Table of ContentsIntroduction ...............................................................................................................1

Objectives................................................................................................................... 1

Tour Plan..................................................................................................................... 2

Industrial and Educational Visits in Hyderabad...........................................................2

Visit to IIT Hyderabad..............................................................................................3

Lecture on Data Mining...........................................................................................3

Lecture on Human Computer Interaction................................................................3

Introduction to laboratory equipment and their use................................................3

Eye Tracker...........................................................................................................3

Mood Detector......................................................................................................3

Suggestions and Recommendations...........................................................................4

India Tour Participants................................................................................................5

Student’s Personnel Expenditure..............................................................................13

Route Map................................................................................................................14

Conclusion................................................................................................................ 14

India Tour Photos .....................................................................................................15

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Introduction Faculties and students of Kathmandu University are encouraged to continue to learn and toimprove their capacity to serve as effective educators and to become a better engineer of thecountry. In University, educational tours are accepted as an essential part of education. As perplan, two faculty and 38 students visited different city and institutes of India from 20th ofFebruary, 2013 to 13th March, 2013. Our tour included visits to the cities of Agra, Hyderabad,Bangalore, Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and Gorakhapur respectively. It was a great opportunity to seethe technological development as well as the architectural excellence of our neighboring country,India.

ObjectivesThe following objectives were set for the Visit

• To explore the IT infrastructure and research development activities in different academicand Industries of India.

• To explore the opportunities in India in Information Technologies System.• To explore different cultures and learn about the historical development in IT• To experience the work environment of global companies.• To strengthen the bond between student and student and between faculty and students.• To have refreshment program.

Tour PlanWe have planned to visit India’s two different institutions as suggested by Prof. Partha in

Hyderbad. We selected IIIT-H and CDAC-H to visit in Hyderbad.

According to our plan we left for India on 20th Feb 2013. On 20th and 21st February due to

government employee strike on same day i.e. 20th Feb 2013 at evening we leave for Gorakhpur

and reached their around 11 p.m. During our India visit we had few railway ticked problem.

During our stay in Agra on 21st Feb series of bomb blast occurred and due to that our CDAC-H

visit was cancelled but we were luck to visit IIIT-H on plan date and time. In our India tour we

not only explore university but learn about the cultural and social aspects and some historical

places of different city.

A summarized tour plan can be obtained from the table below

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Train/Train No

From / Departure/Day To / Arrival/ Day

Kathmandu University/ 20-02-2013/ Wednesday

Gorakhapur/20-02-2013/ Wednesday

Avadh Express/19040

Gorakhapur JN/ 21-02-2013; 13:20/Thursday

Agra Fort/ 22-02-2013; 04:25/Friday

Dakshin Express/12722

Agra Cantt / 24-02-2013; 02:15/Sunday

Hyderabad / 25-02-2013; 05:00 /Monday

KCG YPR EXP/17603

Kacheguda/ 27-02-2013; 21:00/Wednesday

Yesvantpur JN/ 28-02-2013;10:30/Thursday

YPR VASCO EXP/17309

Yesvantpur JN/ 03-03-2013; 15:00/Sunday

Madgaon/ 04-03-2013; 05:15/Monday

Konkan Kanya Exp/ 10112

Madgaon/ 07-03-2013; 18:00/Thursday

Mumbai CST/ 08-03-2013; 05:50/Friday

Amritsar Express/ 11057

Lokmanyatilak T/ 09-03-2013; 23:45/Saturday

Delhi/ 11-03-2013; 04:10/Monday

Gorakdam Express/ 12556

New Delhi/ 11-03-2013; 20:25/Monday

Gorakhpur JN/ 12-03-2013; 09:55/Tuesday

Gorakhapur/12-03-2013/Tuesday Kathmandu University/13-03-2013/ Wednesday

Industrial and Educational Visits in Hyderabad

Visit to IIT HyderabadOn February 26, 2013 we had a visit to International Institute of Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad. Itwas a very fruitful visit. The visit consisted of the following things:

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Lecture on Data MiningA general introduction to data mining and the algorithms used in it were introduced. The demandand the scope of data mining was also Talked about.

Lecture on Human Computer InteractionIt was interesting and new topic for students. It showed how the usage of the computer systemwas directly related to the functionalities wanted by the user. It also showed how the emotionsand feelings of the user could be analyzed by different sensors using an embedded system.

Introduction to laboratory equipment and their useWe were introduced to the following equipment, used generally to track the human focus andinterest on the given subject. We interacted with the following devices.

Eye TrackerEye tracking is the process of measuring either the point of gaze or the motion of an eye relativeto the head. An Eye Tracker is a device for measuring eye positions and eye movement. Eyetrackers are used in research on the visual system, in psychology, in cognitive linguistics and inproduct design. There are a number of methods for measuring eye movement. The most popularvariant uses video images from which the eye position is extracted. The video based eye trackerwas used.

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Mood DetectorMood Detector was developed by the students of IIT. It comes in 2 versions one without aBluetooth connection and one with the Bluetooth connection. The mood detector is shaped like aband and hence is worn around the hand tightly. It consists of temperature and nerve excitationdetector. It checks the excitation of the people with these data according to the work they areasked to do. So if a person is lying about enjoyment in some work (e.g.: reading news), thedevice’s data can be used to plot a graph and hence the points at which the reader is not enjoyingthe work will have lower raised graph than other points.

Entertainment

We also visited different places in India which are listed below:

- TajMahal- Ram Bagh- Mysore Palace- Red Fort- Charminar- Golconda Fort- Birla Mandir- Gateway of India- India Gate- Goa Beach

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Suggestions and RecommendationsBased on our experience we would like to make the following recommendations and suggestion

• As much as possible, the tour should be started on the first week of February in order to avoid the hot climate of India.

• Tour should be confined not more than four or five place including industrial city like

Bangalore and Hyderbad. No of days on train travel should be minimized.• No of days of entire tour should not exceed more than 15 days and should be strictly

followed.• While ticketing for Indian tour, if number of days to be travel seems exceeding 15 days,

some of the places should be cut off.• Only confirmed seats should be booked.• Before moving to the tour orientation program should be held where the former one who

have travelled the India tour recently should explained the probable scenario.

India Tour ParticipantsS.N. Name Remark

1. Sameer Kharel Staff

2. Sushil Shrestha Staff

3. Binesh Sah Student

4. Bimal Gharti Magar Student

5. Anish Rauniyar Student

6. Sachin Shahi Student

7. Purushottam Padhya Student

8. Ramesh K.C. Student

9. Pramesh Gautam Student

10. Prajwol Shrestha Student

11. Aawesh man Shrestha Student

12. Aashish Dhungana Student

13. Ashesh Siddhi Bajracharya Student

14. Biplov Shreshta Student

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15. Milan Bhele Student

16. Suman Kumar Rana Student

17. Manoj Karki Student

18. Shweta Shrestha Student

19. Sunita Giri Student

20. Ajaya Thapa Student

21. Kushal Basnet Student

22. Kripesh Shiwakoti Student

23. Sagar Pathak Student

24. Kribhan Maharjan Student

25. Pravin Bashyal Student

26. Roop Shree Bajracharaya Student

27. Sudeep Amatya Student

28. Ankit Kumar Chaudhary Student

29. Shitoshma Shah Student

30. Krishna Bist Student

31. Tripti Malla Student

32. Nikhil Baidya Student

33. Pukar Sharma Student

34. Sanjay Kunwar Student

35. Simoli Desai Gautum Student

36. Puskal Kafle Student

37. Amit Karmacharya Student

38. Ayam Pokhrel Student

39. Dip Pokhrel Student

40. Dipendra Timilsina Student

41. Anil Rai Student

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42. Rajesh Twanabasu Student

43. Deepak Kumar Shah Student

44. Sarju Pandit Student

45. Raj Kumar Thapa Student

Note: Students from serial number 41 to 45 did not visit India after confirming tickets and are

highlighted.

Student’s Personnel ExpenditureLodging: About 325 IC per head per night when sharing

Food: About 350 IC per head including breakfast lunch and Diner

Others: 300 IC per head per day (Local travelling/tickets/miscellaneous)

Total: About 950 IC per head (Average)

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Route Map

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ConclusionOverall the tour was a success. We had great experience learning about some of the technologiescurrently in use and technologies yet to come in specially at IIIT Hyderabad as well as gotopportunity to learn about different culture and living styles of different state of India.

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India Tour Photos

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Agra

Mysore Palace

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Ramoji Film City