Department of Information Technology - Activities & Events conducted in year 2020-21
Guest Lectures
A Seven Days Certificate course was conducted from 08th October 2020 to 14th October 2020 in association with IQAC on “Shrimad Bhagwad Gita” . The resource person was Devshekhar Vishnu Das, B.E in information technology, Member of ISKON. The objective of this certificate course was to improve the clarity of mind, better focus, and happiness, and to encourage students to live life with honesty, discipline, kindness, integrity and all purity. Students were awarded certificates and one copy of Shrimad bhagwad Gita sent through courier to all participants. Total 50 Students completed the course & which was conducted on Zoom Platform.
A Guest Lecture was conducted on “Study Abroad & Credit Transfer Program” by Mr. Manoj Patki, Managing Director at Star United on 09 th February, 2021. The objective of this session was to introduce our International courses to the students and make them aware about the whole procedure.100 learners attended the session through Zoom Platform.
A Two Days Workshop on “BLOCKCHAIN” from 12 th to 13 th February, 2021 was organized for the learners. Mr. Pranav Shastri, Director Programming Fiesta, Consultant, Technical Trainer, Academic Counselor provided expertise in this technology. The objective of the work shop was to upgrade the skills of the students and to acquaint the learners with Blockchain concepts and its various applications. A total of 61 learners participated through Zoom Platform.
A
session on “Career Counseling” was conducted for Graduate and Post
Graduate students by Mrs. Sulochana Patta, Founder, Samara Consulting
Services on 13 th February, 2021. The objective of the session was to
make students aware about all career options available after finishing
the course and to know latest requirements of the industry Total 450
students attended the session through Zoom Platform.
A
Value added session was conducted on “Financial Management at Age 21”
by Mr. Omkar Singh, Coordinator, Department of DS, on 15 th February,
2021. The objective of this session was to make students aware about
importance of Investments and to make students understand the relevance
of saving and financial systems. 475 learners attended the session on
Zoom Platform.
A One Day Workshop on “TABLEAU”, a new machine learning tool used for Data visualization was organized for Post Graduate and Third year learners on 06 th March, 2021. The resource person was Mr. Hasan Parvez Siddiquee, Data Analyst, CRG Solutions PVT LTD. The objective of the workshop was to upgrade the skills of the students and to know emerging technologies in the field of IT. He provided hands on training on Tableau to the learners and explained all practical perspective required in order to work on tableau in industry. A total of 106 learners participated through Google Meet Platform.
On
14 th march 2021 an atmosphere of enthusiasm descended upon second year
students where by the students got an opportunity to brush up their
coding skills by participating in the technical session on Coding Skills
Enhancement by expert speaker Mr. Mahendra
Sharma (MD, RDA,
InfoTech). Many languages like Javascript and its uses, Scala and its
scopes, Python and its paradigm and Java with its Bugs and Assembly
Languageswere discussed giving brief information and in depth knowledge
about its future, aspects Of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality
as Well. The objective of the session was to upgrade the coding skills
of the learners & to know about new languages used in the industry.
Total 100 learners participated through virtual platform Zoom.
The ORIGIN 2021 was organised by Department of IT in collaboration with Science Association on 20 th March 2021 through zoom platform. Under graduate and post graduate students of science stream participated. Total 85 groups from different departments of science had participated. These groups were divided in seven different tracks. There was a group of seven judges, expertise in different subject areas, who have evaluated the groups work. The objective of this event is to provide a platform for students to showcase their innovative and entrepreneurial skills & to motivate the approach of innovation and research amongst the participants at different levels of academics. Three winners from each department have been declared.
Certificate
course on “Drupal”, was organized on 27 th March, 2021. Drupal is
content management software. It's used to make many of the websites and
applications we use every day. Drupal has great standard features, like
easy content authoring, reliable performance, and excellent security.
It's also a great choice for creating integrated digital frameworks. The
resource person was Mr. Nitesh Sethiya, Drupal Technical specialist at
Syngenta Services Pvt Ltd.gave an insight on how to develop web related
application. A total of 45 learners participated through Zoom platform.
Certificate
course on “Android Application Development” started on 27 th March 2021
and ends on 03 rd April. Android software development is the process by
which applications are created for devices running the Android
operating system. The experts
were Mr. Vikas K Bajpai, Senior
consultant, Capco Pvt ltd. & Mr Ajit Amarnath Sharma, Deputy
Manager, Angel Broking Pvt ltd. A total of 79 learners participated
through virtual platform Zoom.
Research Paper Publication:
1.
Anthal J, Upadhyay A, Patil A, Indulkar Y. Effects of Uber and Ola on
SVM and Naïve Bayes. InProceedings of the Second International
Conference on Information Management and Machine Intelligence 2021 (pp.
491-499). Springer, Singapore. (Springer Proceeding, Scopus Indexed)
2.
Upadhyay A, Upadhyay D, Gundaraniya A. KNN-Based Classification and
Comparative Study of Multispectral LISS-III Satellite Image. In
International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communications (pp.
1123-1130). Springer, Singapore. (Springer Proceeding, Scopus Indexed)
3.
Upadhyay A, Mishra S, Khavadkar A. Classification of LISS-III Image
Using Fuzzy Logic. In Advances in Information Communication Technology
and Computing (pp. 283-291). Springer, Singapore. (Springer Proceeding,
Scopus Indexed)
4. Upadhyay A, Oommen NM, Mahadik S.
Identification and Assessment of Black Sigatoka Disease in Banana Leaf.
In Advances in Information Communication Technology and Computing (pp.
237-244). Springer, Singapore. (Springer Proceeding, Scopus Indexed)
5.
Upadhyay A, Pandey M, Pandey AK. Water Resource Detection Using High
Resolution Satellite Image and GRNN. In Advances in Information
Communication Technology and Computing (pp. 245-251). Springer,
Singapore. (Springer Proceeding, Scopus Indexed)
6. Upadhyay A,
Kantelia P, Parmar R. Retinopathy Detection Using Probabilistic Neural
Network. In Advances in Information Communication Technology and
Computing (pp. 253-260). Springer, Singapore. (Springer Proceeding,
Scopus Indexed)
7. Upadhyay A, Singh S, Singh N, Pal AK.
Comparative Study of SVM and Naïve Bayes for Mangrove Detection Using
Satellite Image. In Advances in Information Communication Technology and
Computing (pp. 227-235). Springer, Singapore. (Springer Proceeding,
Scopus Indexed)
8. Upadhyay A, Kantelia P. Trends of Developers
for Selecting Web Development Platform. SAMRIDDHI: A Journal of Physical
Sciences, Engineering and Technology. 2020 Jun 30;12(SUP 1):260-95.
9.
Saravanan.M.S, Poonam Jain, A.Rajesh “Security of multimedia content
for ownership identification using signalling Technique”, in
International conference on computer communication and
informatics(ICCI-2021) Jan 27-29, 2021, Coimbatore, India
10.
Sherilyn kevin, "A Comparative Study on Speech Based Smart Virtual
Assistants" presented in One Day Online International Multi-Disciplinary
Conference on "Embracing change and Transformation: Vision 2025" on
20th February,2021 .Published in UGC Care Journal “Sambodhi”
11.
Mr. Omkar Singh, Dr. S. K. Singh, Mr. Haroon Khan, “Preventing Web
Database from SQL Injection attacks” International Journal of Emerging
Trends & Technologies in Computer Science (IJETTCS), April 2021.
12.
Mr. Omkar Singh, Dr. S. K. Singh, Mr. Myron D’Souza, Mr. Zibreel
Siddiqui, “Stock Market Analysis & Prediction Using R & Python”
International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technologies in Computer
Science(IJETTCS), April 2021.
Teachers Achievements
Omkar
R Singh Completed FDP on Cyber Security organized by Dept. of Comp.
Sci. & Eng, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced
Studies in Association with Indian Servers in May 2020.
Omkar R
Singh Completed FDP on Ethical Hacking organized by Dept. of Comp.
Sci.& Eng, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced
Studies in Association with Indian Servers in May 2020.
Omkar R
Singh Completed FDP on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
organized by Dept. of Comp. Sci.& Eng, CMR Technical Campus,
Hyderabad in May 2020Vels Institute of Science, Technology &
Advanced Studies in Association with Indian Servers in May 2020.
Mr. Mithilesh Vishwkarma has cleared NET in June 2020 in the subject of computer science & Application.
Sherilyn
Kevin attended Refresher Course in Mathematics organized by Teaching
Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi from 16th March
2021 to 30th March 2021 and obtained Grade A+.
Jyotsna Anthal
attended one week National level faculty development program ‘Tools for
synchronous and asynchronous classrooms from 12th March to 18th March
2021, organized by Bombay Teachers Training College, HSNC University,
Mumbai.
Miscellaneous
Dr. S.K. Singh, Member of LIC visit appointed by University of Mumbai at Reccon college for permission of BSc IT Course.
Dr.
S.K. Singh, Resource person for Remote sensing subject MSc IT Semester
IV workshop conducted by S.M Shetty college in association with
university of Mumbai.
Dr. S.K. Singh, Paper setter for PET Examination, University of Mumbai
Dr. S.K. Singh, Member of Syllabus revision MSc IT Semester III and IV.
Dr. S.K. Singh, Resource person for three days FDP program conducted for capacity building for online education.
Omkar R Singh, is working as BOS chairman for B.sc. Data Science for FYBSc, SYBSc and TYBSc in autonomous category.
Omkar
R Singh, has designed Syllabus for SYBSC – DATA SCIENCE under
autonomous category for subjects DBMS, AD.SQL and Data Warehousing &
Data Mining.
Omkar R Singh, has designed Syllabus for FYBSC –
DATA SCIENCE under autonomous category for subjects Essentials of
programming with C and Essentials of programming with C++.
Students Achievement
Purav
Parikh, student of M.Sc. IT part II is elected as Joint Secretary of
the college for the academic year 2020-2021 by the student council of
TCSC.
Yash. Indulkar, "Time Series Analysis of Cryptocurrencies
Using Deep Learning & Fbprophet," 2021 International Conference on
Emerging Smart Computing and Informatics (ESCI), Pune, India, 2021, pp.
306-311, doi: 10.1109/ESCI50559.2021.9397004.
Yash. Indulkar,
"PUBG Winner Ranking Prediction using R Interface ‘h2o’ Scalable Machine
Learning Platform," 2021 International Conference on Emerging Smart
Computing and Informatics (ESCI), Pune, India, 2021, pp. 300-305, doi:
10.1109/ESCI50559.2021.9396823. (Won Best Paper)
Parth sarvaiya
student of M.Sc. IT Part 1, participated in inter collegiate national
level debate competition “OFF D’ CUFF 2021”organized by HR college of
Commerce & Economics on 8th March, 2021, he had spoken on “Should
there be Universal basic income for all”
Parth sarvaiya student
of M.Sc. IT Part 1, participated in inter collegiate Debate Competition
dated 10th march 2021and won 2nd place, organized by Department of IT,
University of Mumbai on the topic Impact of social media on the youth.
Parth
sarvaiya student of M.Sc. IT Part 1, participated and won 3rd place in
intercollegiate book review competition organised by Jashbhai Maganbhai
Patel College
Of Commerce on 31st March, 2021 Book : DUNE
Divya
Deora, student of SYIT B, Rollno 20393 participated in inter collegiate
Debate Competition dated 10th march 2021, National Science day
organized by Department of Information Technology, University of Mumbai
on the topic of ‘impact of social media a boon or bane” with
participants from all over the city.
Divya Deora, student of SYIT
B, Rollno 20393 participated in the 53rd Mumbai University Youth
Festival in Storytelling which commenced on 25th march 2021. Sakshi
Prakash Acharya student of FYBSc DS secured 1st position in All India 4
th National Dance Competition on 31st JAN 2020at Akhil Natarajam Aantar
Sanskritisangh, Nagpur.
Report
International INFOTHON Conclave 2K21
27th February 2021
Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Departments of Information Technology of Thakur College of Science and Commerce (TCSC), Kandivali, Mumbai in association with UDIT, University of Mumbai had organized a One day International INFOTHON Conclave 2K21 on “ Research Publications & Intellectual Property Rights” under SKILL & TALENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP) on 27th February 2021
The core objective of the conclave was
- To have Interactions with National/International group of Academician, research scholars, expert from Industry and Exchange of Ideas, knowledge, experiences and wisdom
- To understand the role of Research in identifying intellectual property
- To Encourage innovations and creativity in universities and colleges
- To understand the role of intellectual property in protecting human intellect for future business
On 27th February 2021 four eminent guests Inaugurated the Conclave 2K21, details are as follows
Chief Guest
Mr. Sanjeev Kuwadekar, CEO, Infogen Labs, Los Angles, USA
Guest of Honour
- Prof. Sanjay K Sharma, Associate Dean (Research) JECRC University, Jaipur
- Dr. Alhad Kuwadekar, CTO, i4Things BV& Co-Founder of MyLiveguard Ltd. Netherland
- Dr.(Mrs.) R. Srivaramangai, Head, Department of Information Technology, University of Mumbai
Inauguration started with the welcome address by Respected Dr. C.T. Chakraborty, Principal TCSC, followed by Dr. SK Singh, Convener of the conclave, Coordinator IQAC, HOD, Dept. of IT who has shared the information about college and IQAC. Conclave Secretary Ms. Jyotsna Anthal spoke about conclave and highlights the objectives of the conclave.
Inaugural address was given by Guest of honors and by the chief guest. Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Nishikant Jha, Vice Principal-, Commerce. Three sessions were conducted in the conclave. The sessions were based on the theme Research Publications & Intellectual Property Rights. The Resource persons were expertise in their areas.
SESSION I
The first Session of the day was delivered by Prof. Sanjay K. Sharma, Associate Dean (Research) JECRC University, Jaipur, India on the topic Research Publications and Patents: Comparing & Contrasting. The purpose of this session was to develop the understanding what research work should be published and how research publications are different from Patent Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Vijay Jadhav, Dean Science.
SESSION II
Second session of the day was addressed by Dr. Madhulika Bangre, Women scientist C & Senior Associate (Patent) at Anand and Anand IP Law Firm, Noida, UP on the topic “Importance of Intellectual Property Rights in Universities and Colleges”. The Purpose of this session was to make participants understand, how students and teachers can file the patents and what processes to be followed at college and university level. Hands on demonstrations been given and it was well appreciated by all participants. Participants had a nice Question answer round during the session. Session was anchored by Ms. Poonam Jain and Ms. Sherilyn Kevin. Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Parul Singhal, Dean Commerce.
SESSION III
After the lunch break session III had started at 3PM, The speaker of the session was Dr. Deepak Mehra, Innovation & IPR Catalyst, and Founder, VIDURNEETI on the topic Patent: A journey from Innovation to Establishment. The Purpose of the session was to understand all technicalities of filing patents, how revenue can be generated, fee structure of patent filing and difference between published patents and granted patents. The speaker discussed all categories of Intellectual property Rights i.e. copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and Patent, what ideas can be patented discussed in detail. This session was highly interactive. Session was anchored by Dr. Rupal Shroff and Ms. Sherilyn Kevin. Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Nishikant jha, Vice Principal, Commerce.
Conclave Summary report was presented by Conclave Convener, Dr. S.K.Singh, and concluded the conclave.
More than 2000 participants registered and engaged in all three sessions across the globe. ECertificates were awarded to all participants. Sessions were coordinated by Dr. S.K.Singh (Convenor), Mrs. Jyotsna Anthal (Secretary) and Mr.Anand Upadhayay (Secretary). Technical coordinators were Mr. Girish Tere and Mr. Omkar Singh.
Furthermore, a team of talented students; Brij mangukiya, Vaibhav Sharma, Neeraj Pal, Abhijit Patil, Parth Sarvaiya , Pawan S Kundar, Akhilesh Kushwaha, Anand Singh, Debashish Pradhan and Mahesh Mishra(Alumnus) have contributed to the best of their capacity in organizing the conclave All the three sessions were telecasted across digital channels.