Category: News and Notifications

National Workshop on “Recent Development in Repairs and Retrofitting of Structures”

Department of Civil Engineering, Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology organizes a National Workshop on Recent Development in Repairs and Retrofitting of Structures under Association of Structural Rehabilitation(ASTR) student Chapter on 18th April, 2022. Eminent Speakers from S. P. Concare Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Sebastian Fernandes and Mr. Shrinivas Patil delivered lecture on the topic “Nano fines concrete Technology”. The sessions were conducted offline in conclave I. The total registration for the program was 115. The session was very informative and speakers explained about their product Technology. Participants provided their feedback through the link shared with them. Certificate was awarded to all participants who attended the sessions and gave feedback.

Department: Civil Engineering
Date: 18th April, 2022
Coordinator: Ms. Ashwini P.

April 18, 2022
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti 2021-22
On account of the Birth Anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, NSS Unit of Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology, Rasayani organized PHCET organized “Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti”

Date
Venue
Co-ordinator

13th April, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Classroom
Ms. Rekha Dhawan

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a social reformer, jurist, economist, author, polyglot (knowing or using several languages) orator, a scholar and thinker of comparative religions. He is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution and was India’s first Law Minister. He was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee for the new Constitution. He was a well-known statesman who fought for the rights of the Dalits and other socially backward classes. His birth anniversary is celebrated on 14th April every year, with great enthusiasm. The program commenced by lighting the lamp and garlanding the photo of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Total 52 students and NSS coordinators were present for this event

The following are some of the topics discussed in the session by the speaker:
1. Importance of education
2. Dr. Ambedkar was one of the greatest leaders in the history of India.
3. His contribution to Indian law and constitution.
4. He helped Dalits and made sure they get what they deserve.
5. Equality in India
April 13, 2022
Placement Drive 2022

Adrak Engineering & Construction India Pvt. Ltd. had conducted Placement Drive for the department of Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering students on 12th April, 2022 for 2021 passed out and current (2022) batch students. About 20 numbers of students were selected out of 50 shortlisted students to technical and HR round on the same day after the group discussion round held at Conclave I.

Date: 12th April, 2022
Branch: Mechanical, Civil & Electrical

Pre-placement talk by Company officials
Pre-placement talk by Company officials
Candidates during personal interview process
Candidates during personal interview process

April 12, 2022
Industrial Visit to 220/100/22KV Substation, Apte

The Electrical Engineering Department organized an Industrial Visit for the Third Year Electrical Engineering student on 11th and 12th April, 2022 to Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company 220/100/22 KV APTE Substation. Students are divided in two batches. Our main purpose for this visit is to be familiar with industrial environment and to get practical knowledge of electrical power transmission and distribution system.

Date
Venue
Co-ordinators
Department

11th, 12th April 2022
20/100/22KV Substation, Apte
Prof. R. D. More, Prof. Sangeetha R., Prof. Pranita Chavan, Prof. Ronita Pawn
Electrical Engineering

From this visit, student got the detailed information and practical knowledge about single line diagram of substation and about different component of substation like feeder, circuit breaker, transformer, isolator, bus bar, Protective relays, Lightening arresters, Wave Trap, Load break switches and their construction, working principle.

They got the idea how to read the single line diagram of power substation using different symbols used in diagram. Student cleared out practical knowledge of transformer as how it step down voltage 220 KV to 100 KV. They also got knowledge about new SCADA based system as you can operate substation by manually or by command from computer using SCADA system and PLC programming. About 49 students were benefited from this visit as they got chance to discussion with assistant engineers working at Substation.

April 12, 2022

Seminar on “HR Interview: Effective Planning and Delivery”

Title of the Seminar	HR Interview: Effective Planning and Delivery
Date	11th April, 2022 at 11 a.m.
Venue	Conclave-II
Organized by	Students’ Council-Dept. of Automobile Engineering, IETE- Dept. of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering & TPC PHCET
Name of the Faculty Coordinator	Mr. Vaibhav Bhagat , Mr. Karthik Nagrajan
Name of the Student Coordinator	Mr. Sumedh Shinde, Mr. Mohd. Sahil Shaikh, Mr. Omkar Bobade.
Speaker Profile	Poonam Madhukar Patil : Faculty of Applied Communication Skills Department, PHCET M.A. 2010: English Literature, University of Mumbai, Mumbai B.A. 2008: English, University of Mumbai, Mumbai Specialist in Communication Skills, Soft / Interpersonal Skills, Business Communication and Ethics, Business Management, Language and Literature, Personality Development Awarded ‘Best Academic Performer Award’ for securing second rank (M.A. English) in of Mumbai, Mumbai Suma Lalit Podnolanna : Faculty of Applied Communication Skills Department, PHCET Pursuing Ph.D. (English – American Literature), Dravidian University, Kuppam M.Phil. 2008: (English – American Literature), Annamalai University, Chidambaram M.A. 2006: (English Literature), Mangalore University, Mangalore B.A. 2004: (English), Mangalore University, Mangalore Presented paper on “Problems faced by Rural Students in Learning second language” during National Level Seminars at St. Aloysius College – Mangalore, January 2010 Published a paper titled “Impact of Racism and Sexism on Sophia in The Color Purple” in Indian Journal of Scholarly Research, ISSN: 2278-8271, Vol: 2, Issue: 11, November 2013

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Content of the Seminar:

How to give Self introduction?
Why should we hire you?
What are your accomplishments?
What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
Why do you want to work for our company?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
How you feel about working late or during the weekends, Travelling, relocation etc…?
Explain your BE project and challenges.
What are your hobbies and interests?
What is your expected CTC?
How did you make your lockdown productive?
Do you have any questions for me?

April 11, 2022

Webinar on “Introduction to Reinforcement Learning Control”

A Webinar on “Introduction to Reinforcement Learning Control” was organized through Google meet by Department of Electrical Engineering and it was held on 10th April, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Vinodh Kumar. E, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore was invited as the resource person. He has a vast experience in the area of control system and has published many papers in International Journals. He has more than 12 years of experience in academic and research areas. Further, he is handling central government research projects in collaboration with IIT Madras. Webinar was organized by taking online registration through google forms, 87 participants had registered for the session.

The Speaker commenced the session with an introduction to feedback control system and its limitation, and also introduced the advantages and disadvantages of feed forward control system. He mainly focused on Reinforcement Learning Control and its importance. Further, he explained the Reinforcement Learning Control with an example of water level control system. He simulated an experiment with MATLAB to explain the application of Reinforcement Learning Control. In this webinar problems arising during modelling the Reinforcement Learning Control was also discussed.

The session concluded with a question answer session at 12:30 p.m. An online feedback form was sent to participants, positive feedback was received for the webinar and they suggested to organize more session like the same in the future. All the participate were provided with E certificate.

April 10, 2022
Webinar on “Gender Equality”

Internal Complain Committee (ICC) Cell at Mahatma Education Society’s Pillai’s HOC College of Engineering & Technology, Rasayani, has conducted Webinar on ‘Gender Equality’ on 9th April, 2022.

Date
Platform
Organized by
Co-ordinator

9th April, 2022
Google Meetings
Internal Complain Committee (ICC) Cell
Dr. Shilpa Pankaj Kewate

Objective of this webinar was to spread awareness about Gender Equality among students and faculty members. Mr. Suresh Gudpe (Deputy General Manager – Contracts at JMC Projects (India) Limited), Keynote Speaker of this webinar has given a brief overview of Gender Equality. He has explained how gender equality prevents violence against women and girls. It’s essential for economic prosperity. Societies that value women and men as equal are safer and healthier. Gender equality is a human right. Everyone benefits from gender equality. The session concluded with an interactive session between the resource persons and the participants in which the queries of the participants were addressed satisfactorily.

April 9, 2022
TECH-EXPO, 2022

The Department of Computer Engineering has organized “TECH-EXPO, 2022” Project Competition on 8th April, 2022. The TECH-EXPO was the project competition which combines the activity of Project Exhibition for S.E. and T.E. students and Technical Poster Presentation for B.E. students to showcase their innovative ideas through poster presentation. The expert Mr. Rahul Pingle gave a glimpse of projects handled in industry.

Date
Time
Venue
Resource Person
Coordinator
Department

April 08, 2022
10:30 am onwards
Conclave – 1, Architecture Hall
Mr. Rahul Pingle
Ms. Rajashree Gadhave
Computer Engineering

After inauguration of TECH-EXPO, 2022 Principal Sir addressed students and explained to them the importance of project selection and how efforts in projects are useful for their professional career.

Panel of Judges for B.E. students include Mr. Rahul Pingle, Ms. Archana Arudkar and for S.E. and T.E. students Dr. Divya Chirayil, Ms. Rupali Sathey, Ms. Srijita Bhattachrajee and Ms. Shrutika Khobaragade. Judgement was done based on literature survey, conceptual study, practical implementation and social cause.

Event Feedback:
The poster presentation attended by the final year students. Received a good response from the students and also they gave very good feedback. All the concepts were explained clearly and understandably.

Vote of Thanks:
Head of the Department Ms. Rohini Bhosale of Computer Engineering gave a vote of thanks. It was a great successful event and students benefited from the inputs given by judges for their oral exam and professional career.

April 8, 2022
Site Visit to CETP PRIA, MIDC, Patalganga Rasayani
Faculty In charge: Ms. Manisha Jamgade

A Industrial Waste Treatment Site Visit for the B.E. (Semester VIII) Civil Engineering students was organized by Department of Civil Engineering on 8th April, 2022. The location of site was PRIA CETP, Patalganga Rasayani. The agenda of the visit consist of explanation and understand of Waste Water treatment in CETP plant (i.e. handling of Plant, planning, management, safety in CETP) by their Workers.

Objectives
1. To understand the practical knowledge about CETP.
2. To understand the practical aspect of the waste water treatment technique.
3. Exposure to the working environment on site and weather conditions CETP plant.
4. To communicate with the professionals in CETP and to understand the importance of CETP in the every MIDC.
5. To see the different equipment’s and machineries and their usage CETP plant.
6. Exposure to different types of PUMPS, Vaccum PUMPs and technology in CETP.
7. Awareness of the importance of the safety in CETP.
April 8, 2022
Site Visit to Sewage Treatment Plant, Kharghar

A Site Visit for the Third Year students to Sewage Treatment Plant, Kharghar was organized by Department of Civil Engineering on 8th April, 2022 along with faculty member Mr. Harshal Pathak and Dr. G. R. Patil. The Waste water which is produced from Kharghar region is treated in STP, Kharghar having a capacity of 100 MLD. After visiting industry students can gain a combined knowledge about both theory and practical.

Date
Department
Total Student
Subject
Faculty Coordinator
Target Audience

8th April, 2022
Civil Engineering
134
Environmental Engineering
Mr. Harshal Pathak
Third Year Civil Engineering Students

April 8, 2022