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🧠  Search. Learn. Lead. 📅  Duration:  1 Month | 🏆  Winner Title:   IEEE Explorer  + Certificate of Excellence 📚  Use IEEE Xplore – ASPP and CSDL access only 🔍  Objective: Boost your research skills by finding answers through IEEE Xplore Digital Library using ASPP and CSDL packages. 📥  How to Participate: Submit your answers via Google Form (link provided by your faculty). Include  title ,  authors ,  year , and  link  where possible. Responses evaluated on accuracy, insight & effort. 🥇  Top scorer wins:   IEEE Explorer Certificate  & recognition! 📍  Use only IEEE ASPP and CSDL content from  ieeexplore.ieee.org Week 1 – Trends in Tech Week 2 – Deep Dive Week 3 – Applications Week 4 – Ethics & Emerging Areas

  Summary of Buffalo Grid Project  Introduction  In 2017, Buffalo Grid sought to adapt its mobile phone charging technology from rural India to urban audiences in New Delhi. This project involved user-led research to identify innovative opportunities for their services.  Key Points  • The project aimed to find strategies for making Buffalo Grid's technology suitable for urban users.  • An ethnographic research mission was conducted in New Delhi, incorporating user interviews and field observations.  • Interviews were held with a diverse group, including a chai shop owner, a job-seeking maid, a student with safety concerns, and a bank manager, capturing their technology usage and charging needs.  • Visual tools helped overcome language barriers during conversations.  • An aspiration workshop with design students generated ideas for a desirable technology service, focusing on safety, accessibility, and reliability.  • The final deliverable...

  Date: 12th August Event: Feedback Activity at SFIT Library National Librarians Day is just around the corner, and at SFIT Library, we want to celebrate by hearing directly from YOU — our amazing students, faculty, and staff! On the eve of 12th August , we’re launching a special feedback initiative that’s simple, colorful, and meaningful. We invite you to share your thoughts with us using leaves and flowers : Leaves represent your suggestions and ideas on how we can improve the library services, resources, and initiatives. Flowers represent the things you like, appreciate, or want to cheer us on for — basically, a pat on our backs! This creative and visual way of collecting feedback will help us grow and serve you better while celebrating the spirit of the day. Why participate? Your feedback is the heart of progress. Whether it’s a new book you want, more digital resources, comfortable study spaces, or praise for the recent project displays and AI book collection...

What does it take to revolutionize entire industries—from electric cars to space travel—and push humanity toward a bold new future? Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Is Shaping Our Future pulls back the curtain on one of the most daring and innovative minds of our time. This biography offers an inside look at Elon Musk’s extraordinary journey—from his early days as a tech entrepreneur to his role as the driving force behind Tesla’s cutting-edge electric vehicles, SpaceX’s reusable rockets, and ambitious plans to colonize Mars. It’s a story packed with engineering challenges, visionary ideas, and relentless determination. If you’re an engineering student fascinated by how technology can change the world, this book is a must-read. It dives deep into the technical hurdles Musk and his teams overcame and the bold risks they took to turn futuristic dreams into reality. More than just a biography, it’s an inspiring guide to creativity, problem-solving, and the power...

  1)  A Python-Powered Workshop on Linear Algebra & Numerical Methods (From Equations to Execution):  https://forms.gle/ MhPzWQfU3nJEKbFF7 2)  Five-Day Online EDP on Strategies to Develop Employability Skills: Understanding the Changing World of Work:  https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1FAIpQLScrn1mEUbcoV4f1e_ San3Iy2DE-ASrsjexqxTd_ yIb3jZqugQ/viewform 3)  Artificial Intelligence for Computing, Astronomy and Renewable Energy” (AICARE 2025):  https://aicare.uem.edu.in/ 4)  24th International Mathematics Conference will be held on December 18-19, 2025:   24imc.cumathbms.org 5)  2nd International Conference on Pioneering Developments in Computer Science and Digital Technologies (IC2SDT 2025):  https://ic2sdt.nitdelhi.ac.in/

At SFIT Library, there’s a book that quietly waits to change the way you see life — “I Came Upon a Lighthouse” by Shantanu Naidu. This memoir is not just about a famous personality, Ratan Tata; it’s about the gentle power of kindness, resilience, and hope. Through heartfelt stories, it reveals how small acts of compassion and quiet strength can guide us through life’s toughest storms. Every page is filled with warmth — from Tata’s deep empathy towards stray animals to his humble mentorship of young minds. The beautiful illustrations bring these moments to life, making the book feel like a comforting friend during uncertain times. Reading I Came Upon a Lighthouse feels like finding a beacon when the fog is thick — a reminder that even when everything seems dark, a light shines somewhere, waiting to guide you. If you’ve ever felt lost, overwhelmed, or simply in need of inspiration, this book is for you. Come to the SFIT Library, pick up your copy, and let it be your guide through ...

 Dear Students, The Learning and Information Resource Centre (Library) is providing the Book Bank facility for the students of F.E. to B.E. (A.Y. 2025-2026) as follows: For S.E. to B.E. Date: 3rd August to 30th September 2025  Timings: 12.15 pm to 1.00 pm or 1.15 pm to 2.00 pm Due Date of returning Book Bank Books: 15/07/2026 Overdue Charges: Re. 1 per day per book For F.E.: After you receive your permanent PID number. Types of Book Banks: Students are requested to note the following:  1) DO NOT disfigure (markings, tear, underline etc.) any of the books; failing which you would be liable to pay Rs.100/- per book and/or replace the book.  2) It is expected that the students maintain the books in good reading conditions.  3)Book Bank facility is available to the valid SFIT library members only.  4)Return the books on or before the due date.  STUDENTS WILL BE PROVIDED BOOKS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.