TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
Phase II Sub Component 1.1
16th MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Date: 01/02/2016
Time: 10.00 am
Venue: Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam
RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
VELLORE P.O., KOTTAYAM-686501 KERALA
Phone: 0481-2505963 Fax: 0481-2506153
Prof. (Dr) S Mohan, Professor, IIT, Chennai, the Chairman presided over the meeting.
The following members of the BoG attended the meeting:
Prof. (Dr.) R.V.G Menon, Member
Mr.M Sherif , Additional Secretary, Higher Education Dept.
Prof. Vidyasagar, Joint Director, DTE
Mr.James Joseph ,Joint Secretary, Finance Dept.
Prof. Geetharenjin P R, Member
Prof. (Dr.) Bino. I. Koshy, Member
Prof. (Dr) Ruby Abraham, Principal.
The meeting started at 10:15 AM. The Principal welcomed all the members to the BoG meeting.
Principal briefed the BoG on the Accreditation Visit by NBA and also about the silver Jubilee inaugural function. BoG Chairman
enquired about the feedback of the Accreditation team and principal appraised the BoG about the same. Principal briefed about the
programmes to be organized as part of Silver Jubilee Celebrations and requested the support of BOG.
Chairman in his introductory remarks pointed out that Academic committee should be more vigilant and scrutinize the proposals
carefully before sending it to the Chairman for approval.
Recommendation should be made by the subcommittees giving valid
justification so that knowledgeable decisions can be taken. He also pointed out that any new communication from NPIU/SPFU should be
informed to the BoG members. Chairman expressed happiness over the events in connection with Silver Jubilee celebrations organized in
the college for the current year.
BoG congratulated Prof. Leena Mary for getting the best researcher award from APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
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Decisions on Agenda Items
Part A
A1. Confirming the Minutes of the 15th Meeting of the Board of Governors held on 05/10/2015 at Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
Technology, Kottayam.
The draft minutes of the 15th Meeting of Board of Governors of TEQIP Phase II of RIT Kottayam held on 05/10/2015 at Conference Hall,
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam was sent to the Chairman with copy to the members. The Chairman approved the minutes. A copy
of the Minutes is appended as Appendix A1 for confirmation.
BoG Decision : Since there are no comments on the minutes from any member, the minutes of the 15th meeting of the BoG is confirmed.
A2.Status of Performance Indicators
The status of Nine Performance Indicators are given below
Sl No
Performance Indicator
Expected Target
1
Autonomy
Obtained/Applied to UGC
with no objection from
university and state
government
2
Minutes of BoG Meeting
(last 4 Months) published on
institution's website
(Yes/No)
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Status of RIT and Action Taken
Remarks by BoG & gist of the
discussion
Applied to UGC with No Objection Mr.M. Sherif clarified that APJ
Certificate from Mahatma Gandhi
Abdul Kalam Technological
th
University on 30 October 2013. At University s not in a position to grant
present Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
autonomy. He also pointed out that
Kerala Technological University
the institutions from Kerala
has not become an autonomous
participating in TEQIP-II are
body and hence is not in a position performing much better than the
to grant autonomy.
institutions from other States in India.
Yes. Minutes of all BoG Meetings
are available in the web site.
(Published in www.rit.ac.in)
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BoG made a note of the status
3
NBA Accreditation
At least 55% programmes
accredited+ applied for
Applied for all eligible U.G
courses-5Nos.
(B.Tech in Civil Engg, Mechanical
Engg, Electrical and Electronics
Engg., Electronics &
Communication Engg. and
Computer Science & Engg)
Accreditation visit by NBA expert
team completed on 16 to 18th
October 2015. Awaiting the results.
4
Governance development
plan
Approved by governing
body and published on
institutional website
Yes
Published in www.rit.ac.in
(Governance development plan is
submitted to BoG for Review)
As per the direction of NPIU
Institutional Governance
Guidelines has to be forwarded to
NPIU through SPFU on 1st
February 2016.
5
Revised IDP(Institutional
Development Plan)
Statutory Audit
Published on the institution's
Yes
BoG made a note of the status
website
(Published in www.rit.ac.in)
Completed till 2013-14
Completed up to 2014-15 (Report is Chairman
remarked
that
the
attached along with).
Statutory Audit report is a very
important document and it should be
circulated to all members. A
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Principal informed that two branches
EEE and EC got direction from NBA
asking for more details regarding staff
position,
medical
facility
etc.
Chairman asked for clarification
regarding medical facility and signing
an MoU with nearby Govt. Thaluk
hospital.
Principal reported that we have
already signed an MOU with the said
hospital and assured all medical
services and round the clock
Ambulance service to the college. Also
Hon. Chief minister of Kerala has
announced in the Silver Jubilee
inaugural function that a dispensary
will be allotted within the institution.
BoG made a note of the governance
plan and remarked that as the self
review of all indicators are one, there
is no need of further action.
7
8
Completion of all data
input into the MIS
Procurement Plan
9
Commitment of Funds
Completed
To cover 100% procurement
expenditure
100% of Funds Received
Completed up to 2014-15. Data
Entry for 2015-16 is in progress.
Procurement Completed.
Amount Spent-774.09 Lakhs
Amount Committed-225.91 Lakhs
presentation on statutory audit report
may be made once the auditors have
submitted the report. Regarding
travelling norms Mr. M.Sherif
clarified that for faculty/ staff
undergoing travel he/she can avail the
TA/DA as per the eligibility criteria
and proof of ticket is not required for
road/rail journey. For taxi travel
actual bill should be annexed.
As per the request of Prof. Mary
George, HoD EEE (Item No. B4.7) as
a special case sanction for taxi travel
was accorded for the training she has
attended at Idukki.
TEQIP Coordinator informed the
BoG that necessary actions have been
initiated as per the Auditor’s report
and a proper reply was given to the
auditors.
BoG made a note of the status
BoG made a note of the status
BoG made a note of the status
The Chairman pointed out that the other performance parameters, as per the Good Governance Practices need to be included in the agenda item and
those parameters for which the score is 2 or 3 need to be discussed in the Board and has requested the convenor to note this point and be included in
the agenda.
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A3. Report on the action taken on the pertinent decisions in the Minutes of the 15th Meeting of the Board of Governors held on 05/10/2015 at
Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam.
The decisions taken by the Board as recorded in the Minutes of the 15th Meeting of the Board of Governors of TEQIP Phase II held on
05/10/2015 have been noted and actions have been initiated. A report on the action taken is presented in the Table given below.
TABLE A3.1
Sl. No
Decision Item
Action Taken
Observation by the BoG
1.
Accreditation –presentation by Principal
The presentation was modified by as per the
recommendation of the BoG.
BoG made a note of the action taken
2.
Discussion on Accreditation
preparedness
Institutional and departmental level preparation
was done based on suggestions of the BoG.
BoG made a note of the action taken
3.
The BoG approved Fourteen
STTP/Workshop/conferences to be
attended by faculty/staff members
(Outside the Institution).
Attended –(CE-1, ME- 1,CSE-1,ECE-2)
BoG observed that once the BoG
accorded sanction the faculty and staff
have to attend the training.
(CE-4, ME-3, EEE-1,ECE-2, CSE - 4)
Not Attended – (ME-2, CSE-1, )
Course Cancelled - ( CE-2,CSE-2)
Course Postponed –(CE -1, EEE-1)
(Appendix A1)
The BoG approved Two
STTP/Workshop proposed by
faculty/staff members.
BoG made a note of the action taken
Conducted – 2
(ME-1,EEE -1)
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The BoG enquired about the reasons of
not attending the programme and also
stated that the explanation given by
Ms.Preetha P, Trade Instructor, CSE
who has not attended training at IIITMK
which was not satisfactory and direction
should be given to her to submit a proper
explanation.
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The BoG Approved Seven expert
lectures to be organized by III Cell.


(ME -1, EEE-3, ECE- 1,CSE - 2)

Organized – 2 (EEE)
Postponed to February 2016 – 4 (EEE- 1,
CSE -1 , ECE -1 , ME -1)
Re Scheduled– 1(CSE-1)
(Appendix A1)
5
Teaching Assistantship
Teaching assistantship disbursed to students.
BoG observed that many of the
programmes were not conducted as per
the schedule. If any expert lecture stands
cancelled due to the inconvenience of the
Expert, a fresh proposal is to be
submitted to the BOG for further
approval. Reason for postponement
should be put on record.
III cell coordinator informed that the
programmes were postponed due to either
non availability of the expert on that
particular date
and due to the exam
schedule.
BoG made a note of the action taken
(Refer Part C –Minutes of 15th BoG, page No: 18)
1. 76 students from Mechanical department and 5 students from Electrical
department has undergone Industrial Visit
2 . 69 Nos –Auto cast Industries ,Cherthala
HOD (ME) reported that 76 students
from Mechanical Engg department have
undergone industrial visit and HOD
(EEE) reported that 5 students from EEE
dept have undergone internship for 15
days.
3 . Nos-Internship Enfost PVT LTD,Bangalore
4 . Nos- Internship Green facade, Ernakulam
5 . Nos-Kerala Electrical and allied Engineering Co.Ltd (KEL)
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BoG observed that Industrial visit and
internship have to be reported separately
and number of days should be reported.
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2. 8 No of faculty /staff has attended Management Capacity Enhancement Programme
after 15th BoG Meeting.
3.HoD’s will be presenting status of respective departments regarding improvement
after conducting remedial classes.
(Refer Part D –Minutes of 15th BoG, page No: 19-20)
1
Reimbursement of Registration fee for Reimbursed the amount to the student.
International Conference
BoG made a note of the action taken
2
Publication of Journal
of Recent It has been decided by the editorial committee to
Innovation in Technology, Edition 1, publish the next issue only after getting the
issue 2 to be published in December ISSN No. Currently the initiatives are ongoing
for obtaining the ISSN Number.
2015
BoG made a note of the action taken
3
International
Generation
(ICNGIS)
4
Two day workshop on Environmental
Impact Assessment
Conference
Intelligent
on Next Applied for Technical Support of Kerala IEEE
Chapter
Systems
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BoG made a note of the action taken
BoG made a note of the action taken
Conducted.
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B1. Consideration of the various academic programs for the next 4months.
B1.1. STTP/Conference for Faculty/Staff Outside the Institution (FSD)
Sl No
1.
2.
3.
4.
Name of faculty
Design.
&Dept.
Topic
Dr.R.Sasikumar
Prof.
ME
Third world summit on
accreditation
Mr.Swapnesh S
Asst. Prof.
ME
Third world summit on
accreditation
Dr.Vinish V Nair
Dr. Dhanya B. S.
Institution
NBA, NewDelhi
Remarks
18-20 March 2016
60000
Approved
NBA, NewDelhi
IIT Guwahati
Asst. Prof.
CE
Indian Concrete
Institute & IIT
Madras
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Amt
(Rs.)
Approved
Assoc. Prof, Air Quality & Climate Change :
CE
Control & Modelling
Two day workshop on Precast
Construction Practices in India
Date
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18-20 March 2016
04-08 April 2016
12-13 Feb 2016
60000
28000
12000
Approved. faculty
members
on
returning from the
training programme
should make an
initiative to carry out
research in that area.
As RIT EXPO 2016
is scheduled on and
Prof. Dhanya is in
charge of an event
the
request
is
withdrawn.
5.
6.
7.
Dr.Dinesh
Gopinath
Asst.
EEE
Prof,
Anju Jolly
Asst.prof,
EEE
(Adhoc.)
Viji Joseph
Asst.prof,
EEE
(Adhoc.)
Advanced Control Techniques in
Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
Approved
I.I.T Roorkee
22-26 Feb 2016
51000
Approved
Advanced Power System
Protection
PSTI Bengaluru
21-25 March 2016
33642
Approved
Advanced Power System
Protection
PSTI Bengaluru
XML and Web Services
NITTTR
Chennai
Python Programming
IIITM –K
Technopark
TVM
21-25 March 2016
33642
Approved
8.
9.
Dr.Sobhana N. V.
Professor
Gopakumar G. S.
Trade
Instructor
(CSE)
21-25 March 2016
10500
Approved
22-26 Feb 2016
10750
Approved
10.
Dr.Jayaprasad P.
N.
Asst.Prof.
Mathematics
IST Topology 2016
IIT Bombay
09-21 May 2016
45000
BOG directed that proposals for STTP, Workshops, and Conferences for attending outside the institution should be prepared separately
and submit for approval.
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Conferences/Symposium
1.
Mr.Rajeev Rajan
Asst.Prof
(ECE)
2.
Dr.Praveen A.
Prof.
(CE)
3.
Dr.George Joseph
Asst. Prof
(PE)
4.
Dr. Bindhu B. K.
Assoc.
Prof
(CE)
Paper titled: Non-destructive Crack
detection using Acoustics Analysis
International conference on Electronics
and Communication Systems.
KarpagamCollege,
Coimbatore
25-26
Feb2016
18000
Paper Titled: Impact on Ambient air
Quality in Kerala due to Emergence of
Urban Landscape(IICAQM-2016)
IIT Madras
15-16 Feb 2016
22000
Punjabi University,
Patiala, Punjab
18-20 Feb 2016
30000
Birla Institute of
Science (BITS)
Palani
11-12 March
2016
35000
Date
Amt (Rs.)
Paper Titled: Post – Activation Potential :
Theory and application for Power
Gains(Global Conference on Scientific
culture in physical education and sportsGLOCOSCPES – 2016)
Paper Titled: Sustainable solution to
treatment of Effluent from Latex
Industries –An Experimental Study
Symposium on Sustainable Technology
development in Polymer (SSTDP- 2016)
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
B1.2. STTP/Workshop to be conducted within the Institution
Sl
No
1.
Name of
Coordinators
Design. & Dept.
Topic
Familiarisation of Trainer kit
Preethi M Nair & Instructor Grade I &Trade
16-18
and softwares in Electronics
Sooraj G
Instructor Grade II(ECE)
March 2016
Lab
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58000
Remarks
Approved, subject to
inclusion of faculty
coordinator.
B2. Industry Institute Interaction Cell (III Cell)
B2.1. Expert Lecture
Regarding conduct of expert Lecturers organized by III Cell BoG recommended that a maximum of 6 expert lecturers are to be conducted
in a department per semester. Feedback has to be collected from the students so that effectiveness of the expert lecture can be evaluated.
The department III cell coordinators may ensure that the selection of experts are to be made so that the sessions give motivation to the
students. Accordingly each department has resubmitted the proposals after curtailing the excess number of programmes. Details of
approved programmes are given below.
Mechanical Engineering
Sl
No
Topic
Name of
Coordinators
1.
CAD
Application
in Aerospace
Antony J K
2.
Industrial
Design
Antony J K
Details of Industry
Experts
Sathish P
Project.Manager,
AxisCades Ltd,
Bangalore, Karnataka
Kiran K
MD,
Enfost Design,
Bangalore, Karnataka
Prob Date of
Pgm.
No of
Days
Target
March 2016
1
S4
BTech
March 2016
1
S2
BTech
Appro.
Amt (Rs)
Expected Outcome
22000
Experience sharing and
highlighting design areas
22000
To expose students to the world
of Industrial Design
Civil Engineering
Sl
No
Topic
Name of
Coordinators
Details of Industry
Experts
Prob Date
of Pgm.
1
Cost effective
development
of airports
Dr. Bino I. Koshy,
Professor
Anusha S.P,
Mohammed Shabeer. A.M,
Executive Director, CIAL,
Cochin.
March 21,
2016 (Third
week)
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No of
Days
Target
Appro.
Amt (Rs)
Expected Outcome
1
8th semester
B.Tech.
students
15000
To expose the students to
recent developments in
the area of cost effective
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Assistant Professor
2.
3
4
5
6
New Age
Tools and
Techniques in
Geomatics
Administrative
and legislative
control of
environmental
pollution
Transportation
, Planning and
Modeling
Air traffic
control
Recent
developments
in railway
engineering
development of airports.
To expose the students to
various techniques and
new age tools in
geomatics, which can
help a lot in land
surveying
To expose the students to
the Administrative and
legislative control of
environmental pollution,
Important environmental
rules and regulations,
environmental protection
laws and acts
To expose the students to
the latest developments
in transportation
planning and modeling
and their potential in the
various fields of
transportation
Dr. Bindhu B K,
Associate Professor
Sri. Satheesh Gopi
Deputy Chief Hydrographer
& Chartered Engineer
Hydrographic Survey Wing
Kerala Port Department
March (First
week)
1
6 semester
BTech
students
20000
Anusha S.P,
Assistant Professor
Kalaiarasan.P
Scientist,
National Transportation
Planning and Research
Centre,
Trivandrum
March 4,
2016 (First
week)
1
8th sem
BTech
students
15000
Geeva George,
Assistant Professor
Ms. Lila P C, Discipline
Leader-Transport
Modeling/Project Manager,
More than 11 years
experience
CDM Smith, Bangalore
2
2nd& 4th
semester
MTech
students
28000
Dr. Bino I. Koshy,
Professor and Head
Anusha S.P,
Assistant Professor
Sh. George G Tharakan
Airport Director
Airports Authority of India,
Trivandrum International
Airport, Trivandrum695008
1
6th and 8th
semester
BTech
students
15000
To expose the students to
the recent developments
in air traffic control
Dr. Bino I. Koshy,
Professor and Head
Anusha S.P,
Assistant Professor
J. Vinayan IRTS
Chief Vigilance Officer,
The Fertilisers And
Chemicals Travancore
Limited
Cochin, Kerala
1
6th semester
B.Tech.
students
15000
To expose the students to
the recent developments
in Railway Engineering.
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April 2016
(First week)
April, 2016
(Second
week)
March, 2016
(Second
week)
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7
Logistics
planning for a
fast tract
project
8
Recent
developments
in highway
engineering
Dr. Bino I. Koshy,
Professor and Head
Anusha S.P,
Assistant Professor
Energy
efficient
building
blocks
Dr. A Praveen
Professor
9
10
Challenges in
environmental
industries –
Global
perspectives
Dr. Dhanya B. S.,
Assistant Professor
Mr.Santhosh George
Cheriyan
Planning Incharge
(Including/ HeadingInvoicing, Costing,
Scheduling, Contract
Administration, Design Coordination, Resource Coordination, Procurement)
Project: Air Side works,
Kannur International
Airport
Company: L&T
Construction,
Transportation
Infrastructure IC
Dr. B.G. Sreedevi
Scientist G & Director
National Transportation
Planning & Research
Centre
Dr. M R Yogananda
,Sustainable building
technology specialist
Mrinmayee Consultants,
Bangalore
Grant V Sprick
Dr. A Praveen
Professor
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Asia Regional Leader
Environment ARCHADIS
March 2016
(First week)
March, 2016
(Second
week)
Feb 2016
(Third
Week)
Feb 2016
(Third
Week)
1
4ndSem
BTech
students
20000
To expose the students to
the latest developments
in project planning and
scheduling
1
PG students
15000
To expose the students to
the recent developments
in Highway Engineering,
Management Information
System and Road Safety
1
2nd Semester
BTech
Students
30000
To expand the students
to the innovative
initiatives
30000
Looking for experts from
industry to discuss the
industry in which they
work and the state of the
practice
. Discuss what is
expected of new
graduates in the market
place
. Discuss innovative
topics in the
environmental field.
1
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8th& 6th
semester
BTech
students
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sl
No
1
2
Topic
High
Frequency
Structural
Simulator
(HFSS)
PIC
Programming
Name of
Coordinators
Umesh A.C,
Asst. Professor
Premson Y,
Asst. Professor
Details of Industry
Experts
Mr.Sarath. C
Field Application
Engineer, Entuple
Technologies,
Bangalore.
Mr.Kaviarasu K
Field Application
Engineer, Entuple
Technologies,
Bangalore.
Pratheek M C
Manager, Embedded
systems
BrainBitz, Ernakulam.
Stebin J Tharakan
Embedded developer
BrainBitz, Ernakulam.
3
Software
Development
in Automotive
Domain
Sujithamol. S,
Asst. Professor
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Mr. Rajeshkumar.K
Project Manager,
Tataelxi,Trivandrum
Prob Date
of Pgm.
February
2016
5th&
6thFebruary
2016
March2016
No of
Days
2
Target
M2 & M3
M.Tech
students
2
S6 B.Tech
students
1
S8 B.Tech
students
19 years of professional
experience.
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Appro.Amt
Expected Outcome
50000
HFSS is a commercial finite
element method solver for
electromagnetic structures
from Ansys. It is one of the
commercial tools used
for antenna design, and the
design of
complex RF electronic
circuit elements including
filters, transmission lines,
and packaging. This lecture
mainly aims to expose the
students to this commercial
antenna design tool.
35000
Students will be trained
through hands on sessions on
Peripheral Interface
Controller
(PIC)programming. The
participants will be able to
develop embedded systems
based on PIC.
15000
Students will be introduced
to the software development
for automotives and about the
job opportunities in this field.
Anand Subramanian
Sr. Field Application
Engineer, EDA,
Trident Techlabs Pvt.
Ltd, Bangalore.
Worked in TCS for 2
years for a client in
Communication Sector
4
5
TANNER
EDA Tool
Workshop on
Graphical
System Design
&
Software
Defined Radio
Sujithamol. S,
Asst. Professor
Prof.
Thankachan
P.N.,
Associate
Professor
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Shuddhodhan Shetty
Applications Engineer in
the EDA front.
Trident Techlabs Pvt.
Ltd, Bangalore.
His key areas of
expertise include RTL
coding for synthesis,
system verilog& UVM
for verification
Jiyo Mathew
Field Application
Engineer, Techlabs,
Bangalore.
February
2016
March 2016
(14th to 18th )
2
5
M2 & M3
M.Tech
AECE
Batch
M2
&
M3M.Tec
h students
and other experts
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50000
100000
TANNER EDA is an
extremely important tool for
VLSI design.This lecture
mainly target M. Tech
students of AEC branch who
are currently doing Main/
Mini Project in VLSI area.
The expert lecture along with
the hands on sessions will
enhance their skill in the area
of VLSI Design.
Help to understand concepts
of Virtual Instrumentation,
Basic LabVIEW
programming and Concepts
of Software Defined Radio.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sl
No
1.
2.
3.
Topic
Digital
Photography
:Success
story of an
Engineer
Electrical
Engineer in
Core
Industries
Energy
Conservation
and Demand
Side
Management
Name of
Coordinators
Details of Industry Experts
Dr.Prince A,
Assoc.
Professor
Er.Ajith
Aravind
TCS,Infopark, Kochi
For past 10 yrs he is working
in software field in India/US.
He has written books on
Digital
Photography(Published by
Mathrubhoomi Books)
Dr.Prince A,
Assoc.
Professor
Er. Sabarinath
Apollo Tyres, Trichur
For the past 8 years he is
working in hard core
industries
Rajesh K
Asst. Prof.
Er. Joby James,
KSEB
For past 6 years he is working
at KSEB
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Prob Date
of Pgm.
Feb 2016
March 2016
Feb 2016
No of
Days
Target
S6/S8
BTech
Students
1
1
S6/S8B.
Tech
students
1
S4/S6
BTech
Students
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Appro.
Amt (Rs)
Expected Outcome
15000
Students will get inspied by
his success as story as
freelance writer and
photographer in India and
abroad .Students will able to
understand fundamental
aspects of digital image
processing
12500
Students will have awareness
about electrical maintenance
and how as an engineer
manage the maintenance
activities in hardcore
industries.
15000
Students will have awareness
about the Energy
Conservation and Demand
Side Management
Computer Science & Engineering
Sl
No
Topic
Name of
Coordinators
Device Driver
Programming –
a primer
Shibu Kumar K
B,
Asst. Prof.
2.
Details of Industry Experts
Prob Date
of Pgm.
No of
Days
Target
Appro.
Amt (Rs)
UG Students
12000
Students will get to know the
basics of device driver
programming
Expected Outcome
Mr.Sharik A
Scientist (D) DRDO, NPOL,
Kochi
Feb/
March
2016
Computer
Security
Shibu Kumar K
B,
Asst. Prof.
Karthick Vigneshwar
Infysec,Chennai
Feb/
March
2016
5
UG & P G
Students
65000
Students will get trained on
various aspects of computer
security .The hands on sessions
will give them ideas how to make
a secure network
3.
Software
Project
Management
Shibu Kumar K
B,
Asst. Prof.
Mr.Mohanan K,
Scientist (F) DRDO, NPOL,
Kochi
Feb/
March
2016
1
UG Students
12000
Students will get to know the
fundamentals of software project
management
4
Multithreading in
Java –an
industrial
perspective
Shibu Kumar K
B,
Asst. Prof.
Mr.Tony M Thomas
Technology Lead, Infosys,
Bangalore
Feb 2016
1
UG Students
27000
Students will get to know the
basics of Multi-threaded
programming using Java
5
Mass adoption
of
cognitive
computing
Shibu Kumar K
B,
Asst. Prof.
Purushothaman K Narayanan is
an IT Architect with Watson
group in IBM India. He also
has 5 patents filed with US
Patent Organization.
6
Industrial
testing
Methodologies
Shibu Kumar K
B,
Asst. Prof.
1
Mr.Vishal Karikkal Lenin
Associate ,Cognizant
Technology Solutions PVT
LTD Kochi
18/03/16
Feb 2016
1
1
S6 BTech
1
UG Students
32000
12000
BOG informed to resubmit the proposal for item No. 2, as it is not coming under “ Expert Lecture”.
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Understanding
of
latest
technologies and applications of
cognitive computing.
Students will get to know
software engineering is applied in
industry with emphasis on
software testing.
B2.2. Finishing School
A finishing school programme is proposed to be conducted for 7 days during the first week for the current S8 Mechanical BTech students 50(nos)
as part of TEQIP Phase II .The programme aims at imparting additional skills in addition to the knowledge and expertise acquired during their
course as part of normal curriculam. This includes training for students on topics like Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing , CFD Analysis
of Rotating Machinery, Computer Aided Manufacturing ,Detailed design and design using solid works etc.The details of the programme and
financial expenditure are listed below.
Topics
Faculty
Outcome
Day 1
GD & T
CMTI Bagalore
Expect students to acquire knowledge in generating NC code
automatically and interface it with CNC machines
Day 2
GD & T
CMTI Bagalore
Students are expected to acquire skill for writing macros and
integrating it to the kernel for customization
Day3
CFD Analysis of Rotating Machinery
VSSC
Students will get practical knowledge in doing milling and
turning work in CNC machines
Day 4
CFD Analysis of Rotating Machinery
VSSC
Students will be trained to do analysis of rotating Machinery
Day 5
Detailed Design using solid works
Enfost Bangalore
Students will be trained to do analysis of rotating Machinery
Day 6
Detailed Design using solid works
Enfost Bangalore
To familiarize students the concept of DFM
Day 7
Project Management
Date
-
To familiarize students with various project management
package
Expected Expenditure
Expense Type
Remuneration ,TA/DA and Accommodation of resource person
Refreshment
Stationary
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Appox. Expense in (Rs)
67000
17500
5000
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Miscellaneous
Total Expected Expenditure
5000
94000
Total : Rs.94000/-(Rupees Ninety Four Thousand Only/-).
BoG approved the proposal to conduct the finishing school programme.
Chairman enquired why other departments are not proposing the programme, if the programmes are beneficial to the students. Other
departments may also submit proposals for the next BoG meeting. Student feedback should be taken after the conduct of the programme
and feedback is to be analysed. III Cell coordinator explained about the outcomes of last course.
BoG recommended that Industrial visit should also be part of the programme.
B2.3
Professional skill Development Programme
A professional skill development programme is proposed to be conducted for 5 days during the first week of June for eighth semester B.Tech civil
engineering 45 (Nos) as part of TEQIP Phase –II. The programme aims at imparting additional skills in addition to the knowledge and expertise
acquired during their course as part of normal curriculum. This includes training for students on following topics – Familiarization of Total Station,
undertaking small projects in Total Station and planning a survey work using Total Station.Rent for -14000/Schedule
Date
Topic
Faculty
Outcome for students
Day1
Introduction to Total Station
Mr Jain P Abraham
Axis Digital and Survey Pvt Ltd
Kottayam
Introduction to basic operations of Total
station equipment
Day 2
Simple problems like determination of Mr Jain P Abraham
unknown distance, setting out of Axis Digital and Survey Pvt Ltd,KTM
columns.
Day 3
Preparation of road profile
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Familiarization of the equipment to use for
simple field level problems
Familiarization of the equipment to use for
simple field level problems
Day 4
Undertaking a group project : preparation
Mr Jain P Abraham
of contour plan for development project
Axis Digital and Survey Pvt Ltd
– choosing a suitable case from RIT
Kottayam
campus
To ensure independent decision making
skill is attained for different situations
emerged in connection with wider field
problems
Day 5
Undertaking a group project : preparation
Mr Jain P Abraham
of contour plan for development project
Axis Digital and Survey Pvt Ltd
– choosing a suitable case from RIT
Kottayam
campus
To ensure independent decision making
skill is attained for different situations
emerged in connection with wider field
problems
Expected Expenditure
Date
Type of activity /
programme
Rate/peron
Duration of
sessions
Number of
faculty
Total
Date 1
Class room lecture
Rs 3000/day
1 day
2
6000/-
Date 2
Field work
Rs 3000/day
1 day
2
6000/-
Date 3
Fieldwork
Rs 3000/day
1 day
2
6000/-
Date 4
Field work
Rs 3000/day
1 day
3
9000/-
Date 5
Field work
Rs 3000/day
1day
3
9000/-
Rent of Total Station 1 nos @ 3500 per day for 4 days.
14000/-
Refreshment
11250/-
Documentation, resource materials and stationary
5000/-
Travel charges of resource persons
5000/-
Total
71,250/Rupees Seventy one thousand two hundred and fifty only
BoG approved the proposal to conduct the Professional Skill Development Programme for an amount of Rs 57250/-, excluding the rent for
Total Station given in the expected expenditure.
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B3. Placement cell
1.
Request has been received from Dr.R Rajesh, Placement officer , for reimbursing the expenses towards the conduct of placement
drives for 2016 passout students.
The details of are given in table below.
Statement of Expenses for Placement Drives conducted in 2015-16
Sl. No
Placement Drive
Date
Amount
13&14th Aug 2015
8th Sep 2015
20477
5430
12th Sep 2015
7030
17&18th Sep 2015
11015
1
2
ENVESTNET
TATA ELXSI
3
EMBEDUR
4
ZOHO
5
6
7
TCS
VVDN
QBURST
21,22 & 23rd Sep 2015
3rd Oct 2015
5th Oct 2015
43533
12909
22953
8
SUNTEC
7th Oct 2015
9792
9
IBS
19th Oct 2015
14992
10
ORACLE
27th Oct2015
5290
11
UST Global
12
13
Tech Mahindra
WIPRO
14
HUAWEI
Off Campus Recruitments
9th Jan 2016
TOTAL
3618
1,57,039
Rs. One Lakh Fifty Seven Thousand and thirty Nine only
BoG may kindly be sanction the same
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The statistics f placement was presented by the placement officer before the BoG. BoG recommended that sincere efforts should be made
to bring in core companies. BoG also remarked that approval has to be taken prior to the conduct of the programme and as a special case
reimbursement of expenses is permitted by the BoG.
2. Proposal for conducting training programme for third year students has been received from the placement cell under TEQIP. The areas
identified for training are Soft Skills and Aptitude.
BoG may accord sanction for the conduct of the training programme.
No. of Batches : 4
Soft Skills Training :
(No. of days : 2 per batch)
Sl No
Topic
1
Emotional Quotient
2
Interpersonal skills – Team Building
3
Entrepreneurial skills
4
Communication Skills
Aptitude Training:
(No. of days : 2 per batch)
Sl No
Topic
1
Quantitative Aptitude
2
Logical Reasoning
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3
Verbal Ability
4
Orientation to GD and Interview
Budget
Title
Schedule
Approximate
Expense
Remarks
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
2
20,000
Rs. 10000 per day x 2days
Miscellaneous expenses
8,000
Soft skills Training
No. of Days
2
Beneficiary
Third Year Batch 1
February 2nd Week
Aptitude Training
2
Soft skills Training
2
Aptitude Training
February 2nd
Week
Soft skills Training
Aptitude Training
Soft skills Training
Aptitude Training
2
2
February 3rd Week
Third Year Batch 3
2
2
February 3rd
Week
Third Year Batch 2
Third Year Batch 4
Total : 1,68,000 (Rs. One Lakh Sixty Eight Thousand Only/-)
BoG accorded sanction for the conduct of the training programme and recommended that a formal feedback system has to be put in place.
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B4.Students Paper Presentation
Details of students who has presented papers in National/International Conferences is given below.
BoG may grant permission for reimbursing the expenses from TEQIP fund.
Sl No
Name of Student
Desig.&
Dept.
1.
Sreereshmi T S
S4 MTech
AECE
2.
Naveen H
S4 MTech
ACIS
3.
Liji C A
S4 MTech
AECE
4.
Garnet Wilson
S4 MTech
AECE
5.
Remya R S
S4 MTech
AECE
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Topic
Institution
Paper titled : Simulation of WDMPON and radio over fibre with signal
match Zehnder Modulator
@ ICCC India 2015
Paper titled : 2*2 MIMO RoF
System At 60 Ghz Employing 64
QAM Double Sideband Modulation
@ ICCC India 2015
Paper titled : Inter to Inter Wavelet
Transform based ECG Stenography
for Securing Patient Confidential
Information@ ICETEST 2015
Paper titled : FPGA Implementation
of Harware efficient algorithm for
image contrast enhancement using
Xilinx System Generator @
ICETEST 2015
Paper titled : Classification of
Myocardial Infarction using Multi
Resolution Wavelet Analysis of
ECG @ICETEST 2015
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CoE TVM
CoE TVM
Date
19-21Nov
222015
19-21Nov
2015
Amt
(Rs.)
7308
7350
GEC Thrissur
9-11 Dec 2015
6000
GEC Thrissur
9-11 Dec 2015
6000
GEC Thrissur
9-11 Dec 2015
6300
6.
Reshma
Lakshmanan
S4 MTech
AECE
S3 MTech
IEM
7.
Sreedevi Dilip
8.
Pradeejakumari P S3 MTech
K
IEM
9.
S3 MTech
IEM
10.
Anu J
Anza Huzzain
11. Princy Lukose
S3 MTech
IEM
S3 MTech
IEM
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Paper titled : Flexible Ultra Wide
Band Antenna for WBAN
Applications @ICETEST 2015
Paper titled : Impact of information
& Communication Technology in
Maritime Logistics & Port
Management in SIMSR Global
Supply Chain Management
Conference
Paper titled : Collaborative value
chain management between
semiconductor and automotive
industry in SIMSR Global Supply
Chain Management Conference
Paper titled : Collaborative value
chain management between
semiconductor and automotive
industry in SIMSR Global Supply
Chain Management Conference
Paper titled : Quality Sustainability
in food supply chain through data
mining approach in SIMSR Global
Supply Chain Management
Conference
Paper titled : Quality Sustainability
in food supply chain through data
mining approach in SIMSR Global
Supply Chain Management
Conference
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GEC Thrissur
9-11 Dec 2015
6300
KL Somaiya Institute
of Management
Studies & Research
,Mumbai
11th Dec 2015
4090
KL Somaiya Institute
of Management
Studies & Research,
Mumbai
11th Dec 2015
4090
KL Somaiya Institute
of Management
Studies & Research,
Mumbai
11th Dec 2015
4090
KL Somaiya Institute
of Management
Studies & Research,
Mumbai
11th Dec 2015
4090
KL Somaiya Institute
of Management
Studies & Research,
Mumbai
11th Dec 2015
4090
S4 MTech
IEM
Paper titled : In Vehicle Distraction
amoung Four Wheeler Drivers in
Kerala HWWE 2015
IIT Bombay
06-09 Dec
2015
13. Divya Devarajan
S4 MTech
IEM
Paper titled : Optimal choice of
inventory materials management
technique in a Chemical firm@
GECIAN National Conference
GEC Idukki
29-30 Sep
2015
14. Divya Devarajan
S4 MTech
IEM
Paper titled : Stock Control in a
Chemical Firm : Combined FSN and
XYZ Analysis @ICETEST 2015
GEC Thrissur
9-11 Dec 2015 6700
12. Sreenath R
3700
1000
BoG pointed out that at this point only BoG was informed about the change in Project Implementation Plan permitting students to present
papers in conferences with in India. BoG accorded sanction for reimbursing the expenses (except item no.13).
BoG also granted permission to the principal to give approval to student’s whose net expense is below Rs.10,000/-. It is decided only
one person can attend the conference for a paper.
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B 5.Students attending Workshops/ competition
B 5.1 Request has been received from students for attending workshops. Details are given below. BoG may accord sanction to students for
attending the same under TEQIP.
Sl
No
Name of Student
1
Rohit Raj
Jino Mathew
Nikhil Babu
Nidhin Raj P
Vaisak Shanmughan
2
Arun Ignatius
Kavya Krishnan
Dept.
Topic
Institution
Date
S8 CE
S8 ECE
S8 ME
S8 ME
To attend Indian Student
Parliament
Pune
27-30 Jan
2016
To Attend All India Computer
Society Student Young
Professionals
Congress(AICSSYC 15)
NSIT New
Delhi
20-22 Dec
2015
Amt
(Rs.)
16000
Remarks by
BoG
Not Permitted
for only
attending the
programme
S5 ECE
S5 EE
21600
Not Permitted
for only
attending the
programme
S3 EE
Sebastian Thomas
Thekkekara
Rinu S Mariam
Sachindas
3
S8 EEE
Chikku John George
( Accompanying
Teacher :
Anju Jolly, Asst.
Prof. , EEE)
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To attend project exhibition
competition to be held at
‘Bangalore International
Exhibition Centre’ (BIEC)
12-17
Bangalore
February 2016
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Permitted as
they got
selected in the
competition.
B 5.2. Students of S4 B.Tech Mechanical Engg. have registered for Electric Solar Vehicle competition hosted by Imperial Society for Innovative
Engineers. The competition involves design and fabrication of vehicle. The estimated cost is Rs.1.86 Lakhs. Students have requested for financial
support from TEQIP. Team Captain is Jeswin Vinod ,S4ME
Detailed proposal is hereby submitted before BoG. BoG may accord sanction for providing financial support from TEQIP.
BoG recommended that projects with research content have to be critically evaluated by internal Committee and with their
recommendations it has to be placed before the BoG. BoG noted that as per TEQIP norms expenses for participating in Technology
Exhibitions and competitions only can be given and student projects cannot be funded.
The proposal was not approved by the BoG
B6. Other Programmes to be conducted within the Institution
Sl
No
1
2
Topic
Data Analysis
using SPSS
Software
Psychological
Solutions
to
personal
and
educational
problems
Name of
Coordinators
Swapnesh. S
Asst. Prof
Dr. R. Rajesh
Asso. Prof
Mrs. Ambily P
&
Mrs.Dhanya P
S
Co-ordinators
Counseling
Cell
Details of Experts
Prof. (Dr.) K.
Kalyanaraman
(Former Professor &
Head,
Dept of Statistics, Kerala
University)
Mr.Anoop K V ,
Psychologist,Wellness
Hospital Ernakulam,
Prob
Date of
Pgm.
23/02/16
&
24/02/16
27/02/15
&
19/03/15
No of
Days
2
1 day
each
Target
M.Tech
Students
BTech/
M.Tech
Students
No of
Participant
s
33 nos
70
BoG may accord sanction for conducting the same.
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Appro.
Amt
(Rs.)
35000
14000
Remarks by BoG
Expected Outcome
Participants learn how to
analyze and interpret
research data with
appropriate statistical
methods using the
IBM SPSS Software
Students are expected to
get an insight on how
tackle some of their
Psychological problems
themselves
Approved.
Approved.
B7. Ratification of various academic activities permitted by the Chairman
STTP/Workshop Outside Institution
Sl No
Name of faculty
Desig.&
Dept.
Topic
Institution
Date
Amt
(Rs.)
Dr.Ruby
Abraham &
Dr.Leena Mary
Principal &
HoD ECE
Communication Skills for
ASCI, Hyderabad
Managers
18-22 Jan 2016
183120
2.
Antony J K
Asst.Prof,
ME
Condition Monitoring of
Rotating Machine
Elements
21-23 Dec2015
57000
3.
Ramesh Krishnan
Asst.Prof,
ME
Design and Fabrication of
TKM College of
Parabolic Through
Engineering Kollam
Collector
14-16 Dec2016
3500
4.
Mary George
&
Dr.Vincent G
HoD
&
Asst.Prof,
EEE
Power Industry
Familiarization
Programme
KSEB Training
Centre Moolamattom, 11-13 Jan 2016
Idukki
26000
Dr.Vincent G
Asst.prof,
EEE
Smart Grid
Central Power
Research Institute,
Bangalore
45100
1.
5.
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01-05 Jan 2016
Remarks
Attended
Attended
Presented
Paper.
Attended
Attending
(Ongoing)
6.
Dr.Leena Mary
&
Anu George
HoD
&
Asst. Prof
ECE
Winter School on Speech
and Audio Processing
(WISSAP 2016)
SSN College of
Engineering, Chennai
08-11-Jan 2016
51000
7.
Dr.Leena Mary
&
Anu George
HoD
&
Asst. Prof
ECE
Workshop on Image and
Speech Processing
(WISP-2015)
IIIT Hyderabad
12 Dec 2015
50000
8.
Anish Babu
Asst. Prof.,
ECE
Recent Trends in Biosignal Processing
NIT Calicut
13-18 Dec 2015
9000
9.
Rezuanabai J
Asst.Prof.,
ECE
Sensors and Signal
Conditioning
IIT Madras
25-29 Jan 2016
16000
10. Dr. Sobhana N. V
Prof.,
CSE
Emerging Trends in
Engineering and
Technology
Research(ICETTR 2015)
R L Jalappa Institute,
Bangalore
17-19 Dec2015
11500
Presented
Paper
Tomy P.K
Vipin Raj
11.
&
Usha Rani V R
LD Clerk
LD Clerk
&
Sel. Grade
Typist
Residential Development
Programme for Personal
Assistants & Office Staff,
Focus: e-Age
Jaipur Productivity
Centre, Goa
18-22 Jan2016
141090
Attended
System
Analyst
(CSE)
Cyber Defence and
Digital Forensic tools
ESCI Hyderabad @
Shimla
01-04 March
2016
49190
12.
Mr.Padmakumar
PA
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Anu George
–not
attended.
Attended
Attended
Attended
13. Ashik M
Computer
Programmer
(CSE)
Cyber Defence and
Digital Forensic tools
ESCI Hyderabad @
Shimla
01-04 March
2016
49190
Windows Server 2012 R2
GCE Kannur
Administration
1-4 Feb 2016
10000
1-4 Feb 2016
5250
CoE Kidangoor at
Hotel Aida,
Kottayam
10-12 Dec 2015
15488
SSN College of
Engineering, Chennai
08-11, Jan 2016
18000
ASCI, Hyderabad
18-22, Jan 2016
60000
MACE,
Kothamangalam
08-08 Feb 2016
5000
14. Dhanya P S
Computer
Programmer
15. Aruna G
Tradesman
Windows Server 2012 R2
GCE Kannur
Administration
16. Dr.R.Sasikumar
Professor
(ME)
Outbased Education and
NBA Accreditation
17. Mr. Rajiv Rajan
Asst.
Professor
ECE
18. R.Sreekumar
Librarian
19. Ramesh Krishnan
Asst.
Professor
ME
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Winter School on Speech
in and Audio Processing
(WISSAP 2016)
Management Training
Pgm on Leadership &
Performance Magmnt in
Social Sector
Paper: Experimental
in Analysis Through
Collector
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Attending
Attending
Attended
Attended
Attended
Presenting
Paper
Conferences
1.
Dr.Raghunathan
Rajesh
Assco. Prof.
ME
Paper titled on
“Physiological Modeling
for combined MMH tasks
using weighted heart beat”
(13th Indian society of
Ergonomics Conference on
Humanizing aork and
Environment 2015(HWWE
2015))
IIT Bombay
06-09 Dec205
39800
Presented
Paper
Approved
BOG ratified the above 19 programmes and 1 conference
BoG made a note of the above and remarked that specific comment has to be given whenever faculty/Staff is not attending the programme.
Dr. Leena Mary HOD (EC) reported that Mrs. Anu George could not attend the programme, as she was admitted hospital for an
urgent surgery.
B8. Constitution of Screening Committee for International Travel.
As per the circular from SPFU No.09/SPFU/GOK/2013 dated 07/12/2015, a screening committee must be constituted by the BoG of the
institution consisting of Senior External experts for evaluating the proposal.
Details of the proposed committee is given below.
Sl
No
1
Name
Designation
Institution
Dr. Leena Mary
2
3
4
5
Dr. Abraham T Mathew
Dr. Syam Prakash. V
Dr. M. A. Joseph
Dr.Abdul Nizar.R
Professor
and
Head
Electronics
& RIT, Kottayam.
Communication Engineering
Dean, Research.
NIT Calicut.
Joint Director
Directorate of Technical Education, TVPM
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
NIT Calicut
Professor, Computer Science& Engineering
College of Engg.Trivandrum
Prof. Rezuanabai J, Asst. professor in ECE has submitted a paper for the International Conference on Medical and signal processing at Italy.
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BoG remarked that as per the direction from NPIU two committees has to be constituted, one internal committee and another External
Screening Committee for evaluating the proposals.
The internal Committee is constituted with the following members.
1) Dr. Leena Mary – Professor in ECE
2) Dr. Shobana N.V. - Professor in CSE
3) Dr. G. Venugopal - Professor in ME
4) Dr. Vincent G. - Professor in EEE
5) Dr. Praveen A. – Professor in CE
The external committee will have three members with two fixed members and one member to be selected in each case depending on the
stream in which the conference paper is submitted.
The following members were nominated to the external committee.
1. Dr. L.S. Ganesh – IIT Madras
2. Dr. Santosh Thampi – NIT Calicut
B9.Seed Money
Request has been received from Prof. Swapnesh S, Prof. Rajeev Rajan and Dr.Dinesh Gopinath for granting the seed money under TEQIP, details
are given below.
Sl No
1
2
3
Name of Faculty
Prof. Swapnesh S
Prof. Rajeev Rajan
Prof. Dinesh Gopinath
Design. &
Details
Dept.
Asst.Prof,ME Effectiveness of classroom interactions in Engineering Colleges
Asst.Prof,ECE Music Information retrieval bases on melodic similarity
Asst.Prof,EEE Development of an adaptable harmonic elimination PWM
control of inverters using Raspberry Pi as a supervisory
controller
BoG recommended that sub-committee may evaluate the proposal.
A Sub Committee is constituted with the following members
1. Prof. R.V.G. Menon - Chairman
2. Prof.Syamprakash - Member, Joint Director, DTE Office, Thiruvananthapuram.
3. Dr.M.Wilsey - Professor, Computer Centre,University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
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Amount
Rs.1.5 Lakhs
Rs.1 Lakhs
Rs. 1.65 Lakhs
B10. Equity Assurance Plan
Proposal for EAP upto October2016
SI No
Subject
Sem
No of
Hours
Planned
Common to all
Refreshment
Study material
@Rs200/student for
S1S2 and @300 for
higher semesters
Total
18000
7500
6000
31500
30
18000
7500
6000
31500
No. of
Students
Remuneration
to faculty
@Rs.600/hr
30
30
Common to all
30
Branch
1
Engineering MathsBatch1
S1
2
Engineering MathsBatch2
S1
3
Engineering Graphics-1
S1
EC,CSE,EEE
30
36
18000
9000
7200
34200
4
Engineering Mechanics
S1
ME,CE
30
30
18000
7500
6000
31500
5
Engineering MathsBatch1
S2
Common to all
30
30
18000
7500
6000
31500
6
Engineering MathsBatch2
S2
Common to all
30
30
18000
7500
6000
31500
7
Engineering Graphics-1
S2
CE,ME
30
30
18000
7500
6000
31500
8
Engineering Mechanics
30
36
18000
9000
7200
34200
9
Engineering Maths
EC,CSE,EEE
Common to all
except cse
30
36
18000
9000
10800
37800
10
Engineering Maths
S4
Common to all
30
40
18000
10000
12000
40000
11
Engineering Maths
S5
Common to all
30
30
18000
7500
9000
34500
12
Bridge course to Lateral
Entry Studetns
S3
Common to all
24
30
14400
6000
9000
29400
S2
S3
399100
BoG may please accord sanction for conducting the same.
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BoG enquired about the impact of remedial classes. HOD’s presented the details of Remedial Classes.
BoG recommended that there should be a minimum of 10 Students for the remedial classes and the pedagogy should be different from that
of a regular class. Get a report on how the classes are being conducted.
BoG Accorded sanction for the conduct of the classes.
B11. Conduct of Technical Exhibition and Tech Fest
B11.1.
RIT EXPO 2016(Technical Exhibition and Open House)
As a part of Silver Jubilee celebrations, Technical Exhibition and Open House is scheduled from 10-13 February 2016. Proposals has been received
from coordinators for financial support from TEQIP.
Details are given below.
A) Printing Expenses
Sl No
1
2
Item
Brochure
Certificate
Details
500 nos x Rs.50
200 nos x Rs.10
Total
Estimated Amount (Rs.)
25000
2000
27000
B) Department of Civil (Model Exhibition)
No
Approximate
cost (Rs.)
Title of Model
Team leader and Class
1.
Model of Dynamic tower Dubai
Silpa S R, S6 Civil
2000
2.
Model of Idukki hydroelectric power
station and Mullaperiyar dam
Anantha Krishnan , S6 Civil
2000
3.
Model of Floating bridge
Gresham Greens, S6 Civil
2000
4.
Model of underground railway system
Megha C Manoj, S6 Civil
2000
5.
Model of Dock and Harbour
Abu.B.Kurian, S6 Civil
2000
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6.
Working model of hydroelectric power
Plant
Lithin Augustine, S6 Civil
2500
7.
Working model of Drip irrigation system :
Devipriya Anil, S4 Civil
2500
8.
Model of a tribal village
Sreerag R, S4 Civil
1500
9.
Model of Eiffel tower
Anuvind T P, S4 Civil
1500
10.
Model of freeway
Krishna Mohan, S4 Civil
1500
11.
Photography exhibition of ancient civil
engineering structures of Kerala
Risma, S4 Civil
1500
12.
Model of Capital Gate of AbuDhabi
Sultan Abdul Salam, S2 Civil
2000
13.
Model depicting basic Vasthu Principles
Arman Rasheed, S2 Civil
2000
14.
Model of suspension bridge
Aboobecker Sidhique , S2 Civil
2000
15.
Model of Trumpet Interchange
Sumesh Rajan, M2 Civil
2000
16.
Model of Clover leaf inter change
Hridya V, M2 Civil
2000
17.
Model of flyover at Kanjikuzhy, Kottayam Arbin Raj, M2 Civil
2500
18.
Different types of road markings
Neethu T P, M2 Civil
2000
19.
Model of metro rail, Kochi
Mini mol Raju, M2 Civil
2500
38000
Total
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C) Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
No.
Item
1
2
3
Estimated
Amount(Rs.)
7000
Transporting Heavy Electrical Items from KEL Kundara
Such as, Power and Distribution transformers, Parts of Alternators
including loading/ unloading charges (to and fro)
Transporting Exhibition Items from KSEB Pallom Such as, Isolator
set up, Circuit breakers, Insulators etc including loading/ unloading
charges (to and fro)
Tesla Coil Demo Project(Details attached)
Total
6000
30000
43000
D) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (for making Robotic model room)
Sl No
Item
Qty
Rate
Estimated
Amount (Rs.)
1
Robot chassis including motor
4
2000
8000
2
Bluetooth module hco5
4
400
1600
3
Motor driver l293d
6
60
360
4
Quadruped robotic kit
1
9600
9600
5
Image processing: pixy camera embedded with NXP
1
8500
8500
LPC4330, 204 MHz, dual core
6
Creative coding : Embedded system plus python,Ultrasonic
7
100
700
sensor
7
Micro servo
4
200
800
8
Industrial Automation: IOT
4
500
2000
Ethernet shield w5100
9
Zigbee module
2
1500
3000
10
Arduino uno
8
1400
11200
Total
45760
BoG may please accord sanction for financial support from TEQIP.
BoG recommended that for items in B11, clarification has to be obtained from SPFU whether the expenses are permissible under
TEQIP-II.
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B11.2.
Tech Fest RITU-2016
RITU’16 Technical fest of the institution is scheduled from March 11-13. Request has been received from the staff coordinator for financial assistance for
technical events from TEQIP.
List of Department wise technical events and estimated expenses are given in tables below
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Technical Events
Sl No
Kart Rider
1
Coil Gun
2
Best Electrical Engineer
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technical Events
Sl No
Samasya
1
Dr. Drive
2
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Technical Events
Sl No
Robowar
1
Masters of electronics/Quarantine
2
IC War
3
Crossword run/Labhunt
4
Arduino Master
5
E-Games
6
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Technical Events
Sl No
404
1
Rapid Miner
2
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Estimated Expense(Rs)
4300/4700/5100/Total = 14100/-
Estimated Expense(Rs)
5000/7000/Total = 12000/-
Estimated Expense(Rs)
2500/5200/1000/500/4200/2500/Total = 15,900/-
Estimated Expense(Rs)
700/1680/Page 39
3
4
QuickFix
Exhibition
Department of Civil Engineering
Technical Events
Sl No
Mix & Match
1
Suspension Bridge
2
Survey Hunt
3
Anthropometrist
4
Best Civil Engineer
5
CADD Drawing
6
1140/1600/Total = 5120/-
Estimated Expense(Rs)
2450/1800/1000/700/1200/930/Total = 8080/-
General Expense for technical events
Item
Brochure printing
Certificates
File
Pen
Tag
Paper
Number
200
700
700
1000
700
5 bundle
Unit cost (Rs)
50
20
50
5
10
150
Total general cost
Cost (Rs.)
10000
14000
35000
5000
7000
750
71,750
Total Expenses : Rs.141530/-(Rupees.One Lakh Foury One Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Only/-)
BoG may please accord sanction for financial support from TEQIP.
BOG informed to seek clarification from SPFU regarding the proposal B11.2. Accordingly, a clarification from SPFU is obtained
and is given below.
Clarification by SPFU: As per project implementation plan expenditure for organizing Technology Exhibition cannot be met under the
head IOC, but travel costs can be met from IOC to attend Technology Exhibitions within India. However, to enhance research interest of
UG & PG students, purchase of consumables is permissible under the head Enhancement of Research and Development
and Institutional Consultancy Activities by which exhibits (models in exhibition) can be fabricated.
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Part C
Reports
C1. Status of fund position as on 31/12/2015
Fund Received – Rs.1000 Lakhs
Bank Interest
- Rs.12.01Lakhs
TOTAL
- Rs. 1012.01 Lakhs
No
Activity
Budget Provision
(Lakh)
Amount spent (Lakh)
1
Procurement of Goods & Civil Works
550
547.11
2.
Teaching & Research Assistantship
40
30.61
3.
R&D
30
0.90
4
Faculty & Staff Development
140
96.12
40
16.09
30
7.50
30
21.29
40
11.11
100
43.35
1000.00
774.09
5
6
7
8
9
III Cell
Management Capacity Enhancement
Institutional Academic reforms
Academic support for weaker students
Incremental Operating Cost
TOTAL
Amount Spent as on 31/12/2015
BoG made a note of the report.
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Part D
D1.Any other item with the permission of the Chair
1. Prof. Kavitha N (Assoc.Prof) & Prof Nisha KK(Asst,Prof),of CSE department have reported for STTP on Cloud Computing scheduled to be
conducted during 16-20 Nov 2015 at NITTTR Chennai and the course was cancelled due to flood. Each of them has incurred travelling
expense of Rs.5551/-. BoG may accord sanction for refunding the amount from TEQIP.
Permitted to refund the amount as a special case by BoG.
2. Revision of M.Tech Assistanceship
During the SSC meeting held on 17th November 2015, it was decided to enhance MTech Scholarship to Rs.8000/BoG may accord sanction for enhancing the amount for Non Gate M.Tech students in RIT.
M.Tech Scholarhsip for Non Gate students was enhanced to Rs. 8000/- as per the SSC decision from December 2015 onwards.
BoG remarked that agenda should be more explanatory.
3. Date of next BoG meeting.
Next BoG meeting is scheduled to be conducted on 28/03/15. (Monday)
BoG wished all the best to Mr.M Sherif , Additional Secretary, Higher Education Dept. who is retiring from Govt. Service this March
and thanked him for his guidance and contribution for the TEQIP project.
Meeting came to close at 2:00 PM with vote of thanks by Dr. R. Sasikumar, TEQIP Coordinator.
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