Virtual classes cannot always quench students’ thirst for knowledge. Even though we live in a pandemic era, it is necessary to have both online and offline sessions, as well as internships and training, to prepare students for jobs in the industry. Accounting for this, ICTAK has held physical classes in colleges ranging from Malabar to Travancore.
Associates of ICTAK organized five courses in different institutions across the state. FDPs on Concept Coaching, Data Science and Analytics with R, MEAN Stack Development, and Front-end Application Development using REACT held at Govt ITI, Kozhikode, Rajadhani Business School, Thiruvananthapuram, Christ Nagar College Maranalloor, and Musaliar Engineering College, T’puram, respectively. These courses ranged from three to seven days in length.
Apart from these sessions, students of Younus College of Engineering & Technology in Kollam and Rajagiri College of Social Science (Autonomous) in Kochi were offered a three-day internship in IoT Application Development. In line with the current trends, ICTAK also provided a five-day workshop in ML/AI at the Kerala University, T’puram.
A sneak peek into the offline classes
Almost 90 students from Govt. ITI Kozhikode attended the two-day FDP on Concept Coaching (1st and 2nd July). Dr. Manoj A.S. and Mr. Nidhin Das led the sessions. The goal of concept coaching is to have a positive influence on a person’s behavior or performance. Various mechanisms and tools for improving faculty members’ professional capabilities also were discussed.
From July 11th to July 15th, Mr. Ummar Shaik, Ms. Anitha B., and Mr. Mohammed Sanal B. led a Data Science and Analytics with R program for eighty-nine Rajadhani Business School students in T’puram. This five-day course taught students how to analyze datasets and solve machine learning algorithms using the R programming language.
Private companies and research institutions collect terabytes of data about their users’ interactions, business, social media, and sensors from devices such as mobile phones and automobiles. This era’s challenge is to make sense of this sea of data. However, this is where data analytics can come in handy. R is a software package that includes data manipulation, calculation, and graphical display tools.
From July 25th to July 30th, forty students from Musaliar Engineering College in T’puram participated in front-end application development using REACT. Ms. Meera Mathew, Ms. Shruthi S. Nair, and Mr. Athul Krishna M.J. led the course. This course covered the fundamentals of web development with REACT.
The rapid increase in the number of apps and the ongoing growth of startups necessitate the expertise of front-end developers. High demand and diverse roles like UI engineer, full stack developer, or any domain. REACT is a JavaScript-based front-end technology for developing modern web applications.
Programs in progress
The MEAN Stack Development course, which began on June 24th and is still ongoing, is attended by 56 students from Christ Nagar College in Maranalloor. Ms. Shruthi S. Nair, Ms. Mridula Raghunath, and Mr. Anish S. Nair lead the classes. This instructor-led classroom training program will assist students in developing data-driven applications in addition to testing, securing, and deploying their code.
For web developers looking to create high-quality JavaScript web applications, the MEAN stack is an excellent choice. The MEAN stack’s core technologies – MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js – are all written in JavaScript. In addition to utilizing high-performance and customized technologies, the MEAN Stack enables smoother and faster deployment of full-stack web applications. Its open-source nature and flexibility make it popular among developers.
Internships and workshop
In addition to these courses, the ICT Academy of Kerala provided a three-day internship in IoT Application Development. Fifty-six students from Younus College of Engineering & Technology in Kollam and 28 students from Rajagiri College of Social Science (Autonomous) in Kochi interned under the supervision of Mr. Abey Alexander, Ms. Maya Mohan, Mr. Athul Krishna M.J., Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Mohammed Sanal B. from June 30th to July 2nd. This training taught participants how to create IoT applications.
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to an array of ‘things’ connected to the internet so they can share data with other things – IoT applications, connected devices, industrial machines, and more. Internet-connected devices use built-in sensors to collect data and, in some cases, act on it.
The ML/AI workshop, which started on July 2nd and is still going on, has drawn 52 students from the Dept. of Statistics, Kerala University in T’puram. Mr. Ummar Shaik, Ms. Anitha B., Ms. Pooja Jayaprakash, and Mr. Mohammed Sanal B. led the workshop. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are two of the most popular buzzwords in the twenty-first century. These two fields are more concerned with analyzing and interpreting data patterns to enable learning and decision-making without deploying human interaction. The availability of large amounts of data, low-cost storage, and powerful processing have fueled the growth of ML and AI. This program will help students understand the most effective ML and AI techniques and practice applying them in real-world scenarios.
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