Guest Lecture

NPTEL / COURSERA AWARENESS PROGRAMME (Online Mode) As per the directives received from University of Mumbai, NSS Cell, St. John Technical and Educational Campus – SJCHS ,SJCEM, SJIPR units has decided to organize technical courses awareness session. Keeping this in mind The National Service Scheme Units of St. John Technical and Educational Campus, Palghar organized “ NPTEL – National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning and COURSERA, Swayam Local Chapter online technical courses from 4: 00 pm to 5:00 pm through online mode with active participation of NSS volunteers. The Introductory speech was given by Ms. Diana Fernandes (NSS Volunteers) St. John Technical Campus, Palghar took an initiative to start technical courses at campus. Objective of this NPTEL session was To make students aware about high-quality learning material that is available to institutions across the country by exploiting the advances in information and communication. Objectives of this Coursera session was To make students aware about the different courses available in Coursera and the process of enrolment for the desired course. The students will benefit with multidisciplinary learning and acquire in-depth knowledge about the desired domain. Mr. Vivian Lobo, (Asst. Prof. Computer Department, St. John College of Engineering and Management, Palghar) spoke about NPTEL courses , Registration process, Scheme for students, Certifications etc and Ms. Nancy Nadar (Asst. Prof. Computer Department, St. John College of Engineering and Management, Palghar gave brief information about Coursera courses including registration process, Certification etc. Mr. Prashant Kumar Chaturvedi Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) St. John Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Palghar gave brief introduction about SWAYAM-NPTEL Local Chapter and registration process. The Objective of this session was to Encourage more students to participate in this initiative, setting up SWAYAM-NPTEL chapter in colleges which will give information among the students. And ensure students are active during the course, are submitting their assignments on time and also clarify doubts if they have. At the end, Question and Answer Session was conducted. Students asked many questions related to NPTEL, Coursera, and Swayam Local chapter. The session was interactive and many doubts were solved by respective resource persons during the awareness session. Feedback link was sent to students. After this session, vote of thanks speech was given by Ms. Diana Fernandes,(NSS Volunteer, Third year student, Computer Engineering Department). St. John Technical campus always creates awareness among students about technical courses which will help them to develop their personality and create impact to Nation building.  

Workshop on Arduino Simulation using Tinkercad A Workshop on Arduino Simulation using Tinkercad was organized by the department of B.Sc.(I.T) on 13th March 2021. The total 62 students have participated from S.Y. and T.Y. B.Sc. (I.T.).The Workshop commenced with the introduction of embedded system and Microprocessor architecture and explained the objectives and importance of the workshop. The motive behind conducting this seminar was to introduce the basic idea about Arduino and using Arduino how students can able to create thousands of different projects and applications. The Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform in electronics based on easy-to-use hardware and software flexible enough for advanced users. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. The session started with keynote description on Arduino board and then simulation on Arduino using Tinkercad application by Mr. Bibin Mathews, (M.Tech, EXTC). The session was conducted for two hours. It provided the insights of how students use Arduino board to build low cost scientific instruments, to prove chemistry and physics principles, or to get started with programming and robotics.Arduino is a microcontroller based prototyping board which can be used in developing digital devices that can read inputs like finger on a button, touch on a screen, light on a sensor etc. and turning it in to output like switching on an LED, rotating a motor, playing songs through a speaker etc .Participants were indeed curious to provide various solutions.

Workshop on Arduino Simulation using Tinkercad A Workshop on Arduino Simulation using Tinkercad was organized by the department of B.Sc.(I.T) on 13th March 2021. The total 62 students have participated from S.Y. and T.Y. B.Sc. (I.T.).The Workshop commenced with the introduction of embedded system and Microprocessor architecture and explained the objectives and importance of the workshop. The motive behind conducting this seminar was to introduce the basic idea about Arduino and using Arduino how students can able to create thousands of different projects and applications. The Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform in electronics based on easy-to-use hardware and software flexible enough for advanced users. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. The session started with keynote description on Arduino board and then simulation on Arduino using Tinkercad application by Mr. Bibin Mathews, (M.Tech, EXTC). The session was conducted for two hours. It provided the insights of how students use Arduino board to build low cost scientific instruments, to prove chemistry and physics principles, or to get started with programming and robotics.Arduino is a microcontroller based prototyping board which can be used in developing digital devices that can read inputs like finger on a button, touch on a screen, light on a sensor etc. and turning it in to output like switching on an LED, rotating a motor, playing songs through a speaker etc .Participants were indeed curious to provide various solutions.

Webinar on How to create a Blog The Literary club of St. John college of Humanities and sciences organised a Webinar on “How to create a Blog” on 1st March, 2021 from 12:00p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The session began with Ms. Sarah Roy, faculty of Arts Department welcoming the participants and introducing the resource person. The resource person, Ms. Deepika Nadar, the faculty of IT Department conducted the webinar using the online platform Google Meet. The webinar started with brief introduction on blog, gave some ideas on what topic blog can be created also discussed about importance of blogging in today’s digital world. Further the session continued by demonstrating How to create a blog using blogger.com by creating a new blog and publish the post in the blog. After the session was completed, Q&A session began. Many participants expressed their views and asked questions and received satisfactory answers. The event received a positive feedback from the participants that the session was very useful and they are interested in creating their own blog. After the session, Dr. Vijay Songire, Faculty of Arts gave vote of thanks. The event was attended by 110 participants through google meet and youtube. Youtube link: https://youtu.be/VGQPv52TVHo

Webinar on International Mother Language Day Literary Club organised a Webinar on “International Mother Language Day” on 2Oth February 2021 from 12 pm to 1 pm. International Mother Language Day is observed worldwide on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. he idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference and has been observed throughout the world since 2000. The theme set by UNESCO of the 2021 International Mother Language Day, “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society,” recognizes that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the Sustainable Development Goals’ focus on leaving no one behind. The session began with Ms. Sarah Roy, Co-ordinator of Literary Club welcoming the participants and introducing the resource person. The guest speaker was Ms. Elena Sajan, faculty of St. Thomas College, Ranni in Kerala. The session was attended by students of various departments of the college and received a positive response. The total participants were 110. The session was attended by participants in Google Meet and YouTube Live. The session ended with the Vote of Thanks by Dr. Vijay Songire.