Half Yearly Newsletter, Jestha 2075 (May 2018)
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KEC NEWSLETTER Kathmandu Engineering College ISO 9001:2008 Certified Affiliated to Tribhuvan University Half yearly Newsletter, Jestha 2075 (May 2018), Issue 12 Advisory Panel Prof. Hirendra Man Pradhan Namaskar !! Warm greetings and welcome to the twelfth edition of KEC Prof. Dr. Narendra Man Shakya Asso. Prof. Chand S Rana Newsletter ! Editor-in-chief This semester, the intellectual environment of KEC was stimulated by yet Asso. Prof. Shailita Manandhar Joshi Vice-Principal another international conference held by OKRP, the Office of KEC Research and Publication, led by Er. Pratima Pradhan. The conference proved to be a platform Editors of knowledge sharing amongst the national and international researchers. Lec. Shailesh Wasti Lec. Danking Bahadur Bhujel The mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of the students, faculty and Editorial Board Asso, Prof. Kailash Shrestha staff have always been the priority of KEC. It is with this intent that KEC Head, Department of Architecture organised a series of Art of Living courses, suitably tailored for the participants. Asso. Prof. Sagun Manandhar Head, Department of Electronics & Communication It was yet another proud moment for KEC when the student of KEC, 2068 Batch Engineering college Architecture, Ar.Darshana Dhaubanjar won the prestigious “Chatra Vidhya Padak” Asso. Prof. Sudeep Shakya for being the topper girl student in engineering faculty of 2073. Moreover, it is with Head, Department of Computer Engineering great pride that we mention here the winning of various competitions by our students: Sr. Lec. Arjun Poudel The Smart Meter designed by students of Electical faculty won the first position Head, Department of Civil Engineering while the Rotrowar designed by students of EPC club won the second position in c LOCUS 2018, the Robotics club of KEC won the “Best Engineering Award” in IOE Sr. Lec. Archana Maharjan Head, Department of Electrical Engineering ROBOCON 2018, the students of Computer Engineering won the first position for their “On-Hover Text-To-Speech Synthesizer” in City Leap organized by Leapfrog Asso. Prof. Rajan Lama Chief of Guidance and Counseling Unit Hackathon. Nevertheless, faculty member Sr. Lec. Subash Phuyal and a group of 3rd EDITORIAL Year students of Architecture were invited to participate and receive jury appreciation Graphic Design Lec. Danking Bahadur Bhujel award at the Yuva Ratna Award ceremony organised in Mumbai by the Birla Group. Printed at Speedline Printers Pvt. Ltd We at KEC are striving towards excellence and hope to provide quality technical Gongabu, Kathmandu education to the talented minds from all over Nepal. In this regard, we would Ph: 01-4385445 like to thank all the stakeholders, students, parents and well-wishers for their Publishedngineering by continual support to this institution to attain overall academic excellence. Kathmandu Engineering College Kalimati, Kathmandu Tel.:+977-1-4284902, 4276130 Fax: +977-1-4272653 Email: [email protected] Web.:www.keckist.edu.np Associate Prof. Shailita Manandhar Joshi e Editor – in - Chief athmandu athmandu Recognition Program of Academic Scholars OKRP Conference Regular Yoga at KEC k Annual Robotics Program Inaguration of KEC Happiness Club Students’ Futsal Tournament KEC NEWSLETTER JESTHA 2075 1 ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, Jarsing Pauwa Resort, 2 and 3 Asoj 2074 college Kathmandu Engineering College organized a departments stressing on the need to focus on two-day academic enhancement program at critical subjects. Board member Mr. Ram Prasad Jarsing Pauwa Resort, 2 and 3 Asoj 2074. The Dahal shared his view on the previous day’s chairman, principal, board members, advisors, presentation. Also, Asso. Prof Chand S. Rana, c heads of departments, faculty members and principal of the college, thanked everyone for senior staffs of the college participated in the their hard works. The program concluded with the program. The event comprised of workshops closing remark from the chairman, Prof. Hirendra along with refreshment and recreational activities. Man Pradhan, congratulating each department On the first day of the program, the heads of for their improved academic performance. He various departments conducted presentations further highlighted the challenges of a teacher incorporating the analysis of results, review of in order to liberate an individual, the student, strategies, and plans for the coming semester. by imparting quality education. The two-day Similarly, on the second day, advisors of various program was a platform for interdepartmental ngineering departments gave a review on their respective interaction amongst the faculty members. KEC ALUMNI MEET , 11 Kartik 2074 e The KEC Alumni Association held a meeting in and abroad. The participants shared about the presence of the chairman, principal, vice their professional experiences and inspired principal and faculty members of the college the newly passed out students of the college. at the premises of Kathmandu Engineering The meeting concluded with the discussion College. The meet enabled in bringing together on the ways to bring a maximum number of the alumni of the college who have been graduates under this umbrella association working in various prominent positions in Nepal and work for further overall enhancement. athmandu athmandu OKRP CONFERENCE , KEC Premises, 9 Mangsir 2074 Office of KEC Research and Publication (OKRP) started with the welcome speech from the organized a one-day conference at KEC premises chairman followed by a speech from the chief on 9 Mangsir 2074. The program had an guest and conference highlights from the chief k enthusiastic participation from academicians to Editor, Prof. Dr. Dinesh Kumar Sharma. OKRP is researchers and was jointly inaugurated by the an annual event of KEC established in order to chief guest of the program, Dean of IOE, Prof. promote research activities under the initiation Dr. Tri Ratna Bajracharya and the chairman of and leadership of Er. Pratima Pradhan, supported KEC, Prof. Hirendra Man Pradhan. The program by dedicated researchers Asso. Prof. Anmol 2 KEC NEWSLETTER JESTHA 2075 Ratna Bajracharya, and Sr. Lec. Suramya Sharma. of Physics, University of Evora, Portugal. In the general session chaired by Prof. Hirendra There were three independent paper Man Pradhan, all the distinguished speakers presentation sessions on Electronics & gave their presentations on the wide range of Communication and Computer, Architecture, topics from present-day energy scenario of and Electrical Engineering chaired by Prof. Dr. Nepal to DNA models. The speakers included Dinesh Kumar Shrestha, Ar. Chand S. Rana, Prof. Dr. Shailendra Kumar Mishra, advisor to and Prof. Dr. Indra Man Tamrakar respectively. the Department of Science and Humanities; The session-I included paper presentations on Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey, currently a faculty cloud computing, data transmission with LED, member at Asian Institute of Technology and 5G communication and so on. Furthermore, in college c Management (AITM); Dr. Rabin Shrestha, Senior the second session authors from Architecture Energy Specialist at the World Bank and a visiting delivered the presentation regarding the faculty member at Asian Institute of Technology, building technology, waste management and Tribhuvan University and Kathmandu University; reestablishment of Dhaneshswor Nath Mahadev Prof. Dr. Subarna Shakya, a member at National complex which garnered significant attraction. Information Technology Advisory Committee, The third and the last session included electrical ngineering Government of Nepal, and Board of Studies, engineers and researchers delivering their South Asian University, New Delhi India; research in various aspects related to the fields and Prof. Mouhaydine Tlemcani, Director of such as wireless power transfer, grid security etc. Mechatronic Engineering Course, Department e SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR- A REGULAR FRIDAY EVENT ON PUBLIC SPEAKING, KEC Premises Kathmandu Engineering College has been program are to enhance the communication skills organizing events on public speaking on every among the faculty members, share the domain- Friday from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm for the past specific knowledge and develop harmony six months, coordinated by Asso. Prof. Mahesh among people. The program has significantly athmandu athmandu Singh Kathayat, Advisor to the Department of helped to develop time management skills Computer Engineering. The main objectives of the and build confidence in the faculty members. k KEC NEWSLETTER JESTHA 2075 3 KEC NEWSLETTER JESTHA 2075 3 FELICITATION PROGRAM- STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AWARDED, KEC Premises, 26 Magh 2074 Kathmandu Engineering College organized a program to felicitate top students and award- winning faculty member at the premises of KEC on 26 Magh. Topper students of each faculty were awarded based on their academic excellence in the previous semester. Moreover teachers from each department were recognized as best teacher of the year. Asso. Prof. Bimal Bhattarai from Department of Civil Engineering, Sr. Lec. Bal Singh Rana Electronics and Communication Engineering, from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lec. Kanchan Bohora From Department of Sr. Lec. Subash Phuyal from Department of Electrical Engineering and Lec. Sushant Dahal Architecture, Lec. Reshma Maharjan from from Department of Science and Humanities. Department of Computer Engineering, The felicitation program aims to encourage both college Lec. Gaurav Gautam from Department of teachers and students to work hard in the future. c ngineering KEC