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RGUKT students develop women safety devices, apps
Source:
https://telanganatoday.com/rgukt-students-develop-women-safety-devices-apps
https://telanganatoday.com/rgukt-students-develop-women-safety-devices-apps
The devices
developed by teams from RGUKT draw appreciaton at World Education Summit
Hyderabad:
Students of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) recently
developed some women safety apps and devices which won appreciation at the
World Education Summit.
Sthreebal- RGUKT
intermediate student N Shashidhar Raju developed a wrist watch that can
generate electric shock. If someone tries to assault the woman, she can switch
on a button in the watch which will generate a 1000 volts electric shock and
paralyse the attacker. Since the watch is insulated, the women who wear it will
not be harmed.
Neelakantan Shashidhar Raju, who hails from Asifabad district
of Telangana and is a pre-university student at RGUKT, says, “the cost of the
device is only about Rs. 500 to 600”. The equipment used in it is a watch, old
mobile phone battery and a high voltage generator.
“I got the idea and shared it with the Physics department
faculty co-ordinator, Anitha. She helped me to contest in the RGUKT tech fest,”
he says. “Now I am planning to get a patent for the device,” says the
17-year-old.
Swarasthr
Swarasthr is an
app developed by a team of four RGUKT students. One can save the contacts in
this app. If she screams when in danger, the app recognizes the situation and
sends a message to the contacts in the phone along with the location of the
women. This helps in alerting the security agencies immediately. The app seeks
to identify a given situation as danger or not by fear factor analysis.
Students of 3rd
year Computer Science Engineering, K Amrutha, SK Mubeen, V Pratyusha and P
Hema, are behind this innovation. “Name of the app itself is self-explaining.
Swara means voice and asthr is weapon. So, Swarasthr is Weapon powered by
Voice.” explains Amrutha.
“Swarasthr
stands out of the existing safety technologies as it works without any human
intervention. Once on, it senses a scream, categorise and send emergency calls
and messages with location details to all the contacts saved in the
application,” she said. The app is in working condition now and the team is
looking to develop it further.
Women safety
device
This is a pocket
device which a woman can carry as a watch or in hand bag or purse. “When
needed, this electronic device can be initiated by switching it on and it sends
alert messages along with location to the phone contacts saved in the device,”
says Bodupally Lakshmi Prasanna, RGUKT student who worked on the device.
In case, the
location of the person in distress is not uploaded in Google map, the device
sends the longitudinal latitudinal location of the women. “This is a prototype
and I am planning to add additional settings to it,” says the Electronics and
Communication Engineering student.
According to
Associate Dean of Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Devaraju Gurram, when a student
comes with a proposal of innovative ideas, the institution aids them
financially as wells as scientifically. “The Vice-Chancellor allocates the
funds and assign a faculty for monitoring the project,” he says.
These devices
were presented at the World Education Summit and the innovations won much
appreciation. “There were also suggestions to integrate all three innovations
together and make it a more useful device for women safety and we are planning
to do that,” he concluded.
Rolls-Royce, IIT Madras ink pact for joint research programs
Source:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/engineering/rolls-royce-iit-madras-ink-pact-for-joint-research-programs/articleshow/74549732.cms
He further said, "at the same time, we are keen to leverage this collaboration with a premier technology institute like IIT Madras to promote upskilling and professional development of our engineering talent, and facilitate higher education and research in areas of strategic interest."
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/engineering/rolls-royce-iit-madras-ink-pact-for-joint-research-programs/articleshow/74549732.cms
Aero
engines major Rolls-Royce said it has entered into a collaboration
with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to promote and explore
opportunities for joint research programs.
The
company will also roll-out a 'Technical Higher Study Framework' to facilitate
higher education for its engineers, in partnership with IIT Madras, Rolls-Royce
said in a statement.
An
MoU has been signed between the company and IIT Madras for the collaboration.
As part of the MoU, Rolls-Royce and IIT Madras will also aim to pursue advanced
research in areas of relevance to future technological and programmatic needs
of the company, it added.
"The
association with IIT Madras is another step in our efforts to promote
collaborative research programs with like-minded partners in India. We look
forward to exploring areas where we can co-develop technological
solutions," Rolls-Royce India and South Asia President Kishore Jayaraman
said.
He further said, "at the same time, we are keen to leverage this collaboration with a premier technology institute like IIT Madras to promote upskilling and professional development of our engineering talent, and facilitate higher education and research in areas of strategic interest."
Commenting
on the collaboration, Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research Associate
Dean, IIT Madras, V Kamakoti said, "the interaction with Rolls-Royce will
certainly induce multi-faceted interdisciplinary technology exploration
involving the diverse specializations available at IIT Madras and mapping them
into specific application areas of high practical value."
Under
the collaboration, Rolls-Royce will sponsor select employees keen to pursue
Masters and PhD level studies, as part of its Technical Higher Study Framework,
in partnership with IIT Madras.
To
qualify for the program, employees must first clear the IIT Madras selection
process, and their topic should be aligned with Rolls-Royce strategic research
priorities and capabilities, it added.
The
program is open to all permanent employees at the Rolls-Royce Engineering
Centre in Bengaluru who have completed 36 months of service with the company.
The
initiative is in line with the company's efforts to promote growth and career
progression for its engineering talent, it said.
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