A Series of interaction was planned to make third year BCA students understand the basics of Project, type of projects to be taken up, how to plan and think about the project topics, and how to execute and manage it. The interactions were planned & conducted in 3 different sessions.
Session 1: Demonstration of 3D Printer Project by the alumni passed out in the year 2018-19
The session started with the introduction of alumni members, namely, Mr. Ankit Kumar Gupta, Mr. Darshan Umakant Naik , Mr. Navnit Dhirendra Singh, Mr. Dhanraj Sudin Pai Raiturkar, and Mr. Sammit Prashant Prabhu Chodnekar by Mr. Sumit Kumar.
Mr. Ankit Kumar showed the video of ‘Making of 3D Printers’ and shared the various designed printed by the printer designed and developed by them. The students were amazed to see the precision work done by the printer. The project team member, Mr. Dhanraj Sudin Pai Raiturkar, explained them how they got the idea of developing the 3D Printer, the type of hurdle they faced in designing the printer, getting requirements, procuring materials, arranging money to meet the cost, expert advice, and the motivation to complete it.
They mentioned the help extended by the BCA Department, and Mr. Ryan Vaz from 3D Infinity in completing the projects. They also mentioned that, after completion of the project, they presented it to the VVM Management and management purchased the Printer from them.
The questions asked by the TY Students about the problem faced during the development process and their resolutions were ably answered by the Project Development team.
The overall feedback for the session was positive. The session concluded with thanking note by Mr. Sumit Kumar.
Session 2: Industry Interaction with Haztech CEO, Mr. Mohsin Shaikh
This session was conducted on 17th July 2019 at 09.30 am for TYBCA Students. The session started with the introduction of the Guest, CEO of Haztech, Mr. Mohsin Shaikh, followed by the briefing about the objective of the session, i.e. ‘How to Choose the Right and Relevant Project’ by Mr. Sumit Kumar.
Mr. Shaikh informed the audience about the relevance of the Project in the Academic Programme and how we should choose the right project. He mentioned and elaborated upon the various aspects on which the success of any project depends. Specifically, mentioned about the importance of Creativity and Innovation and explored these aspects by taking various examples from Software and IT domain. He also shared his journey that ‘How an average BCA Student become a successful entrepreneur because of an Out of the Box TYBCA Project’.
He discussed various project ideas shared by the students that they would like to implement and explained them the way to execute it. The students were very happy with the interaction and asked for more guiding sessions, which he agreed to conduct in near future. He also offered a live project to some of the interested students and mentioned that he is always ready in helping the students whenever required by them.
The feedback of the session was overwhelming and the resource person was very happy in interacting with such a positive minded audience. The session concluded with the thanking note by Mr. Sumit Kumar.
Session 3: Demonstration of Smart City Project by the alumni passed out in the year 2018-19, Coordinated by Ms. Namita Neurenkar.
The session started with the introduction of alumni members, namely, Mr. Sheldon Afonso and Mr. Caron Fernandes by Ms. Namita Neurenkar.
Mr. Sheldon briefed the students about their project on Smart city and gave them overview of how the idea of doing project which was out of box struck their mind. He specifically mentioned to the students that they had attended the workshop conducted by the BCA department on Internet of Things which inspired them to go ahead with project of Smart City.
Mr. Caron informed the students that there should be division of project work and review meetings with the group and Project guide is must. He also emphasized that the subjects like Information Technology Project Management helps in preparing the project report and the report carries much weightage in final assessment.
The video on Smart City Project developed by the group was shown to the students. They also highlighted that lot of hard work, dedication to learn new technologies so as to implement it and patience is required for completion of project.
Mr. Caron & Mr. Sheldon appreciated the support extended by their guide Ms. Ekta Agarwal. The queries of TY Students were resolved by the Mr. Caron & Mr. Sheldon.
The overall feedback for the session was positive as the students were motivated with the idea of going ahead for projects on IOT. The session concluded with thanking note by Ms. Namita Neurenkar.
