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KTU has come into existence with an aim to give leadership to
the technology related policy formulation and engineering
planning for the state. KTU is formulated to unify the technical
education system in the State and cater the needs of the
technical community. All the technical institutions throughout
the state will come under the umbrella of the university. KTU
has revamped technical education in such a way that the stress
is on outcome based education. It is high time that the
institutes in Kerala woke up and attract students from outside
Kerala and outside India by improving the teaching-learning
process, campus placements and infrastructure etc much above
the desired level prescribed by the regulatory bodies. Kerala
has a potential for attracting the students from abroad. We
may utilize the ‘Gods own Country’ and 100% literacy tag’. We
are happy to mention that KTU has already initiated steps
for Internationalization of Technical Education in Kerala
attracting foreign students to Kerala.
Cross Word
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A. A device that either raises or lowers the voltage of electricity
B. Electricity that doesn't flow
C. A measurement of electric current flow
D. Material that allows an electric current to flow through it
E. If one light bulb goes out in a ____________ circuit then all
the other bulbs connected to the same circuit go off.
F. A circuit breaker is a ____________ that automatically turns
off the flow of electricity when there is an overload.
G. A chemical compound that conducts electricity from one
electrode to the other inside a battery
H. Tiny, invisible particle of electricity
Across,
1 A unit of electrical pressure measuring the force or push of
electricity
2 A unit of electrical pressure measuring the force or push of
electricity
3. An object that gains electrons has a ____________ charge
4.Connections on a battery where the electric current flows in
and out
5 .A circuit or pathway where an electric current can move freely
6. A thin piece of wire inside an electrical plug that melts more
easily than the other wires.
7. A ____________ current is electricity that moves in only one
direction.
8. A ____________ current is electricity that moves in only one
direction.
9. A thin wire has a ____________ resistance than a thick wire.
10. A thin wire has a ____________ resistance than a thick wire.
11. Material that doesn't allow an electric current to flow
through it
12. A giant spark of electricity in the air
Electricity travels 186,000 miles per second. That's fast! If you could travel that fast, you could go around
the world 8 times in the same time it takes to turn on a light switch.
Sustainable Energy Foundation was established in 2009 to facilitate India's transition to a sustainable energy future by promoting
policies that encourage energy efficiency as well as the increased generation of renewable energy. The energy choices that India
makes in the coming years will be of profound importance. Meaningful policy action on India's energy challenges will strengthen
national security, stimulate economic and social development and keep our environment clean. In order to raise awareness
among students regarding the same department organized a talk with Mr.Jayakumar Raveendranathan. Vision Sustainability
Can you please brief about energy conservation and sustenergy conservation?
It started in 2008.it originated by a group of energy conservationists those have to do
some sort of activities for the society .for the past 3 years sustenergy intention was to
develop some system for energy management ,for eg: lot of people are there for
I energy auditing ,manufactures for development of energy efficient devices.
Sustenergy pyramid is developed for the energy management consisting of 15
modules .each energy management level has its own aspects and role. Also they
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decide how the energy management should be analyzed , perceived and executed.
We focus not only on energy conservation but also put a lot of effort on charity.
T •What actually sustenergy foundation do?
•SUSTENERGY
I got qualified in the examination conducted on certified energy
We are into different platforms like advanced electrical inspection which mostly
E focuses on the safety ,reliability and energy efficiency of the devices.
managers by the government of India in 2003.I was passionate
about energy conservation.
Next moving to main core is energy auditing focusing on the specific energy
R consumption ,ways to reduce it , overall energy efficiency of all the parameters like
transformers , motors and compressors etc..
•How can we achieve energy conservation at global level starting
with domestic energy conservation?
We also have a training division called CEPA(centre of excellence for provisional
V advancement ) consisting of more than 100 empanelled trainers for training in
educational industries service industries and manufacturing industries .
The first thing is about global energy requirement of individual
countries are different when it comes to
energy conservation. When it comes to domestic energy
I •What is the base of energy management centers in Kerala?
conservation it depends on the level of people
;for egs; Indian homes per capita consumption is less compared
Kerala is heading in energy conservation activities for more than 3 decades . to US homes as they give more value for luxury and comforts .
E Comparing with any other states , Kerala moved a lot because of EMC(energy The ideology is pretty good but it is difficult to achieve.
management centre)located at Trivandrum, a separate division have done a lot
W things for improving awareness of people energy efficiency standards on •As an engineer urself, what message would you like to share
industry.Kerala is a first state which imposed energy audit for with our current generation engineers ?
industries and its mandatory. Current generation is having lots of resources to learn , so the
thing they need to learn engineering with
•Can development and energy conservation go hand in hand? specific purpose instead of getting an engineering degree and
It must go hand in hand but its not happening nowadays , but there are lot of they need to make use of the resources in
corporate who are opting green buildings and energy efficient activities . people a better way to improve their knowledge and they need to be
should understand what development means without harming our environment. very creative to develop new technology
Energy conservation should be practiced at the initial stages . to improve the current status of the nation which would benefit
our globe.
•What exactly motivated you to come into the field of energy conservation?
Not exactly a specific reason for it ,I was a volunteer of kerala state shastra sahithya ……An interview with Mr .Jayakumar Raveendranadhan
parishad .I started my energy conservation activities on 1980s when I was a 8std ,Managing director of sustenergy foundation by Sanjana
student .after studying electrical engineering I started doing small activities in energy George,Sherin A Khader.Saraswathy K of S7 EEE & Danish
conservation. Ahammed of S5 Mech
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Sundar Pichai
Aswin Suresh,S1 MTech B
Very few people outside of the technology bubble had ever heard of Sundar Pichai O
until he was suddenly announced as Google's new CEO. Perhaps that's not
surprising: very few people had heard of the quiet and studious Pichai in Chennai,
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India, where he grew up. As one former teacher dryly noted, it was only the naughty N
ones who tended to stand out - and Pichai was anything but. Yet it seems certain
everyone in the southern Indian town will now be speaking of little else than the
man now in control of one of the world's most important companies - the hero of 2
his own rags-to-riches story
It seems anyone connected to Pichai is keen to play up their link to the man who's I
behind the success of Google Chrome, Android and Google apps. And that's not
surprising when a sixth of the world use Chrome, while more than a billion devices
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were sent out with Android as their operating system last year alone, with 40,000 S
Google searches carried out every second.
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world away from the modest two room apartment where he grew up. He might now
be worth an estimated $150million (£96million), but in the 70s and 80s, Pichai I
would sleep in the living room with his younger brother.The family, while middle
class, were not well off: they scrimped and saved for three years to buy a blue R
Lambretta scooter, which they would all pile onto for outings together. Pichai, the
shy boy from Chennai, is now arguably one of the most powerful men on the planet.
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