News & Events

Webinar-on ‘ Covid-19 Impacts on Solar Energy Projects’

A webinar has been organized on 13-6-2020 for 6th semester students. The speaker is Mr.P.Kumar, CEO & Director, VRM Energy Consultancy Services Pvt.Ltd. ,Chennai. Around 100 students have joined the webinar. Webinar was informative and students have actively interacted with the speaker at the end of the session. Dr. DhanaLakshmi is the faculty co-ordinator for this event.

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Webinar arranged by E&EE department

10-6-2020

A webinarwas arranged by EEE department on ‘Electrical Switch gear and its Applications’ in association with’ Universal Power Controls’.

UNIVERSAL POWER CONTROLS is professionally run company with 30 years of experience in Manufacturing of Electrical Control Panel .They Manufacture Panels like Power Control Centre PCC, Motor Control Centre MCC, Automatic Power Factor Correction Panels APFC, Mimic, Automation, and Custom Built Panels.

Around 80 students have participated in the webinar. The webinar was for the duration of 2 hours. The topics covered during the session were.

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• Basics of Electrical included topics covering AC principles, Electrical symbols used in industries, 1 phase & 3 phase, how to read drawing, different types of contactors, NO-NC Auxiliary Contacts, Timers, Push buttons, CT’s etc.
• Demonstration of Semi-& Fully Automatic Star Delta : Starting of Motor, Control Circuit Power Circuit, troubleshooting & Selection of components.
• Demonstration of Remote On &Off : of Motor, Control & Power Wiring.
• APFC Panels: Construction of Automatic Power Factor Correction Panels, Power factor improvement.
• Electrical Maintenance:
  1. Reactive maintenance
  2. Preventive maintenance
  3. Predictive maintenance Thermo-graphic Analysis

The faculty coordinator for this event is Mrs.Rachana M H

Online quiz conducted on 23rd May,2020

Electrical and Electronics Engineering department had conducted an online quiz and certification program “High Voltage Engineering” on 23rd may 2020, which helped students to test and enhance their knowledge in High Voltage Engineering. This event was conducted by A M Nagaraj & Vidya M. The quiz contained with 20 MCQ questions which has been created using Google forms.

A total of 557 students from various engineering colleges in and out of Karnataka have participated. E-Certificates were given to those who have scored 60% and above. There were 51 students from other states and 505 students from various Engineering colleges of Karnataka.

Online parents- Teachers Meet

Online Parents – Teachers meeting was held on 16/05/2020 . Professor & HoD Dr. P. Usha has welcomed the parents and explained about Vision, Mission of E&EE department. She has also detailed about the digital interactions made by E&EE faculty with students. The issues discussed were online classes held during lockdown, syllabus coverage, students’ academic progress. The faculty members attended the meeting were Dr. Balaji N , Dr. P B Savitha and Mr. Ganesh G C, Mrs. Tanuja H. Mrs. Tanuja was the coordinator of this event.

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March Report

Technical talk on “LEDs and their applications”

Technical talk on “LEDs and their applications” was delivered by Dr. B K Chandrashekar, Managing Committee Member, ILSE -KSC on 05/03/2020. The applications of LEDs were explained in detail. The applications include aviation lighting, automotive headlamps, advertising, general lighting, traffic signals, camera flashes, lighted wallpaper, horticultural grow lights, and medical devices. The talk was very informative and interesting.

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Engineering conclave was conducted on 07/03/2020. The invited industry expert was Mr.Gokulmuthu Naryanaswamy. Mr.Gokulmuthu Narayanaswamy works as a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Itron, one of the world’s leading provider of Smart Metering solutions.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry. He has been working on a wide range of technologies like compilers, embedded systems, distributed computing, highly available and scalable systems, VoIP, web and mobile applications. At Itron, he drives the development of Edge Computing infrastructure and applications. He also manages some components of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).

There was an elaborate discussion on the curriculum with him. Few suggestions given by him are to include more lab / hands on session than theory classes, to arrange workshops for few courses and for electives and for the numerical based subjects exclusively use modern tool such as MATLAB, PSPICE ,PSACAD, etc

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Women’s day was celebrated in the department on 09/03/2020, organized by members of IEEE-PES student chapter. Few events conducted were quiz, riddles.

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Open seminar was given by Mr Suresh Babu on 13-03-2020. He is research scholar of E&EE department R&D center. He is pursuing his research work under the guidance of Dr. K.Shanmukha Sundar. The title of his research work is ‘ Automatic Generation Control For Grid Stabilization in Coordination with Integrated Renewable Energy Sources’. Few faculty and PG students of E&EE department have attended the seminar.

 

All the E&EE department faculty are actively interacting with students on line from 18th March . Most of the faculty are using 'zoom app'for online classes. Sharing the links of videos, materials and ppt through 'Google classroom'. The details of this is available

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February Report

International Journal Publication

Dr. Harsha Anantwar Assoc. Professor of E&EE department has published a paper on “ PID Controller Tuning using ACO Algorithm for AVR Systems ” in International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) on February, 2020.

Paper publication in International Conference ‘International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE 2020)’ titled” Renewable Energy Sources based Micro Grid: Control and Dynamics” on 28-02-2020 by Dr.P.Usha, Professor , E&EE department .

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IEEE PES student chapter of E&EE department has conducted an ‘Aptitude test’ on 27-02-2020 , many students of E&EE department have participated enthusiastically.

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WorkShop- Android Controlled Robot

A workshop titled ‘Android controlled Robot’ has been conducted for 4th semester E&EE students on 28-02-2020 by Deekshitha A of EEE department.

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Electrical department VTU R&D Center

Three research scholars of VTU R&D center of E&EE department have taken comprehensive viva exam in the month of February

1. Mrs.Sangeetha Modi
2. Mr.Damodar S
3. Mrs.Sumana S

 

Programming club of E&EE department has conducted a workshop on ‘ Introduction to Python Programming’ on 14-02-2020.

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January Report

Two student groups of E&EE , have been selected for quarter finals

Two student groups of E&EE , have been selected for quarter finals round of AICTE, DST & Texas Instruments-" India Innovation Challenge Design Contest 2019(IICDC)", Anchored by IIM. Both the groups have received components from Texas Instruments to build the product.

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IEEE-PES - Ramaiah Institute of Technology on 05/01/2020.

Annual General Meeting of IEEE-PES Bangalore chapter was held at Ramaiah Institute of Technology on 05/01/2020. Co-ordinators of all Colleges from all over Karnataka which has IEEE-PES branches have attended. Electrical and Electronics Engineering branch has won “outstanding student branch award for 2019"

 

International conference on “ADAVANCES IN MATERIALS, CERAMICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES (AMCES-2020) “

International conference on “ADAVANCES IN MATERIALS, CERAMICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES (AMCES-2020) “ held at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering on 17th & 18th January 2020. Mrs.Suchana Mishra and Mr.Sharath Kumar of E&EE department have presented their papers.

Mr. Sharath Kumar Y N , has won the “BEST PAPER AWARD”

 

The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has organized AICTE sponsored two week FDP on “Smart Technologies – ICT, Automation and Power Electronics Applications in Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Smart Grid” from January 20th to February 1st 2020. There were 45 registrations and participants were from Chickmagalur, Ram Nagaram, Chikkaballapur, and from many colleges of Bangalore.

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Faculty Development Program

AICTE – Sponsored Two week Faculty Development Program On Smart Technologies- ICT, Automation and Power Electronics Applications in Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Smart Grid

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IEEE PES Student chapter

All India Power & Energy Society Student Young Professional Women in Engineering Congress( AIPESSYWC) event conducted by Global Academy of Technology. The following Students participated.

Book Publication

Nagaraj .A.M, Nandan.N, Vidya.M, Asst.Professors, Dept.of EEE, DSCE,.B’lore-78 - have published a book entitled “Charging infrastructure and policies for electric vehicles in Karnataka” under LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

Creat-a-thon

Workshop on DIGITAL VLSI CIRCUIT DESIGN USING SPICE

• Date - 14/03/2019
• Venue - PSS LAB, Dept. of EEE
• Organized by - Balaji Ramakrishna S Asst Professors Dept. of EEE
• Objectives of the event/activity - Hands on workshop on VLSI Implementation of Digital circuits using schematic capture and SPICE programming
• Participants - VI semester EEE students

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Engineering Conclave

• Date - 9/02/19
• Venue - CIL, DSI
• Organized by - Dept. of EEE
• Objectives of the event/activity -
  • To understand and update with changing industry practices
  • Discussion on UG autonomous scheme and syllabus
  • Industry expectations from students and support from industry
  • Discussion on Internship and projects
• Participants - Industry delegates, Research Heads, HOD-EEE & Faculties

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One Day Industrial Visit

• Name/Title of the Activity/Event - Visit to Solar Power Station-Pavagada-Tumkur
• Date - 18/02/19
• Venue - Pavagada, Tumkur
• Organized by - Balaji Ramakrishna S, Madhura S,Nagaraja B S Asst Professors Dept. of EEE
• Objectives of the event/activity -
  • An Industrial Visit to Solara power station to pavagada has been organized to enhance the practical knowledge on solar energy, generation and power distribution.
  • The visit intended to show the Asia’s largest solar park and in turn students shall understand the details of solar power generation, technology and related economics of the power stations built there.
• Participants - VIII semester EEE students& Faculty

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One Day Industrial Workshop

• Name/Title of the Activity/Event - Visit to DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS&CONTROL SYSTEMS for industrial workshop for VI semester students
• Date - 06/02/2019
• Venue - DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS&CONTROL SYSTEMS Peenya- Bangalore
• Organized by - Balaji Ramakrishna S Asst Professors Dept. of EEE
• Objectives of the event/activity -
  • Hands on workshop on Relay -switch based control logic circuits, Panel drawing, VFD motor control has been conducted to students by M/s DI&CS Peenya to students of EEE.
  • This workshop is intended to provide practical exposure to Industrial automation concepts
• Participants - VI semester EEE students& Faculty

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Community Service Program

• Name/Title of the Activity/Event - Visit to orphanage for community service
• Date - 26/01/19
• Venue - Anatha Shishu nivasa,Basavangudi,Bangalore
• Organized by - Balaji Ramakrishna S Asst Professors Dept. of EEE
• Objectives of the event/activity -
  • As a measure of continual efforts of EEE department in nurturing a culture of service and volunteering among its students, the department has organized the event
• Participants - EEE students & Faculty

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