Author: Arun Prasad

27^th NATIONAL CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS

27 – 31 December 2019

National Children’s Science Congress is a flagship programme of National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. It is an inclusive programme open to children of the age group from 10-17 years covering all background either school going or out of school system, belonging to geographic, language and cultural regimes across the country and open to all children including children with disabilities. The prestigious national academic event is held every year during 27th to 31st December. It is a platform for children to carry out small research activities at micro-level. The NCSC encourages a sense of discovery and/or innovativeness in addition to learning application of methods of science. It emboldens the children to question many aspects of progress and development around and can also express their findings in their own choice of language. It encourages the children to think critically and rationally to draw logical conclusions.

27th National Children’s Science Congress is hosted by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Government of Kerala during 27th to 31st December 2019 at Mar Ivanios Vidya Nagar, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala in association with Mar Ivanios College and Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology. The focal theme for 27th National Children’s Science Congress is “Science, Technology and Innovation for a Clean, Green and Healthy Nation”.

The logo release of the 27th National Children’s Science Congress was held at the Cliff House on 21 November 2019, by Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala.

The 9th Mar Baselios Youth Excellence Award – 2019 was presented to Smt. Irene Tenison, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam on 14 November 2019 by Shri. Arif Mohammad Khan, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala

Mr. Abey Boban Chacko is an alumnus of the 2005-2009 batch of Civil Engineering who is currently working as the Sustainability Manager of M/S. Nael General Contracting LLC led his company to win 2019 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region Green Building Awards which is endorsed by World Green Building Council.

Congratulations to all Baselians who have been selected by INFOSYS!

Pran P. (S5 ME2) has won his first ever National Bronze Medal at the Squash Racquets Federation of India JJ Sports National Open Squash Championship held at Kanyakumari.

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET) welcomes its first International Research Scholar, Mr. Zayar Sit Paing Thu from Myanmar, under the ASEAN-INDIA Research Training Fellowship (AIRTF) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Mr. Zayar Sit Paing Thu will do research under the guidance of Mr. Bobin Saji George, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MBCET in the field of Nuclear Technology.

Mr. Ranjith H., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering secured Bronze Medal at the National Level Power Lifting Competition in 120kg+ category held at Pavanatma College in Idukki district.

MBCET is associating with Information and Communication Technology Academy of Kerala (ICTAK) to impart IR 4.0 skills to our students and it’s a matter of pride for MBCET to be part of building the Nation’s future. Through this association, we are opening new vistas of activity based, experiential and technology oriented learning for our students.

Team B_SQUAD from MBCET bagged the First Prize for MIME at Dhanak 2019 -The Annual Cultural Festival of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (lIST), Trivandrum on 28 September 2019

The team members are:
Henry Christudas Issac (S3 ME1)
Anashwara Binod (S3 ME1)
Swaroop Narayan (S3 ME1)
Amal Joy (S3 ME1)
Devapriya Nair (S7 CE1)

NASA Space Apps Challenge, a part of NASA’s Earth Science Division, is the World’s Largest Global Hackathon, engaging thousands of citizens each year across the globe in a 48-hour global hackathon to work with NASA in building innovative solutions for challenges we face on Earth and in space using open source data.  The Team from MBCET won the State Level Competition and got selected to the National Level Competition at New Delhi. The team members are:

Jobby Johnson (S7 EE2)

Jerin Sam James (S7 EE1)

Rahul B. George (S7 CS2)

Vighnesh Muraly (S5 CS1)