DEPARTMENTAL DIALOGUES……

BIOMEDICAL DEPARTMENT
A series of guest lectures were arranged by the department, on informative topics such as Modern High Frequency X-Ray Generators and Medical Informatics, the latter conducted by Mr. S. Pingat from Hinduja Hospital. Students also got the global feel with Prof. Sally Clift and Prof. Jonathan Chambers giving an insight on “Biomechanics and Engineering-A Digital Future”. Both of the eminent speakers were in India in collaboration with The Sterling Group, British Council.

Forthcoming event: a Technical Poster competition for SE, TE and BE students on emerging areas of Biomedical engineering.

CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT
The Chemical Engg. Department has a new I.C., Mr. S.J. Purohit. The former HOD, Dr. M.N. Bhave is now the principal of K.J. Somaiya, Vidyavihar.
On the 29th of September, a seminar was conducted on “Opportunities in Biotechnology”, by Dr. S.V. Ramakrishna, the Research Director of Reliance Industries. In the pipeline are seminars on “Industrial Automation” and “Industrial Case Studies in Process Control”.

COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
From the Computer Engineering Department, Ms. Tanuja K Sarode completed her M.E. (Computer Engg.) with an amazing score of 68.59 %.
Coming up is a seminar on ‘System Security’ on the 9th of October, conducted by Ms. Suchismita Das.

ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGG. DEPARTMENT
The Department has announced a course on ‘Advanced Digital Communication’ from the 6th to the 18th of December for “career advancement scheme”.The course co-ordinators are Ms. Medha Somalwar and Mr. Rajesh Bansode. Hands-on sessions, special lectures and an industrial visit are to be a part of this eagerly awaited course

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
In the IT Department, 60% of final year students have been placed by campus interviews. Mr. Prateep Roy (I.C., I.T) has been elected as Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (FIE). His paper on “Envisaging Threats in Technology Applications in India by 2020” was accepted for the 19th Indian Engineering Congress.

Ms. Madhuri Rao, faculty of the Department of IT organized a one-day seminar on “Project Management”.

In their October cover article on the premier B-Schools, India Today featured Abhijeet Shetty, alumnus of TSEC, from the IT Department. Abhijeet is now a student of Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS SECTION
Towards the end of this September, a workshop-cum-lecture was conducted on Voice Modulation and Accent Neutralization by Ms. Bidisha Banerjee, who is a certified Neuro Linguistic Practitioner from NFNLP