Field Trip to CommScope, Verna

CII-IWN DBCE Student Chapter of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda organized a fieldtrip to Commscope, Verna on 9^th November 2023 for the CII IWN student members. The field trip was attended by 17 CII-IWN student members, CII-IWN DBCE Faculty Coordinator Melba D’Souza, CII-IWN Co- Chair Dr. Nimisha Saraswat, and CII-IWN Members Ms. Shreemi Panandikar and Ms. Anita Sinha.

The students were warmly welcomed by the Engineers at CommScope, Verna. The students were initially given a small overview of the safety procedures followed in the company.

Followed by this the students were taken to the manufacturing zone, where the students saw the assembly line where assembling of the various components like Antenna’s and other units occurred. Followed by this the students were taken to the CCS section where cables and connectors are manufactured. The students saw cable cutting and different arrangement of cables and different types of connectors that are used at data centres. Their main customers included Amazon, Microsoft, Reliance and Google.

The students were then shown the fiber access terminal which is a compact termination box used at the building premises such as residences, offices, etc. These units were manufactured for reliance Jio Company, and they manufacture nearly 10.5 lakh units per year. The students were also shown the rigid and flexible communication units that are exported to Australia and New Zealand.

The students were truly grateful for this opportunity and were amazed by the great work of the people at CommScope. They were also grateful to the CII-IWN In charge for organizing this field visit.