Societies

Societies

Technical and Non-Technical Societies, Short Term Courses, Workshops and Conference

Technical Societies

Metrological Society of India (MSI)

Objectives

  1. Advancement of Meteorological and allied sciences in all their aspects.
  2. Dissemination of the knowledge of such sciences both among the scientific workers and among the public.
  3. Application of Meteorology and allied sciences to various constructive human activities, such as, agriculture and land uses, irrigation and power development, navigation of sea and air, engineering and technology, medicine and public health etc.

Achievements

  1. Pre-AdMet Tutorial on Basics in Metrology on Feb. 18, 2014
  2. 3rd National Conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet -2014) with theme on Sensors, Health, Instrumentation and Environment during Feb. 19-21, 2014
  3. Invited Talk by Dr. T.K. Saxena, Scientist (F), CSIR -National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, on Industrial Automation on Aug. 07, 2014.
  4. Invited talk by Dr.Trikul Islam, Professor, JamiaMiliaIslamia University, New Delhi on Resistive Transducers and its Detection Electronics Circuits on Sept. 13, 2014.
  5. Invited Talk by Dr. Vijay Sood, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario on Smart grid and FACTS modelling on Dec. 16, 2014.
  6. Interactive session with Dr. Vijay Sood, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario for Research students and fellows of the department on Dec. 16, 2014.

Workshops

  1. One day workshop on Quality Control and Testing of Electrical Appliances, jointly with BIS & NABL accredited Electrical Appliances Testing Laboratory, NSIC, Rajpura for undergraduate students of Electrical & Instrumentation Engg. in the first week of February, 2015 at NSIC site. 48 undergraduate students participated in the workshop.

The Institution of Engineers Society

Objectives

  1. Institution of Engineers India (Thapar Chapter) is a technical society for electrical and electronic students.
  2. The society is based on the theme of technical excellence and it organizes workshops for the students on technical related subjects like Matlab, PLC SCADA, PCB Fabrication, Maple software, Oculus rift.
  3. The society also organizes guest lectures by various eminent personalities in various different new fields. The society also funds projects like Solar Energy, Robotics etc.

Achievements

  1. Lecture on Embedded system and Parallel processing NViDIA Graphics and HBeonTechnology in October, 2009.
  2. College students from different branches participated in Technical quiz in collaboration with Aranya-09 in Aranya 2009.
  3. Industrial visit at State Load Dispatch Centre (PSEB) Patiala in January, 2010.
  4. Workshop on soldering conducted by IEI members for the 1st and 2nd year students in January, 2010.
  5. One day workshop on “Microcontrollers and FPGA” in collaboration with FREESCALE semi. (I) Noida on April 21, 2010.
  6. Expert Talk on “Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Sh. Sushil Chandra, Head BME INMAS, DRDO on 5th May,2012.
  7. Workshop on Microcontroller and Sixth Sense Robots was conducted by experts from New Delhi on 3rd and 4th November, 2012.
  8. Workshop on soldering conducted by IEI members for the 1st and 2nd year students in January, 2010.
  9. One day workshop on “Microcontrollers and FPGA” in collaboration with FREESCALE semi. (I) Noida on April 21, 2010.
  10. Expert Talk on “Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Sh. Sushil Chandra, Head BME INMAS, DRDO on 5th May,2012.
  11. Workshop on Microcontroller and Sixth Sense Robots was conducted by experts from New Delhi on 3rd and 4th November, 2012.

IET Student Chapter

Objective(s): IET student  chapter has been established in at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala by an International Professional body IET ( Institution of Engineering and Technology) London in May 2000. The primary objective of the chapter is to provide the support and  platform  so that the  students can  enhance their technical knowledge, skills and broaden their vision through interaction at national and international level. 

Name of President: Ms. Manbir Kaur (Assoc. Prof. EIED),  mkaur@thapar.edu, 
Student Coordinator: Mr. Anmol Goel (1017054002), BE Third Year Electrical Engineering, anmolg_1998@rediffmail.com

Activities of IET Student Chapter
Session: April, 2017- March 15, 2018

1. Invited Talk by Dr. B. Panigrahi  (Assoc Prof. , EED, IIT Delhi) in Nov. 16, 2017 on "Meta-heuristic Search Techniques"
2. Invited talk by Dr. SuKumar Mishra (Professor, EED, IIT Delhi) in Jan. 09, 2018 on " Renewable Energy  Resources: Challenged in Solar PV Cell"
3. Three days workshop on JAVA in Oct 2017.
4. On line technical quiz in Oct 2017.
5. One day Onsite workshop on Qulaity Electrical Standards in Electric appliances Testing at NSIC Rajpura, March 20, 2018.


Session: April, 2018 – March 2019
1. Invited Talk by Dr. H.O. Gupta   (Director P P University, Noida) ) in April 2018  on "Challenges in Deregulation in Power Sector"
2. One day workshop on LaTeX for PG and PhD scholars of EIED in April 25, 2018.
3. Three days IET Week from  Feb 5-7, 2019 (Source Coding, Circuit Debug, On line technical Quiz     Small project from electrical waste material)
4. Meeting with IET Official from IET India Bangalore office  Ms Megha Pandoh regarding reviving IET Student Chapter under IET Delhi Network,  On Feb 27, 2019 at TIET, Patiala
5. One day On-site workshop on Quality ElectricalTesting of Electric Iron at NSIC Rajpura, March 28, 2019.


Session: April, 2019 – March 2020
1. One day workshop on LaTeX for PG and PhD scholars of EIED in April, 2019.
2. IET Awareness workshop during Frosh Week , August 19, 2019.
3. One day On-site workshop on Quality Electrical Standards and Testing of Domestic Geyser and Electric Iron at NSIC Rajpura, March 13, 2020 .
4. Educational visit  plan for BE Third Year EE students to RCF Kapurthala , March 26, 2020.

Achievements:

  1. IET student chapter TIET gets BEST student Counselor Award and Best Student Coordinator award in 2012.
  2. Ms. ManbirKaur , Student Counselor, IET Delhi Network has participated in Volunteer’s Conference of IET CVEC2013 held at Sri Lanka, organised by IET India.
  3. In UG category, Mr. Harsh Kothari, Mr. NiteeshDua, and in PG category Mr. Atul Thakur and Ms. Rupinderkaur participated in level –II competition of PATW 2014 held at BhartiyaVidyapeeth institute of technology and Management, New Delhi on April 16, 2014.
  4. Ms. ManbirKaur has won the first prize in Robot Simulation workshop held at Sri Lanka.
  5. Seventy annual IET student memberships and two associate ,memberships are awarded to TIET students and faculty by IET London.
  6. Mr. NiteeshDua gets consolation prize in UG cateogory of PATW 2014 level-II competition.

Non-Technical Society

Adventure Club

Objectives:

  • This society gives opportunity to students to explore the world in different way. Students enrich their experiences with adventure trips and expand their vision for unknown challenges of life.
  • The adventure club gives exposure to adventure sports like River rafting, Mountaineering, Skiing, Paragliding, Trekking etc.

Achievements

  • In the month of June students go for mountaineering course at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering at KuluManali.
  • 23rd December 2015- 5th January 2016 December students go toIndian institute of Skiing and mountaineering,Gulmarg for skiing.
  • 3rd -6th September 2015,Trekking at HatupeakNarkanda
  • 22nd-25thOctober 2015,Zipling at Rajasthan
  • 29th January 2016-1st February 2016,Paragliding at Bir Billing
  • 26th -28th March 2016,Rafting at Rishikesh

National Service Scheme (NSS)

Objectives:

  • understand the community in which they work
  • understand themselves in relation to their community
  • identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem-solving
  • develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility
  • utilize their knowledge in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems
  • develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities
  • gain skills in mobilizing community participation
  • acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitudes
  • develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters
  • practice national integration and social harmony

Achievements:

  • 16-17 Feb 2016: Poster Presentation and Quiz conducted to create awareness for traffic safety.
  • 15 Feb 2016: Guest Lecture organized on Disaster Management by Mr. KakaramVerma.
  • 14 Feb 2016: Tree plantation program organized along with Paryavaran Welfare Society in a park situated in Model Town, Patiala
  • 13Feb 2016: Campus cleanliness was carried out under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
  • 12 Feb 2016: Free Skin check-up camp organized in Auditorium.
  • 11 Feb 2016: Blood donation camp organized in Auditorium.
  • 24 Feb 2015: Blood donation camp organized in Auditorium.
  • 5 Dec 2014: Blood donation camp organized in Auditorium.
  • 28 Aug 2014: Blood donation camp organized in Auditorium.
  • 29 July 2013: Tree plantation program organized inside the Institute premises.