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Volume 59 April 2019 (For private Circulation only) Alumni News 2019 PSG Tech Alumni Association Psg College of Technology & PSG Polytechnic College Coimbatore - 641 004, Tamilnadu, INDIA Phone: 0422 - 4344474, Fax: 91 422 2592277 E-mail: alumni@psgtech.ac.in, psgtechalumni@gmail.com Chief Patron’s Message I am very happy to know that for the year of 2018 – 19, PSG Tech Alumni Association has organized a plethora of purposeful programmes involving the participation of large number of PSG Tech Alumni. I appreciate the great efforts put up by the team of office bearers, and the council members in making this year highly effective. I wish all our alumni and their families to achieve laurels in their professional and personal lives. Shri. L. Gopalakrishnan Patron’s Message PSG Tech Alumni Association has again shown its unique position as one of the most active associations. I am very happy that the parent chapter of the association and the other chapters have organized many get-together events like Alumni Congress, Alumni Reunions, Family get togethers, Felicitation meetings, etc., thus facilitating a strong networking for the Alumni. I wish that the Association conducts many such purposeful programmes in the upcoming years as well. Dr. R. Rudramoorthy President’s Message It gives me great pleasure to reach you through this column. Both myself and the office bearers deem it a pleasant opportunity to serve the alma matter in a small way by assuming certain responsibilities with cooperation of the Management and the alumni. I wish to thank the chief Patron and Patron for their guidance and support. I owe a great deal of gratitude to my fellow office bearers, council members and the chapter representatives for their roles in implementation of the various programmes throughout the year. Shri. D. Nandakumar www.alumni.psgtech.ac.in
Activities @ Alumni News 2019 Headquarters AGM-2018 The 58th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) Tech Alumni Association. Special Guest Address was held on 28th April 2018 at PSG Tech Campus. was delivered by Thiru. Kalidasan, President, Mr. R.S. Krishnaswamy, then President, PSG Tech Osai Environmental Organization, Coimbatore. Alumni Association gave the Welcome Address. Dr. B. Giriraj, Principal, PSG Polytechnic The Presentation of Annual Report was done College announced Staff of PSG CT & PTC who by Dr. M. Arasu, General Secretary, PSG Tech completed 25 Years of service and were honored Alumni Association. Presentation of Accounts by President. The Annual Alumni Newsletter was done by Dr. M. Sundaram, Treasurer, PSG (2017-2018) was released by Mr. T.N. Sivakumar, Tech Alumni Association. Patron Address was Past President, PSG Tech Alumni Association. given by Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Principal, PSG On 28th April 2018, awards were distributed for College of Technology and he also announced Math Olympiad winners. Certificates and awards the New Office Bearers for the year 2018-2020. for Best Project work 2017-18 were distributed Following that, the acceptance speech was given to Diploma students. Dr. M. Arasu delivered the by Mr. D. Nandakumar, Incoming President, PSG Vote of Thanks. Patron Address by Dr.R.Rudramoorthy, PSG CT Acceptance Speech by Mr. D. Nandakumar 2 Memento Presentation to the Chief Guest Releasing of Alumni Newsletter 2018
Prize Winners of Math Olympiad 2018 Prize Roll No Name of The Students Programme Alumni News I 17PD18 Manoj Kumar S M.Sc. (Data Science) 2019 II 17PD37 Tarun kumar M M M.Sc. (Data Science) III 16E646 Ramasubramaniyan G BE (EEE) SW IV 16PT32 Sanjay Seetharaman M.Sc. (TCS) V 16PD37 Sudershan S M.Sc. (Data Science) 16PD04 Arun Palaniyappan T R M.Sc. (Data Science) VI 17Z312 Chiradeep Saha BE (CSE) VIII 16R203 Annamalai L BE (Robotics & Automation) Math Olympiad Winners Honoring of Staff of PSG College of Technology 25 Years Service Completion w Dr. G. Sundararaj, Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology. w Dr. R. Nandagopal, Professor & Director, PSG Institute of Management, PSG College of Technology. Honoring 25 Years Service Award 3
Best Project UG Students 2017-18 Award Alumni News 2019 S.No Programme Name of the Students Roll No. Name of the Award M. Barathi 14C103 S. Keerthana 14C111 E. Savetethra 14C122 1 BE (Civil) K.N. Chintamani Memorial Award G. Kamali 14C213 B. Nivetha 14C221 S. Sruthi 14C226 S. Abhinandan 14M102 K.S. Krishnaprasadh 14M131 B. Vignesh 14M158 2 BE (Mech) U. Karthik 14M228 Texmo Award S. Nivas 14M240 M. Dev prakash 14M432 P. Hariprasanth 14M433 M. Dineswaran 13M611 P.R. Thiagarajan Endowment 3 BE (Mech) SW M. Tamilselvan 13M659 Award S. Dineshkanna 14M902 4. BE (EEE) S. Gokul Prasanth 14E117 Aqua group Award Seethalakshmi Natesan 5 BE (EEE) SW M. Venkateswaran 13E650 Memorial Award A. Aishwarya Kumar 14L201 Control & Drives 6 BE (ECE) R. Shyam Sundar 14L247 Corporation Award 7 BE (Metallurg) P. Veera Ragavan 15Y401 Sharp Tools Award M. Jai Krishna 14P110 R. Jeyaprakash 14P112 8 BE (Prod) Kadri Mills Award Abhishek B Krishna 14P201 K. Ajjay 14P203 S. Pravin Kumar 13P634 Archstone Consulting Engineers 9 BE (Prod) SW S. Shriram 13P644 Endowment Award R. Vignesh 14P920 P. Abishek 14A202 L. Mohan Prasath 14A236 11 BE (Auto) Aruchami Endowment Award S.K. Sanjil 14A252 K. Sankarapandian 14A433 12 BTech (IT) V. Raghul 14I238 V. Marappan Award D. Ganesan Award 13 B.Tech (Bio Tech) S. Mahalashmi 14B222 A. Palaniswamy Chettiar 14 BE (Biomedical) S. Pravin Kumar 14D232 Memorial Award K. Haripriya 14U214 15 BE (I & CE) 1973 BE Batch Award G. Iswarya 14U215 Prithvi Sharan Sagunar PS 14R235 16 BE (R & AE) M. Shanmugam Endowment Shri harish 15R437 4
S.No Programme Name of the Students Roll No. Name of the Award C. Rishikeswar 14T222 T. Kavya 14T211 J. Jayasre 14T111 S. Manojkumar 14T404 Alumni 17 BTech (Textile) NST Mills Award M. Jamuna Rani 14T109 News S. Rahavi Samyuktha 14T122 M. D. Renjini 14T124 2019 R. Gowthami 14T208 Anutthama Pillai 14H204 P. Divya 14H208 18 BTech (FT) U. Kameshwaran 14H214 Kovai Hi-Tech Engineers Award A. Luckshi 14H218 V. Malarnithi 14H219 B.Sc (Applied 19 C.A. Dakshinya 15S009 Koniah Chettiar Memorial Award Science) K. Giridhar 15X014 J. Inamul Hassan 15X016 20 B.Sc (CSD) V.R. Natarajan Endowment Award R. Kishor 15X024 S. Satheesh Kumar 15X049 Best Project Award Winners Best Project PG Students 2017-18 Award S.No Programme Name of the Students Roll No. Name of the Award ME - Structural 1 D. Gokula Balaji 16MC04 Indira Industries Award Engineering ME - Infrastructural 2 Gouri Sankar 16MK03 G. Srinivasan Award Engineering Thatipalli Ajay L. K. Muthusamy Memorial 3 ME - Engineering Design 16MD11 Kumar Award ME - Industrial 4 R. Rajesh 16MF08 Seshasayee Board Award 5 Engineering
S.No Programme Name of the Students Roll No. Name of the Award 5 ME - CIM K. Aravinth 16MI01 Seshasayee Board Award 6 ME - Energy Engineering K. Kasi Aswin 16MN04 Seetha Dwaipayana Award 7 ME - Lean Manufacturing S. Vignesh Prabhu 16MM10 Seshasayee Board Award Alumni News ME- Virtual Prototyping & PSG Tech Alumni Association 8 C. Roose Myklin Vaz 16PV07 Digital Manufacturing Award 2019 ME - Product Design & 9 R. Ranjithkumar 16MJ11 Seshasayee Board Award Commerce ME - Manufacturing 10 C. Veera Ajay 16MP35 Aryen Motors Award Engineering ME - Industrial 11 S. Usha Rani 16MY11 MM Gears Award Metallurgical Engineering Dindugal Sundarraj Naidu 12 ME-Applied Electronics K. Desikan 16MR03 Memorial Award K.C. Gopal Endowment 13 ME - Power Elec. & Drives S. Dineshkumar 16MQ04 Award ME - Embedded & M. Shanmugam Endowment 14 S. Vismitha 16MU15 Real-Time Systems Award ME - Communication K. C. Gopal Endowment 15 C. Karthika 16ML04 Systems Award Burujula Sharath K.C. Gopal Endowment 16 ME - VLSI Design 16MV03 Kumar Award ME - Wireless PSG Tech Alumni Association 17 M. Sakthi Priya 16PI11 Communication Award M.Tech-Nano Science & 18 Oshin Ponnuchamy 16PN04 V. Sriram Award Technology M.Tech - Textile M. Jagadeesan Endowment 19 R. Priyanka 16MT01 Technology Award ME - Software K.C. Gopal Endowment 20 N. Naveena 16MW08 Engineering Award ME - Computer Science & 21 V. Abirami 16MZ02 S. Srikantan Memorial Award Engg. ME - Automotive PSG Tech Alumni Association 22 V. Sudhir Kumar 16MS34 Engineering Award M.Tech - Information M. Jagadeesan Endowment 23 R. Karthiga 16MA05 Technology Award ME - Biometrics & Cyber M. Shanmugam Endowment 24 R. Sowdharya 16PB08 Security Award M. Shanmugam Endowment 25 M.Tech - Bio-Technology T. Nishanthini 16MG04 Award M. Shanmugam Endowment 26 ME -Control System T. Yogesh 16MO11 Award 27 MCA M. Aishwarya 15MX71 Altech Award M.Sc - Applied PSG Tech Alumni Association 28 Amurtha Preeth 16PA01 Mathematics Award 29 MBA S. Jayashri 16AC15 LMW Award PSG Tech Alumni Association 30 PGDM S. Vishva Brahmanand 16PGM55 6 Award
Diploma Students Best Project 2017-18 Award Alumni News 2019 S.No Programme Name of the Students Roll No. Name of the Award R. Adithiyan 15M001 H. Mohamed Salman 15M016 1 DME SAM Industries Award C. Parthiban 15M023 G. Shanmugaraj 15M036 T. Srivishnuvardhan 13LM28 K. Ashwin 14LM04 Habasit Lakoka Award 2 DME (SW) M. Sanjay Prashanth 14LM20 K. M. Sri Ram 14LM22 M. Naren Karthikeyan 15D009 3. DDD K. Sabari Kumar 15D013 P.V. Narayana Iyer Memorial Award C. Chandan 16DH11 M. Muthusaravanan 15E021 B. Ramoney 15E024 DEEE Ellen Venkatesalu Award 4. J.S. Srehari Nidharshan 15E031 M. Vengdash Prasadh 15E035 M. Ajmal 14LE01 DEEE (SW) G. Jeevan Kumar 14LE08 CRI Award 5 B. Srijith Kumar 14LE20 S. Roopesha 15T025 6. DTT R. Swathi 15T035 Kannapiran Mills Award K. M. Pravina Devi 16TH05 A. Aswini 15DF02 DFT D. Naveen Raaj 12DF13 Sanfits Foundries Award 7. G. Vikraman 15DF26 S. Aswin 15DM08 S. Manojkumar 15DM26 8 DMT Habasit Lakoka Award M. Sathithyayogi 15DM47 S. Kaarthic 16LH04 S. Aparna 15DA06 9. DAT R. Mohanraj 15DA12 Eastman Award R. Vignesh 15DA22 N. M. Hariharan 15DC05 R. Jeevananthan 15DC06 10. DCN Habasit Lakoka Award S. Praneet 15DC17 P. Yathinder 15DC27 M. Arthi 15DX03 B. Soundarya 15DX25 11. DCE M. Marannan Award S. Sushmitha 15XH05 S. Brindha 16XH01 S. S. Yogaraja 15DB40 12. DAE V. Mathavan 16BH04 D. Gandhikumar Endowment Award S. Prabhu 16BH06 7
S.No Programme Name of the Students Roll No. Name of the Award M. Balachandran 15DI05 S.B. Gowsick 15DI11 13. DIT M. Marannan Award J. Jaya Pradap 15DI14 Alumni Kiran C Paul 15DI16 News M. Raghul 15DG44 2019 G. Sabarinathan 15DG45 14. DECE CRI Award A. Shahid Afridi 15DG47 A. Mohan 16GH10 16th State Level Inter – Collegiate Tamil Elocution contest for GRD Rolling Trophy was organized by GRD PSG Tech Alumni Association on 25th August 2018 at PSG Tamil College of Technology, Coimbatore. The welcome Elocution address was delivered by Dr. M. Arasu, General Secretary, PSG Tech Alumni Association. The Presidential address was given by Dr. B. Giriraj, Principal, PSG Polytechnic College. The Special Guest address was by presented by Dr. R. Arumuganathan, Professor & Head, Department of Mathematics. About 24 Colleges participated in the contest. The Prize winners were presented with cash prize and certificates. Participation Certificates were provided to all the Participants. The contest was conducted under three categories - Engineering Colleges, Arts & Science Colleges and Polytechnic Colleges with the topics of ‘PÚÄPÒ ö©#¨£h ÷Ásk®,’ ‘GßøÚ E¸ÁõUS® uø»ÁºPÒ’ ©ØÖ® ‘Aa\® µmk AÔøÁ ö£¸US.’ Engineering Stream Arts Stream 8 Polytechnic Stream Rolling Trophy
In the Valedictory function, Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Principal, PSG College of Technology handed over the Trophies and Certificates. G.R.D. Rolling Trophy was won by Sasurie College of Engineering, Tirupur for Engineering stream, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore for Arts Stream and G.R.G Polytechnic College, Coimbatore for Polytechnic Stream. Alumni News 2019 PSG Tech Talent Test for GRD Rolling Trophy In Memory of the great scholar and philanthropist Prof. GRD, PSG Tech Alumni Association has been conducting the ‘PSG Tech Talent Test’ for the past 32 years for the students of IX and X standards. The main objective of this contest is to test the students for their knowledge in Basic Sciences and Current Affairs, thereby helping them to improve their general aptitude. On 2nd October 2018, 33rd PSG Tech Talent test for GRD Rolling Trophy for Tamil medium and 23rd PSG Tech Talent Test for English medium was conducted at Coimbatore, Chennai, Salem, Trichy, Madurai, Neyveli, Hosur, Erode, Ooty, Sivakasi, Tuticorin, Namakkal, Trivandrum, Tirupur, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Hyderabad. The Test was taken by 1613 students, from 219 schools. The GRD Rolling Trophy was won by Veveham Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Dharapuram for the test in Tamil Medium and TVIS Velammal Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai for the test in English Medium. The Prizes and Awards were distributed on 22nd December 2018. PSG Tech Talent Test Contest and Certificate Distribution PSG Tech Talent Test Contest and Certificate Distribution 9
The PSG Tech Alumni Association organized Fourth edition of Alumni Congress on 22nd December 2018. A l u mn i 20 Cong r e ss 18 The event was meant for the alumni of PSG College of Technology and Polytechnic College. Alumni Knowledge Connect Program N e w s “Knowledge Connect” is a flagship event which 2 0 1 9 connects current alumni with the future alumni, geographically distributed across various industries establishing a strong connection between current on this world. A Knowledge Connect was held with students and their seniors – who are nothing but 61 Alumni Speakers in parallel who shared their esteemed alumni, the ambassadors of PSG College experience and ideas with students on 22nd December of Technology and PSG Polytechnic College who are 2018. Knowledge Connect Program - Alumni Speakers Knowledge Connect Program - Alumni Speakers Speakers Details – PSG College of Technology S.No Name Department Topic Data Science and its applications in 1 Mr. Sudalai Rajkumar Manufacturing How Budding engineers can become 2 Mr. G. Senthil Kumar industry fit Mechanical Digital Government and website 3 Mr. Aroon P Manoharan Engineering Functionality 4 Mr. S. Boopathy Thermal Power Station Construction 5 Mr. Abhinav Ram German Quality: What’s so Special? Mr. Sri. Karpavarthan 6 Katch –up with Karpa! Kanagarajan 10
S.No Name Department Topic Types of Cracks in thr building – causes 7 Er. Murugu Elanthendral and remedies 8 Mr. R.S. Krishnaswamy Civil Engineering Water Resources in Noyyal River Basin Alumni 9 Mr. Renjith K Narayanan Electrical and Need of Engineer and Evolution Electronics News 10 Mr. Seshadri Venkatesan Engineering Hormones for Leadership 2019 Latest IBM Products/Technologies and its 11 Mr. Kabilan Saravanabava Computer Science & use on current market Engineering Low- Latency video processing using 12 Mr. V.B. Karthikeyan cloud- based Microservices 13 Mr. Raj Thilak Robotics & PC Based automation Automation 14 Mr. A. Rajarethinam Engineering Soft skills – Success Habits 15 Mr. Venkata Raghavan Evolution of Telecom 16 Mr. S. Prakash Getting into Product Companies 17 Mr. Bhaarathe Malliah Electronics and Consciousness Engineering Communication Mr. Gokularam Pursuing Research Career – How to get 18 Engineering Muthukrishnan into IITs Ms. Hemalathaa Instrumentation & Disruptive Innovation in Technology & 19 Subramanian Control Engineering Business 20 Ms. Ranjana Nagpal Apparel & Fashion Stress Management 21 Ms. Gayathrri Selvaraj Technology Career Opportunities Future job opportunities in software 22 Dr. R. Ravichandran Applied Science industries 23 Mr. E.K. Raghunathan Digital Use For Connectivity Ms. Karpagam Blockchain – Web 3.0,underlying 24 Balasubramaniam technology for the future world Computer 25 Mr. R. Saravana Kumar Applications Soft Skills for Success 26 Mr. Jenish Prabhakaran Applied Perceive the Data – Big Data Mathematics & 27 Mr. Krishnan Ganesan Computational Onion Prices and Elections in India Sciences Mr. Nirmal Kumar Coasting of Woven fabrics – Yarn Dyed 28 Muthumanickam And Greige Be a Scientist – Don’t grow up into 29 Mr. Obuli Chandran Textile Technology Adults! My experience as an Entrepreneur and Science Communicator 30 Mr. Rathish Chindambaram 3D-Printing for Automotive Applications Automobile Engineering Journey from MNC employee to an 31 Ms. Vinitha Ranganathan entrepreneur Production 32 Mr. Abijith N.M. Why and how to Join Air Force Engineering Ms. Subbashini College to corporate Transition & AI in 33 Biomedical Shanmugam Healthcare Engineering 34 Mr. N. Rajesh Kannan Your future life – Have it well balanced 11
S.No Name Department Topic Scope in fashion designing for young 35 Ms. C.A. Thasneem professionals 36 Mr. R. Mohandass Knowledge Sharing Alumni Fashion Technology Knowledge Sharing 37 Ms. Rebecca Herbert News 2019 38 Ms. K. Venisha Knowledge Sharing 39 Mr. Sebastin Arockia Akash A Information JAVA – 8 & J Unit 5 Standards 40 Ms. V. Pooja Technology Knowledge Sharing 41 Mr. Srinivasan Ramanujam Information Knowledge Sharing 42 Mr. Subash Sampathkumar Technology Knowledge Sharing Speakers Details – PSG Polytechnic College S.No Name Department Topic 1 Mr. P.V Jayakumar International Logistics Mechanical 2 Mr. N.S. Shenoy Knowledge Sharing Engineering 3 Mr. Babu Knowledge Sharing 4 Mr. R. Navaneethakrishnan Innovation and Enterpreneurship Computer 5 Ms. Navina Selvaraj Knowledge Sharing Engineering 6 Mr. Jayaprkash R Knowledge Sharing Information 7 Ms. R. Santhiya Career Development Technology Electronics and Manufacturing 8 Mr. R. Shankar ECE Engineering Computer 9 MS. Natchathra Collaboration – a new era of networking Networking 10 Mr. N. Perumalsamy Electrical and Modern Trends in power System Electronics 11 Mrs. Divya Vigneshraja Engineering Career Development Inspection Procedure and Standards of 12 Mr. S. Karthik Apparel Technology Apparel Industry 13 Ms. Rebecca Herbert Career Scope in Apparel Sector 14 Mr. P.M. Logeshkumar Automobile Fuel cell in Vehicles 15 Mr. M. Praveen Kumar Engineering Knowledge Sharing 16 Mr. S. Thiliban Babu Advances in industrial Automation Mechatronics 17 Mr. T. Yuvaraj Anti – Gravity 3D Printing Foundry 18 Mr. P.R. Krishnakumar Life By Design Technology Expectation of Industry from Diploma 19 Mr. P. Gokul Gowtham Textile Technology Students 12
Inauguration of Alumni Congress The Formal inauguration of Alumni Congress was held on 22nd December 2018. Over 800 Alumni with their Alumni family members participated in the event. The welcome address was rendered by Mr. K.P.M. Muthukumaran, News Chairman, Alumni Congress 2018. Mr. R. Balaji, Secretary briefed about Alumni Congress 2018. Following that a speech about PSG Tech Alumni Association was given by Mr. D. Nandakumar, President, PSG Tech 2019 Alumni Association, and Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Patron, gave the Presidential Address. The Chief Guest of the Congress was Mr. M. Ponnuswamy, Managing Director, Pon Pure Chemicals, Chennai and Chairman of CII Tamilnadu State Council. In his address he said that if a person is an entrepreneur he has to play by the rule. He advised the young entrepreneurs in the gathering to ‘Take care of the small things in business as equally as they give importance to the bigger ones.’ A Special address was given by Mr. Madhu Bhaskaran, CEO of M/s Samagara Progressive Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Cochin. His speech was wholly about life. He said ‘Parents should give their children practical experience & show them the value of life and how precious it is to live every day.’ The Souvenir of Alumni Congress 2018 was released by Mr. M. Ponnuswamy and received by the Chapters’ Chairmen. Honouring the Chief Guests Senior Alumni Felicitation Alumni whose batches have conducted their Golden Jubilee reunions, normally qualify as Senior Alumni of the PSG Tech Alumni Association. Till date, 18 Golden Jubilee reunions have been organized under the auspices of the Alumni Association. Around 40 Senior Alumni attended the function. Mr. R. Mylswamy, Vice-President, PSG Tech Alumni Association and Mr. V. Krishnakumar, Council Member, PSG Tech Alumni Association honoured the Senior Alumni. Honoring Senior Alumni 13
Young Alumni Awardees Alumni who have graduated after 2008 comprised the forum of Young Alumni. At this forum young alumni who are early achievers were recognized with awards. Alumni to qualify for the award should be less than 35 Alumni years of age and should have a track record of outstanding contribution to profession, society or public cause. N e w s The following nine Young Alumni were honored with the title the ‘Young Alumni Award’ during the Alumni 2 0 1 9 Congress. YAM Awardees 2018 S.No Name of the Alunmni Batch Current Position / Achievements Computer Scientist ME Product Design and 1 Ms. Bharathee Devarajan Adobe Systems India Pvt Ltd., Commerce Bengaluru Project Leader, Transaction and M.Sc. Software Reference Data Group 2 Mr. Krishnan Ganesan Engineering (2009) Arcesium LLC (D. E. Shaw & Co.), Hyderabad Senior Unified Communications Diploma in Computer Engineer 3 Ms. Natchathra Partheepan Networking (2008) Stanford University & Children’s Health, CA Present-FTE, USA Senior Personnel Officer, Mr. M. Babu Abdul 4 BE Civil (2012) South East Central Railway, Khadeer Government of India Mr. Jayvignesh Co-Founder and Managing Partner 5 BE EEE (2013) Raveendrakumar DJ Computing, Coimbatore Senior Software Engineer B.E Computer Science & 6 Mr. S. Kabilan IBM INDIA SOFTWARE LABS, Engg – (2010) Chennai Design Head 7 Mr. Arun Prasad B.Tech FT (2011) Stars Design Group, USA Production and R&D Head 8 Mr. Nithin Thilak N BE ECE (2012) M/s. N.N. Engineering Products, Coimbatore B.Tech Textile Technology Managing Partner 9 Mr. Dinesh Uthamaeswran (2008) Saara Creations, Tirupur 14
w On the occasion of Teachers day on 5th September 2018, greeting cards were sent to all the teachers of PSG Tech and also to the Principals and the faculty members of other institutions, who are alumni of PSG Tech. w 82nd Birth Anniversary of Late Shri. G. Varadharaj, Former Managing Other Trustee, PSG Sons’ Charities was observed on 1st November 2018 and a prayer was offered at his Samadhi. Alumni Activities w On 10th January 2019, the Office Bearers and members paid Homage to 2 0 1 9 News the Founder Patron Dr. G.R. Damodaran on his death anniversary at his samadhi. u n ci w On 28th April 2018, the Fourth Council meeting for the year 2017-2018 was held at F-202, PSG Tech Campus, Coimbatore. 57 Members (Council Co l Members, Chapters & Special Invitees) attended the meeting. w On 13th July 2018, the first Council meeting for the year 2018-2019 was held at College Board Room. 46 Members (Council Members, Chapters & Special Invitees) attended the meeting. w On 11th October 2018, the second council meeting for the year 2018-2019 was held at College Board Room. 36 Members (Council Members, Chapters & Special Invitees) attended the meeting. M e e ti ng s w On 9th January 2019 the third Council meeting for the year 2018-2019 was held at College Board Room. 36 Members (Council Members, Chapters & Special Invitees) attended the meeting. Council Meeting at PSG CT Board Room 15
Scholarship for 2017-18 the students of Alumni News 2019 Education Loans and Scholarships worth Rs. 20,32,260 were provided to the following 109 students: SI.No Name Roll No Programme 1 A. JeromJosaph 16D109 DIT 2 K. Kaushic 16DI11 DIT 3 P. Mohanraj 17IH04 DIT 4 R. BojaPrasanth 16D105 DIT 5 R. Jeyamani 16DG18 DECE 6 V. Vimal 16DG55 DECE 7 V. Ramalakshmi 17GH08 DECE 8 V. Suresh Kumar 16DG51 DECE 9 K. Karthikeyan 16DG19 DECE 10 U. Nithya 16DG31 DECE 11 N. Manoj Kumar 15E125 BE-EEE 12 M. SathyaPriya 15E147 BE-EEE 13 M. Srikanth 16C129 BE-Civil 14 M. Pichaimani 17C413 BE-Civil 15 S. Muralikrishnan 17C411 BE-Civil 16 R.N. Harish 15E113 BE EEE 17 M. Dineshkumar 16E404 BE-EEE 18 M. Sahaya Milan Shobal 16C223 BE-Civil 19 R. Sridevi 17C412 BE-Civil 20 K.J. NaveenBabu 16E638 BE-EEE 21 K. Veerabaskaran 17MH41 DME 22 S. Suriya 15E154 BE EEE, 23 V. Sabarigirish 16R446 BE RAE, 24 M. Manojkumar 16C209 BE-Civil 25 R. Deepak 16C105 BE-Civil 26 K. Gopika 17Y402 BE Metallurgy 27 M. DuraiSelvi 16DG07 DECE 28 B. Kishore 16DG23 DECE 29 D. Sedhu 16DG42 DECE 30 S. Raghul 16E644 BE EEE(SW) 31 K. Kavin Kumar 17Y404 Be Mettalurgy 32 V. Pavithran 16X059 B.Sc CSD 33 A. Sandhiyapriya 17DC25 DCN 34 A. Jesheenaa 17DI13 DIT 35 M. Nithya 17T117 B.Tech Textile 36 R. Harini 17T109 B.Tech Textile 37 M. Sakthi 16E416 BE-EEE 38 P. Diwakar 15E111 BE-EEE 16 39 V. Brindhadevi 16DX05 DCE
Alumni News 2019 Scholarship Distribution SI.No Name Roll No Programme 40 Harikumaran. R.D 15E501 BE – EEE 41 A.P. Jayatharaini 16C111 BE-Civil 42 R. Muthulakshmi 15E127 BE-EEE 43 T. Gokul Kumar 16M406 BE-Mech 44 S. Prakash 16M414 BE-Mech G1 45 S. Brindha 17C402 BE-Civil 46 P. Suresh 17P918 BE-Prod (SW) 47 M. Naveenkumar 16E412 BE-EEE 48 S. Karthikeyan 15R222 BE - R&AE 49 S. Surya Prakash 16E658 BE-EEE(SW) 50 S. Azees Rahman 17E908 BE-EEE(SW) 51 M. Nagarajan 16I435 B.Tech IT 52 V. GokulNitheesh 16U214 BE I & CE 53 K. Saravanakumar 15M145 BE-Mech 54 R. RaviPrasanth 14P636 BE(SW) Production 55 Santhini. P 17E641 BE (SW) EEE 56 N. Kaliraj 17Z218 BE CSE 57 Vignesh. S 17R448 BE R&AE 58 S. Agilandeshwari 16T431 B.Tech Textile 59 Balanivetha K 15H210 B.Tech Fashion Tech 60 KousikPriya S 16H220 B.Tech Fashion Tech 61 B. Mohanraj 15M131 BE -Mech 62 M. Shagari 16E419 BE-EEE 63 Y. Manoj 15I223 BTECH-IT 64 R. Shriraam 16DI28 DIT 65 R. Bharathi Raja 16DI04 DIT 66 S. Hickmathullah 16DI08 DIT 67 B. Santhosh 17GH11 DECE 68 R. Kaviya 16DG21 DECE 69 V. MohanaPriya 16DG27 DECE 70 A. Boopalan 16U209 BE- I&C 71 M. Ajaykumar 17GH02 DECE 71 G. Uthaman 16U439 BE-ICE 72 R. Sureshkrishna 16DI33 DIT 73 S. Pravin 16C217 BE-CIVIL 74 M. Siva 16R448 BE - RAE 75 R. Harishkumar 17P613 BE – Production 17
Alumni News 2019 Scholarship Distribution SI.No Name Roll No Programme 76 S. Swetha 15PF35 M.Sc. FDM 77 R. Buvana 16PF03 M.Sc. FDM 78 R. SriVidya 17PF34 M.Sc. FDM 79 D. KanagaDurga 18PF15 M.Sc. FDM 80 C. Sowmiya 16H240 B.Tech – Fashion Technology 81 M. Prem Kumar 17B231 B.Tech - Bio Technology 82 P. Arun Kumar 15U209 BE- I&CE 83 N. Sowmiya 18B249 B.Tech - Bio Technology 84 R. Ravi Bharathi 15U241 BE- I&CE 85 G. Jeevajothi 16M407 BE – Mechanical 86 M. Ishwarya 16C110 BE-Civil 87 M. Karthikk 17E618 BE-EEE(SW) 88 V.S. Rekha 17T120 B.Tech Textile 89 S. Jansirani 17T405 B.Tech Textile 90 N. Krishnamoorthy 16T404 B.Tech Textile 91 S. Sachinsivaraman 16T120 B.Tech Textile 92 M. Shanmugasundaram 18T406 B.Tech Textile 93 P. Tharun 18T128 B.Tech Textile 94 R. Keerthika 18T110 B.Tech Textile 95 B. Sedhuraman 18T120 B.Tech Textile 96 A. Suganthi 15Y222 BE-Mettalurgy 97 M. Manikandan 17Y438 BE-Mettalurgy 98 S. Poovarasan 18Y437 BE-Metallurgy 99 K. Nandakumar 17Y405 BE-Mettalurgy 100 P.M. Mohamedsalman 17Y121 BE-Mettalurgy 101 P. Selcia 18Y126 BE-Mettalurgy 102 D. Vikram 18L161 BE-ECE 103 R. Suresh 18M162 BE-Mechanical 104 R. Aishwarya 18I303 BE-IT 105 R. Darsini 18I214 BE-IT 106 M. Denanai 18Z216 BE-Computer Science 107 M. Muralidharan 18E133 BE-EEE 108 A. Sharan 18C128 BE-Civil 109 S. DilnaFinsi 18Z316 BE-Computer Science 18
Achievements of Alumni ● Mr. V. Krishnakumar, BE ’79 has been elected as President, SIEMA, Coimbatore. ● Mr. R. Ramamurthy has been elected as President, CODISSIA, Coimbatore. ● Shri. V. Lakshminarayanasamy has been elected as President, The Indian Chamber Alumni of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore. News ● Mr. Ramesh Babu, Dip ’93 has been elected as Vice – President, CODISSIA, 2019 Coimbatore. ● Mr. Mithun Ramadass, BE ‘08 has been elected as Vice – President, SIEMA, Coimbatore. ● Mr. Vignesh BE’96 has been elected as Vice – President, SIEMA, Coimbatore. ● Mr. S. Balraj ME ’98 has been elected as Vice – Chairman, The Institute of Indian Foundrymen, Coimbatore Chapter. ● Mr. S. Manoharan BE’74 has been Awarded the Doctor of Social Works by International Peace University, Germany. ● Mr. J. Ganeshkumar BE’95 has been elected as Vice Chairman, CII, Coimbatore Zone ● Dr. B. Giriraj BE’92 has been Awarded the Best Polytechnic Principal from Indian Society for Technical Education. ● Mr. S. Kuppusamy ME’90 has been Awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. ● Mr. K. Muthuraju BE’76 has been elected as Councilor for Textiles by Local Institutions of Engineer and also State level textile Councilor by Institution of Engineers (India). ● Mr. K. Muthuraju BE’76 has been elected as District Governor (South India) by Y’s Men International . ● Mr. K. Muthuraju BE’76 has been Awarded the Doctorate in Literature. ● Dr. J. Kanchana (Dip.'88 & ME '97) has been adjudged as the Best Women Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering Division of The Institutions of Engineers (India), Tamil Nadu State Center. Award Received by Mr. S. Kuppusamy ME’90 Award Received by Dr. B. Giriraj BE’92 19 Elected as President, SIEMA Doctorate Award received by Mr. K. Muthuraju BE’76
Felicitation Program Alumni N e w s Felicitation to Mr. N. Palani Kumanan (MCA’88) for receiving the Pulitzer Award was held on 11 January th 2019. About 220 members participated in the function. The Welcome address was given by Mr. K.P.M. 2019 Muthukumaran, Vice President, PSG Tech Alumni Association. The Introduction of the Guest of Honour was given by Mr.Kumar Muthusami, Programme Director, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California. Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Principal, PSG College of Technology, delivered the Presidential address. The Felicitation address was presented by Dr. P. Radhakrishnan, Director, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Mr. Ravi Ganesan Director, Software Development, Tripple Point Technology Inc., USA, Dr. R. Nadarajan, Professor & Head Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, PSG College of Technology. The Acceptance speech was given by Mr. N. Palanikumanan, Senior Principal Software Engineer, The Wall Street Journal, New York. Dr. M. Arasu, General Secretary proposed a Vote of thanks. Presidential address by Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Acceptance Speech By Mr. N. Palani Kumanan Principal PSG CT Award Received by Mr. N. Palani Kumanan Honoring Alumni Achievers Shri. S. Shiv Nadar, BE’67 was presented the Life Time Achievement Award and Shri. C. Vijayakumar BE’90 was presented the Excellence Award on 28.02.2019. 300 alumni participated in the function. Mr. D. Nandakumar, President, PSG Tech Alumni Association welcomed the gathering. Following that, the Presidential address was given by Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Principal, PSG College of Technology. A Special address was given by Dr. P. Radhakrishnan, Director, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies. Dr. B. Duraisamy BE’67, introduced the Awardees. The Acceptance Speech was given by Shri. S. Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shri. C. Vijayakumar, CEO, HCL Technologies. During this function, the Brochure and the Teaser of PSG GRD Museum for Science & Technology were released. Vote of Thanks was delivered by Dr. M. Arasu, General Secretary, PSG Tech Alumni Association. 20
Alumni News 2019 Presidential address by Dr. R. Rudramoorthy Brochure of GRD Museum for Science & Technology Principal PSG CT Presentation of Life Time Achievement Award to Presentation of Excellence Award to Shri. S. Shiv Nadar, BE'67 Shri. C. Vijayakumar BE'90 The Diploma, UG & PG students induction program was held on 26.02.2019 in the ‘F’–Block Assembly Hall. Mr. D. Nandakumar, President, PSG Tech Alumni Association delivered the welcome address. He congratulated all the awardees and requested their active involvement in the Alumni Association activities. The Presidential address was given by Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Principal, PSG College of Technology. He gave a brief introduction about the developments in Alumni association and the new opportunities available for youngsters. The Chief Guest of the day was Mr. D. Balasundaram (BE'66), Induction Function Chairman, Coimbatore Capital Limited, Coimbatore. Diploma, UG, PG Students His talk was filled with energy and anecdotes as he rewinded his life as a college student and encouraged the audience to take up their dreams and put on their efforts to see continuous improvement. 21
The Best all – rounder from each program of Diploma, UG & PG were announced by Dr. B. Giriraj, Principal, PSG Polytechnic College. The Chief Guest distributed the Best all-rounder awards, which comprised a shield and certificate. Dr. M. Sundaram, Treasurer, PSG Tech Alumni Association, introduced the Alumni Coordinators for 2019 Batch. Vote of Thanks was delivered by Dr. M. Arasu, General Secretary, PSG Tech Alumni Association. Alumni News 2019 B e st UG 2018 Students 2019 l- R Al er ound Address by Mr. D. Nandakumar S.No Roll No Name Programme 1 15C203 Ms. Aram Valartha Nayaki S BE – Civil Engineering 2 16M441 Mr. Santhosh Kumar P S BE – Mechanical Engineering 3 14M631 Mr. Muthukumar P BE – Mechanical Engineering (SW) 4 15E104 Mr. Aravind N BE – Electrical and Electronics Engineering 5 14E609 Ms. Dharani Jyothi N BE – EEE (SW) 6 15L219 Mr. Harivignesh A BE – ECE 7 15Y118 Mr. Praveen R BE – Metallurgical Engineering 8 15P124 Mr. Sebastian P S BE – Production Engineering 9 14P639 Mr. Roshan Senthil E BE – Production Engineering (SW) 10 15Z217 Ms. Ishwarya T M BE – CSE 11 15A219 Mr. Hariesh M K BE – Automobile Engineering 12 15I228 Mr. Pooventhiran G B.Tech – IT 13 15B212 Ms. Harini S H B.Tech – Bio Technology 14 15D247 Ms. Vinitha M BE – Biomedical Engineering 15 15U232 Mr. Nikhesh O M BE – ICE 16 15R220 Ms. Jyoti Rajan Kumar BE – Robotics and Automation Engineering 17 15T202 Ms. Akila K S B.Tech – Textile Technology 18 15H241 Ms. Renuka M G B.Tech – Fashion Technology 19 16S039 Ms. Soorya S B.Sc – Applied Science 20 16X050 Mr. Thilak S B.Sc – Computer Systems & Design UG Awardees 22
B e st PG 2018 Students 2019 Alumni News l- R Al er ound 2019 Address by Dr.R.Rudramoorthy S.No Roll No Name Programme 1 17MC04 Ms. Priyanga R ME – Structural Engineering 2 17MK01 Mr. Amasa Venkata Chandhan Reddy ME – Infrastructural Engineering 3 17MD01 Mr. Anand R ME – Engineering Design 4 17MF02 Mr. Daniel Kirubakaran S ME – Industrial Engineering 5 17MI09 Mr. Venkatesh N ME – CIM 6 17MN06 Ms. Punithasri U ME – Energy Engineering 7 17PV01 Mr. Arvinda Rao R ME – Virtual Prototyping & Digital Manufacturing 8 17MP12 Mr. Somasundaram M ME – Manufacturing Engineering 9 17MR03 Ms. Mahalakshmi D M ME – Applied Electronics 10 17MQ08 Mr. Raghul R ME – Power Electronics and Drives 11 17MU32 Ms. Archana R ME – Embedded & Real–time Systems 12 17ML32 Ms. Niveditha V ME – Communication Systems 13 17MV08 Mr. Praveenraj J ME – VLSI Design 14 17PI07 Mr. Sivaramachandran S ME – Wireless Communication 15 17PN06 Ms. Pavithraa S M.Tech – Nano Science & Technology 16 17MS09 Mr. Vignesh K ME – Automotive Engineering 17 17MW31 Ms. Keerthana G ME – Software Engineering 18 17MZ09 Ms. Swathi S ME – Computer Science and Engineering 19 17MY31 Mr. Adhitya K ME – Industrial Metallurgy 20 17MO13 Ms. Shalini P ME – Control Systems 21 17MG31 Ms. Abarajitha R M.Tech – Bio–Technology 22 17MT06 Ms. Surya R M.Tech – Textile Technology 23 17MA01 Mr. Ajith Jerom B M.Tech – Information Technology 24 17PB0 Mr. Prabhu V G ME – Biometrics and Cyber Security 25 17PA16 Ms. Mounika Devi M M.Sc – Applied Mathematics 26 14PW10 Ms. Bharathi Nithya E M.Sc – Software System 27 14PT08 Mr. Atul Bhargav Balaji M.Sc – Theoretical Computer Science 28 16MX10 Ms. Bhuvana Vignesh A MCA 29 17AA21 Ms. Meenakshi R MBA 30 17PGM01 Mr. Abhishek P PGDM PG Awardees 23
B e st Diploma 2018 Alumni News Students 2019 2019 l- R Al ound er Awardees Announced by Dr.B.Giriraj S.No Roll No Name Programme 1 16M039 Mr. Vigneshwar M Mechanical Engineering 2 15LM11 Mr. Jaihari Krishna R Mechanical Engineering (SW) 3 16D017 Mr. Sakthi Hasan K S Design Drafting 4 16E016 Mr. Kavin N Electrical & Electronics Engineering 5 15LE03 Mr. Arun Kumar N Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SW) 6 16T022 Ms. Manushri M S Textile Technology 7 16DF05 Mr. Girishankar R Foundry Technology 8 17LH14 Mr. Vijay M Mechatronics 9 16DA21 Ms. Saranya T Apparel Technology 10 16DC27 Ms. Srikanth V P Computer Networking 11 16DX02 Mr. Aravindhan V Computer Engineering 12 16DB33 Mr. Sanjay R S Automobile Engineering 13 16DI30 Mr. Srinath C Information Technology 14 16DGO4 Mr. Balaganesh S Electronics and Communication Engineering Diploma Awardees 24
T ECH N O V A T O R 2018 Students Project Support 2019 Alumni News 2019 PSG Tech Alumni Association distributed Technovator Students Project awards for the following students during the year 2018-2019, worth about Rs.2,05,000/- for 11 projects S.No Name of the Students Guide Department Project Title Design and Fabrication of P Hari Vigneshwaran Mechanical low cost reverse vending 1 N Shankar Mr A Mohanraj Engineering - machine for collecting V P Manoj (SW) empty plastic bottles. R Kiruthika Development of Energy Civil 2 S Narmadha Mr S Praveen efficient three layer smart Engineering P Abarnaa roof system. S Pranap Electronics & S Naveen Kumar Dr D Sivaraj 3 Communication The blind man stick V Nillin Balaji Mr N Sarita Kumar Engineering S Sri Dharssan M P Nidhidh Krishna Electronics & B Sudharsan Dr K Vasanthamani Secured Electronics voting 4 Communication V Rishi Tharun Mr M Alagappan system using blockchain Engineering M Surya Arvindh T Rashid Ahamed Meeran Robotics and Human Bipedal with 5 F Mohamed Nabeel Mr A R Ramakrishnan Automation Adaptive Center of Gravity Deen M Siva Engineering E Abinash M R Aafrin Instrumentation Solar based farming J Aghaladharshni 6 Ms A Angelin Rajathi and Control technology to increase T Venkateshwari Engineering productivity S Mathan Kumar Extraction and application Textile 7 R Surya Dr M Senthil Kumar of hair fiber keratin on Engineering cellulosic material F Mohammed Development of light Thameezudeen weight combat helmets Textile 8 K Nandhini Dr A Vijayan using UHMWPE and Engineering J Abisha carbon Fibers with reduced S Harina Blunt Trauma Information Smart Grid Security using 9 B Santhiya Dr K Anitha Kumari Technology fully homorphic encryption Gowtham Computer Blockchain based 10 Venkatesan Dr S Lovelyn Rose Science and autonomous drone system Sujjad Ahmed Salaria Engineering Fabrication of cost effective, B.Amritha 11 Mr S S Subramanian Applied Science robust anti fungal super K.Vaisali hydrophobic coating 25
45th Year 1973 BE Annual Reunion Batch Alumni Alumni News Reunions The 45th year Annual Reunion of 1973 BE Batch was celebrated on 9th June, 2018 at PSG Tech Campus. 50 Alumni along with their 2019 family members attended the reunion. 1973 BE Batch 45th year Annual Reunion 35th Year 1983 BE 1983 Batch 35th Reunion was held on 3rd & 4th August 2018 at Kumarakom. About 69 alumni along with their Annual Reunion Batch family members totalling 137 attended the reunion. 1983 Batch Reunion General 1982 BE Reunion Batch The 1982 BE Batch met on 3rd & 4th August, 2018 in Kodaikanal. About 55 Alumni along with their family members totalling 120 members attended the reunion. 26 1982 Batch Reunion
The 1993 MCA Batch Silver Jubilee Reunion was held Silver Jubilee 1993 MCA on 29th June, 2018 at PSG College of Technology. 20 Reunion Batch Alumni along with their family members attended the reunion. On this occasion of the Silver jubilee Reunion, an endowment fund of Rs.1,50,000 Lakhs was instituted. The interest accrued from the deposit will be Alumni distributed to needy and deserving students of MCA. N e w s 2019 1993 MCA Batch Silver Jubilee Reunion Silver Jubilee 1993 B.Sc. CT 1993 B.Sc Computer Technology Silver Jubilee Reunion was held on 5th July, 2018. About 20 alumni Reunion Batch members participated inthe reunion. 1993 Diploma Batch Silver Jubilee Reunion was held Silver Jubilee 1993 Diploma on July 14th and 15th 2018. About 130 Alumni and a Reunion Batch total of 250 members participated in the reunion. On this occasion of the Silver jubilee Reunion, an endowment fund of Rs.1.25 Lakhs was instituted. The interest accrued from the deposit will be distributed to needy and deserving students of PSG Polytechnic College. 27 1993 Diploma Batch Silver Jubilee Reuinon
Silver Jubilee 1993 B.Sc. Applied Reunion Science Batch 1993 B.Sc Applied Science Silver Jubilee Reunion was held on 14th July, 2018. About 40 members participated Alumni in the reunion. On the occasion of this Silver Jubilee Reunion, an Endowment Fund of Rs.6.5 Lakhs has been N e w s established. The annual interest accumulated from this fund will be spent for 'Annual Applied Sciences Day.' 2019 1993 B.Sc Applied Science Silver Jubilee Reunion Silver Jubilee 1993/1994 1993/1994 BE Batch Silver Jubilee reunion was held on Reunion BE Batch 27th July 2018, Around 210 members participated in the reunion. Endowment fund of Rs.10.5 Lakhs towards scholarship was instituted. 28 1993 /1994 BE Batch Silver Jubilee reunion
Diamond Jubilee 1958 Reunion Batch 1958 Batch Diamond Jubilee reunion was held on 10th August, 2018 and about 16 alumni and a total of 35 members participated in the reunion. On this occasion of the Diamond jubilee Reunion, an endowment fund Alumni of Rs.2,40,600 Lakhs was instituted. News 2019 1958 Diamond Jubilee Reunion Golden Jubilee 1968 BE 1968 BE Batch Golden Jubilee reunion was held on 29th September 2018 at Yercaud and about 52 alumni along Reunion Batch with their family members amounting to a total of 250 participated in the reunion. Golden Jubilee 1972 BE Reunion Batch 1972 batch with 25 families had a get together at LMF Paradise, Kothagiri during 27th – 29th Aug 2018. 29
Golden Jubilee 1974 BE Entry Reunion Batch Alumni 1974 BE Batch Golden Entry Jubilee reunion was held on 8 February 2019. 40 alumni along with their family th members amounting to a total of 90 participated in the reunion. News 2019 30th 1988 MCA Reunion Batch 1988 MCA Batch 30th Reunion was held on 11th January 2019 in F-201 Hall, PSG Tech Campus. About 20 members participated. 1988 MCA Batch Reunion Alumni Overseas Reunions Chapters Dr.B.Ramamoorthy, Academic Advisor, PSG Institutions, Dr R Nadarajan, Professor & Head, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Applications, PSG College of Technology, Dr T G Vijaya, Director (I/c), PSG Institute of Management, Dr B Vinod, Professor & Head, Department of Robotics and Automation, PSG College of Technology and Dr J Kanchana, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology participated in the following overseas Alumni Reunions: San Francisco Bay – Alumni meet was organized at San Francisco Bay area, USA on 16th March 2019. 30 About 300 members attended the meet.
Alumni News 2019 Alumni meet organized at San Francisco Bay area, USA Seattle – Alumni meet was organized at Seattle, USA on 17th March 2019. About 90 members attended the meet. Alumni meet organized at Seattle , USA New Jersey – Alumni meet was organized at New Jersey, USA on 23rd March 2019. About 60 members attended the meet. Detroit – Alumni meet was organized at Detroit, USA on 23rd March 2019. About 10 members attended the meet. Boston – Alumni meet was organized at Boston, USA on 24th March 2019. About 40 members attended the meet. Washington DC – Alumni meet was organized at Washington DC, USA on 31st March 2019. Dr R Nadarajan, Professor & Head, Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Applications, PSG College of Technology and Dr J Kanchana, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology were present for the event. About 40 members attended the meet. 31
Activities @ Alumni News Various Chapters 2019 Chennai Chapter ● The AGM for 2018 was held on 29th September at Greenpark, Vadapalani. 110 alumni attended this meeting. ● Chennai chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent test on 2nd October 2018 at Anna University. About 48 Students from 10 Schools participated in this test. ● A Family get together and picnic was organised on 27th January 2019 at Camp Gloria, Chennai. About 120 members including Alumni and family members participated in the event. ● A Talk Show on “DNA of Successful Entrepreneur” was held on 23rd March 2019 at Kaar Technologies, Chennai by Mr.Srikanth (BE’88 Mech), Consultant Entrepreneur. About 25 Alumni members attended the event. 32
Karnataka Chapter ● A Family get together at the residence of Mr. V. Govindasamy, an alumnus, was arranged on 20th May 2018. Members from 7 families attended and enjoyed the meet. ● A meeting was conducted at the residence of Alumni Mr. V. Govindasamy on 21st Dec 2018 to discuss News formation of a new Bengaluru chapter with 2019 mostly of younger Alumni from 2001 batch (BE and MCA) onwards. ● A family get together was organized at Domlur Club near Indiranagar on 5th Feb 2019 with the help of Alumnus, Dr. C. Gajendran. The family members enjoyed the meet with memory of old film songs shared by ladies and gents. ● A Family get together was arranged at the residence of Mr. S. Pongiannan, Chairman, on 10th Mar 2019. Variety of lunch items prepared in the alumni houses were brought and shared. As part of entertainment, Thambola was conducted by Mrs. Vasantha Govindasamy. Members from 10 family attended and enjoyed the meet. Activities of Karnataka Chapter Hosur Chapter ● The AGM for 2018-2019 was held at Maaniya Resort, Shoolagiri on 7th October 2018. Around 110 members attended the meeting. Dr.R.Rudramoorthy,Principal,PSG College of Technology attended the meet. • Mr.Vivekananda, COO of TITAN, delivered a lecture on ‘Industry 4.0’on 8th January 2019. Around 40 entrepreneurs, Hosur Chapter Alumni members and Industrialists attended the programme. • Hosur Chapter Alumni members went for a trip to Yercaud during 18th & 19th January 2019. Activities of Hosur Chapter 33
Alumni News 2019 Activities of Hosur Chapter Bengaluru Chapter Formation The Bengaluru Chapter was launched on 20th January 2019 by Dr. R. Rudramoorthy, Principal, CT and Mr. LKM Adhi participated in the event. As an interim arrangement, 3 office bearers in the capacity of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer were elected to officiate the Bengaluru Chapter. Inauguration of Bengaluru Chapter New Office Bearers of Bengaluru Chapter: Chairman : Mr. N. Shyam Kumar, 1988-1993 SW Mech Secretary : Mr. M. Amarnath, 2001-2004 MCA Batch Treasurer : Mr. S. Senapathi, 1993-1996 MCA Batch Participants during Bengaluru Chapter Inauguration Madurai Chapter ● PSG Tech Talent Test was conducted at Madurai Meenakshi Matric Hr. Sec School campus on 2nd October 2018. About 90 Students from 20 schools participated and certificates were issued on the same day. The winners of the PSG Tech Talent Test were invited to participate in the Annual Day to get their certificates. 34
Alumni News 2019 Activities of Madurai Chapter Trivandrum Chapter ● Trivandrum Chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent test on 2nd October 2018. 12 schools participated in this test out of which 46 students were from English medium and 5 students were from Tamil medium. ● Trivandrum Chapter organised the Executive Committee Meeting on 28th March 2019 at the residence of Dr. P. Ramesh Narayanan,Secretary,Trivandrum Chapter. About 6 members attended the meeting. Activities of Trivandrum Chapter 35
Hyderabad Chapter ● Hyderabad Chapter Inauguration was held on 7.04.2018 at Red Fox Lemon Tree Hotel, Financial District, Gachibowli. About 50 Alumni attended the event. Alumni News 2019 ● Hyderabad Chapter Executive Committee Meeting was held on 16.06.2018 at Chit Chat Chai. The meeting was attended by Mr. Krishnakumar R Sennar, Chairman, Mr. Krishnan Ganesan, Secretary, Mr. Arul Balasubramanian, Joint Secretary and Mr. Sumer Mal Jain, Treasurer. ● Hyderabad Chapter Annual General Body Meeting was held on 21.07.2018 at the Community Hall of Harivillu Apartments, Lakshmi Priya Nagar, Manikonda, Hyderabad. About 30 Alumni attended the meeting. Mr. Leela Kumar Kaza, Vice Chairman gave an interactive live presentation on Entrepreneurship. Mr. Navin, a Young Alumni from Bangalore spoke on ‘Stand Up,’ a thought provoking speech for young Alumni graduating out of college. Mr. Sriram, HR Manager, Arcesium India Private Limited and our Alumni spoke on Personality Development. Other Alumni also shared their experience and contributed for the benefit of all Alumni. 36
● Hyderabad Chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent test on 2nd October 2018. About 40 students from 7 schools participated in this test. Alumni News 2019 Neyveli Chapter ● Neyveli Chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent Test on 2nd October 2018 at Jawahar Hr. Sec. School. About 42 students from 7 schools participated in this test. Salem Chapter ● Salem Chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent Test at Thiagarajar Polytechnic College on 2nd October 2018. About 72 students from 13 schools participated in this test. Trichy Chapter ● Trichy Chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent Test at BHEL Matriculation Hr. Sec School on 2nd October 2018. About 71 students from 14 schools participated in this test. Tirupur Chapter ● Tirupur Chapter organized the PSG Tech Talent Test at Veveaham Hr. Sec. School on 2nd October 2018. About 39 students from 8 schools participated in this test. 37
PSG College of Technology News Alumni News Academic 2019 ● At present PSG College of Technology offers 21 UG, 42 PG and PhD programmes. ● The overall student strength of the college stands at 8447 which includes 3150 girl students. ● A total strength of 5700 students stay in the hostel, of which 1900 are girl students. ● PSG College of Technology is able to perform exceedingly well with the dedicated service of 596 teaching faculty and 389 supporting staff. Accreditation During this academic year four UG programmes, namely, ECE, Metallurgy, Production and Textile technology were accredited. As on date, 30 programmes (15 UG and 15 PG) are accredited out of 44 programmes which are eligible for accreditation. ● The College has been accredited for the first time with 'A' Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), New Delhi. ● The College has been ranked at 44th place under Engineering College category and 76th place in overall category by NIRF, MHRD, New Delhi. ● The Institute of Management has been ranked at 37th place under Management School category by NIRF, MHRD, New Delhi. R&D ● PSG CT has been identified by AICTE as one among 59 nodal centres for selection of full time PhD students under its new scheme. ● All the departments of the college are recognized for Doctoral research work. At present 554 part time and 217 full time scholars are pursuing their PhD programmes at PSG College of Technology. During this year, 61 scholars have obtained their PhD degrees. ● Faculty have published more than 590 papers in National and International Journals and conferences. ● Six (6) International Conference, Eight (8) National Conferences, forty five (45) National Workshops and Seminars and seventy five (75) Faculty Development Programmes and Short Term Programmes were organized this year. ● 11 MoUs were signed with various organizations facilitating student training, staff training, consultancy, joint projects, etc. ● Equipment worth rupees 4.7 crores were added during the year. ● 14 research projects with a total funding of Rs.7.6 crores were sanctioned by various organizations like AICTE, UGC, DST, DBT, SERB, NRB IEI, BIRAC and DHI to PSG College of Technology during this academic year. ● More than 850 organisations used the services of PSG College of Technology faculty for training through continuing education programmes, testing and consultancy services, through which more than Rs.3 crores revenue was generated. ● During this current year, 1954 UG students received scholarships from different Government and other agencies amounting to a total value of rupees Two crores and Five lakhs. Gate Stipend of Rs. One Crore and Forty Four Lakhs were sanctioned to 194 PG students. ● Sri Shiv Nadar, an Alumnus of PSG Tech and Founder of HCL, has instituted GRD Centenary Scholarship. Every year four students, two boys and two girls, are receiving Rs.1.1 lakh per year per student for four years from first year onwards. At present 16 students are receiving Rs.21,60,490 under Shiv Nadar scholarship. ● Cognizant Foundation awarded scholarship for 4 students at Rs.45,000/- per annum per student for four years. 38 ● The overall pass percentage of the students in 2018 end semester examinations was 92.24.
Placement Activities Eight hundred and thirty five (835) Engineering and Science students have been placed out of 1297 opted, in 110 companies during the academic year 2018-19 as on 24.04.2019. Alumni News Student Activities 2019 ● The Students Union and affiliated clubs conducted events like KRIYA 2019, INTRAMS, Blood donation camps, NSS & NCC activities (etc.) with flying colours. ● Baja SAEINDIA is an annual event conducted every year by SAEINDIA at Pithampur, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. A group of 24 students along with one faculty attended the event between 22nd and 27th January 2019. Our team reached 8th position out of 581 teams. NSS ● NSS team has bagged various awards under Anna University. The best NSS programme officer award was received by Dr.C.Veeramani, ‘Best NSS Volunteer Award’ by Ms.N.S.Varshini and Mr.P.Palaniappan. ● A seven day special camp was held at five villages during December 2018 and nearly 270 volunteers participated. NCC ● The strength of Army wing of NCC has been raised from fifty two (52) to one hundred and eight (108) and has been made Battalion Headquarter Company. The overall cadet strength in the college is 276 and all 40 regular parades were conducted. International Yoga Day, Seminar on Swatch Bharath and Waste management, Voters Day Awareness Rally were organized by NCC team. ● Cadets have attended Annual Training and centrally organized Camps. Cadet Parambveer Shringa and Cadet V Mounikha attended Republic Day 2019 Camp at Delhi and took part in Rajpath March past and Prime Minister Rally besides participating in various National Level Competitions. Major Dr.M.D.Kannan, Company Commander, Infantry Wing NCC has been adjudged as ‘Best NCC Officer‘ by NCC Coimbatore Group and awarded ‘Award of Excellence’ by Tamilnadu, Pondicherry and Andaman Nicobar and Directorate, Chennai. Sports Activities and Functions organised by Students ● PSG College of Technology won the Anna University Zone - 9 Overall Championship by winning many titles. In the men section Basketball, Chess, Kho-kho and Tennis teams won the winners title. Women teams won the Badminton and Chess titles. ● In the Anna University Inter Zonal tournaments, Tennis men team secured second place. In the 9th CENTIES Championship, men team won the Handball and Chess titles; runners in Basketball; Women team won the Badminton title and were runners in Chess game. Library ● Nearly two lakh and forty seven thousand five hundred and seventy seven books (2,47,577) are available in our Library. In addition, 10 International journals and 239 Indian journals are being subscribed in the library. ● Subscription to online journals, database and purchase of books for a worth of Rs.125 lakhs was done during this academic year. 39
Retiring from Service 2018-2019 The following staff have retired from the College in the year 2018-2019. Alumni ● Dr P Gopalakrishnan, Professor Metallurgical Engineering ● Dr V Balusamy, Professor (CAS) Metallurgical Engineering News ● Dr A R Lakshmanan, Professor (CAS) Mechanical Engineering 2019 ● Thiru M Ramakrishnan, Mazdoor Grade - I (Selection Grade) General Maintenance ● Thiru K Aruljothi, Assistant Electrical & Electronics Engineering ● Tmt V Sarasu, Sweeper (Special Grade) General Maintenance ● Thiru P Dharuman, Mazdoor Grade-II (Special Grade) Accounts ● Thiru R Karthikeyan, Artisan Grade - I, Electrical & Electronics Engineering ● Thiru R Soundararajan, Artisan Grade - (Selection Grade) ● Thiru P Nagarajan, Laboratory Assistant (Selection Grade) ● Thiru K Arumugam, Mazdoor Grade II, (Special Grade) Electrical & Electronics Engineering 25 Years of Service The following staff have completed 25 years of Service: ● Dr. P.R. Thyla, Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG CT. ● Dr. M.D. Kannan, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Physics, PSG CT. ● Dr. R. Manavalan, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications, PSG CT. ● Dr. J. Kanagaraj, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, PSG CT. ● Tmt. C. Lalitha, Accountant, Accounts Section, PSG CT. ● Tmt. P. Pachiyammal, Office Assistant (Special Grade), Main Office, PSG CT. PSG POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE NEWS PSG Polytechnic College conducts totally 15 Diploma Programmes with an overall student strength of 1751 which includes 229 girl students. During this year, Scholarships to 267 Polytechnic students to a tune of about Rs.15,53,775 was provided through Government of Tamilnadu and other sources of funding. Equipment worth Rs 38 lakhs have been added during this year. This year, six staff members have been awarded with Doctorate Degree. Awards ● Dr. B. Giriraj , Principal was awarded the ISTE National Award for BEST POLYTECHNIC PRINCIPAL for the year 2018. ● Dr. S. Sharmila, HoD, Electronics & Communication Engineering received the BEST TEACHER AWARD from the PSG Institution on 05 Sept 2018. ● Lt.A.Kathiresan, NCC officer received the BEST NCC OFFICER from Coimbatore group NCC Instituted 40 by DG NCC Chennai for the year 2018.
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