12-MAR-2012 TO 19-MAR-2012
- The second National Conference on Computer Networks ,Human Computer Interactions and Image processing NCHIP ‘12.
- On 14th March 2012 the conference was inaugurated by the Chief guest Sri K G Gireesh Babu (CEO, Technopark , Thiruvananthapuram). Professor Dr. K Karunakaran (Vice-Chancellor, Anna University of technology, Coimbatore) was the special Guest of Honour in the inaugural ceremony.
- Events/ Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences
1. National Conference on Computer Networks, Human Computer Interactions and Image Processing NCHIP ‘12
The second National Conference on Computer Networks , Human Computer Interactions and Image processing NCHIP ‘ 12 was organized jointly by the Department of Computer Applications and Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Vidya Academy of Science and Technology during 14 – 15, March 2012, with technical co-sponsorship from the Computer Society of India and the Indian society for Technical Education. On 14th March 2012 the conference was inaugurated by the Chief guest Sri K G Gireesh Babu (CEO, Technopark , Thiruvananthapuram). Professor Dr. K Karunakaran (Vice-Chancellor, Anna University of technology, Coimbatore) was the special Guest of Honour in the inaugural ceremony. On 14th March 2012, Dr. V N Krishnachandran gave a talk on Fractals and Image Processing. On 15th March 2012, Dr. V I Lajish, Head of Department of Computer Science, University of Calicut, Kerala delivered a talk on Soft Computing for Intelligent Systems and Dr. Kannan Balakrishnan, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications, CUSAT , Kochi gave a talk on Content Based Image Retrieval : Current Trends and Research Issues. There were four contributory sessions in which several young researchers presented their findings.

Dignitaries on the dais during the inauguration ceremony of NCHIP ’12
- Staff Participation/ Achievements
Ms. Anu Kuriakose (Asst Prof, Dept of EEE) presented a paper titled “ Single phase seven level inverter for PV Applications” in the International Conference ICRIT 2012 organised by RIT Kottayam.
- Students Participation / Achievements
1. Mr Krishnakumar T J (S4 CE) cleared Autodesk certification online examination- "Auto CAD 2012", with flying colours (88%), to become a qualified professional in Auto CAD.
2. Ms Saira Shaukath (S3 MCA - 2010 Admissions) secured the First Prize and a cash award of Rs. 4000/- in Talent Hunt competition in XENAYO 2012, a National Level IT Fest conducted on 08, March 2012 by Centre for Computer Science & Information Technology, Thalikkulam.
3. The following students of S3 MCA participated in XENAYO 2012, a National Level IT Fest conducted on 08 March 2012 by Centre for Computer Science & Information Technology, Thalikkulam.
- Aiswarya .M.S
- Nayana Johny
- Sukanya V S
- Drushya T Sudhi
- Fancy Joy
- Sreeja S Nair
- Sona Mohan
- Geethu Mohan PSajna K
- Saira ShowkathNimisha Unnikrishnan
4. Ms. Remya P.C (Asst .Prof, Dept of CSE) and 8 students from S8 CSE qualified GATE’12
5. The following 11 students of S8 EEE qualified GATE 2012
- Bynu Benjamin
- Rani Ashok
- Maya
- Chandana
- Nivya K Chandran
- Farhana Abdul Gaffoor
- Namitha Philip
- Vipin S
- Sangeeth C Radh
- Sudhin P K
- Sreejil Raju
- IEEE Activities
Eight students of IEEE Student Branch VAST participated in the LINK Face to Face (F2F) meeting held at GEC Thrissur on 17, March 2012
