Annai Vailankanni College Of Engineering bags the Anna University Patent Award

Anna University honors few colleges in Tamil Nadu for their contribution to the society and technology through patented projects. AVCE is proud to say that it is one among the top three engineering colleges in the southern region in terms of patent rights. Honoring this achievement, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Anna University awarded the Intellectual Property award-2019 on technology day to AVCE. The award was received by Mr. Gaswin Kastro, Professor of AVCE, and Dr. D. Peter Jesudhas, Chairman of AVCE from A. Sivathanu Pillai, Founder-CEO and Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd, in the presence of Prof. M.K. Surappa, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University.

The first patent right was for the Solar Tricycle for fish vending women. This project was the fruit of joint collaboration of AVCE and IEEE California, USA. This socio-economic project involves designing and developing a solar tricycle which can be operated by fish vending women themselves, thereby helping in the transportation of their commodities at less cost. The second patent right was for coir pith drying machine, which was funded by an industry as part of industry-institute collaboration.

AVCE is a growing institution in terms of technology oriented development carrying out various socially relevant projects. AVCE fervently hopes that with the right blend of creativity and technology, engineering can be used to serve the common man at affordable cost.

IEEE Seminar on Applications of Magnetic Design

Avce Student Branch of IEEE in collaboration with IEEE ADSF SIGHT organized a one day seminar on “Applications of Magnetic Design” on 3-10-2018. Dr.Daniel Lottis, Principal Engineer, Western Digital, California and Chairman, IEEE SIGHT was the resource person for the seminar. 

Nearly fifty students and faculty from department of ECE participated in the seminar. The seminar enabled the attendees to understand the importance of magnetic design. It also made them know modern magnetic materials and to learn different techniques currently employed in the industry for magnetic design. 

Two days faculty development program on Remote Sensing & GIS held at AVCE

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering in association with AVCE student branch of IEEE and IEEE ADSF SIGHT conducted two days faculty development programme/ workshop on remote sensing and GIS on 14th and 15th of September 2018.  Dr. Alaguraja, Assistant professor, Department of ECE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai was the resource person for  the  program.

This program aimed at exposing remote sensing methodologies, tools and GIS software to the faculties, research scholars and students. It enabled them to understand the close relation between remote sensing projects and social development. More than sixty participants including faculty and students from various departments got benefited from the program.

There were totally six sessions such as remote sensing concepts, satellite image processing, remote sensing projects, GIS concepts and case studies, Demo on ENVI software and hands on session on QGIS software.

The program was convened by Mr. G. Gaswin Kastro HOD, ECE and coordinated by Mr. J. Arockia Prince, AP, ECE and other faculties of ECE department of AVCE.

Hands on Workshop on Big Data Technologies

Each day the mankind is generating quintillions of data. These data arrive from sensors, social media posts, digital cameras, mobile phones etc. These huge amount of data is highly varied and complex in structure and therefore hard to analyze using traditional computing methods. We call this as big data. Industries have understood that analyzing this big data will give them valuable insights to develop their businesses in various ways. Today Big Data has become the hottest topic among industries. Data engineers are being offered most attractive salaries now-a-days.

Having understood the importance of Big Data concept the IEEE Student Branch of Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering, Kanyakumari, decided to organize a one day hands on workshop on Big Data technologies to the students. The workshop was conducted on 28^th August 2017. Eighty two students from various colleges participated in this workshop. Praveen Jesudhas, Senior Data Engineer from Tiger Analytics, Chennai provided hands on training to the attendees. The workshop was convened by Mr. G. Gaswin Kastro, HOD/ECE & IEEE SB Counselor and Mr. Pearlson David, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Department.

Technology Introduction program held for fishermen along with IEEE ADSF SIGHT

The AVCE Student Branch of IEEE jointly organized a Technology Introduction Program with IEEE ADSF SIGHT at Thoothoor on 10-04-2017. In the program a newly developed mobile app called “Fishers' Guide” was introduced to the fishermen of Thoothoor. The functioning of the app which is in the development stage was explained to the fishermen and the fishermen suggested inclusion of some additional features. Mr. I. Tamil Selvan, Chairman of the branch welcomed the gathering. Mr.Vincent Jain, Chairman of IEEE ADSF SIGHT and Mr. G. Gaswin Kastro, AVCE SB Counselor also addressed the gathering.

Students of Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering has been developing a mobile application called “Fishers' Guide”. This app can be used by the fishermen to know the weather, potential fishing zones, wind speed and other parameters. This app is being designed such that the users can be monitored from the shore. This will help the users to get assistance soon at the time of distress and other critical situations. This program enabled interaction between the fishermen and the app developers. The fishermen found the app to be much useful and suggested some more features to be included in the app. The app was installed in the mobiles of fishermen so that they can be monitored during their voyages. This program was also helpful for the app developers to make their final design more efficient.

Reported by

Mr.G.Gaswin Kastro,
IEEE SB Counselor,
Annai Vailankanni College of Engg.,
Kanyakumari.

IEEE SIGHT Supported APJ KALAM MODEL BOAT Launched by Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering

Annai Vailankanni College of Engineering (AVCE) students and staff built a scale down model boat with the technical support of South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS) at their Boat building and Research Centre, Veli, Trivandrum. The base design of the boat was prepared by Mr. Renju, a Naval Architect from  International Shipping Bureau (ISB) The Six feet length boat with good wheel house, fish hold, kitchen, toilet, water tank, fuel tank, facilities for storing fishing equipments, separate place for crew resting, lights, signal lights, provision for keeping GPS, Fish finder, CC Cams, indicators etc.

The work was supervised by the members of the Association of Deep Sea Going Artisanal Fishermen (ADSGAF). This boat is named as “APJ KALAM MODEL BOAT” after the great scientist Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.


The boat operation was demonstrated on the 14th of November, 2015 at the Ananthan Bridge, Nagercoil in the presence of general public ADSGAF members, students and others. The demo was lead by Mr. Maria Victor, Correspondent, and Prof. Rahul of AVCE.Students-Kumanan, ThamizhSelvan, Deepak, AjithKumar, Siva, Aju, Maria Priston and Jino were the active participants of this project.

AVCE wins Research grant from IEEE ADSF SIGHT

Since our Inception in 2008, it has been one of our important objectives to add value to the society. In line with this idea, our staff and students have completed multiple projects having socio-economic values. It is happy to record that our students are selected to undertake various Humanitarian Technology Projects connected with fisheries by IEEE Artisanal Deep Sea Fishers SIGHT.

AVCE team with Mr. Vincent Jain

For about a year the students and faculty of AVCE have been working under the guidance of Mr. J. Vincent Jain, CE of ADSGAF and Chair, IEEE ADSF SIGHT to identify the problems faced by the fishermen. The identified problems were studied diligently by our faculty and student members and appropriate engineering solutions to tackle the problems were evolved. The following are some of the ongoing projects.

• Man Overboard Detection System using PIR Sensors
• LED Illumination for Fishing Boats
• Longline Cut Detection System
• Solar Powered Tricycle for Fish Vending Women

Man Overboard Detection System using PIR Sensors

Man overboard is the scenario where the fisherman fall off the boat while fishing. In these situations, if the other crew members are not alerted immediately it may result in the loss of a life. As per a study conducted by South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS) in 2009, 63 man overboard accidents had been reported from 2000 to 2007 in Tamil Nadu. Many devices are already found to detect the man overboard situations but they are neglected by the fishermen due to the cost factor. Moreover, some of the devices are found to be non-automatic where in the victim should operate the safety device to generate alarm to his crew.

At AVCE, we are designing a cost effective system which can automatically detect man overboard situations with the help of PIR sensors. The PIR sensors detect the fisherman falling off the boat and helps in raising the necessary alarm. They are cost effective and provide an automated solution to the man overboard problem. A prototype was already designed and presented in the conference “First Consultation on Safe Boat Design and Boat Building to FAO Standards” and now the project is in the stage of implementation.

LED Illumination for Fishing Boats

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recommended proper illumination in fishing vessels for its safety. To prevent marine accidents while fishing, proper illumination is highly important. Nowadays in fishing boats incandescent lamps and fluorescent lamps, powered by diesel engine of the boat are used. The current illumination system in the boat are high fuel consuming and are hazardous for the fishermen. To reduce the fuel consumption, Our students are planning for illumination using LED luminaries. LEDs offer many other advantages in contrast to the conventional luminaries such as less toxic emissions, compactness, directional lighting etc. Illumination are being planned based on various factors such as the area of work, Type of work done, Materials of floor and walls etc. Outcome of this project will offer an effective illumination system on par with the industrial standards.

Longline Cut Detection System

Longline is a technique used by fishermen in fishing. This technique employs a longline, which is a long rope to which various baited hooks will be attached. This rope is called main line. The main line may get cut due to several reasons, mainly when it is over sailed by a propeller boat. During such accidents, the fishermen has to loose the longline along with the  fishes caught. We have designed a wired technique to detect longline cut. The design includes a microcontroller fixed on board. The microcontroller will check the continuity of the longline by sending a signal through a wire loop spanning along the entire long line. If the longline is cut, the signal will be disturbed which triggers an alarm.

Solar Powered Tricycle for Fish Vending Women

Fabricate specially designed three wheeler vehicle which will be operated in solar power for carrying fish to a short distant market. Since transportation fish from the first point of sale to another point of sale is a major problem, this vehicle may help them to overcome the problem to a certain extend. The fish vending women also need not wait for bus and they also will reach at the destination on time. The solar tricycle mainly consists of Solar panel, Brushless DC motor, Battery, Charge controller and Throttle.