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  READING INSPIRATION DAY 2021 We salute APJ Abdul Kalam and celebrate his monumental achievements as a Scientist, Scholar and the President of India. We fondly remember his passion for teaching education and for reading. Dr. Kalam truly ignited young minds with the power to think and innovate. Dr. Kalam is not with us today but his thoughts, ideals and vision for India live on forever. As part of the virtual celebrations, the library conducted the following two events in collaboration with the NDLI Club: Online Quiz on the Life and Times of Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam Online Book Review Competition Book Exhibition for the faculty members of SFIT                                                     Poster for the Quiz Contest 24 st...

  Be Safe in Cyber World: Do's and Dont's for Teachers  Be Safe in Cyber World: Do's and Dont's for Students For More resources, please visit the following URL: https://ciet.nic.in/pages.php?id=booklet-on-cyber-safetysecurity&ln=en&ln=en

October is celebrated as   National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)   globally. In order to bring attention to Cyber Security and as a concentrated effort to stay safe and secure online, NCSAM is celebrated all over the world. It is an initiative to put conscious efforts towards ensuring better cybersecurity hygiene and incorporate stronger security measures. With this objective, DSCI drove a month-long awareness campaign under the guidance of the National Cyber Security Secretariat. The campaign disseminated various content artifacts and reached out to 3.25 million citizens throughout the country. Many interesting quizzes have been launched on the myGov portal to   test the knowledge and readiness level of citizens around Cyber Security. The overall objective of the Quiz was to create Cyber Security awareness among citizens, to achieve a better security posture for the country, and to empower online users to remain Safe Online.   Participate and earn reward ...

hey say there’s gold but I’m looking for thrills You can get your hands on whatever we find Because I’m only coming along for the ride Protima Achaya loves music, but her all-time favourite remains Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon. Born in Mysuru to an army officer, Protima had been to six schools by the time she was in class 12. She did not have any place to sink her roots into. But this life made her comfortable with change. Protima was good at studies. She had different ‘what I want to be when I grow up’ answers at different points of time – playback singer, hospitality, businesswoman, chief of staff at Tata Group. Protima finally landed up in the engineering college now known as NIT Surathkal for a BE in electronics and communication. Being one of the few girls in the college, life was not easy. It was Protima’s first experience in navigating her way in a male dominated world. And she literally rocked. She joined the college band, and became the first girl in the histor...

  Raj Reddy: India’s only Turing Award winner, AI pioneer TNN | Oct 13, 2021, 07.25 AM IST Raj Reddy, professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, is the first person of Asian origin to receive the Turing Award, often called the Nobel Prize in computer science. He’s still the only Indian to win the award. Reddy, who comes from a farming family in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, is an artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer. He’s been researching AI since the 1960s, when few in the world knew much about it. Reddy says AI has transformed the world in the last 10 years in a way that previously seemed would take at least 50 years. Congratulations! You have successfully cast your vote Login to view result “I joined the field when the subject was starting off. I was at the right place at the right time. Now we have computers that are a trillion times more powerful, memories that are a trillion times larger. Back then, the first computer had just 4 KB of memory and i...

  St. Francis Institute of Technology Library & NDLI Club, Borivali, Mumbai organizes Quiz on “READING INSPIRATION DAY OR VAACHAN PRERANA DIWAS 2021”, to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 15th October. e Quiz Link: https://forms.gle/xdy4J9DWD4ngWqbS8

  Dear SFITians A Warm Greeting from…. St. Francis Institute of Technology On the occasion of 'Vaachan Prerana Divas' (15th October), Birth Anniversary of our Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam   “NDLI Club” Invites you to participate in an Online Book Review Competition 🗓️ Date: 22nd October 2021  ⏱️ Time: 5:00 pm to 6:00pm 📌Registration is Free  Registration Link: https://forms.gle/7vdwiRxujn7zEtKT7   Last Date for Registration: Friday, 15th October, 2021 Note:  Registration is mandatory  Rules and Guidelines:  Students are required to review book other than textbooks and religious books. One entry per student Only SFIT students, faculty and non-teaching staff are allowed to take part in the contest. The book review must be uploaded in pdf on the Google form itself. Time allotted is strictly five minutes for presentation.. Medium of presentation English / Hindi /Marathi. Join the meeting 10 minutes before the given time. Decision of ...

  Relevance of IEEE standards in an Engineer's Career Growth   Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from IEEE-EBSCO! We are glad to invite you for our online webinar on  'Relevance of IEEE standards in an Engineer's Career Growth'  on 14th October 2021, from 11:00 AM IST onwards.    Abstract Importance of IEEE Standards for students and faculty in enhancing their career and education Importance of understanding standards as young entrepreneurs and young engineers Importance of standards development and its impact on technology advancement Getting involved in standards development in India     REGISTER FOR WEBINAR Source: E Mail received from IEEE EBSCO dated 12th October 2021.

  AICTE invites online proposals from students and institutes for PG scholarship. Students can apply by December 31. AICTE invites application for PG scholarship for 2021-22; apply before December 31 Tamanna Tamang   |   Oct 10, 2021 - 1:24 p.m. IST Share Via       NEW DELHI:  All India Council of Technical Education has invited applications for post graduate scholarships for the academic year 2021-22.   The council has invited online proposals from AICTE approved institutions, and the students studying in such institutions or courses that are approved by AICTE. The scholarship will be provided through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode to the eligible students for this academic year. As per the notification issued by AICTE, the last date for creating IDs for the students and submission of forms is December 31. The institute will have to verify the application by January 14, 2022.   The council has instructed the institutes to verify applicat...

  IIT Madras Launches Two Diplomas In Programming And Data Science For Students, Working Professionals& Job Seekers By  India Education Diary Bureau Admin   On  Oct 5, 2021   Share CHENNAI : Indian Institute of Technology Madras is launching two Diploma Programs in Programming and Data Science. These top-of-the-line diploma programs, carefully designed by leading experts in the field, are the only official diplomas offered by IIT Madras. The program structure enables learners of all backgrounds to build the necessary fundamentals, enhance their knowledge, and hone their skills through extensive hands-on training. Learners need not have an engineering or computer science background. The diplomas are open to students, working professionals, and job seekers who have completed at least two years of their undergraduate education in any discipline through any mode. The portal for the diploma entry was launched today (4th October 2021) by Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, C...

Classroom Teaching: AICTE Directs Institutes To Install Hi-Tech Gadgets To Beat Covid-19 In its latest circular, the AICTE has asked its affiliated educational institutions to take the necessary steps for installation of air-sanitization devices based on Ultra - Violet C band irradiation in auditoriums, buildings, AC Buses etc. VIKASH SHARMA INDIA PUBLISHED: SATURDAY, 02 OCTOBER 2021 LAST UPDATED: 02 OCTOBER 2021, 02:05 PM IST Photo: For Representational Purposes Classroom Teaching: AICTE Directs Institutes To Install Hi-Tech Gadgets To Beat Covid-19 The All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) has issued a circular directing institutions and universities to take special measures for the installation of several devices to put a check on the spread of Covid-19 during resumption of physical mode of teaching for the current academic session. In its latest circular, the AICTE has asked its affiliated educational institutions to take the necessary steps for installation of air-...

AICTE wants colleges to install air purifiers Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Oct 6, 2021, 06.00 AM IST By Dhanalakshmi TL  With classes slowly shifting to offline mode, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has now asked colleges to install air-sanitisation devices based on ultra-violet C band irradiation. AICTE member secretary Professor Rajive Kumar said that during the pandemic, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed possible solutions and interventions required to contain the tremendous challenge faced by the country due to covid. “The aerosol, air-borne route of the virus is now considered as the most likely cause for spread of infection. This mode of virus dispersal has been confirmed by major agencies like WHO. As a possible mitigation measure, CSIR institutes have developed air-sanitisation based on ultra-violet C band irradiation. These devices, once extensively implemented in community spaces like schools and colleges, have pote...

Indian scientists working on 1st ever dengue DNA vaccine This is the second dengue vaccine candidate from India.(Reuters file photo. Representative image) Updated on Sep 28, 2021 04:25 AM IST By Anonna Dutt , New Delhi The world’s first DNA vaccine was approved for use in India recently. Developed by the Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila, ZyCoV-D is, as the name indicates, is a vaccine against Covid-19. Now, some researchers believe the technology -- considered superior because DNA vaccines are easier to make and store, and, most importantly store an enormous amount of information -- can be used to develop a vaccine for another tropical disease, dengue, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes. “We know that there are four serotypes of the virus, but what we found was that there were genetic variations within the serotypes -- any sequence with over 6% difference is considered to be a different genotype. So, the team created a consensus sequence that is the same across the genotypes as we...

  As crypto booms, exchanges need a variety of engineers TNN | Oct 6, 2021, 08.04 AM IST The world is still divided on whether cryptocurrencies will survive. But for now, there’s intense action in the field. Including in India. Market research firms have put Indians among the biggest users and holders of cryptocurrency. Several cryptocurrency exchanges – which allow you to trade in cryptocurrency, and even use them to purchase goods & services – have emerged in India, and most are doing phenomenal business. Coin-DCX became India’s first cryptocurrency unicorn in August when the exchange raised $90 million from investors. Coinswitch Kuber hit 10 million registered users in September, just 15 months from launch, making it perhaps the biggest exchange in India. Building these exchanges requires a lot of software and engineering talent. Staffing firm Xpheno estimates there are more than 10,000 active job openings currently in the cryptocurrency segment in India. Even global exchang...