NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

IEEE STUDENT BRANCH

ACTIVITIES - 2021

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 Inauguration of IEEE STUDENT BRANCH activities for the year 2021
• The inaugural ceremony of IEEE Student
Branch activities for the year 2021 was
conducted on 28th January, 2021 over the
WebEx Meetings platform.
• The Chief Guest at the occasion was Mr.
Aravind Raj A, R&D Engineer, Hitachi ABB
Power Grids, Chennai.
• The ceremony began with an invocation to
the almighty, followed by the Welcome
address and the Presidential address. Then
the activities of 2020’s student branch were
summarized by the SB Chairman and its
office bearers were felicitated by the SB
Counsellor who also introduced the new
office bearers. The Chief Guest then gave
the inaugural address, after which the
action plan for 2021 was presented. Inauguration of IEEE SB activities for the year 2021
on 28.01.2021

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 Invited talk on “Recent Trends in FACTS”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli
organized a technical webinar on the topic
“Recent Trends in FACTS” over the WebEx
Meetings platform.
• The technical webinar was handled by Mr.
Aravind Raj A, R&D Engineer, Hitachi ABB
Power Grids, Chennai.
• Mr. Raj covered different topics like
introduction to FACTS technology, series
compensation using series capacitors and
TCSC, shunt compensation using SVC and
STATCOM and the recent trends in this field
like hybrid solutions.
• The session was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from
all over the country.
Invited talk on “Recent Trends in FACTS”
on 28.01.2021

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 Invited talk on “Science Behind Engineering Materials”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli in
association with the IEEE Madras Section
organized a technical webinar on the topic
“Science Behind Engineering Materials”
over the WebEx Meetings platform.
• The technical webinar was handled by
Dr. V. S. Srinivasan, Professor, Homi Bhabha
National Institute and Head, LIMS, IGCAR,
Kalpakkam.
• Dr. Srinivasan covered different topics like
types of bonding, fundamentals of crystals,
mechanical testing, fatigue of materials, life
assessment, superconductivity and the use
of Zirconium alloy in nuclear reactors.
• The session was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from
all over the country. Invited talk on “Science Behind Engineering Materials”
on 29.01.2021

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 Invited talk on “Utility Scale Solar Power Plant”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli
organized a technical webinar on the topic
“Utility Scale Solar Power Plant” over the
WebEx Meetings platform.
• The technical webinar was handled by Mr.
Shino Shibu, Deputy Executive Engineer,
Solar Projects, NLC India Ltd.
• Mr. Shibu covered different topics like
introduction to solar power plants (SPP),
major components in SPP, power
evacuation substation, design of SPP, energy
storage in SPP and research ideas in this
area.
• The session was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from
all over the country.
Invited talk on “Utility Scale Solar Power Plant”
on 23.02.2021

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 Online Workshop on “Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli in
association with IEEE Computer Society
Chapter organized an online workshop on
“Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking” over
the WebEx Meetings platform.
• The online workshop was handled by Mr.
Ajinkya Lohakare, Certified Ethical Hacker,
Founder & CEO of Ditto Security.
• Mr. Lohakare covered different topics like
vulnerability of the internet enabled
devices, website phishing, Crypter software,
recon engine, Tor browser, Maltego, virus
detection, hacking, cryptography and disk
encryption
• The workshop was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from
all over the country. Invited talk on “Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking”
from 16.04.201 to 20.04.2021

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 Online Workshop on “Cloud Computing and Big Data”
• The IEEE Student Branch of NIT-
Tiruchirappalli in association with IEEE
Computer Society Chapter and Robosol –
For a Cause organized a five-day online
workshop on “Cloud Computing and Big
Data” during 17th – 21st May 2021 via
WebEx meetings.
• The event was handled by Mr. Vivek Yadav,
Senior Researcher & Developer, Robosol –
For a Cause.
• Mr. Yadav covered several topics like cloud
computing services, emergence of Big Data,
AWS management console, EC2 instances,
cryptography & disk encryption tools,
spoofing and IOT hacking.
• The workshop was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from Invited talk on “Cloud Computing and Big Data”
all over the country. from 17.05.201 to 21.05.2021

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 Invited talk on “Detecting Deceit Information from your Brain Activity”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli in
association with the IEEE Computer Society
chapter organized a technical webinar on
the topic “Detecting Deceit Information
from your Brain Activity” over the WebEx
Meetings platform.
• The technical webinar was handled by Dr.
Annushree Bablani, Assistant Professor, IIIT
Sri City, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.
• Dr. Bablani covered different topics like
brain computer interface and its
applications, invasive & non-invasive
methods for brain signal acquisition, signal
processing, deceit information test, and
EEG data classification.
• The session was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from Invited talk on “Detecting Deceit Information from your
all over the country. Brain Activity” on 09.06.2021

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 Invited talk on “AI for legal domain”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli in
association with the IEEE Computer Society
chapter organized a technical webinar on the
topic “AI for legal domain” over the WebEx
Meetings platform.
• The technical webinar was handled by
Dr. Rajeshwari Sridhar, Associate Professor,
Department of Computer Science Engineering,
NIT Tiruchirappalli.
• Dr. Sridhar started the session by introducing
AI and its allied domains. The research and
development of computer systems that can
intelligently solve problems in legal domain
was the main highlight of the session.
• The session was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from all
over the country. Invited talk on “AI for legal domain”
on 07.07.2021

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 Invited talk on “V2G Technology and Market”
• The IEEE SB of NIT-Tiruchirappalli in
association with the IEEE Power & Energy
Society chapter organized a technical webinar
on the topic “V2G Technology and Market”
over the WebEx Meetings platform.
• The technical webinar was handled by
Mr. Ritesh Acharya, MS student, Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIT
Tiruchirappalli.
• Mr. Acharya covered several topics such as
types of electric vehicles, their role in the
energy sector, vehicle to grid (V2G)
technology- its system requirements,
applications, trial projects, and challenges.
• The session was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculties from all
over the country. Invited talk on “V2G Technology and Market”
on 06.08.2021

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 Online Workshop on “Electric Power Engineering”
• The IEEE Student Branch of NIT-
Tiruchirappalli in association with IEEE
Power & Energy Society Chapter organized a
five-day online workshop on “Electric Power
Engineering” during 13th – 17th September
2021 via WebEx meetings.
• The workshop was handled by alumni of the
Department of Electrical & Electronics
Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli.
• Several topics were covered during the
workshop such as FACTS devices, electrical
engineering technologies, role of power
converters in electric vehicles, protection
issues and challenges in PV-connected
modern power systems, and islanding
detection in microgrids.
• The workshop was attended by UG & PG
students, PhD scholars and faculty from all Online workshop on “Electric Power Engineering”
over the country. from 13.09.2021 to 17.09.2021

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Online Workshop on “Antenna & Microwave Circuits Design Using CST &
TaraNG”
• The IEEE Student Branch of NIT
Tiruchirappalli in association with IEEE APS
Student Chapter organized a five-day online
workshop on “Antenna & Microwave Circuits
Design Using CST & TaraNG” from 29th
October to 2nd November 2021 on the
virtual platform of Microsoft Teams.
• The event was handled by personnel from
Jyoti Electronics and TaraNG.
• Ten interactive sessions were conducted
during the workshop namely Introduction
about CST and Metamaterials, Antenna
based Metamaterials, Extraction of
constitutive parameters using post
processing in CST, MIMO Antenna Design
and Reconfigurable Antenna, SIW Antenna
and Rectifier Design.
Online workshop on “Antenna & Microwave Circuits Design
• The workshop was attended by UG & PG Using CST & TaraNG” from 29.10.2021 to 02.11.2021
students, PhD scholars and faculty from all
over the country.

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Online Session by Mr. K. Kannadasan on 22.12.2021

• The IEEE Student Branch of NIT Tiruchirappalli

organized an online session on “Sensitization”
on 22nd December 2021 on the virtual platform
of YouTube Live.

• The event was handled by Mr. Kannadasan K,

Chairman, IEEE SB NIT-T and Research Scholar,
Department of Computer Science Engineering,
NIT Tiruchirappalli

• The workshop was attended by UG & PG

students, PhD scholars and faculty from all
over the country.
Online Session by Mr. K. Kannadasan on 22.12.2021

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