Verve – a Biannual Enewsletter January to June 2020
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VERVE A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 HOPE Foundation’s Finolex Academy of Management & Technology, Ratnagiri A Project by Finolex Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Dear Readers, We hope that you find the Eight Issue of Verve in good health and prosperity. We are glad to share that FAMT is completing 25 years successfully. The academic year 2020-21 marks the Silver Jubilee year for FAMT. The first half of 2020 was loaded with several activities and planning for the silver jubilee celebration. We are also glad to share that FAMT is introducing B.E. in Computer Science Engineering (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning). The entire world is going through a challenging situation never imagined before due to the pandemic. The education sector is worst hit due to the pandemic, leaving a number of questions to all its stakeholders. It also brought a drastic change in the teaching- learning process at all levels. FAMT took every significant step to facilitate learning among our students at academic and non-academic fronts to adapt to the change that the situation demands. It includes the tie ups with Coursera and ISRO to offer our students the opportunity to pursue the online courses based on their curricular and industry needs besides online teaching by our faculty using a number of ICT techniques. We hope this phase will soon pass and we would be carrying all activities on a full scale. We look forward to your continued support and encouragement. Please take good care of yourself and your families. Thank you and stay safe ! Regards, Team FAMT 2 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Inside Pages… ❖ Achievements ❖ Annual Fests ❖ Training & Placement Updates ❖ Field Visits ❖ Interaction with Experts ❖ Extension Activities ❖ Online Initiatives 3 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Achievements FAMT secured 149th Rank in Times Engineering Ranking 2020 among top 155 Engineering Colleges. FAMT stands at 10th Rank among all the institutes affiliated to University of Mumbai and 28th Rank in Maharashtra State. FAMT stood 157th in India Today Ranking 2020 among top 200 Private Engineering Colleges. FAMT also secured 7th Rank among Mumbai University Institutes & 22nd Rank at Maharashtra State level. By considering only Mumbai & Pune region FAMT is at 18th Position. FAMT won Excellence in Providing Preferred Environment for Campus Placement Award at 13th ASSOCHAM Higher Education, Skill and Livelihood Conclave 2020 in the august presence of Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani (President ASSOCHAM), Mr. Deepak Sood (Secretary General ASSOCHAM) and Mr. Neeraj Arora (Senior Director ASSOCHAM) on 25th February 2020, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Prof. Hemant V. Chavan and Prof. Shodhan U. Mayekar, Department of Mechanical Engineering received ASHRAE Undergraduate Programme Equipment Grant of $1100/- on 3rd March for ‘Heat Transfer Enhancement by Using Passive Techniques in Tubular Heat Exchanger’. 4 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Prof. Suraj A. Shete, Department of Electronics Engineering, received the Bright Engineer Award at 4th International Convention on Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development 2020 on 10th of January at the Confederation of Indian Industry, Chandigarh. Prof. Suraj Shete received the honour at the hands of Dr Roland Amossou, President, Asiafrica Foundation, Thailand; for his remarkable contribution in the field of Image Processing. The convention was organized by Green ThinkerZ Society in association with Centre for Modern Construction, Western Sydney University, Australia; FOSS Community, Chandigarh, IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial, Wakelet, Flipgrid and I2OR. Researchers, Engineers and Educators from more than 20 countries participated in the convention. Annual Prize Winners Best Student Award Kulkarni Sandeep S., B.E. Electrical Engineering Best Sportsperson (Boys) Chavekar Shubham S., B.E. Electrical Engineering Best Sportsperson (Girls) Yedve Samiksha B., B.E. Mechanical Engineering Chairman’s Cash Prize of Rs. 10,000/- for securing the Arekar Vaishali Ramchandra, highest marks in First Year in S.E. Mechanical Engineering Academy for the academic year 2018-2019 Electronics Manjarekar Simran Audumbar Electrical Jagtap Divya Harihar Late Smt. Mohini P Chhabria Award of Rs. Mechanical Gawade Mahadev Gajanan 10,000/- for standing first in the Info Tech Lambey Rameeza Imtiyaz final year of each branch of Engineering for the academic E&TC Bhatkar Ifrah Abdulgani 2018-2019 Chemical Gaonkhadkar Sobiya Hanif MCA Chavan Sonal Sharad 5 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Annual Fests FAMT fondly remembers Late Shri P. P. Chhabria, Founder President, HOPE Foundation, on the Founder’s Day- 20. FAMT students & staff offer deep homage to our revered and beloved Founder President. His vision and ideals has always illuminated and guided us and we will always live up to his ideals and vision. FAMT held Books Donation to Children of Remand Home and the Students of Z. P. Primary Schools, Mirjole (Kendrashala), Dandeadom, and Sheel on 22nd February. Dr. Kaushal Prasad, Prof. P. S. Soman and Prof. P. V. Sathe visited these schools for donation to celebrate the Founder’s Day. Utopia & Brainwaves 2020, the annual cultural and technical events, were organized from 01 to 03 March. The inaugural ceremony and annual prize distribution was held on 1st March in the presence of Ms. Aruna M. Katara, President, HOPE Foundation, Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Persistent Systems, the Chief Guest; Mr. Uday Samant, Honorable Minister for Higher Education, Government of Maharashtra, the Special Chief Guest and Mr. Narendra Goidani, Founder, Life School, the Guest of Honor. 6 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Ms. Aruna M. Katara, Honorable President, HOPE Foundation, addressing the annual gathering Utopia & Brainwaves 2020 was planned and managed by the teams of students under the leadership of Amey Patkar and Arfa Aowte, General Secretary, Students Council and Coordinators Utopia and Prathamesh Padgaonkar, Chief Coordinator, Brainwaves. Many programmes and competitions took place under Utopia. Voice of FAMT- Hindi Orchestra, Rockband- Instrumental and Western Singing, Dhol- Tasha, Natyarang- Marathi Dramas, Dances, Fashion & Image, Streeties, Antakshri etc. are to note among them. Rose Day, Chocolate Day, Traditional Day, Gang Day, Face-painting Day, and Signature Day were celebrated by FAMTians. Mr. Uday Samant, Honorable Minister for Higher Education, Government of Maharashtra, addressing FAMT Annual gathering Brainwaves 2K20 had a bunch of exciting technical and co-curricular competitions - Paper Presentation, Debate, Group Discussion, LAN Gaming, and Coding. Kalakriti under Brainwaves 2k20 served as a platform for the students to showcase their creative talent in photography, mehendi, tattoo making, rangoli, greeting cards, and poetry. The students of FAMT and other colleges actively participated in these competitions. 7 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Glimpses of Inaugural Ceremony and Utopia & Brainwaves 2K20 Mr Narendra Goidani, Esteemed Guest of Dr. Anand Deshpande, Honorable Chief Guest Honour Dance Rockband Drama Fashion & Image Shiv Jayanti Kalakriti 8 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Exhibition 2K20 by Nature Club & Team Mavrick with the Guests NSS The Sports Cell organized the Annual Inter - Department Sports Competitions in January & February, 2020. Mechanical Engineering students won the Grand Champions Trophy. Naufil Kazi and Samiksha Yedve, Sport Secretaries, and their team coordinated 12 different indoor & outdoor sports. The Department of Information Technology organized an Internal Hackathon as a preliminary round on 20th January for National Smart India Hackathon. The teams from IT, MCA, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics departments actively participated. The Department of MCA and Student Association of MCA (SAM) organized IT Talent Hunt 2020 on 21st January to promote the scholastic excellence and competence among students of B.Sc. (IT and Computer Science) and BCA. The competition received an overwhelming response of the students from different colleges of Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts. 9 Verve A Biannual eNewsletter January to June 2020 Association for Students of Electronics and Telecommunication (ASENT) organized a Techspring- 2K20 ‘Manifest your skill, Accelerate your talent’ from 27th to 28th February. The participants from various institutes of the Konkan region participated in TechPPT, Project Competition, Circuitrix, Quiz Maniac, Spell-Bee, Tech-Photo, Blind fold, Box cricket, Eklavya, Kaladarpan, Mehendi competitions Eklavya, Robo Soccer, and Kaladarpan. SAM organized EXCELLENTIA from 27th to 28thFebruary. The TechFest included the technical events like Web designing, Code It, Google It & Edit It, Debate, MCA Auction, NFS, Counter Strike, Slow Cycling and Crazy games. 300+ students participated from FAMT, Gogate Jogalekar, S. P. Hegshetye, Athalye Sapre Pitre, Government Polytechnic Ratnagiri, SRM and Kankavli College, Sindhudurg. Mechanical Engineering Students Association (MESA) held a MECHOTSAV & AUTOTECH 2K20 at FAMT on 27th and 28th February. Dr. Kaushal Prasad inaugurated the technical festival. Vikrant Patwardhan, MESA Head, Swati Chavan, Ladies Representative, and Pranay Ballu, and their teams’ effort made the event a grand success. The students learnt the basic systems of automobiles and recent trends in automobile industry