Python Textbook Companion

The Textbook Companion activity aims to create a repository of reference material for Python by coding solved examples of standard engineering textbooks using Python. This activity intends to,

• Make individuals learn Python through a practical approach
• Provide a huge database of Companions as a learning resource
• To make it easy for users of such textbooks to start using Python.
• To improve the documentation available for Python

https://tbc-python.fossee.in/browse-books/

Source: https://tbc-python.fossee.in/#gsc.tab=0

Online Resources from SFIT LIRC - Science Open

ScienceOpen is a freely accessible search and discovery platform that puts research in context. Smart filters, topical collections and input from the academic community help you to find the most relevant articles in your field and beyond. ScienceOpen allows you set up a personal profile based on your ORCID and to network with other scientists. View your own research in context – with citations, Altmetric™ scores, usage numbers, shares and more. ScienceOpen lets you be the editor – create a topical collection gathering together the best research in your field regardless of journal or publisher. ScienceOpen encourages you to share your expertise on any article on the platform, either by commenting, recommending or through Public Post-Publication Peer Review.

Source: https://www.scienceopen.com/

Meet Kautilya Katariya, a Seven-Year-Old Genius Who is Now World's Youngest Coder

Numbers and codes are Kautilya Katariya's breakfast. ( Screenshot from YouTube/ Programming With Mosh )

Believe it or not, Kautilya Katariya exists as the world's younger coder at the age of seven.
Kautilya Katariya is Inhuman in his Feat

Kautilya Katariya is not your ordinary kid in the neighborhood. Kids of his age might be playing hide-and-seek or tag outside, and even immersing themselves in computer video games. Kautilya, however, has a strange interest for his young age.

Katariya is an Indian child prodigy who already has a grasp in computer programming. He became the world's recognized youngest coder last year when he was still a six-year-old genius. The Guinness Book of World Record hailed him as the youngest child to receive an AI certification from the IBM, Eye Rys reported.

Now in his seventh year as a computer wizard, Katariya still continues to impress a lot of people with his 'inhuman' intelligence in doing coding works.

At first, you might think of the mental torture that Katariya underwent, only to absorb all the learning from several programming books that he had read. While it suggests that people see that as a fast way to be worn out easily, Katariya considers the numbers and codes as his 'best friends.'

In a report by Suzanne Humphries of Review Geek, Kautilya's father, Ishwari Katariya, said that his son really took his time through learning several technological applications at home during the COVID-19 lockdown and holidays in England. Kautilya managed to create his own website and even his own game.

"We were looking for some structured and well-defined computing and AI courses available for free, and IBM's courses matched all those criteria," Ishwari told about Kautilya.

Kautilya began tinkering with just few programming languages like Python, Java Script and HTML. Out of the three coding languages, Kautilya formed a bond with Python which later became the apple of his eye because he truly loves to engage in machine learning and AI building.

In only seven months, Kautilya already finished his Python learning before earning his certifications and his Guinness World Record at the same time in November 2020.

Kautilya sought peace in mastering professional computer coding since IBM's free courses offered a lot of available learning space. While a verified certification costs $99, it is more than worth it to take it. If you are pursuing a full-time coding-related job in the future, it will increase your job prospect and will highlight your achievement on top of other applicants.

Currently, Kautilya is not yet finished with his track on AI learning. He is now pursuing two more courses from IBM to earn his next Applied AI professional certification. Mentorship with another child prodigy Tanmay Bakshi is one of Kautilya's plans to further enhance his developer skills in the future.
Other Indian kid prodigies

At this point, you are wondering if Kautilya Katariya's intelligence is uncommon in India. In reality, India became a nest of child prodigies besides him and Bakshi.

Abhigya Anand is the youngest astrologer who predicted COVID-19. Kautilya Pandit is another alpha geek who won on Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" at the age of six.

Meanwhile, Licypriya Kangujam was the youngest speaker in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Lydian Nadhaswaram is a music intellectual who already master piano-playing while Samaira Mehta is already a founder of CoderBunnyz who loves coding.

In the world of sports, Pooja Bishnoi triumphed in athletics even she's only eight years old. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, on the other hand, was the world's youngest chess grandmaster at the age of 12.

Still, we are wondering how India molds their children to be the best in every area - of either intelligence or physicality.

Source: techtimes.com/articles/256513/20210130/meet-kautilya-katariya-seven-year-old-genius-who-now-worlds.htm

Here’re UGC Instructions For Accreditation Of Higher Education Institutions

Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued fresh instructions for accreditation of higher education institutions in the country.

As per the UGC (Mandatory Assessment and Accreditation of higher Educational Institutions) Regulations 2012, it is mandatory for each higher education institution to get accredited by the accreditation agency after passing out of two batches or six years, whichever is earlier.

The UGC also set a target that colleges and universities should get accredited with a minimum score of 2.5 by the year 2022.

To achieve the target, the UGC introduced a new initiative called ‘Paramarsh’ in the year 2019 for mentoring the non-accredited institutions.

“This initiative intends to promote well-performing accredited institutions to mentor the NAAC accreditation aspiring institutions to upgrade their academic performance and get accredited. A well-designed scheme of Mentor-Mentee relationship will not only benefit both the institutions but also lead to quality education for the students who are currently enrolled in the Indian higher education system,” stated a UGC notification dated January 29, 2021.

So far, 167 Mentor Institutions have been approved under ‘Paramarsh’ to mentor 936 non-accredited higher education institutions. The list of the Mentor Institutions can be found on the UGC website, www.ugc.ac.in.

The UGC in the notification said that there are still a large number of institutions which are yet to be accredited. These institutions are expected to make all out efforts to get themselves accredited at the earliest. Moreover, the NAAC accreditation aspiring institutions may seek guidance from the Mentor Institutions as well as other high performing institutions so that they can get an exposure to the best practices.

The higher education institutions are therefore expected to come forward for accreditation so as to maintain global standards and ensure quality of our higher education system, the notification read.

Source: https://sambadenglish.com/herere-ugc-instructions-for-accreditation-of-higher-education-institutions/

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IEEE XPLORE Training Session For SFIT Students on 30th January, 2021.

Learning and Information Resource Centre of SFIT organized a Virtual Training Session for the academic session 2020-21(even semester) on 30th January, 2021. Students were informed about the IEEE journals and magazines subscribed by our library. They were also updated about Remote Access to IEEE Xplore Digital Library. More than 200 students joined the session. It was concluded with an interactive quiz. The winners are Farhan Shaikh (TE CMPN), Puranjay Potnis (TE INFT) and Chinmayee Bhange. Many Congratulations!!

Online Resources from SFIT LIRC: Open Access Journals from Elsevier for Chemistry

Open Access Journals from Elsevier

Subject: Chemistry

Analytica Chimica Acta: X

Analytica Chimica Acta: X is an open access mirror journal of Analytica Chimica Acta and has the same aims and scope, editorial board and peer-review process. Analytica Chimica Acta: X offers authors with high-quality research who want to…

Arabian Journal of Chemistry
The Arabian Journal of Chemistry is an open access , English language, peer-reviewed scholarly publication in the area of chemistry. The Arabian Journal of Chemistry publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on, but not limited to: inorganic,…

Atmospheric Environment: X
Atmospheric Environment: X is the open access mirror journal of Atmospheric Environment and has the same aims and scope, editorial board and peer-review process. Atmospheric Environment: X offers authors with high-quality research who want…

Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X
Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X is the open access mirror journal of Biosensors and Bioelectronics and has the same aims and scope, editorial board and peer-review process. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X offers authors with high-quality…

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications
Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications is an open access scholarly journal devoted to scientific and technological aspects and applications of polymers and oligomers containing carbohydrate. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications is a…

Carbon Trends
Carbon Trends is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, and a companion title to the well-established journal, Carbon . This journal offers an open access platform to communicate progress in the field of carbon materials science. The…

Cell Reports Methods
Cell Reports Methods is an open access, multidisciplinary journal from Cell Press publishing significant methodological advances of broad interest. The primary criterion for publication in Cell Reports Methods is a robust, reproducible method that will …

Cell Reports Physical Science
Cell Reports Physical Science is a premium open access journal from Cell Press, which showcases high-quality, cutting-edge research from across the physical sciences; provides a unique and open forum to promote collaboration between physical…

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
Chemical Engineering Journal Advances , a partner title to the highly-regarded Chemical Engineering Journal , is a new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances focuses upon four aspects of Chemical…

Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis
Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis is a Gold Open Access peer-review journal that publishes short communications, original research papers and reviews dealing with experimental, theoretical, and applied research that advances the physical and…

City and Environment Interactions
City and Environment Interactions is an international and interdisciplinary rapid open access forum focusing on the interactions between cities and related environmental and climatic pressures. The outcome-related research we publish should tackle the…

Clinical Spectroscopy
Clinical Spectroscopy is an open access peer-review journal focused on the translation of spectroscopy into the clinical environment to improve patient diagnosis and prognosis. The development of optical spectroscopic techniques and their cutting-edge…

Corrosion Communications
Corrosion Communications , a spin-off of Corrosion Science , in collaboration with the Institute of Metals Research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, publishes innovative original academic research articles and high-level reviews in the field of…

Current Research in Chemical Biology
Current Research in Chemical Biology (CRCHBI) is a new primary research, gold open access journal from Elsevier. CRCHBI publishes original papers and short communications that cover all aspects of chemical biology and related areas. Current…

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (CRGSC) is a new primary research, gold open access journal from Elsevier. CRGSC publishes original papers and short communications (including viewpoints and perspectives) resulting from research in…

Ecological Indicators
Announcement : From January 2021 Ecological Indicators will become an open access journal. Authors who publish in Ecological Indicators will be able to make their work immediately, permanently, and freely accessible. Ecological Indicators…

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Announcement : From January 2021 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety will become an open access journal. Authors who publish in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety will be able to make their work immediately, permanently, and freely accessible. …

Electrochemistry Communications
Electrochemistry Communications is an open access journal providing fast dissemination of short communications, full communications and mini reviews covering the whole field of electrochemistry which merit urgent publication. Short communications are…

Environmental Science & Ecotechnology
Environmental Science & Ecotechnology (ESE) is an international peer-reviewed and open-access journal, publishing original research on environmental science and engineering, ecotechnology, and relevant fields. ESE aims to establish an…

Environment International
Beginning in 2019, Environment International became an open access journal and further expanded its scope into new areas of research to become a multi-disciplinary journal publishing high quality and novel information within the broad field of…

EuPA Open Proteomics
EuPA Open Proteomics is published by Elsevier on behalf of the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) and is aimed at both European and international protein scientists together with scientists who are exploiting proteomics, lipidomics, glycomics or…

Giant
Giant is an interdisciplinary title focusing on fundamental and applied macromolecular science spanning all chemistry, physics, biology, and materials aspects of the field in the broadest sense. Key areas covered include macromolecular chemistry,…

Heliyon
Heliyon is an all-science, open access journal that is part of the Cell Press family. Any paper reporting scientifically accurate and valuable research, which adheres to accepted ethical and scientific publishing standards, will be considered for…

iScience
iScience is an interdisciplinary, open-access journal. We publish basic and applied research that advances a specific field across life, physical, and earth sciences. Visit the iScience website to find out more http://www.cell.com/iscience

JCIS Open
JCIS Open is a new gold open access journal that focuses on publishing high-quality peer-reviewed articles on the fundamental and applied aspects on the increasingly multidisciplinary field of colloid and interface science. JCIS Open shares its broad…

Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters , a partner title to the highly-regarded Journal of Hazardous Materials , is a new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal. The Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters ( JHM Letters ) publishes research …

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open
The Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open ( JMRO ), a companion title to the well-known Journal of Magnetic Resonance , is a Gold Open Access peer-reviewed journal that publishes a variety of research articles and reviews on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy …

Journal of Mass Spectrometry & Advances in the Clinical Lab
The Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Lab (JMSACL) is an open access journal and publishes peer-reviewed articles addressing mass spectrometry and other advances in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology with a focus on development of…

Journal of Materials Research and Technology
The Journal of Materials Research and Technology provides an international medium for the publication of theoretical and experimental studies related to processing, properties, and performance of materials.The complex relationship between processing and…

Journal of Materiomics
The Journal of Materiomics aims to provide a continuous forum for the dissemination of research in the general field of materials science, particularly systematic studies of the relationships among composition, processing, structure, property, and…

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology
The Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes short communications, research articles and reviews covering the whole field of photochemistry and photobiology. The journal publishes the results of…

Journal of Power Sources Advances
Journal of Power Sources Advances , a companion title to the highly-regarded Journal of Power Sources , is a gold open access journal that offers fast track review and publication to researchers and technologists working on the science, technology and…

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society
Journal of Saudi Chemical Society is an open access , English language, peer-reviewed scholarly publication in the area of chemistry. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on, but not limited to:…

Materials Letters: X
Materials Letters: X is the open access mirror journal of Materials Letters and has the same aims and scope, editorial board and peer-review process. Materials Letters An interdisciplinary journal devoted to rapid communications on the science,…

Organs-on-a-Chip
Organs-on-a-Chip is an interdisciplinary open access journal dedicated to publishing research and development in the field of organs, tissues and organoids on chips and their application. The journal aims to promote original works on microphysiological …

Polymer Testing
Announcement : From January 2021 Polymer Testing will become an open access journal. Authors who publish in Polymer Testing will be able to make their work immediately, permanently, and freely accessible. Polymer Testing continues with the same…

Practical Laboratory Medicine
Practical Laboratory Medicine is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international open-access journal publishing original research, new methods and critical evaluations, case reports and short papers in the fields of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine. …

Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Resources, Environment and Sustainability is a peer-reviewed transdisciplinary journal aiming at publishing high-quality original research from a broad range of natural, social and engineering fields. The publications emphasize sustainable resource…

Results in Chemistry
Results in Chemistry is an open access journal offering authors the opportunity to publish in all fundamental and interdisciplinary areas of chemistry and related fields. Papers of experimental, theoretical and computational nature are all welcome. Results …

Results in Materials
Results in Materials is part of the Materials Today journal family. It is an open-access journal that serves as a platform for the community of materials scientists and engineers to share their findings and visions in materials. This journal aims to…

Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research
Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research is an open access journal devoted to research, design development and application of all bio-sensing and sensing technologies. The editors will accept research papers, reviews, field trials and validation studies of…

Sensors and Actuators Reports
Sensors and Actuators Reports is a peer-reviewed open access journal launched out from the Sensors and Actuators journal family. Sensors and Actuators Reports is dedicated to publishing new and original works in the field of all type of sensors and…

Talanta Open
Talanta Open is a gold open access, peer-reviewed companion journal to Talanta that publishes original research papers, short communications, and reviews in all branches of pure and applied analytical chemistry. Fundamental aspects of analytical…

The Innovation
The Innovation is an interdisciplinary journal that aims to promote scientific application by publishing cutting-edge research and high-quality reviews across all scientific disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, materials, nanotechnology, biology,…

Water Resources and Industry
In association with International Water Association(IWA) www.iwapublishing.com Water Resources and Industry is one of a series of specialist titles launched by the highly-regarded Water Research . This journal moves research to innovation by…