As the pandemic situation is in vogue, Mahindra University Research Symposium (MURS) was conducted completely online.

Mahindra University organises great MURS 2020

Among the educational institutions that participated in the event organised by Mahindra University are IIT Roorkee, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, NIT Warangal, SRMIST, VIT, NIT Surathkal.

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Over 150 research papers were submitted for presentation at MURS 2020 by Mahindra University.

About 60 papers were selected after careful review for presentation under different tracks like oral, poster and prototype presentation – all around the symposium theme ‘Sustainable Development’.

Graduate, post graduate and doctorate students presented papers during MURS 2020 of Mahindra University.

Vice Chancellor of Mahindra University Dr. Yajulu Medury inaugurated MURS.

Professor Santanu Chaudhury, Director of IIT Jodhpur deliverd the keynote address at MURS by Mahindra University.

His multimedia talk dwelt on recent advancements in the areas of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) and their applications in the virtual reconstruction and multimedia depiction of national heritage sites like Hampi Temple, Viswanath Temple.

A plenary talk by ProfessorGanesh Baglar from IIIT Delhi on Computational Gastronomy also stood a highlight.

Dr. Shankar Venugopal, VP of Mahindra Research Valley spoke on ‘Mobility Engineer 2030.’

Their talks filled the young minds with knowledge about the latest developments in various technical fields of immense general interest.

The event was coordinated by a faculty team consisting Jayasri Dontabhaktuni (Lead), Gomathi Anandhanatarajan, Prafulla Kalapatapu, Venkata Dilip Kumar Pasupuleti and Prasad Pokkunuri.

Dean Academics at Mahindra University Dr. Bishnu Pal, and the dean research Dr. Arya Kumar Bhattacharya also spoke.

The second day of the event started off with the inauguration of Green Office (GO) logo of Mahindra University.

GO is a student body devoted to promote sustainability in education, research and various other institutional activities.

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Mr. Prashant Lingam, founder of Bamboo House India gave a plenary talk. Professor Prasanta Panigrahi from IISER Kolkata spoke on Quantum Computing.

Each presentation and talk introduced many interesting ideas and promoted stimulating discussions amongst the students.

A series of interesting and thought-provoking sessions ended with the poster presentations in which the participating students presented their research ideas and projects in the form of posters to the panel of faculty judges.

The moments turned delightful when winners were announced.

Winners of oral presentation category were Rahul Arepaka of Mahindra University who presented work on Cable lifted automated robot for agriculture.

Also Pritam Singh of IIT Roorkee who made a presentation on Zero-waste sustainable and environment friendly technology for 2G-ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass was a winner.

The winners in poster presentation category were were Krishna Shankar (IIT Roorkee) who made a presentation on homogentisic acid-based whole-cell biosensor for detection of Alkaptonuria disease.

Another winner was Anil Kumar of NIT Surathkal who made a presentation on solar cooker with low cost sensible heat storage medium.

Also, Phurba Tamang from Royal University in Bhutan who made a presentation on Stability Analysis and Stabilization of Recurring Slope Failure along Dewathang-SamdrupJongkhar Highway was a winner.

The winners in the Prototype Presentation category was Sai Bhargav Reddy of IIT-ISM Dhanbad who made a presentation on Model to forecast crop yield using satellite multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing to support better agricultural practices.

Another winner was Dr. Shailendra Singh of IIT Roorkee who made a presentation on real time monitoring of biomass, lipid and nitrate dynamic profile using innovative light evolution kinetic model.

Chakshu face attendance app

Mahindra University was again in limelight recently when its student Kartikeya Bhardwaj created a deep learning app ‘Chakshu Face Attendance.’

The app designed by Bharadwaj who is a mechanical engineering student of class 2020 provides employers, institutions with touchless recording of attendance attributes.

The app designed by Mahindra University student is said to have relevance especially in current COVID-19 situation as it provides a safe alternative to touch-based fingerprint attendance systems.

The start-up is being incubated at Mahindra e-hub, an incubation center of Mahindra University under the Mahindra University’s Centre of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The university focuses on providing an enabling atmosphere to the students so that they can apply their learning in creating innovative solutions to everyday problems, said Dr. Yajulu Medury, Vice Chancellor, Mahindra University.

The vice chancellor of Mahindra University further said one such focus has been on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, wherein we have not just created state-of-the-art labs but also made available live projects for students to work on.

It is indeed exciting to witness these efforts coming to fruition and our Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is providing a platform for these start-ups to grow and grow on their own by providing all necessary assistance in sync with the Indian Government’s mission, he said.

‘A strong anti spoofing provision makes Chakshu Face Attendance a highly reliable face attendance system. The app is secure, efficient and highly scalable,’ says Kartikeya Bhardwaj, Founder, Chakshu.ai.

In big organizations, for attendance, fingerprint or ID scanners are the norm.

In Covid times, ‘touchless’ technology is the call of the hour since anything that is used by many people may turn out to be conduit for transmission of the virus.

In MSMEs, this isn’t so, primarily because of the issue of costs, e.g. RFID systems require expensive hardware and regular maintenance.

In addition, a common issue is that of Buddy Punching, where employees do proxy attendance of their colleagues using their IDs results in huge losses and is an unethical practice that still floats around in offices all over the world.

Chakshu Face Attendance app developed Chakshu.ai is a touchless employee attendance app that lets an organization clock attendance through an android device (phone or a tablet) using face recognition.

The attendance process is completely touch-free and Covid-19 ready.

It also eliminates the buddy punching problem through SpoofSense, Chakshu’s AI algorithm is trained to detect Spoofing attacks and reject them, thereby making the process secure and trustable.

Scaling AI algorithms to thousands of users is a compute intensive process and often results in high latency situations.

Chakshu App involves careful model optimizations that makes the backend capable to serve a huge volume of traffic at Peak Performance, ensuring a frictionless user experience.

The schedule to submit applications for JEE Advanced 2025 has been announced along with that of AAT 2025 registration,

Application process for AAT starts after result declaration of JEE Advanced. This year too, the trend is no different.

Who will conduct AAT 2025?

AAT 2025 will be conducted by IIT Kanpur and is expected to see a participation in impressive numbers. The same institution is conducting JEE Advanced 2025.

Details about the exam are available on the official website mentioned above. Students who pass AAT 2025 will be able to study BArch in IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and IIT (BHU) Varnasi.

Who can take up AAT 2025 registration?

Students who have passed JEE Advanced 2025 with required qualifying marks can take up AAT 2025 registration. Applying for JEE Advanced requires a pass in JEE Mains.

Candidates who have passed plus two with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects will be able to take up JEE Mains registration. The process to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration is online.

1. The URL has to be typed into the browser and the webpage has to be allowed to download.

2. Once the website is available, students should click the link for JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and enter JEE Advanced 2025 registration number, their date of birth, mobile number and email address.

3. Post providing the above details, applicants will be asked if they are interested in AAT. Students have to answer ‘Yes’ to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

4. Candidates have to provide the required information and choose the centers where they wish to write the exam and submit the form.

5. They will receive message indicating successful completion of JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

The message has to be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken and preserved for use in future. This could be of use during the admission process.

Website for JEE Advanced 2025/AAT 2025 Registration is Here

Exam pattern

Candidates who have completed JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration must also know the exam pattern if they are to score good marks.

Those who have taken up AAT 2025 registration can take up the exam which will be held in offline mode, as a pen and paper mode test.

Candidates will have three hours time to answer all the questions. The medium of the test is English.

The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

Syllabus for AAT 2025

The next thing to do after completing AAT 2025 registration is focus on preparing for the test.

The subjects to be studied while preparing for AAT 2025 are mentioned below. Candidates can also refer the official website for more information on syllabus when the registration for the exam begins:

Geometrical Drawing

Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders, etc.

Freehand Drawing

This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale.

Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.

Three dimension perception

Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.

Architectural Awareness

General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers, etc.) in the related domain.

Imagination and Aesthetic Sensitivity

Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping.

Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.

The medium of the test is English. The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

The admit cards obtained for JEE Advanced 2025 can also be used to gain entry into the test centers for AAT 2024.

Point to remember

Candidates can visit the official website of JEE Advanced exam for more information on JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and other related topics.

The students have to quickly take up the AAT 2025 registration as the time left would be very short.

Like JEE Advanced exam where the registration is open for a longer duration, that of AAT 2025 registration is open for only a short period.

The details about AAT 2025 registration provided above are for general understanding purpose of the students.

There could be some changes in the exam, students can visit the official website of the exam at regular intervals to receive updates.

More information could be provided as the time for AAT 2025 registration would commence, till that time, students can refer other sources also.

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