Dept of ECE exhibited seven IoT based projects in 3rd IoT India 2019 Expo during
29.01.2019-31.01.2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. About 200 companies and visitors
visited our stall. Few companies were interested in joint collaboration and product
development
IoT LAB Visit
Organized interactive session on “Convergence of 5G, IoT and AI Technologies” by Dr.Xavier Fernando, Professor at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada for the faculty members of ECE Department.
Dated:24.06.2022
Visit by Mr.Bharathi Athinarayanan from AT&T Inc. Dated: 10.02.2020
Visit by Mr.MeorTawfikAmirrudin and Mr.Mashadani Bin MuhammedSalehan from Ventura
IoT Asia, Malaysia. Dated: 23.10.2019
Visit by Dr. Sheela Siddappa, Chief Data Scientist and Global Head- Data Analytics,
Bengaluru, India Dated: 09.01.2019
IoT LAB visit by MMU Faculty
• Delegates from Swinburne University of Technology visited our Centre of Excellence’s IoT Centre and the 5G
Innovation Centre on 12/09/2024 at 2:00 PM. They have expressed their interest in observing the projects and patents done in our IoT Centre of Excellence.
• Alumni from the Batch of 1995-1999 visited our Centre of Excellence’s IoT Centre and the 5G Innovation Centre on 27/07/2024
at 2:00 PM. They expressed their willingness to provide comprehensive support for the department.
Alumni from the Batch of 1995-1999:
⮚ Mr. Namath A, Oracle, Chennai
⮚ Mr. Srinath Venkatesan, BSNL, Chennai
⮚ Mr. Sathish. E.V, Director, Edge Verve Systems, Bangalore
⮚ Babu K, Radisys, Bangalore
⮚ Mr. L.Saravanan
⮚ Mr. Saravanakumar
⮚ Mr.S. Pradeep
⮚ Mr. Vinay Sasi
⮚ Mr. Jothi Prakash
⮚ Mr. Karthik Chidambaram
⮚ Mr. Arun Mahalingam
Professors from Multimedia University, Malaysia visited Our LAB
Industry Collaborated Courses
Mr.P.C.Stalin from EMSOL systems visited our Centre of Excellence’s IoT Centre on 21/08/2024. He gave us a demo in working with various IoT boards and gateways.
The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) has officially
signed an MoU with Silicon Systems, Coimbatore on 7.10.2024. This collaboration marks a significant step toward fostering technological innovation and academic excellence.
Dr.A.Rajeswari, Principal & HoD, Dr. M. Poongothai, Associate Professor & Mr.P.Satheesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, CIT organized
a webinar on “The Future of App Industry” on 10.11.2021 at 2.00PM as a part of Huawei’s Free Mobile App Development Training initiative and
interaction arranged with Huawei Services (Hong Kong) Co., team Mr. V. Murali, Dr. Sriram K Vasudevan, Principal Consultant, Huawei Technologies India Pvt.
Dr.A.Rajeswari, Principal & HoD, Dr. M. Poongothai, Associate Professor & Mr.P.Satheesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, CIT organized a Five-week HMS Foundation training course on “Mobile App Development” for Faculty members and students of CIT. In Batch-1, 27 Faculty & 377 Students participated and In Batch-II, 325 students participated During the training, participants were encouraged to build sample applications and release applications in AppGallery.
MoU signed with Sai Incubation Centre and Introduced the theory Subject “Real time applications using Python”
for UG students
Hands-on Workshop on Python Programming – Workshop by Mr.P.Dinesh, Embedded developer, Sai Incubation Center, Coimbatore
IoT LAB Inauguration
Mr.S.Rajiv Rangasami, Director, C.I.T Institutions, inaugurates the new IoT centre at the
ECE
department, CIT Dated: 22-01-2018
Seminars & Workshops
IoT Workshop
We conducted a one-day workshop on “IoT : Technology and Applications for smart environment
at MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur
Training to Schlumberger
Dr.A.Rajeswari, Dr.M.Poongothai & Mr.P.Muthusubramanian offered training on “Introductory
Training – Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas fields”to Schlumberger, Oilfield Services
Company, IT park, Coimbatore Dated: 21.02.1019
Seminar/FDP Conducted
Organized One week online FDP on “Emerging Trends In Secure Internet Of Things With Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence For Futuristic Applications”.
Dated: April 22-28, 2024.
Co-ordinators:
i. Dr.M.Poongothai, Professor
ii. Ms.S.Dhanalakshmi, Assistant Professor
iii. Ms.R.Nithyalakshmi, Assistant Professor
Organized Seminar on “Introduction to IoT Technologies” for first year MBA students, Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore.
Dated:29.12.2022
Organized Seminar on “Latest trends in the domain of Internet of Things and prototype demonstration” for the faculty members and students visited from Janson’s Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.
Dated:6.10.2022
Organized a One-day National Seminar on “ Smart IoT Solutions for Preventive Health care in
India” Dated: 15.03.2019
Organized One week TEQIP III sponsored FDP on “IoT: Technology and Applications for Smart Environment” during
26.11.2018 to 30.11.2018 for Civil, Mechanical, Computer Science and Chemical Engineering Faculty members of CIT
Organized one week AICTE Sponsored QIP short term course on IoT: A Perspective for Smart Environment and
Ecosystems During 18.12.2017 to 24.12.2017
Internship Conducted
• The IoT Center @ CIT organized a summer internship on "Cloud-Based Intelligent Edge-Powered IoT Solutions".
Around Five fourth-semester students from Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology participated in the program, guided by three faculty members
who provided training throughout the internship. During 15.07.2024 to 26.07.2024
• Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (Phase - III) Twinning Arrangement with Department of
Electronics And Communication Engineering, CIT & M.B.M Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Internship OnIot Based System Design During 15.06.2019 to 31.07.2019
Webinar Conducted
Conducted One day webinar on “IoT: Paradigms and Solutions for Next Generation Smart Ecosystems -
Digital future for the new normal” in collaboration with Intel, Bangalore Dated: 12.08.2020
Conducted One day webinar on IoT: Paradigms and Solutions for Next Generation Smart Ecosystems -
HAMS: Harnessing Automobiles for safety in collaboration with Microsoft, Bangalore Dated: 13.08.2020
Conducted one week ATAL sponsored online FDP on “Precision Health Technology” during 21.09.2020 to 25.09.2020
Dr.V.Selladurai, (Principapl,CIT) and Dr.A.Rajeswari (Professor and Head, Dean Academics, ECE Dept, CIT), Co-ordinator of
this ATAL FDP and co-coordinators Dr.M.Poongothai(Associate Professor, ECE Dept, CIT), Dr.B.Premalatha (Assistant Professor, ECE Dept, CIT)
and Ms.Cynthia Joseph(Assistant Professor, ECE Dept, CIT) were addressed the participants
Organized two days TEQIP III sponsored National Seminar on “IoT and Machine Learning algorithms: Towards Smart Eco systems”
in association with IoT Centre, ECE During 25th March 2021 & 26th March 2021
Dr.M.Poongothai presented paper on “Design and Implementation of IoT based Smart Laboratory”
IEEE proceedings of International conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA 2018),
National University of Singapore.
Session chair of Session C-5: Intelligent System Design and
Environmental Resource & Oral Speaker, International conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications
(ICIEA 2018) organized by National University of Singapore
National Level Hackathon Conducted
“Nexus 24 ”was held on March 23rd , 2024, jointly with Career Guidance and Counseling Cell of CIT.
• First round - Idea submission - 150 teams. 93 teams were shortlisted after Evaluation by internal faculty members for online presentation on March 4th.
• Second Round - A panel of 12 industrial experts’ shortlisted 78 teams for final round, prototype development.
• The teams were given two weeks of mentoring by both industry and academic experts for prototype development.
• Final Round was held on March 23rd , 2024. Three teams were short listed.
Sponsors:
⮚ Dr. R.S Pugalendhi , Anora, Chennai - Platinum Sponsor
⮚ Byts: Gold Sponsor
⮚ Time, Emgiltz, and Sixphrase: Silver Sponsers
⮚ Slicon Systems, Emsol Systems, and SI-UK, Coimbatore: Bronze sponsors
Hackathon Participated:
The Project titled, “A LOW COST SYSTEM TO DETECT INSECTS IN MANGOES” with following team members has successfully participated and Shortlisted as the top 40 projects for
the finale among the 1400 teams all over India. AICTE inventors challenge, organised by AICTE, Arm education and STMicroelectronics from July 2023 to November 2023.
Supervisor:
⮚ Dr.M.Poongothai , Professor
Team Members:
⮚ Dharun Kumar A , III year ECE
⮚ Dinesh K , III year ECE
⮚ Karthick Venkatesh T III year ECE
⮚ Sanjay V , III year ECE
Team attended the finale, hosted by Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology in Noida, Delhi.
The Project titled, "Design and Development of Novel Anti-Drone Defense System” with following team members has successfully participated and
Competing against 68 talented teams, the project was awarded the First Prize at the National-level Innovative Design Protection Challenge (IPR Pride 2024).
Their innovative solution stood out, earning them a well-deserved 5000 cash prize.
The event was organized by the Intellectual Property Rights Cell at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, on August 30th, 2024.
Supervisor:
⮚ Dr.M.Poongothai , Professor
Team Members:
⮚ Edwin Nova A, III year ECE
⮚ Sabaarish M, III year ECE
⮚ Sabarivasan R.T III year ECE
The Project titled, “IoT based driver assistance and safety system” with following team members has successfully participated and selected till second round in Automobile Hackathon organized by NEC and Mitsubishi Corporation india on 19th and 27th February 2022
Team Members:
⮚ Dr.M.Poongothai , Associate Professor
⮚ Jayasurya M , III year ECE
⮚ Pavithran KB, III year ECE
⮚ Loganathan D, III year CSE
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