Tech Talks: Edging towards a connected future

Tech Talks: Edging towards a connected future is an educational initiative by Institution Industry Cell at Don Bosco College of Engineering (DBCE) to promote knowledge in recent technology and systems to faculty and students through technical talks by eminent personalities from industry as well as academia. It was a two days event on 9^th and 10^th September 2022. The Department of Mechanical Engineering organised two sessions for the event. The first session was delivered by Dr. Sreenath Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT, Goa on the topic ‘Applying Mechanics to Biological Cells’. He explained the importance of mechanics in biology, mechanics of nuclei and analysis using mechanics of membranes. The second session was delivered by Mr. Sumukh Kamat, Manager, Projects Strategic Expansion Programmes, CommScope on the topic ‘Importance of Project Management and basics to successfully handle the projects’. He explained about the qualities required to be a great project manager, types of project management approaches, Agile & Waterfall project management, stages of project management along with the required tools and also showcased some real-life case studies which he has worked on in the past. Around 60 students attended the program. The event was compered by second year student of the department Mr. Rio DeMello. The coordinators for the program were Mr. Sanjeel Naik and Mr. Saurabh Raikar.