HOD Speak

Dear Readers,

I welcome you all to this issue of Insight. In the last se-mester our department has undergone the NBA compliance visit. The highlights were focus on research work and funded projects done by the department. The department faculty are constantly working towards such opportunities and we are also getting re-sponses from reputed organizations like TIFR, BARC and IIT for collaborative projects. As a new initiative, faculty from the depart-ment are developing conceptual videos for the students, which will be useful for them for remembering important concepts from different domains in the Electronics Engineering stream. Through our interactions with the industry personnel, we have got a novel idea of running a 100 % theory, 100% practical concept, where

equal weightage is given to theory and laboratory practices, which makes a true engineering education environment. The department has seen a decline in the number of placements for the graduating batch of 2018-19. However students are now focussing on starting up some technical activity on their own. Such initiatives are appreciated and encouraged. Our alumni bonds are becoming stronger as the number visiting the campus is increasing. We wish that the alumni cell activities will be driven by some of them soon. On the academic front, stu-dents should note that there is a change in the examination schedule by the university and it is the need of the hour that they must study regularly with full attendance. This will help them prepare for the exams. Wishing All the Best and Welcome to the New Academic year 2019-20

Inside this

Issue

Faculty Profile

Prof. Rajashree Soman

Prof. Vivek Patkar

Industrial Visit Student Internship Nature Lover’s Cor-

ner

The Past Perfect

- Abhay Valsangkar

Student Achievements

Guest Talk by Mr. Umesh Sathe

DAB Meet,Mr. Umesh sathe

Department updates

Upcoming Events

Expert Talk

- Mr.Yogesh Hudale

Alumni– Mr.Rehan Sonarkar

Student Speak

– Aditya Sawant

Scan and get linked with ETRX Newsletter

Dr. Anjali Deshpande

Head of Electronics Department

Secrets of Research

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

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INSIGHT Department of Electronics Engineering

1 April-

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Visit to International Exhibition & Conference on

“Smart Home Technology & Home Automation”

Department of Electronics Engineering had arranged a visit to smart Home expo India’s first ever International B2B exhibition and conference on Smart Home Technology, Internet of things (IoT) enabled solutions & Home Automation products etc. Dr. Anjali Deshpande, Prof. Amaya Pethe & Prof. Geetha Narayanan visited this exhibition on 29th May 2019 at Nehru Centre Worli. The highlights were Water Tank Monitoring and Control Unit, Water Consumption Analysis, Steam , sauna Jacuzzi solutions, Smart toilets, sensor enabled shower, bathtub. Lighting control system, Curtain & window system, Air conditioning system, Multi media and broadcast system, Garage & Parking system, Light control and home appli-ance system. Home cabling and Network setup, door & window control system.This visit gave an opportunity to explore the technologies and products from 100 plus companies. Smart Home Expo provides the platform to source information, gain knowledge and experi-ence breakthrough technologies and products to transform homes. The visit gave us many Projects & mini project idea such as; Curtain Motor Controller, Mobile Operated Door Lock, Electrical Wiring Safety System, Light Harvesting using Lux Sensors Home Automation using motion sensors, Home automation through Amazon Alexa, Con-verting Existing switches to smart switches without rewiring

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Name: Prof. Rajashree Soman Designation:Assistant Prof B.E: Instrumentation & Con-trol ; Pune University

M.E: Bio-Medical Instrumenta-tion ; Pune University

Indusrial Experience: 6 Mnth

Teaching Experience: 5 yrs

Area of Interest: Control sys-tem, Image processing, Optical Fiber Communication, MEMS Technology, & Design with lin-ear integrated circuits

Faculty Profile Industrial Visit to : “IMAGINARIUM”; Mumbai

Industrial visit was organized by Prof.Akshatha Bhat to "IMAGINARIUM", India's largest 3D printing company for TE students on 12/4/2019. Twelve students along with Prof. Akshatha Bhat and Prof. Ulka Padwalkar have attended the visit. Students were exposed to multiple Real Time Operating System Units such as Polyjet Printing Unit, Selective Lazer Sintering Unit, Multi Jet fusion Unit and many more. It was indeed a different learning experi-ence and exposure to our students.

Internship by Students in Various Industries

Ms.Shivani Naik did her internship at Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply & transport. She

worked in T & E department as inplant trainee; there she understood the functioning

and responsibilities of department in regards with the SCADA system. She also got brief

knowledge on activities those are carried on telephones and Radio workshop for BEST.

Students Mr.Satyam Gaikwad, Mr.Nikhil Vangule, Mr.Mehank Jadhav, Mr.Adarsh Ki-

zhakoodan went for the internship at Jawaharlal Nehru Post Trust. This internship

programme at JNPT is carried out for the duration of 2 weeks. The main aim of this in-

ternship is to provide the interns with an opportunity to

have detailed account with the operations carried out at

the port and functioning of various departments within the

port. The report contains all the information of the equip-

ments and handling procedure of JNPT. During the intern-

ship, visits were organized to various workshops and each

of the departments. Focus was given to the application of

courses like power systems, protection and switchgear,

distribution micro grids, electrical drives and machines.

Nature Lover’s Corner: Summer is a season of extreme heat accompanied by tremendous humidity in

Mumbai. But if we keep our eyes open and heart filled nature, we can see different col-

our shades blooming around. Typically starting from the month of February, the colorful

flowering trees that can be noticed around us are Red silk cotton, Tiger Claws, Flame of

the Forest, Golden Shower and finally the famous Gulmohor. In this article I am giving a

short introduction to Golden Shower tree. The Golden Shower Tree is a medium-sized

tree with deciduous leaves. The flowers are produced in pendulous racemes, with five

yellow petals of equal size and shape. The fruit is a legume, with a pungent odor and

containing several seeds. The seeds are poisonous. Also known as Amaltas, it is the

state flower of Kerala. The flowers are of ritual importance in the Vishu festival of Kerala

which is considered as the first day of Zodiac calender. In Ayurvedic

medicine, Golden Shower tree is known Aragvadha, meaning

'disease killer'. Each part of the tree is useful for many ailments. This

tree is very useful in Apiculture. It also gives excellent quality char-

coal and tannin. The leaves provide useful green manure. Amaltas is

widely planted in gardens and societies due its ornamental proper-

ties. It makes an excellent show when planted along the roads. The

adjacent picture is taken at Sanjay Gandhi national Park.

- Dr. Anjali Deshpande

Secrets of Excellence

“ Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten”

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Name:Prof. Vivek Patkar

Designation: Assistant Professsor

Qualification:

B.E– Biomedical Engg.,Mumbai University

M.E– Electronics Engg., Mum-bai University.

Teaching Experience: 03 Yrs

Area of Interest: Embedded, Machine Learning for Image Processing.

Faculty Profile

DAB Meet : On 11April 2019; Mr. Umesh Sathe

The meeting started with department presentation by our HOD Dr.Anjali Deshpande. The panel member was interested in the patent & product development by our student. The member started with discussion on PO’s & PO achievements. Business ethics are very important and students should be taught / made aware of this. He gave an exam-ple of his company “SWAGATH” which is conducted in his office for creating aware-ness. CCO from his office , the compliance officer was suggested for guest lecture on “Business Ethics”. He briefed about the compliance, why they are important in industry, how it affects the person in company. He talked about the transparency in the govern-ment projects. He also highlighted on in-house projects. IIM methods of assignment were discussed , assignment should be given in the class by students after studing , marking of presentation to be given to students. Discussing the case study in class should be considered very important. For projects multi-disciplinary topics were dis-cussed. There was suggestion for faculty internships in communications, machine learn-ing, control systems . Correlating the existing systems, signal processing , audio sensors for sound capture were also the topics suggested.

Guest Talk by Mr.Umesh Sathe on “Real life Applica-tions of Control System” Mr. Umesh Sathe has enormous experience in the field instrumentation & IOT projects using Control Systems and different types of PID Controllers which makes him the suita-ble person to give insight to the subject and attract them to the field of Control. Linear Control system being a core electronics subject the understanding of various direct ap-plications of classroom concepts becomes essential for the students of Electronics

EngineeringLecture started with a introduction to what is Control and its open and closed loop variants and how feedback and feed forward control system is the essential part in any of the large scale automation industry. He then elaborated on various types of Control systems in our day to day life. His examples ranged from boiling of milk to a turbine to medical industry. He explained the PID controllers and also gave examples of Robust and Discrete control system as part of the Advances in the field and gave a brief about IOT and sensors involved in smart cities and technology and how their control is an integral part to be learnt by every Electronic Engineer. He also explained the steps followed & involved for the execution of projects and internship opportunities in this field >he also gave an idea about renowned universities across the world specialising in Con-trol system. The lecture was attended by Dr.Anajli Deshpande, Prof. Uma Jaishankar,

Aspect’s of Progress

“ The Secret of getting Ahead is getting Started ”

Past Perfects

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ABHAY VALSANGKAR

When I entered VIT as a DSE student, I was a little Skeptical ,whether VIT would accept a Di-ploma Student & provide equal opportunities as compared to a regular student. But soon, this thought was proved wrong as VIT not only accepted me but also empowered me to explore my abilities and excel in it. As i continued my engineering jour-ney , I enjoyed and learnt a lot as a Core Student Council Mem-ber(2012), then as a General Secretary (2013-14), & as an Advisory Committee member (2015). These different roles help me develop my biggest Asset till date , My Confidence;-My thirst for Lifelong Learning lead me to complete my MBA in HR(Pune) , PGDM in Training and Develop-ment (MHRD) , Certificate Pro-grams in Training from NSDC, Govt. of India etc while learning more about Training from some of Best Trainers in the World in-cluding - Robin Sharma, Jack Canfield, Jeffrey Archer, T Harv Eker, Mac Attram & Gaur Gopal Das . I feel blessed to have re-ceived few Awards including one from our Ex President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee for securing AIR - 2 in Training & Development Pro-gramme , Entrepreneurial Excel-lence Award from Mr. Arvind Sawant, Member of Parliament & Skill Development Trainer Award from Mr. Rosha ,CEO HSBC In-dia

Student Achievements

1.Virtual Lab boot camp was or-

ganized in Gujarat University,

Ahmedabad between 9-13 Janu-

ary, 2019. A team of Mr. Ab-

hishek Singh, Mr.Abhishek Gupta

and Mr.Sainath Attarde was pre-

pared by Prof.Akshatha Bhat and

was accompanied by Prof. Manoj

Suryawanshi.

1.Dr. Anjali Deshpande oriented faculy of Mumbai University on topic “Digital Signal Processing” on behalf of Mumbai Universi-ty. The talk was organized at Rizvi COE, Mumbai. The article on this was published in Maharashtra Times on 9th July 2019.

2. An Expert talk was giv-en by Mr. Sandeep Dar-whekar from Beta Compu-tronics on faculty expertise and communication gap between student and teachers. Also certain in-ternships were suggested for students to improve

their experience in terms of real world applica-tions.

3. Dr. Sangeeta Joshi on behalf Vidyalankar Insti-tute of Technology re-ceived NAAC Consultancy for GNVS Institute. She has also arrange one day

w workshop on Accredi-tation framework of NAAC

Expert Talk by: Mr. Yogesh Hudale on “Linux on

Basic Networking”

Mr. Yogesh Hudale is Founder Telenetworks limited. The talk started with basics of

Linux and basic commands used in linux. He explained about the need for open source

operating systems. The step by step procedure for installation of Redhat Linux operat-

ing system. The implementation of basic networking commands on Linux operating sys-

tems. The simulation on the GNS3 for the basic networking topologies .

The expert talk was arranged by Prof. Pranita Padhye

Alumni Student : Mr. Rehan Sonakar “Starlife Mr. In-

dia”2nd Runner Up 2019

Rehan Sonakar was our student who pass out in the year 2017 . Rehan was a topper

student through out all semesters. He was very sincere and dedicated as student. He

had clear vision towards his life.

We are proud to see his

achievements. He recently won

prize as a second runner up for

“Starlife Mr. India” 2019. We

congratulate him for his

achievements and for his dedi-

cation towards his work.

Chief Editor - Prof. Poonam Shah, Dr. Anjali Deshpande

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Student Speak:

Hello everyone,

I am an electronics engineering student and I recently gave my 6th

semester exam. During the exams I approached each subject teach-

er for guidance for the respective subjects. The teachers were very

helpful!

VIT has taught me the true meaning of a holistic environment. Here the environment is such that it

motivates me to be better. We have all the amenities we could imagine like, V PRINT, V LIVE, Erp

etc.

The teachers helped a lot to study for my exams! They gave me their notes, solved my doubts

and helped me revise important concepts.

The teachers in this department are very qualified and experienced! They are capable of answer-

ing any doubts you have in Electronics Engineering course. They can even help you if you have

any doubts related to other engineering courses.

Life in Electronics department is very exciting for me. Even in vacations I try out different projects

under the guidance of professors. In the project I use different hardware and software and learn

how to use them and how they are used in real life. My experience in Electronics department is

something that one can only experience practically! Aditya Sawant (BE ETRX)

Department Up-

dates

Upcoming Events

1. Induction Program

2. E-yantra Courses

3. Expert Talk

4. Industrial Visit

5. Talks by Eminent

Guests

6. Updates on Faculty and

Student front.

7. Make-A-Thon and other

Events organised by

ESSA.