IEEE DBCE SB Organized Educational Tour to Hyderabad

The IEEE student’s branch of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Goa organized an educational tour to Hyderabad exclusively for IEEE Student members on from 17th – 23rd May 2022 under the guidance of IEEE Branch Counselor, Prof. Yeshudas Muttu. 74 IEEE student members along with 3 Faculty members, Prof. Yeshudas Muttu, Prof. Deron Rodrigues & Prof. Steefni Ema Cruz visited Hyderabad – National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO; Regional Telecom Training Centre (RTTC), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL);

19^th May 2021

The IEEE DBCE students visited the NRSC, ISRO in Hyderabad at 10.00 am. Mr. Ganesh and Mr. Shankar Prasad, Scientist Engineers from NRSC welcomed the students with warm greetings and led us through the day. At the entrance, were trophies and certificates that portrayed the success of the centre and also prototypes of some of the satellites launched. The students were then taken to the auditorium where they were shown videos depicting the history, evolution and success of NRSC, ISRO. The launch of different satellites was also highlighted. A small lecture was delivered by Mr. Shankar Prasad, speaking about the establishment of NRSC and the launch of Chandrayan-I, Chandrayan-II and Mars Orbiter Mission. This was followed by the details of Remote Sensing domain. The students were then taken to see around the exhibits which had images captured by satellites, prototypes of satellites and much more. Towards the end the students asked questions which were answered by Mr. Prasad, therefore clearing the student’s doubts. Ms. Anjima Rajesh – Vice-chair, IEEE DBCE SB delivered the vote of thanks – acknowledging them for their valuable time and the knowledge shared.  The students left NRSC at 1.30 pm.

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Next, the IEEE team visited the RTTC – BSNL. Mr. Ramesh Chari welcomed us and educated us on Mobile Communication by explaining the different types of wired and wireless media. He gave the students more in-depth information about optic fibers, including the pros and cons. He also spoke on how the generations progressed from 1G to 4G, and the upcoming 5G. After having a very interactive session, Mr. Chari cleared a few doubts the students had and then proceeded to inform the students about project opportunities BSNL provides under IOTR.

The students were then taken to the networking lab, where the next speaker, Mr. Prashant, greeted us on the topic of Networking in Broadband Connections. He started the session by explaining a bit of the basic of the internet through the broad band connection and the technology behind it. Mr. Prashant explained the differences between DSL technology and VDSL technology. He further proceeded to explain thoroughly the block diagram of the broadband network architecture.

Mr. Bonu Prakash took over the next session by explaining the Switching and Transmission lines. He explained the basic infrastructure of the landline and the transmission of audio signals. Mr. Prakash further taught the basic process behind the transmission such as quantizing, sampling etc. He told the students a lot about Circuit switching exchange and packet-switching exchange. He demonstrated the assembly of the landline and explained various parts of it. The session was concluded with Q & A and Mr. Kaiser Souza – chair, IEEE DBCE SB proposed the vote of thanks.

20th May 2022

IEEE DBCE Students visited L & T Metro Rail. Students were taken to the training hall and Mr. Prashant Kumar; Media relations corporate communication department told us the brief agenda for the day. Mrs. Anindita Sinha, Head – Corporate Communications welcomed all and spoke about communication, corporate communication, media relation, branding, etc. L & T Metro Rail has 57 stations and 3 intersections. Videos on “Overview of Hyderabad, Metro” and “Evolution of Transport in Hyderabad” were shown. Later on, Mr. Rakesh Ningala covered the technical aspects of Metro Rail including introduction to Indian Metro, Rail based Transport System, different phases of metro railway, Structure of Metro, Operation Control Centre, Automatic Fare collection system, HYD Metro rail stakeholder, Overview of Keolis and the session came to an end with a video about Keolis. He also mentioned about the future of metro rail that is transforming into electric. Everyone was later taken to the Depot where inspection, maintenance and functionality of metro take place. In the workshop section, duties including replacement, storage were explained. Then we visited the stable line and the functioning of it, the safety, and speed limit was explained. The Operation Control Centre, the main element behind the functioning of metro rail was shown which had various control officers like depot controller, traffic controller, chief controller, planning. Students visited the Train model Room and Train simulator. In the train model room, it was mentioned that the metro rail of Hyderabad works on CBTC Technology.  Train simulator is the place where the trainees of Metro rail get trained on the working of Metro. There were various sections like desk simulator that had various controls of the metro: automatic mode, all doors closed, horn, stop door open and close controls. The brakes are electro-pneumatic standby brake OCC where troubleshooting is also done by giving train faults so that the trainee knows how to handle such situations, Observer station. The visit came to an end with a Metro journey in Hyderabad. A few IEEE members & faculty members shared their experience & valuable feedback with the Metro Rail team.

21st May 2022

The Ramoji Film Industry gave the members an opportunity to expand their network as well as stay connected with the peers and learn a lot with respect to the technology used in today’s modern film making industry. The visit started off with the students being taken around the industry to see the various setups used. Followed by a quick question answer round before lunch. After the lunch there was a small activity conducted before the students got to go into a few enjoyable rides. It was a very wonderful event, where the students got to learn and have a great time.