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“A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.” said Edward Teller. The statement depicts the importance of science. Science is everywhere around us. From the pen to the plane, everything is a scientific advancement. It becomes necessary for young graduates to keep note of the advancements in sciences, which actually cheers one’s potential to find new.

Science and technology plays a predominant role in human life. Introduction of new technologies inspires man kind to build another of the same kind with specialized features.  XILINX version 11.0 is the latest released software into the market. This software is used specially by Electronic Engineers, who are into software development. “Interface of the software is of high standard but is easily understandable when one pays attention towards learning the tools”, explained Mr. Srinivas, Cypress Semiconductor.

A one day, student- faculty workshop, was organized by department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Malla Reddy Institute of Engineering and Technology. The workshop was held on 20th March, 2010 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The event was very simple. Software development labs of ECD (Electronics and Communications Department) were equipped with XILINX version 9.0. The improved version of XILINX software was explained to the faculty and students.

The workshop was divided into four sessions. In the first session, basics of VLSI, VHDL designs were explained to the students and faculty. The session was interactive. Students took an active part in the session.  In order to attract the participation, Guest lecturer Mr. Srinivas, offered goodies to those students who answered his questions. One of the typical question was, “What do you mean by IP?” while explaining the concept of Microprocessors (which is one of the branches covered in the course of ECE). Most of the students mistook that to be “Internet Protocol” and replied the same. There was a huge laughter from faculty and guest lecturer. The actual answer to that question was “Intellectual Property”. This was supposed to be the basic memory element of every microprocessor.

Enthusiasm was prevalent throughout the presentation. Students felt that they have got a wonderful opportunity to learn new things and know market status. “The process in which we need to understand the technology was clearly explained. Most of the new logics, logical development was elaborated. I’m thankful to my department for organizing a technical workshop for the students”, shared Sri Harsha Mukkavilli, student of ECE, MRIET.

“Importance of Embedded systems and designs is of much importance. Workshop has made my work less. I’d been collecting material from various sources and today I’m happy that I’ve got everything at my desk. I was working on this from two years and the workshop has really filled in my purpose”, asserts Janga Manasa, student of ECE, MRIET.

Slide show at the Workshop for students and faculty of ECD, MRIET. Credits: Frank Einstein

“Workshops help us to know the best from experienced people of concerned fields. The idea of a faculty-student workshop is indeed a good idea. It is important for faculty also to learn new so that class room lectures would be interesting”, opines Yarram Mounika Reddy, student of ECE, MRIET.

“The workshop has helped us to know much better. I didn’t new these concepts or these releases into market. These workshops act as refreshers. I’ve enjoyed the session. It was very interesting though. I felt happy when students raised doubts, which I didn’t get. This shows the interest among students to learn the new. It is very important not only for students but also faculty like us to keep track of the advancements in technology. I’d suggest students to use the internet services for the best uses to enhance the knowledge”, said Assistant Professor in Digital Signal Processing, Mr. Devendar Reddy of MRIET.

Having seen the feedback from students and faculty of the department, principal of the college Dr. K. Venkateshwarulu, announced that there would be at least 2 workshops every year for students as well as faculty. He felt happy to see the response from students’ side and promised students that he would support from the management side in organizing such workshops in the college. He also said that this time they would invite other colleges also for the workshops taking place in the campus.