Department of Electrical Engineering
Student Activities
Industrial Visit
On 27th September 2024, the Electrical Engineering Student Association (EESA) organized an industrial visit for second-year electrical engineering students. The objective of the visit was to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical applications in the industry. Students visited three companies— Swastik Heavy Electrical, KBP Trans Laminations LLP Shivam Electrical. This visit provided valuable insights into motor repair, transformer lamination production, and electrical panel manufacturing.
Industrial Visit to 500 KV HVDC Padghe Plant
Electrical Engineering Department arranged one day Industrial Visit for Final year Electrical Engineering students. As a part of University Curriculum, the Final year Students visited on 500 KV HVDC Padghe Plant on 24th September 2024. Students got the basic idea about Transmission Line Power Flow, Convert DC to AC, Thyristor Bank, DC and AC Switchyard Operation, Electrode Station, PLCC and SCADA System Operation, etc. Students observed the whole working process of Conversion of DC to AC. Student got information of various section of Padghe HVDC Terminal Station. AC Switchyard DC Switchyard Control Room Safety Section
DSE Orientation and Teacher’s Day Celebration
The Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA) has Celebrated Teacher’s day and Engineer’s day on 5th September 2024. Students appreciated the efforts of our Head of Department and all the teachers by handing over a rose flower. On the same day conducted an orientation Program for Direct Second Year Students
Industrial Visit to Saini Electricals
Electrical Engineering Department arranged one day Industrial Visit for Third year Electrical Engineering students. As a part of University Curriculum, the third year Students visited Saini Electrical and Engineering Works, M.I.D.C., Ambernath on 3rd and 4th September 2024. Our students gained more knowledge about AC machines and industrial exposure through this visit, which helped enhance their skills.
Formation of Electrical Engineering Student Association (EESA)
The Electrical Engineering Student Association (EESA) for the academic year 2024-25 formed on 16th August 2024. This Association works for the overall development of the students by providing them a platform to show their talent and skills
Workshop on Fire Extinguisher
The Electrical Department has Organized Workshop on Fire Extinguisher on 5th March 2024. The Purpose of the workshop is to aware students about basic Information of Fire Extinguisher & its application in various fields such as safety purpose Content of Workshop How to use Fire Extinguisher? How Fire Extinguisher Work? Fire Extinguisher Classification. Demonstration of Fire Extinguisher - Fire Safety Purpose. Demonstration of Fire Extinguisher – Which Extinguisher Do I use?
Industrial Visit to 33kV/11kV NRI Substation
The Electrical Engineering Department had arranged an industrial visit to 33kV/11kV NRI Substation, Sector- 50, Seawoods on 4th March 2024. It is an MSEDCL division office in Seawoods , Navi Mumbai. Our Third year students gained practical knowledge about control and automation panels used in the control room and isolators, circuit breakers, CT, PT and stepdown transformers installed in outdoor switchyard.
Seminar on “Revit Mep/CAD”
The Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA) organized a seminar on the topic “Revit Mep/CAD” for Third Year Electrical Engineering Students on 14th February 2024 at 2 pm. The expert invited for the seminar was Mr. Tushar Patil from CAD Centre Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.
Workshop on Electrical CAD
The Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA) organized a workshop on the topic “Electrical CAD” for Final Year Electrical Engineering Students on 6th and 7th February 2024 from 10 am to 5 pm. The expert invited for the workshop is Mr. Tushar Patil from CAD Centre Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. This session was intended to train the for creating electrical drawings, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and many other forms of electrical design.
Workshop on Arduino IDE and Mobile App Development.
Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA)’ of A. C. Patil College of Engineering organized a workshop on Arduino IDE & Mobile App Development on 1st February 2024 The Arduino IDE is a platform for programming microcontrollers, fostering hands-on Electrical and electronics projects. Mobile app development involves creating software applications for smart phones. Both skills offer practical and creative opportunities in the realms of hardware and software.
Industrial Visit to Bhira Hydro Power Station
Electrical Engineering Department arranged one day Industrial Visit for Second year Electrical Engineering students. As a part of University Curriculum, students visited to Bhira Hydro Power Station on 24 th January 2024. The purpose of this Industrial visit was to provide an exceptional prospect for all the students to interact and know more about Hydro Power generating station environment. The objective was to help the students to create a practical outlook on the field of power production and transmission.
Teacher’s day and Engineer’s day Celebration
The Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA) has Celebrated Teacher’s day and Engineer’s day on 15th September 2023. Students appreciated the efforts of our Head of Department and all the teachers by handing over a rose flower. Engineer’s Day is dedicated to commemorating the birth anniversary of Sir Moksha Gundam Visvesvaraya – one of the greatest engineers of the country. Students remember the achievements and remarkable contributions of Sir Moksha Gundam Visvesvaraya in the engineering field.
Online Workshop on “Design of DC-DC Converter and VSI”
The Electrical Engineering Department had organized a one day online workshop on “Design of DC-DC Converter and VSI” for final year students on 13 th September, 2023. The speakers of the workshop were Dr. Jayant. J. Mane and Mr. Nikhil. N. Kasar associated with Finolex Academy of Management and Technology, Rasayani. It was a very interactive session in which our students learned the steps of designing boost converter and half-bridge voltage source inverter along with use of its hardware components.
Industrial Visit to Saini Electricals
Electrical Engineering Department arranged one day Industrial Visit for Third year Electrical Engineering students. As a part of University Curriculum, the third year Students visited Saini Electrical, Ambarnath on 4th and 5th September 2023. This Visit made our Students to gain more knowledge and provide industrial exposure which help them to enhance the skills.
Online Workshop on “Design and Simulation of BLDC/PMSM motor used in Electric Vehicle Application”
The Electrical Engineering Department arranged a one-day workshop on the topic “Design and Simulation of BLDC/PMSM motor used in Electric Vehicle Application” for the subject Electrical Machine Design for the final year of Electrical Engineering Students on 31st Aug 2023. The subject includes designing of 3 phase transformer, 3 phase induction Motor, Synchronous machines, EV grade Induction motor and computer aided design. This Workshop guide our students regarding the practical approach for designing and simulation of BLDC/PMSM motor used in electric vehicle applications.
Orientation Program for IEEE Students Section & Revival of SWAYAM NPTEL Local Chapter
The Electrical Engineering Department organized Orientation Program for IEEE Students Section & Revival of SWAYAM NPTEL Local Chapter on 10th August 2023. This Orientation Program was intended to encourage more students to participate in this initiative
Workshop on Prototype/ Process Design and Development
The Electrical Engineering Department in association with IIC organized Workshop on Prototype / Process Design and Development on 28th July 2023, to guide students on:
- prototype Idea generation and its designing.
- How to develop prototype: challenges and strategies
This Workshop provides the direction for project/business, Identifies sustainable revenue streams, resource allocation, creates detailed technical blueprints, defines efficient process workflow, identifies and addresses potential risk.
Session on How to plan for Start-up and legal & Ethical steps
The Electrical Engineering Department in association with IIC organized Session on “How to plan for Start-up and legal & Ethical steps” on 28th July 2023. This Session was intended to train participants about the startups and legal and ethical steps for framework to produce quality results as the new entrepreneurs. The key focal point of the webinar was to identify the tools and techniques used by entrepreneurs to uplift business.
Seminar on SAP ERP
The Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA) has organized a seminar on “SAP ERP” for Final Electrical Engineering students on 25th July 2023. to guide the students This seminar was an overview of SAP applications and components, with a focus on business processes within SAP ERP.
A Report on Industrial Visit at ± 500 KV HVDC, Padghe Maharashtra”
Date : 02nd March 2023 & 03rd March 2023
Department : Electrical Engineering
Venue : HVDC Terminal Station, MSETCL, Padghe
Coordinator : Ms. S. R Nandurkar
Class : BE Final year ( BE Div A & B)
Total no of students : 137
Total no of staff : 04
Summary : The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) built a 1,500 MW HVDC link between the cities of Chandrapur and Padghe (near Mumbai) – the first HVDC transmission link to Mumbai. The converter terminals were constructed by ABB (Sweden and India) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) of India. The 500 kV Chandrapur – Padghe HVDC Bipole feeds Mumbai on the west coast with 1,500 MW from a thermal power generation plant located near Chandrapur in the eastern part of Maharashtra State 752 km away. The link helps to stabilize the Maharashtra grid, increasing power flow on the existing 400 kV AC lines while minimizing total line losses. Mr Sunil Shenava Deputy Executive engineer has briefed the students on the visit days.
±500 KV HVDC Padghe Plant Specification:
| Commissioning year | 1999 |
| Power rating | 1,500 MW |
| No. of poles | 2 |
| AC voltage | 400 kV (both ends) |
| DC voltage | ±500 kV |
| Length of overhead DC line | 752 km |
| Main reason for choosing HVDC | Long distance, network stability, environmental concerns Application: Connecting remote generation |
Workshop on, “AutoCAD-Electrical“
EESA-ACPCE has organized a workshop on AutoCAD- Electrical by Mr. Pratik Patil from MIT. The AutoCAD-Electrical Workshop helped students gain knowledge about AutoCAD applications in the field of Electrical Engineering. They learnt about various types of tools and commands in AutoCAD.
Under the guidance of experts, students could execute simple projects using AutoCAD software like- drafting of electrical components, drawing of SLD, and gain knowledge about the different display & unit settings in the software during the Hands-on practice session. All the participants were delighted by an interactive technical session conducted by an expert speaker from MIT.
Seminar on, “Industrial Automation”
EESA-ACPCE has organized a Seminar on Industrial Automation by Mr. Raj Singh from Precon Automation & Systems Pvt. Ltd. The session on Industrial Automation helped students to gain knowledge related to the Automation Industry and several Career opportunities related to it. They learnt about different types of Components of control Panels and various automation tools used in Electrical Applications.
The Seminar went well as planned. All the participants were delighted by an interactive technical session conducted by the expert speaker from “Precon Automation & System Pvt Ltd.”
Workshop on, “Arduino”
The Electrical Engineering Department had organized a one day hands-on-workshop on “Arduino” for third year students on 25 th January, 2023. The speaker of the workshop was Mr. Shubham Thakur associated with PCB Unit, Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology, Rasayani. It started with expert seminar covering the basics of Arduino and its applications followed by actual hands-on-session. It was a very interactive session in which our students gained practical knowledge regarding writing the program codes in Arduino IDE 1.8.19 software, loading the code in Arduino and interfacing it in different applications.
Workshop on, “ Cables and Wires”
EESA has organised a workshop on Cables and Wires in collaboration with Polycab India Ltd. on 21 December 2022. Mr. Debajyoti Mukherji (Vice President, Technical) and Jatin Panchal (Product Manager, Cable) from Polycab India Ltd delivered the expert talk on design aspects, selection and special types of cables with their demonstration. Total 100 participants (Students and faculties) took the benefit of the same.
Seminar on, “ Design of power electronic converter”
The Electrical Engineering Department had organized a one day technical expert seminar on “ Design of power electronic converter” for third year and final year students on 4th October, 2022. The speakers of the seminar were Dr. Sushil Thale. Sir, explained us about the design of power electronic converters its component selection and rating aspects. Our students got actual idea regarding the selection of components.
Engineer’s Day Celebration
The Electrical Engineering Department had organized seminar on the topic “Introduction to fundamentals of Induction motors design and placement guidance session on expectation of core /manufacturing industry from students and prerequisite for getting into a core industry”this seminar was conduted by Sandeep Sawant , Dy General Manager – Human Resource,Bharat Bijlee Limited, with team.they introduced fundamental of Induction motors design and career guidance to students.
PCB Fabrication Workshop
The Electrical Engineering Department had organized a one day workshop on “PCB Fabrication” for third year students on 29th July, 2022. The speakers of the workshop were Mr. Shubham Thakur and Ms.Snehal Patil associated with PCB Unit, Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology, Rasayani. It started with expert seminar covering the basics of PCB Fabrication followed by actual hands-on-session. Our students got a practical exposure to actual PCB fabrication using appropriate materials and tools available in lab.
Teacher’s Day and Engineer’s Day
Teacher’s Day is a special day for appreciation of teachers and may include celebrations to honour them for their special contribution in particular field area The birthday of second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan has been celebrated as Teacher’s day since 1962.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is a campaign which was launched on October 2, 2014 and aims to eradicate open defecation by 2019. It is a campaign by Government of India to keep the streets, roads and infrastructure of country’s 4041 statuatory cities and towns and it’s rural areas clean.
The EESA committee had organized a cleanliness drive at certain places in Kharghar such as Belpada, Sector-12, Sector 13 on 6th September. Students cleaned the roads, streets by picking up all garbage and debris lying at open spaces, thus made people aware of importance of cleanliness in one’s neighborhood.
Aazadi-71
Independence Day is annually celebrated on 15th August as a national holiday in India to commemorate our nation’s independence from rule of United Kingdom. On 15th August 1947, our Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian national Flag above Lahori gate of Red Fort in Delhi.
The EESA committee had organized the event “Aazadi-71” on August 23, 2017 to commemorate 71st independence of our nation. Students paid tribute to all the freedom fighters, reformers and revolutionaries who had contributed to independence of our nation. Students staged a play, showed music and dance performances on patriotic songs depicting the struggle movement for freedom of our country.
Farewell
The Third year students of EESA committee gave a farewell party to the final year students on 12th April 2017. Our Head of Department, Dr. S. R. Deore motivated the students by giving some guidelines to move ahead in life and gave good wishes for their bright future. Students shared some memorable instances while spending these four years in the institute. There were some game arranged for students and prizes were given for the same. The party ended with a DJ, where students danced in groups in open space with full spirit and cheers.
Seminar on Energy Audit
The EESA committee had organised a seminar on “Energy Audit” on 2nd March 2017. The speaker of the event was Mr. K. P. Surendranth, Deputy General Manager, ONGC, Mumbai. He delivered a speech on need, types and methods of Energy Audit carried out in an industry. He made the students visualize by showing some videos on sample audits which were carried out in ONGC industry.
Orphanage Visit at Kharghar
The EESA committee along with some teachers, visited an orphanage center at Sector 12, Kharghar on January 21, 2017. The teachers interacted gently with orphan children and encouraged them for standing alone in their lives. Students played some mini-games with these children and children danced with cheers, thus giving some enjoyable moments in their lives. The committee donated clothes, groceries and some basic amenities to the orphanage center.
Debate Competition
The EESA committee along with some teachers, visited an orphanage center at Sector 12, Kharghar on January 21, 2017. The teachers interacted gently with orphan children and encouraged them for standing alone in their lives. Students played some mini-games with these children and children danced with cheers, thus giving some enjoyable moments in their lives. The committee donated clothes, groceries and some basic amenities to the orphanage center.
Navaratri Festival
The EESA committee had organised Navaratri festival on 4th October 2016. Students presented Garba dance performances in groups on the navaratri songs in the open space of our institute.
Teacher’s Day and Engineer’s Day
The EESA committee had organised Teacher’s day and Engineer’s Day on September 23, 2016 . Students appreciated the efforts of our Head of Department and all teachers by handing over a rose flower and taking blessings from them. Students staged play , music and dance performances depicting the role of teachers in educating students for a good future. Students had organized games for teachers, thus giving enjoyable moments apart from their busy schedule. There was a quiz competition arranged for all students where some basic questions were asked related to electrical engineering, thus illustrating its importance in various applications.
Aazadi-70
The EESA committee had organized the event “Aazadi-70” to commemorate 70th independence of our nation on 23th August 2016. Students paid tribute to all the freedom fighters, reformers and revolutionaries who had contributed to independence of our nation. Students staged a skit, presented music and dance performances on patriotic songs depicting the struggle movement for freedom of our country. The event ended with singing of our National Anthem by the entire crowd.
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