AVCE students win 3 awards at TAFE, Innovista Project competition

Innovista is a Project competition for engineering students organised by TAFE ( Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited ) to promote a scientific and creative attitude among young engineering minds. TAFE is an Indian tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, with an annual turnover of INR 93 billion (2014-15). The third-largest tractor manufacturer in the world and the second largest in India by volumes, TAFE wields about 25% market share of the Indian tractor industry with a sale of over 150,000 tractors (domestic and international) annually.

TAFE conducted the 3rd edition of its Annual Flagship innovation event “ Innovista” on 5th January 2017 at its factory premises in Chennai. The project contest was basically in 3 major streams Agriculture, Engineering and Automobile. About 100+ team projects were exhibited for the contest from all over from Tamil Nadu and puducherry. Students from eminent colleges such as PSG tech, SSN college of engineering and Thiagarajar College of Engineering participated in the event. 3 student teams from Annai Vailankanni college of Engineering have participated and contested in all three categories. IOT based Smart Garbage collector in Engineering category, IOT based Smart Agricultural monitoring system in agriculture category and Sporty E bike under Automobile category.

As a reward for the hardwork and determination shown by our students, all the three projects have got awards. The IOT based Smart Agricultural monitoring system won the "Best Agro based project award". The “Outstanding Project Award” was bagged by IOT based Smart Garbage collector and the “Best Auto Solution Award” was bagged by the sporty E Bike.

AVCE is proud of the achievements of its students and staff members and it congratulates them for future success in their endeavours.

Inauguration of Bosch joint Automotive Training Program

Based on our prime minister Shri. Narendra Modi's initiative Skill India, we at AVCE are committed to the enhancement of our student skills so that they are readily employable in the industry. In-line with this objective, we reached another milestone in our history. 

Exchange of MOU

AVCE and Bosch Ltd., a leading supplier of technology and services in the areas of 
Automobile Technology, Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, Energy and Building Technology, joined hands to launch the 'Bosch Automotive Joint Certification Program.' We are the first Engineering College in southern Tamil Nadu to have this world class certification program. Students applying to this program will have access to a state of the art Bosch training center classroom and a modern automotive workshop with Bosch equipment inside our College premises. This program was inaugurated on 19.10.2015 by Ms. Sumeeta Suresh, Product Management and Marketing, Automotive Service Solutions, Bosch Limited and Ms. Shweta Wali, Deputy Manager, Technical Service  & Support, Bosch Limited.

               

Bosch Training classroom

Bosch automotive workshop

Bosch automotive workshop

Following the inauguration ceremony, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between AVCE and Bosch Limited. Ms. Sumeeta Suresh, delivered a talk about the Industry - Institute Collaboration and the skill gap measures. She stated the importance of skill development in India and also quoted the vision of Shri. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India. Ms. Shweta Wali threw light on Bosch Automotive Training Program at several places and their outcome. The speaker quoted that there are 50 million passenger cars in India at present and it would be doubled in 2020. hence, the industry of Automobile Engineering needs skilled Engineers and leaders. This was followed by the explanation about AVCE – Bosch joint Automotive Training Program by Mr. Sriram, Project Marketing Manager for Automotive Diagnostic Equipment, Automotive Service Solutions, Bosch Limited. Dr. Leenus Jesu Martin, The head of the Department of Automobile Engineering, SRM Engineering College and a member of Governing council of AVCE, felicitated the gathering and advised the students to utilize the training program effectively. He emphasized on the confidence that a skilled training would provide and also stated that AVCE would be recognized as a regional center for skill development in a couple of years.