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AICTE’s Smart India Hackathon 2020 Goes Virtual; Finale From August 1 to 3

The AICTE Smart India Hackathon’s software edition in 2020 will provide students a platform to solve problems faced by ministries, public sector units, non-governmental organisations and industries. It will be held online.

The fourth edition of the AICTE’s Smart India Hackathon is going virtual. First held in 2017, the innovation cell of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, or MHRD,organises Smart India Hackathon once a year for students to come up with solutions to problems posed by ministries, public sector units, non-governmental organisations and industries. This year’s is a “software edition” and will be held online. The hackathon’s 2020 edition will have problem statements linked to a range of themes. These include smart communication, smart vehicles, agriculture and rural development, food processing, robotics and drones, clean water, waste management, renewable energy, security and surveillance, healthcare and biomedical devices and others. The finale of Smart India Hackathon is scheduled for August 1-3, 2020. The process involves submission of problem statements by central and state ministries, departments, PSUs, industries and NGOs; review of submitted problem statements and finalisation by concerned committee and publishing finalised problem statements. Next, AICTE approved colleges and institutions register themselves for the hackathon. They block the problems stated and solve them.

Smart India Hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving. The first three editions SIH2017, SIH2018 and SIH2019 proved to be extremely successful in promoting innovation out-of-the-box thinking in young minds, especially engineering students from across India. Take a Look at  https://www.sih.gov.in/

Source: https://www.sih.gov.in/ and https://www.ndtv.com/education/aictes-smart-india-hackathon-2020-goes-virtual-finale-from-august-1-3

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Webinar on Enhancing Research Visibility through Academic Social Networks by Dr Sarika Sawant

What is in a name, its said! Well, after attending this excellent and informative session, we all must say - Everything is in a name!
Thank you Dr. Sarika Sawant for the insightful webinar!

The Library of St. Francis Institute of Technology organized a Webinar for all faculties from Engineering Colleges for a Webinar on Enhancing Visibility of Research through Academic Social Networks on 6th June, 2020.

 

Dr. Sarika Sawant is an Assistant Professor with SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Womens’ University since 2004. She has an experience of teaching Cataloguing and Reference Theory and Practical paper, Management practical, Internship & Dissertation guidance. I am a research supervisor of 7 PhD students. She has been very instrumental in implementing latest technologies in the course of the young MLIS students. Her innovative ways of teaching and representing her research results has gained her much popularity in all the webinars she has conducted so far.

Research is an integral part of Teacher’s life. In this technology era, we can use social media, various softwares and online tools effectively in order to increase our academic visibility across the globe. We can collaborate, share and enrich ourselves in a systematic way.

The session began with imploring God’s blessings by way of our College Anthem. Dr. Kevin Noronha gave a brief insight about St. Francis Institute of Technology. Ms. Chinmayee Bhange introduced the speaker to all the participants.

Dr. Sawant effectively demonstrated the correct and uniform use of one’s initials or name on all academic social platforms such as Research Gate, ORCID, Google Scholar. She correctly elaborated on the importance of citation and citation styles for all engineering faculties. She explained the difference between Self Citation and Plagiarism.

Ms. Jovita Serrao handled the queries and the Question and Answer session very minutely.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. Paul Fernandes – NSS Coordinator of SFIT.

It was an interactive session with more than 115 participants from all over Maharashtra.

The recorded session of this Webinar can be viewed on our YouTube channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIzewgDidb8

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National Digital Library of India Webinar by St. Francis Institute of Technology

Learning and Information Centre of St. Francis Institute of Technology organized a National Level Webinar on Awareness Program on e-Resources of NDLI (National Digital Library of India) for students, librarians and faculty members from Colleges all over the country on May 29, 2020 from 12.00 – 1.30 pm.

The webinar commenced with the customary College Anthem imploring God's blessings. The welcome address delivered by the Dean Academics - Dr. Kevin Noronha who gave an insight into St. Francis Institute of Technology. Ms. Chinmayee Bhange, Librarian introduced the Resource Person, Dr. Vignesh Sornamohan, Chief Strategic and Outreach Officer, National Digital Library of India, IIT Kharagpur.

Dr. Vignesh Sornamohan first spoke about the beginnings of NDLI – he said it had been launched by Ministry of Education, New Delhi and IIT, Kharagpur is the implementing institution. In his presentation, the Resource Person elaborated upon NDLI and its features, as well as the wide range of e-resources made available on NDLI Platform. He explained Use-Models of Content Access, Web Content Harvesting, NDLI Repository, Content contribution and Learning Management System.  He demonstrated how NDLI e-resources could be browsed by type, subject, and sources. He also demonstrated how users could access different types of Learning Resources such as E- articles, audio lectures, e-books, Question papers, Theses, and Video Lectures. He emphasized that NDLI has taken special care of young students during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering e-resources for students of CBSE class 9,10 11 and 12.  Participants were shown how to install NDLI App on their phones through Playstore via the  link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhrd.ndl&hl=en_IN.

The Webinar ended with an interactive quiz. There were total 159 participants for this Webinar.

The recording of this Webinar can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNoQP78s9I