e-Newsletter January 2021

From HoD’s Desk

It gives immense pleasure to publish the monthly e-Newsletter of the electrical department. First of all, wish you a very happy and prosperous new year.

The passing year, although was very tough, has opened doors for new opportunities and we, at the department, also strived very hard to encash all these openings. This shows that we are always ready to face new challenges and grasp new learnings. In the year 2021, we wish to spend every single moment adopting advanced teaching-learning methodologies and engaging our students in creative activities leading to empower the 21^st Century skills. Online teaching for Semester-I had concluded in December 2021, but students were engaged in exams, assignments, seminars, and projects. January 2021 started with the academic preparation and planning of various activities for Semester-II.

This month, the department has completed the IQAC audits. As a part of First-Year Admission, the department received almost 100 % allotment through CAP. Due to COVID admission procedure got delayed and completed by the end of this month. Other activities, achievements, happenings in the department along with upcoming events are mentioned in this newsletter. 

Department Events

MOCK GATE Examination

Department has conducted the MOCK GATE Examination for the GATE Aspirants in three phases on three Sundays 10^th January, 17^th January, and 24^th January 2021. Before, MOCK GATE examinations, sessions for promoting and spreading awareness about GATE Exam were conducted. We received a huge response for these MOCK GATE Examinations. Rankers of these examinations will be awarded prizes in the next month. The whole activity was coordinated by Prof. Omkar Buwa and faculty members. A total of 142 students appeared in the MOCK GATE exams. 

FE Induction Program and Introduction of the Department

During the First-Year Induction Program conducted from 21^st January 2021 to 30^th January 2021, a slot was reserved for the introduction of the Department. For the electrical department, it was on 22^nd January 2021. In this ‘Know Your Department’, Dr. Ravindra Munje introduced the department, Prof. Sunita Khairnar introduced faculties, Prof. Nayana Jangle and Prof. Omkar Buwa introduced respectively EFFECT and IET Student Chapter, and Prof. Jitendra Patil introduced department labs and infrastructure to newly admitted Electrical Engineering Students. 

Upcoming Events

In February 2021, the School Elocution competition is planned under the EFFECT Body of the Department. This is coordinated by Prof. Nayana Jangle, Prof. Bhupendra Deshmukh, and EFFECT student body coordinators. The topics are Energy Conservation for Third-Year and Electrical Safety for Second-Year students. 

Student Corner

Runner-up of Karmveer Premier League 2021, Cricket Tournament

In the institute level Cricket Tournament, the team of Electrical Department was runner up on 19^th January 2021. The team is headed by Rupesh Dhatrak (BE-Div B). Kunal Patil of (TE-Div A) received the best bower award.

Online Felicitation of the Placed Students

Online felicitation of the placed students was done in the presence of their parents and relatives. A list of the students felicitated online is given below. (Sample photos are added here. The recording is available with Prof. Buwa.)   

 

Name of the Student	Company
Mayur Balasaheb Padade	KPIT Technologies
Prachi Ishwar Suryawanshi	KPIT Technologies
Yash Nitin Songire	Capgemini
Khandu Baburao Sontakke	Capgemini
Shlok Dinesh Kamath	Capgemini
Ajay Lalitkumar Thakur	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Ashwin Suresh Wane	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Mangesh Ganpat Mondhe	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Sagar Dattu Kale	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Lokesh Mukesh Kashikar	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Paras Deepak Jadhav	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Lalit Hemantkumar Patil	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Shreekant Krishna Enlolu	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Pradeep Balasaheb sable	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited
Sunil Rajendra Wagh	Hind Rectifier
Arun Sathyan	Hind Rectifier
Vijay Deepak Wankhede	Hind Rectifier
Nikita Dilip Mandlik	Vidyut Udyog
Ashwini Laxman Mundhe	KSB Pumps
Siddharth Naik Kalia	Torrent Power
Tejas Manohar Gholap	Torrent Power
Atul Satish Dhongade	Torrent Power
Shubham Kishor Thakur	Torrent Power

Faculty Corner

Development of Online Courses on Udemy Platform

Dr. Ravindra Munje has developed an Online Course on ‘Learning to Write Scientific Research Paper’ on the Udemy Platform.

https://www.udemy.com/course/learning-to-write-scientific-research-paper/

Prof. G.N. Jadhav has developed an Online Course on ‘Power System Economics and Planning’ on the Udemy Platform.

https://www.udemy.com/course/power_system_economics_and_tariff/

Prof. S. S Dhamal has developed an Online Course on ‘Single Phase AC Series Motor’ on the Udemy Platform.

https://www.udemy.com/course/single-phase-ac-series-motor/

Paper Publications and Presentations

Prof. Rupali Ahire has presented a paper entitled ‘On Identifying Advanced, Average and Slow Learners: Case Study’ in the Eighth International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education held virtually from January 9 to 10, 2021. The presented paper is published by the Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (SCOPUS), Volume 34, January 2021, Special issue, eISSN 2394-1707. Other Co-authors are Ravindra Munje. The full paper is available on

http://www.journaleet.org/index.php/jeet/article/view/157190

Dr. Ravindra Munje has published a paper entitled ‘Observer-based Multirate Feedback Control Design for Two-time-scale System’ in International Journal on Automation and Computing (SPRINGER) with Prof. Wei-dong Zhang from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai on 30^th January 2021. The full paper is available on

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11633-020-1268-6

Faculty as Resource Person

Prof. Omkar Buwa delivered Expert lectures on ‘Basic Electrical Engineering’ at the Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, (IRIEEN) on 15/01/2021, 22/01/2021, and 29/01/2021.

Online Course Completion

Following courses are completed by faculties in January 2021.

 

Sr. No.	Name of Company/Course	Name of the faculty	Duration
			From	To
1	Online course: English for Beginners: Intensive Spoken English Course	Prof. T. N. Date	12 Week
2	NPTEL course on Power System Protection and Switchgear	Prof. G. N. Jadhav	8 Week
3	NPTEL course on Power System Protection	Prof. G. N. Jadhav	12 Week
4	Online course: Presentation skills: Designing Presentation Slides	Prof. M.R. Rade Prof. J.A. Mane	4 Week
5	online UHV Refresher 1 FDP	Prof. N.N. Jangle Prof. S. A. Sagare	1 Week
6	Advanced Power System Optimization using GAMS	Prof. O.N. Buwa	18/01/2021	23/01/2021

Achievements

Dr. Ravindra Munje is elected as Chairman of IET Nashik Local Network for 2021.

Prof. Jaydeep Shah is elected as Chairman (Young Professional Section) of IET Nashik Local Network for 2021.

Prof. Nayana Jangle is elected as ‘Treasurer’ of IET Nashik Local Network for 2021.

Alumni Corner

Book Donation by Shri. Sandip Kulkarni

Shri. Sandip Kulkarni (2001 batch) visited Department and donated the book ‘Nikola Tesla’ to Departmental Library on 3^rd January 2021. The book is about dramatic stories of grit, determination, and ingenuity to overcome obstacles of unsung heroes: Nikola Tesla, Alfred Nobel, Viktor Frankl, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Mary Beatrice, and Robert Kearns. Also, this book throws light on many unknown facets and the personal and psychological struggles of unsung inventors. The book is written by Shri. Girish Magare. Views of Shri. Sandip Kulkarni is listed in the book. 

Webinar on ‘Strategic Planning for GATE in Electrical Engineering’ by Mr. Vikram Dange

Mr. Vikram Dange (2018 batch) delivered a webinar on “Strategic Planning for GATE in Electrical Engineering” on 6th January 2021. In this webinar, Mr. Vikram Dange guided the participants for GATE exam preparation. He is currently pursuing an M.Tech. (VLSI Design) in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He acquired 594^th rank in GATE 2019. He is also placed in Texas Instruments recently. Vikram shared his academic journey and the significance of VLSI design. He then talked about subject wise material to be referred to, a methodology to follow, and common mistakes that may be avoided during GATE preparation. A total of 68 participants attended the webinar.

 

Visit of Shri. Amit Hemant Patil, Member, Senate of SPPU

During the visit of Hon. Shri. Uday Samant, Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra on 22^nd January 2021 to the institute, Mr. Amit Hemant Patil (2007 batch) also visited the institute. He is a Member, Senate (Hon. Chancellor Nominee) of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. He expressed his willingness to deliver a talk on ‘Digital Detoxing’ for undergraduates.

 

Webinar on ‘Digital Trends in IT’ by Mrs. Kasturi Bhide-Jogalekar

Mrs. Kasturi Bhide-Jogalekar (2002 batch) delivered a webinar on “Digital Trends in IT” on 29^th January 2021. This webinar was open to all. In this webinar, Mrs. Kasturi Bhide-Jogalekar guided about various aspects of new emerging technologies in the IT space, software development technologies, the concept of Big data and analytics, AI, and ML. She is currently working as Associate Director at Cognizant. She has accomplished senior professional with a proven record of significant and successful contribution in Agile implementation, quality management, project management, process improvement, business analysis/evaluation, product‐development life cycle methodologies, and quality management systems processes, standards, and systems in a wide range of organizations. She has 17+ years of experience in Process Consulting, Project/Program Management, Software Quality Assurance.

 

Interaction with FE students by Ms. Samruddhi Koli

Ms. Samruddhi Koli (2017 batch) delivered a session in the FE Induction program on 29^th January 2021. She interacted with newly admitted First-Year students of all the disciplines. She was the best outgoing student in the institute in 2017. She got placed in ABB, Nashik, and currently, she is pursuing MBA from IIM, Nagpur. During the session, she asked students to describe engineering in one word. As a result, a word cloud was created in the session. Students have enjoyed her session. 

Content in the e-Newsletter is compiled by Prof. Minal Rade. Suggestions and inputs leading to the improvement of this newsletter are highly welcomed. Please write on engg-hod-elct@kkwagh.edu.in, rkmunje@kkwagh.edu.in, mrrade@kkwagh.edu.in

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