MCA Annual Newsletter 2013-14 | Issue I

OUR PATRONS

Prof. M. N. Navale Founder President, STES

Sinhgad Technical Education Society's

Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda M. Navale

SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

Founder Secretary, STES

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, & Affiliated to University of Pune)

Mr. Rohit M. Navale

Prof. M. N. Navale

Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda M. Navale

Vice President (HR), STES

Founder President, STES

Founder Secretary, STES

Dr. V. D. Nandavadekar

Ms. Rachana M. Navale Vice President (Admin), STES

Director, MCA

Sinhgad Institutes

TOP STORY Well Done Kundan!!!! The auto rickshaw meter runs faster, auto drivers and Taxi drivers demand extra fares, a newcomer to the City is taken by a longer route, and the fare cards are incorrect and inflated! The list is virtually endless. The Government, transport authorities, police, etc. are doing a good job at controlling this menace, but something is still missing. Do we have a solution? The only thing that can be done is to bring awareness among the commuters! No, just carrying the fare cards will not solve the issue. We need something more!!! And that is nothing but “IndiaRickFare”. IndiaRickFare provides you estimated fares, live fares; before you actually travel. And to make things transparent and clear IndiaRickFare also gives you a detailed exact route map! You can calculate live fares WITHOUT INTERNET connection. “IndiaRickFare” a calculator made for fare calculation is designed by SIOM MCA III year student. Kundan Murari Jadhav, is the name of inventor. It is an app for iphones. “IndiaRickFare” calculates fares for two location before you actually travel. Many research scholars have appreciated Kundan's Work and efforts. Prof. Daniel Jackson, Computer Science, MIT, US has given excellent remarks to the app. Compatible with iphone, iPod and iPad, the app is based on i- operating

system. It's a live meter which calculates fares during journey. You can check fares for any two places while sitting at home or office. Previous rides can be viewed later, as app stores your rides to history. In history section you can check source and destination address, fares, distance etc. App calculates waiting charges according to RTO rules in that city. If you are taking ride at night then app will automatically notify you that night charges will be applied. App also shows path from source to destination address. App calculates fares including WAITING AND NIGHT charges. Most important feature is Near By Places tab, which provides names of places in case of an emergency while in journey. Some cities where the app is booming now are Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pune, Satara, Kolhapur from Maharashtra and New Delhi , Bangalore, Hyderabad , Ahmedabad, Jaipur ,Chennai , Kolkata , Gurgaon , Surat, Coimbatore , Trivandrum , Puducherry, Mangalore , Indore , Hassan , Dharwad, Davangere, Chandigarh. More than 70+ downloads in one month from many countries including India, China, UK, USA , Thailand, Singapore, Page 1

SIOM MCA ROCKS ! Congratulations University of Pune Toppers Rank 1

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Industry tie ups: MOUs SIOM MCA feels happy to share that following companies have signed MOUs with STES viz. Accenture, HPCL, Microsoft, Qualitative Systems, Meritrac Services Pvt. Ltd and Zensar Technologies. Along with these corporate signature companies, SIOM has also established an association with Prometric Testing Pvt. Ltd, Afghan : NIMA, European Commission for higher studies in Technical Education. Industrial Projects

Ashish Malhotra

Yangal Neelam

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Management Development Programs Organized Prachi Sanghavi

Bhavesh Jada Rank 10

Guest Lectures by industry experts

Pankaj Gupta

Result Analysis Corporate Footfalls

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SIOM MCA Software Contribution in Sports MCA III year students are keen to design, develop and deploy real time software in their VI Semester project. Along with academic importance, these projects prove to be beneficial not only to the organization and end users but also for the society. Students get glimpses of industrial life when they work there in an industrial culture. Sometimes our students get unique opportunity to work with prestigious and famous organizations and/or celebrities. Omprakash B a l a j i Batkulwar has a l s o go t a n opportunity to work and interact with world famous cricketer Mr. D i l i p Vengsarkar. Omprakash developed a Web Portal for “ Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy” underthe able guidance of Mr. Vengsarkar and Mr. Sandeep Chavan. Dr. V.D.Nandavadekar and Prof. Sunil Khilari are his institutional guides. The Portal concentrates more on the automation of conventional system by allowing the Cricket Academy to operate remotely on the Internet. It helps admin to perform functions like adding Events and managing contents remotely. The main aim of the portal is to develop modules for the Academies. These modules enhance good Interaction/ communication facilities between the players, users and the Academies through Events, News and Registration, Photos of Events. The Portal is in the last stage of Development. Design & build of the portal has been witnessed and appreciated by Dilip Sir.

Kaleidoscope: Students' Creativity SIOM MCA students are not only masters in many of the technical areas like software engineering, networking and operating system but they are equally enthusiastic in showcasing their talents by various means. Kaleidoscope, name suggesting artistic arrangements of colors and sketches, music and poetry, articles and interviews, biographical sketches and jokes, paintings and photography. Cover page of Kaleidoscope is a pinnacle of students' inventiveness which is designed by selected pictures and sketches based on theme. Dr. Mrs. Ashwini Renavikar and her team encourages and guides students for continual improvements in expanding

the realms of students' creativity. D r. M r s . A s h w i n i Renavikar and her team encourages and guides students for c o n t i n u a l improvements in expanding the realms of students' creativity. This is not only a students' Magazine but a platform provided by the institute which is illustrious to provide information about current affairs, social issues both students centric and society centric. Opinions and messages which are noble and must to be spread in youth get a pride place and space in Kaleidoscope. Some of the important sections in the magazine are Technology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Issues and Literature. Participation and response from both students and faculty members is encouraging the purpose behind Kaleidoscope.

Accenture – MIT Guest Lecture at Sinhgad Institute of Management With true support of STES authorities SIOM always successfully finds and actuates opportunities to benefit students and teaching fraternity. This also strengthens the institute- industry bonding to make a bright pathway for MCA students. Similar opportunity was grabbed when Accenture proposed a guest lecture by an internationally acclaimed professor from MIT, US. A very happy and proud feeling was there in everybody's mind present over there when STES's premium recruiter “Accenture ltd” organized a guest lecture from world know technical institution MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) USA. Prof. Daniel Jackson, a well-known Professor of MIT on “Conceptual Design: The Essence of Software” on 7th Mar. 2014. Prof. Jackson is a researcher in the area of Conceptual Design. He is the principle investigator of ALLOY Modeling language. Prof. Jackson discussed a new way to think about software design, where the focus is on concepts those you invent, on top of which all features, functions, and interfaces are built. He toured some well-known applications, and presented examples of good and bad design. He had shown how these examples can be explained in terms of a simple model of concepts, and described how one can improve one's own Page 3

software design skills by following some basic steps.

The symposium had also LANFest which include Android Games so that participants can relax and share play time.

The session was preceded by Accenture's Managing Director M r. A a s h i s h Deshmukh with

SIOM – MCA Induction 2013

Accenture Overview. The lecture was attended by more than 400 participants including MCA and Engineering students. Selected faculty members, principals and directors of STES MCA and Engineering institutes were also present for the guest lecture.

Sinhgad Karandak 2013 : Techdrill Sinhgad Karandak gained exceptional popularity as the signature mega fest by Sinhgad Institutes. Started with the inspiration of Dr.(Mrs.) Sunanda M. Navale, Founder Secretary, STES; Karandak had initially only Cultural and sports activities. Overwhelming response not only from Pune but from every corner of Maharashtra and increasing number of participants added variety of events like NEON, Sprectrum, Techtonic and Techdrill. Sinhgad Karandak 2013 was as usual a rocking and magnificent extravaganza and got impulsive response to technical fest 'Techdrill' planned for Computer Application & Engineering students to showcase their talents. Techdrill events comprised of Competitions, Seminars, workshops and Games. It was a blend of 20 innovative and Fun activities. The total Prize amount was Rs. 1.5 Lac. Nearly 20,000 IT focused students participated in theses activities Nationwide. Dr. Mrs. Manisha Kumbhar and her team coordinated Techdrill events. LANFEST was the activity especially conducted by SIOM MCA. The main theme events focused on Research Design, Analytical & Presentation skills of the participants. Some of the events were: Eureka – to Explore Research Skills, Designfire 2014– to Explore & Demonstrate System Design Skills, Quibble IT Quiz Competition - brain crunch, Blog Writing – to explore the writing skills &IMindHunt – Present Unique idea. LOGICA & JAVA – test the c o r e programming skills of the s t u d e n t community.

SIOM MCA organized 3 days induction program for the batch 2013-16 including first year and direct II year students from 1st Aug to 3rd Aug 2013. Dr. Shantanu Bhamre Project Manager at TIBCO was the chief guest for the inaugural program. He talked about Parameter assessed during the interview process, Current scenario of IT, Traditional “Waterfall Vs. Agile”, The internet of services, Evolution of skill sets and Overview about the technical skills for IT (like: Java/J2EEE, PHP, Cloud computing) M r. A m o l K u l k a r n i , Sr. Manager Product Engineering Sunguard Tech. Service, Pune was the chief speaker on second day. He talked about “Current Inovations in IT” mainly focusing on Technology, products, processes and market. Mr. Joy Stephan, Manager Technicenter, Avaya Inc. Pune and Mr. Kedar Puntambekar, Sr. Technical Assistant in Tech Mahindra were the invitees on valedictory function on 3rd day of MCA Induction. Dr. V.D.Nandavadekar Director SIOM – MCA, Mr. Sangram Kadam, President SIOMites were also present for the same. Mr. Joy Stephan revealed his college life at SIOM as he is an alumnus of 2003 batch. He emphasized upon mastering in some or other technology and simultaneously elaborated importance of knowing bit of something about every area of their study. Time management, Ethics & Compliances, Reading and Recession were some of the other topics he discussed.

Alumni Participation in Academics Alumni being an integral part of academics many alumni at head positions of IT and Non IT firms are invited to guide tomorrow's professionals. The sessions mainly comprise of current trends in product and process based IT industries. Students feel free to ask their questions about the work culture, technologies used and protocols followed in IT. Mr. Sangram Kadam, President Alumni SIOMites provides support in arranging guest lectures especially on Saturday. Mr. Joggi Vargious, VP, International Corporation, USA, Ms. Aaruni Prasad, Director, Wise Corporation consultant, Mr. Joy Stephan, Manager, Technicenter, Avaya Inc. and Mr. Parul Gupta, Manager, IBM are some of the alumni who have been continuously contributing for knowledge sessions. Page 4