An important initiative has been taken by IIT Bombay to work with Engineering Colleges in the country to enhance the teaching skills of faculty colleagues in core Engineering and Science subjects. This initiative is a part of the National Mission on Education through ICT, supported by MHRD.
MCET has been recognized as the Remote center for IITB, being responsible for Coordinating the workshops, seminars, Live lectures organized by IIT Bombay, Taking care of common logistics arrangements such as classroom, audio-visual equipment, A-View Coordination, etc..,
The Center ID is: 1235
Outcomes
- Funding support for conducting workshops
- Research Grants for Aakash R&D projects
- Faculty Members trained by IIT-B
Activities
| S.No | Date | Title | No.of Participants | Department | Name of Workshop Coordinator |
| 1 | 25th Oct 2012 to 26th Oct 2012 & 29thOct 2012 to 30th Oct 2012 | Installation of Ubuntu, Apache servers, MySQL, PHP | 5 | CSE,IT,MCA | – |
| 2 | 10thNov 2012 & 11th Nov 2012 | ISTE workshop on “Aakash for Education” | 54 | CSE,IT,MCA | Dr.A.Rathinavelu Head, IITB – RC |
| 3 | 11th Dec 2012 to 21st Dec 2012 | ISTE workshop on “Engineering Thermodynamics” | 6 | Mechanical,Automobile | Mr.D. Senthilkumar, AP/ Mechanical Engg |
| 4 | 2nd Feb 2013 & 9thFeb 2013 | ISTE Workshop on “Research Methodologies in Educational Technology” | 25 | All Depts | Dr.A.Rathinavelu Head, IITB – RC |
| 5 | 23rd Feb 2013 to 24th Feb 2013 & 2nd Mar 2013 to 3rd Mar 2013 | Aakash Android Application Programming Workshop for Students | 40 | Prefinal Students of CSE,IT,MCA | Dr.A.Rathinavelu Head, IITB – RC |
| 6 | 21st May 2013 to 31st May 2013 | Database Management Systems | 21 | CSE,IT,MCA | Mr.K.Thirukumar, AP(SG), CSE |
| 7 | 4th Jun 2013 to 14th Jun 2013 | Analog Electronics | 16 | Electrical Stream | Mr.J.SenthilKumar, AP, ECE |
| 8 | 24th Aug 2013 | Green Building Awareness | 12 | Faculty & students of Civil Eng. | Dr.A.Rathinavelu, Head, IITB – RC |
| 9 | 26th Nov 2013 to 6th Dec 2013 | Engineering Mechanics | 27 | Mechanical, Automobile | Mr.M.Selvakumar, AP(SS) |
| 10 | 2nd Jan 2014 to 12th Jan 2014 | Signals and Systems | 28 | Electrical stream | Ms.V.K.Sudha, AP(SG), ECE |
| 11 | 20th May 2014 to 30th May 2014 | Fluid Mechanics | 29 | Mechanical Stream | Mr.S.Ayyappan, AP(SG) |
| 12 | 11th May 2014 to 15th May 2014 & 16th June 2014 to 21st Jun 2014 | Computer Programming | 30 | CSE,IT,MCA | Mr.C.Subhanandhan, AP, CSE |
| 13 | 30th Jun 2014 to 5th Jul 2014 | Computer Networking | 20 | CSE,IT,MCA | Mr.T.Kanagasabapathy, AP, CSE |
| 14 | 10th Jul 2014 to 20th Jul 2014 | Cyber Security | 19 | CSE,IT,MCA | Mr.J.Ramprasath,AP, IT |
| 15 | 2nd Dec 2014 to 12th Dec 2014 | Two Week ISTE Workshop on “Control Systems” | 15 | EEE,ECE,ICE,E&I | Mr.P.Kamalakannan, AP(SS),ICE |
| 16 | 5th Jan 2015 to 31st Jan 2015 | Pedagogy for Effective use of ICT in Engineering Education | 17 | Faculties of All Depts | Mr.K.Thirukumar, AP(SG),CSE |
| 17 | 25th May 2015 to 30th May 2015. | Two Week ISTE STTP On Introduction to Design Of Algorithms | 14 | CSE,IT,MCA | Mrs.N.Sumathi, AP,CSE |
| 18 | 2nd Jun 2015 to 12th Jun 2015 | Two-Week ISTE STTP on Environmental Studies | 14 | Civil, Mech, Auto, S& H, | Mr.L.Lokesh, AP,Civil |
| 19 | 30th Nov 2015 to 5th Dec 2015 | Two-Week ISTE STTP on Technical Communication | 20 | Faculties of All Depts. | Mr.N.Gobi, AP(SS)/CSE |
| 20 | 8th Dec 2015 to 18th Dec 2015 | Two-Week ISTE STTP on Engineering Physics | 18 | First Year Faculties of S&H | Dr.V.Saravanan, Asst.Prof(SG)/Physics |
| 21 | 4th Jan 2016 to 9th Jan 2016 | Two Week ISTE STTP On Introduction To Structural Engineering | 30 | Faculties of Civil Eng. | Mr. R. Elangovan, Asst.Prof(SG)/Civil |
| 22 | 2th May 2016 to 10th July2016 | Four Week AICTE approved FDP by IITB on “Use of ICT in Education for Online and Blended Learning | 25 | Faculties of All depts. | Mrs.A.Brundha, AP(SS)/CSE |
| 23 | 30th Jan 2017 to 04th Feb 2017 | “Two-Week ISTE STTP on CMOS Mixed Signal and Radio Frequency VLSI Design” | 26 | Faculties of ECE,EEE,EI & ICE. | Dr.K.N.Vijeyakumar, Assoc.Prof/EEE |
| 24 | 10th Jul 2017 to 15th Jul 2017 | “Two-Week ISTE STTP on Electric Power System” | 20 | Faculties of EEE,EI. | Dr.K.Umamaheswari, Asst.Prof(SG)/EEE |
| 25 | 14th Sep 2017 to 12th Oct 2017 | “Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching-Learning Process ” | 20 | Faculties of all departments.. | Mr.P.Sathiyamurthy, Asst.Prof(SS)/IT |
| Aakash Tablets | |
| Tablets given to CSE dept – 60 | Funds Received from IITB for Aakash – Rs.1, 00,000/- |
| Tablets given to IT dept – 60 | Items Purchased: |
| Tablets given to MCA dept – 50 | Server- Intel I7-4770s,RAM 8 GB DDR3,HDD_Seagate 2TB SataDlink DIR-803 |
| Tablets handled by ITES – 80 | Wireless Router (17 Nos) |