Media Release

Mangaluru, Jul 1: The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, in association with IEEE SJEC Student Branch and IEEE Mangalore Subsection organised a two-day workshop titled “Innovate-2024: Turn Your Ideas to Reality'' from June 13 to 14 for the pre-final year ECE students of SJEC. A total of 133 students participated in the workshop.

The main objective of the workshop was to provide the participants with an insight into ideation that would aid in selecting apt industry and socially relevant projects, planning its implementation, documenting the work and also introducing the ethical aspects to be considered.

The workshop commenced with the inauguration at 9:30 AM at Spoorthi Hall. Chief guest for the inauguration was Harish Neermarga, founder and managing director, Accolade Tech Solution Private Limited, Mangaluru.

In his address, he called upon creating a roadmap by developing a detailed project plan with milestones, timelines, and deliverables. He also stressed on the importance of converting the project into a product, and its significance in placement and employability related matters.

Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, director, SJEC, Fr Kenneth Rayner Crasta, assistant director, Dr Rio D’Souza, principal, and Dr Purushothama Chippar, vice principal, Dr Dayakshini, HoD, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, presided over the function. The workshop was coordinated by Dr Jennifer C Saldanha, IEEE SJEC student branch counsellor, Glenson Toney, training coordinator, training & placement cell, SJEC and Dr Aldrin Vaz, assistant professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SJEC.