Civil House - Nison James

Yet another session by an Alumni. Mr.Nison James who is currently employed with Kochi Metro as a quality engineer was the speaker for the Civi House session held on October 21, 2022. Aadhithya Santosh, S5 CE gave a quick introduction about Nison and kicked off the session. Nearly 60 students attended it. The department head Dr Jiji Antony welcomed the special guest and reminisced some of her favourite memories of Nison.

Nison happily shared his lovely college experiences. He provided the students with some crucial information on grades, internships, career chances, etc. He discussed his professional experiences, including the difficulties he encountered throughout the early stages of his career, how he managed to maintain the order. the students interacted with the guest by extending their queries on various career opportunities abroad in civil field. Before ending the session Nison thanked everyone for inviting him. The programme came to end at 1:10PM with a vote of thanks by Jyotika K of S5 CE.

Thank you Nison for sparing your time!!

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Varsha, S5 CE

Congratulations Vinaya Happy!!

The department joins the happiness of Ms. Vinaya Happy (2019 admn, B.Tech Civil Engineering) for being selected for the prestigious Dr. K U Joseph Memorial award for the outstanding performance in First Year. This award is constituted by the family of Dr. K U Joseph, who was the professor in Chemistry in FISAT. Dr. Renu Raj, District Collector handed over the award to Vinaya during the Induction Ceremony of the 2022 Batch Batch. Congratulations Vinaya on your achievement. You have made the department Proud!!

New batch, New dreams - 2022 batch Induction

Today is special, like every year, we hosted the Induction ceremony of the B.Tech 2022 admission batch. The largest gathering of parents and students in FISAT.  

I am sure all of you would remember your first day. For every educational institution, welcoming a new batch is special. The campus welcomed the new faces, their dreams. This is a new beginning. This year, we moved the venue to the newly developed FISAT Green Fields, a lush green ground east of the road leading to the ladies hostel. This was a welcome change, the rush that used to be there in the auditorium was avoided. The guest of honour today was Dr. Renu Raj, Dist Collector, Ernakulam. She inaugurated the event and wished the students and parents a great time ahead. The program was also streamed online, you can see it here: https://youtu.be/mjkTP9ewidE

New Face for our clock tower

Our clock tower has a new face now - the tone is also new 😎. It had some technical problems and was not properly working. The clock is back in action now!!!

Technical Talk - Vastu Sastra Vs Engineering

The department of Civil Engineering organised a technical talk on “Vastu - Sastra Vs Engineering“ on 18th October 2022. The program was organised in association with ISTE FISAT chapter and the session was hosted in the department seminar hall. Dr C V Lal, Retd. Professor, Government Engineering College, Thrissur was the speaker of the day. Dr Lal has research interest in the study of building materials according to Vasusatra and is a well known speaker in the field.

During the two hour session, Dr Lal  gave the students an overview of how  Ayurveda and Panchabhoota are related to Vastusastra. He has clearly described why we consider ‘Man as Vastu’. The 4 major considerations in vastu - Dimension, Proportion, Orientation and relative position, were well explained. The factors to be considered for the selection of plot, orientation of rooms for various purposes, relative dimensions of  rooms were explained based on both  scientific and engineering basis.  Several superstitions related to Vastu and probable reasons behind them were also mentioned. 

The talk concluded with the remarks that  if the vastusatra principles are adapted in construction, very comfortable living condition can be ensured in hot and humid climate of Kerala with maximum utilisation of prevailing direction of wind and sun rays thus leading to sustainable engineering construction 

The talk was well received by the students and staff. They enthusiastically participated  in the interactive session  at the end of the talk. 

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Dr Asha Joseph

Associate Professor, Dept. of CE.

ASCE Community Service - Visit to SOS Children's Village

ASCE student chapter was stuck in dust for a while riddled throughout semester six for various reasons. A new semester kindled hope for conducting activities yet again and the long awaited SOS visit finally took shape. On October 8th 2022 the community service wing of the ASCE student chapter made a visit to SOS children’s village in Aluva. We went with around 24 students and was accompanied by Abin sir and Abhiya ma’am. Going there by college bus, most of us remained silent just mingling with the close knit groups only. The bus was relatively silent and in like 40 minutes we reached our destination. 

The village was having the rustic feel and the village was constructed in an interesting manner with the main hall and building at a greater elevation than the entrance. The hilly terrain is maintained and the village is set amidst the greenery. The village brims with birds chirp and children’s voice. 

We got there and got an instant guide to the whole place, a small kid who was full of surprise, trouble and energy. He  became very generous and plucked fruits for us from the tall tree, climbing with ease, and all of us looking in surprise. The program started by around 2pm and then we all were just forgetting everything and enjoying all the talent displays from their side. Our students also had a bunch of memorable events, but the talent pool on their side was unparalleled. The events went on till the entire planned time. 

The program came to an end with Sreekanth’s(S7 CEB) violin solo performance which brought down the curtains to a wonderful day. The most happiest person in the room was Haleema Nusrin who’s strong desire was this visit to happen and when it finally took place the day became an unforgettable one. 

There was only a few hours of interaction and events with those kids, but the connection we felt them reflected on the painful bye we all had to waive while leaving. Beyond the monetary support we gave them it’s the love that we gave them that mattered and counts. ASCE just got blessed!

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Gokul Ajith, S7 CE