National Level Student Convention and Project Exhibition on Industrial Internet of Things(IIOT – 2K18)

Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management (SMVITM), Bantakal, under the aegis of the Student Chapters of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Internet of Things (IoT) Club and IEEE student branch organized a National Level Student Convention/Project Exhibition on Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT – 2K18) at the institute premises on 27th October 2018.  40 teams from various Engineering colleges across the state exhibited their project models in the event.
The Convention cum Exhibition was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Rathan Rao Pathur, Chief Technical Officer, Tayana Software Solutions, Bengaluru and the Guest of honor Mr. Krishnaraja, Director, Infosys Technologies, Mangaluru along with Dr. Radhakrishna S. Aithal, GC Member, Shri Sode Vadiraja Mutt Education Trust (SSVMET) who presided over the function. Prof. Dr. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Principal and Dr. Vasudeva, Convener – IIoT 2K18 were also the dignitaries on the dais.
Rakesh Shiriyara, CISCO Systems India Pvt. Ltd. , Shreepad Hebbar, Principal Architect, Robosoft Technologies, Udupi, Chandrakanth Sakharwade, Scientist, Pavitra Nayak, Alumni of SMVITM and Software Engineer, Manipal Dot Net, Manipal and Siju V Soman, Former Asst. Professor of SMVITM, Chandrashekar Rao Kuthyar, Lead Consultant of SangamOne Pvt. Ltd. were the jury members for Project Exhibition and Student Convention respectively, who were also present during the function.
The event began with an invocation from Ms. Sahana Udupa, Final Year CSE. Prof. Dr. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Principal welcomed the gathering and Mr. Shrivishnu, IIoT Student Coordinator, Final Year CSE proposed the vote of thanks. Ms. Divyashree compared the program.

Valedictory ceremony  was held at the institute premises in the evening on 27^th October 2018.

Dr. Prashanth Bhat Chief Technical Officer, Manipal Dot Net, Manipal, participated as the chief guest for the function and distributed the prizes.

Prof. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Principal of the institute presided over the function. Dr. K K Srinivasan, Professor, Department of Chemistry was distributed the prizes for the winners of coding competition.

The event began with an invocation from Ms. Chinmayi V Kulkarni, Final Year CSE. Ms. Samanvitha Bhagavath, IIoT Student Coordinator, Final Year CSE  welcomed the gathering. Ms. Raksha Final year CSE introduced the chief guest. Dr. Vasudeva, Convener-IIoT 2K18 delivered the vote of thanks.

Among the 40 participants who took part in IIoT-2K18, five teams were rewarded for their projects.

First prize was bagged by

Deepak Nayak,Ullas,Sourabh Shetty and Abhijith Serigara of second year.

Second prize was bagged by

Yahya Asadi,Poojary Shubham and C Gagan Babu of second year.

Three teams secured consolation prize:

1.) Shetty Latish Bhaskar ,Mahesh Acharya and Reevan Nelson Lobo of fourth year;

2.) Preetham , Harish Acharya ,Shrivathsa Acharya and Nikhilesh of first year;

3.) Vimitha,Y V  Sneha ,Vaishali and Rieona Fernandes of third year.