Innovation Initiatives

Innovation Initiatives

During the last two decades, MVJ College of Engineering has been continuously introducing several innovative programmes in a progressive manner, to expose the students to more industry related activities, and prepare them to be Industry Ready by the time they move out of the college. While introducing such specific activities, the sole objective has been to equip the students to face the demands of the Industry. These activities are in addition to their regular curriculum and academic activities, and are carefully crafted and implemented to expose the students to the practical aspects of Engineering, to nurture innovation, instil critical thinking and encourage hands-on training. The appropriate structuring of these programmes was always properly guided through detailed deliberations in the Governing Council. These programmes gained popularity, year after year in the campus, thus attracting a large number of students.

The details of the programmes and their structure are given below:

Tomorrow’s Engineers – Engineering Solutions to Societal Problems

The Tomorrow’s Engineers was inaugurated by Padma Vibhushan, Dr. K Kasturirangan, Former ISRO Chairman and Chief architect of NEP 2020 on 11th March 2016. The Tomorrow’s Engineers Club considers societal problems as one of the major concerns and provides opportunities for its participants from all the disciplines to work together, think out-of-the-box, and present their ideas as solutions to the societal problems. Few significant inventions from the Tomorrow’s Engineers Club are

  • Improving healthcare using Smart Pill Box for Medicine Reminder and Monitoring System
  • A Smart Bed, with Convertible Wheelchair and Stretcher

Objective

The Tomorrow’s Engineers Club is an MVJCE affiliated club. Considering societal problems as one of the major concerns of tomorrow’s engineers, the Tomorrow’s Engineers club of MVJCE provides opportunities for its participants from all the disciplines to work together, think out-of-the-box, and present their ideas as solutions to the societal problems.

Major goals of the club

  • To take up Engineering as a team sport.
  • To get involved with fellow students and give solutions for community-defined problems.
  • To think out-of-the-box and discover new areas of interest.
  • To develop network with industry professionals.
  • To make members reach pinnacles of success, inside and outside the classroom.

Inauguration of the Club

The 1stworkshop on ‘Creative Thinking, Innovation and Problem-Solving’, under Tomorrow’s Engineers Club, was inaugurated by Dr. K. Kasturi Rangan, former ISRO chairman, on 11th March, 2016. The other experts who hosted this workshop were Dr. B N Suresh, Dr. Kota Harinaraya, Dr. Sudhakar, Dr.Shaja, Dr.Jolly and Mr. Tito KishanVemuri. The inspiration to launch the club was kindled by the MVJCE Governing Council Chairman Dr. BN Suresh

The Practice

The Tomorrow’s Engineers workshop brings together the engineering community in a collective way, to build future-ready engineers possessing the ability to think differently, with enhanced problem-solving skills in compliance with industry demand. The workshop on ‘Creative Thinking, Innovation and Problem-Solving’conducted by the Tomorrow’s Engineers club gave the student participants an insight into the following:

  • What is engineering and what are the marvels in the engineering field.
  • Importance of problem-solving skills, creativity and innovation in engineering.
  • The need for a systematic approach towards problem-solving.

Policy of the Club

  • Ideas should be relevant to either Industry or Society.
  • Interdisciplinary groups should be formed.
  • A minimum of 6 to a maximum of 10 members from different disciplines should be there in each group.

Main Coordinator

Prof. Jeeva.B, AP, Dept. of ECE
Prof. Muralidhara R, ASP, Dept. of Civil Engineering

Co-coordinators

  • Kavyashree C V, AP, CSEDepartment
  • PuvadaPraveena, AP, EEEDepartment

Reports

Faculty Coordinators

Syed AzamCV9743400698
Prof. Jeeva B,ECE8105227020

Tinkering Lab was inaugurated on 24th September 2016 by Dr. Sameer Khandekar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. It is a dedicated makerspace in the College campus allowing our students to explore ideas, experiencing the process of creation of technology from ideation to prototyping. Students across all departments of the college access this lab after working hours, at their convenience. The Lab provides basic machinery, materials, tools and instruments for crafting their imagination.

  • Developed 150 plus projects. 
  • Development of Automated Intelligent Robot, Using Open Computer Vision (CV) 
  • Timer Based Irrigation System with Nutrient Detection of Soil 

Tinkering Lab established in 2015 is a dedicated makerspace in the College campus allowing our students to explore ideas, experiencing the process of creation of technology from ideation to prototyping. Students across all departments of the college are accessing this lab after working hours, at their convenience. The Lab provides basic machinery, materials, tools and instruments for crafting their imagination.

“By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.” ― Christian Dior.

At MVJCE, our students are encouraged to innovate and discover the joy of creation. The Tinkering Lab was established to fulfill this very purpose. The Tinkering Lab is a dedicated space on campus to explore ideas and experiencing the process of creation of technology from ideation to prototyping. The Lab provides basic machinery, materials, tools and instruments for students to bring form to their imagination. The Tinkering Lab is open to students across all departments of MVJCE to access at their convenience.

Faculty Coordinators

Dr Shravan/Prof. Irfan KhanAeronautical8125864858 /9620430202
Dr Sayantam SarkarECE9902818446
Prof H D ShivakumarMechanical9663498040

 

The “UAV – Develop Drones” ability enhancement course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to excel in this exciting field. The participants will embark on a comprehensive journey that covers the entire drone development process, from conceptualization to deployment. 

  • Students of MVJCE have been the consistent winners of National Aerospace Conceptual Design Competition (NACDeC), for all the seven editions since its inception in 2017. 
  • Our students have built drones for agriculture and surveillance and successfully competed in the Orissa Government under Skill India initiative in 2018.
  • Received gold, bronze medals in NDRF National Student Design Competition.

UAV Lab helps the students to learn and understand the design and fabrication of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. A Medical Drone is being developed by MVJCE students of UAV Club. Our students have been regularly participating in “UAV Outback Challenge” in Australia every year since 2016. Our students have built drones for agriculture and surveillance and successfully competed in the Orissa Government under Skill India initiative in 2018.

Faculty Coordinators

Prof. Vidya radhakrishnanAE8281803088
Prof. VarshaECE9986076577

 

MVJCE collaborated with National Instruments for establishing a Centre of Excellence with a lab on LabVIEW. The lab is used to train and certify MVJCE students on the LabVIEW Platform. MVJCE was conferred the LabVIEW Academy Award by National Instruments of India, on the occasion of NI Day 2014, at a function held in Bangalore, India, on 18/9/2014. Students use this lab to develop projects such as Sign language translator to text and speech using LabVIEW. NI Certification has helped students’ bag lucrative job offers in top companies including NI and inspired few others to start their entrepreneurial journey.

Faculty Coordinators

Dr M Thilaga RajECE/IIOT9487420979
Prof. Farah KowserECE7899837033
Prof.Minal Kalpesh DeoreECE7348927170

The Robotics and Industrial Automation Laboratory at MVJCE was established in 2015 under the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The lab is well equipped with the latest in advanced tools and equipment; enabling students to bring their ideas to life provisions are available in the lab for all the students and faculties to build in-house projects. 

  • Received Rs. 1 lakh as the First prize, for ‘Gesture Talk – providing a voice to the voiceless’ project at Pravega Innovation Summit, held during January 2018, by IISc. Bangalore.
  • Students designed robots that can float in water and play soccer.

Faculty Coordinators

Prof. David William RajECE9790347191, 9751095534
Dr JasnaCSE9495957765
Prof. Hetal RanaISE9867898184
Prof. Subhradip MukherjeeECE8507768697

The Software Development Club was Started in 2016. The motive of Software Development Club was to impart to students the importance of coding, developing applications and knowing about the various design tools and desktop computing techniques used in the industry currently. The knowledge of recent technology and services used in application development is also roofed in the club.

The applications developed in the club include Kiosk for MVJCE (MVJ Way Finder), MVJ Student Notice Board (A Broadcast Application), MVJ Library Book Requisition Software, leave Automation Software and Proctorial Automation System.

Faculty Coordinators

Prof Swasthi SudhaCSE7338278915
Dr JasnaISE9495957765
Prof. Tejaswini/Prof. Kriti TanejaCSE6363560710/ 9654921302

Idea Box was inaugurated in October 2015 by Dr Anil K Gupta, Founder of Honey Bee Network, IIM Ahmedabad. Idea Box is a vertical with the purpose of receiving students’ ideas for projects related to societal and industrial needs. The ideas focus on developing projects relevant to various in-house projects, which include Automatic Fuel Evacuation, Thermocol House, Recycling waste to produce components to aircrafts, Smart Gas stove, Medical Drones, Office Peon Robot and Emergency Response Traffic Signaling System. Some significant societal projects include Women safety, Sound city, Profit from waste and Hybrid Energy Harvesting. Some of the noteworthy business ideas projects include Book Buddies, Getting Tailored, Smart Digital Advertisement in cars and Greenville e-commerce.

Faculty Coordinators

Dr ArunkumarMechanical8838218292
Dr Rajesh SahaECE9759794625

The Astronomy Club was inaugurated on 8th September 2015, by Dr. P Sri Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. Under the auspices of this Club, students visit Planetariums and Observatories, to observe terrestrial and celestial events. Students are also trained to make Telescopes. Right now, the students are developing Radio telescope in MVJCE and students are also involved in astronomy related research projects.

Faculty Coordinators

Dr ManikandanAE/AS8870929962
Dr. Arunkumar PandaPhysics7738711668

The Foundation Skills in Integrated Product Development (FSIPD) was introduced and inaugurated by Mr Vasantha Kumar Narayan, General Manager, Robert Bosch, Bangalore and member of Board of Governors, MVJCE., in the month of June 2016. FSIPD program helps to enhance the industry readiness of students who want to start a career in engineering companies in the area of Integrated Product Development. The Program helps students to obtain technical skills needed to effectively play the entry level design engineer role in an engineering organization, understand the product development methodologies and management and develop product management plan for a new product based on the type and development methodology. The prototypes developed include Indoor Quality Monitor, ECO BIKE, STELLER: (The Radiations Force (Solar Charger for Car Battery), E Trolley, H cone and Bicycle operated Blender for Rural India Team

Faculty Coordinators

Prof. SofiaCSE8971935220
Prof. PoshithaCSE8050261030
Prof. NikithaCSE8086262272
CNC machining is a manufacturing process in which pre-programmed computer software dictates the movement of factory tools and machinery. The CNC Laboratory at MVJCE consists of MTAB XL Turn, XL Mill and ARISTO 6 Axis Pick and Place Robot. The facility gives exposure to students on the Computer Aided Manufacturing and Automation to help them develop the basic CNC programming skills required for matching the current day Industry needs.

Innovative Projects in CNC Lab

  • CNC 2D Pen Plotter
  • CNC 2D Rangolli Plotter

Faculty Coordinators

Prof. C ChanakyanMechanical7845128016
Prof H D ShivakumarMechanical9663498040

This Lab aims to equip the students with the practical concept of IoT systems design. It provides an overview of the aspects of IoT systems, including embedded intelligence, connectivity, interaction with the physical world, etc.

It covers the main design and implementation issues for IoT devices and their applications. The students gain in-depth practical experience in embedded system design, with a focus on IoT applications as well as communication in connected devices.

Students are trained to deal with industrial devices that use sensors to monitor and optimize operations. Students are familiarized with the basics of Internet of things and protocols. IOT Based Crop Monitoring System, IOT Based Smart Camera, Waste Segregation Using Smart Dustbin are some of the projects developed by students.

Faculty Coordinators

Dr S Sajithra varunElectronics9986649748
Prof. Rajeev parickerECE9900051746
Dr Bapi DebnathECE9862990118

These programmes vastly helped to inculcate creative and innovative thinking in students, to train them to develop problem-solving skills, and also to give them an opportunity to design and develop meaningful projects that provide solutions to some of the societal / industrial problems. Considering all the above, MVJCE has revamped its curriculum, taking into consideration the recommendations of

We have incorporated all the suggestions and designed a new curriculum in which all the innovative activities (verticals) are given credits, to recognize students’ innovative ideas.

The aspirations of MVJCE have been to build effective programmes which will enable the meticulous transformation of students, transforming them into highly motivated graduates and postgraduates, enriched and armed/equipped with professional competence, managerial skills, built-in dynamism and humanism. MVJCE has always been quality conscious, and continuously strives to attain higher levels.