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BTech students enjoy edge over postgraduates in job hunt
The Times of India | Ardhra Nair | TNN | Jan 24, 2018 |
PUNE: Students with BTech degree are turning out to be much more in demand than those armed with MTech in the job market with the recruiters willing to pay the undergrads considerably more. On one hand, the low level of research in engineering is a matter of concern. On the other hand, a review of the placement packages offered to postgraduate students reveals that all is not well with the MTech education. The highest annual salary package offered to a BTech student is, on an average, about 5-time higher than what is offered to one with an MTech degree. Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT) has one of the highest packages offered to BTech students in the city. “Our highest package for BTech is over Rs 30 lakh per annum. In contrast, the highest package offered to MTech students is around Rs 4.5 lakh per annum,” said S Narkhede, training and placement officer, PICT. Most of the times, he said, the postgraduate students do not meet the criteria laid down by companies for recruitment. “There have been instances of the postgraduate students not being able to write a simple code. Despite the expansions in the service sector, they don’t want to go for it as they have specialised in a core subject,” Narkhede said.
The situation is same for Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCoE). “We have about 72 students in the postgraduate sector, of whom 55% have been placed. In the undergraduate sector, 80% of our students have found placement,” said Shitalkumar Rawandale, training and placement officer of the institute. Statistics of College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) also reveal an almost similar situation. The highest package offered to an undergraduate student is over Rs 30 lakh per annum with the average salary being over Rs 8 lakh. ” Out the of 300-plus students, 140 have found placement. The highest package offered is Rs 9 lakh per annum. Most students getting placement in the service sector get a salary of Rs 3.5 lakh per annum. The core companies, however, pay more,” said Uttam Chaskar, training and placement officer. Ketaki Kulkarni, training and placement officer at Vishwakarma Group of Institutes, said, “When it comes to postgraduate students, only about 50% students are placed. The average placement package offered to MTech students is arround Rs 3.5 lakh per annum and the highest package is around Rs 7 lakh a year. Most of these students come directly after graduation without any industry experience. They lack hands-on training. As a result, they are considered on a par with the undergraduate students,” she said.Chaskar said the problem is that the students coming for MTech in COEP are from diverse backgrounds. “Their fundamentals are weak and most of them looking for a brand name. Our BTech students form the creamy layer who get selected after CET and they are extremely bright. Most companies are aware about this,” he added. – Courtesy
KPIT’s Sparkle 2017 national innovation contest draws 1,500 ideas from 10,500 engineers
Autocar Professional | Autocar Pro News Desk | February 21, 2017 |
KPIT, the global technology company specialising in IT consulting and product engineering, has announced the winners of KPIT Sparkle 2017, the national design and development innovation contest for engineering and science students.
Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for HRD, felicitating the Platinium award-winning team – Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering at KPIT Sparkle 2017.
Smart Cities was the theme of the competition this year and centered on creating solutions for smart transportation and smart infrastructure using technology. Sparkle 2017 received a total of 1,500 ideas from over 10,500 students across 300 colleges in India. The 35 shortlisted teams exhibited their solutions through working prototypes at the grand finale, held on February 18-19 at the Deccan College Ground in Pune. The winners of the contest were evaluated by a panel of eminent jurors and announced at an award ceremony on February 19, where cash prizes of over Rs 20 lakh were awarded. The award ceremony was presided by Union Minister for Human Resources Development, Prakash Javadekar as the guest of honour. Padmashree Dr. Kiran Karnik, former president, NASSCOM was the chief guest. On display, at the finals, were some interesting and novel projects in areas such as urban mobility, autonomous vehicles, smart electric vehicles and self-learning bots, clean and efficient fuels technology, solutions to recover and clean oil spills, coherent use of energy from plants, wind, solar and waste water and separation of plastics from waste.
The Winners
– Team AlphaGears from Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering won the platinium prize of Rs 10 lakh for its project on frictionless gear transmission system for vehicles using polymagnets. This solution will overcome the drawbacks of present-day mechanical gear systems. Polymagnets can be programmed to provide contact-less torque transmission and inherent overload protection. Additionally, they eliminate wear and suppress vibrations, which in turn reduce costs associated with cooling, lubrication and maintenance.
– Team Robo-X-Prime from R C Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, Maharashtra won the gold prize for developing an inspection robot for power transmission lines. In addition to using the power from battery source, the system uses solar panel for operating the device.
– Team Robo-Climb from College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) won the silver prize for its autonomous vehicle solution called ‘Wall Climbing Robot’, which can be used for transportation of goods as well as passengers over a distance. If the lower surface of flyovers and bridges, and the roofs of tunnels are restructured by employing powerful vacuum accessories, automobiles can be designed to achieve transportation upside down as well as over the walls thus reducing traffic congestion.
– Team Traffic Eye from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani also won silver for its project ‘Traffic Eye’ to check traffic violations.
– The award for the most popular project went to Team Humanoids from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar for designing an exhaust gas emission control device using plasma technology. The solution results in decreased electric power consumption with no harmful emission of gases in the environment
Commenting on this year’s edition of Sparkle, Ravi Pandit, co-founder, chairman and Group CEO, KPIT said, “We are extremely pleased to see the ideas being presented at the competition evolve every year. The development of smart cities will be pivotal in achieving economic and social advancement of the country, and also give opportunities for bright young minds to design innovative solutions to make our growing urban ecosystem sustainable. Our heartiest congratulations to the winners and all the participating students for their passion and enthusiasm in coming up with ideas that have the potential to radically change the way our cities function.” Dr. RA Mashelkar, chairman of the Innovation Committee, KPIT said: “Sparkle has grown into a significant platform to foster engineering and science talent from students across the country. The ideas that I saw this year are not only impressive but relevant in solving the real problems that are pertinent in today’s context. I congratulate the winners and wish to tell all the participants to continue to work towards developing more such disrupting solutions.” KPIT says it will offer the selected finalists job and internship opportunities at KPIT. – Courtesy / KPIT SPARKLE
College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) develops instant splint for injured limbs
The Times of India | Swati Shinde Gole | TNN | Feb 10, 2017 |
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PUNE: The College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP), has developed a patented hybrid orthopaedic splint that can be used as an instant plaster on fractured limb to ensure the broken bone stays in normal position and avoid propagation of crack. Extremely light in weight, the splint can be carried in a first aid kit for emergencies. One just has to dip it in water, squeeze and apply it on injured hand. The splint is made with a combination of plaster of Paris and paper pulp. It remains hard on hand for more than 24 hours after application. The splint should be used only as a preventive action. It can prove handy in schools as well as rural areas because reaching hospitals in case of an injury takes some time from there. After securing patent for the splint, the CoEP team is conducting field trials. Mayur Sanas, the researcher working on the project, said the samples of the splints are being distributed to primary health centres and hospitals in the city for trials.
“We are trying to set up a manufacturing unit at CoEP for mass production,” said Sanas. The CoEP has a satellite centre of Biomedical Engineering and Technology incubation Centre (BETiC) set up by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. It is supported by the state and Union governments. Compared to the fiberglass splints used at present, the hybrid design is lighter. Yet, it provides the optimal bending stiffness. At present, the prototype version costs close to Rs 120 per splint. The researchers at CoEP believe the cost would come down with mass production. Arati Mulay, co-investigator of the project, said, “The best part of this preventive tool is it is user-friendly and involves just three simple steps for usage. When a child falls and injures his/her hand and develops fracture in a school, the institution calls the child’s parents and wait for further action till they arrive. If school authorities wrap this splint instantly around the injured hand or leg in such cases, the limb would be immobilised in less time.”
The traditional method of applying plaster splint involves wrapping cotton around wet plaster splint and allowing it to solidify in open air. Bandages are applied over the splint to fix it at the proper position. Often, the two layers of cotton get mixed, making it difficult to remove the splint after the treatment is over. Plaster splint with cotton padding are heavy, less durable and have poor strength to weight ratio. Fibreglass splint overcomes these drawbacks, but is expensive. Ashish Ranade, an orthopaedic surgeon of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, said, “This (hybrid splint) can be treated as an excellent first aid tool because it can be used instantly and for temporary stabilisation at the scene of accident on the fractured hand or leg.” Ranade said when there is a fracture, the pain is excruciating. “At present, no instant aid to fractured bones is available. In such a scenario, this splint will come in handy, but only as a preventive action.” At Columbia Asia, the orthopaedic department has received great feedback on the usage of the innovative splint. Orthopaedic surgeon Silukumar Bhaskaran said, “In normal procedure, plastering the fractured area is cumbersome. But this splint fits to the shape quicker. In the normal plastering process, the calcium keeps oozing out and there is a loss of material used. But in this case, it is not so. It is a good innovation and we have started using it.” – Courtesy
Giant leap for Sathyabama university and Pune College of Engineering (CoEP) as two satellites developed by them were part of 20 payloads that were sent into orbit by ISRO
DECCAN CHRONICLE WITH AGENCY INPUTS | Jun 23, 2016 |
The University has also set up a ground station to receive the data from the satellite.
Sathyabamasat developed by Sathybama University and Swayam by College of Engineering, Pune
Chennai/ Pune: The day will be etched in the memory of students of city-based Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune as two satellites developed by them were part of 20 payloads that were sent into orbit by Isro. Sathyabamasat, weighing 1.5 kg, will monitor the concentration of greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere and the life of the mission is six months. The University has also set up a ground station to receive the data from the satellite. “The project commenced in November 2009 and 40 students over 5 batches were involved in this project,” B.Sheela Rani, Project Manager, Sathyabamasat and Vice-Chancellor, Sathyabama University, said. The satellite will be used to collect data on green house gases (Water vapor, Carbon monoxide, Carbon dioxide, Methane and Hydrogen fluoride). –
Swayam, the cube shaped satellite by College of Engineering Pune, weighs less than 1,000 grams and aims to ensure point to point communication even in remote places. “This is a very emotional and amazing moment for us as over 170 students burnt midnight oil while working on the project for last eight years, and today the institute has taken a giant leap into space,” said Dr P B Ahuja, Director of COEP, who was at the spaceport along with the project team at the launch. He said the project had started in 2008 with students from various streams coming together and working on it. “It happened due to sheer hard work and determination,” he added. He said the unique feature of the satellite is that it has a passive system and does not draw any electrical power for stabilising and orientation towards the earth magnetic field. “The team has devised an ingenious passive stabilisation system which employs a pair of hysteresis rods and a magnet to stabilise the satellite, thus eliminating the need to use bulky and power hungry magnetorquers,” he said, adding the feature was appreciated by Isro. He further said within moments of launch, ‘Swayam’ was separated at 515.3 km in orbit. – Courtesy
College Of Engineering Pune (CoEP) students’ satellite dream to take off on June 20 with ISRO’s Pico Satellite Swayam
The Indian Express | By: Express News Service | Pune | June 17, 2016 |
The satellite is being launched along with ISRO’s satellite CartoSat-2C from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
IT WILL be an important day for the 176 students from the College Of Engineering Pune (CoEP) on June 20 when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its Pico Satellite ‘Swayam’, which has been developed with help from students of CoEP. It is since 2008 that students are working on the project on the campus on a corpus fund of Rs 50 lakh. The satellite is being launched along with ISRO’s satellite CartoSat-2C from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Speaking to media on Thursday, Director of CoEP, BB Ahuja said the utility of the satellite will be to ensure that end-to-end communication is established even in the remotest of places.
Students involved in the project said that the satellite weighs less than 1,000 grams and hence, is termed as Pico satellite. Also, since the satellite aligns itself with the magnetic field on its own, hence termed as Swayam. “The satellite uses the magnetic field of the earth to stabilise the satellite after the launch. This technology is unique and will be used for the first time in the country,” added Ahuja. Project manager Dhaval Waghulde said students of all faculties and different batches participated in the project with seniors passing on the expertise to the new students. Meanwhile, faculty head, Manisha Khaladkar said that a second project has also been approved by ISRO. Though currently unnamed, she said, the project will be powered by solar energy and will be three times the current size of the satellite. “The satellite will fly like a kite and will send the data on ion composition regularly to earth that can be then studied. This project will be powered by only solar energy,” she added. – Courtesy
KPIT Announces Winners of KPIT Sparkle 2016, All India Science and Engineering Students Contest
Business Wire India | Monday, February 1, 2016 | Pune, Maharashtra |
Top shortlisted teams from engineering and science colleges across India presented innovative, robust solutions to address energy and transportation challenges.
KPIT (BSE: 532400; NSE: KPIT), a global technology company specializing in IT consulting and product engineering, announced the winners of KPIT Sparkle 2016, an annual national design and development innovation contest for engineering and science students across India. KPIT Sparkle 2016, in association with College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) aims at fostering a culture of innovation and critical thinking among engineering and science students across colleges in India. The competition with the theme of ‘Smart Solutions for Energy and Transportation’ received 1,700 innovative ideas from over 10,000 students across 500 colleges in India. 54 best teams made it to the grand finale of KPIT Sparkle 2016 and top shortlisted presented innovative and sustainable solutions through scale models and working prototypes. Some of the projects featured ideas on Green Energy, Alternate Fuels & Materials, Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Traffic Management. The finalists were evaluated for the novelty of their ideas, completeness of prototype, fulfillment of society’s expectations/ problem statement and technical knowledge at a grand exhibition held at CoEP College ground, Pune.
The team from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur won the Gold award of INR 5 Lakhs for the i-Bike project. They have developed an autonomous bicycle with a dual mode of locomotion for last-mile transportation in an advanced urban bicycle-sharing system.
The following seven teams won the Silver award for Rs. 1 Lakh each: Team Explorers from Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre, Pampady, Kerala for their project IC engine efficiency increase without compromising present engine design
- Team Foxtrot Geeks from Hindusthan college of engineering and technology, Coimbatore, for their project on virtual speed breaker
- Team BIA from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, for designing a portable charging device synthesized from a novel material using jute as precursor
- Team RMR from M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore for coming up with a low-cost scalable system to assess the road quality and impact of road vibration
- Team Veranya from College of engineering, Pune (CoEP) for developing a system to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of solar water heating system
- Team Trikeracers from College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) for designing an eco-friendly human powered vehicle with a compounded electric drive system to provide a green and clean energy vehicle
- Team Dynalithe Systems from Manipal Institute of Technology, Udupi for their project ‘Adaptive Signal Systems for Efficient Traffic Control’
Dr. RA Mashelkar, Head, Innovation Council, KPIT said, “It is heartening to see that today’s youth is motivated to solve problems that need urgent solutions. KPIT Sparkle 2016 has once again proved to be a brilliant platform for engineering and science students to showcase their innovative ideas; which will resolve real world problems with the use of technology. The projects and working models presented at the grand finale were highly impressive, not only in terms of ideation but also because they are cost effective and potential game changers. I congratulate the winners and wish them the very best for taking their ideas to greater heights.”
The projects were reviewed and evaluated by a jury comprising of eminent judges, consisting of scientists, industrialists and academicians including Dr. R A Mashelkar, Head, Innovation Council, KPIT; Shri Vinit Goenka, Member IT Task Force at Ministries of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Government of India; Air Marshal Shri Bhushan Gokhale, Consultant to Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India; Shri Satish Ogale,Chief Scientist, CSIR-NCL; Dr. Ashish Lele, Polymer Science and Engineering Division, NCL (National Chemical Laboratory); Ms. Rashmi Urdhwareshe, Director of ARAI, Prof. CS Kumar, IIT Kharagpur; Mr. Nachiket Gole, Industrial Designer and Dr. B. B. Ahuja, Director of COEP. Prof. Devang Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay was the chief guest at the awards ceremony.
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