RADIANCE ’11

RADIANCE ’11, the flagship event of IEEE, Student Branch, Nirma University, was organised on 21st and 22nd of January, 2011. Under RADIANCE ’11 various competitions, like Paper Presentation (in two categories CE/IT/MCA and EC/EE/IC), Coding Treasure Hunt, Sci-Fi Story Writing, Electronic Junk Box and Techno Quiz were organised. Workshops on ASP.NET and ARDUINO were also conducted. More than 180 students participated in RADIANCE ’11.

PAPER PRESENTATION

Paper Presentation competition was conducted with great zeal and enthusiasm in Radiance 2011. This was an institute level paper presentation competition organized for students of Institute of Technology, Nirma University. In total there were twenty papers selected from various branches of the institute out of which ten were categorized under EC/IC/EE category and remaining under CE/IT category.
The judges felicitated the winners and participants and gave useful tips on “How to Present Effective Technical Paper” by discussing pros and cons of each and every paper.

3D EXHIBITION

The 3D exhibition a two day event was conducted for the lovers of art and photography. The photographs displayed were taken by the participants of the 3D photography workshop held as a part of Technodyssey ‘10. 160 entries were taken of which 36 were shortlisted and displayed.
The exhibition was visited by more than 700 students and faculties. The prizes were announced based on the voting of IEEE members and faculty members. The exhibition ended with an overwhelming response and a lot of appreciation from everyone.

JUNK BOX

The name JUNKBOX was derived from the word JUNK which means a group of useless things. In this competition, participants were given a JUNK of electronic components and a PROBLEM STATEMENT. They were needed to develop a circuit that gives the solution to their problem statement. This event was introduced 1st time in Nirma University. In all around 16 teams had taken part in the competition. Each team consisted of two participants. Prof. Sandip Mehta of Instrumentation and Control Department was the Judge for this event.

SCI FI

SCI FI, a science fiction writing competition was conducted for the first time under the banner of IEEE Radiance ’11. The competition, although non technical, served as a platform for the students to put their expressions of creativity and fantasies on paper. The participants were offered ample time from the day of registration to the day of event to submit their stories. The total number of participants who registered was 18. Prof. Namrata Bajaj, Mathematics and Humanities Department were invited to judge the stories. The stories were judged on the basis of their originality, creativity & innovation, language, vocabulary and appeal through message on a scale of ten.

CODING HUNT

This competition was purely conducted for the lovers and masters of coding and programming. It was Treasure Hunt in Coding. The participants had to explore their quest to crack the codes and hunt the programs with their coding skills. There were total of 75 participants in this successful event. Elimination round was of 30 minutes and paper contained 30 questions. From the elimination round, we selected total of 20 participants. In Finals we randomly clubbed them into a group of 2 and thus made up the teams. In final round participants had to pass through 3 levels each containing 3 programs to code and without completing one level, the coders cannot move to the next level. The time limit was 2 hrs.

TECHNO QUIZ

It was a Quiz Contest among the students of all technical disciplines. The Technical Knowledge of all Electronic and Software Products was tested among the participants. All Questions were based on the current Technologies used in the Electronics and Software. Students from all branches participated in the competition. There were 5 teams (with 2 persons per team) in the main event. Teams were decided by an elimination round which was conducted prior to the main event.

WORKSHOP ON ASP.NET

The Web Designing on ASP workshop started on 21st January, 2011 at 9:30 am. It was conducted by Mr. Rahul Shah, CEO of Shah Net Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Around 45 participants took part in the workshop. The workshop was divided into two sessions. The first session discussed the introduction to object oriented design, what happens when a page request is made, basics of client-server computing and what is .NET framework and why we need it.
The second session of the workshop started where the students explored various features of the form. The faculty explained various properties of every element of the form with exemplary coding. The students enjoyed making their own forms with ease of drag and drop feature instead of coding it in hardcore HTML. The workshop ended with feedback from students and a short speech by Mr. Ashish Trivedi, Vice-Chairperson of IEEE Student Branch, Institute Of Technology, Nirma University and presenting memento to Mr. Rahul Shah for conducting the workshop.

WORKSHOP ON ARDUINO

The workshop on ‘INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING AND CREATIVE CODING’ under the title ‘ARDUINO’, was conducted by Prof. Hardik Pandya who is a co-founder of PearlLabs (a research and project based organization) and Prof. Hardik Dabhi whose one of publication is selected for the publication in IEEE on ‘implementation of cost effective IR based touch screen’. It was a two day workshop held on 21st and 22nd of January. Prof. Hardik Pandya taught the participants about programming of ARDUINO UNO Controllers using ARDUINO Software. Participants were given the whole ‘ARDUINO UNO’ controller kit. He also demonstrated projects on ‘Line Follower Robot’ and ‘Bike Security System’ using ARDUINO Controllers.

Seminar on ‘Building Blocks of CAT’

IEEE Student Bhapter, Nirma University organized a seminar on acquainting the students of 2nd and 4th semesters with the basic outline of the highly competitive test, CAT, the entrance test for majority of the business schools in India. The seminar was conducted on April 11, 2011 from 4 pm to 6 pm. About 60 students of first and second year attended the seminar.
Mr. Jagdeep Vaishnav, (CAT activist) was the orator for the day.Apart from his multitudinous achievements in various fields, Mr. Vaishnav has also been a columnist for the Education Times, a weekly newsletter by The Times Of India, writing the greatly acclaimed column called CATALYSIS which includes mind-boggling questions for any layman. These questions have helped many to prepare for the highly anticipated CAT.
The seminar was highly stimulating and was met with a great response from the audience present.

Paper Tech

A two day lecture series under the name of papertech was organized by IEEE Student Branch, Institute Of Technology, Nirma University on 15-16th March, 2011. On the first day, from 9.00 to 11.00 a.m., a lecture was conducted by Mr. Dhaval Pujara and Mr. S.C.Vora , who are faculties at Institute of Technology, Nirma University, and are also senior members of IEEE. It was attended by 60 students of 2nd semester of the undergraduate B.Tech program offered at the university. The lecture was an introduction to writing a technical paper-a research paper or a review paper at various levels, namely a conference, or for a journal. It consisted of the basic format that is expected of a technical paper and the process involved in publishing it for a journal or presenting it at a conference.
The seminar was highly enlightening, stimulating, interesting and a huge success.

Orientation Session

A presentation on IEEE and its benefit was given by Branch Executives to first year students.

Hardware Hacks

IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University organized a workshop on on July 30, 2011 on acquainting the students with the hardware of the computer systems, their arrangement in a compact laptop, dis-assembling and re-assembling them. A total of 140 students of first, second, third and fourth year attended the seminar. The speakers of the event were Mr.Prunesh Patel from e4sys pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Santosh Chauhan from Krunal software.
The students learned how to remove the different hardware parts of the laptops and the process done to repair them. The speakers also invited the questions from the students regarding the troubles in their own computers and solved them with satisfactory solutions, gave an overview about the rates of each component and their latest and widely used versions. Lastly the students also approached the stage and observed each hardware components themselves. A quiz on Computer Hardware was also organized.

TECHNODYSSEY ’ 11

IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University organized a 2 day National Symposium “TECHNODYSSEY 11” on 23-24th September 2011 at Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

An overview of Technodyssey 2011:

Technodyssey is the annual flagship event of IEEE Student Branch of Nirma University. It had the event theme of “Forests”. The emphasis was kept more on the learning, gaining the knowledge, knowing about upcoming things and hence there were 3 different workshops, Paper Presentation, Quiz and Debate competition. The event descriptions are as follows:-

Workshop on 3D Game Development and Flash [23-24th September]

The workshop on 3D GAME DEVELOPMENT was conducted by Mr. Jitender and Mr. Dhananjay from ROBOSAPIENS, Delhi.Mr. Jitender taught the participants the basic concepts of Modeling, Animation and then concepts of developing a Game in software named MAYA. It was an interactive session where students asked enough questions and on the whole everybody enjoyed along with the process of learning. There were theory and practical session, alternatively. Mr. Dhananjay continuously guided the students and helped them with the practical approach. There were in all 20 participants and their feedback about the workshop was very positive.

Workshop on 3D Photography [24th September]

The workshop was conducted by Mr. Hitesh Gusani and Mr.Rahul Khanna from 3D India, Mumbai. 3D India is company from Mumbai which gives Training to students and also works in manycompanies to give 3D effects.It teaches us to convert 2D photo to 3D photo.It has trained and experienced faculties across many cities in India.

Workshop on Web Development using DRUPAL [23-24th September]

It was organized by Mr. Sunil Kumar Vishwakarma and Mr. Harish Saxena from i3indya Technologies, New Delhi. Topics covered: Introduction to CMS world, essential DRUPAL modules, multimedia functionalities, SEO and Google analytics and social media marketing.

Paper presentation [24th September]

Paper Presentation competition was conducted with great zeal and enthusiasm in Technodyssey 2011. This was a National level Paper Presentation competition organized for students of all over the nation with a theme of ‘Advancing Technology for Humanity’. There were a total of 29 Participant teams who came up with innovative and research work papers out of which 10 teams were selected for the final presentation. The honorable judges of the event were Dr J. G Jamnani, Electrical Department, Nirma University and Mr. Shibu Pillae, Chemical Department, Nirma University. The paper presentation event was successful in creating awareness among the students about emerging research topics in Engineering and also encouraged them to develop newer technologies.

QUIZ competition[24th September]

The quiz was conducted in two phases. In the first phase an online quiz was conducted on September 21st . Another elimination phase was carried out offline on September 22nd . The selected participants appeared in the second phase, which was an offline quiz conducted in the campus based on the general knowledge and presence of mind of the participants. In total 76 participants took part in this event.

Debate competition [24th September]

The Debate competition comprised of a presentation on the topic followed by questioning round which was compulsory for all the other teams to fetch a good score. There were a total of 6 teams comprising of 12 participants. The teams were judged by Mrs. Richa Sharma, Humanities department, Nirma Universit

Board Handover 2011

IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University prepped up its annual board handover tradition with a presentation session along with the interview process. The theme of the presentations was "How will you create Brand IEEE Vibrant"? Students who had applied for various posts in the board were required to present their views on the then current situation of student branch and affinity group and what their vision for the upcoming year was. Students presented some flaws and suggested solutions to the same which are being implemented in the coming year. Also during the board handover, the newly appointed members were initiated to the IEEE Code of Ethics by seniors who read them out loud.

Sampark '12

Sampark ‘12, an annual meet of all IEEE student branches across Gujarat, provided an ultimate networking platform for the young engineering students to interact with their counterparts studying at different colleges, to share and gain knowledge of advancing technologies and become aware of the current scenarios of technology. IEEE, Student Branch, Nirma University, hosted Sampark 2012, at Science City, Ahmedabad, with the theme of Youth Engagement in Science. A total of eight colleges participated in the event including GCET, DDIT, DAIICT, LDRP, UVPCE, Marwadi Institute, Gardi Vidyapeeth and the host, Nirma Institute of Technology. This year the event had an astounding participation of about 180 students from these colleges.

Orientaeion

SB Meeeting

In order to introduce new members to WIE and its culture, a General Body Meeting was organized and it fulfilled our aim of discussing the authorities and responsibilities of each member, planning the future events as well as it served as a checkpoint for our tentative preparation of various events. Some of the major meetings were conducted for planning the entire STAR Activity, WIECON’12 and Radiance’12.

During this meeting,
a. The organizational structure of "Enlightening the Future" was decided and appropriately divided into proper modules. The volunteers were grouped into teams for preparing the presentations, collecting the necessary apparatus for practical models and hand-on experiments. The members were made aware of the seriousness of the job allocated, how important it was to themselves realize the importance of engineering which would help to pursue the students later. While the final team of speakers was being selected through an interview, simultaneously the efforts to contact school authorities were undertaken. The entire modules were then arranged and perfected via practice and adequate supervision.
b. For Radiance'12 and WIECON'12, allocation of coordinators and volunteers into various departments like Marketing, Administration, Human Resource and Development, Web Development etc was carried out after thorough exploration. The other tasks of monitoring deadlines, getting new feedbacks on timely basis and implementing them, creating backup plans etc for these state level events were efficiently carried out.

Through the GATE

Seminar on GATE Examination, its preparation and scope of masters in India for second and third year students

Radiance'12

SIXTHSENZ ROBOTICS WORKSHOP

IEEE Nirma University presented India’s first “SixthSenz Botz” vision robotics workshop designed by the TEAM ARK. In this workshop, we had tried to interface digital world with physical world. It was a two day workshop organized on 31st August and 1st September.. Technologies that were used:

Arduino:

Arduino was an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It was intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. For processing of the images, we used a tool known as MATLAB, which is widely used in industries. Workshop Kit Content: Kits were provided in a group of 5 people. The workshop was a complete hands-on session. All the necessary components required for the workshop was provided with the workshop kit.

Search Engine optimization:

The basic of reason for conducting this workshop was : “The basic principles of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) best practice are well-established and well-known to many. But to succeed in the competitive arena of Google's natural listings, you have to gain an edge by using advanced, ethical SEO techniques which are not subject to the search engine's spam filter.” An industry expert led this two-day workshop, reviewing attendees' existing optimisation approaches, analytics and tools against their top-performing competitors and best practice.

QUIZORANG

An online quiz was conducted consisting of general knowledge questions. The participants had to answer those questions within the given span of time. All the rounds were conducted online.

PAPER PRESENTATION

This event had always strived to bring out new researches going on around the world. Not that it introduces us to new and innovative projects and researches but also encourages us to bring out new ideas that could be helpful to solve the present day problems. The theme of the event was Advancing Technology for Humanity.

DECIRCUIT

Circuits are present in every part of the life. In near future one can find circuits implemented inside the body too. Study of circuit and debugging is utter necessity. The competition here showed some of the real problems where usually either the circuit designers do mistakes or its the testing department committing errors. The DeCircuit competition was divided into two rounds. First round was a written elimination round. The second round consisted of debugging the error in the circuit provided.

3D PHOTOGRAPHY

This unique competition was meant to let the participants show their creativity, imagination, along with their technical skills and present their best collection of 3D photographs to compete in this 3D world. The most voted 3D photograph was the winner of the competition.

IEEE Xtreme Session

This session was aimed to give overview of IEEEXtreme competition to the IEEE Student members.

Board Handover 2012

IEEE Student Branch, Nirma University continued its annual board handover tradition with a presentation session along with the interview process. The theme of the presentations was "How will you create Brand IEEE Vibrant"? Students who had applied for various posts in the board were required to present their views on the then current situation of student branch and affinity group and what their vision for the upcoming year was.
Students presented some flaws and suggested solutions to the same which are being implemented in the coming year. One of them being increased interactions among the team members for better flow of ideas and smooth functioning of the club by increasing the frequency of meetings from once a month to a regular of twice a month and sometimes even more in case of planning events. Also during the board handover, the newly appointed members were initiated to the IEEE Code of Ethics by seniors who read them out loud.

General board meeting

A General Board Meeting was conducted to tentatively decide layouts for new agendas and how the various events will be scheduled this year.
The idea of "WIE SAY" was decided to be implemented and volunteers were grouped into teams to prepare the list of women to be interviewed, questions to be asked and how the documentation will be carried out.
Board decided to continue achieving the aim of sharing knowledge and spreading awareness by keeping the ball rolling and conduct the star activities with same zeal.
Moreover, various workshops and seminars were planned and groups were formed for proper implementation. Photoshop workshop was planned (and has been implemented successfully.)
Ideas for various competitions were introduced. Quizyber (which is now to be organized on 6th April,2013) was tentatively planned.
The meeting also witnessed the new board sharing a variety of new ideas and opinions as they embarked on this journey with fresh enthusiasm and carrying forward the vision and mission of IEEE.

Session on IEEE benefits for student members

In order to introduce new members to IEEE and its culture, an informative session was organized and which covered the following aspects :
Information about the online digital information available..discussions on memberNet and IEEE explore etc.
Details regarding the scholarships available. Also the award opportunities available for all IEEE student members.
The session also included the introduction to Gujarat State Student Network (SSN). The various contact authorities were mentioned. The advantages of being an active member of SSN were discussed. Altogether, it was an interesting lecture to make the new members feel happy about their decision of joining IEEE and current members becoming aware of more opportunities available in this domain.

Meet with the Founding Chairperson of IEEE Nirma University