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For any university offering engineering courses, investing in its students extends beyond training them to get lucrative jobs or preparing them for future challenges. There is also the need to ensure equal educational opportunities are provided to bright students from economically-weak backgrounds. This need is even more urgent in an era where the costs of education are growing rapidly and where talented young minds look towards prestigious institutions with a hope to exercise their right to receive a quality education.

Thanks to its benefactors, The NorthCap University has previously been able to ease the burden of many budding engineers and helped achieve their dream of becoming future industry leaders. And now, it has taken another step to even the playing field for all engineering students. The university has announced a Scholarship Program worth Rs. 1 Crore for Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering aspirants.

The Scholarship Program is particularly designed for students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance over the years. Local and international applicants alike can apply for any of the following courses:-

1) B.Tech in EECE with specialization in Internet of Things (IoT)

2) B.Tech in EECE with specialization in Embedded Systems and VLSI Design

With the launch of this initiative, The NorthCap University has reaffirmed its commitment to helping talented young minds fulfil their career aspirations. Simultaneously, the move has demonstrated the institute's devotion to its mission to make India a nucleus of engineering innovation and research - something that matches the objectives of the Hon'ble Prime Minister's Make In India campaign. Applicable for the academic year 2020 - 21, the program aims to remove various financial hurdles faced by deserving students and enables them to focus entirely on achieving academic excellence. More importantly, it stresses the importance of placing education above anything else and the need for a stress-free college experience.

The NorthCap University will award 50% of the scholarships (or 10 seats) to students who have scored 80.1 % or above in Class XII (CBSE) Science (with Physics, Chemistry, Maths & English). Similarly, it will award 25% (or 25 seats) of the scholarships to those with 70% - 80%. Candidates must note that this is an early-bird scholarship, meaning seats will be awarded based on a first-come-first-serve basis. Additionally, the university has the sole discretion to make any changes or amendments to this program and/or to revoke a granted scholarship in case the candidate has not complied or failed to meet the admission criteria.

Tinkering Lab in The NorthCap University was inaugurated by Prof B K Kuthiala, Chairperson Haryana Higher Education Council, Govt of Haryana, on 21st July 2018. The EECE dept. maintains the Tinkering Lab for the usage of all members of the university to promote innovative and interdisciplinary project work. The primary objective of the Tinkering lab is to spur the spark of creativity, foster curiosity and imagination in young minds, which go beyond regular curriculum and textbook learning. It is equipped with facilities such as Soldering station, PCB designing kit, equipment/components for Electronics development, Robotics, Internet of Things and Sensors, Electrical and measurement tools, Power supplies, Consumables, Computers, Printer, etc. Students of any discipline with a bend for invention and innovation can come together under one roof to give shape to their new ideas. Students can design, create and engineer prototypes, new products, etc. Moreover, the Tinkering lab is also used for fostering entrepreneurship and utilized by the students as incubators and accelerators for business start-ups.

Tinkering lab provides support in terms of manpower and resources. The dedicated technical staff and faculty members provide hands-on different emerging areas such as IoT, Big data, cloud computing, Robotics, etc. The in-charge of the Tinkering lab is an expert in making all kinds of electronic projects and is always ready to guide students. Students are motivated by the faculty members to work in the Tinkering lab; thus, students are making full use of the lab. Students of all disciplines such as ECE, CSE, ME, CE, Law, and Management work in this lab on different electronics based and mechanical projects using electronic circuits, Arduino boards, other microcontrollers, different types of sensors, motors, ICs and control circuit modules. Students work in the Tinkering lab by making groups, which enhances their peer to peer interaction with students of other streams as well, and this promotes interdisciplinary projects.

Some of the projects on which students have worked in the tinkering lab are Hydraulic bridge, Electronic quiz, Automatic gas stove controller, Air purifier, Automatic street light, Automatic emergency light, Floor cleaner, Automatic curtains, Home automation, Earthquake resistance building, Drone delivery system, Smart classroom with automatic room lock, light On-off system, Gesture controlled Car, Automatic smart parking system, Secret coded door lock, Portable emergency light, Musical alarm and many more. Approximately hundreds of projects are worked upon the tinkering lab. The lab is always open during the university timing. Students of all years are welcomed to work on basic to advanced levels of projects.

Project exhibitions and competitions are organized towards the end of each semester, and good projects are awarded through cash prizes and appreciation certificates to motivate students of the university to work on innovative and interdisciplinary projects. During the Student Project Exhibition conducted in the Tinkering Lab in December 2019, Automatic gas stove controller, Smart dine-in system, Home automation system using Google assistant and NodeMCU projects received cash prizes and certificates of appreciation.

Automatic car management system (with features of automatic type puncture detection in types of the car and automatic lifting of a car by lowering the jacks already attached the car body) project sponsored by the university under VC innovation fund was designed and given shape in the tinkering lab only.  Law students also visit tinkering lab to give shape to interdisciplinary projects. One of the projects included a bakery model representing Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) such as Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Designs act, with the help of a small electronic circuit.

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Written by

Dr. Vandana Khanna,

Assistant Professor,

EECE Department

“Never regard your study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.” –Albert Einstein

The NorthCap University Alumni Connect welcomes you all to join our great community which endeavors to impart, share and collaborate our collective experience among ourselves, the society and the future alumni. Feeling a duty to give back to our beloved institution the leanings that we acquired from it; with renewed and fruitful learning we experienced in life enriching it further. It’s time we act together, now and in synchrony to make our society and environment a better place to be in. 

Alumni of NCU has always been a source of support and inspiration for the students and the staff of the EECE Department. The alumni always come back to the institution to contribute in various ways. Alumni are associated with us through mentoring as our current students are mapped with alumni depending upon their area of expertise and share their experiences in the academics (by orienting and teaching them in projects), cultural and sports events (by giving expert advices and their own experiences), or even employment ( by training them for their internships or recruitment in corporate world and also making them aware about the career options in diverse fields).

As we know Electronics and Communication Engineering is an ever-growing industry in today’s digital scenario. It is the utilization of science and math applied to practical problems in the field of Electronics & Communication. Electronics and communication engineers engage in research, design, development and testing of the electronic equipment used in various communications systems. The graduates & post graduates are qualified for professional practice or to work in several areas of specialization. We prepare students as professional engineers through an education in fundamental principles presented in the context of real application and design the syllabic with the help of our alumni connect. In addition to this our ECE alumni come forward to guide their juniors to work in specific fields where they can excel and can choose their careers. They also provide support to the NCU by providing guidance in updating our current curriculums to be aligned with industry trends.  

Alumni is truly an asset for new graduates of the department as well as for the NCU. These days we often use social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn etc. to keep up to date likewise alumni association is the best platform to interact, learn and connect with each other which can connect you with various opportunities for the future endeavors. 

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