IEEE Fresher's Quiz 2010

The much awaited event, IEEE Fresher’s Quiz was conducted by the IEEE Student Branch, NIT Warangal at the premises of NIT Warangal on the 5^th of August 2010.

It saw an overwhelming response from the students of various branches as the turnout was far greater than expected and the hall was filled completely with enthusiastic audience.

The event began with an Aptitude Test consisting of about 25 questions based on various topics such as Electronics, Current Affairs, General Aptitude, etc. Mr. Mithun M. Bhaskar, a Student Member pursuing his Ph.D in NaBIA( Nature and Bio Inspired Algorithms for Power Systems) with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIT Warangal addressed the audience on IEEE Student Membership after the Aptitude Test and answered their queries about the membership benefits, student activities, etc.

This was followed by a talk on the activities and achievements of Student Branch, NIT Warangal, by Mr. K. V. Karthik. Shortly after this, seven teams were selected for the further rounds.The following round was a General Quiz hosted by Mr. B. Phani Srikanth in which about 14 questions were posed to all the teams in total and a couple more questions to the audience. This round also consisted of a Visual Round in which the participants were to identity various eminent personalities associated with various fields from the clippings and the clues given to them. The succeeding round was a Rapid Fire Round in which about 7 questions were fired at the 7 teams. Team No 7, Arijit Patra and Nitesh Sharma, both from EEE proved their worth by answering the maximum number of questions correct and won the “Fresher’s Quiz 2010”.

Since there was a tie between two teams for the Runner Up position, few more questions were asked and Team No 3, Y. Raja Sekhar and Varun. T from Civil Engineering and ECE respectively won the Runner Up position. The name, “Dual Imagineers” fetched the “Best Team Name” award to Vamshi Pampari and Prashant Sriram from ECE and Mechanical Engineering respectively. The entire Quiz Round saw a very good participation from the audience as well. The Winning team won the subscription to “6 months of IEEE Student Membership” whereas the Runner Up Team and the team with the Best Team Name won goodies and free copies of “IEEE Spectrum” on behalf of the IEEE Student Branch, NIT Warangal. The entire event was a huge success and the Student Branch, NIT Warangal is looking forward to conducting many such quality events.

  

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IEEE Industrial Tour to GMRT

IEEE SB NITW

Winter Industrial tour 2009

Our industrial tour was to GMRT observatory (Giant MetreWave Radio Telescope) set up by TATA institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR). It is situated in a village called Khodad, which is 2 hours from Pune.

The first programme on the schedule was 2 hours of trekking onto a steep hill. It was a very effortful and exhausting trek but the view from the top of that hill was worth it, as we could see most of the antennas of the GMRT neatly spread out in the entire village.

After reaching the observatory, Mr.J.K.Solanky, Mr.Shindey and Mr.Patil (electronic engineers), welcomed us all and gave a brief introduction about the observatory. Then proceeded to show one of the antennas and explain the working and specialities of GMRT.

TIFR also has a balloon facility in Hyderabad which is essentially for X-ray astronomy. GMRT is a radio interferometer and consists of 30 parabolic, steerable dishes, each of 45m diameters. These 30 antennas are spread over the village forming a Y-shape (West, east and south), connected through power and optical fibre cables (with tilt meter system). They are centralised and controlled from the control room of the institute. A single dish can weigh about 120-130 tons. A low cost design has been implemented for each dish, such that they can withstand wind speeds up to 50 kmph. Each dish can elevate from 18 degrees from the ground to 95 degrees and can rotate upto 270 degrees in the azimuth level. It uses 6 servo motors for these rotations.

GMRT operates for low frequencies ranging from 150MHz to 1450 MHz. It is a national facility and astronomers across the globe can also use the GMRT. The signals are obtained and passed through the filtering processes and finally fed into software called Astronomical Image Processing Software (AIPS). Then we get a false colour image. The whole process can take from few hours to around 1.5 years based on the characteristics and validity of the signals.

Mr.Shindey and Mr.Patil then dwelled more into electronics and explained the complete working of the GMRT. They also explained the difference between a planetarium and a radio telescope. The former is concerned only with optics and images.

GMRT has produced around 400 images till now, some of objects as far as 1.5 million light years! Mr.Solanky concluded by saying that radio astronomy is a means of communication with the universe. He also informed us that TIFR encourages young enthusiasts, researchers and aspiring astronomers to work with them. All they have got to do is identify themselves and prove the genuineness of their exuberance.

It was a very enlightening and informative visit for the students.

Elections for executive body 2010

The elections for the Office bearers of IEEE Student Branch NIT Warangal were held on 29^th October 2009. The event started off with a presentation on an overview of the activities of the student branch in the year 2009 by A Srinath, The Vice chair person for the year 2009. He also gave vital insights into the problems faced till now and the events that could not be materialised due to various constraints. Gautam D, the Chair person also highlighted the fact that the new members should be sufficiently aware of the benefits of IEEE in order to exploit them to the full extent. He then informed about  the duties and responsibilities of each of the office bearers.

The turnout for the elections was good as even the prospective members for 2010 were also eligible for voting. Amarjot Singh was elected for the post of ‘Chair Person’ who impressed the audience with his plans for the Student branch for the coming year. He also promised to share his knowledge about the cutting edge research going on around the world. P.Raghavendra who was the runner up by a mere count of 3 votes was elected as ‘Student Activities Coordinator’.  Then, K.Chaitanya Pramod was elected as the ‘Vice Chair Person’ and K.V.Karthik as GINI representative who highlighted the importance of networking.  Then, Mounica A got elected for the post of ‘Secretary’, V.Varun kumar for ‘Treasurer’, Y Srikanth Reddy for ‘Public Relations Officer’ and Madhuri G for ‘Membership Development Officer’. Our Branch Counsellor Prof.DVSS Siva Sarma, encouraged the newly elected members to strive hard for the development of the student branch as well as its members. He also mentioned about the importance of teamwork and making all the students aware of the new ways in which they can develop themselves. 

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• Access IEEE online resources and merchandise.
• Establishing a World Wide Web page for the student branch.
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STAR Program

The Student Branch of NITW, visited the Fatima Girls High School, Kazipet, Warangal on 13th October ‘09 as part of the IEEE STAR(Student-Teacher and Engineer/Scientist) Program to encourage girl students to take up careers in the fields of mathematics, science and Engineering by giving an insight into the various innovations that have made man’s life simple.
It began with Dr.M.Sailaja Kumari (Faculty Advisor, IEEE WIE(Women in Engineering) Student Branch Affinity Group) giving an introduction to IEEE-WIE and the various programs conducted by it to encourage women to be part of the field of engineering. The school was promised that students would be able to use the NITW labs, to understand their subjects, much better through practical experiments.
This was followed by a presentation given by the students of NITW, on “Science, Engineering and Technology careers for the future generation” and the various fields under it.
The students were very enthusiastic and listened to the presentation intently. At the very outset the students of our college highlighted the importance of girls in the field of engineering. Most of the students already had an idea about the different fields of engineering and were ready to answer the questions put forward by the presenters.
The presentation included some informative videos which added to the exuberance felt by the girls. They also got to know all they needed to about the various branches of this vast field of study. The scope and the future of technology were also underlined.
At the end of the whole program many students also met up with the volunteers and discussed their doubts regarding various initiatives they have to take in order to have a strong base for engineering. All in all, it was a successful event fulfilling the objective of the IEEE STAR program.

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