2020-2021

The Department of Computer Applications organized an International Virtual Symposium on “IT Systems in Healthcare” on February 26, 2021. The Resource Persons of the day were Dr. Marcus Taylor, MBChB, MRCS, MSc, Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northwest Deanery, UK, and Dr. V. Prasannakumari, Professor, Department of Information Technology, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai. This session helped students to understand the new and emerging technologies that have transformed healthcare in recent years and how health information systems have helped improve the quality of life of people in all sectors of our society. This session also gave tips to students to know how it is inevitable to adhere to this dizzying technological career. Around 15 colleges from different parts of Chennai participated in this event.

The Department of Computer Applications organised an E-Career Training Programme on “Interview & Communication Skills” on February 6, 2021. The resource persons of the workshop were Mr. Mohammed Qasim Abbas & Ms. Shikha Goel, Rise Up India. The resource persons focused on the Interview etiquettes, dress code, attitude, SWOT analysis, Resume Preparation, How to face HR rounds, tips to prepare for Aptitude, Telephonic Interviews, Psychometric Analysis, Group Discussion do’s and don'ts, online courses to enhance skills and importance of skill development in getting jobs post-pandemic. Around 60 students from the Department of Computer Applications participated in this Training Programme.

As an outreach activity, a one-week training programme on “Basics of Computing and Online transactions” for Armed Reserve Force Personnel was conducted from 1st February 2021 to 7th February 2021 by this department in association with the Department of Computer Science. The policemen were taught to know the internal hardware components present in the CPU. as well as some ways to easily work with computers. Around 55 policemen trained under this programme and participation certificates were also issued to them.  

The Department of Computer Applications organised an E-Quiz in celebrating International Internet Day on October 29, 2020. The E-Quiz was structured in a way to spread awareness about the unknown things about the Internet. It was designed in such a manner to make the participants more involved and to gain knowledge after attending it. 

A One day workshop on “Basics of Python” was conducted on Sep 14, 2020 by the Department of Computer Applications. The main objective of the training programme was to give hands-on online training to students on the basic programming concepts in the python programming language. The Resource Person of the day was Dr.K.B.Priya Iyer, Additional Controller of Examinations and Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, M.O.P Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. She shared her expertise in the python programming language and gave some informative examples. Participants took keen interest in practical work to acquire hands-on experience in the Python programming language.  Around 70 students participated and they were provided with e-certificate.

The Department of Computer Applications organized a webinar on “IOT and IIOT – Present and Future Perspectives” on Sep 10, 2020. The Resource Person of the day was Dr.M.Ramesh Kumar, HOD and Assistant Professor, Nandanam Arts College, Chennai. The Resource person gave a deep insight about IOT and IIOT Technologies. He explained in the simplest terms, how the Internet of Things (IOT) is digitally connected to everyday physical devices and how these devices are embedded with internet connectivity, sensors and other hardware that allow communication.  He also explained the different applications of IOT in various fields.  The session was very helpful to students to know about IOT and IIOT Technologies in depth. Around 80 students participated and gained knowledge about this topic.

The Department of Computer Applications organized a webinar on “An Introduction to Bitcoin and Block chain Technologies” on Aug 25, 2020. The Resource Person of the day was Mrs.J.Vijayalakshmi, Research Scholar, Dr.Ambedkar College, Chennai. The session helped the students to know about Bitcoin and Blockchain chain Technologies. She explained each Bitcoin is basically a computer file that is stored in a 'digital wallet' app on a smartphone or computer. People can send Bitcoins (or part of one) to a digital wallet, and Bitcoins can be sent  to other people. Every single transaction is recorded in a public list called the blockchain. Around 110 students participated and gained knowledge about Bitcoin and Blockchain chain Technologies.

The Departments of Computer Applications & Computer Science organized a Workshop on “improv” on July 03, 2020. The Resource Persons of the day was Mr. Jay Karthik, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems, Greater Boston, USA. The resource person gave an excellent coverage on Improvisation, or improv. It is a form of live theatre in which the plot, characters and dialogue of a game, scene or story are made up in the moment. Often improvisers will take a suggestion from the audience, or draw on some other source of inspiration to get started. Around 50 faculty members participated and received certificates. It helped faculty members to become a team player, a better listener,  helped them become more creative and brought out their playful side.

The Departments of Computer Applications & Computer Science organized a Virtual Power Seminar on “Campus to Corporate” on May 14, 2020. The Resource Person of the day was Mr. Subramanian, HR Functional Consultant, L&D Initiatives. This session helped students transition smoothly into corporate life. This session also gave tips to students on how to become efficient through learning the basics of corporate communication, managing time, and the mind-set shift that is required when moving from a college to a corporate environment. It also enhanced the essential academic skills, helped to develop and utilize critical thinking skills which are considered necessary for academic success. The “POWER SEMINAR” covered a broad range of topics across verticals.

The Department of Computer Applications conducted a National Level Faculty Development Programme on Latex in association with NMEICT, Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay from 27th April 2020 to May 1st 2020. The FDP was based on self learning method, listening to the video lectures available on the website, www.spoken-tutorial.org. About 641 faculty from 150 colleges from different parts of the country participated in this FDP and participation e-certificates were issued to all of those who completed the training.