centre : Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. 2) Smart India Hackathon 2019 Winners: Award : First Prize – Rs 75000 Team : TECHONS Mentors : Jeeva A and Dhivesh M Problem Statement title : E- recording of off cut plates from nesting software Ministry/organization : EVEREST INDUSTRIES Nodal centre : Raj Kumar Goel institute of Technology, UP 3) Hackathon – Google HackKnights 2017 – Our department students Bagged “I PRIZE” out of 25 Teams shortlisted over various states organized by Google Developer Groups, Coimbatore hosted by Department of CSE – SKCET. Won a Cash Prize of Rs.10000, Fellowship & Internship from FORGE ACCELERATOR and 1 year Free License for IoT LAB USAGE, IDE form JET BRAINS, PIXL MATRIX LABS, TODOIST Subscription Coupon Project name: IoT Based Multipurpose Wheel Chair Description : Specifically designed for physically challenged people with moto “Mobility through Mobile” Team Members: 1) Sachin Kanithkar R 2) Reshma D 3) Manju V 4) Nithya R Team Mentor: Dr.S.Balakrishnan and Ms.S.Lavanya 4) Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IEDC – Proposal sanctioned of worth Rs. 1 Lakh) Project name: Baggage Tracking at Domestic Airports Description: Introducing RFID technology replacing the conventional bar code method. Team Members: 1) B.N.Faheen Fathima 2)U.Karthik Team Mentor: Mr.D.Winston Paul 5) ICT academy Award: Faculty Name: Dr.N.Susila, Professor and Head, Received award from ICT academy for “Best Practices - Student Engagement” 6) IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial Appreciation Letter: Ms.S.Lavanya of IT department has received letter of appreciation for the excellence projected in spoken tutorial. She has been commendably appreciated for her outstanding endeavor in organizing Spoken Tutorials which comprise of Software Training Workshops via ICT based TLP under the aegis of NMEICT. She has successfully coordinated and organized 19 events for the academic year 2018-19 by motivating 1970 students and 62 faculties to participate in this technology enabled learning programme. 7) ICMR Funded Workshop (Proposal sanctioned of worth Rs. 50,000): Name of Organizing Secretary: Dr.N.Susila Professor and Head, Department of IT, Name of the Coordinators: Ms.D.Dharunya Santhosh, Ms.K.Ranjeetha Priya Title: “Harnessing The Power of Oncology Data Analytics for Early Diagnosis and Treatment” Held on: 15.02.2018 & 16.02.2018 Reference Number: NO.7/925/17-SEMINARS (HRD) 8) DigiSOS Mobile Application launched in Google Play Store: Students Name: Suriya J and Visahan A Students of III IT ‘c’ Section have developed digiSOS, a personal safety app during our Summer Internship under the guidance of Solv3 Consultancies Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore About digiSOS: DigiSOS, a safety app for the android users, has been conceptualized as a social impact app for digital age generation. DigiSOS requires active cell phone as well as data connectivity. When SOS from DigiSOS is activated, text message (SMS) and email are sent to the pre- defined emergency contacts. Location coordinates is sent also sent. User can also activate high volume alarm siren to attract attention from immediate surroundings. SOS can also be activated in silent mode if so desired. Options are provided to contact emergency services like ambulance, police and fire station. App link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digisos 9) Adithyan AK of Third year has been appreciated by Microsoft for helping the Microsoft online services safer by finding and reporting security vulnerabilities and has recognised him as potential Microsoft Security Researcher. The Microsoft Security Response Centre(MSRC) has appreciated him for remediating the issue. 10) Adithyan AK of Third year has been appreciated by Apple for helping the Apple Web Server Notifications safer by finding and reporting security vulnerabilities and has recognised him as potential Apple Security Researcher. The Apple has appreciated him for remediating the issue. 11) Adithyan AK of Third year has been appreciated by Oppo Security Response Center for finding and reporting security vulnerabilities. The Oppo Security Response Center has appreciated and awarded $500. 12) Bhopal smart city Hackathon and UCEN Hackathon : Student Name: R.B.Vigneshwara and S.Pranesh Kumar of III IT B Have made an IoT project on "Accident detection". And has been selected for “B-Nest incubation center”. UCEN hackathon: It is a hackathon organised by University of Nagercoil in which an chatbot for farmers using API and AI is created secured first prize. 13) B A Srri Saran of second year received “Best Speaker-2019 Award” in Federal Bank speak for India. 14) R.G.Amrithaa of Third year won Second place in ECHO 2k19- Codemania coding contest organized by CIT, Coimbatore. 15) Aravind Selvaraj and Balajiprabhu G of II IT won I st Prize and cash prize of Rs10,000 in Hacktech'18-CODING CONTEST held at Karpagam College of Engineering,Coimbatore 16) Sudharson and Surya Naraynan from IV IT has got Internship offer in the TCS INFRAMIND finals held at pune. They are selected in the top 10 among 20000 participants all over India. 17) Ragul S, Sairam B of III_IT_B, Python programming in the 12th National student Convention 2017-2018 - SAE India at MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad won Second prize. 18) ICT Youth Talk 2019: Department of IT has coordinated Youth talk event organized by ICT academy. 150 college student participants from all over Coimbatore have participated in the event. 19) Ms.Tharanya Chikku Raj of second year got selected as Top ten contestant in ICT YOUTH TALK-Regional Pre Finals held at SKCET. 20) Vignesh Shankar S of second year won First place in Codathon Event - Elements 2k19, held at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore 21) COE Automation Software: Faculty Name: Dr S Sivabalan Created software automation for Controller of Examination, objective of the software used to bring the entire examination process including Result Publication under one umbrella. The Application was developed using PHP as front End and Mysql is used for storing the data with the support of auto periodic backups. 22) Infosys campus connect Inspire Award: Faculty Name: Mr.Diwakaran M Recognized as SILVER Level partner under inspire in Infosys campus connect faculty partnership model 23) Awards Received: Dr V Anandkumar received certified trainer from Skill Tester in C++ by ICT Academy Dr S.Balakrishna has received the following awards: 100 Inspring Authors of India 2018, by The Indian Awaz, Kolkatta on 25th Nov 2018. Deloitte Innovation Award, Cash Prize Rs.10,000/-, from Deloittee for Smart India Hackathon 2018, Gawhathi, Assam, 30-31 March, 2018. Impactful Author of the Year 2017-18, under Global Readership Drive, Top 10 | Author of the Year 2017-18 Powered by The Indian Awaz. Best Faculty – Computer Science and Engineering, Republic Day Achiever Award-2018, Integrated Intelligent Research, 18th Jan 2018. Teaching Excellence Award 2017, INDO-GLOBAL SUMMIT & EXPO 2017, Taj Coromandel, Nungambakkam, Chennai July 22, 2017. IEAE-Research Excellence Award – 2017, Institute for Exploring Advances in Engineering. I2OR - Bright Researcher Award 2017, International Institute of Organized Research. Best Outstanding Faculty Award 2017, from Chief Minister of Pondicherry, Top Engineers Organization, Pondicherry. 24) Centre of Excellence (CoE): Faculty Name: Dr N Susila , Ms.A Shobana and Ms. K Devi Priya Established Centre of Excellence on EMC Corporation-centre of Academic Excellence on Data Science and Bigdata Analytics Benefits of Centre of Excellence: 1. Skill development programs available in the college premises at subsidized cost 2. International certifications for the students from world class leaders in the industry 3. one-point contact for other educational institutions to enrol for international exams 4. Free International certification for all the faculties participating in the training 5. Creating pool of master trainers at the college premises 6. Licensed software will be provided at free of cost for the required programs 7. Institution may charge nominal cost from the students for infrastructure usage 8. Training and course ware for the students at free of cost 25) Department of Information Technology, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology in association with Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC) in association with ICTACT organized Employability Skill Training on “Advanced IT and ITES Training”. It is a 180 hours program comprising training courses like Salesforce BSX Modules (40 Hrs), Cloud Infra Structure and Services (40 Hrs), Data Science and Big Data Analytics (40 Hrs), Employability and Soft Skills (60 Hrs). The highlight of this training program is, upon successful clearance of the examination students will get International Certification offered by DELL EMC at free of cost. To add on, TNSDC certification will be provided after the successful course completion. 26) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme: Department of IT has conducted a 440 hours session course on “Domestic Data Entry Operator” sponsored by Ministry of Skill Development