Empneo 3.0

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EMPNEO 3.0, the third edition of the annual science camp organised by IEEE MEC SB for school students across Kerala, was held at MEC on 13 and 14 July, 2019, and was a grand success. The event witnessed talks, workshops and an industrial visit, all wrapped in a layer of fun and excitement. EMPNEO 3.0 saw incredible participation, with over a hundred students participating from schools across the state. The theme of EMPNEO 3.O was “Spark”, and every niche and corner of the event was planned accordingly.

Following the inauguration, the students were entertained to a deeply amusing interactive session by Sahil Sameer, a former student of MEC, and ex-HSR of Kochi Hub. Afterwards they were entertained to talks by Vishwanath R IPS and Dr. Premlet B, and were also taken on an Industrial visit to KSUM from 2 pm to 4 pm on 13th July. The industrial visit was very well loved and widely applauded by the students, and successfully provided an insight to the art of setting up a start-up and the importance of start ups. They were encouraged to give their “craziest ideas” and to think out of the box, and were also shown around the establishment. They were shown the machines and drones there, and also projects like electric cycles with speeds upto 50 kmph and 100 kmph.

The second day of Empneo 3.0 started off with an interactive session by Yan Chummar ; a young achiever who has made it big by being an entrepreneur and app developer at the age of just 16! It was one of the most awe-inspiring sessions for the delegates as they could look up to someone who was merely their age. Following that was an ice -breaking session by Akash Nambiar, the former HSR of IEEE Kochi Hub. He was successful enough in engaging the kids and boosting their confidence level with interactive sessions and a set of games.

It was on the second day that workshops were planned.The workshops included a Burglar Alarm workshop for students of classes 9 and 10 and a workshop on Rainwater detection for students of classes 11 and 12. The workshops were conducted by John T Biju and Menny Thankachan, third year ECE students of Govt Model Engineering college, and taught the students the basics of p-n junction, diodes, resistors, and soldering.

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