‘Nirmana 2K22’, Project Expo & Competition

The Mechanical Engineering Department of Don Bosco College of Engineering organised ‘Nirmana 2K22” project exhibition & competition on  September 10, 2022 to provide an opportunity for students to showcase their innovative projects. The expo was  inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. Jayaprakash P V, Head of Engineering, Head of Center of Excellence – Iron Ore Goa, Vedanta Ltd. At 10.15 am. Mr. Viraj Naik, Chartered Accountant, Finance Manager, IFB Industries Ltd.  was  the Guest of Honor. Fr. Kinley D’ Cruz, Director, Dr. Neena Panandikar , Principal, Prof. Ajit Salunke, HOD- Mechanical Department and other faculty members were present.

Various innovative ideas were conceptualised in the areas of Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning, Fluid Engineering, HVAC, 3 D printing etc. and have been developed as successful prototypes for applications like Agriculture, Healthcare, Mobility, Condition Monitoring, Defence,  Ergonomics, Sports etc. Many of the projects have been sponsored by Goa State Innovation Council.

The projects which were  displayed are “Drone for precision spraying of pesticides on coconut trees” , “Automated seed sowing machine”, “Gripper for Soft Robotic Application” , “Oxygen Concentrator”, “Exoskeleton for Assistance in Walking”,  “Fire Extinguishing Action Rover”, “Landmine detecting robot”, “Wind powered system to save crops from birds”, ”, “Automatic 2D Thermocol Cutting Machine”, etc..

The event Convenor was Prof. Ajit Salunke, HOD- Mechanical Departmentand Dr. Suraj Marathe, Associate Professor, Prof. Avil D’Sa and Prof. Sanjil Naik were the organising secretaries. Prof. Sooraj Mohan and Prof. Aniket Naik were the coordinators. The judges were Prof. Raghuvir Chary, Govt. Polytechnic Panjim, Mr. Yogesh Tarcar and Mr. Mayur Shetti.