Campus Bloggers Meetup is scheduled to be conducted on Jan. 26, 2010 at Cochin. Many informative Session and robotics demo arranged. Every one is invited for the event. Limited seats available.!!!

21st December 2009, Kottayam: Yesterday was the day of yet another BarCamp in Kerala. Kerala has grabbed the title for conducting the most number of barcamps in India in a year in the last 2 years. The event which sees the community of entrepreneurs, IT professionals, students and business mentors come together in a platform and share their views on their favorite topics was conducted yesterday at the auditorium of Kristu Jyothi College in Chengnasherry, Kottyam.

The remote location of the BarCamp did not deter the 100 odd attendees who came in through interesting ways like carpooling from Trivandrum, Cochin and Calicut and hitchhiking from nearby places. “I cannot believe that this is a event which is organized online totally and even the organizers meet only on the day of the event.” said the first time barcamper Jobi John who is a student in USA currently on his vacation in Kerala.

The sessions of the morning were:

1. BARCAMP KERALA : Kevin Babu – An introduction to BarCamps and its history in Kerala.
2. 2. 3D GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING : Praseed Pai – Introduction to graphics programming and the mathematic equations involved.

3. Building Complex Website the Drupal Way : Fredrik Jonsson – An enlightening session by this Swedish programmer who explained the usage of Drupal for building websites easily and customizing them.
4. Media and Freedom-Kenney Jacob – A debate and argument filled session on how the Old Media is threatened by the New Media and how dangerous is the media corporates with a hidden agenda.

This was followed by a lunch break and a Christmas cake sponsored by the digital marketing firm ayruz web holdings was distributed. This added a special touch to the event in this festive seasion.

Noon sessions

5. Recycling Old Computers using LTSP- By VU2SWX – A thought provoking session which helped attendees to find out new ways of using their old powerless computers as nodes and utilizing it effectively.

6. Innovation-”The UST Global Way”-Harikrishnan Nair -  A session on the importance of events like barcamps and how UST Global encourages innovation in their work culture.

7. Multi Monitor Machines by Binny V A – The advantages of using more than one monitor with your desktop and its disadvantages was shown by Binny VA who uses 3 monitors at his home in Linux.

8. Device management in modern Linux system by Unnikrishnan

The day was winded up with a wonderful discussion led by Mr. Kenney Jacob on the existing conditions for a new startup to bloom in Kerala. This discussion saw entrepreneurs share their troubles, their reason for “starting-up” and about funding and investment.

The Principal  of the MACFAST college  Fr. Abraham Mulamoottil gave a mindblowing talk on startups and his personal appreciation to all entrepreneurs and his open invitation to mentor new business ideas.

In all, the event was an experience all student startups appreciated, an experience for them to learn from those who have been successful and those who have failed.

The next Barcamp got scheduled at MACFAST.The session winded up at 6.15 pm.

Yeah its again that time of the year when all the old chaps come for their reunion at skps… so Mariamala here we come.. on the 26th December to remember and recollect the ‘good’ old days..

And my dear fellow skpsians…

The Alumni Association annual General Body Meeting will be held from 10:30 - 11:30 AM, 26 December 2009, in the Main Auditorium. Please be there on time. The annual membership renewal fee for this year is Rs. 50. As the term of the office berarers was extended from 1 year to 2 years, there will be no elections this time. However new batch representatives will be elcted. The hon. Gen Secretary will present the report and accounts.

Other topics for discussion - All Kerala Quiz Review, Annual Program for the SKPS students, Fund Raising, Alumni Bulletin, Magazine Representation etc.

The christmas exams begin on 14 December.Kindly pray for class IX, X, XII students for whom this is the final exam.

Department of computer science and engineering (ACES) of Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology are conducting a three day International Symposium called EMINENCE 2009 from 16th November to 18th November 2009.

Eminenet Speakers from various institutues from India and abroad like Mr. Joseph Sirosh, Vice President ,AMAZON.COM,Seattle,USA, Mr. Sunil Thankamushy, Former animation director of EA games, Currently CEO of Deep Blue Inc.,LA,USA, Mr. V Manikantan, CEO, SAP(WIPRO), Mr. Arafath Aboobacker, Team-Lead Technical, NIIT Technologies, Bangalore. are the main attraction of the symposium.

Each day has a distinct theme namely Technical (Day 1), Entrepreneurship (Day 2) and Soft Skills (Day 3).There is a conference on the second day on developing Entrepreneurship in which delegates from different companies likeWipro,Adobe,HP,Igate,UST global,TCS, Mind tree, Infosys, and more will participate. On the third day we have a talk on building leadership and soft skills by Mr. Edison Franz.

Ten Technical and non technical competitions are another attraction Eminence 09

Ten Top Directors of Malayalam Movie Industry join hands together for a new movie Kerala cafe which is setting a new milestone in the history of malayalam movie industry. Innovative ideas always comes from campuses. These Directors are also the product of 10 different campus in kerala. They designed a cool poster in which they are requesting students to analyze this movie.

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The students now in our campuses are the future of India. Budding Directors, Artists, Leaders, Engineers, Professors are among us. The famous music director M.Jayachandran is an Electrical engineer from CET. New Generation Music Director Rahul Raj is a B.tech graduate from CUSAT.We could make a long list of Successful Engineers in Movie and other industries. So next time when your friend tell you about a short film or music album, dont ignore him. He may be the future of indian Movie Industry

Campus Blogs are the platform for sharing your hidden talents. Remember our caption " Discovering Talents Every day". So Come up with your creative ideas like Short Films, Stories, Cartoons animations or anything like that. Dont ignore any piece of creative talent in our campus, share it to others..