The Computer Society of India is a non-profit professional society and the members meet to exchange views and information, to learn and share ideas. The wide spectrum of members is committed to the advancement of theory and practice of Computer Engineering and Technology Systems, Science and Engineering, Information Processing and related Arts and Sciences.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology Palai, in collaboration with the Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Chapter, recently organized an insightful workshop on 2D game development. Held on 10th and 17th November 2023, the workshop aimed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of game development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Led by industry experts Gautham Krishna and Tomin Joy of S7 CSE, the workshop attracted over 70 enthusiastic participants from second-year CS, ECS, CY, and AD departments. Through hands-on sessions and expert guidance, students gained valuable insights and practical skills in game development and web technologies, making the event a resounding success.

The CSI student chapter recently organized a highly informative online talk on Cyber Security – Trends and Challenges, held on February 10, 2024. The event featured R Ashwin, Cyber Security Lead at GtechMulearn, as the distinguished resource person. Despite the virtual format, the talk garnered an impressive attendance of approximately 50 students from various departments, including CS, ECS, CY, and AD. Ashwin’s expertise and insights into Cyber Security surely enriched the attendees’ understanding of this critical field, providing them with valuable knowledge and insights.

The CSI Student Chapter of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering & Technology, Palai, organized a full-day hands-on workshop on Blender and 3D Modelling on March 4, 2024, at the Networking Lab. The workshop aimed to provide students with practical skills in using Blender, covering various aspects of 3D modelling such as basic tools and techniques, creating 3D models from scratch, texturing, lighting, and rendering. Participants had the opportunity to work on real-life projects and learn from experienced instructors. The workshop was well-received, with attendees expressing appreciation for the hands-on learning experience and the practical skills gained. The event showcased the CSI Student Chapter’s commitment to providing valuable learning opportunities in emerging technologies like 3D modelling.

The CSI student chapter of SJCET, Palai, in association with CSEA, conducted a Hands-on workshop on “INTRODUCTION TO FIGMA” on 22^nd October 2022. The workshop focuses on making students aware of Figma, which is a cloud-based graphic design and collaboration platform that allows them to design, prototype, and collaborate on user interface designs. Mr. Tom C. Antony of S7 CSE B handled the session and explained the platform in a detailed manner. Students from different departments of SJCET, Palai, attended the same event, and they got an opportunity to experiment with the platform.

The CSI student chapter of SJCET, Palai, in association with CSEA, conducted a Hands-on workshop on “HTML & CSS Foundations” on 3^rd April 2023. The workshop focused on enhancing the knowledge of students in the domain area of building amazing websites and mastering the field of HTML & CSS Foundations. The workshop covered all the fundamentals of HTML & CSS and enhanced the skills of participants in designing a website from scratch. The session was handled by Mr. Rajath Mathew of S8 CSE.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, in association with the CSI Students chapter, organized a webinar on Let us AI – A Story on Artificial Intelligence on 12th March 2022. The session handler was Dr Joe Cheri Ross, Applied Research Engineer with the Artificial Intelligence team at LinkedIn Bangalore. Around 240 students attended the same event.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, in association with the CSI Students chapter, organized a webinar on “A GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY” on 19th February 2022. The session handler was Mr Jeril Jacob Babu, Faculty and Placement Officer at MAAC Kottayam, Co-Founder Crow Production House. Around 60 students attended the same event.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, in association with the CSI Students chapter, organized a webinar on “SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE LONG LEARNING” on 10th February 2022. The session handler was Mr Jeevan George Anthony, UI Developer at ZS Associates. Around 40 students attended the same event.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology Palai, in association with the Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Chapter of SJCET Palai, organized a Webinar on “Professional Communication Skills” on 27th June 2021. The session handler was Mr Mridul George, Senior Software Developer – Visual IQ / Nielsen. Around 40 students attended the same.

Zotero is a free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials. The workshop was for final year B. Tech and M. Tech students of the CSE Department. Prof. Bino Thomas, of CSE department of handled the session. The program was on November 14, 2020, and 30 students attended the same.

Hacktoberfest is a month-long celebration of open source software run by DigitalOcean. Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in the global community! CSI student chapter of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering & Technology, Palai is also teaming up with the same. A local meetup was organised and it was a hands-on session where the participants got access to the invite-only platform Leapcode. The session was on 11th October 2020. 40 students registered and attended the same.

The key speakers for the session were Mr Kuruvilla George Aiyankovil (Leapcode Co-Founder and MSc Computer Science Scholar, Maynooth University, Ireland) and Mr Amal Sebastian (CSI Student Chairman, SJCET, Palai)

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai in association with Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Chapter of SJCET Palai organized a webinar on “UI/UX Design” on 3rd October 2020, 4 PM. The session handler was, Mr Harish Krishnan UX Designer at Accenture Interactive. 62 students from various colleges in India attended the same.

The open-source community provides a great opportunity for aspiring programmers to distinguish themselves by contributing to various projects. Developers can improve their skills and get inspiration and support from like-minded people. And they can prove that they can build fantastic experiences that people love.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology Palai in association with Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Chapter of SJCET Palai organized a webinar on “Why contributing to the Open Source World would be better” on Saturday 8th August 2020, 4 PM. The session was handled by Mr Kuruvilla George Aiyankovil, Leapcode Co-Founder and MSc Computer Science Scholar, Maynooth University, Ireland. 50 students from various colleges in India attended the same.

LOCK CODE was an online coding competition organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology Palai in association with HackerEarth and Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Chapter of SJCET Palai. The event was organized on 27-06-2020. 113 participants participated in the same. Merit certificates were awarded to top 3 performers and participation certificates were awarded to those who scored above 50%.

CSI student chapter of SJCET, Palai organized a Webinar on Database Breach and Remediation in association with Red Team Hacker Academy on 06^th June 2020.  The session was handled by Mr. Sachin Jose (Cyber Security Instructor, RedTeam Hacker Academy). 50 participants from SJCET, Palai participated in the same.

CSI student chapter of SJCET, Palai conducted an Invited Talk on the topic “Value of International Certification on IT\ITES Career” in association with CSEA chapter on 12-02-2020. The session was handled by Mr. Ramesh Padmanabhan, Director of Red Hat GLS India. It was organized for S6 CSE B.Tech students and S4 MCA students.

Mr. Jobson P Varghese of S6 CSE won second prize in Web Development competition conducted in CSI Kerala State Student Convention-2020 held at MES, Marampally on 31st January 2020.

CSI student chapter of SJCET, Palai organized one day workshop on  on 3D Modelling (GNOMON) for students on  08/02/2019. 50 participants from SJCET, Palai and nearby colleges attended the same.

Two Day programme called “Insendium” was organized for the students of St. Joseph’s College of Engineering & Technology, Palai on 20th and 21st October 2016. The main objective of the programme was to ignite the student’s creative thinking. The workshop was designed in such a way on these two days that they were trained in three phases, Observe, Make and Innovate. The different activities were given to the students in these three phases. Finally best male participant, female participant and best team awards were given to the participants based on continuous evaluation process.

The resource persons for the programme were Mr. Vishal B Kadam: Education Evangelist, Kerala Startup Mission, Prof. Arun J.S: Nodal Officer, Heera IEDC, Prof. Gigi Devasy, Faculty In Charge, Innovation Club, SB School Changanassery, Prof. Sarju S, Nodal Officer, SJCET Startup Bootcamp and Prof. Babusankar S, Mentor in Training, SJCET Startup Bootcamp. The prizes for the winners was distributed by Mr. Vishal B Kadam, Education Evangelist, Kerala Startup Mission.

A Technical talk on Mozilla was organized by SJCET Startup Bootcamp jointly with Mozilla Club of SJCET and Computer Society of India SJCET Student Branch on 5th October 2016. Opportunities of Mozilla was elaborated by Mr. Jithin Sha, Mozilla Student ambassador. 60 Students participated in talk. Dr. Sajan Mathew, HoD Computer Science and Engineering, Mr. Deepu Job, Faculty Advisor, CSI SJCET, Mr Sarju S, Nodal Officer, SJCET Startup Bootcamp were present on the session.

Consolation Prize of 25,000 Rupees in 6th CSI InApp National Student Project Awards 2017 Organized by Computer Society Of India Trivandrum Chapter & InApp on 25,26 March 2017.

Congratulations to Avees Joseph, Jerin Thomas, Aiswarya Sambath and Anjaly Manuel (Final year Computer Science Engineering students) who emerged as first runner up of National level student project competition jointly organized by Computer Society of India (CSI) and In App Solutions. The students successfully completed their project under the guidance of Prof. Smitha Tom (HOD,CSE) and Asst Prof. Sarju Kottapuram (CSE).