e-Newsletter - June 2021

 From HoD’s Desk:

June marks the beginning of the rainy season and the commencement of schools and colleges. This year, however, the commencement of schools and colleges may be delayed by a month due to COVID. Owing to the online exams, students are less burdened for the exam due to the MCQ pattern. Nevertheless, for the MCQ type exam, subject fundamentals are required to clear and perfect. Faculties have prepared several MCQs on each unit and have shared them with the students for their preparation. As per the guidelines, practical and oral examinations are conducted for all the subjects only end-semester examinations are left. This year, almost all the final year projects completed by the students are simulation-based. But still, students have done well. As per recent circulators, July will be the month of Examination for TE and BE, and exams of SE and FE will be conducted in August. Academics will start for the Academic Year 2021-22 in the next month, probably by 10^th July. Being exceptional online academic year 2020-21, it's time to say bye and welcome to the academic year 2021-22.

Department Events:

Leader Talk Series:

Department has started the new activity, 'Leader-Talk' Series. In this, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, technology developers, employers, etc. will be called and a group of students will interview them. This will provide an opportunity for every individual student to interact with professionals and learn/acquire various corporate and professional skills. The 2nd session was by Dr. Yogesh D. Sonawane, Assistant General Manager, Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai on ‘Leadership skills for the 21^st-Century’. A brief about it is given below. 

Interview of Dr. Yogesh D. Sonawane, Assistant General Manager, Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai

Dr. Yogesh D. Sonawane (2001 batch) was interviewed by a group of students from Final Year on “Leadership skills for the 21st Century” on 4th June 2021. Dr. Yogesh D. Sonawane is sustainability, ESG, and Energy Professional. He has been awarded as the most influential sustainability leader of India. Students asked various questions related to leadership qualities to be acquired by graduates, online courses to be completed, etc. This was a unique opportunity for all the students. Total 139 students attended the session on the Go-to-webinar platform. He also interacted with students on their queries about career and placement. The session was coordinated by Vaishnavi Pawar, Rutuja Deshmukh, Shubham Aher, Pranav Chavan, Rutika Nitnaware, Shital Nikam, Kiran Patekar of Final Year. 

Webinar on “Residential Electrical Design using AutoCAD” by V. L. Tathe

Department has successfully organized the Webinar on “Residential Electrical Design using AutoCAD” by Shri. V. L. Tathe, Ph.D. Research Scholar, SVNIT, Surat  for the faculty members and students of Polytechnics on 8th June 2021. A total of 647 participants registered for this webinar from all over Maharashtra and 317 attended the same. In this webinar, Shri. V. L. Tathe discussed basic commands in AutoCAD Software, different components in Electrical Wiring and their symbols, the case study of Designing of 1BHK flat wiring, Single line diagram, etc. The session was well appreciated by the participants. The session was coordinated by Prof. Shinde and Prof. Patil. 

Webinar on “Past Present and Future of Electrical Engineering with HVDC and FACTS Technologies” by Shri. Santosh Kaware

The department has successfully organized the Webinar on “Past Present and Future of Electrical Engineering with HVDC and FACTS Technologies” by Shri. Santosh Kaware, Additional Executive Engineer, MSETCL, Navi Mumbai for the final year students on 26^th June 2021. A total of 200 participants registered for this webinar and 92 students have attended the webinar. In this webinar, Shri. Santosh Kaware shared his experience, various technological changes, history, challenges, and upcoming opportunities in this field. The session was coordinated by Ms. Divya Jadhav under the guidance of Dr. M. P. Thakre.

IEEE Power Electronics Day Celebration 

IEEE Student Chapter of the Department has celebrating IEEE PELS (Power Electronics Society) Day very uniquely on 20th June 2021 from 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm. During this session, undergraduates were made aware of Project Management. The event was titled ‘PE-based Project Demonstrations for the Students by the Students’. In this celebration, three Power Electronics (PE) based projects were presented with Motivation, Project Planning and Execution, Project Description, Project Learning, and Open areas in PE-based projects. Project presentations were delivered by Ms. Kranti Proje, Ms. Rasika Khairnar, Ms. Vaishnavi Bhutale, and Ms. Shubhangi Patil. The whole celebration was coordinated by Prof. J. P. Shah. A total of 201 participants from all the colleges attended this celebration. 

Student Corner:

Following students are placed in various multinational companies. Congratulations to all the students!

Placed Students Details (June 2021)

Sr. No.	Name of the Student	Placement Date
1.	Tejas Rajendra Biraris	04.06.2021
2.	Abhishek Annasaheb Girnar	15.06.2021
3.	Ajinkya Dinesh Upasani	15.06.2021
4.	Aniket Rajendra Gavande	15.06.2021
5.	Gauri Rajaram Wagh	15.06.2021
6.	Gauri Rajendra Mehetre	15.06.2021
7.	Neha Jitendra Patil	15.06.2021
8.	Rahul Kailas Shinde	15.06.2021
9.	Sandeep Somnath Palade	15.06.2021
10.	Namrta Vijaysingh Pardeshi	15.06.2021
11.	Manjushree Manoj Jadhav	24.06.2021

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.

Placed Students Felicitation Details (June 2021)

Sr. No.	Name of the Student	Felicitation Date
1.	Abhishek Annasaheb Girnar	26.5.2021
2.	Ajinkya Dinesh Upasani	26.5.2021
3.	Aniket Rajendra Gavande	26.5.2021
4.	Gauri Rajaram Wagh	26.5.2021
5.	Gauri Rajendra Mehetre	26.5.2021
6.	Neha Jitendra Patil	26.5.2021
7.	Rahul Kailas Shinde	26.5.2021
8.	Sandeep Somnath Palade	26.5.2021

 

Student Publications

1. Shubham Aher, Pranav Chavan, Vaishnavi Pawar, Rutuja Deshmukh, Mohan Thakre, Jitendra Patil have presented a research paper titled “Architecture, Advancement, and Assessment of a Bladeless Wind Solar Hybrid System in Comparison to a Traditional Hybrid Solar System”, in the 2nd International Conference on IoT Based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems (ICICNIS 2021) organized by St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Kottayam, India 28-29, June 2021

2.   A. V. Badgujar, G. S. Bendkule, H. S. Mali, M. A. Pingale, M. P. Thakre, N. N. Jangle have presented a research paper titled “A Comparative Analysis of Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters and Envisaged Topologies”, in the 2nd International Conference on IoT Based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems (ICICNIS 2021) organized by St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Kottayam, India 28-29, June 2021 

Faculty Corner:

Courses Completed by Faculties

The following courses are completed by faculties in June 2021.

Sr. No.	Name of Staff Member	Name of Workshop/Course/Event	Duration	Type of Event
1	Omkar N Buwa	Operating Modern Power System under Uncertainty	1 Day	Webinar
2	Rupali A. Ahire
3	Ganesh N. Jadhav	NBA Awareness	4 Day	Workshop
4	Rupali A. Ahire	Advancement in Renewable Energy	1 Week	Faculty Development Program
5	Rupali A. Ahire	Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education	2 Week
6	Rupali A. Ahire	Life Skills for Blissful Life	1 Week
7	Sudhir K. Shinde	Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education	1 Week
7	Merin John	Cutting Edge Technologies in Energy Storage System for E-Mobility"	1 Week
8	Shubhada A Borade	Emotional Intelligence	1 Week
9	Snehal A. Sagare	Cutting Edge Technologies in Energy Storage System for E-Mobility"	1 Week
10	Omkar N Buwa	Development of Residential Microgrid	1 Week
11	Saravanan S	Current Trends of Power Electronics Applications in Electric Vehicles	1 Week
12	Nayana N.Jangle	Science of Well-being	10 week	Online Coursera course
13	Rupali A. Ahire	Speak English Professionally: In-Person, Online & On the Phone	5 week
14	Saravanan S	Introduction to Machine Learning	6 week

 

    Dr. R. K. Munje has attended ‘Regional Research Symposium on PBL’, organized by Karnataka State Higher Education Council, Bengaluru (India) in Collaboration with Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO,  Alborg University, Denmark from June 18-19, 2021 

Funding for AICTE-IDEA LAB at the Institute

K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research is beyond proud to have achieved this milestone. AICTE IDEA lab is Idea Development, Evaluation, and Application Lab for encouraging students in the application of fundamentals towards enhanced hands-on experience, learning by doing, and product visualization. We are looking forward to a key collaboration that benefits our students at large. Dr. Munje has prepared this proposal under the guidance of Dr. K. N. Nandurkar.

Faculty Achievement

Prof. S. S. Dhamal has completed Ph.D. in Electrical from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University under the guidance of Dr. M. V. Bhatkar. 

Development of Online Courses on Udemy Platform:

Name of Faculty	Title of Course	Link to join
M. P. Thakre	Evaluating Researcher and Author: Citations, Impact Factor, h-Index, Online Page Hits and What Else?	https://www.udemy.com/course/evaluating-researcher-and-author/?referralCode=BFED3E73D7F41319339B
B. V. Deshmukh	Fundamentals of Electrical Network	https://www.udemy.com/share/104GliAEYddVpVRHUD/
J. D. Patil	Regulation of Syn. Generator by EMF, MMF, Potier Method	https://www.udemy.com/course/regulation-of-syn-generator-by-emf-mmf-potier-method/?referralCode=8D39C734F047DEABEE65
	Study of Synchronous Motor	https://www.udemy.com/course/study-of-synchronous-motor/?referralCode=8C89A7B362B659AAC382
R. A. Ahire	NABL accreditation for testing and calibration laboratories	https://www.udemy.com/share/104DGEAEYddV9RQnsB/
S. S. Khairnar	State-space Modeling	https://www.udemy.com/course/draft/4024364/?referralCode=ADC0E9B15A7DD9BFD506
S. K. Shinde	Power Quality Issues and Impacts	https://www.udemy.com/course/electrical-engineering-o/?referralCode=A62235687E49BE1E773A
P. V. Gautam	Let us Begin with PIC18F Microcontroller	https://www.udemy.com/course/let-us-begin-with-pic18f-microcontroller/?referralCode=204E15D3303932653E08
J. A. Mane	Principles of Power System	https://www.udemy.com/course/principles-of-power-system/learn/lecture/26006710#overview
A. M. Jain	Three-phase power measurement	https://www.udemy.com/course/draft/3956356/?referralCode=EA79A7945E79E8D2D872
A. M. Shewale	Numerical relays	https://www.udemy.com/course/numerical-relay/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com
O. N. Buwa	Electricity Markets	https://www.udemy.com/course/electricity-markets/
S. A. Sagare	An Overview of Electrical Vehicles & Policies	https://www.udemy.com/share/104G1cAEYddF5RQHQB/
Saravanan  S.	Power System Studies	https://www.udemy.com/course/power-system-studies/

Alumni Corner:

Felicitation of Alumni (2000 and 2001 batch) in November 2021:

Dear alumni (2000 and 2001 batch), in November 2021, we planned to conduct a felicitation of you all. This year you will be completing 20 years of graduation. To make this graduation memorial we would like to felicitate each one of you on the big forum (many be online or offline as time permits) in the presence of all the department faculties, Principal, and your own family members. Also, we would like to develop a Souvenir of your class. The related information for developing Souvenir will be collected from you by our Alumni Coordinators (Prof. J. P. Shah and Prof. S. S. Khairnar). Your inputs and suggestions leading to the successful planning of this event will be highly appreciated. We will keep posting the planning progress of this event in our upcoming e-Newsletters from time to time. 

Alumni Support:

Dear Alumni, during this Pandemic situation, lasting for almost two years, it is becoming very difficult for Department to approach the industry for placement, internships, industry training, support for expert guidance and undergraduate project, etc. We believe that we have strong bonding and is increasing and strengthening day by day. To make this, even more, stronger we appeal to you to come forward and share the openings at your firm, company, office and offer a change to our students. Please find below given Google Forms for sharing your support with us. Our T&P coordinators Prof. Omkar Buwa and Prof. Rupali Ahire will approach you. Thank You! 

 

Alumni Registration Link	https://forms.gle/WEPXs7hGYD5yASuy5
Alumni support for Placement	https://forms.gle/datWXrbD8ooREEaB9
Alumni Achievements	https://forms.gle/vsE2ckyHQHrXjeRh7

 

Declaration:

Content in the e-Newsletter is compiled by Prof. Dr. R. K. Munje. 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,
 

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