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IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode REPORT 2020
JANUARY 2020
POSTER DESIGNING SESSION
IEEE SB of Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a poster designing session
CANVA on 28th
January 2020 from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. The session was handled by Athul Raj V,
technical cordinator of our SB. 17 students attended the session which included 15 IEEE and 2 non
IEEE members and the session was conducted free of cost. The main aim was to ensure that all
students could design a poster on their own and covered various features to design a poster.
SCRATCH SESSION
IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode in association with National Service Scheme conducted a programming
session on “SCRATCH” at Bilathikulam LP School, West hill, Kozhikode, Kerala on 26th
January
2020. Athul Raj V, technical cordinator of IEEE SB GECK introduced the fun of scratch
programming among the students. The students were excited to know more about scratch. The
session was lively and there were queries from the part of students and all of them co-operated
well.It was a helpful session for the students and they demanded for more such classes.
FEBRUARY 2020
APTITUDE TEST
An aptitude test was conducted by IEEE SB GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE,
KOZHIKODE on February 14th 2020 from 1-1:30pm. The event was held in the IEEE room and
aimed to create a platform for the students to have familiarisation in the pattern of an aptitude test.
20 IEEE members took part in the event. AVIN AJI of first year (AE & I) bagged the first position.
The feedback for the event was enquired and the participants wanted to have the event on a regular
basis. And thus we planned to have the event at least twice a month. Overall the event was a blissful
one and the participants had the complete satisfaction regards to the event
CANCER QUIZ
IEEE SB of Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted an online cancer quiz on
4th February 2020, Cancer day. The program began at 1pm and lasted till 1.15 pm. 31 students
participated in the quiz out of which 23 were IEEE members and 8 were NON-IEEE members. First
place was awarded to Arya Vijay of 6th semester Electronics and Communication Engineering and
second place to Lakshmi.P of 6th semester electronics and communication engineering.
VENUS QUIZ
IEEE SB of Govt Engineering College Kozhikode conducted a Picture quiz on 26th February
2020.This was conducted as a Pre-event of Venus. The duration of the quiz was 30 minutes. With
15 participants gathered at the venue, Simulation lab AEI block, the event was commenced by
12.50pm.Entry was free of cost. Students had to identify pictures of 10 renowned women provided
a short description of their achievement. The winner was Akshaya Das P from 4th semester applied
electronics and instrumentation engineering.
SEMINAR COMPETITION
A seminar competition was held by the IEEE SB Government engineering College Kozhikode, on
27th February 2020 at the EDUSAT ROOM from 1:00pm. The event was conducted in association
with KSEB Engineers Association.The event was open to all (IEEE and NON -IEEE). The
participants participated as a group. And they were selected to the next round. The judgement was
done by a group of engineers from KSEB .The topic of the competition was Power system
resilience- Strategies in Kerala Perspective. This event was a great experience for the participants
and they had a discussion session where the participants were asked questions by the judges.
INDUSTRIAL TECH TALK
IEEE SB Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a technical talk on the topic
LATEST TRENDS IN IT INDUSTRY AND PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES on 4th
February
2020. The session was handled by Mr. Anoop Kumar Chenayil, senior project manager at QBURST
Technologies.
Around 30 students attended the talk which began at 4.30pm and lasted till 5.30pm.Session was free
of cost and mainly focused on the latest trends in IT field and also gave certain tips to remember
while preparing for placements.Students found the talk very useful and it was a great success.
MARCH 2020
TECHSORTIUM- TECH QUIZ
IEEE SB Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a Technical quiz on 6th
march 2020 as preliminary for TECHSORTIUM 2020. The program was organised in the EDUSAT
room which began at 1.30pm and lasted till 2.15 pm. 26 students participated in the quiz and all of
them were IEEE members. 2 students were selected as winners and nominated for higher levels.
SPECTRUM TALK
IEEE SB of Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a spectrum talk on 9th
march 2020. The talk was handled by an Vineetha Varma, Secretary, IEEE SB GECK on the topic
“Restoring the human touch”. The session began at 1pm in the EDUSAT room and lasted for about
20 minutes.23 IEEE members participated in the talk. The talk was open to all including NON IEEE
members and it explained on how to restore the sensation of a lost limb using Haptic technology.
APRIL 2020
POSTER DESIGNING COMPETITION
IEEE SB of GEC Kozhikode had conducted a poster making competition as part of the online
activities during lockdown due to global pandemic COVID-19.The entry period was from 07-04-
2020 to 14-4-2020. The competition was conducted on the topic “Quarantine Days” and the
competition was open for all including non-IEEE members. Received 4 entries which were posted
on Instagram page of SB . The winner was selected on the basis of number of likes and overall
quality of the poster. The chosen winner was Aswin Krishna of 1st year Electronics and
Communication department. The winner was awarded cash prize of Rs.200
QUARANTINE QUIZ - PHASE1
IEEE SB of Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted an online quiz competition
on April 8th
2020. It was a 10 minute quiz, scheduled from 4 pm to 4 30 pm.
The game code was given prior to the competition .
Total number of participants were 90 including 12 IEEE members from various .There was no
participation fee .The winner of the quiz is Yadu Krishnan from GEC Kozhikode and will be
awarded with a Certificate. It was conducted in a way to ensure that students could do something
interesting as well as learn something out of it .This quarantine fun activity have boasted the
enthusiastic spirit among the participants.
INTRODUCTION TO JAVA WEBINAR SERIES IEEE SB GECK has organised a 16 day long 8 webinar sessions starting from 10/04/2020 till
26/04/2020. Event was handled by Abhilash K, software developer at QBURST who is also our
alumni.Event mainly covered basic java programming.Event was conducted free of cost exclusively
for IEEE members.The medium for online session was ZOOM. 16 students participated and
certificates were issued.
QUARANTINE QUIZ PHASE 2
IEEE SB GEC, Kozhikode has organised the second phase of “Quarantine Fun Online Quiz
Competition”, on 15 April, from 4-4.30pm.The quiz was conducted online mode , with the help of
“Quizziz" app. The quiz mainly dealt with technical aspects, aiming at improving the technical
knowledge among the students. There were 32 participants in total. Aravind Krishna of S4
Mechanical, secured the first position. Participants reviewed that the quiz was interesting and
helpful at improving the knowledge.
WORLD HEMOPHILIA DAY QUIZ
IEEE SB GEC KOZHIKODE conducted an awareness and fun quiz online quiz event on the 17th of
April 2020 observed as World Haemophilia Day.
The event was made a great success with active participation of students from GEC Kozhikode as
well as other colleges. More than 77 students participation was recorded . The winner was selected
by the system based on the most number of correct answers and the fast answering. Three winners
were selected . First place was secured by Yadukrishnan , S4 ECE , GEC Kozhikode , second place
was secured by Vrindha Mohanan of S2 ECE , GEC Kozhikode and the third position was secured
by Jishnu from Govt. College of Engineering Kannur. The event being purely and encouragement to
the students at a remorse days like this , was congratulated .
EXECOM TRAINING
IEEE SB of Government engineering college Kozhikode organised an online Executive Committee
(ExeCom) training session on 18th
April 2020 at 8pm. The session was handled by Mini Ulanat,
Chair-WIE affinity group IEEE Kerala section. The session lasted for one hour attended by all the
ExeCom members. It was a combined session for GEC Kozhikode and College of Engineering
Vadakara. The class mainly focused on informing all the members what their roles are and how to
run the SB successfully.
INTRODUCTION TO HUMANOID ROBOTICS
IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode has conducted a webinar on Introduction to humanoid robotics on 23-04-
2020. Webinar was handled by Solomon Staby, SR IEEE Malabar Hub.The session was hosted on
google meet with a participation count of 40 members. The session mainly dealt with basic topics
on humanoid robotics, introduced Sophia Robot to the audience.
LATEX WEBINAR
IEEE SB of Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a webinar on the topic
‘THE LATEX PROJECT ‘on 27th
April 2020 at 8.00pm. 60 students attended the session which
was exclusively for IEEE members. The class was handled by Dr Hari CV , assistant professor of
AE&I Rajagiri SET. This one hour session mainly covered the basics of LATEX.
MAY 2020 QUARANTINE QUIZ PHASE 3 IEEE SB GECK Conducted the "QUARANTINE FUN QUIZ COMPETITION" on 9th May 2020
at 4.30 pm .It was a 30 minutes quiz with a total of 25 questions, the quiz gave emphasis on
technology with a little fun element. The phase 3 of the series was warmly greeted by the students
with 49 participants among which over 26 were IEEE members.The winners were selected based on
their accuracy in answering. The first place was bagged by Abin of S2 AE GECK ,second place by
Amsu Krishnan of S4 EC GECK and third by Nejiya Nesrin of S4 AE GECK.The opportunity
provided by this platform to make this quarantine time productive was appreciated .
LOGO QUIZ
IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode conducted “LOGO QUIZ” on 15th may 2020. The event was scheduled
for 8 P.M in the “Quizziz” platform. Participants were counted to be 103 which included 87 IEEE
members and 15 non-IEEE members. This online quiz was conducted to test knowledge of students
on various brands logos. Students were asked to identify various brands using logos and hints
provided. A total of 25 questions were there .
PPT MAKING COMPETITION
The IEEE SB of Government Engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a pose point
presentation making competition on behalf of the World Telecommunication Day observed on
17/05/2020. The rules and regulations of the competition were published on 14/05/2020 with
17/05/2020 being the deadline. Out of the 18 students who registered 10 of them were shortlisted
before the deadline. 2 were IEEE members. There was no participation fee. The best of two
presentations were selected. The winners were APARNA M.S and Vishnu Muraleedharan from
GECK. The winners as well as the participants will be awarded with certificates. It was conducted
to boost the ideas of students about their vision on the telecom industry. They could analyse how to
tackle the problems faced by the industry in the post-COVID-19 scenario. Moreover it was a
quarantine productive activity.
LOGO QUIZ A Logo Quiz was conducted online, under IEEE SB GECK chapter on 20/05/2020 to test
knowledge of students on various brands and its logos. Out of 120 students registered only 87
participated .There were no participation fees. Students were asked to identify various brands using
logos and hints provided within the given time limit. A total of 25 questions were there. The first
three positions were bagged by Roshith M (Gec- Wayanad), Thejus Krishna (Gec- Kannur) and
Amal Prabhakaran of(Gec- Kozhikode).Winners will be provided with certificates.
“Hey Google ,is that your doodle” Quiz
IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode conducted the ‘Hey Google, is that your Doodle ’quiz on 25th
May 2020
at 5pm. As anticipated, the event witnessed vehement participation from more than 30 students who
put their heart and soul into making this event a grand success. Retrospecting the quiz, it had a total
of 15 questions with each question having a timer set for 20 seconds. As far as the questions are
considered, we received mixed reactions from students with some quoting it as “hard”. It’s rightly
said that, winners are the ones who commit a mistake less than the other participants. Many facets
like accuracy, unattempted questions etc. differentiated the victors from other participants. Owing
to these factors, the first position was bagged by Anagha Sudheer of S2 CHE, the first runner-up
position was bagged by Amsu Krishnan of S4 ECE and the second runner-up position was secured
by Sreesanth T P of S4 AE&I.
SPOT CARTOON CONTEST IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode has conducted a spot cartoon contest on 25-05-2020. Event was hosted
on the topic “Maharashtra Train Incident: Freight train runs over migrants sleeping on tracks”. 15
students participated out of which 4 were IEEE members . After final judgment First, second and
third positions were bagged by Nanma James, Haifa C and Vishnu Hari respectively.
POWER ELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING DEVICES
WEBINAR IEEE SB of Government engineering college Kozhikode had conducted a one-hour lecture on the
topic “POWER ELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING DEVICES” on 23 may 2020
at 6:30pm. The session was handled by Devika Muraleedharan, joint secretary SPS SB MESCE.
The session was made free of cost and it provided a great opportunity for students to utilise the lock
down days. 50 students including IEEE as well as non-IEEE became a part of the wonderful
session. The session mainly focused on power electronics and their divisions, BJT, IGBT,
MOSFETs etc. It was of course beneficial for all semesters including the 1st years. The lecture did
really provide an opportunity for students to restore their knowledge and to expose more
about
power electronics. The students too gave wonderful feedbacks on the session.
WEB DEVELOPMENT SERIES IEEE SB GECK has organised a 7 day session on web development from 28-05-2020 to 4-07-2020.
Sessions were handled by Feny Roy,Webinar Team Coordinator, IEEE India Council SCT. Event
was conducted on google meet with participation count of 40 members.Session covered topics
including basics of HTML, CSS, Javascript and Web hosting. Participants also engaged themselves
in hosting their own portfolio websites and in developing a quiz interface with the topics learned so
far.
JUNE 2020
LET’S LEARN GITHUB IEEE SB Government engineering College Kozhikode had conducted a one hour lecture on the
topic “ Let’s Learn GitHub” on 12 June 2020 at 7.00 pm. The session was handled by Akarsh
Ashok, DSC lead, Web Master at IEEE R10 SAC, Chair of IEEE CS SBC NSSCE, Technical Co-
ordinator OF IEEE CS Kerala Chapter. The session was very useful for the upcoming programmers
and programming lovers and developers. 41 members including IEEE and non-IEEE members
became a part of this wonderful session. The session helps us to deal with GitHub, it’s vast areas,
how to deal with files etc. It was beneficial for all those, who are seeking a new possibility for their
programming life. It also helps students to explore more about GitHub and also restore their
knowledge. The students were very active during the session and also they gave wonderful
feedback on session.
DESIGN A LOGO
IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode called for a logo for SB on 22-06-2020. Event received
several logo as entries and Nadeem E of S4 Civil was awarded first prize and cash
prize of INR 300.
Voice –WIE : Dimensions to checkout. IEEE WIE SB Affinity Group of Government Engineering College , Calicut on 23-06-2020
organised an event - "VOICE" , Dimensions To Checkout , speaker Sona Thadevus , Secretary ,
IEEE SB MITS as a part of Women In Engineering Day Celebration on the 23rd of June 2020 at
7pm(IST) . WIE AG GECK received approval on June 16th
, hence the event was considered a pre-
inaugural event. The talk mainly focused on the past, present and future of women in engineering.
She also introduced WIE to the new campus.
JULY 2020
IEEE IAS SBC INAUGURATION Inauguration of IAS SB Chapter of Government Engineering College Kozhikode was done by Dr. George
Zissis, President IAS, on 1st July 2020 remotely. The programme was conducted using the Webex platform.
The programme started at 7 PM IST by an introduction speech about the IAS GECK chapter by Mr Athul
Raj V, Chair. The welcome address was delivered by Dr. Bijuna Kunju, Chair IA/IE/PELS Jt.Chapter
Kerala. Dr. George Zissis, in his inaugural address, briefed about the IAS and its activities. He elaborated on
the benefits of possessing an IAS membership and urged all to join the IAS family.Prof Wei-Jen Lee,
President Elect IAS delivered the keynote address .He also highlighted on the topic “Bridging and Leading
the Emerging Technologies” . It was followed by felicitations by Ms. Sarada Jayakrishnan, Chair IEEE
Kerala section. She elaborated on the activities of IEEE Kerala section .Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr
Bindima T, Advisor IAS SBC GECK. The programme was coordinated by Ms. Anamika Pisharody, an
active member of the SB.Peter Magyar, IAS Director of CMD IAS also attended the ceremony . The
programme came to an end at 8.30 PM IST
NOTION EXCHANGE NOTION EXCHANGE, the idea pitching competition, was the first event conducted by IAS
chapter of IEEE SB GECK on July 6, 2020. The event was coordinated by Vishnu Muraleedharan
and Robin Rajeev Daniel and was exclusively for students of GECK. 38 students including 9 IEEE
members took part in the competition. The topic given to the participants was to express their ideas
regarding how to dispose the used sanitary kits safely and effectively. Rashmi R Shenoi of S2 ECE
was selected as the winner for her ideas which included the idea of designing eco friendly masks,
biodegradable plastic kits and incineration techniques.
GADGET BUZZ IAS IEEE SB GECK conducted a Gadget Buzz quiz on tech on July 8, 2020 at 5.00pm. This quiz
was conducted exclusively for GECK students, all IEEE and non-IEEE members. Total 30
participants were there. There were no participation fees. The topic for the quiz was 'Induction
Motor'. Total 20 questions were given.The time limit for the quiz was 30 minutes. The first 3
positions were bagged by Antony Prasad, Vishnu Muraleedharan, Krishna Rajeev
SCRIPTORS Celebrating the World Population Day , the population attribute to the present pandemic havoc
cannot be neglected. WIE Affinity Group GECK on 8/07/2020 hosted a technical paper writing
competition on behalf of World Population Day. Topic - Population Surveillance - Pandemic
Prevention or Data Mining Entries were restricted to be in pdf format and a maximum of 3 pages.
Participants submitted their entries via mail to the official mail of IEEE SB GECK. Last date of
submission was extended from 12th July to 18th July. Competition was open for both IEEE and
Non IEEE members.
INAUGURATION – WIE Affinity Group GEC Kozhikode Government Engineering College , Kozhikode with delight announced and conducted the official
inauguration of IEEE WIE Student Branch Affinity Group on the 21st of July , 7.00 PM (IST) ,
platform – Google Meet. We were joined by eminent dignitaries from across the world to fill our
occasion with lots of energy and inspiration. It was an honor to have Prof. Bozena Pasik Duncan ,
Former Chair , IEEE WIE 2018 panel as our Chief Guest and Ms. Emi YANO as our Guest of
Honor. The event commenced at 7.10 PM was started by giving a short introduction on the history
of our Student Branch by one of our Volunteer. Our beloved SB counselor, also the educational
activities chair, IEEE Malabar Subsection, Dr.Bindima T addressed the gathering with her welcome
speech. The inaugural address following the welcome address by our Chief Guest emphasized on
the importance of affinity groups like WIE in bringing women to the fore front. Ms. Emy YANO
addressed the session in keynote enlightening everyone regarding the activities and benefits of
being the member of WIE . Ms.Mini Ulanat , Chair , IEEE WIE Kerala Section felicitated the
occasion. Anamika Pisharody ,Chair , WIE Affinity Group , GEC Kozhikode delivered the vote of
thanks and presented a virtual memento as a token of happiness and appreciation to the special
invited guests.
COLOSSEO
• SPECTRUM PARLEY
• On 25/07/2020 IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode in association with its IAS SBC and WIE Affinity
Group presented the much awaited Spectrum Parley. This event refers to a spectrum talk
competition where you can showcase your effective communication skills. The spectrum talk was
evaluated by our beloved SB counsellor Dr. Bindima T and Prof Rashid Ummer of GECK. It was
an exclusive event for IEEE students of GECK. The entire SB was divided into four teams
namely CAELLA, VEGA, RIGEL, and SIRIUS which in turn competed against each other.
• SCAVENGER HUNT On 26/07/2020 IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode in association with its IAS SBC and WIE Affinity Group
presented the much awaited SCAVENGER HUNT. The event gave an opportunity to appraise the
programming knowledge and skills of its participants. The task was to examine and then
debug/complete the given codes. It was an exclusive event for IEEE students of GECK. The entire
SB was divided into four teams namely CAPELLA, VEGA, RIGEL, and SIRIUS which in turn
competed against each other
• CROSS-SWORDS On 27/07/2020 IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode in association with its IAS SBC and WIE Affinity Group
presented the much awaited CROSS SWORDS. This event was solving a cross word puzzle. It was
an individual task to fill up the ups and downs of the puzzle reading the clues provided. It was an
exclusive event for IEEE students of GECK. The entire SB was divided into four teams namely
CAELLA, VEGA,RIGEL ,SIRIUS which in turn competed against each other
• IDEA HUNT
On 28/07/2020 IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode in association with its IAS SBC and WIE Affinity Group
presented the much awaited IDEA HUNT. Idea Hunt was an ideation competition, where the
problem statement given had to be resolved within 24 hours of announcement of the same. 24
hours to submit the abstract of the idea or product came up with as the solution which was followed
by 5 minutes pitching round to convey idea/product convincingly to the spectators and judges from
4pm IST on the platform Google Meet. Our beloved student branch counsellor Dr. Bindima T and
Harikrishnan sir evaluated the groups through idea validation, presentation and viva. It was an
exclusive event for IEEE students of GECK. The entire SB was divided into four teams namely
CAELLA, VEGA, RIGEL, and SIRIUS which in turn competed against each other
BRAIN TRIVIA
On 29/07/2020 IEEE SB GEC Kozhikode in association with its IAS SBC and WIE Affinity Group
presented the much awaited CROSS SWORDS. This event was a quiz with very intriguing
questions to crack! There was a total of 14 questions which were to be solved within 25 minutes. It
was an exclusive event for IEEE students of GECK. The entire SB was divided into four teams
namely CAELLA, VEGA, RIGEL, and SIRIUS which in turn competed against each other
Career options and opportunities for Electronics Engineering graduatesIEEE SB
GECK in association with its IAS SBC and WIE Affinity group conducted a webinar session :
"Carrier options and opportunities for electronics engineering graduates" on 31/07/2020 handled by
Mr. Renjit , Mtech Biomedical Engineering, B.E E&TC, having 18 years of experience in HW/
Product design . It was a one hour session from 6PM IST , conducted on the platform – Google
Meet.
AUGUST 2020
WORDPRESS IEEE SB Geck in association with WIE AG conducted a webinar on the topic “Wordpress",on Aug
9th 2020.Webinar was taken by webmaster RS Nithin ,IEEE YP R 10.It was a very nice session
according to the feedback we received.Session ended nearby 8 p.m.
INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT , A ROADMAP FOR
EXCELLENCE IN INDUSTRY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Webinar:IEEE
IAS SBC GECK had conducted a webinar on the topic INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT , A ROADMAP FOR EXCELLENCE IN INDUSTRY AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP which was handled by Lucia Pia Toress, the robotean program manager
from IEEE WIE Argentina. The program was held on 20 August 2020 at 6.30 p m via Google meet
and lasted till 7.45 pm. The webinar was to discuss the effective ways and tools for being a
successful entrepreneur.Topics like globalization and industrial revolution too were discussed in the
session. She also talked about the changes and chances that might occur in the industrial world after
COVID 19 pandemic and some innovative measures that can be taken care of during this
situation.There were 55 registrants among which 52 took part in the event. The event was organised
by Aravind VS and was coordinated by Robin Rajeev Daniel and Vishnu Muraleedharan.
GOOGLER QUIZ IEEE SB GECK in association with WIE affinity group and IAS SBC had conducted an online quiz
competition titled 'GOOGLER' on 26 August 2020 at 5.00PM.The event was coordinated by
members of team RIGEL and was an open event. 117 students from various colleges registered for
the quiz and 59 students took part in the competition. The quiz was one of a special kind that had 15
questions arranged in a form which gives more priority to pictures and lasted for 30 minutes.The
quiz mainly focused on the googling ability as well as the ability of the participant to reach the
solution by connecting different images. Reuben Thomas Peter from College of engineering
Trivandrum secured the first position followed by Sandra P P and Nayza Thasneem from LBS
institute of technology, Trivandrum securing second and third positions respectively. Overall, the
Googler was really a great success and thereby became another event that highlighted the name of
IEEE SB GECK in front of other colleges. WOMEN EQUALITY DAY QUIZ COMPETITION WIE Affinity group of IEEE SB GECK organised a Women equality day quiz competition on 27
th
Aug 2020 at 7pm. A total of 76 students participated in the quiz from various colleges across the
state. This 15 minute quiz was open for all covering 10 question based on important female
personalities across the world. A list of students who have secured high scores has been finalised to
participate in the next level of the quiz. Students came across a lot of female personalities who
broke the norms and perspectives regarding women in the world.