Jul 28, 2022 - Jul 28, 2022
P.A College of Engineering Mangalore, Department of Training and Placement in association with ASCII and CSI conducted SPARK-22, a multi-disciplinary program for 2nd year engineering students of PACE with four events such as Technical Workshops, Booths, Poster Making Competition and Project exhibition on 28th July, 2022.
Technical Workshop
The program started with technical workshops led by Mr. Rabeeh T.A, Mr. Muadh and Mr. Shakeel with title Progressive Web Application, Artificial Intelligence, and Metaverse and Block chain technologies, respectively.
Linux and Competitive Booths
The workshop was followed, with Booth Sessions, namely the Linux Booth and Competitive Programming Booth, led by the dynamic Second Year CS team comprising Mr. Nouman, Mr. Rabeeh, Mr. Rifaz Ali, Mr. Sanad, Mr. Muadh and mentored by Mr. Faheem, of third year.
The Competitive Programming booth introduced students to the competitive programming field. The Linux booth gave a brief on what are operating systems, kernels, the history of Linux and an introduction to different Linux distributions. They displayed 10 famous Linux distributions installed on virtual machines to give students 12 strong reasons to switch to Linux.
Poster Making Competition
A Poster Making competition was conducted based on a topic "I want to do my final year project on ....... And why?". Keerthana from Biotechnology department got first prize and Nidhi, Thasfiya, Nusaiba from Electronics and Communication Engineering department received second prize for the Poster Making Competition.
Project Exhibition
Project Exhibition was further conducted to demonstrate the students pet projects (robots, web sites, web apps, IOS/Android Apps, etc.). For project exhibition the team of Minooha, Mehek and Fida of Biotechnology department got first prize and the team of Nidhi, Thasfiya and Nusaiba from Electronics and Communication Engineering department received second Prize.
Valedictory Program
The SPARK -22 Program concluded with valedictory function. Mr. Rohit Pai (Delivery Manager, Infosys, Mangalore) was the Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker. He talked about the IT Sector: Its evolution & Preparedness for Future. He also advised that "there is a large number of opportunities around. Improve your skill sets and make use of every opportunity and take a chance to show case yourself. Learning is there in everything and what you learn will fetch you in some or the other places. Keep learning from whatever chance you get". Dr. Ramis M. K., Principal PACE, highlighted the importance of skill along with academic excellence. The winners and runners of the competitions were honored with cash prize, mementos, and certificate. Mr. Sharafudheen P.K (AGM-Campus, PAET) was the guest of honor. Dr. Sharmila Kumari (Vice Principal PACE), Prof. Mohammed Hussain (Training and Placement Officer, PACE), Heads of various department, Teaching and non-teaching staff, Students of various department were also present for the program. Prof. Abdul Majeed K.M and Prof. Nishant N of Computer Science department were the Staff Coordinators and Mr. Nouman and Ms. Rifah were the Students Coordinator of SPARK-22. Mr. Nihal of Mechanical Engineering Department welcomed the gathering, Ms Irfana of Biotechnology department proposed vote of thanks. Ms. Shabnaz of Computer Science and Engineering compeered the program.
