LBS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN

(A Govt. of Kerala Undertaking)

Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 1

October 2015-March 2016

Contents Principal’s MESSAGE

• NCACICT 2016
It is indeed a pleasure to note that come as well and will take up sev-
• NSS Activities the CSE/IT association is bringing eral such laudable ventures.
• IETE Activities out a newsletter highlighting the Happy volunteering!
• IEEE Activities academic and co-curricular activi- Prof.(Dr)K C Raveendranathan
• New Year ties of the students and the faculty. Principal
• Achievements At the outset, I take this opportunity
• Escapade ‘16
• Faculty Development
to congratulate the team behind this
activity for the meticulous work
HOD’s MESSAGE
Programs they have undertaken. My hearty congratulations to the
• KSWDC CSE/IT association for coming
I am sure the newsletter will propa- out with a newsletter in the third
• Yavanika ‘16
gate the technical temper among the consecutive year. This is defi-
• Accreditation nitely a forum for showcasing the
students and faculty, and encourage
• Film Fest technical talents of the students in
them to find solutions to various
• Shrishti Vismaya ‘16 technical problems, and above all, the department. Wishing all suc-
• Yagna Dhruva 2k16 make them think out-of-the-box. I cess to the team behind this effort.
hope the Team CSE/IT will con- Dr. Shreelekshmi R
Dept. of Computer Science tinue their efforts in the years to HOD, Dept. of Computer Science

Vision NCACICT 2016

To be a renowned aca­d­em­ ic and
research cen­tre in Com­puter The second National Conference on
Sci­ence and allied domains. Advances in Computational Intelli-
gence and communication Technol-
ogies 2016 (NCACICT-2016) joint-
Mission ly organized by the departments of
To impart qual­ity Tech­ni­cal edu­ Computer Science & Engineering
ca­tion by pro­vid­ing a con­ducive and Electronics & Communication
learn­ing and research ambi­ence Engineering during 25-26 February
for mould­ing eth­i­cally respon­ 2016 was a stunning success. The
conference was sponsored by TE-
si­ble engi­neers, aca­d­e­mi­cians QIP Phase II. The accepted papers
and researchers cater­ing to the were published in the conference
needs of indus­try and soci­ety. proceeding, thanks to M/s HIKEY
Media Chennai.

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 NSS IETE
On 1st October, a certificate was pre- IETE Students Forum (ISF) has conducted an expert talk
sented to NSS unit from Sree Chithira on e-Waste Management on 3rd October 2015. The talk
Thirunal institute for medical sciences was handled by Mr. Pramod. G, Project Manager of Clean
and technology in recognition of vol- Kerala Company Ltd.
untary blood donation camps organised The ISF, LBSITW also celebrated IETE Foundation day
during the year 2015. As part of Gandhi on November 1, 2015 at IETE Trivandrum Centre, Pat-
Jayanthi, a campus cleaning program was tom. Two technical lectures were also organized. A one
held on 2nd October. day workshop on Internet of Things was jointly organized
by ISF of LBSITW and IEDC of Heera College of Engi-
We celebrated National Post office day neering, Trivandrum on 22 January 2016. “THE GREAT-
on October 10 by writing and posting let- EST HACKING PROTOTYPE”, a workshop on hacking
ters in letter box. On December 1st, stu- was hosted jointly by ISF and Innovation and Entrepre-
dents from our college joined in the rally neurship Development Cell, LBSITW on February 6th
conducted from Arts College to VJT Hall. and 7th 2016. Dr. Kulkarni Memorial Lecture was con-
Our college got the proudest opportuni- ducted on 19th March 2016 at LBSITW.
ty for hosting a 2 day State level camp
“GENSIS” based on gender justice and
women empowerment on March 7&8.

New Year IEEE

New Year was welcomed by The IEEE Student Branch of LBS Institute of Technology for Wom-
LBSITW with great enthusi- en celebrated IEEE week through a series of events conducted at
asm and fun. Cakes were dis- the college over the week. IEEE Day was observed on 6th October.
tributed among the students Participants watched video clippings on IEEE & IEEE Day. A One
and staffs of LBSITW. Many day technical talk on the topic Signal Enhancement in Consumer
interesting games were also or- Products – Cell phone Handsets, PCs, and Digital Still Cameras/
ganized as part of the program. Camcorders was conducted on 10 December 2015 at the main semi-
nar hall of LBSITW. The session was handled by Dr.Akhilo Ken
Sugiyama FIEEE & FIEICE, Research Fellow, NEC Information
and Media Processing Laboratories at NEC Corporation, Tokyo.

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Congratulations! Escapade ‘16
The annual sports meet was conducted on 30th
Miss Jancy Jose (2010
January 2016. Apart from the previous years there
graduate) has been awarded
was active participation of students and staffs for
with Unique Times Young
all the events. Dr. K C Raveendranathan, principal
Entrepreneur Award. This
LBSITW presided over the function. Dr. Mujeeb A,
award champions the spirit
Former Director, LBS Centre has officially inaugu-
of entrepreneurship and cel-
rated the function by hoisting the flag.
ebrates the new age heroes
who are transforming our
country and taking our na-
tion to the world.

Faculty Development Programs

• Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced
Algorithms and Complexity Theory” conducted
College dance team has been selected to partic- for 5 days from 14th to 18th December 2015,
ipate in the Indian hiphop championship 2016. in which the number of participants was 39.
We are proud to say that our dance is the only • Workshop on “Design and Engineering” con-
girls team to qualify the Kerala level auditions. ducted for 2 days on 29th and 30th December
Other acheivements. 2015, in which the number of participants was 35.
1.1st place at Govt. Engg College ,Calicut • Workshop on “Review of Outcome based Educa-
2.2nd place at IISER,Trivandrum tion” by Mr. Muruganantham .P, Saintgits Col-
3.2nd place at Pankajakasthuri College of Engg lege of Engineering, Kottayam on 13th January
& Technology, Trivandrum 2016, in which the number of participants was 19.
• Workshop on “Strategic Planning”, conducted
by Dr. V. Gopakumar, on 15th February 2016,
in which the number of participants was 40.
• Expert talk by two professors from Australian
Universities, Prof. Sid Nair, from University of
Western Australia, and Prof. Arun Patil, Deakin
University of Australia on 18th February 2016,
in which the number of participants was 22.
• Faculty Development Programme on “Net-
work Technologies and Security”, for
The College chess team represented the col- 4 days from 8th to 11th March 2016, in
lege in the University of Kerala inter-collegiate which the number of participants was 30.
Chess tournament held at CET, Trivandrum • Workshop for developing the Strategic plan for the
from 29th September to1st October 2015 and Institute, conducted by Prof. Omkumar Krishnan
secured 5th position. Team Members: Anjana. from IIM Kozhikode, for 11 days from 10th March
E. S (S3 IT), Aparna. J. S (S3 IT), Ashna Salim 2016, in which the number of participants was 46.
S (S3 IT), Irfana S Fazil (S3 IT), Lekshmi S
P(S3 IT), Nourin N S(S3 CSE)

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KSWDC Yavanika ‘16
The intra collegiate cultural fest Yavanika was
KSWDC conducted Career Orientation Pro- conducted by the college union’16 on 19th and
gram (COP) in Association with REACH- 20th of February 2016. The event was officially
Resource Academy on 5th January 2016. As inaugurated by Dr. K C Raveendranathan, prin-
part of International Womens Day, Drawing cipal, LBSITW. The days were packed with fun,
competition on topic “Different stages of enjoyment and competitive spirit of students. The
life” and Awareness class on “Human Traf- stage became a platform for the wonderful girls
ficking” was conducted. Students and fac- of LBSITW to showcase their talents. Prizes were
ulty member of this institution participated awarded for outstanding talents.
in the “Her Story” photography contest con-
ducted by KSWDC.

Yagna Dhruva 2k16

The most exciting and fun filled event, the
national level inter-collegiate techno-cultural
fest YAGNA DHRUVA’16 was conducted
on March 11th, 12th and 13th of 2016. Apart
from the past years this time there was a huge
participation for all the events from various
Accredited
colleges across India. The function was offi- The Undergraduate programmes- Computer Sci-
cially inaugurated by leading playback singer, ence and Engineering and Electronics and Com-
Sreenath K. The 2nd edition of ‘Tanha’, the munication and Engineering has successfully re-
tech-expo organised by the Dept. of Computer ceived the NBA Accreditation.
Science, was coordinated successfully by the
students and faculty of the college. Film Fest
Film fest for the year 2016 was conducted on 23rd
January, 2016 for third and fourth years and on
13th of February 2016 for first and second years.
All the students and staffs actively took part in the
film festival which was held at Ajantha Theatre,
Trivandrum.

Shrishti Vismaya ‘16

The intra college tech fest of various associations
named SAMYUKTHA, ADVAYA and SARGA was
conducted on 27th February 2016. Many technical
competitions as well as tech expos were conducted
in order to promote the technical knowledge and
skills of the students.

Editorial Board Editor:

Vinita V Nayak
(CS/IT Association Secretary)
Staff Editor:
Lekshmy PL
Sub Editors:
Divya G Suma P
Design and Layout:
Sneha VL
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