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The Sixth Graduation Ceremony of Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Wandongri, Nagpur after gaining the autonomous status was held at Shri Datta Meghe Auditorium, YCCE Campus, Nagpur on 29th February, 2020.

Hon’ble Shri Devendraji Fadnavis, Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,    Ex-Chief Minister, Maharashtra State was  Chief Guest on the occasion, Hon’ble Shri Dattaji Meghe, Chairman, Board of Management, YCCE presided over the function. Other dignitaries were also eminently present on the dias. The Graduation Ceremony covered passed out graduands of 7 UG programmes and 9 PG programmes of batch 2018-19.

YCCE, conferred 18 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 bronze medals and 3 citations and special medal in the name of Late Dr. Shekhar D. Bhole and Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Das to the graduate and post-graduate toppers of 2018-19 batch in the 6th Graduation ceremony on Saturday. During the ceremony Gold Medals, Silver Medals and Bronze Medals were awarded to the Topper students of UG and PG programmes based on their CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average). Also Overall Toppers from B.E., M. Tech. batch, including Females Toppers and most outstanding students have been selected.

The Hon'ble Chief Guest joined the procession with ceremoniously preceded to the auditorium, led by Registrar Dr. P. K. Dakhole, of the Institution, holding 'Rajdand' in his hand. All the dignitaries occupied their seats on the dais and the ceremonial 'Rajdand' was placed by the Registrar, depicting the formal ceremonial beginning of the Graduation ceremony.

Amongst the other prominent dignitaries, all BOM members including, Dr. Ram Nibudey, Dr. SatishWate, Dr. S.R. Choudhary, Shri Gulabrao R. Thakare, and Dr. P.B. Bahatkar & Prof. S.S. Akant attended the proceedings.

The Principal invited the Chairman of various BOS, to call the graduate students of their discipline who have been certified to receive Degree of RTM Nagpur University. While the M.Tech students of all programmes were called by Dr. P.K. Dakhole, Registrar, YCCE. The Chairman, BOM, ShriDattajiMeghe then administered the pledge to all Graduands.

Dr. U. P. Waghe, while welcoming the dignitaries and students, highlighted the achievements of YCCE and various efforts taken for strengthening the quality of education.  In his speech, he stated that 1197 UG students and 186 PG students have passed out from the institute from the 2018-19 batch. More than 70% students from the batch have been placed in reputed Software and Core industries. Numerous students have also opted for higher studies in reputed institutes of India and abroad. 

As a Chief Guest of Ceremony Shri Devendraji Fadnavis, Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Ex-Chief Minister, Maharashtra State laid emphasis that today in the world of technology the big data is changing our lives like anything and development of new sustainable technologies should be adopted to bring the desired changes.

He has also given emphasis that getting degree alone will not make a person graduate but how meaningfully they contribute that knowledge to the society, makes a lot of difference and urge students to contribute meaningfully to the society.

He shared his experience and wisdom and lauded the efforts of the college and congratulated the YCCE on shaping the students well to face and excel in the outer world. He also wished luck to the students and faculty members for more such success in future.

Ms. Dhvani M. Kothari – BE Computer Technology was awarded with Late Dr. ShekharD.Bhole overall topper for B.E Degree Program and for being topper of Computer Technology BE Program Batch 2018-19 and overall female topper of 2018-19.

Mr. Shubham Bawaskar BE was awarded with Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Das - medal for Most outstanding student Award B.E. Degree Batch 2018-19 and received Gold medal and citation.

Mr. Sanket Gajanan Padishalwar was awarded Gold medal for being topper of M.Tech in Structural Engineering program in 2018-19 and citation for being the overall topper of post graduate students of 2018-19.

The Induction Programme ‘Aarohan’ 2019 was organized at Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, for the B.E. first year students admitted   in the academic session 2019-2020.The Programme was graced with the presence of Hon’ble Shri.Datttaji Meghe, Chairman, NYSS. He motivated students and asked them to enhance their skills. The Chairman also motivated students by distributing Laptop to the topper students of academic session 2018-19. The Principal of YCCE, Dr. U.P. Waghe, welcomed the students and briefed them about the initiative and collaboration of the institution. The Dean Academic Matters, Dr. A.V. Bapat was also present for the occasion.  Prof. A B. Thatere, the B.E. first year Co-ordinator proposed the vote of thanks. Prof. Prof. N.K Thakre took efforts to turn the programme successfully.

A Special Orientation Programme on Autonomy was organized for the parents of B.E. first year students admitted in the session 2019-20 on 14th September, 2019 at Shri Datta Meghe Auditorium.  Dr. U.P. Waghe, Principal YCCE addressed the parents and gave information about the college activities, results and achievements. Dr. A.V.Bapat, Dean Academic Matters explained about the Autonomy and also answered the quires and taking note of their suggestions. Prof. D.R. Raut, COE, YCCE explained about the examination system and also answered the questions raised by the parents. Dr. Shiney Suraj, Councilor, MGI Group, through her presentation discussed about developing rapport with their wards which will help the students for holistic development.  Prof. Ajay B.Thatere, Coordinator First Year, proposed a vote of thanks. The committee members put in efforts for the success of this programme.

Department of Electronics and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering of YCCE had organized a mega event ‘ICON 19.0’ a National Level Technical Fest on 23 & 24 August 2019.  This mega event had huge success and witnessed 650 entries in two days for 12 different technical events. The Techfest was inaugurated by Chief Guest Er. Amar Akre, MD, SAP Control Systems, Nagpur and the Guest of Honor Dr. A.V. Bapat, Dean (Acad. Matters).  Dr. P.T. Karule, HOD (EE) and Dr. M.S. Narlawar, HOD (ET) was also present on the dais.

The event was a mega success where a technical workshop was conducted in collaboration with Google crowd source. This year ICON was in collaboration with IEEE SB of YCCE. The valedictory function was organized on 24th August 2019 where the prizes of worth rupees 40 thousand were distributed for all the winners of the different events

• Two days National Seminar on "Waste to Energy : A Solution for Tomorrow" was held during 20-21 September 2019
  Aiming to provide a platform to relook holistically the tactic for Superlative Waste Management Practices considering to all crucial aspects including natural, socio-economic and environment which will forecast the creations of alternative energy resource for creating sustainable environment from waste, Department of Civil Engineering, YCCE organised two days National Seminar on "Waste to Energy : A Solution for Tomorrow" during 20-21 September 2019. The Chief Guest Dr. M.B. Kumthekar, Principal, Govt. College of Engineering, Nagpur, Guest of Honour, Er. V.M. Galande, Project Director, Nagpur, Dr. U.P. Waghe, Principal , YCCE & Dr. S.R. Khandeshwar, HoD, Department of Civil Engineering grace the Inaugural function. On the address note by Dr. M.B. Kumthekar, he stressed on the need of area of concerned Waste to Energy and to Wealth. The concluding power packed lecture on Waste to Energy conversion: A Step Towards Converting Waste to Wealth and Achieving Sustainability delivered by Dr. A.R. Tembhurkar, Professor, VNIT, Nagpur which was a very interactive session focusses on need of maximum exploration of energy conversion and adoption of innovating techniques evolving in the coming modern research era.
• One Day Workshop on Entrepreneurial Awareness
  Department of Civil Engineering; organized one day workshop on ‘Entrepreneurial Awareness’. The programme is chaired and inaugurated by Dr. A. R. Gajbhiye, in Presence Chief Guest of program Mr .C.S. Dodke, Former Asst. Director MSME –GOI on Friday 27thSeptember 2019. Mr. C. S. Dodke started the workshop with a very creative introductory session, where students had to introduce themselves in a novel way.  89 students from III, V, VII Sem were attended for program< /li>
• One Day Workshop on Designing of RCC Building
  Department of Civil Engineering; YCCE and IE (I) Student Chapters organized one day Workshop on ‘Designing of RCC Building’. The programme is chaired and inaugurated by Dr. A. R. Gajbhiye in Presence Chief Guest of program Mr. Satish Raipure, Mr. P. S. Patankar, Mr. Virendra Dehadrai, Mr. Suneel Voitel on Friday 11th October2019. The purpose of conducting the workshop is to give an exposure to the students in the area of Structural Analysis and Design which will help them in completing their design project effectively.  63 students from V, VII Sem BE and M-tech Structural Engg were attended for program.
• One day workshop organized for students by Dr. Pravin Zode Prof. Sandip Kakde & Mrs. P.P. Zode, Astt. Prof. on Career in VLSI Industry on 20.7.2019.  14 students has participated in this program.
• One day workshop organized for students,on Bluetooth Controlled Robot using Atmega on 20.7.2019 Expert Mr.Shrikant Bhandarkar, Director,Mr.Niket Malusare, Director, Mr.Sanjyot Kawale, Mr.Sameer Kalmegh,Electrus Technologies Pvt.Ltd.Nagpur.24 students has participiated in this workshop. Dr.P.T.Karule, Prof.M.S.Pawar & Mr.A.A.Peshattiwar co-ordinator for this program
• One day workshop organized for students, on PCB layout design using PROTEUS on 10.8.2019 Valuable guidance given by Dr.Mrs.M.N.Kalbande Dr.Y.A.Gaidhani, Dr.T.G.Panse, Mrs. R.S. Balpande. 42 students were present in this workshop,
• Workshop organized for faculty on Basics on Arduino on 16.8.2019. Dr.P.T.Karule, HoD has shared technical skill with faculties.
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  Workshop organized for 5th Sem students on Aptitude Development on 04.09.2019. Mr.Rishi Chaurasia, Founder Vikalp Management Education, Nagpur has shared technical skill with students. 106 students were present for the workshop. Mrs.S.A.Dhondse, Co-ordinator of this program.
• IEEE xtreme 13.0 - an 24 hours online international coding competition held on 19th Oct 2019 started at 5:30am and ends in 20 ,Oct 2019 at 5:30 am. From ycce total 26 teams participated in this event. Out of these, seven teams ranks under one thousand all over the world. In Region 10 Asia and Pacific, 17 ycce teams are have rank in first 250. Dr.P.M.Palsodkar, Dr.S.S.Khade & Dr. P.Dorge has taken effort for success of events.
  
  
  
  
  
• IEEE YESIST 12 Prelim at YCCE Pilot Project Competition
  
  
  Prelim round of IEEE YESIST12 was organized by the Department of Electronics Engineering on 30 June 2019.  Total six teams participated for final finale selection. Out of which one team short listed for Innovation challenge and remaining two shortlisted for Maker fair. Total 7 colleges team participated in prelim finals. Pilot Dr
  Proud moment for Electronics Department on 19th October, 2019, to confer the TCS Best Project Award of 2019. Mr.Bhaskar Sharma, Head Business Initiative Manufacturing ISU_Aerospace & Defence TCS,Nagpur who is an 1993 batch pass out of Electronics Engineering , YCCE campus has visited YCCE campus and gave the  project award to project titled “Flight Control System for Multirotor UAVs by Dghanashree Bahatkar, Himanshu Kosekar,Palash Bhusari, Swati Patle Under guidance of Prof . M.S.Pawar & HoD, Dr.P.T.Karule
• Department of Electronics & Telecommunication, organized one day workshop on “Campus Recruitment Guidance” under IEEE Student Branch YCCE.
• This workshop was conducted in view of TCS Campus Placement drive scheduled on 3-4 August 2019.  The main focus of the workshop was National Qualifier Test with more emphasis on aptitude test and programming.
• Program session was started by giving brief introduction about the workshop content by Dr. Yogita Chitriv. Er. Jayant Kshirsagar briefed about National Qualifier Test and gave some important tips to crack this exam. He demonstrated the English paragraph writing and explained students to give more focus on English grammar.  
• Er. Lalit Kawadase discussed the complete checklist to crack the aptitude test. He conducted an aptitude test for student with few examples which are repeatedly asked in the campus placement.
• Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering organized two days Workshop on “Deep Learning Industry Requirements & Applications” for the UG/PG students on 10-11 Aug., 2019 under YCCE IEEE Student Branch. Er. Nitin Satpute, Founder, Paramonus Systems Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur was expert for this seminar.
• In order to enhance the Software Skills of students, Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering organised  one day Workshop (Webinar) on “Communication Networks using Net Sim” for the Final year SC/ST students of ET,CT,IT, EE branches of YCCE, Nagpur under the Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre for SC/ST students (SPDP), on 17 October 2019. The Experts were Ms. Namrata Saraswat, Sr Application Engineer from TETCOS, Bangalore.
• Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering organised two days workshop on ‘Machine Learning using TENSOR FLOW’. The workshop is conducted under the banner of IEEE Student Branch, YCCE, Nagpur, in collaboration with Google Crowd Source. This workshop is specially design for the beginners in hands on training on ML. The workshop is open for all over the Vidharbha Region from all Engineering Colleges. The total 15 students participated from different colleges.
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  Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering organized workshop on IoT and Network Communication for seventh semester students on 03/09/2019 at 2.00 PM, YCCE, Nagpur. Around 40+ students participated in this program.  The main objective of the workshop was to explore new research platforms in the various aspects related to IoT and Wireless Networks.
• Department of Electronics and Telecommunication has organized Two days ISTE approved workshop on “ROBOTICS” for Students of III rdsemester on 10th -11th August 2019.  The workshop  was conducted by Mr. Shrikant Bhandarkar/Mr. Aniket Malusare Director Electus Technologies Private Limited, Nagpur. Total 39 students were present.
• Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering has organized Three days ISTE approved workshop under Aegis of IQAC, YCCE on “Circuit Designing And Simulation using Matlab“for Students of III Sem on 29-09, 02-10 & 06.10.2019. The workshop was conducted by Prof. D. K Thote, Prof. M. S. Patil& Prof. A. A. Madankar. Total 40 students were present for this workshop.
• A Workshop on “Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics” organized by Department of Applied Mathematics and Humanities, YCCE.  With an intent to clarify and fortify  the basic mathematical concepts essential for further studies of Engineering and Technology, a Workshop - “Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics” was organized from 29th to 31st  July 2019 by Department of Applied Mathematics and Humanities, YCCE ,for the newly admitted students of B.E 1st year. The workshop was a huge success as it benefitted more than 500 students. During this workshop the basic concepts on various topics such as Derivatives, Integrations, Trigonometry, Matrices and use of Mathematics in real world were explored.
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  Department of Computer Technology organized an ‘Induction Program’ for Second year students on 13th June 2019. Dr. G. M. Dhopavkar, HOD of the department presented all the information regarding academics, placement statistics and the various activities and facilities provided by the department. Prof. R. D. Wajgi informed the students regarding Coding Club and the Speaker’s Club. Prof. P. V. Barekar addressed the students regarding students chapter ACMSC and CTSC and their benefits urging active participation.
• ACM student Chapter, Department of Computer Technology, organized two days workshop on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, in association with ACM, Nagpur Chapter during 9 & 10 August 2019. Around 45 students from various engineering colleges including YCCE participated in the workshop. Dr. K. K. Bhoyar, Prof. T. R. Ravi, Er. Vinit Kapoor, Dr. Gauri Dhopavkar, Prof. Rakhi Wajgi delivered expert sessions on important topics in AI and ML with hands-on practice, during the workshop.
• Department of Computer Technology organized an event on 19th August 2019,inviting Ms. Shubhada Jambhekar, Assistant Manager (HR, Operations) and Mr. Utsav Bhakre, the UI Developer from Torana Inc. which is a product development company with its headquarters in Stamford, USA and Nagpur, India. Ms. Shubhada briefed the students using a presentation about the company’s product iCEDQ which is a user-configurable business rules engine for ETL.