SARASWATI COLLEGE, SHEGAON

DEPARTMENT OF MASTER IN COMPUTER APPLICATION

VISIT TO SINGAPORE

A Educational Tour of Saraswati College, Shegaon to Singapore was arranged from 4th

October 2017

to 8th

October 2017.

Mr. Sharad Shinde, Chairman, Board of Governing Council, Saraswati College, Shegaon,

Prof. Prabhanjan Chaudhari, Asst. Professor, Saraswati College, Shegaon,

& Prof. Arnav Wadhonkar, Asst. Professor, Saraswati College, Shegaon represented Saraswati College,

Shegaon.

The 16 students of MCA department also participated in the tour. In this tour, all team members visited

following places.

1. Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

2. Department of Information & Technology, Union Bank of Switzerland, Singapore

3. NE Water Plant, Singapore

1. Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

A. About NTU - World's Top Young University

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 11th

globally (QS World University Ranking 2018). It is also the world’s top young university. The

university has colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and an

Interdisciplinary Graduate School. It also has a medical school, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine,

set up jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous entities such

as the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory

of Singapore, and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.

NTU provides a high-quality global education to about 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The student body includes top scholars and international Olympiad medallists from the region and

beyond. Hailing from 80 countries, the university's 4,300-strong faculty and research staff bring dynamic

international perspectives and years of solid industry experience.

B. About NTU-India Connect Research Internship Programme

The NTU-India Connect Research Internship Programme is a university-wide short-term research

programme that lasts for 2 to 6 months. It is initiated to enable undergraduate and graduate students

from Indian universities and institutes of higher learning to pursue their research interest at Nanyang

Technological University, Singapore (NTU). Students of this programme will work under the

supervision of NTU faculty, develop a strong research interest and expertise in a given research field,

experience multicultural living, gain a network of friends and a better understanding of Singapore.

Eligible students may be given an allowance and are expected to fulfill a minimum of 2 months research

attachment involving research project work at NTU. Student will also receive a certificate issued by

NTU-India Connect office upon completion of the programme.

C. Highlights of Visit to NTU, Singapore

Meeting with Prof. Suresh Sundaram, Co-ordinator of NTU-India Connect Internship

programme, NTU, Singapore and Prof. Arvind Easwaran, Assistant Professor, NTU, Singapore.

Mr. Sharad Shinde, Board of Governing Council, Saraswati College, Shegaon and Prof. Prabhanjan

Chaudhari had discussion with Prof. Suresh Sundaram over NTU - India Connect internship

programme. They discussed following points in meeting.

a) Internship of our students at NTU, Singapore

b) Student Exchange Programme.

Meeting with Prof. Suresh Sundaram, Co-ordinator of NTU-India Connect

Internship programme, NTU, Singapore

Meeting with Prof. Arvind Easwaran, Assistant Professor, NTU, Singapore.

We also visited to Parallel and Distributed Computing Lab of School of

Computer Science & Engineering at NTU, Singapore.

Inner premises of School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU

Singapore

At the entrance of School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU

Singapore

Inside the premises of School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU

Singapore

At the premises of School of Computer Science and Engineering, NTU

Singapore

2. Discussion Forum with Mr. Bhimappa Yaladagi, Associate Director, Union Bank of

Switzerland (UBS), Singapore and Mr. Rohit Jagdale, Associate Director, Union Bank of

Switzerland (UBS), Singapore on 6th Oct. 2017

Both have guided all the students about career opportunities in the IT sector and technical trends in IT

sector. Both of them also discussed about the working environment in the IT industry works.

With Mr. Bhimappa Yaladagi, Associate Director, UBS, Singapore.

With Mr. Rohit Jagdale, Associate Director, UBS, Singapore.

3. Visit to NE Water Plant

NE Water is the brand name given to reclaimed water produced by Singapore's Public Utilities Board.

More specifically, it is treated waste water(sewage) that has been purified using dual- membrane (via

microfiltration and reverse osmosis) and ultraviolet technologies, in addition to conventional water

treatment processes. The water is potable and is consumed by humans, but is mostly used by industries

requiring high purity water.

a) We visited NE water plant on 08th Oct 2017. And attended the informative session arranged by

NE water plant regarding how their plant works and also the introduced to the system that how

they purify the sewage water and make it drinkable.

b) They also guided about the water conservation and why reusability of water is important.

Representative of NE water plant explaining the steps included in water

purification.

RO Technology Used at NE Water Plant

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System Lab at NE Water Plant

At the premises of NE, Water Plant, Singapore