Events 2020-2021

Cres-Festo 21

The online programme Cres-festo 21 was organised by the Department of English, exclusively for the higher secondary school students, on 26.06.2021. A total of 7 events were flawlessly organized. More than 40 school students from all over Tamil Nadu took part in Cres Festo. The faculty members of the Department of English were the judges for all the events. The winners and runners of each individual event were awarded Rs. 500 and Rs. 300 respectively.

Virtual workshop on concrete mix design

Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure have organized a “Virtual workshop on concrete mix design” on 26th June 2021 at 10.00 a.m. First session on “Cement” was delivered by Mr.R.Sivaramakrishnan, Technical Manager, JK white Cement and it is followed by the next session on “Concrete mix design” Dr.M.Purushothaman, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Annamalai University. Around 25 students from different college participated and got an exposure on concrete mix design.

Webinar on Career Advancement for Diploma Students in Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure organized a webinar on the topic “Career Advancement for Diploma Students in Civil Engineering” on 17.06.2021. Around 125 polytechnic students from various states participated in this event. The guest speaker Er. K.K. Shanmugavel, Senior Section Engineer, Southern Railways, Ramanathapuram delivered the lecture and shared his experience about various opportunities for diploma holders related to higher studies and job.

Webinar on “Development with Environment” on 14th June 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Webinar on “Development with Environment” on 14th June 2021, from 11 am to 12.30 pm via Google Meet. The main objective of this webinar is to create awareness among students about the pollution and environmental degradation. There was good response from the participants with 70 registered participants. Students from different institution shown interest towards this webinar and they have participated.

Dr. S. Pakkir Mohideen, HoD/CA delivered welcome address, followed by Felicitation address by Dr. A. Jaya, Professor/CA. Mr. Hariram Narayanan, IV Sem BCA(DS) Student, gave introduction about the speaker.

The Resource Person of the webinar was Ms. Pallavi Rampati, Technical Consultant, Paul – Edu Technology and Management Services, Chennai. Resource person started the session with interesting things about environment. Ms. Pallavi imparted her knowledge on the various initiatives and policies at National and international levels taken in environmental sector. At end of the session, the participants gained knowledge on how to improve the environmental efficiency at global level.

Conveners: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS and Dr. S. Pakkir Mohideen, HoD/CA
Coordinators: Dr. A.K. Reshmy, AP/CA, Dr. Sudha Rajesh, AP/CA, Ms. Sabaria, AP/CA

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Webinar on “Career Opportunity and Skill Development Strategies” on 12th June 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Webinar on “Career Opportunity and Skill Development Strategies” on 12th June 2021, from 10.30 am to 12 pm via Google Meet and YouTube.

The Resource Person of the webinar was Mr.S.Muthu Kumar, Technology Lead, Infosys Ltd, Chennai.

There was vast response from the participants of various colleges. 138 participants have registered for this event. 60 participants attended this online webinar from various institutions. Students and Faculty from various institutions have participated in the event. This webinar provided the participants with interesting facts on Career and skill Development.

Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS and Dr.S.Pakkir Mohideen, HOD/CA
Coordinators: Dr. Sudha Rajesh, AP/CA, Dr. P.Amudhavalli, AP/CA

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Webinar on Digital learning

Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure have organized a Webinar on “Digital learning“ on 05.06.2021 at 10.00 a.m by Dr. J. Mangayarkarasi, Dean of Academic Affairs & Head, PG and Research Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai. This event was arranged exclusively for school students from XI to XII standard. The aim of this webinar was to provide exposure to various methods of digital learning.

World Environment Day Celebrations

As a part of “World Environment Day” celebrations a webinar series on 03.06.2021 was organized by Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure. Morning session on “Green Buildings- The way of life” was delivered by Dr C. Velan, City Head – Chennai Operations. Evening session on “Climatic change and Pandemic issues” was delivered by Sundarrajan G, core member of Poovulagin Nanbargal. More than 45 students participated in both the webinar and got benefitted from the lectures. This helped the students to know about the green concepts and issues due to climate change.

Webinar on “Current Trends and Future of Data Science & AI in Decision Making”

Topic: Current Trends and Future of Data Science & AI in Decision Making
Date: 3rd June, 2021
Audience: students from various parts of India, including final year students of B.Tech (CSE and IT) and research scholars
Resource person: Mr. Balakumaran, Muralidharan, Architect, Wipro technologies
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinator: Ms. C Vijayalakshmi (Asst. Prof (SG)/CSE) Ms. S P Valli (Asst. Prof (Sl.Gr.), CSE) Mrs. Niyati Behera (Asst. Prof./CSE)
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Webinar on “Algorithms and its uses” on 3rd June 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Webinar on “Algorithms and its uses” on 03rd June 2021, from 10.30 am to 12 pm via Google Meet. The main objective of this webinar is to make the students understand the importance of algorithm, its types and its use. There was overwhelming response from the participants with 133 registered participants. Not only students has shown interest towards this webinar, faculties from different institution also have participated.

The Resource Person of the webinar was Mr. A. Daranivasan, Sr. Business Analyst, ADP Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad. Dr. A. Jaya, Professor/CA delivered welcome address. The speaker of the session started by poking the general ways of implementing algorithm in day-to-day life, for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning. Resource person explained different types of algorithms with real time examples. The speaker presented from basic algorithms to machine learning algorithms. This webinar provided the participants with interesting facts about algorithms and its uses in business domain.

Conveners: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS and Dr. Latha Tamilselvan, HOD/CA
Coordinators: Dr. Sudha Rajesh, AP/CA, Dr. A.K. Reshmy, AP/CA, Ms. Sabaria, AP/CA

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Webinar on “Technology – The New Architect of World” on 31st May 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Webinar on “Technology – The New Architect of world” on 31st May 2021, from 10.30 am to 12 pm via Google Meet and YouTube.

The Resource Person of the webinar was Mr. T.Kirankumar Manivannan, Assistant Professor, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai.

There was vast response from the participants of various colleges. 133 participants have registered for this event. 60 participants attended this online webinar from various institutions. Faculties from various institutions have participated in the event. This webinar provided the participants with interesting facts on Technology, which is ruling the world.

Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS and Dr.Latha TamilSelvan, HOD/CA
Coordinators: Dr. Sudha Rajesh, AP/CA, Dr. A.K. Reshmy, AP/CA, Ms. Sabaria, AP/CA

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Workshop on “Fundamentals of Big Data and Hadoop” on 29th May 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Workshop on “Fundamentals of Big Data and Hadoop” on 29th May 2021, from 10.00 am to 4 pm via Google Meet. The Resource Person of the workshop was Mr. Pavan P Kakathkar, Data Engineer, Cisco Systems, Bengaluru, Karanataka, India.

This workshop highlighted the importance of big data and hadoop and its impact on IT sector. The resource person gave insight knowledge on the big data and hadoop concepts. A total of 65+ participants attended this online workshop from our institution and various institutions across India. Faculties from different institutions have also participated in this free workshop. Apart from this session an additional session arranged on 2nd June, 2021, 9AM – 11AM for students for clarifying the doubts on the hadoop concepts.

Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Professor & Dean (SCIMS), Dr.Latha Tamilselvan, Professor & HOD/CA, Dr.P.Sheik Abdul Khader, Senior Professor & Prof. In-Charge, Library/ CA.
Coordinators: Dr. A. Jaya, Professor / CA, Dr. A.Abdul Azeez Khan, Associate Professor / CA, Dr. K.Javubar Sathick, Associate Professor / CA, Dr. A.K.Ashfauk Ahamed, Assistant Professor / CA

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Webinar on “Preparedness for Industry Readiness” on 29th May 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Webinar on “Preparedness for Industry Readiness” on 29th May 2021, from 10.00 am to 12 pm via Google Meet.

The Resource Person of the webinar was Mr.P.Shanmugam, Business Analyst, Manager HR IT Systems, CTS, Chennai.

There was vast response from the participants of our MCA students. 134 participants have registered for this event. 80 participants attended this online webinar. This webinar provided the participants with increasing the present knowledge about the preparation towards the Industry needs. This webinar specially designed for the betterment of student’s career to help them capture knowledge on emerging technologies and to improve skills.

Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS and Dr.Latha TamilSelvan, HOD/CA
Coordinators: Dr.S.Pakkir Mohideen, Asso.Prof /CA, Dr.N.Ayyanathan, Asso.Prof /CA, Dr.S.Shahar Banu, Asso.Prof /CA, Dr.G.Shree Devi, AP-Sel.Gr / CA, Dr.Sudha Rajesh, AP/CA

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Webinar on “Smartphone Security” – 27th May 2021

The Department of Information Technology, School of Computer Information and Mathematical Sciences organized an online Webinar on “Smartphone Security” on 27th May 2021 from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm through Google Meet. The Resource Person of the webinar is Dr. S. Sibi Chakkaravarthy, Cyber Security Consultant, Chennai.

A total of 227 participants including students, faculty members from various Institutions and Industry persons registered for the webinar. Out of them 110 participants attended the webinar.

Dr. Sibi discussed about various kinds of mobile phone attacks and the awareness required for securing our Smartphone in the day-to-day activities. Also he demonstrated few smartphone attacks happened recently with real-time incidents. It was very exciting for the participants to have interaction with resource person and cleared their queries. The participants appreciated the resource person and the informative session in their feedback.

Conveners: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean / SCIMS, Dr. I. Sathik Ali, HOD / IT
Coordinators: Mr. N. Rajendran, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) / IT, Dr. K.A. Varun Kumar, Assistant Professor / IT

CIVICLAN 2K21

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure have organised Virtual National Level Technical Symposium “CIVICLAN 2K21” on 26.05.2021. The Chief Guest, Er. R. Gowthaman, Additional Chief Engineer Civil (Retd.),Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Chennai inaugurated the event and gave a presentation on “Civil Works in Power Sector”. Around 100 students from various institute national wide participated in the symposium. Both technical and non-technical events such as paper presentation, quiz, mock interview, connexions and IPL auction were conducted.

Webinar on “Internet of Things & AI” on 22nd May 2021

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, has organized Online Webinar on “Internet of Things & AI” on 22nd May 2021, from 10.30 am to 12 pm via Google Meet and YouTube. The Resource Person of the webinar was Dr. T.Ruso, Associate Consultant, Wipro Digital, Chennai.

There was an overwhelming response from the participants of various colleges and universities from different states. 393 participants have registered for this event. 177 participants attended this online webinar from various institutions across India. Faculties from different institutions have also participated in this free webinar.

This webinar provided the participants with interesting factors on Internet of Things & AI in various fields.

Conveners: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS, Dr. Latha Tamilselvan, HOD/CA

Faculty Coordinators: Dr. A.K.Reshmy, AP/CA, Dr. Sudha Rajesh AP/CA, Ms. S.Sabaria, AP/CA

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First Two day Virtual International Conference on Language, Literature and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century

This online International conference was jointly organized by the Department of English, BSACIST and the Department of English, Anna University, Chennai on 21st & 22nd May 2021. Nearly 80 participants presented their papers and have submitted their research articles to be published in UGC Care journals

Our Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr.A.Peer Mohammed delivered the Inaugural Address.Felicitations were offered by our Respected Registrar Dr.A.Azad and our Dean of School of Social Sciences and Humanities Dr.Ayub Khan Dawood. Prof. Kona Prakash Reddy (Department of English Literature(EFLU) Hyderabad, Telangana State) delivered the Key Note Address.

Dr. V.Rajasekaran, Assistant Professor Senior Division of English, VIT University – Chennai Campus, Dr. Annie Kuriachan, Associate Professor & Head, Department of English, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, Prof. A. Joseph Dorairaj, Professor of English & Dean, School of English & Foreign Languages, Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed to be University Gandhigram, Dr. Anna Faucet,Assistant Professor of English literature, Department of English and Translation, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Dr.Prashant Mothe, Assistant Professor of English, Adarsh Senior College, Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad, Maharashtra and Dr. Christa Knellwolf King, Associate Professor of English literature, Department of English and Translation, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University were the Resource Persons.

Webinar on “Industry 4.0 Implications on Higher Education” on 10th May 2021

Webinar on Industry 4.0 Implications on Higher Education was conducted on 10th May 2021 at 10 am through Google meet platform. It was organized by Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer Information and Mathematical Sciences.

Mr.A.S.Swaroop, Senior Manager, Tech Lead Craftveda Technologies was the resource person. This webinar highlighted the importance of Industry 4.0 in general and its impact on Higher Education in particular. The resource person gave an insight on the four industry revolutions and role of IT in Industry 4.0. He also highlighted the need of higher education to the participants. A total of 90 participants attended the event.

Conveners:Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean/SCIMS and Dr. Latha TamilSelvan, HOD/CA
Coordinators:Dr.P.Sheik Abdul Khader, Senior Professor and Dr.A.Jaya, Professor/CA
Co coordinators:Mr.A.Salman Ayaz, AP/CA and Mr.V.M.Niaz Ahamed AP/CA

Alumni Entrepreneur Webinar

The Office of Alumni Relations in association with the Department of Civil Engineering conducted an Alumni Entrepreneur Webinar through online on 29.04.2021. Around 50+ participants including faculty members attended the programme. The guest speaker our Alumnus Mr. Hasnain Razvi (B.Tech. Civil Engineering 2017 Batch), Director, Tincorr Construction Solutions, Chennai delivered a lecture on “Journey as an Entrepreneur in Civil Engineering Field”, in which he discussed the various projects that were completed during the three years of his entrepreneurship journey, and shared the complexities involved in the initial stage of the start-up. In a nutshell, the webinar gave an excellent perspective to the students in understanding the qualities and skills required for an entrepreneur to succeed in their field, by exemplary work quality and on-time delivery.

IBM DEVELOPER DAY under the theme of “Data Science & AI”

Topic: IBM DEVELOPER DAY under the theme of “Data Science & AI”
Date: 29th April, 2021
Audience: IBM Specialization programme enrolled students
Resource person: Mr.Amol B Mahamuni, Program Director, Data Science and AI practice at IBM GTS Analytics Lab, Mr. Yuktesh Chintamadaka, Developer Advocate, IBM
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinator: Ms.Subhashini AP/CSE & IBM CE -CSE programme coordinator
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Online Quiz Competition “Test Your Knowledge on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)”

Topic: “Test Your Knowledge on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)”
Date: 26 April 2021
Audience: Faculty members
Conveners: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Professor & Dean (SCIMS), Dr.E.Syed Mohamed, Professor & HOD(CSE)
Co-ordinators: Mr. Manoj Kumar D S (Asst.Prof)., Dr.A.Ramachandran (Asst.Prof).
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Five Day Online STTP on “Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Industry 4.0” (26.04.2021 to 30.04.2021)

A Five Day Online Short Term Training Programme on Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Industry 4.0 (Technologies and Solution Methodologies for Real-world Scenarios) 26.04.2021 to 30.04.2021was organized by School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences, in association with Computer Society of India (CSI) and ICT Academy,through Zoom platform. The inaugural function was attended by the participants from various institutions and organizations along with faculty members and Heads of the various departments of this prestigious institution of repute with 37 years of academic excellence.

Inaugural Session started with Qirath, followed by Welcome Address by STTP Coordinator, Dr. GufranAhamed Ansari, Prof/CA & Director (CFSC). Presidential Address was delivered by Dr. VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS.The Chief Guestof the Inaugural function,Dr. Lalith Kumar Singh, Nuclear Scientist, NPCIL (BARC),Department of Atomic Energy,Govt. of India,delivered Keynote address on“Artificial Intelligence for Reliability Analysis of Safety-Critical Systems”.He explained the Markov models on reliability of systems and Petri Nets, which explains about the reliability prediction of safety critical systems.The second session was handled byDr. MohanrajVengadachalam, Data Scientist, Standard Chartered, Chennai, on the topic “Introduction to Industry 4.0 & AI and Industry 4.0 Applications in Image Processing”.Dr.Mohanraj, gave a brief introduction about Computer Vision and he gave several real time applications of Computer Vision.

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Guest Lecture – Career Opportunities in Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology organized a Guest Lecture on the topic “Career Opportunities in Civil Engineering” on 12th April 2021 for final year and pre-final year B.Tech students through online by Dr. Leon Raj, Scientist from CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, Assam.

Virtual Power Seminar on “Machine Learning and its Techniques”

Topic: Virtual Power Seminar on “Machine Learning and its Techniques”
Date: 9th April, 2021
Audience: Second, Third and Final Year Students
Resource person: Mr.Joel A J – Sr. Software Engineer of RR Donnelley Global BPO
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinators: Mrs.A.Radhika, AP/CSE, Mrs.Niyati Behera, AP/CSE
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Webinar on “Prag Robotics” for the final year B.Tech. (IT & CSE) students on 01.04.2021

The School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences organized a Webinar on “Prag Robotics” for the final year B.Tech. (IT & CSE) students on 01.04.2021 through Google Meet. The Resource Person for the webinar is Mr. Kola Naveen, Robotics & A.I. Architect, Prag Robotics, Chennai. The main objective of the webinar is to impart the knowledge in the field of AI, Machine Learning and Robotics.

Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean (SCIMS) welcomed the Resource Person and Participants. Dr. I. Sathik Ali, HOD/IT and Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE offered felicitation. Dr. P. Latchoumy, Associate Professor/IT coordinated the webinar.

The webinar has provided the participants with a deep understanding of industrial robotics & service robotics and the implementation of the same in final year project. The information and knowledge shared by the resourse person was very helpful for the students in choosing their project work in modern technologies like, AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Robotics. Overall it was very useful to the students as it gave awareness about the latest technology.

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World Water Day 2021

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure organized World Water Day 2021, through online on 22.03.2021. Around 83 participants including faculty members and students participated in this programme. The guest speaker Dr.Sekhar Raghavan, Director, Rain Centre, Adyar, Chennai delivered lecture on “Rain Water Harvesting for Urban Areas”, in which he highlighted the importance of Rainwater and its conservation through various methods.

One Day Webinar on “Growing with Numbers – Actuarial Profession” (18th March 2021)

Topic: Growing with Numbers-Actuarial Profession
Resource Person: Ms. Nileema Somani, Senior Associate, Actuarial PwC Ireland
Audience: Faculty Members, Research Scholars & Students (National Level)
Convenors: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr.S.Rajasekaran, Professor & Head, Mathematics & Actuarial Science
Coordinator: Dr.Mahadev Ota, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science.

PMI Chennai – Crescent Academic Forum

B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology (BSACIST) in association with Project Management Institute, PMI Chennai chapter inaugurated the first academic forum in Tamilnadu “PMI Chennai – Crescent Academic Forum” on 16th March 2021. Mr. M. Parvez Alam, Vice President – Outreach, PMICC and Chair, PMICC E & C Forum briefed about PMI which is an American nonprofit professional organization for project management with more than 1600 members in the Chennai chapter. Dr.B. Shyam Sundar, Associate Vice President- Academia, Vice Chair – Academic Forum stated that PMI plays an important role in developing standards, research, education, publication and networking-opportunities in local chapters. It also hosts seminars, conferences and training seminars and provide certification for students in project management. Mr. Tony Jacob, PMP and Associate Vice President, E & C Forum in his special address mentioned the role of project Management in Engineering and Construction. Prof. A. Peer Mohamed, Vice Chancellor, presided the function and appreciated the initiative taken by the Department of Civil Engineering and wished all success. Dr. A. Azad, Registrar insisted the students of Civil Engineering to utilize the opportunities provided by this academic forum. Dr.P.Vasanthi, Dean, School of Infrastructure and Dr. M.S. Haji Sheik Mohammed, Dean, Academic Affairs emphasized the importance of project management in Civil Engineering. Dr. N. Raja Hussain, Deputy Registrar and Mr. V.N.A. Jalal, Senior General Manager also participated.

Webinar on Blockchain Technology

Topic: Webinar on Blockchain Technology
Date: 13th March, 2021
Audience: Final Year Students
Resource person: S.Gopinath, Sr Technical Director / Scientist F in National Informatics centre, Chennai.
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinators: Dr.S.Revathi, Professor, CSE, Dr.N.Sabiyath Fatima, Associate Professor, CSE, Dr.V.Muthu Priya, Asst. Prof (Sl.Gr.), CSE, Ms.A.Sonya, AP/IT
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Webinar on “Opportunities to Study Abroad”

Topic: Webinar on Opportunities to Study Abroad
Date: 12th March, 2021
Audience: Students
Resource person: Mr.Bhaskar, Director – IBS Training and Education, Manya-The Princeton Review, Chennai.
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinators: Mrs.S.P.Valli AP-SelGrade(CSE)
Mrs. J. Brindha Merin – AP/CSE
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Webinar on “Applied Data Science in Action”

Topic: Webinar on Applied Data Science in Action
Date: 1st March, 2021
Audience: Faculty Members & Students
Resource person: Mr.Bikramaditya Singhal
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinators: Mrs. C.Vijayalakshmi , AP (Sr.Gr.), CSE, Mrs. R.Akila , AP (Sr.Gr.), CSE
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A Guest lecture on “let’s transcend to new horizons”

Topic: A Guest lecture on “let’s transcend to new horizons”
Date: 17th February, 2021
Audience: Faculty Members
Resource person: Dr.SulthanHalifa Haroon Al Rashid, Research Fellow, MIT University, Australia, and Co-Founder of BigEnPass Pvt Ltd
Conveners: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE.
Co-ordinators: Mr.D.S.Manoj Kumar, AP/CSE, Mr.S.Syed Abdul Syed, AP(Sr.G)/CSE, Mrs.D. Madhina Banu, AP(Sr.G)/CSE.
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AICTE (ATAL) sponsored FDP on 3D Printing & Design

Date 07.12.2020 to 11.12.2020 (Five days)
No. of Participants: 200
Nature of participants: Participants from 16 states, nearly 50 % of them are from outside Tamil Nadu. More than 150 faculty members out of which 45 Doctorates, 35 students / Research scholars and 10 from industry.
Coordinators: Dr. P D Jeyakumar, Asso Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BSACIST, Dr. A Arockia Julias, Asst Professor Sr, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BSACIST
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Alumni Entrepreneurs webinar on “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Getting Started” on 3rd December 2020

Topic: Entrepreneurship Webinar
Date: December 3rd, 2020
Audience: Research Scholars, Faculty Members & students
Resource person: Mr. Imthyaz Sheriff
Convener: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS
Co-ordinator: Mrs.S.P.Valli
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One Day Webinar on “Career Prospects for Actuarial Aspirants” (20th November 2020)

Topic: Career Prospects for Actuarial Aspirants
Resource Person: Mr. Harsh Jaitak, Actuarial & Risk Management Analyst, Kuwait Reinsurance
Audience: Faculty Members, Research Scholars & Students (National Level)
Convenors: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr.S.Rajasekaran, Professor & Head, Mathematics & Actuarial Science
Coordinator: Dr.Mahadev Ota, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science.

Webinar on virtual Reality/Augmented Reality on 18th November 2020

Topic: Webinar on virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
Date: 18th November 2020
Audience: Research Scholars, Faculty Members & students
Resource person: Dr. K. Martin Sagayam, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
Convener: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS
Co-ordinator: Dr.L.Arun Raj, Dr.A.Ramachandran and Mr.D.S.Manoj Kumar
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AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) – “Disaster mitigation: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness” (Phase-3)

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure organised AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) – “Disaster mitigation: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness” (Phase -3) through online from 16.11.2020 to 21.11.2020. Around 70 participants including Faculty members, working professionals and students across different parts of India and abroad participated in this STTP. Speakers from reputed Academic Institutions like IIT Palakad, IIT Hyderabad, Anna University and also from industries delivered lectures on various aspects of disaster management. Some of the important topics such as Impact of Urbanization on flooding, Intelligent Transportation systems for Disaster management early warning system of IMD, Soil Nailing Techniques to encounter land slide Hazards in Hilly area,, climate change and sustainability were addressed by the experts.

Awareness Session on iOS App Development on 9th Nov 2020

BSAU Apple iOS Application Development Centre organized an online awareness session on “iOS App Development” on 9th Nov 2020 from 2.30 pm to 3.45 pm through Zoom online meeting. This session is organized to create awareness among the students of first year B.Tech., BCA and B.Sc (CS) joined in the academic year 2020-21.

The Resource Persons of the awareness session are Mr. V. Bala Subramani, ICT Solution Specialist – Education & Apple Solution Expert – Education from Datalogics, Chennai and Mr. U.S. Madhan, Co-Founder, Move-Up Learning Solution, Chennai & Product Technology Consultant.

A total of 45 students from various branches of BSACIST attended the awareness session.

The awareness session provided the students with basic idea on iOS App Development. This will help them to learn and develop iOS Apps / Games using Swift Programming Language and enhance their career in Mobile App Development. The resource persons also gave a clear picture on the worldwide growth of iOS App Development and demand for iOS App Developers.

The students interacted with the resource persons frequently and cleared their doubts regarding iOS App Development. The participants also appreciated the resource persons and the useful information shared by them during the session in their feedback.

Convener: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean / SCIMS
Coordinator: Mr. N. Rajendran, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) / IT

AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) – “Disaster mitigation: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness” (Phase-2)

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure organised AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) – “Disaster mitigation: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness” (Phase-2) through online from 19.10.2020 to 24.10.2020. During this phase 16 lecture sessions were organised. Some of the important topics such as role of Role of remote sensing and GIS in Disaster management, Transportation Planning and Management for Disasters, Activities of National Disaster Management Authority, Watershed management In Tsunami affected areas using GIS, Disaster due to Nuclear radiation etc were handled by the experts.

Experts from reputed Academic Institutions and also from industries delivered lectures on various aspects of disaster management Around 90 participants including Faculty members, working professionals and students across different parts of India and abroad participated in this STTP.

Online awareness session on “iOS App Development” on 15th Oct 2020

BSAU Apple iOS Application Development Centre organized an online awareness session on “iOS App Development” on 15th Oct 2020 from 3.30 pm to 4.45 pm through Zoom online meeting.

The Resource Persons of the awareness session are Mr. V. Bala Subramani, ICT Solution Specialist – Education & Apple Solution Expert – Education from Datalogics, Chennai and Mr. U.S. Madhan, Co-Founder, Move-Up Learning Solution, Chennai & Product Technology Consultant.

A total of 35 students from various branches of BSACIST attended the awareness session.

The awareness session provided the students with basic idea on iOS App Development. This will help them to learn and develop iOS Apps / Games using Swift Programming Language and enhance their career in Mobile App Development. The resource persons also gave a clear picture on the worldwide growth of iOS App Development and demand for iOS App Developers.

The students interacted with the resource persons frequently and cleared their doubts regarding iOS App Development. The participants also appreciated the resource persons and the useful information shared by them during the session in their feedback.

Convener: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean / SCIMS
Coordinator: Mr. N. Rajendran, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) / IT

One day Webinar on “Employability +”

Department of Polymer Engineering organized one day Webinar on “Employability +” on 10.10.2020 at 11:00 am online using Google meet by Mr.B. Ganesh, Divisional Head-HR, Global R&D Centre Asia, Apollo Tyres Ltd, Chennai.

One Day Online Training Programme on “Mobile App Development using App Inventor” 10th Oct 2020

BSAU Apple iOS Application Development Centre organized a one day online Training Programme on “Mobile App Development using App Inventor” on 10th Oct 2020 from 10.00 am to 3.30 pm through Google Meet.

The Resource Person of the training programme is Mr. F.M. Mohamed Farooq Abdullah, Development Engineer, Sirpi Software Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

A total of 32 participants including students and faculty members from various Institutions attended the training programme. The training programme provided the participants with basic idea on Mobile App Development. This will help them to develop small mobile apps / games and enhance their career in Mobile App Development. The resource person also gave a clear picture and demonstrated the use of Scratch Programing and App Inventor used for App Development.

The participants felt easy in learning and developing small mobile apps using App Inventor. The participants also appreciated the resource person and the quality content of the training programme in their feedback.

Convener: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean / SCIMS. Coordinator : Mr. N. Rajendran, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) / IT.
Co-coordinators : Mr. A. Salman Ayaz, Assistant Professor / CA, Mr. V.M. Niaz Ahamed, Assistant Professor / CA, Dr. A.K. Ashfauk Ahamed, Assistant Professor / CSE

Webinar on “Scientific Writing” on 7th October 2020

Topic: Webinar on “Scientific Writing”
Date: 7th October 2020
Audience: Research Scholars, Faculty Members & students
Resource person: Dr. S T Deepa, Associate Professor & Research Director, Department of Computer Science, Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women
Convener: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS
Co-ordinator: Dr. R. Priyadarshini AP (Sel.Gr.) / IT, Dr. A. Ramachandran AP / CSE, Dr. V. Shenbaga Priya AP / CA, Dr. A. Manshath AP / Mathematics.
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One day Webinar on “Recent Advancements in Polymer Packaging and Career Opportunities in Packaging”

Department of Polymer Engineering organized one day Webinar on “Recent Advancements in Polymer Packaging and Career Opportunities in Packaging” on 26.09.2020 at 3 pm with Indian Institute of Packaging – Chennai online using Google meet by Mr.N B.LALWANI Deputy Director and Regional Head of Indian Institute of Packaging, Chennai and Mr.R.Pon Kumar, Assistant Director at Indian Institute of Packaging, Chennai.

International Webinar on “Azure Cloud and Data Warehousing” on 22nd September 2020

International Webinar on Azure Cloud and Data Warehousing was held on 22nd Sep 2020, during 6.30 pm. It was organized by the Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences.

Mr. Prasanna Palepu, Azure Architect IT Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions, USA. He is Cloud and Data Architect with 12.5+ years of hands on experience in Data Warehousing, Data Mart design/development along with reporting. He is a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).

This webinar provided the participants with increasing the present knowledge about Azure Cloud and Data Warehousing. Azure is a public cloud computing platform with solutions including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) that can be used for services such as analytics, virtual computing, storage and networking. The participants were provided with the course content, code files and slides.

A total of 90 participants have registered for this event. 90 participants attended this International Webinar.

Faculty Coordinators: Dr.A.K.Reshmy, AP/CA, Ms. S.Sabaria, AP / CA
Conveners: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. Gufran Ahmad Ansari, Prof. & Head, CA

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One week Faculty Development Programme on “DATA SCIENCE” (21 September 2020 to 25 September 2020)

Topic: ATAL-AICTE Sponsored FDP titled “DATA SCIENCE ”
Date: 21-09-2020 to 25-09-2020
Audience: Faculty members (National Level)
Resource persons: Dr.Sitabhra Sinha, Dr.Sudhir Narayan Pathak, Dr.J. Alex Noel,Dr. Xavier Chelladurai, Dr.Golda Dilip, Dr.V. Vijayarajan, Mr.Venkatesan Prabu .J, Ms.Rama Chandrasekhar, Lara Abiesheikh.
Convener: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS
Co-ordinator: Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE
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Two Days Webinar series on Math for Data Science (19.09.2020 & 20.09.2020)

Topic 1: Mathematics for Data Science
Resource Person : Dr. Madhavan Mukhund, Deputy Director & Dean of Studies, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai

Topic 2: Roles of Data Scientist
Resource Person : Mr. Darshan Shashidhara, Director, Data Analytics, Cerner Healthcare Solutions India, Bangalore

Topic 3: Mathematics in Face Recognition Techniques
Resource Person : Dr. Xavier Chelladurai, Professor, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

Topic 4: Future Scope of Data Scientist
Resource Person : Mr. Manoj Christie, Lead Human Resource Partner, Cerner Healthcare Solutions India, Bangalore

Audience: Faculty Members, Research Scholars & Students (National Level)

Convenors: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr.S.Rajasekaran, Professor & Head , Mathematics & Actuarial Science.
Coordinators: Mr.A.Saibulla, Asst. Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science, Ms.A.Sagaya Suganya, Asst. Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science.

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Webinar on “Cyber Security Simplified” on 11th September 2020

The Department of Information Technology, School of Computer Information and Mathematical Sciences organized an online Webinar on “Cyber Security Simplified” on 11th September 2020 from 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm through Google Meet.

The Resource Person of the webinar is Mr.Vijay Anand, Network Engineer, East Province Municipality, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

A total of 225 participants including students, faculty members from various Institutions and Industry persons registered for the webinar. Out of them 120 participants attended the webinar.

Mr. Vijay Anand discussed about various kinds of cyber-attacks and the awareness required for securing our day-to-day activities using the internet. Also he discussed about some cyber-attacks happened recently with real-time incidents. It was very exciting for the participants to have interaction with resource person and cleared their queries. The participants appreciated the resource person and the informative session in their feedback.

Conveners: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean / SCIMS, Dr. I. Sathik Ali, HOD / IT
Coordinators: Mr. N. Rajendran, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) / IT, Dr. R. Priyadarshini, Assistant Professor (Sel.Gr.) / IT, Dr. P. Gnanasekaran, Assistant Professor / IT, Ms. A. Sonya, Assistant Professor / IT

Webinar on “Changes, Challenges & Opportunities for Students through GATE 2021″ on 9th September 2020

Topic: Webinar on “Changes, Challenges & Opportunities for Students through GATE 2021″
Date: 9th September 2020
Audience: Final and Pre-Final year Students
Resource person: Mr. Murali.K, Head-Academics, T.I.M.E., Chennai
Conveners: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE
Co-ordinators: Dr.X.Arputha Rathna, Associate Professor(CSE), Mr.V.Balaji, AP/CSE
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AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) – “Disaster mitigation: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness” (Phase-1)

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Infrastructure organised AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) – “Disaster mitigation: A shift from disaster management towards disaster preparedness” (Phase -1) through online from 07.09.2020 to 12.09.2020. The event was inaugurated by Dr.K.Palanivelu, Professor & Director, Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Management, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He delivered the keynote address on “Climate change adaptation: Challenges”.

Dr.A.Peer Mohamed, Pro-Vice chancellor, presided over the event and Dr.A.Azad, Registrar, offered felicitations. Several speakers from reputed Academic Institutions and industries delivered lectures on various aspects of Disaster management including, earthquake disaster mitigation, landslide risk management, flood management, Tsunami warning and management etc. Around 80 participants including Faculty members, working professionals and students across different parts of India and abroad benefitted from this STTP.

One week Short Term Training Programme on “Internet of Things – Everything Future” (7.09.2020 to 12.09.2020)

Topic: AICTE Sponsored STTP titled “Internet of Things(Everything)-Future”
Date: 07-09-2020 to 12-09-2020
Audience: Faculty members (National Level)
Resource person:Mr.Durai K, Dr.Angelina Geetha, Dr.Malleswaran, Dr.Pushpalatha, Dr.Maheswari, Dr.Sabura Banu, Mr.Revanth Kumar, Mr.Rohith JK, Mr.Vijay Anand, Mrs.Azka, Mr. Manikandan, Mr.Charan
Conveners: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE
Co-ordinators: Dr.S.Revathi, Professor, CSE, Dr.Sabiyath Fatima, CSE, Dr.Muthu Priya, CA
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Webinar on “Career Opportunities in Linux and Open Source Software” on 25th August 2020

The School of Computer Information and Mathematical Sciences organized an online Webinar on “Career Opportunities in Linux and Open Source Software” in association with M/s Advantage Pro, Chennai, on 25th Aug 2020 from 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm through Google Meet.

The Resource Person of the webinar is Mr. N. Kathirvel, RHCI, Red Hat Trainer, Advantage Pro, Chennai. A total of 189 participants including students and faculty members from various Institutions registered for the webinar. Out of them 91 participants attended the webinar.

The webinar provided the participants with broader view on Linux and Open Source Software to help them shape their career, especially for the students after completing their graduation. The resource person also gave a clear picture and demonstrated the use of Open Source Software. Also he discussed about the security of Linux OS compared to the other Operating Systems available in the market.

It was very easy for the participants to understand the necessity of Open Source Software for the current needs. The participants appreciated the resource person and the quality content of the webinar in their feedback.

Convener: Dr. Venkatesan Selvam, Dean / SCIMS. Coordinator: Mr. N. Rajendran, Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) / IT

Co-coordinators : Dr. P. Gnanasekaran, Assistant Professor / IT, Dr. A.K. Ashfauk Ahamed, Assistant Professor / CSE, Mr. V.M. Niaz Ahamed, Assistant Professor / CA

One week Short Term Training Programme on “Internet of Things – Everything Future” (24-08-2020 to 29-08-2020)

Topic: AICTE Sponsored STTP titled “Internet of Things(Everything)-Future”
Date: 24-08-2020 to 29-08-2020
Audience: Faculty members (National Level)
Resource person:Mr.Amirtha Swamy, Dr.Muneerswaran, Dr.Malleswaran, Dr.Pushpalatha, Dr.Maheswari, Dr.Sabura Banu, Mr.Revanth Kumar, Mr.Rohith JK, Mr.Vijay Anand, Mrs.Azka, Mr. Manikandan, Mr.Khuzehma Siam Wala
Conveners: Dr.VenkatesanSelvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr. E. Syed Mohamed, HOD/CSE
Co-ordinators: Dr.S.Revathi, Professor, CSE, Dr.Sabiyath Fatima, CSE, Dr.Muthu Priya, CA
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International Webinar on “Exploring Linux Distribution across Cloud, IoT & Mobile Devices” on 17th August 2020

Department of Computer Applications, School of Computer, Information and Mathematical Sciences has organized Online International Webinar on “Exploring Linux Distribution across Cloud, IoT & Mobile Devices” on 17th August 2020 via Google Meet and YouTube. A total of 165 participants have registered for this event. 163 participants attended this online webinar from various institutions across India. Faculties from different institutions have also participated in this free webinar. This webinar provided the participants with increasing the present knowledge about Linux on various fields. This gave an insight into various job opportunities in the field of Linux like Network Engineer, Hacker, Cyber Security, Andriod / iOS Developer, DevOps, Linux Admin etc. This has motivated the participants get certification courses like coursera, SkillShare, Khan Academy, Bloc, Alison, MeMRisE etc.

Resource Person: Mr. Adithya Devarajan, Solution Architect, Nielsen, Poland.

Webinar Coordinators: Dr. A.K. Reshmy, Assistant Professor / CA, Ms. S.Sabaria, Assistant Professor / CA

74th Independence Day Celebrations

74th Independence Day Celebrations was held at our Institution. Dr. A.Peer Mohamed, Pro Vice Chancellor hoisted the National Flag & addressed the gathering. Dr.A.Azad, Registrar, VNA Jalal, Senior General Manager participated in the event.

One Day Webinar on Business Application of Deterministic & Stochastics Transportation Models (8th August 2020)

Topic: Business Application of Deterministic & Stochastics Transportation Models
Resource Person: Dr.P.Mariappan, Head, Department of Mathematics & Actuarial Science, Bishop Heber College, Trichy
Audience: Faculty Members, Research Scholars & Students (National Level)

Convenors: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr.S.Rajasekaran, Professor & Head, Mathematics & Actuarial Science

Coordinators: Dr.S.Srinivasan, Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science, Dr.C.D.Nandakumar, Associate Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science, Dr.A.Manshath, Asst. Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science.

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Webinar on “Internet of Things” – 05th August 2020
Dr.B.Ezhilavan, Managing Director, VEI Technologies, Chennai

Webinar on “Power System Analysis through ETAP” – 17th July 2020
In association with Office of Alumni Relation / BSACIST
Dr. Adhi Narayanan Theerthamalai (Alumnus EEE), Lead Electrical Engineer & Power Systems Study Specialist, Petrofac International Ltd, UAE

One Day National Webinar on Encryption Techniques Through Graph Networks (12th July 2020)

Topic: Encryption Techniques Through Graph Networks

Resource Person: Dr .J. Baskar Babujee., MSc.,MPhil.,PhD., PGDHE.,MISTE.,FISCA., Associate Professor of Mathematics, Anna University, MIT Campus, Chennai

Audience: Faculty Members, Research Scholars & Students (National Level)

Convenors: Dr.Venkatesan Selvam, Dean, SCIMS, Dr.S.Rajasekaran, Professor & Head, Mathematics & Actuarial Science.

Coordinators: Dr.Sindhu J Kumaar, Associate Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science, Dr.A.Bernick Raj, Assistant Professor (SGL), Mathematics & Actuarial Science, Dr.A.Arathi, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Actuarial Science.

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Webinar on Distribution of Power from Practical Perspective – 07th July 2020
In association with Office of Alumni Relation / BSACIST
Dr. Mohamed Ismail (Alumnus EEE), Manager- HV Distribution, Distribution Power Division, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Webinar on “Design and Sizing of Cables and Motors” – 03rd July 2020
Mr.Janarthanan. M,(Alumnus EEE), Lead Engineer, Petrofac International Ltd, Muscat, Oman

Short Term Training Programme on “Electric Vehicle and its Scenario in India” during 01-03 July 2020