On 20th December 2018, online Embedded Systems & Robotics Laboratory (e-Yantra Lab.) inaugurations were organized by e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) – IIT Bombay. Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College is one of the 27 colleges across India where this inauguration ceremony has been done. Online Embedded Systems & Robotics Laboratory (e-Yantra Lab.) Inauguration is supported by e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) – IIT Bombay and funded by MHRD under the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT). E-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) is a program under which colleges are encouraged to set up robotics laboratories. It is designed as a scalable and sustainable approach that addresses infrastructure creation and teacher training – to create an eco-system at the colleges to impart effective engineering education.
The inauguration was conducted on the fourth-floor auditorium at 11 o’clock, along with many other colleges across India. All the colleges, along with IIT Bombay coordinators, were connected to each other online by ‘Go To Meeting’ software. DR. KAVI ARYA, head of the e-yantra initiative at IIT Bombay, was present online. SAKEC was in second position for the online inauguration. SAKEC’s turn inauguration began with the lighting of the lamp by the Principal Dr. Bhavesh Patel, Vice Principal Dr. Vinit Kotak, SAKEC Robo Club In-charge Prof. Jagdish Sarode, Head of Electronics Department, Dr. Subha Subramaniam and members of SAKEC Robo Club. This was followed by the inauguration
of the signage board of the Embedded Systems & Robotics Laboratory (e-Yantra Lab.). Faculty members who have completed e-Yantra Task Based Training (e-Yantra TBT) have been handed over the Robots provided by IIT Bombay. Then, certificates of merit were handed over to the faculty who had completed the e-Yantra TBT workshop by the Principal. Dr. Bhavesh Patel gave best wishes to the team. After completion of the inauguration of the e-Yantra Lab at SAKEC by college dignitaries, DR. KAVI ARYA, principal investigator of e-Yantra, IIT Bombay, online inaugurated the e-Yantra lab of SAKEC along with other colleges by sharing his best wishes to the new start.
