RIPAD muVolume. XII

Ja n - June 201 9

TRINITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Engineering the Next Generation

MissionThe Next Generation Engineering

C from the Principals ^esk...

‘The first faCf o f 2019 as recaptured in this BeautifuC edition o f Tripad Brings Bac^fond memories and gratitude. (From its hum6Ce Beginnings Tripad has compCeted a dozen editions, just as Trinity has grown into 6eing a recognized name in engineering education. Our spirit o f innovation and entrepreneurship has Been continuousCy recognised By the XpraCa Startup Mission ranging us as among the top coCCegesfor IE DCs. The KfraCa State Science Technology and Environment granted us a funded project fo r deveCopment o f Cow cost medicaC devices.The trust from such a reputed agency to a coCCege that has onCyfour undergraduate programs speaks voCumes o f the capaBiCity o f ourfacuCty and s ta ff teams in undertaking chaCCenges that heCp guide ne%t generation o f engineers. CongratuCations to the CoCCege Zlnion and the different teams that Brought us much gCory in various contests and events. May the JLCmighty continue to provide strength to everyone in the Trinity famiCy to do our Best possiBCe wor^in aCCarenas.CongratuCations to the Tripad team fo r putting together the 12th edition.

Dr. Arun Surendran

ffhief GLditer's ^esk...Nurturing creativity and inspiring innovation are two o f the ey e Cements o f a successfuC education, and a coCCege NewsCetter is the perfect amaCgamation o f Both. I am reaCCy happy to Be the editor o f the 12th issue o f our coCCege NewsCetter ‘TRJ(PA1>’- It showcase the activities o f our coCCege from January to June 2019. ContinuousCy we are getting ISTE award, CongratuCations to ourfacuCty and students. I wouCd Cifte to congratuCate my coCCeague Asst. (Prof. NishiforpuBCication in the Scopus-Cnde^edJournaC “ JJLcR.(PCS”-The uniqueness o f our coCCege is that ourfacuCty companies wording with Industries andfloated proper student

internships. JLCso organized various workshops on different topics MACHINE LEARNING, COM<Fl)TE^ VISION, CY<BE<HSECt><RjTY, <R£ EigjCTE^ (PLANE, , ENGINE OVERJCA^L, VI<RJX)AL REALITY, C/ESTl)(R!E CONTROLLED) (DRQNE and IOT. Our CoCCege has signed MOV with MaCaysia's Cargest univer­sity, University TeftnoCogi MARA (ViTM.) fo r cooperation in academic, scientific andpersonneC deveCopment. ACso Nano space par^signed an Mol) with Trinity CoCCege o f Engineering.I extend my gratitude to Mrs.SteCCa V S fo r her cooperation in reCeasing this issue.With BCessing and warm wishes

Dr. M ettilda Rose V

INDEX

Achievement

Toppers

Departments

Industrial Visit

Workshops

Monday Briefing

Meetings

Expert Visit

Placement

Projects

National Science Day

Union Day

IEDC

Others

Arts

Sports

NSS

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ACHIEVEMENTISTE BEST STUDENT CHAPTER AWARD 2018

Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) N ational Executive has selected and honoured Trinity C o lle g e of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram along with Governm ent C o lle g e of Engineering, Kannur as the Best Student Ch ap ter of K e ra la on the basis of activities carrie d out during the y e a r 2 0 1 8. Asst.Prof. Lineesh A S from Electrical and Electronics departm ent received the a w a rd , which consists of a m edallion and a citation, during the Inaugural function of ISTE Students' N ational Convention held at L.D. C o lleg e of Engineering, Ahme d a b a d on 29th January 2 0 1 9 .

( nwatutatiatwAsst.Prof .Nishi S D as’s (Electronics & Communication Engineering Department) research p a p e r titled Retinal Abnorm alities in Prodromal Stage Detection of A lzheim er’s Disease has been published in the International Journal of Information Technology. W e congratulate Nishi for publication in the Scopus-lndexed Journal “JA R D C S”.

PROJECT PRESENTATION CONTESTI

Asst.Prof. Nishi S Das

N ational Service Scheme C e ll o rganized a Project Presentation contest at CET. The team from our college present­ed 'Advanced Scavenging System'. The id e a was selected in the top 30 . The selected teams will partic ip ate in the University level contest on June 2 1s t and 2 2 n d at CET. The teams selected in the prelim inary round will be a w a rd e d R s.10 0 0 for participation. Congratulations to Asst.Prof. M arvin Suraj Koshy and our final y e a r students A ravind S, Aswathy S N, Rijo Mohan and Deepthi Mohan from Electronics and Communication Engineering d e p a rt­ment for their success.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO SI KTU EXAM TOPPERS

Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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CONGRATULATIONS TO S5 KTU EXAM TOPPERSCivil Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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CONGRATULATIONS TO S7 KTU EXAM TOPPERS

Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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CIVIL ENGINEERING

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (FDP)

O u r C iv il Engineering departm ent team Assistant Professors Adarsh M S, A lex Tharun, Nithin S and Blesson John attended a six d a y Faculty Development Programm e (FDP) on “Research Avenues in C o astal Engineering” o rg a ­nized by Department of C iv il Engineering, TKM C o lle g e of Engineering. As part of the FDP they had a site and lab visit at N C ESS , Thiruvananthapuram .

SURVEY CAMP FOR S6 CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

CIVIL DEPARTMENT FEST LAUNCH

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Departm ent of M echanical Engineering, Trinity C o lle g e of Engineering, Thiruvananthapu ram, organized a M echanical Engineering fest ‘M A Q U IN A ’ on 29th A p ril 2 0 1 9. Dr. Arun Surendran, Principal and Strategic Director, presided over the function. The Chief Guest Mr. Praveen, Senior Engineer, A C S IA Technology delivered the inaugural address on the story of the modern car. Acsia C E O Jiji Chandran joined the fest later and spend half the d a y on campus visiting the expo.

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Departm ent of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Trinity C o lle g e of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram , o rganized a N ational Level Conference as part of M A G N A V O X Dept Fest on 5th A p ril 2 0 1 9. After the p raye r by students, Asst.Prof. Archana S (H O D , ECE) welcomed and introduced the guests to the gathering. The Chief G uest Dr. S e ld e y C h risto ph e r, Professor St. X a v ie r’s Catholic C o lleg e N ag erco il, Tam ilnadu delivered the inaugu­ral address and inaugurated the function by lightening the lam p. The function was followed by various program s including Project Expo, Anert So lo arpanel Expo, Q u iz, Treasure Hunt, G a m e Zone e tc ...

SVEEP AMBASSADORS MEETO ur final Y e a r Electronics and Communication Engineering student B h a d ra p riya , the head am bassador of Thiruva­nanthapuram SVEEP am bassadors attended the SVEEP meeting held at Collectors conference hall on 2 3 rd March 2 0 1 9 . The Systematic Voter Education & Electoral Participation (SVEEP) is a government initiative to encourage voting. In the meeting they discussed about the duties and responsibilities of SVEEP am bassadors. Trinity will host the SVEEP activities for south Trivandrum a re a . A

ANIMATRONIC HAND TRAINING PROGRAMAs part of A A G N E Y A ’ l 9 Governm ent Engineering C o lle g e of Engineering Barton Hill organized an ‘Animatronic Hand’ training program on 8th and 9th Feb ruary 2 0 1 9 . 1 5 students from Trinity’s first y e a r Electrical and Electronics Engineering attend­ed. The program was conducted by SkyFi labs.

Students from S I EEE Adithyan,Vishnudas and Akhil P K p artic ip ated in the technical quiz competition 'INSEA Technical Q u iz 2 0 1 9' at S a ra b h a i Institute of Science and Technology on 1 9 th M arch 2 0 1 9. The students c le are d the first round. The second round will be conducted on 2 3 rd M arch 2 0 1 9 .

INSEA TECHNICAL QUIZ 201 9

Students from S 2 EEE Adithyan and Vishnudas participated in the technical quiz competition 'INSEA Technical Q uiz 2 0 1 9' at S a ra b h a i Institute of Science and Tech­nology on 1 9th M arch 2 0 1 9. The students c le are d the first round and attended the final round on 2 3 rd M arch 2 0 1 9 . The teamwon the third position and received Trophy and Cash Prize. W e congratulate this first y e a r team for the perform ance and achievement.

INSEA TECHNICAL QUIZ 201 9

SEMINAR

Sem inar on Recent Trends in Computer A id e d Design softw are’s b y INTERCAD for final y e a r M echanical Engineer­ing students.

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GENERIX 2019

Departm ent of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Trinity C o lle g e of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram , o rg an ized a N ational Level Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology titled GENERIX- 2K19 on 1 2th A p ril 2 0 1 9. The inaugural function w as started with a p ra y e r song b y students. Mr. Lineesh A S, Convenor of G e n e r ix -2 K 1 9, w elcomed and introduced the guests to the gathering. Dr. Arun Surendran, Princi­p al and Strateg ic Director, who w as presiding over the function, talked a few words about the im portance of con­ferences in technical education. The C h ief G uest Mr. R S Nithin, V ice Chairm an IEEE, K e ra la Young Professionals d elivered the inaugural ad dress and inaugurated the function b y lightening the lam p.

The inauguration w as follow ed b y the first keynote address. R S Nithin d elivered a talk on “Entrepreneurship.” It w as follow ed by the interactive session of Mr. Roshan S h areef, Founder of Tesseract Innovations. He d elivered a talk on “Electrical System Design Using BIM”. He illustrated how BIM has m ade life easier for Electrical systems designers because of clash detection and resolution.The program was intended to explore the innovations and accomplishments in different a re a s of engineering and to bring researchers, scientists, engineers and students from different parts of the country to present their research and id e a s.W e a re h ap p y to have accom plished experts as resource persons, a g rea t set of p apers w ere presented and w ide range of topics have been addressed in the conference. F inally Mrs. Anuvinda S M, H ead of the Departm ent, d elivered the vote of thanks and some p artic i­pants proposed the vote of thanks and fe ed b ack. Best p a p e r a w a rd including cash prize w as distributed by our Principal at the end of the d a y . As part of the EEE Tech fest, a perform ance b y V B hag w as also o rg an ized in the evening. o

GENERIX 2019 FUN ALBUM

INDUSTRIAL VISIT

Departm ent of Electrical & Electronics Engineering a rran g e d an Industrial visit for the final y e a r students to Pothen- code 2 2 0 K V Substation on 29 M arch 2 0 1 9 . Asst.Prof.Yumuna and Asst.Prof.Sabitha accom panied the students. Assistant Engineer of Pothencode subtation Shri. Anoop V ija y a n interacted with the students and exp la in ed aboutthe details of Single Line D iagram in 2 2 0 K V Substation. The one d a y visit allow ed the students to get a goodunderstanding of the operations that they had learnt about in different courses.

Departm ent of Electronics & Communication Engineering a rra n g e d an Industrial visit for the first y e a r students to Traco C a b le Co m pany Limited, Ernakulam on 3 0 M arch 2 0 1 9 . Asst.Prof. M arvin Su ra j Koshy and Asst.Prof. K a la d e v i Sreekum ar accom panied the students. The one d a y visit a llow ed the students to get a good understand­ing of about the ap plicatio n of the product in our house­holds. The team observed the various processes involved in the manufacturing of cab les and the process of ensuring the q uality of the product.

Departm ent of Electronics & Communication Engineering a rran g ed an Industrial visit to Traco C a b le Co m pany Limited, Ernakulam and O otty Tea Factory for S4 students from 1 1th to 15th A pril 2 0 1 9 . Asst.Prof. Nandhu and Asst.Prof.Reshma accom panied the students. The team observed the various processes involved in the m anufactur­ing of cables and of ensuring the quality of the product.

Departm ent of M echanical Engineering arran g ed an Industrial visit to C H O W G U L E & CO .PVT.LTD . Departm ent of C iv il Engineering a rra n g e d an Industrial visit SHIPBUILDING D IV ISIO N , G O A for S4 students for the S 4 students to Idukki Dam on 1 9th A p ril 2 0 1 9 . Assistant from 2 1s t to 24th A p ril 2 0 1 9 . Asst.Prof. Karthik Professors Nitin S, Arjun S, Som iya S P and Lab Instructor N a ra y a n a n and Asst.Prof.Vishnu G o vin dan accom - Asw athy Krishnan K L accom panied the students

panied the students. 1 0

Letmac Innovations conducted a RC Fighter Plane Workshop on 23 rd February 201 9 at Trinity College of Engineering.The workshop was led by Asst.Prof.Vijeesh (MD of Letmac Innovation) and coordinated by our alumni team. Trinitians and other college students attended the workshop. The workshop introduced the basics of aircraft construction followed by model making and flying. The partipants received participation certificates from Letmac Innovations.

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CYBER SECURITY WORKSHOP

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering conducted a workshop on Cyber Security on 6th March 201 9 as a part of Tech- fest GENERIX 2K19. The session was led by Mr.Hemanth Joseph, Senior Security Engineer and Hall of Famer of Apple, Google and Facebeook.

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COMPUTER VISION WORKSHOP

A team of students from S6 ECE and ME attended the three d a y workshop on CO M PU TER V IS IO N U S IN G DEEP LEA R N IN G from 8th ,9th and 1 Oth M arch 2 0 1 9 in M arian Engineering C o lleg e. The students a re interested in pur­suing Al and DL topics for their final y e a r projects. Trinity’s Projects & Publications center is keen on promoting R&D in em erging technologies.

IOT WORKSHOP

O ur students attended a Two d a y workshop on loT A pplication Development Program O bjectives on 9th and 1 Oth M arch 2 0 1 9 at the G ovt. Engineering C o lle g e , Barton Hill, Trivandrum. This workshop provided a platform to learn various components, technique, and applications in loT. These workshops also help the Entrepreneur to build their product with industrial standards. All the participant will get a Certificate of Participation from KSUM and ICTAK.

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MACHINE LEARNING WORKSHOP

O ur S6 EEE and ECE students attended a workshop on M achine Learning, A rtificial Intelligence and D eep Learning on 12th M arch 2 0 1 9 . The session w as handled by Mr. Robin Reni, A rtific ia l Intelligence Engineer, Innovation Incubator. The session was conducted using the new facilities at our computer lab . Mr. Reni introduced the basic concepts, history and applications of these em erging technologies. The event w as part of the lead up events for

G e n e rix , 2 0 1 9 .ENGINE OVERHAUL WORKSHOP

The six d a y (3 weekends) Engine O verhaul W orkshop at Trinity campus for M echanical Engineering students under the guidance of Asst.Prof. C hand rasekhar (M echanical Department) commenced last weekend. O ve r 2 0 students will get complete hands on learning of engine components, their assem bly and maintenance. This is the second time this workshop has been organized on campus after the overwhelming success two ye ars ago. Faculty C h an ­drasekhar had started the first autom obile m echanical workshop for M aruti brand in Trivandrum before his decades long stint in the M idd le East in the same field. 1 ^

VIRTUAL REALITY WORKSHOP

Bestowal Info Techs conducted a W orkshop on VIRTUAL REALITY (360 D egree W r a p Around Perspective) - "Blur The Line Between Im agina­tion and Reality" for S6 and S8 students from C iv il Engineering and M echanical Engineering Department. The workshop was organized in our college auditorium on 1 1th M arch 2 0 1 9 . As a significant 4th Industrial Revolution technology, it is important for students to get exposure and an understanding of the Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies.

C o lle g e a lre a d y has a team working with VR Startup Embright Infotech. A dedicated high power processor com­puter will arrive on campus next month which will be used to establish a VR space inside the ADM L lab.

SHORT TERM BIM TRAINING PROGRAM

O ur principal Dr. Arun Surendran inaugurated the two months Building Information M odeling (BIM) training program conducted by BIM Labs. The 2 4 0 hour training program for the Final y e a r C iv il Engineering students was started on 2 2n d M arch 2 0 1 9. O ve r 2 0 students are attending the hands on training. The college currently hosted the BIM team of A d ra k Engineering & Construction Limited working in tandem with C& T Engineers and Tasseract Innovation. BIM Labs will conduct a placement drive on campus at the end of the training period.

AWARENESS PROGRAM

S6 and S8 students from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Departm ent attended an aw areness program on C A D by C A D Desk Trivandrum .

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GESTURE CONTROLLED DRONE WORKSHOP & RACE

Asst.Prof.Vijeesh V S (EEE), MD of Letmac Innovations and team conducted the two d a y G esture Controlled Drone workshop and Race in association with IEDC for the students of Sree N a ra y a n a Institute of Technology,

Kollam on 28th and 29th M arch, 2 0 1 9. The teams used Letmac created special drone kits to assem ble their own drones which were flown at the end of the two d a y workshop. Race winners were recognised.

TWO DAY WORKSHOPK e ra la StartUp Mission conducted a two d a y workshop on ‘M obile A p p lic a ­tion Developm ent’ for our students and inter college IEDC students by ICT A cad em y of K e ra la on 9fl' and 10 * A pril 2 0 1 9 . This workshop provides a platform to learn M obile a p p d eve lo p ­ment and its techniques & ad van tages also help the Entrepreneur to build their product with industrial standards. Students from different colleges in Trivandrum attended. 9 Trinitians were also part of the workshop. .

MONDAY MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN - 3 1 / 1 2 /2 0 1 8

O ur chairm an Dr. Thomas A le x a n d e r joined with the Trin­ity fam ily for the M onday Briefing held on 3 1 st Decem ber 2 0 1 8 . O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran and Adm inistra­tive O ffice r Rev.Fr. Popson Kuriakose were present. Sp eaking to the faculty and staff, our chairm an recaped our eventful y e a r of achievements and listed the changes in the new y e a r which will keep us on track in attaining us vision.

Rev. Fr. Popson ap p recia ted the different faculty and staff who had m ade outstanding contributions to the college. O ur Principal reiterated the focus on creating industry re a d y engineers out of our students by giving them required exposure. S e veral faculty and staff spoke in the interactive session that followed.

20 19 FIRST MONDAY BRIEFING

The first M o nd ay Morning meeting of the even semester was held on 28 th Janu­a ry 2 0 1 9 . O ur Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose welcomed the students for the new semester. He ap p recia ted Asst.Prof. Vishwajith (M echanical Engineering Department) for being appointed by A ir India as A ircraft M ainte­nance Engineer. He urged the students to focus more on their studies and to respect their parents.O ur Principal Dr.Arun Surendran asked the students to cultivate good habits like punctuality which will help them build g reat careers.Students were informed about our college being chosen as the best in K e ra la by ISTE N ational Committee. Trinity’s M o ll with University Technologi M ARA M a la y ­sia has also been ap p ro ved . Final semester students are not required to be in uniform this semester. They were urged to use their time w isely to complete

excellent projects and get p laced. The students of S 2 C iv il engineering were congratulated for approaching thecollege system atically to obtain permission. Sonia of S5 was assigned as student speaker for next week. Shesuccessfully com pleted a three week p a id internship at Hatch Spaces. Faculty Rakesh (EEE) and IEDC lead Anand M ichael will address the college next week with details about the upcoming TEKO N and K ETCO N technology festivals. The four students selected for d ataP o w a scholarships will meet with C E O M ichael Flynn tomorrow at Taj Co ve, Kovalam .

MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

The points discussed in the M onday meeting by the Principal:Al Adrak's placement track after second semester D atapo w a scholarship for four students from our college Achievement of ISTE team winning N ational A w ard Short film by Trinity team with anti drug messageTwo representatives from police to be present at college cultural activities Importance of N SS certificatesS6 Mech Student Sonia shared her experiences working at Hatch Spaces coworking space as an intern. C iv il HoD Adarsh invited the college to the upcoming N ational BIM Summit on F rid ay. Faculty Anand M ichael and Rakesh g a ve information on upcoming conferences and hackathons.O ur Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose also addressed the students. He stressed the im portance of uti­lizing time properly on and off campus.

The Trinity ISTE team Dr. M a ry M ettilda Rose , Asst. Prof. Lineesh and Asst Prof A rchana with the ISTE N ational A w ard

Asst.Prof. Rakesh R Topic: KTU Tech Fest (K ETCO N 2 0 1 9)

Topic: BIM SUMMITSoniya (S6 Mech)

Topic: Hatch Spaces

Asst.Prof. Anand M ichael Topic: K e ra la Startup missions

Technical Fest (TECHNICAL EX TR A V A G A N ZA S)

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On M o nd ay briefing our Principal Dr. Arun Surendran addressed the Trinity fam ily. He spoke about the salient points in the speech by Dr. A g a rw a l, Chairm an, N ational Board of Accreditation at the Principal's meet held on 5th Feb ruary at CET. Dr. A g a rw a l la id out the need for each faculty to reflect on the out­come of their lecture before they get into the classroom. He com pared how Indian colleges are obse ssed with campus placements while world class universities like Stanford judge

their own perform ance by where there graduates reach 2 5 y e a rs after leaving the campus.Dr. Arun also discussed about his visit to G re e n v a lle y School with the Startup mission C E O Dr. S a ji G opinath for the students expo. G re e n v a lle y schools insists on self learning through project. At engineering colleges, the onus of learning is still mostly with the teachers. Principal asked the students to take more responsibility with long term goals in mind.The success of the BIM Summit was shared with news about com panies from H y d e ra b a d looking to recruit hundreds of BIM trained Btech graduates.He reminded students to avoid mobile phone usage during class hours. Sports schedule was announced.He congratulated the students who participated in the K a sa rg o d e Hackathon and Students Professional Summit. The Morning briefing began with a p ra y e r in memory of our retired driver S iv a ra ja n who passed a w a y during the w eekend. He was 7 5 .

AWARENESS TALK ON STEM CELL DONATION

MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

Ms. Chinma K M, Senior Associate Donor recruitment M an a g e r from B angalore M edica l Science Trust g ave an aw areness talk on stem cells during the morning briefing. She g a ve an introduction to Stem cell registry. Trinity N SS volunteers and N SS faculty co ordinators will take initiative in the Stem cell donation drive in and around the campus. In the next week the stem cell team will be in the campus to collect the donors list.

MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

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MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

O n M onday briefing our Principal reminded the final y e a r students to update their KTU profiles. The u pgrad ing of new ERP system will becom- plete on the end of M arch. It would be helpful for the parents to access e a sily the academ ic progress of the students. Students were asked to complete Semester registration form and a b id e by the lib ra ry rules.

A new office is started on campus exclusively for projects and publications to im prove the quality of projects output on campus. Asst.Prof. V ip in G o p a n has been assigned as the in charge. Student teams who attended w eekend worshops at CET, BartonHill and M arian Engineering Co lleg es were recognised.O ffic ia ls from the postal departm ent g a ve an aw areness talk on postal banking. Rev.fr.Popson Kuriakose delivered the vote of thanks. He also ap p recia ted the students union for supplying ‘Pothichor’ (rice meals) for the patients and the bystanders in hospitals once in a week.

MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

On M onday meeting our Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose addressed the students. He ap p recia ted the students for their im proved perform ance in the series test. O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran talked about the tragic incidents happening in the society b e ­cause of the different addictions of the youth. He urged students to be serious about their abilities and lead pur­poseful lives.

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ISTE MEMBERSHIP CARDS DISTRIBUTED BY PRINCIPAL

This Week's Updates

• Techfests and conference will be on 1 2 and 1 3 A pril.• Engine overhaul workshop by Mech dept has started last weekend. O v e r 2 0 students attending• New VR system will arrive on campus e a rly next month.• Projects and Publications Center is coordinating this semester’s projects well tow ards publication.O ur Principal shared his experience from the national summit of Young Indians at G o a this weekend. Krishnakesh from S8 M echanical Engineering delivered a presentation on the topic Computer Vision using D eep Learning. O ur principal distributed ISTE membership cards for all the first y e a r students. The Students Union was congratulated for distribution of free lunch to hospital patients and their caretakers this week as well.

MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

O ur Principal Dr.Arun Surendran informed the students that KTU is likely to publish the result very soon and the attendance requirements for a p p e a rin g the exam ination this semester. He recognized Vishnu and Adithyan from S 2 EEE for their success in the 'INSEA Technical quiz 2 0 1 9' conducted by S a ra b h a i Institute of Science and Technol­ogy. He congratulated our alumni Prakash (M echanical Engineering) for his success in G A T E exam ination. He secured All India rank 3 2 0 0 in G A T E 2 0 1 9 out of the 1 .6 7 lakh students who a p p e a re d . O n next M o n d ay briefing D ivya S R from S8 ECE will deliver a talk on G A T E exam and its im portance among engineers.O ur Principal also discussed the Governm ent and University orders about conduct of celebrations on campus and Industrial visits. Inter departm ent promo video making contest was also announced.

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MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

On Monday briefing our Principal Dr.Arun Surendran informed the students about the upcoming hackathon in AR/VR and ICT Academy workshop. Last week our principal judged the 2 day Hackathon meet at Marian College of Engineering. He recognized the students from ECE department who were selected by Kerala Startup Mission for the upcoming idea contest. The campus is expecting a visit from Retd Army officer who is an expert in drones. Sessions will be arranged with him for interested students.Series exams will be conducted from Thursday. Students were asked to submitted individual Industrial Visit reports to get activity points. Student presentation for the weekly briefing was by Divya S R. She presented a timely introduction about the GATE examination. Students were told about the nature of questions, courses to cover and the dates important for 2020 GATE exam. Mechanical HoD Asst. Prof Kannan then introduced the external expert visitor for the briefing.

MONDAY MORNING BRIEFING

O ur Principal addressed the students in the M o nd ay morning briefing. He asked the departments to train the students for the university exam ination based on their perform ance in the series tests. Trinity is launching new projects in collaboration with Dronitech and Statlogic. Last week our Principal, V ice Principal and Asst.Prof.Vipin G o p a n attended the Principals meet organized by the KTU.He mentioned important points from the meeting like the BTech d eg ree credits is reduced from 18 0 to 16 0 , Subjects like Life skills becam e m andatory and non credit. English and Computer Science have been introduced as first y e a r subjects.Representatives from C a m b rid g e Business English M r.Vineesh and M s.Bhagya, Resource person of C o lle g e of Engineering Trivandrum interacted with our students. She discussed the im portance of English Language in work p laces and interviews.

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2 0 19 FIRST STAFF MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN

First staff meeting of the semester was held on 25th

Jan u ary 2 0 1 9 . O ur Chairm an Dr. Thomas A le x a n ­

der discussed about results, rem edial classes,

admissions and overall improvement of our institu­

tion. Trinity got an opportunity to invite the

renowned athlete O lym p ian K.M. Beena Mol for

the first staff meeting. Beenamol was on campus in

association with the R ailw ay Police Force online

exam . The gold m edal winner in Commonwealth

and Asian G am es, she has been fecilitated by the

country with Arjuna and Khel Ratna aw ards.She congratulated the college for promoting sports and advised that even half an hour of sports a d a y can provide us mental and physical energy for the whole d a y . O ur Chairm an gifted a memento in the presence of Principal Dr. Arun Surendran , Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose, V ice Principal Dr. M a ry M ettilda Rose and staff. W e thank her for inspiring the generations and making the nation proud with the performances.

STAFF MEETINGS

The first staff meeting was held on 14th Jan u ary The second staff meeting was held on 2 1 st Jan u ary 2 0 1 9.2 0 1 9 to discuss course and extracurricular prepartion The meeting was chaired by Principal Dr. Arun Surendranfor the upcoming semester. The meeting was chaired and Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose. Theby Principal Dr. Arun Surendran and Adm inistrative guiding plans for academ ics, labs and extra curricularO ffice r Rev.Fr. Popson Kuriakose. activities were shared.

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STUDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVE MEETINGStudent representatives arranged a meeting for the class representatives and Students Council members to discuss about Fest, Sports day and Arts day. The meeting was held on 6th February 2019 under the leadership of College Chairman Shri.Vishnu Mohan. Student’s council members Saroj, Brahmajith and Divya S Nair at­tended the meeting.

STAFF MEETINGAll staff meeting was held on 1 5th Janu­a ry 2 0 1 9 . The meeting was chaired by Principal Dr. Arun Surendran and A d ­ministrative O ffice r Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose. Importance of the Cleanliness of the campus was stressed. In the fa c ­ulty meeting that follow ed, course pro g­ress was review ed. Faculty were on track to complete 2 modules before the first series exam on 28th. The V S S C and

STUDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVES MEETING ISRO inspections of the college labs inconnection to a new campus com pany was narrated.

Student representatives a rran g ed a meeting for the class re p re ­sentatives and Students Council members to discuss about Fest, Sports d a y and Arts d a y . The meeting was held on 5th March 2 0 1 9 under the leadership of C o lle g e Chairm an Shri.Vishnu Mohan. Student’s council members Saro j, Brahmajith and D ivya S N a ir attended the meeting.

STUDENTS MEETINGAll students meeting was held on 15th M arch 2 0 1 9 in the presence of Students Chairm an Vishnu Mohan,Sports Secretary Am al S S, Arts Club Secretary M eera L M and G e n e ra l Secretary D ivya S N air.

ALL STAFF MEETINGAll staff meeting was held on 19th M arch 2 0 1 9 3:30 pm . The meeting was chaired by Principal Dr.Arun Surendran and Adm inistrative O fficer Rev.Fr.Popson Kuriakose. S everal points were d is­cussed in the meeting including the importance of having re liab le power supply since campus com panies were undertaking critical work, total team effort to­w ards admissions, proper dressing while on duty, avoid ing gossip and trying to fit into multiple roles where our talents can be put to use.V ice Principal Dr. M ettilda and Projects & Publications in charge, V ip in G o p a n , also spoke at the meeting. The all staff meeting was followed by a faculty meeting that discussed completion of files, proper documentation and in­ternal audit. o/i

PRINCIPAL’S MEETINGSTRINITY’S PRINCIPAL WITH GOVERNOR @ RAJ BHAVAN

O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran met the Honourable G overnor of K e ra la and Former C hief Justice of India, Dr. P S ad asiva m at Raj Bhavan. He was part of the d e l­egation of the Co nferderation of Indian Industries (CM). The G overnor consented to inaugurating the upcoming Port C ity Conclave at Thiruvananthapuram being o rg a ­nized by the CM. Dr. Arun Surendran is currently the Chairm an of Young Indians, Trivandrum Chap ter. Yi is a sister association of the CM. Trinity C o lleg e is a member of CM and Y i-Y u va .

TRINITY'S PRINCIPAL @ GREEN VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran was an invited guest to the G re e n V a lle y International School along with K e ra la Startup Mission’s C E O D r.Saji G opinath to attend the student project expo. Trinity C o lle g e of Engineering is the technology adviser for G re e n v a l- ley School, which has a project based curriculum from Std III onw ard. G re e n v a lle y kids visit Trinity regularly for project help. O ur alumni Pranav C h an d ra works at G re e n v a lle y as technology faculty. Dr. S a ji G o p i­nath commented on the positive disruptive effect such insitutions have on the education system.

1 5th YOUNG INDIANS NATIONAL SUMMIT 201 9O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran took part in the Young Indians Take Pride 2 0 1 9 summit at G o a . As the outgoing chair of the Trivandrum chapter of Yi, he thanked the 60 0 delegates from 4 2 cities across the country for their wholehearted and timely support during the devastating K e ra la floods of 2 0 1 8 . The Summit featured eminent speakers from G o ldm an Sachs, G o o g le , Sequo ia, Indian N a v y, Jabong etc. Dr. Arun Surendran will be part of the N ational Council for 2 0 1 9.

T H E 15th YO U N G INDIANS N ATIO NAL SUM M IT

THE CAR STO RY

Our Principal Dr. Arun Surendran addressed selected 1 00 students of Abraham Memorial HSS, Thirumala as part of the “Car Story” technology introduction seminar organized by Acsia Technologies and Young Indians. Based on the 3 hour interactive session, selected students were offered 2 weeks interning opportunity at Acsia in Technopark Phase III. W ith offices in Japan, Germany and Sweden, Acsia works with world class car manufacturers.

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EXPERT TALK

External Expert Mr. Jitendra Tiwari from “Made Easy”, New Delhi addressed the students about prepara­tion techniques for GATE and similar exams. He holds the Limca book of records title for memorizing GRE word list from Barron’s. He introduced memory techniques to the students and impressed them with his capacities. Later Mr. Tiwari took shorter sessions about GATE coaching to different departments.

B rig ad ier (Retd) G V G P ra sad , Director, Dronitech (A brand of parent com pany Drovation Solution Pvt.Ltd visited our college on last week. He cam e to fin alize the details of launching drone based courses conducted by Indian A cad em y of Drones (IAD) at our campus. He was h a p p y to have the collaboration with Trinity for conducting their hands on 5 d a y piloting course and 2 d a y drone cintem atography course. Trivandrum is the first city outside M um bai and H y d e ra b a d where Dronitech is extending its operation. Though series exam s were in progress,1 5 selected students attended an interactive session with him.

He shared his experiences with drones in the arm y and how drones are revolutionising various civilian industries like surveying, monitoring, communication etc.

External Expert Mr. Jitendra Tiw ari from “M ad e Easy”, New Delhi interacted with the S6 and S8 students from C iv il and M echanical Engineering Department. He holds the Limca book of records title for memorizing G R E word list from Barron’s. He addressed the students in the m onday briefing and introduced memory techniques to the students. Mr. T iw ari took shorter sessions about G A T E coaching to different departments.

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SCHOLARSHIPS FROM DATAPOWA

Placements in Hatch SpacesHatch space is a state of the art co working space in Trivan­drum founded by Com m ander R R Shibu, retd architect with Indian N av y. O ur student Soniya from S6 M echanical Engi­neering worked there as an internship trainee for two weeks. She has also landed job offers from two com panies housed at Hatch Spaces.

PLACEMENT MOCK TEST

UK based Sports Tech com pany d ataP o w a has selected our students Sujitta R V (S2 Mech), N a jiy a N azrine P A (S2 Civil), Prince N R (S2 ECE) and Praveen Krishna B (S4 EEE) for this y e a r ’s dataPow a scholarship. Mr. M ichael Flynn, founder C E O had an interaction with the students at Taj Co ve Resort Kovalam on 2 9 Jan u ary 2 0 1 9 . The team was accom panied by Asst Prof Anand M ichael and Administration Assistant Sheeba.

The M echanical Engineering departm ent conducted a Placement mock test for the final y e a r students in our Computer la b . The C a re e r G u id a n ce and P lace­ment Unit of Trinity is putting in p lace a full semester of activities to p rep are our final y e a r students for interviews, group discussions, job fa irs and qualifiers tests.

C G P U is led by Asst Prof Anand M ichael of M echanical Dept with faculty representatives from each department. O ur final y e a r students have a lre a d y taken part in job fairs held in different locations. Last w eek, as part of BIM Summit, a job fa ir was held on campus for C iv il, Mech and EEE students tow ards BIM. Al A d ra k has a lre a d y informed of its requirement of q ualified freshers as part of our Direct Absorption Program for graduates. So fa r 1 6 students from Trinity have been abso rbed to A d ra k group in the last y e a r. Trinity will also be hosting another job fa ir in the coming months. W e wish the final y e a r students all the best with their careers.

CAREER GUIDANCE EXAM

Trinity C a re e r G u id an ce and Placement C e ll conducted an objective test for 3rd and 4th y e a r students of EEE and ECE Department. Test was designed by the N ational Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The short listed students will get a chance to attend national training program , plus assured placement.

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FINAL YEAR STUDENT PROJECTS

CIVIL EN G IN EER IN G

Project Title

Experimental Study O f Glass & Shredded Rex fiber Used In Concrete Pavements

Team Members

Akhila S Kumar An and R S Harikrishnan V Haritha D H

Guide

Asst.Prof. Alex Tharun

Experimental Study On Nybn Fibre Reinforced Porous Concrete

AswaniSanthosh Gopika S Mid hula R R Saranya V S

Asst. Prof. Hima S

Study On Marshall Properties On Bituminous Concrete Mix W ith Ceramic W aste As Aggregate Replacement

Anjana.V .G JeenaKumari. S. G Rakhi.SReshmaVenugopal.S

Asst.Prof.Blesson John

Concrete 3 D Printing

Arya S S Sandhra S S Silpa PN a ir Sreerema Prasad

Asst. Prof. Nitin S

Climatic Risk Assessment — A Case Study O f Munroe Island By Using Sentinel Data

Akhila T N Sa ran R S Amrutha M K Ajeesh S L

Asst. Prof.Ad arsh M S

Carbon Emission O f Trinity Campus

An chi Ashok ArathyVijayan Karthika Nair S Soorya JA.S

Asst. Prof.Ad arsh M S

Experimental Study On fiber Reinforced Concrete Pavement Block

M eera .LMParvathy.GSreejith.S.SSuvarna.L.S

Asst. Prof.Arjun S

Comparitive Study of Concrete with Steel & Nylon Fiber

AbhishekA Athira A R Soumya S Syamily Krishna

Asst.Prof. Alex Tharun

Geotechnical Reuse of Byproducts — Phosphogypsum in soil Stabilization

Anjali Soman Blesna VJ Gipson Gill LibinBiju

Asst. Prof. Blesson John

Forensic Study and Retrofitting of Building

PoojaAravind Vivek S Bharath S Raj SnehanDcruz

Asst. Prof. V ijithV S

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FINAL YEAR STUDENT PROJECTS

Mechanical Engineering

Project Title Team Members Guide

Efficiency improvement of a HVAC system using phase changing material

Ab hi lash S B Ad arsh S S Amrithesh M S Bhaiith Chandran

Asst. Prof. Kan nan S

Fabrication of Aluminium Matrix Composites Using Friction Stir Processing

An and J L Krishnaprasad K Nithin Stephen K Vishnu Mohan

Asst.Prof. Karthik Narayanan M V

G ear Cutting on Lathe Machine

Remesh V M Aa nth u S K Achu B S Shafir Shahul S

Asst. Prof. Nandu Bhadran

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Project Title Team Members Guide

Hacking Interrupter IOTBhadrapriya Divya S nair Suraj

Asst.Prof.Nishi S Das

Advanced Scavenging SystemAravind S Aswathy S N Deepthi Mohan S Rijo Mohan S

Asst.Prof. Marvin Suraj Koshy

Data encryption using external parameters

Ganesh R S Fa had khan A Divya S R Athira L

Asst. Prof. Gayathri Rema Narayan

Vital parameters monitoring & Signaling system

Vishnu S J Saveri M S Archana P H Athira A V

Asst. Prof. Kaladevi

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Project Title Team Members Guide

Real time Theft detection and power outage caused by fault using IOT

Abhijith S S Nimitha D Jayalekshmi

Asst. Prof. Sabitha A R

Integrated water Management SystemRagi R G Saroj V B Vyshnavi Mohan

Asst.Prof. Yamuna M Nair

Portable Electric Bike for Smart cities Akhilamol D Parvathy B J

Asst. Prof. V i j e e s h V S

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Topic: Efficiency im provem ent of a H V A C system using ph ase chan g ing m aterial.Students: Abhilash S B, Adarsh S S, Amrithesh M S and Bhajith Chandran (M echanical Engineering)G u id e d : Kannan S

Topic: Fabrication of A lu m in iu m M atrix Co m po sites U sing Friction Stir Processing

Students: Anand J L , Krishnaprasad K , Nithin Stephen K and Vishnu Mohan

(M echanical Engineering) G u id e d by: Karthik N a ra y a n a n M V

FINAL YEAR STUDENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

P ro je c t: - Fabrication of A lu m in iu m M atrix C om po site U sing Friction Stir ProcessingProject members : - Anand J L, Vishnu M ohan M, Nithin Stephen, Krishnaprasad K (M echanical Engineering) Project G u id e :- Asst.Prof. Karthik N a ra y a n a n

P ro je c t: - G e a r Cutting on Lathe M ach ineProject members : - Remesh V M

Aanthu S K, Achu B S and S h afir Shahul S (M echanical Engineering)

Project G u id e :- Asst.Prof. Nandu Bhadran

P ro je ct: - Data encryption using external param etersProject m em bers: G anesh R S, Fahadkhan A,D ivya S R and Athira L (S8 ECE)Project G u id e : Asst.Prof. G a y a th ri Rema N a ra y a n

P ro je ct: - V ita l param eters m onitoring & Sig n alin g systemProject members : - Vishnu S J, S averi M S,Archana P H and Athira A V Project G u id e :- Asst.Prof. K a la d e v i

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MOU SIGNED WITH MARA (UITM)O ur C o lleg e has signed M o ll with M a laysia 's largest university, University Teknologi M ARA (UiTM) for cooperation in academ ic, scientific and personnel developm ent. Trinity is the first college in K e ra la that UiTM University has entered into MoU. The agreem ent will facilitate student and faculty exchange, conduct of short courses and conferences and co llaborative research in engineering and technology.

"Associating with such an internationally reputed university will certainly help us take the quality of our education to the next level. W e are grateful for the recognition of the im portance Trinity has p laced on hands on engineering and entrepreneurship." said Dr. Arun Surendran, Principal, Trinity C o lleg e of Engineering. M ARA University has around to 2 lakh students spread across its 4 0 campuses with close to 2 0 ,0 0 0 faculty.Dr. D avid N a ta ra ja n , the H ead of Research for M ARA has visited Trinity college campus twice for international conferences. He has also collaborated with the college on student projects. Trinity thanks Prof. D avid for his continu­ing support of Trinity which is further strengthened through the MoU.

MOU SIGNED WITH STATLOGIC INDIA PVT.LTD

UNIVERSITIT e k n o l o g iM a r a

Statlogic, the G e o sp a tia l big d ata multinational com pany that recently moved to Trivandrum as part of the upcom­ing N ano space park signed an MoU with Trinity C o lle g e of Engineering. The document was exchanged between director of Statlogic, Sam uel John and our Principal. C T O of Statlogic Vignesh was also present on the occasion. The team from Statlogic interacted with the faculty and student team who would undertake the two R&D projects a lre a d y supported by trinity for Statlogic. These involve prototyping and design of IOT and NOT services with international industry standards for the agriculture sector. 10 students and 3 faculty from ECE and EEE departm ent form the team which is coordinated by Asst.Prof. V ip in G o p a n from the projects and publications office. There will be w eekly meetings of the team with Statlogic reps so that the projects milestones are met in a timely fashion.

N A T IO N A L SC IEN CE D A Y 2 0 1 9

Trinity celeb rated the N ational Science d a y on 8th March 2 0 1 9. The event was d e la ye d from Feb ruary 28th because of exam schedule. Dr. Arul Jerald Prakash, the Director of K e ra la State Science and Technology Museum was the chief guest. The theme this y e a r was Science Comm unica­tion. In his wonderful keynote, Dr. Prakash recounted stories of V ikram S a ra b h a i, APJ Abdul Kalam and Homi B aba to stress the im portance of science communication in our nation building. 30

UNION DAY 2K19

Trinity celebrated the Union D a y on 4th M a y 2 0 1 9 . O ur V ice Principal Dr. M a ry M ettilda Rose inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp in the presence of staff coordinators Asst.Prof. Nithin S (Civil) A sst.Prof.G ayathri Rema N a ra y a n (ECE) and the college union members. Final y e a r M echanical Engineering student Shri. Vishnu Mohan (Students Union Chairm an) delivered the welcome speech.

Students from all the departments participated in various cultural program s in the three hour show. W e thank the union members who worked tirelessly for the event.

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Trinity IEDC team organised a farew ell p arty to our IEDC N o d al O fficer Asst.Prof. Deepu S a je e v from M echanical Department. Deepu has been involved in the establishment and growth of Trinity’s incubaion ecosystem that is now recognised as the top among colleges in the state. O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran gifted a memento in the presence of Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev. Fr.Popson Kuriakose, V ice Principal M a ry M ettilda Rose and IEDC team mem­bers. Trinity team thanked him for his support in IEDC activities. Asst. Prof. Anand M ichael will take over the responsibilities. IEDC has been allotted a new exclu­sive office cabin in the Automation G a r a g e for better streamlining of activities.

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KASARAGOD HACKATHON

O ur IEDC students Joel S B (S2 ECE), Mohammed Sheroz (S2 Mech) and A ja y a Das (S2 EEE) represented Trinity in K a sa ra g o d ’s first Hackthon event. K e ra la startup mission and K a sa ra g o d startup mission community jointly o rg a ­nized the first Hackthon event for students and innovators. Students from various colleges p artic ip ated . O ur students pitch their id e a on the opening d a y and worked to find a solutionwith the support of the mentors present there. They also attended Business and Technical sessions. Their id e a q ua lifie d in the first two round, which is a m ajor achievement for first y e a r students who a re not from computer science departm ent. W e congratulate the team on their initiative and effort.

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IDEATION WORKSHOP

Trinity IEDC conducted a two d a y Ideation W orkshop for the first y e a r and second y e a r students. The students stayed overnight on campus as they developed their id e a . K e ra la Startup Mission State coordinator M s.Sreekutty was the judge for 'Pitching Competition'. In 'Meet the C EO ' session they interacted with Shri.Manish Vishnu, C E O , C a k e Project. O ur Principal Dr.Arun Surendran, IEDC N o d al O ffice r Asst.Prof. Anand M ichael and our IEDC student coordinators handled sessions. The students also p artic ip ated in activities such as Advertisement m aking, T re a ­sure Hunt, C a m p fire etc. Close to 3 0 participants received certification.

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KSUM ZONAL MEET @ TRINITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

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Trinity hosted KSUM Zonal Meet - INSPIRE’ 1 9 on 07th M arch 2 0 1 9 . Both professional and non professional college students from 16 colleges from Thiruvananthapuram participated in the event. 7 0 participants were including N o d al officers from colleges spent half the d a y on our campus. Trinity’s N o d al O ffice r Asst.Prof. Anand M ichael welcomed the gathering. Dr. K C C h andrasekharan N a ir, C E O Technolodge, delivered a talk on Entre­preneurship. O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran handled a session on objectives of the program and im portance of innovation and entrepreneurship. Mr. Sooraj a d ig ita l marketing expert shared his experience in creating and running a startup. KSUM state coordinator Ms. Sreekutty discussed about the KSUM plans and Ideafest reg istra­tion details. She conducted a brainstorming activity for the students who were split into groups. N o d al officers group also participated in the activity. IEDC student coordinator B h a d ra p riya (S8 ECE) handled an interactive session. Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev Fr Popson delivered the vote of thanks. Sp ecia l lunch was o rganized for the nodal officers and speakers.

KSUM ZONAL MEET ALBUM

INDIA BIM SUMMIT

Trinity hosted the first India BIM Summit o rganized by BIMIabs. Close to 5 0 delegates from different com panies and colleges attended the two d a y event. 8 com panies e n g ag e d in BIM training conducted recruitment drive as well. Second d a y was exclusively hands on training in BIM software. The eminent speakers were included from Arth H y d e ra b a d , Y S C Saudi A ra b ia , C & T Engineers, Tasseract Innovations and more.O ur Principal Dr. Arun Surendran inaugurated the summit and stressed on the im portance of all engineersbeing aw are and getting trained in BIM which has revolutionised the design and build process. Trinity students also attended the keynotes.

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PROFESSIONAL STUDENT SUMMIT @ CUSAT

Trinity Student Representatives with Vikram Sa ra b h a i Sp ace Center Director Dr. Somnath

The professional Student Summit held at CU SA T on 1 1th Feb 2 0 1 9 was inaugurated by our Honourable Chief Minister Shri. P in arayi V ija y a n . Trinity’s student re p re ­sentatives Soniya (S6 Mech), Ananthakrishnan (S6 Civil), Prabin (S4 Mech) and Shaiju (S4 ECE) attended the summit held in Kochi. The K e ra la Governm ent took intiative to motivate students to excel in their fields. An internship program based on A SA P was also introduced. It has been initiated by Fourth Ambit, that recognises Trinity as a hub for technology internships. The breakout sessions had experts from the concern departments mentor the students. A full y e a r internship after 4th y e a r of Btech is being discussed as a potential method to im prove the industry readiness of graduates.

BOYS HOSTEL TOUR

NATIONAL STUDENTS’ PARLIAMENT. KERALA - 201 9

O ur final y e a r students attended the N ational Students’ P a r lia ­ment, K e ra la 2 0 1 9 on 2 3 rd Feb ruary 2 0 1 9 at N ishagandhi Auditorium. The C hief Minister, P in arayi V ija y a n addressed the gathering.

SKILL DELIVERY PLATFORM KERALA INAUGURATION

Trinity C o lleg e of Engineering was chosen as one of the first phase colleges in the state to receive the new Skill D elivery Platform K e ra la initiative. The equipment which allows remote d elive ry of lectures from studios in Technoparks will allow interactive experience for the students. Skill courses in A l, ML, Blockchain etc planned to be delivered. The state of the art computer lab at Trinity was u p g rad e d for this purpose. SDPK will allow students to be better p re p a re d for the job market.

CAREER GUIDANCE CLASSO ur final y e a r m echanical engineering students attended a C a re e r G u id an ce Class on 6th M arch 2 0 1 9 . The class w as handled by Mr. Robin Babu, M echanical Division H ead of Al A d ra k , Muscat. Robin, who is a regular visitor to Trinity exp la in ed to the students the importance of being thorough with the fundam entals of me­chanical engineering subjects while entering the w orkplace. He g a v e numerous exam ples where

direct ap plicatio n of subject matter and theory llearnt in undergrad classes comes up in the construction fie ld . He urged the students to ta p into a ll the learning opportunities that Trinity campus provides. M oreover, as Robin Babu heads the mechanical engineering campus placement interviews for Al A d ra k , his comments with noted respecfully by the students. 3 9

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ARTS CLU4 'NAUGURAVION

O ur Chief G uest Shri. S id h iv in aya k (Alumni), star of M azhavil M anoram a T V ’s N a y ik a N a y a k a n show, inaugurated the Arts Club on 1 9th Feb ru ary 2 0 1 9 by lighting the lamp in the presence of Principal Dr. Arun Surendran , V ice Princi­p al D r.M ary M ettilda Rose, Arts Club coordinators faculty Arjun S (Civil) and Sab itha A R and Students Union leaders. Sidhi recalled his college d a y s and journey so fa r. He works for KEL as an engineer while pursuing his passion for acting. O ur V ice Principal Dr. M a ry M ettilda Rose and C o lle g e V ice Chairm an Saro j from S8 EEE g a v e felicitations. Emcee of the d a y w as Jessica Joshy, Arts Club Secretary M eera L M welcomed the gathering and C o lle g e Chairm an Vishnu Mohan M d elivered the vote of thanks.

ARTS CLUB INAUGURATION CEREMONY SNAPS

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Trinity celeb rated the Arts D a y on 27th A pril 2 0 1 9 . The C hief guest M a la y a la m Poet Vinod V aisa kh i inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp in the presence of V ice Principal Dr. M a ry M ettilda Rose , Arts fest co o rd ina­tors, students and staff. M echanical final y e a r student Shri. Brahmajith (Student UUC) delivered the welcome speech. Students from all the d e p a rt­ments p artic ip ated in House wise Arts competitions.

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FAREWELL AND XMAS CELEBRATION

Trinity fam ily o rganized its Christmas celebrations and staff farew ell on Decem ber 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 . As it was exam study holidays, the celebration was attended mostly by faculty and staff. The Christmas cake was cut and distributed. Senior faculty and staff members who were retiring this y e a r were honored. Srikum aran N a ir Sir, Ja y a ch a d ra n Sir and M anikandan Sir of the M echanical Engineering workshop spoke on the occassion. Sriku­m aran N a ir Sir congratulated Trinity on its growth and expressed his confidence that the college will climb to g reater heights in future. Jayach a n d ra n N a ir spoke about the importance of hands on training in engineering education. Trinity fam ily wishes these veteran experts the ve ry best in their future pursuits.

INTERHOUSE CRICKET TOURNAMENT

FINAL MATCHPUMAZ VS JA G U A RZ

JA G U A RZ WON THE MATCH

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Vishnu Mohan (S8 Mech), Dhanish S L (S8 Mech)

Premji (S6 Civil), Ashik (S6 Mech), N aseeb (S6

Civil), Mahesh (S4 Mech), Anoop (S6 Mech),

A bhinav (S6 ECE) and N aiju N a za r(S 6 ECE).

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O ur Adm inistrative O ffice r Rev.Fr. Popson Kuriakose inaugu­rated Sports D a y on 30th A pril 2 0 1 9. Students participated in various events for their corresponding houses. Cricket, Foot­b all, V o lle y b a ll tournaments were conducted previously and various athletics events were held on the sports d a y . The or­ganising was led by Sports coordinators Vijith and Sreejith along withe the C o lleg e Union.

SPORTSV O LLE Y B A LL T O U R N A M E N T

INTERHOUSE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT FINAL

PUMAZ VS PANTHERZ

P U M A Z W O N THE M A TCH

TEA M MEMBERSAM AL S S (S6 M ECH) , ANEESH S (S6 M ECH), A CH U (S8 M ECH), A JA Y KRISHNAN (S6 EEE), A N A N D U V M (S4 EEE), M A H ECK (S4 EEE), AM AL S4 M ECH) A N D NITHIN STEPHAN (S8 M ECH).

INTERHOUSE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

FIN A L M A TCH : PUMAZ VS PANTHERZ P U M A Z W O N THE M A TCH

Team Mem bersS e b y Sebastian (S6 Mech), Achu (S8 Mech), Am al (S4 Mech), Prabin (S4 Mech), Anandu V M (S4 EEE), Praveen (S4 EEE), Aneesh (S6 Mech) and Joel (S2 ECE) 4 4

STEM CELL DONATION REGISTRATION

O ur Principal Dr.Arun Surendran received the certificate of appreciation from M s.Chinma on behalf of SCRI Stem C e ll Registry of India on 1 3 th Feb ruary 2 0 1 9. 7 2 Trinitians including students and staffs registered for Stem Cell Donor Director. N SS co ordinators Asst.Prof.Rakesh R and student co ordinators volunteered the program . The Reg­istry team said that they d idn’t expect such a high number. Usually they get only 1 0 % of the college to sign up. The ap p recia ted the N SS team for excellent coordination. The team will be back in M arch for follow up and MoU with the college so that fresh batches of students can enroll.

TRINITY NSS VOLUNTEERS @ VELLAYANI LAKE

As part of N SS activity 80 N SS volunteers from our college took part in the V e lla y a n i Lake cleaning process on 1 6th and 1 7th Feb 2 0 1 9. N SS faculty co ordinator Asst.Prof.Rakesh from EEE departm ent led the team.

W O M EN 'S D A Y C ELEB R A TIO N

Trin ity c e le b ra te d the International women's D a y on 8th M arch 2 0 1 9. O u r A d m in is ­

trativ e o ffice r R ev.Fr.Popson K u riako se in a u g u ra te d the p ro g ra m b y lightning the

lam p . V ic e P rin cip a l D r.M a ry M e ttild a Rose p resented a P o o n n ad a as a token of

love an d resp ect to M rs.V a sa n th a , the senior la d y staff in Trin ity. Students Union

C h a irm a n Vishnu M o han presented her a g ift on b e h a lf of Trin ity. Facu lty , sta ff and

students presented va rio u s entertainm ent p ro g ra m s in the fun fille d e ven ing .

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