EEE Department holds Industrial Talk by Professional Expert

The department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University recently organized an interactive Industrial Talk by technical expert on "Substation and its components" on December 7, 2019 at its Azara campus. A total of 28 students of B.Tech. along with the faculty members of the department attended the session that was delivered by one of its alumni and now an assistant manager in the testing and commissioning division of Assam Power Distribution Co. Ltd. (APDCL)- Mr. Himanshu Deori who completed his B.Tech degree from the department in 2015. 

The session started with the felicitation of the resource person. Mr. Deori started his session with an overview of APDCL and its testing and commissioning division, along with its brother companies Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Ltd. (AEGCL) and Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (APGCL) (GENCO), as the three were formed out of restructured Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) in 2004. The primary purpose of the APDCL (DISCO) is to undertake distribution, trading and supply of electricity in the state of Assam or outside it in accordance with provisions of Applicable Law and all activities ancillary or appurtenant thereto, while AEGCL is the State Transmission Utility (STU). Its core business is to efficiently transport electrical power from electrical power bulk heads to the distribution company networks in the state of Assam. On the other hand, APGCL is mainly responsible for maximum energy generation to meet up the energy demand in the state, with its main function of Operation & Maintenance of all existing Power Generation Plants & electrical system infrastructure associated with evacuation of power within the power station. Mr. Deori, further talked about Substation components and different associated protection systems. He elaborated briefly about the structure of APDCL and its technical functioning. Additionally, being an alumni, Mr. Deori provided useful insights and tips for the students aspiring for competitive examinations like GATE and other PSUs, along with some very crucial guidelines for technical interviews. The session ended with a vote of thanks by Ms. Pushpanjalee Konwar, Assistant Professor of the department. It is worthwhile to mention that the department is constantly trying hard to bridge the industry-academia gap to make the students industry-ready when they enter the professional life.

EEE organizes Free training programme on ‘House Wiring’ under Swabalamban-2019

As a part of “Swabalamban”- the social commitment programme of Assam Don Bosco University, a Free training programme on ‘House Wiring’ under Swabalamban-2019 was organised by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) in collaboration with Bosco 87 Development Society and Assam Railway Employees Cooperative Association Ltd. 

A total of 14 participants were trained through the free skill development program scheduled during 2-7 December, 2019 at the School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University, Azara Campus. The trade ‘Electrical house wiring’ basically deals with the electrical wiring system that distributes energy to be used in equipment and appliances around the house. It also involves the proper installation and operation of the electrical outlets, switches, breakers, meter base and different electrical circuits. In the programme, the trainees got a hands-on experience on how to install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures. 

The topics covered in the skill development programme were: 

• Introduction to Electrical Wiring 
• Electrical House Wiring fundamentals 
• Selection of wire gauge, MCB ratings etc. 
• Load Calculations 
• Inverter Connections 
• Connections of Energy Meter, Electrical appliances and Switches 
• Electrical Safety 
• Testing of Electrical House Wiring Systems 
• Electrical House Wiring Hands-on

This programme is catered to the need of both theoretical and practical training for the educated unemployed youth. The programme offers a basic framework of electrical theory and provides the hands-on skills needed to install, service and maintain electrical equipment in residential settings. 

Induction Programme for the EEE students

An induction programme was organised by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) on 16 August, 2019 for the B.Tech 3^rd semester EEE students. The objective of the program was to make the students familiar with the departmental facilities, faculty and the staff members and to align them with the mission and vision of the department. The programme was coordinated by faculty members of the dept. - Mr. Sunil Deka and Ms. Pushpanjalee Konwar. The programme started with a presentation by Ms. Konwar, giving the students a brief idea about the department, the laboratory facilities, research areas, achievements of passed out students, carrier opportunities, the importance of competitive examinations, etc. Later in the program, each of the faculty and staff members introduced themselves and also gave a glimpse of their area of interest. The faculty members also spoke about the importance of different competitive exams, entrepreneurship, different job opportunities and motivated the students to excel themselves so that they can cater to the need of the existing professional field.

Attention EEE-5: Grand Viva- Phase 1

Dear Students,

Your Grand Viva (Phase-1) will be held on the coming Day-5, from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM. The marks obtained (out of 10) in the viva will be added to your Mini Project Marks. So, all are requested to attend the viva with good preparation.

Syllabus: Whatever Electrical Engineering subjects you have studied till date.

A Webinar on ‘Energy Audit and Management’ for EEE dept. by Strathmore University, Kenya

A webinar session on ‘Energy Audit and Management’ was delivered to the students of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) by Prof. Izael Pereira Da Silva from the Strathmore University, Kenya on 10 May 2019. This skype session of one-hour duration was attended by 32 students and the faculty members of the department at Azara campus. 

Prof. Da Silva is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University as well as an Energy Auditor. He also acts as an advisor to the companies for energy auditing. 

Prof. Da Silva informed that Strathmore University is famous for giving importance to Renewable Energy and efficiency optimization. The University is planning to establish a school of engineering in the current year itself. He added, Strathmore Energy research consists of the following: 

• Research 
• Consultancy 
• Training 

He explained the importance of training for every student. According to Prof. Da Silva, unless a University provides industry related training to students, it does not serve its purpose. The Regulatory body in Kenya is called the Energy Regulatory Commission. He follows the guidelines of that regulatory authority for the energy auditing. He also mentioned about NITA, which is the International accreditation process for Energy audit certification in Kenya. 

The Germans gave the university $130 to build a laboratory to do testing of solar panels etc. He explained the similarities between SU and ADBU, i.e., both the universities want to provide the students with a good platform to build good professionals. Also, the universities are committed to working in the field of energy-saving and the use of renewable energy. 

The University of Strathmore is a zero-carbon emission university. It generates 26 MW and sells excess to the KPCL (Kenya Power Corporation Limited). It is an independent power system, 12 cents to a dollar for the energy. From Govt. of France, a program called Sunref provided the money for the solar PV panels in the year 2014 (1.3 million dollar or 230,000 euros) to set up. He also mentioned that the students were also engaged in the design and development in installing the solar plants in the University. 

In an open discussion, he suggested that rooftop installation is the best method in practice. He advised the students to do 'Energy Auditing' in ADBU by measuring how much energy is used per year. The reading should be taken for a whole week. The different types of equipment must be identified in order to select the best equipment for saving energy. 

The resource person ended with a very pleasant note about the enthusiastic students of ADBU, and Assistant Professor Bikramjit Goswami thanked Prof. Da Silva for his valuable time and all the important information about renewable energy and energy auditing which will be beneficial for all of the participants. 

Prof. Da Silva ended quoting “Being good in the profession is being a good Human”.

A talk on Electrical Safety by NPTI

A talk on Electrical Safety was organized by National Power Training Institute (NPTI), NE Region for the B.Tech students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) department, School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University on 30 March 2019 at the Azara campus of the university. Mr. Sambit Gantayat, Deputy Director of NPTI-NER, delivered the talk, which was attended by all the B.Tech 6th and 8th semesters students of the department. The primary objective of the programme was to make the students aware of electrical safety in both domestic and industrial applications. 

The talk started with the origin of electricity and various inventions related to electrical engineering. Mr. Gantayat discussed the Indian Electricity Act-2003, the different types of protections needed for transmitting electrical power through the overhead transmission lines and the different kinds of domestic wirings and earthing used for this. He mentioned about the safety measures and protections to be practised by the personnel working in an electrical engineering firm. Further, he discussed the different burn levels due to electricity and also Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), which is an is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest. It is recommended to those who become unresponsive with no breathing or abnormal breathing, for example, agonal respirations. 

It is worth mentioning that the EEE department regularly organizes lectures and symposiums by Industry Experts in an attempt to bridge the industry-academia gap and make the students Industry-ready once they pass out. 

EEE department organizes ICEQC-2019: Inter College Electrical Quiz Competition

The third edition of the annual Inter College Electrical Quiz Competition (ICEQC-2019) was recently organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) on 28 March 2019 at its Azara campus in Guwahati.

The main objective of the event was to popularize Electrical and Electronics Engineering among the students and to motivate them towards safe practices in this domain of engineering. Mr. Jesif Ahmed, Sr. Assistant Professor of the department was the quizmaster of the event. The prize money was sponsored by the Head of the Department Prof. Shakuntala Laskar. 

Twenty-two teams from different engineering colleges and universities across northeast India participated in the quiz, out of which six teams were selected for the final round, and were named after pioneers of electrical engineering, viz., Kirchhoff, Tesla, Faraday, Maxwell, Henry and Edison. 

Team KIRCHHOFF comprising of Kangkan Bhuyan and Gaurav Deb from Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology, Guwahati- the winners of last year, defended their title by winning the coveted first prize. Team EDISON comprising of Rishav Saha Choudhury and Sikder Arif Mohammad from ADBU, and team HENRY comprising of Ariston Shabong and Jerrymeo P L Nongkynrih from ADBU bagged the First runners-up and Second runners-up prizes respectively. All the winning teams were awarded with cash prizes, mementos and certificates. 

Quiz Master-Jesif Ahmed with all the winners

Champion Team of ICEQC-2019

First Runners-up team of ICEQC-2019

Second Runners-up team of ICEQC-2019

Industrial Visit of EEE department, ADBU to 400 kV Mirza Substation

As a part of the regular field visit, a group of 27 students from B.Tech. 8^th semester and 2 faculty members of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) department, School of Technology, Assam Bon Bosco university has visited the site of 400 KV Grid Sub-Station under AEGCL situated at Kukurmara, Mirza (Assam) on 28 February 2019 for educational purpose. 

Mr. Rakesh Shah from AEGCL guided the students’ visit in which they learned about various equipment and sections of the substation. Mirza substation has two incoming lines from Bongaigaon and Silchar. The substation has six transformers (to step down to a voltage of 200KV, 132KV, 33KV) and one auxiliary transformer of 80 KVA 33/0.415 kV to supply the loads in the substation. The students also visited the control room of the substation that consists of a computerized system, two surge panels (which are connected with various equipment using optical fiber cables), relay units, etc. In addition, the students were explained about the different parts of the substation, viz. lighting arresters and post insulators, CVTs with wave traps (for PLC purpose), earth switches, line reactor of 3 MVAR (used with the line incoming from Silchar to compensate for reactive power), CTs and PTs, Bus reactor, SF6 CBs etc. 

Two of the faculty members from EEE department- Mr. Sunil Deka and Mr. Papul Changmai accompanied the students. The purpose of such industrial field visit is mainly to give an idea to the students about the real world operations of electrical systems and related issues and it is expected to bridge the industry-academia gap.

Urgent: Current Students having NP, EAP, F & X Grades

On behalf of the Controller of Examinations, I would like to inform all that for the students having "NP", "EAP", "F" and "X" grades, the registration for the current semester is going on.

The last date of registration for 'Labs' is 20/02/12019.  

The last date of registration for 'Theories' is 30/03/2018.

The Examinations department have already notified for the same on 05/02/2019. Therefore, may I request all the concerned students with a gentle reminder, to do the registrations before the due date.   

Thanks & Regards
Jesif Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University

Airport Road, Azara, 

Guwahati-781017, Assam (India)

M: +91-9706959070

WAR-2019: Workshop on Arduino and Raspberry-Pi started in ADBU

The fourth edition of the two-day Workshop on Arduino and Raspberry-Pi (WAR-2019), was organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU), on 16 February 2019 at the Azara campus of the University. A total of 18 participants participated in the workshop, including participants from other engineering institutes of the state.

Prof. P. K. Brahma, Chief Guest of the inaugural ceremony

The workshop kicked off with a formal inaugural session, lighting the ceremonial lamp by the dignitaries present and a prayer by Pro Vice-Chancellor of ADBU - Fr. Joseph Nellanat. Prof. P. K. Brahma- Director of Girijananda Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT), Guwahati and Ex-Principal of Assam Engineering College, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest; along with the other dignitaries from ADBU-  Mr. P. Joseph (HoD, Dept. of HSS), Prof. Shakuntala Laskar (HoD, Dept. of EEE), and Faculty and Staff Members of EEE department, ADBU.

The main objective of the workshop was to give the participants an insight of various applications of Arduino and Raspberry-Pi, the former being an open-source platform to develop engineering projects whereas the later is a handy small single-board computer. Covering from the basics, this workshop included Hands-on projects using Arduino and Raspberry-Pi, which are the latest trends in many electrical and electronics applications.

The resource persons of the workshop were Assistant Professors of the department - Mr. Gitu Das and Mr. Jyoti Kumar Barman; assisted by other faculty members - Mr. Papul Changmai and Mr. Hironmay Deb. The workshop concluded with the distribution of the certificates to all the participants in a formal valedictory session. More details about the event can be found at the website: https://war-adbu.blogspot.com

Inaugural session

Chief Guest addressing the gathering

Prof. Shakuntala Laskar

Resource Person Mr. Gitu Das, Dept. of EEE in Arduino session

Resource Person Mr. Jyoti Kumar Barman in Raspberry Pi session

Pro Vice-Chancellor Fr. Joseph Nellanatt interacting with the participants

Valedictory Session

Feedbacks from the participants

Prof. Shakuntala Laskar, HOD of EEE dept., handing over the participation certificates

Upcoming- WAR-2019: Workshop on Arduino & Raspberry-Pi

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University, 

is going to organize 

WAR-2019

A 2-day intensive Workshop on Arduino & Raspberry-Pi 

On 16-17 February 2019

Details: https://war-adbu.blogspot.com

Last date of Registration: 2 Feb. 2019

It is intended for Engineering students (all branches and all semesters), Academicians and Industry personnel.

Urgent vacancy for EEE passedouts

This is only for passed out EEE students from ADBU. 

There are few requirements of Electrical engineer in Jio..in Mizoram, Nagaland , Arunachal Pradesh.

If interested, let me know at the earliest.

Please circulate among your batchmates.

Regards

Jesif Ahmed

WhatsApp: +91 9706959070

CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Editors of ADBU journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AJEEE) are inviting high quality original unpublished research papers in the domain of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and all its allied sciences for its upcoming issue.

NO PUBLICATION FEE

AJEEE is an International peer-reviewed Journal exploring innovative research findings in Electrical and Electronics Engineering & Technology and its allied sciences.

Visit: http://journals.dbuniversity.ac.in/ojs/index.php/AJEEE/pages/view/submission

Last date for manuscript submission online: 20 Feb 2019

Kindly share among your peers.

Thanks & Regards

Jesif Ahmed

Senior Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University

Airport Road, Azara, Guwahati-781017, Assam (India)

M: +91-9706959070