GIT students achievements at International Platforms

 Pragati Media House, Belagavi

Four students namely Ms. Mirage Joshi, Mr. Chetan Kumar RE, Mr. Neeraj Deshpande and Ms. Pratiksha Nagarkatte of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology (GIT), Belagavi were selected as University Innovation Fellows (UIF) of Stanford University’s Design School Program.

These four students were selected through very rigorous rounds of selection process, which included written test, group discussions, presentations on social/technical problems, assignment submissions and series of one to one interactions and personal interview through Skype by the expert teams and program coordinators of Stanford University’s Design School. There are 358 students from 96 higher education institutions across 16 countries worldwide selected as University Innovation Fellows for this very prestigious program. This program was held from March 20^th -25^th 2019 at USA. These four students & faculty champion (coordinator) Prof. Satish Hukkeri were participated in this program.

With the Nobel objective of empowering the student community to become agents of positive change at their colleges/universities, this program was started as a part of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) under a five-year National Science Foundation Grant of US by the Stanford University’ D. School. This program is run by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school). Since its inception more than 1800 students from different parts of the world have been trained.

Addressing the press meet students told that, Innovation Fellows team of GIT briefed that, through this program, we learnt many things, learnt how to analyze our campus ecosystems and identify learning opportunities related to innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and creativity. We also tried to understand the needs of peers across disciplines and the perspectives of faculty and administrators. Armed with this knowledge and perspective, we can design strategies to take advantage of opportunities for change, they told. Also participating in this type of event was like dream comes true occasion for any student because we got an opportunity to interact with the international community of scientists, innovation evangelists at Google, experts at Microsoft and students and faculty from colleges across the world. The ideas presented by us were highly appreciated by the international community. Speaking on post visit plan, they told that, the international exposure that we got would be taken back to the institution and orient the other students on campus in sync with thought process of the international community. The innovative projects that the students have initiated on campus as a part of activities by UIF will provide a platform for the students to harness their innovative thoughts. Also our team is already launched an Innovation and Entrepreneurship application app on campus, they told.

2. GIT students selected for “International Technical Training Programme on Fourth Industry Revolution (Industry 4.0) at Japan”.

Six students namely Mr. Anay Kulkarni (CSE), Mr. Amogh Huilgol (ME), Mr. Badrinath K. (E&E), Mr. Aditya Takkar (ME), Mr. Kishor(CSE) and Mr. Samarth (MCA) of KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi were selected for very prestigious Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) of Govt. of Japan sponsored International Technical Training Program on fourth Industry Revolution (Industry 4.0) under Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (SAKURA Exchange Program in Science). This program was held recently at Information & Communication Engineering Department of Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan. These Six students and Faculty Coordinators Prof. Santosh S. Saraf & Prof. Swetha I. Goudar were participated in the program.

Briefing about the selection process and the program, Team Member said that, Over 800 eligible students went through the process of screening. The screening involved aptitude tests, group discussions and personal interviews evaluated by a panel involving external experts. The list of final selects was again screened by a panel at the JST for final approval. Artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Big data and Robotics technologies are considered as key technologies for the fourth industrial revolution (Industry4.0), and thus, to create the awareness about industry 4.0 and to train the upcoming technocrats in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Japan ministry of Science & Technology started this program. On behalf of Govt of Japan, Shibaura Institute of Technology was hosting this program.

The program is mainly divided into three activities, which are AgPBL, Tutorials and Observation tour of research laboratories. AgPBL stands for “Advanced” Global PBL (Problem Based Learning). PBL is a teaching method in which students create ideas to solve a given problem and evaluate the ideas in a group discussion manner. Including Japan and Asian countries, student teams from 25 institutes were participated in this youth exchange program.

The prototypes developed at the AgPBL were exhibited at an international symposium. Currently; the prototypes are in the enhancement process. In the near future, a few students from GIT would be participating in a technical research internship at SIT in their final semester. We are planning to host an AGPBL for the students of SIT, Japan at our institute, they said.

Speaking on the benefits, they opined that, Students gain international exposure and learn to cooperate with team members from diverse backgrounds, culture and overcome language barriers. Through these activities, the students learn to clarify research issues and acquire practical skills. These abilities are indispensable in engineering research. Students also get an opportunity of mutual exchange of indigenous engineering skills among students across nations. The participants grasp how to effectively create new information and communication systems using the latest technologies and to implement the systems into society.

3. GIT Student Mr. Prasad Chachadi participated in International Society of Automation’s (ISA) World Student Automation Games Program held recently at Canada.

Electronics & Communication Engineering Student Mr. Prasad Chachadi participated in the ISA organized 7^th Annual Event of World Student Automation at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada from March 13 to March 17, 2019.

Addressing the purpose of the program he told that, to provide students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge in practical instrumentation scenarios and to let students meet, network, and collaborate with other individuals in their field, this program was designed by the International Society of Automation (ISA). Total 200 students were applied for this program, after rigorous scrutiny only 6 students were selected from India, he informed.