Staff Training and Empowerment Programme - 1 (STEP-1)

The STEP-1 FDP programme for all members of the staff, intended with the noble objective of the motivating our staff, was conducted in the grand manner on 24-06-08.The entire programme was divided into four sessions.

Mr.V.V.R.Muthu, Managing Director, Idhayam Gingely Oil, was the Resource Person for the Inaugural session. He dwelt on the various concepts of success mantras including goal setting etc.

Smt. Girija was the Resource Person for the second session. She gave an inspiring talk on "Towards Your job". She stressed on the importance of looking into the psychological aspects of the college going students and also on cordial human relations.

Mr.G.Shanmugam was the Resource Person for the third session. He gave a brief description on the "System of Education in U.S.A". He was just comparing the standard of teaching in USA and India and in the course of his speech narrated how, in USA, the students were made to think by the teachers by throwing stimulating questions to them, making them refer to libraries etc. He also wanted the teachers to supplement their teaching with the aids like Power Point presentation, OHP etc.

The last session was engaged by Rtn Premkumar who dwelt on the various concepts of self-esteem. The day-long session ended with a candle light procession inside the hall that reinforced the feeling of family within Sudharsan and made the day an unforgettable one.

Staff Training and Empowerment Programme - 2 (STEP-2)

Sudharsan Engineering College believes that faculty is one of its core strengths. To sharpen the acumen and skills of the faculty, training is imparted to them on different locations. STEP1 was held at Madurai. STEP 2 was held at kodaikonal and now STEP3 with the theme " You are the Key" was held at Yercaud for 3 days viz June 13-15th.

The inauguration of STEP3 was held on June 13th in the presence of Hon'ble chairman Shri V.K. Sundaram and Vice Chairmen Shri. Ajay. K. Sundaram & Shri Vijay k. Sundaram. Shri Mohan Rajesh and Shrimati Vicky Rajesh of MSP Plantations which has won the Best Plantations Award for Two Consecutive Years were the Guest of Honour.

Mr. Rajesh dwelt in length on the importance of imparting periodic training to staff to hone their skills. Shri V.K. Sundaram Hon'ble chairman stressed the importance of "learning" thorough one's life.

Day two began with trekking and Yoga classes. The importance of yoga in our fast paced life was imparted by Mr. Thillaivallavan, a staff from SEC. The first session titled "Together we win" was handled by Shri Panchanathan, who "broke the ice" among the faculty. He also stressed the importance of teamwork & successful teambuilding with lot of Games. The second session had two parallel classes with the title "Unleash you potential" for teaching staff & "Get Connected"for Non teaching staff. The session titled "Unleash your potential" was handled by Shri Muthuraman an acclaimed trainer. He stressed the need for bringing out our inner talent and for shedding our inhibitions. The session "Get connected" by Shri Ramanathan (psychologist & corporate trainer) was on interpersonal skills and how non teaching staff should play a successful role. After lunch, a round of Management games way conducted by the MBA department of Sudharsan Engineering. College. The afternoon session was on workplace ethics and how to conduct yourself in work place by Shri Muthuraman,

Day3 began with a visit to The Horticultural research farm. And we had the opportunity of seeing Robusta Arabica and pepper flourish in the shervarayan hills. The day's session began with the famous psychoanalyst Shri Ramanathan speaking on "Igniting Minds". He emphasized the need for harnessing the mind's power. The second session was "Health is wealth" by Dr. Ashokan a renowned surgeon from Virdhunagar. On both the days' camp fire was organized to highlight the talent of the staff of Sudharsan. The valedictory session was presided over by Dr. ArulMozhian Head, Horticulture Research Farm Yercaud The entire event was coordinated by Shri Jc Premkamar and his team of Rotarians from Virudunagar. The Concept was Conceived and Implemented by Dr.M.Radhakrishnan, Principal, Sudharsan Engineering College.

Staff Training and Empowerment Programme - 3 (STEP-3)

Sudharsan Engineering College believes that faculty is one of its core strengths. To sharpen the acumen and skills of the faculty, training is imparted to them on different locations. STEP1 was held at Madurai. STEP 2 was held at kodaikonal and now STEP3 with the theme " You are the Key" was held at Yercaud for 3 days viz June 13-15th.

The inauguration of STEP3 was held on June 13th in the presence of Hon'ble chairman Shri V.K. Sundaram and Vice Chairmen Shri. Ajay. K. Sundaram & Shri Vijay k. Sundaram. Shri Mohan Rajesh and Shrimati Vicky Rajesh of MSP Plantations which has won the Best Plantations Award for Two Consecutive Years were the Guest of Honour.

Mr. Rajesh dwelt in length on the importance of imparting periodic training to staff to hone their skills. Shri V.K. Sundaram Hon'ble chairman stressed the importance of "learning" thorough one's life.

Day two began with trekking and Yoga classes. The importance of yoga in our fast paced life was imparted by Mr. Thillaivallavan, a staff from SEC. The first session titled "Together we win" was handled by Shri Panchanathan, who "broke the ice" among the faculty. He also stressed the importance of teamwork & successful teambuilding with lot of Games. The second session had two parallel classes with the title "Unleash you potential" for teaching staff & "Get Connected"for Non teaching staff. The session titled "Unleash your potential" was handled by Shri Muthuraman an acclaimed trainer. He stressed the need for bringing out our inner talent and for shedding our inhibitions. The session "Get connected" by Shri Ramanathan (psychologist & corporate trainer) was on interpersonal skills and how non teaching staff should play a successful role. After lunch, a round of Management games way conducted by the MBA department of Sudharsan Engineering. College. The afternoon session was on workplace ethics and how to conduct yourself in work place by Shri Muthuraman,

Day3 began with a visit to The Horticultural research farm. And we had the opportunity of seeing Robusta Arabica and pepper flourish in the shervarayan hills. The day's session began with the famous psychoanalyst Shri Ramanathan speaking on "Igniting Minds". He emphasized the need for harnessing the mind's power. The second session was "Health is wealth" by Dr. Ashokan a renowned surgeon from Virdhunagar. On both the days' camp fire was organized to highlight the talent of the staff of Sudharsan. The valedictory session was presided over by Dr. ArulMozhian Head, Horticulture Research Farm Yercaud The entire event was coordinated by Shri Jc Premkamar and his team of Rotarians from Virudunagar. The Concept was Conceived and Implemented by Dr.M.Radhakrishnan, Principal, Sudharsan Engineering College.

Staff Training and Empowerment Programme - 4 (STEP-4)

Program Conducted by Rotary Club of Virudhunagar & Rotary Club of Thiruvananthapuram That Sunday during the South west monsoon this year has turned an unforgettable day in the life of every Sudharsanite (Sudharsan Engineering college family/faculty member), a day which made them to get their true wisdom through the success key "Love your Job". Our former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Says,"Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around". He reveals the success mantra that "Love your work whole heartedly, to enjoy the true essence of success". To experience this quote, a staff team of 65, of Sudharsan Engineering college, Guided by the Principal, Dr. M. Radhakrishnan under the magnanimity of Chairman V. K. Sundaram, Vice Chairmen, Ajay K.Sundaram and Vijay K.Sundaram, participated in the Staff Training and Empowerment Program (STEP-4) at Uday Samudra (UDS) Leisure Beach Hotel, Kovalam. To describe the beauty of the program venue, the UDS, located at the famed beaches of Kovalam, just 15 meters from the sea, is an exquisite 4 Star leisure beach hotel, nestled within a charming coconut grove, with pool and beachside dining facilities, etc. It was a wonderful time, being there in such a finest place along with the nourishing thoughts, through the STEP 4 programme.

Before dwelling in to STEP 4, it would be a happy journey to look back the previous STEP events, namely, STEP 1, 2 and 3. If you ask the walls and floors of Sudharsan Engineering college, 'What is STEP?' It will reply joyfully that, "STEP stands for Staff Training and Empowerment Programme". It is an unique training programme conducted by Sudharsan Engineering College, by taking them to different outdoor places, providing finest accommodation, food, etc along with excellent training session. This event is a brain child of the Principal Dr. M. Radhakrishnan, and has become an annual event since 2008. The first step (STEP1) was taken as a one day programme at Madurai, the famous seat of learning and scholarship where the Thirukkural was tested. The second step (STEP 2) was at Kodaikanal and it was a three-day programme. It was a sort of "Thank you" to the faculty members for getting the NBA accreditation. And of course it was a platform for encouraging faculties to set higher goals. The third step (STEP 3) was taken at Yercaud (a hill station in Salem), yet another 3-day programme conducted with the theme, "You are the Key".

The fourth step (STEP 4) was at the famous beach resort, Kovalam. The programme started with inaugural function around 6 PM on 19th June 2011 with lighting the traditional lamp (Kuthuvilakku) by the Chairman, Principal, Dean and their respective family members. Followed by this, Rotarian PDG V. Ganapathy Iyer, gave the inaugural address. His speech was a real motivating pill for the members. Dr. Gopinath, Former General Manager, Gulf Airways, delivered the felicitation address and he added a most valuable thought: "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." Jc. P. N. Prem Kumar, the event manager welcomed the gathering and gave insight on the forthcoming programmes. He was also instrumental in helping the SEC team get their plans pulled down into the fields of reality.

The next day, 20th June 2011 got off with a good start by the Principal Dr. M. Radhakrishnan and Jc. P. N Prem kumar, who took everyone to the beach for trekking and seashore walking. The staff members had a thrilling experience by enjoying the dawn at the seashore of Arabian Sea. The next programme was by Lion PDG R. Ravi Kumar, who gave a lecture on "Creativity". The way he delivered the lecture and the questionnaire he prepared made everyone to think creatively. Receptive participants cleared their doubts with the speaker. "Management Games" was the next session by Mr. Chandru, and his faculty friends of MBA department. The games were awesome, filled with various exercises along with a lesson on the management skills like decision making, time management etc. After a delicious lunch in the hotel, the faculty members were taken to visit Thiruvananthapuram city. It was a very good opportunity for the members to know the culture, tradition, food habits, etc., of the Kerala people. The remarkable and memorable event of the STEP - Camp fire- started in the night around 9 PM, near the swimming pool, where the teachers showed their skills in singing, dancing, skits, tales, etc. Through all these sessions, the faculties chanted the mantra, "Love your job". The Rotary club of Nagercoil South lent their active support to this unique programme.

Day 3 also began with trekking and seashore walking, but this time in the other direction, with more sceneries and fun. Later the teachers showed their swimming skills in the pool located at the hotel. On the third day, the first session titled 'Motivation - Within and Without"was handled by Prof. Mahadevan, who made everyone to sit at the edge of the chair, through his real life experiences and in many other noble celebrities of 1950s. Throughout his session he threw a simple yet powerful quote that, "Win yourself to win others". The day was delighted by, Prof. James R. Daniel, through his valediction address. He emphasized the need for enhancing communication skills and enriching knowledge. Before calling it a day, there was a thanks giving and opinion session, in which every teacher rushed to the stage to convey their heartfelt thanks to the Chairman and his family, the Principal, Jc.P.N.Prem kumar, the flamboyant Task Master, Mr. Ramesh, Assistant Professor, SEC, and also to the organizing committee members. The management also gave mementoes for all the faculties as a token of thanks for their active participation.

Since all good things come to an end, the faculty returned to their homes, empowered with new and important inputs to take their next steps in the journey towards academic excellence.

The concept was conceived and implemented by Dr.M.Radhakrishnan, Principal, Sudharsan Engineering College.

Staff Training and Empowerment Programme - 5 (STEP-5)

The STEP-1 FDP programme for all members of the staff, intended with the noble objective of the motivating our staff, was conducted in the grand manner on 24-06-08.The entire programme was divided into four sessions.

Mr.V.V.R.Muthu, Managing Director, Idhayam Gingely Oil, was the Resource Person for the Inaugural session. He dwelt on the various concepts of success mantras including goal setting etc.

Smt. Girija was the Resource Person for the second session. She gave an inspiring talk on "Towards Your job". She stressed on the importance of looking into the psychological aspects of the college going students and also on cordial human relations.

Mr.G.Shanmugam was the Resource Person for the third session. He gave a brief description on the "System of Education in U.S.A". He was just comparing the standard of teaching in USA and India and in the course of his speech narrated how, in USA, the students were made to think by the teachers by throwing stimulating questions to them, making them refer to libraries etc. He also wanted the teachers to supplement their teaching with the aids like Power Point presentation, OHP etc.

The last session was engaged by Rtn Premkumar who dwelt on the various concepts of self-esteem. The day-long session ended with a candle light procession inside the hall that reinforced the feeling of family within Sudharsan and made the day an unforgettable one.

AICTE SPONSORED STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

National Seminar

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Recent Emerging trends in Applied Mathematics

The AICTE sponsored one-day National seminar in "Recent Emerging trends in Applied Mathematics" was conducted on 28th March 2013 at Sudharsan Engineering College, Sathiyamangalam, Pudukkottai.

The Principal Dr.M. Radhakrishnan presided over the function and in his address he congratulated the staff of Mathematics department for their achievement in the I year university examination result which is gradually increased from 30% to 80%.

The Director Dr.S.Palani, felicitated over the function and he listed out some great Mathematicians for their contributions in application of mathematics on technical fields.

Dr. A.Nagoorgani , Associate Professor in Mathematics, Jamal Mohamed College, inaugurated the function. Dr. N.Anbalagan, Alagappa University, Dr. LaxmanaGomathinayagam, N IT Trichy, Dr. S.Marudhai, Bharathidasan University, and Dr. K.Subramanian, Alagappa Government Arts college gave their doctorial speech in Fuzzy optimization, Graph Theory and Operations Research.

Students, Scholars and Teachers from various colleges participated. All the arrangements for the contact of the seminar was made by the Department of Mathematics.

National Level FDP

AICTE SPONSORED TWO -WEEK NATIONAL LEVEL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

DATE: 15-05-2013 to 29-09-2013 AICTE sponsored National level Faculty Development Program on "QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LEADS TO EXCELLENCE IN TQM" has been organized by the Department of Management studies, Sudharsan Engineering College, Pudukkottai on 15th May to 29th May 2013.More than 50 participants benefited in this programme.The Welcome Address delivered by D. Chandru, Department of Management Studies, Sudharsan Engineering College. Dr. C. Gnanapraksham, Head of the Department, Department of Management Studies Introduced the chief guest and Presidential Address delivered by Dr. M. RadhaKrishnan, Principal, Sudharsan Engineering College. Inaugural Address given by Dr. C. MuthuVelayudam, Associate Professor, Department of management studies and Deputy Director, Anna University, Kovai and also released the course material for fifteen days Faculty Development programme.The vote of Thanks delivered by Mr. R. Rengarajan, Assistant Professor, and Department of Management studies, Sudharsan Engineering College.

AICTE - SDP

AICTE SPONSORED STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ON EVOLVING TRENDS IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

The Electronics and Communication Engineering Department organized the two week AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on Evolving Trends in Optical Communication Networks from 08.05.2013 to 21.05.2013. Mr.N.Sriramalinganesa perumal, Head of the Department gave the welcome address. The Principal Dr.M.Radhakrishnan inaugurated the programme. Director and Coordinator Dr.S.Palani gave brief introduction about the seminar topic. Dr.D.Sriramkumar, Associate Professor, NIT Trichy was the chief quest for the inaugural function and started the first session. Many eminent resource persons from various institutions gave their guest lecture throughout the next 2 week. The valedictory function and certificate distribution were presided by Dr.Sivanandharaja, Associate Professor, A.C.College of Engineering, Karaikudi.

ISTE workshop

ISTE Workshop I

Ten day ISTE workshop conducted by IIT Bombay at Sudharsan Engineering College

Under the auspices of Department of Mechanical Engineering of Sudharsan Engineering College, a ten day ISTE workshop on 'Introduction to Research Methodologies' was conducted between 25.06.12 to 04.07.12 to empower the teaching community from within the campus and other educational institutes.

The virtual classroom setup equipped with a projector to display the teacher and a video camera to capture the participants enabled two way communications between the teachers at IIT Bombay and the technical teacher participants at Sudharsan Engineering College. The Chief coordinator of the workshop, Prof. Pathak at IIT Bombay welcomed the 10,000 participants across 168 remote centers and unveiled the tablet named AKAASH developed by student team of IIT Bombay. In the Presidential address over teleconference, Hon'ble minister Shri. Kapil Sibal emphasized the need for training technical teachers.

The workshop focused on improving skills required for quality research work and effective presentation of the same, thereby enhancing the characteristics for a good technical teacher by providing valuable tips on productive thinking, formulating a hypothesis, 'how to read a research paper', Hands on training on 'Scilab', effective presentation and teaching skills. The remote center coordinator, Dr.R.Palanichamy, Head of the department of Mechanical department steered the workshop to a grand success.

ISTE Workshop II

Two day ISTE workshop conducted by IIT Bombay at Sudharsan Engineering College

A workshop 'Aakash(tablet) for Education' was held on 10th and 11th November 2012, for the technical teachers of our Sudharsan Engineering College , a Remote centre of IIT-Bombay.

As per the 'Aakash project' devised by IIT Bombay, teaching methodology a class of 60 students will be enhanced with distribution of Aakash tablet to the teacher and the students, so as to conduct quizzes, opinion poll and mini-projects based on the applications available on Aakash tablet, based on Android platform. R & D and Final year B.E/M.E projects using Aakash tablet is greatly appreciated. The remote center coordinator, Dr.R.Palanichamy, Prof. & Head of the Mechanical department made necessary arrangements. About 100 tablets are to be issued to the staff for enhancing the teaching-learning methodology.

ISTE Workshop III

Two week ISTE workshop on "Analog Electronics"

The Electronics and Communication Engineering department of Sudharsan Engineering College and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has jointly organized Two week ISTE workshop on "Analog Electronics" from 4th to 14th June 2013. Dr. K. Krishnamoorthy, (Prof. & HOD - CSE Dept.) has supported the event as a Remote Center (RC) coordinator. Mr. S. Ravi, (Assistant Professor / ECE Dept.) played the role of workshop Coordinator. The program was conducted successfully. Around thirty faculty members working in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), and Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) departments of Sudharsan Engineering College participated. The workshop comprised of both theoretical and practical aspects of "Analog Electronics".

Internal Staff Development Programme

Leadership Summit - I

SEC conducted a Staff Development Programme exclusively for the Heads and Associate Heads of various departments on 24/7/10 at Seminar Hall, Sona Block, SEC. Since the Programme is exclusively organised for the HoDs & AHoDs, all of them eagerly participated and gained knowledge about the leadership skills.

The program started with Inauguration by Dr. M. Radhakrishnan, Principal, SEC at 9.15 am.

Ms. Latha, Skills Zone was the resource person and started the Base camp : "Excelling as a Leader" at 9.30 am and after the tea break, she stepped up the programme with the concept of Mount K2: "Leading from the Front".

After the lunch break, Ms. Latha spoke about the theme Mount Everest: "Being on Top" from 13.30 hrs to 16.00 hrs. All the participants attended the programme with enthusiasm and interest.

Faculty Induction Programme

A Faculty induction programme was organized on Aug 11th. All the members of the teaching Fraternity who have joined our Institution after June 2010 attended the programme. The HODs made suitable arrangements to facilitate participants attend the programme the entire Day. The programme started with Orientation given by Dr. M. Radhakrishnan, Principal, SEC at 9.30 am and he continued the first session with the topic of "Excelling in Engineering Teaching". He expressed his views with the concept of teaching profession as the noble profession.

After the tea break, the second session started with the topic "Conducting yourself in Class rooms" by Mr. G.Alex Rajesh, Assistant Professor of MBA Dept,SEC at 11.30 am. He talked about the Body language of the teachers and also gave some guidelines to understand of the students behavior in the class.

After the lunch break, the third session stared at 13.30 with the topic "Effective Technical Teaching & Lesson Plan Preparation and Delivery" given by Dr. M. Prabakaran, Professor, Mechanical Engg., SEC. He also spoke about the students' intelligent ideas in writing the wrong answers in the examination papers and showed some interesting exam papers in LCD and asked the teachers to be aware of such students.

The fourth session started at 14.45 by Dr. K. Renganathan, Director, MBA. He educated the new teachers with his interesting topic "Taxonomy of Teaching & Learning". He also showed some useful quotations related to the field of education with slide show.

At 15.45, the participants gave their written feedback on the induction programme and some of the comments were read by the Principal and who accepted some ideas from the staff. The programme ended with the valedictory address by the Principal.

Heat and Mass Transfer

A one week FDTP on 'Heat and Mass Transfer' was held at Sudharsan Engineering College, Sathiyamangalam, Pudukkottai from 3rd December '12 to 10th December '12. The training program funded by Centre for Faculty Development, Anna University, Chennai was organized by Dr.R.Palanichamy and Dr.M.Prabhakar, Professor & HoD / Mechanical Engineering and Professor & Dean / Academic, respectively.

In spite of both organizers/ resource people having over a decade of sound knowledge relevant to Heat and Mass Transfer, a couple of sessions were handled by external experts Dr.Suresh, Asst. Professor / Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy and Dr. Chandra Shekar, Asst. Professor / Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, BITS Campus, Trichy. The noteworthy part of the training programme was working out solutions to previous year question papers collected over a decade. The participants also enjoyed and benefitted from the spectacular examples and relevant applications of the topics covered beyond approach (presented as slides) to problem solving. The participants gained immense knowledge towards understanding of the subject rather than mere skilful approach to problem solving.

Sessions on Conduction and Mass transfer were handled by Dr.R.Palanichamy. Dr. Prabhakar imparted topics pertaining to Convection and Radiation. Lectures on Heat Exchangers were conducted by Dr.Suresh. Dr. Chandra Shekar explained concepts and worked out problems on Boiling and Condensation.

Participants from neighboring colleges in the region and participants from the host college were benefitted from the training program, as the topic being one of the core subjects pertaining to Mechanical Engineering discipline, which is evident from the feedback received.