To all Principals and SPP Co-ordinators,

KSCST has successfully completed 44th Series of Student Project Program. In this connection, it was informed to all the concerned colleges to send hard copy of Utilization certificate (UC), Statement of Expenditure (SE) and softcopy of the complete project report (Single pdf for each project) for those who have not submitted till date.

As on 28th November 2022, 38 institutions have not submitted the Utilisation Certificate and Statement of Expenditure (UC and SE). Please arrange to send the hardcopy of the UC and SE by speed post / Courier to KSCST office at the earliest.

 The softcopy of the project report to be submitted in .pdf format through email: spp@kscst.org.in (44th Series project report only)

The updated details as on 28th November 2022 is available in following link. Please check and send the pending documents mentioned in the below linked pdf file. Ignore this information, if all the credentials in the pdf is marked as "YES".

Consider this as immediate and respond at the earliest.

Status of receipt of softcopy of the Project Completion Report and receipt of Utilisation Certificate and Statement of Expenditure (UC/SE) from college as on 28 November 2022

This is to inform you that the evaluation of projects sponsored under 44th Series of Student Project Program is scheduled be held online this year. The evaluation of the projects is expected to start on 2nd August 2021 and complete latest by 16th August 2021.

The best projects from each branch of engineering will be selected by experts for awarding "Best project of the year award". The best projects will be honored with cash prize and certificate from KSCST.

The guidelines for online presentation is given below for your reference. Please read these carefully and follow all rules to diligently conduct the activity.

1. The online projects evaluation is on Google Meet web platform. The web link will be sent to the Team leader and project guide for online participation one / two days before the evaluation. Please check your emails regularly to note the date and time of evaluation (check in spam box also).

2. The Project teams shall be ready with the short PowerPoint presentation and demo of working model / project outcome. We inform you to intimate the status well in advance to process at our end.

3. The project team members shall login using their actual name and not nick name / short name to enable us to identify the student in the online meeting room.

4. Project team are invited to present through the power point presentation and demo. Please stick on to the time. All the participants except the presenter shall mute the mike and not to initiate / share the presentation. After presentation and evaluation, the team can exit from the presentation group.

5. Each project group is allotted 10 minutes for presentation and demo. (date and time will be intimated to you in advance).

6. Please stick to your contributions and project deliverables, taking only 2-3 minutes for introduction/ background and literature. Spend more time on your work - implementation, experiments and results and 2 minutes for special efforts done by you in the project. We expect maximum of two students to present the project.

7. Prepare the presentation in advance and check for lab availability, computers, network etc. Last minute preparation may lead to problems in interacting with experts. Check for adequate internet bandwidth and sufficient lighting for demonstration of your project.

8. Students shall not use mobile for presentation; they need to use laptops or desktops for presentation.

9. The project team shall keep all demo items on a table near the presentation place visible to the experts.

10. Each team needs to focus the camera of the laptop / desktop to show the parts and operations clearly to judges.

11. We except you to do a dry run with your team to seamlessly present without difficulties and interruptions during web review (Google Meet platform).

We plan to bring out a compendium of best projects for which we inform you to submit the following:

1. Project summary and softcopy of the full report.

2. Submit a five-page summary of your project as per the format sent to you in the project sanction order / website and send the same positively by 30th July 2021. This will be included in the technical compendium published by KSCST. (https://www.kscst.org.in/spp/44_series/44_Series_SPP_Approved_Proposals.html)

3. The Project Completion Report (Final report) has to be sent in SOFTCOPY ONLY (SINGLE PDF FILE) by email (spp@kscst.iisc.ernet.in). The pdf file shall include the certificate duly signed by the Project Guide and Head of the institution regarding completion of the project.

Please get in touch with us by email (spp@kscst.iisc.ernet.in) if you need any clarifications regarding the whole process.

All students are informed to visit KSCST website www.kscst.org.in/spp.html   or www.kscst.iisc.ernet.in/spp.html for further announcements and details.

KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE CAMPUS, BENGALURU -560012

Telephone: 080 -23600978, 23341652

Email: spp@kscst.iisc.ernet.in

Website: www.kscst.iisc.ernet.in/spp.html or www.kscst.org.in/spp.html

STUDENT PROJECTS PROGRAMME (SPP) 44^th SERIES : 2020 - 2021

PROJECT PROPOSALS ARE INVITED FROM
FINAL YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
[BE, M.Tech, M.Sc., AND MBA STUDENTS]

KSCST invites project proposals from the final year BE, M.Tech, M.Sc & MBA students for sponsorship, under the 44^th series of Student Project Programme (SPP).

The project proposals can be submitted from 21^st October 2020 to 8^th January 2021.

The submitted projects shall mandatorily be from one of the broad themes / areas as below:

1. Non-conventional and / or composite building materials / structures

2. Low-cost modified transport system for village / rural / disabled community

3. Low-cost, eco-friendly potable water filtration

4. Automation or new concepts in agriculture (cultivation, raising crops, irrigation etc.)

5. User friendly devices for aged or physically challenged people

6. Robotics / 3D printing / Cyber security

7. Innovative materials for acoustics and noise Control

8. E-Learning Technologies to villages / panchayat levels

9. Bioenergy / Solar energy application at villages

10. Domestic bio / non-bio waste treatment / recycling

11. Newer techniques in Air Pollution control

12. Newer techniques in treating domestic sewage / industrial effluents

13. Electro-Chemical Devices (Fuel Cells, Capacitors, Batteries, etc.)

14. Technologies relevant in the aftermath of Covid-19.

Who can apply: Final year students of B.E., M.Tech, M.Sc and MBA

How to apply:

 Evaluation Process :

 Note: The sponsored amount initially will be partial. Upon presentation / evaluation at the second phase, the balance amount will be released for the successful projects.

Students may send the "hardcopy of the project proposal" with due approval of the college to: