Department Alumni Meet on 21st December 2020

Departmental ‘Alumni Meet’ was conducted on 21^st December 2020 from 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm just after the ‘Grand Alumni Meet-2020’ at the Institute Level. Prof. Dr. Kushare addressed the alumni on this occasion. Prof. A. M. Jain, Prof. Dhamal, and Prof. T. N. Date also expressed their views. Dr. Kushare emphasized the need for cooperation of Alumni to the department for the overall development of the current undergraduate students. Alumni Dr. Manoj Mandlik, Mr. Sunil Tidke, Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni, Mr. Lalit Bagul expressed their views with great enthusiasm. Around 67 alumni were present for the same. This was not just the alumni meet but the interaction session of alumni with current students. The interaction was on career development, skill development, technological development, etc. Finally, the meeting was concluded by proposing the vote of thanks by Dr. Munje. This event was coordinated by Prof. S. S. Khairnar and Prof. J. P. Shah. 

Virtual Industrial Visit at ‘Shree Controls Solution’ on 4th December 2020

Industrial visit is an important part of the curriculum and teaching-learning process. It helps to bridge the gap between the industry and academia. Due to COVID-19, industrial visits are not possible for students. Hence, the Department of Electrical Engineering has arranged a virtual Industrial Visit at ‘Shree Controls Solution’ for the students on 4th December 2020. The Entrepreneur Shri. Sanjay Ohal of ‘Shree Controls Solution’ explained various robotics and control applications in the industry by its online demonstrations. A total of 153 students attended the online industrial visit. Through this visit, students have gained advanced practical knowledge and experienced the real feel of the industry visit.

Visit of IRIEEN officials to the Department

Officers from the Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nashik Shri. S. C. Chaudhari, Chief Workshop Manager, Traction Machine Workshop and Shri. C. R. Umbarkar, Junior Engineer, Traction Machine Workshop, visited the Department of Electrical Engineering and Megger Centre of Excellence on 3^rd December 2020 along with Prof. M. R. Umbarkar from Government Polytechnic, Jalgaon.

Completed National Level Virtual Students conference on “AI, ML and IoT Applications in Electrical Engineering” was held during 20th - 21st November 2020

A National Level Virtual Students conference on “AI, ML and IoT Applications in Electrical Engineering” was held during 20th - 21st November 2020 in association with the EFFECT student body and IET Nashik Local Network. Total 27 research papers were received out of which 20 were selected for presentation.  

Prof. Dr. D. M. Sonje, Associate professor, Gokhale Education Society's R. H. Sapat College of Engineering, Management Studies and Research, Nashik was the keynote speaker for this conference and the topic was ‘Application of AI and ML in fault detection and classification in electrical machines’.

There were four sessions. Two on each day. Participants presented 15 papers through the Go-to-meeting platform and session chairs Dr. R. K. Munje, Dr. M. P. Thakre, Prof. S. S. Dhamal, and Prof. G. N. Jadhav have given very good inputs to all participants to move further in their topics for work.

Following are the results declared by session chairs for the two days national level Virtual Students conference.

Sr. No.	Name of Author	Co-authors	Title of Paper	Author Affiliations	Prize
1	Kranti Arun Porje	Prachi Suryakant Bhalerao Vrushali Kailas Badgujar Akash Annasaheb Dale	Speed Control of Brushless DC motor using Artificial Intelligence with STM32 microcontroller and Nucleo board	K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research, Nashik.	1st Prize
2	Sanket Suresh Boramane	--	Neural Networks in Smart-Grid	AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune	2nd Prize
3	Lahu Bhosale	Poonam Pawar Pallavi Pithore Jyoti Pawar	About Bharat Emission Norm	Matsyodari Shikshan Sanstha's, College of Engineering & Technology, Jalna	3rd Prize
4	Chetan Bhale	Siddhanth Sakhare Samiksha Dambhare	Resonant Coupling Topologies used for EV Batteries	Jhulelal Institute of Technology, Nagpur
5	Dhimahi Mahesh Walendra	Jay Dilip Patel	Protection of Load and Charge in Solar Power Management	Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic Mumbai	Appreciation Prize

Completion of Webinar on "Amplifying Career Opportunities with Electrical Engineering" on 26th November 2020

Department of Electrical Engineering has successfully organized the Webinar on “Amplifying Career Opportunities with Electrical Engineering” on 26.11.2020 by Dr. Vishram Bapat, Director, ECE (India) Pvt. Ltd. Amaravati. A total of 248 participants attended the webinar. In this webinar, Dr. Vishram Bapat explored various opportunities in the field of Electrical Engineering for jobs as well as for entrepreneurial development (Atmanirbhar) with the application of Electrical Engineering knowledge. He also shared his own experiences regarding it.

Completed webinar on “Strategic Planning for GATE in Electrical Engineering” on 10th November 2020

Department of Electrical Engineering has successfully organized the Webinar on “Strategic Planning for GATE in Electrical Engineering” on 10^th November 2020 by faculty of GATE Academy and department alumnus Mr.Mahesh Patil.  A total of 165 participants attended the webinar. In this webinar, Mr.Mahesh shared his experiences for planning GATE exam preparation, the mistakes which may be avoided, time management, revision strategy, etc. He shared the pattern of GATE 2021 and changes done from earlier examinations. Finally, he motivated the participants to appear for the GATE examination and shared the opportunities to the graduates after GATE.

“Road Safety Training program by Nashik First” on 31st October 2020

Department of Electrical Engineering has successfully organized the Webinar on the “Road Safety Training program by Nashik First” on 31^st October 2020 by Mr. Mayur Bagul, Mr.B.K.Dhumal and their team. A total of 115 participants attended the webinar. In this webinar, he explained why road accidents occur, the percentage of road injured, and dead peoples on road. They also explained Road safety rules and shared live examples of videos. Finally, they explained do’s and don’ts on the road which was the most interesting and motivating part of the webinar.