Head of Department

Welcome to the Department of Electrical Engineering!

Electrical Engineering Department of the institute, is one of the reputed departments in the state of Maharashtra. The department is permanently affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). It runs UG, PG (Electrical Power Systems) and Ph.D. programs. UG program started in 1991 and is accredited Fourth Time by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) with recent accreditation valid till year 2025.

The Department of Electrical Engineering aims to impart quality education for developing Electrical Engineers to cater the needs of society and mankind. The department observes ethical practices in teaching-learning and research. Department has a team of well qualified, highly experienced, dedicated and motivated faculty members. Our faculty members are involved in research in upcoming modern areas of electrical engineering such as Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy Systems, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence techniques etc. At Electrical department students get enriched through various developmental co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The department is committed to provide quality education to students and make students modern industry ready.

Dr.M.S.Thakare, Ph. D. (IIT Bombay)
Head of Electrical Engineering Department
PVG’s COET & GKPIM, Pune 09

Electrical Engineering Department:

Electrical Engineering Department of the institute, is one of the reputed departments in the state of Maharashtra. The department is permanently affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). It runs UG, PG (Electrical Power Systems) and Ph.D. programs. UG program started in 1991 and is accredited 4 times by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) with recent accreditation valid till year 2025. PG program introduced in 2000 is also accredited by NBA once. The department also has a Ph.D. research center since 2005. The department is well equipped with fully functional laboratories in the domain of Power Systems, Power Electronics Drives and Control, Microcontroller, PLC and SCADA, Switchgear & Protection, Renewable Energy System etc. In addition to these, department also has established state of the art laboratories in collaboration with industries and academic institutions to cater needs for advanced research. These include Dr. M. Kattakkar Post Graduate Research lab,  e-Yantra Embedded Robotics lab,  Texas Instrument Drives and Control lab, Electrical Vehicle Testing lab developed under MODROBs under AICTE research grants.

Department has a team of well qualified, highly experienced and dedicated faculty members. More than 50% of the faculty members are with Ph.D. qualification. Many faculty members hold key positions at various bodies of SPPU, contributing in curriculum design and development. Faculty members are office bearers of PES-IAS Chapter of IEEE Pune Section and are actively involved in organizing technical activities at national and international level. The department has a rich culture of research and faculty members regularly publish research papers at reputed international platforms. They are involved in research activities sponsored by renowned research organizations like DRDO, DST, AICTE etc.  Faculty is also involved in consultancy and testing assignments with the industries. The faculty members are well connected with industries and regularly invited as experts for delivering sessions. The department has research collaborations and MoUs with reputed industries like MSEDCL, Dassault Systems, SeeGreen energy etc. Atlas Copco has recognized the department of Electrical Engineering by selecting it for award of Kruttika scholarship to female topper from the department offering a scholarship of RS. 50,000/- alongwith the job offer.

Multi talented students is one of the biggest strength of the department. Many students are rank holders in university examinations. They acquire several skills through sponsored projects and internships at renowned industries. They participate in various technical and non-technical competitions and won prizes. As its outcome, there is a blend of students recruitment in the industry and higher education in prestigious institution in India and abroad. The department has formed the “Electrical Engineering Students’ Association” (EESA) which is managed by the students and guided by the staff members. It organizes various co-curricular, extra-curricular and social activities such as, industrial visits, guest lectures, technical competitions, exhibition, blood donation camp etc. EESA publishes its annual magazine ‘OHM’ which consists of technical and non-technical articles and artwork by students. It also manages its own library. Recently the association has celebrated its Silver Jubilee.  The department has a strong bond with the alumni who are excelling in varied fields. They contribute to the department through projects, trainings, guest lectures etc. The Department thus impart quality education for developing Electrical Engineers to cater the needs of society and mankind through outcome based education, ethical practices in teaching-learning and sustained endeavors to groom and nurture students.

Sanctioned Intake and Year of Sanction :

VISION

To develop Electrical Engineering Department as one of the premier facility center for disseminating the state of the art education.

MISSION

• Providing Quality education in the field of Electrical Engineering.
• Developing State of the art facilities in the department.
• Creating platform Training, Research and Development
• Producing Sound electrical engineers catering need of industry and other stake holders.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEO)

PEO1:To produce students with knowledge base of Electrical Engineering to excel   in industry and higher studies.

PEO2:To produce competent students with analytical abilities and problem solving capabilities on the basis of strong fundamentals in Electrical Engineering.

PEO3:To produce responsible students developing sustainable solutions for society with ethics and professionalism.

PEO4:To produce students with professional qualities such as team work, leadership, entrepreneurial thinking and communication skills.

PEO5:To produce students habitual to lifelong learning abilities.
 

PROGRAM OUTCOMES (PO)

Engineering graduates will be able to :

PO1 : Engineering Knowledge : An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and Engineering fundamentals to analyze complex engineering problems.

PO2 : Problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate and analyze complex engineering problems by reviewing research literature to arrive at substantiated conclusions.

PO3 : Design/Development of Solutions:An ability to design solutions for complex engineering problems, system components or processes to meet the specified needs of the  society, considering  safety and  environment.

PO4 : Conduct Investigations of Complex problems: Ability to carry out experiments, simulations and apply research methodologies to investigate the data for providing valid conclusions.

PO5 : Modern tool usage :An ability to select and apply appropriate techniques, resources and modern engineering tools such as advanced controllers and application softwares for engineering activities

PO6 : The Engineer and society: An ability to assess and develop professional engineering practices catering the need of society considering safety, health, regulatory  and other relevant issues.

PO7 : Environment and sustainability:An ability to apply   professional engineering knowledge to understand the impact on society and environment demonstrating the need for the sustainable development.

PO8 : Ethics: An ability to adopt professional ethics while committing professional and social responsibilities.

PO9 : Individual and Team work:  An ability to develop multidisciplinary skills as an individual and as a member or leader in diverse teams.

PO10 : Communication: An ability to communicate effectively with engineering community and society at large with effective documentation and presentation on engineering activities.

PO11 : Project management and Finance: An ability to demonstrate knowledge of Engineering and Management principles as a member or a leader to manage project and multidisciplinary tasks.

PO12 : Life-long Learning: An ability to understand need and develop the habit of being lifelong learner to adopt to technological changes.

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSO)

Electrical Engineering graduates will have –

PSO1 : An ability to acquire adequate proficiency in the area of Energy Systems and Sustainability.

PSO2 : An ability to acquire multidisciplinary skills in the area of Control and Drives.

PSO3 : An ability to acquire enhanced skills and core competency in the field of electrical engineering through hands on training.

AICTE research grant For Development of Electrical Vehicle Laboratory

DETAILS OF SANCTION:

• Title of the project: Modernization Power Electronic and Drives laboratory by developing the State of the art Electric vehicle
• Duration: 2 years (from 12.2020)
• Coordinator: Vrunda Joshi
• Coordinator: M. P. Bhawalkar

Total budget needed: 23,39,818

Additional expenses for development of the laboratory (Recurring)

Total estimated expenses for the development of the laboratory

Proposed plan of activities using EV Laboratory

• Research in the area of Electrical Vehicles in collaboration with industries
• Analytical and practical studies in Battery and Energy storage
• Testing of Electrical Drives
• UG, PG and PhD project and research work
• State of the art EV laboratory for hands on training
• Conduction of special programs like Honor courses.
• Testing and consultancy in the field of EV, Drives and Batteries
• Industry oriented skill development programs in EV.

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering Department of COET is approved as a ‘Post Graduate Research Center in Electrical Engineering’ by University of Pune since July 2005. Seven Students have completed Ph.D and 06 students have already registered for Ph.D.

The research activities in the department are funded by agencies like DST, DRDO etc. The research centre also has close association with MSEB for various activities. The research is published in reputed national/international conferences and journals. The details about the ongoing research activities can be obtained from individual faculty homepage.

List of Ph.D Guides and Ph.D candidates at the research Center:

Details of Ph.D. students completed:

Details of Ph.D. students (On-going)

Post Graduate in Electrical Engineering

The Post-graduate course in Electrical Engineering was first introduced in August 2000. Fourteen batches of Postgraduate students have completed their terms. Results of earlier batches are encouraging. Many students of earlier batches have completed their post-graduation with first class and first class with distinction in the two years’ span. Uptill now total 145 students have completed their Post Graduation from this department. Adding to its excellence this Course was N.B.A accredited for three years for the period September 2013 -August 2016. Many candidates are GATE qualified and they receive scholarship from AICTE, New Delhi and UGC.

Post Graduate students are actively involved in sponsored research projects funded by various funding agencies.The department also has good liaison with industry through Post Graduate projects.

M.E. Student Publications in last five years:

M.E. Student Publications in last five years:

• A post graduate student, Harshada Pohankar presented paper on, “Optimal Sizing and Placement of Distributed Generation using Extended Distribution Load Flow with Power Stability Index” at International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR – 2022) at Sharnbasva University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India during on 22nd to 24th November 2022.
• A post graduate student, Priyanka Jagdale presented paper on, “Techno economic Analysis and Simple Sizing Approach for Isolated Solar Powered EV Charging Station” at International Conference on Innovations in Communication Computing and Sciences –(ICCS-2021) organized by Chandigarh Engineering College Landran, Mohali, during August 27-28, 2021.
• A post graduate student, Diksha Lawangewar presented paper on, “Management of LV grid through Battery Energy Storage system” at National Conference on Energy and Mobility (NCEAM-21) at Gokhale Education Society’s R H Sapat College of Engineering, Management Studies and Research, Nashik during December 23-24, 2021.
• A post graduate student, Rajesh Kamble presented paper on, ‘Optimal Sizing of a Grid Independent Standalone Photovoltaic System with Battery Energy Storage’ at International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering & Research, pp 207-214,IJRTER. 10^th October 2017.
• A post graduate project on ‘Sliding Mode Observer based Sensorless Field Oriented Control of PMSM using DSP TMS 320f2812’ by our Hrishikesh Mehta was selected at Zonal and University level in AVISHKAR-14.

Syllabus

SE Electrical 2019 Course

TE Electrical 2019 Course

BE Electrical 2019 Course

Honors Program in Electric Vehicles

Faculty List

Faculties attending professional development programs, viz., Faculty Development Program, STTP, Workshops,  Orientation program, Refresher Course, during last Five Years

Year  2023-24 

Year  2022-23

 Year  2021-22 

Year  2020-21

Year  2019-20

Department of Electrical Engineering

 Major Equipments:

1. Loading arrangement for BLDC motor using Dynamometer set up
2. Data logger system with PC using NI Lab view
3. Dspace hardware single board controller ACE11000uPCIE using controller
4. Kelley controller and BLDC motor  with extension shaft foe encoder mounting
5. 200V,50A DC Power supply
6. Digital Power Analyzer (Yokogawa make)
7. Digital Storage Oscilloscopes with in-built plotter
8. High Voltage Transformer
9. V. Shearing Bridge
10. Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator
11. Allen Bradely make PLC – SCADA with software
12. 3-ph 3 level inverter with metering facilities
13. DSP Kits
14. 5 kV IR Tester
15. Solar Tracking System
16. Solar Simulator
17. Wind Trainer Kit
18. Printed Circuit Armature Motor
19. Clamp on meter (Yokogawa make)
20. Power Quality Analyzer
21. Thermal Imager
22. PID Control Set up

Major Software:

1. MATLAB 20A with various toolboxes
2. ETAP software along with different modules (Single and Multi user)
3. MiPOWER
4. PSCAD
5. PLC Programming Software – Micrologix 1400
6. SCADA Programming Software – Factory Talk View Studio for machine edition.

Students’ Achievements

• A project titled ‘Design and Development of a Robotic Hand and Corresponding Control Glove’ by BE Electrical students Mangave Avadhut, Pitre Madhav, Bharaskar Swaroop and Nagargoje Aditya won First Prize at prestigious project competition DIPEX 2024. The project was guided by V. A. Joshi.

• A project titled “Soil Monitoring Bot” secured 2^nd Rank in National level eYantra Robotics Competition (eYRC 2021-22) of IIT Bombay sponsored by NMEICT. Following students from TE Electrical and IT won the

• In AY 2019-20, final Year student’s project “Affordable E-bike for Rural Consumers” won 1^st Prize at National Level competition DIPEX 2020 in Electrical Group as well as under the theme ‘Betterment of Rural Life’. Ruturaj Yadav, Shubham Otari, Mukul Jagtap, Anuj Mohite, Lalita Mahajan, Pushkaraj Kashid and Ms. Anagha Thakur worked in the project under the guidance of Dr. Mrs. G. A. Vaidya and Prof. Mrs. K. M. Kurundkar. The project is sponsored by Mr. Miresh Seth (Opulance Power). Also, Mr. Siddharth Mane extended his help for the project. Both of them are proud alumni of our department. Heartiest Congratulations to all of them !!

Kruttika Award

• Since 2011-12, every year, female topper from T.E. Electrical class, is awarded by Atlas Copco with a scholarship of Rs. 50,000/- towards “Female Engineer Scholarship Award – Kruttika”.
  • In the year 2022-23, Samruddhi Sutar received this award
  • In the year 2021-22, Renuka Joshi received this award
  • In the year 2020-21, Sania Walunjkar received this award
  • In the year 2019-20, Tanvi Sawalkar received this award
  • In the year 2018-19, Pranjal Wagh received this award.

Academic Year 2023-24

• Gaurav Patil from BE Electrical 2022-23 batch secured 67^th Rank in GATE 2024
• Adiya Yeole of 2020-21 batch has secured First Rank in OBC category in MPSC Maharashtra Engineering Services Examination 2022 and got selected at Maharashtra Jalsampada Vibhag (WRD) as Class 2 Result declared in September 2023.
• Bhusha Tilawat of 2015 batch has secured Second Rank in OPEN category in MPSC Maharashtra Engineering Services Examination 2022 got selected at CPWD, Pune. Result declared in September

Academic Year 2022-23

• The E-yantra team secured the 4^th place in International level Robotics Competition EYRC 22- 23, organized by IIT Bombay. The team comprised of Aditya Yeole and Atharva Bharti from BE Electrical and Pranav Shinde from BE IT . They competed with 370 teams under their . from– E yantra

Academic Year 2021-22

Following students secured University Ranks in May 2020 Examination (Declared in 2021) of SE and TE Electrical.

• Kiran Dagade of E.Electrical secured 2^nd rank in SPPU
• Yukta Naik of S.E.Electrical secured 4^th rank in SPPU
• Renuka Joshi of S.E.Electrical secured 9^th rank in SPPU
• Aniruddha Kasture of E.Electrical secured 4^th rank in SPPU
• Sania Walunjkar of T.E.Electrical secured 5^th rank in SPPU
• Yash Shaha of E.Electrical secured 9^th rank in SPPU

Academic Year 2020-21

Academic Year 2019-20

• Two students of EED from 2018-19 passout batch cleared GATE 2020 examination with flying Durgesh Vibhandik secured AIR 618 and Prayag Wakale secured AIR 764. Heartiest Congratulations to both of them !!

Academic Year 2018-19

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (EESA)

 Electrical Engineering Students’ Association (EESA) was formed in the year 1993. EESA organizes many activities, such as, organizing guest lectures, industrial visits, co-curricular and extra –curricular events, etc. throughout the year. EESA publishes its annual souvenir “OHM’ every year. EESA maintains students’ library in the Electrical department, which consists of text books, reference books, proceedings of national and international conferences and journals. Some of the activities of EESA are highlighted as below:-

Following activities are conducted during Academic Year 2023-24:

• EESA was inaugurated on 16^th October 2023 at the hands of Rounak Khabe, Educator and Mr. Jasraj Dalvi, Alumnus of batch 2003 . Prof. P. G. Jamdade and Prof. S. H. Yamalla worked as faculty incharge for EESA for year 2023-24
• Arm wrestling and Chess Competition on 16 September 2023 organized by ESSA committee
• Electrabuzz, the flagship sports event organized by the Electrical Engineering Student Association, marked its annual occurrence from October 17th to October 18th,
• Workshop on “Hands on Workshop of Python” on Friday, 31st October 2023
• An Orientation Session on How to Crack Placement Interviews on Friday, 9th February 2024, guest speaker Dr. Naresh Jaiswal, Training and Placement Officer of PVG’s COET & GKPIOM, Pune
• Theme decoration on शिवकालीन सुिासन on January 31, 2024, as part of the Traditional Day celebrations at our
• Guest Lecture on ‘Establishing Career Objectives through Electrical Engineering’ on
• Women’s Day Celebration, Organised By Electrical Engineering Students Association (EESA) on March 8, 2024, having a session on Stress Management and Mental Wellbeing conducted by Mrs. Resha Abhyankar, founder members of psychology department of MIT-WPU.

EESA Committee for AY 2023-24:

Following activities are conducted during Academic Year 2022-23:

• EESA was inaugurated on 13^th October 2022 at the hands of Mr. Kashinath Deodhar, DRDO and Ashutosh Parandkar, Actor and Director, Marathi Cinema. Dr. S.T.Gaikwad and Prof. P. G. Jamdade worked as faculty incharge for EESA for year 2022-23
• Guest Lecture on Energy Management on 25^th August 2022 delivered by Ratanarajah Ramaswamy.
• Python Workshop on 19^th October 2022 delivered by Parth Vaze and Shardul Karanjekar our BE
• EESA Team carried out Themed Decoration on Punjab during 12^th – 17^th February
• Alumni Meet on 27^th February 2023, Proud
• Guest Lecture on Career Prospects in Army on 24^th March 2023 by Colonel Vivek Nene.
• Health Checkup for Faculty on 26^th April 2023 taken by Ziffytech Digital Healthcare Pvt
• Blood Donation Camp and Eye Checkup for Students on 16^th May 2023 taken in association with Gholap Blood Bank
• EESA Students Farewell on 17^th May 2023 managed by EESA Team

EESA Committee for AY 2022-23:

Following activities are conducted during Academic Year 2021-22:

• EESA inaugural function took place in on line mode on 23^rd September 2021. Our proud alumina Mr Mitesh Seth and Mr. Sameer Paranjape were invited as chief guest and guest of honor respectively for this EESA inaugural function. Prof. U. B. Sarode and Prof. Dr S T Gaikwad worked as faculty incharge for EESA for year 2021-22
• A webinar on “Writing professional email” by Ms Dhivya Rajgopal was arranged on 16 November 2021 for SE, TE and BE students along with NDLI club of our college.
• A webinar on “Profile Building and Career Opportunities” by Mr Satish Anand was arranged on 17 March 2022.
• A guest lecture on “Power Quality” by Aniket Datar was arranged on 22 November 2022 for BE students in on line mode.
• EESA organized guest lecture on topic “Energy Storage methods: Past, Present and Future” By Dr. P B Karandikar on 9^th December 2021 for TE students in on line mode as their Audit Course.
• EESA organized a guest lecture on topic “Project Management” By Mr. Sameer Kulkarni on  23^rd and 24^th April 2022 for TE students as their Audit Course.
• EESA organized a guest lecture on topic “Solar PV Systems” By Dr. Adinath Funde on 23^rd April and by Dr Avinash Rokade on 24^th April 2022 for SE students as their Audit Course.
• EESA organized “Versatalia – A National Level Project Competition” on 30^th April 2022 in which students from more than 95 colleges in India had participated.
• Felicitation of Our alumina Mr Ajinkya Naik, an industry Process Consultant at Dassault Systems and Mr Salim Huzefa, an industry Process Consultant Director at Dassault Systems was arranged on 6^th May 2022. In this function the students who worked in V lab development, and eYantra were also felicited along with Dr Mrs. U S Thakar, Dr. S T Gaikawad who completed their PhD successfully last year.
• A guest lecture on “Armature reaction & commutation in D C machines” by Dr. M P Bhawalkar was arranged on 1^st June 2022 for SE students.
• BE farewell function followed by dinner was arranged by EESA on 6^th May 2022 at Basketball court of our college.

Following activities are conducted during Academic Year 2020-21:

• EESA was inaugurated on 11^th December 2020 with the hands of Er. Nikhil Bannatwale, Tech support specialist, Robotics FES, Motion division in ABB dubai. Prof. U. B. Sarode and Prof. O. S. Pawaskar worked as faculty incharge for EESA for year 2020-21
• Cultural Program was arranged for students on the day of Inauguration

• Wad viwad spardha’ was conducted through EESA in online mode for all students of institute on 22^nd January 2021 on the occasion of Marathi bhasha Sanwardhan Pandharwada. Topic for the competition was ‘Pradeshik bhashetun vyawasayik shikshan – Yogya ki Ayogya’
• On the occation of Marathi Bhasa Gaurav din, EESA has organised Art competition ‘Kalakallol’ on 27^th Feb 2021
• Guest lecture on ‘Tips for Women’s Health Improvement’ by Dr. Medha Sarsambhi was organised for all girls’ students on the occasion of Women’s Day on 8^th March 2021.
• Guest lecture on ‘Global System for Mobile Communication’ by MRs. Trupti Kudale was arranged for SE Students on 17^th June 2021
• Resume building workshop was arranged for SE and TE students by Mr. Omkar Gujar on 6^th July 2021
• Atlas Copco Day, ‘Female Engineer Topper, Kruttika award ceremony was conducted on 29^th July 2021. Miss Sania Walunjkar was the recipient of this award for year 2020-21
• Ohm (departmental annual magazine) Inauguration, BE Farewell and cultural program was arranged on 31^st July 2021.

EESA Committee for AY 2020-21:

EESA Committee for AY 2019-20:

Following activities are conducted during Academic Year 2019-20:

• Various curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities are organized for students through Electrical Engineering Students’ Association (EESA). Prof. Mrs. U. S. Thakar and Prof. Mrs. K. M. Kurundkar, worked as EESA staff advisors for the year 2019-20.
• Students of EESA committee members conducted activity Creating Awareness about Safety Precautions to avoid Electrical Hazards In Ganesh Mandals during 2nd to 12th September 2019. Students created awareness among Ganesh devotees regarding Electrical safety, Precautions to be followed during Ganesh festival and Electrical Hazard that may be caused by improper Electrical safety majors taken by the organizers.
• Students of EESA committee members conducted activity of e-Waste collection during December 2019 and March 2020. E-waste is collected and submitted to Purnam Center at Karvenagar, Pune.
• Students of EESA committee members conducted activity during safety week. They created awareness regarding electrical safety on 14th January 2020 in Muktangan school. They put posters in the campus of PVG’s COET, Pune.

Following guest lectures were organized during academic year 2019-20

1.  On 22nd July, 2020, Guest lecture by Alumini Mr.Miresh Sheth ‘on Leadership skills required to be an Entrepreneur’ was organized for TE students and BE students.
2. Hrishikesh Mehta guided TE and BE students on ‘What is needed for Start-up in India and qualities required to be an Entrepruenur’ on 22nd July, 2020.
3. On 22nd July 2020, guest lecture by Alumini, Mr.Prasad Joshi on ‘Opportunities for Electrical Engineers’ was organized for TE and BE students.
4. On 20th January 2020, guest lecture by Alumini, Mr. Srinivas Patwardhan was organized ‘Enabling control of artificial limbs in amputees’ for BE students.
5. EESA in association with PES-IAS Chapter, IEEE,Pune organized Distinguish Lecture on 29th January 2020, on ‘Current interruption in Atmospheric Air ’ by Dr.David Peelo sinour consultant for BE students.37 students from other colleges also attended this guest lecture.
6. On 5th Feb, 2020, Guest lecture by Mr. Manoj Badve from TATA motors on ‘Energy Conservation in Industrial Environment’ was organized by for TE students for the subject of Energy Audit.

• Industrial visits during the year:

Following activities are conducted during Academic Year 2018-19:

• Various curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities are organized for students through Electrical Engineering Students’ Association (EESA). Prof. O. S. Pawaskar and Prof. Mrs. U. S. Thakar, worked as EESA staff advisors for the year 2018-19. This year holds a special significance as it is the silver jubilee year (25 years of service) since the inception of our student body EESA.

• “GURUPOORNIMA” function was organized by EESA on 19^th September, 2018. Dr. Mrs. V. A. Joshi guided students.
• EESA Inauguration function was organized on 2^nd August, 2018 by the hands of chief guest of this function, Dr. Priyadarshini Karve, CEO, Samuchit Enviro Tech. The EESA committee was formally introduced during this event. This was followed by a cultural event where students of SE, TE and BE Electrical gave dance and singing performances.
• During 8, 9, 10^th September 2018, “Electrabuzz” the annual event of the Electrical Department was organized where various cultural, sports events were organized. ELECTRABUZZ ’18 was a grand success with 15 competitions constituting of 1200+ participants from various colleges. The annual fest events were organized for three days. Fortune Hunter; Basketball; Box cricket; Cric auction; Cricket; Debate; Fan quiz; Poster design; Technodumbs; Connect the dots; Football; PUBG; Mock Placement; Checkmate; Chitragraphy competitions were part of this event. The motto for ELECTRABUZZ ’18 was “from harmonics to harmony” which indeed resonates with the ultimate aim of moving from disorderliness to discipline.
• Yogendra Talware from Strom Energie delivered a guest lecture on “Tariff-effective DSM tool for Energy Conservation” on 30th Jan 2019.This Lecture was attended by SE, TE, BE Electrical Engineering students along with the faculty members.
• Narendra Duvedi from SAS Powertech delivered a guest lecture on “Power quality” on 25^th Jan, 2019. Students from SE, T.E and B.E. Electrical Engineering attended this lecture along with the faculty members.
• Ms. Manasi Patwardhan was invited to deliver a speech on “Research Quality and Ethics” on 16^th October 2018.
• Charuta Mulay was invited to deliver a speech on “Design of electrical machines” for subject Electrical Machines II and special purpose machines on 22^nd September, 2018.
• Pravin Buge from Unique Academy was invited to deliver a speech on “Preparations in UPSC exams” on
• Mandar Waghmare,Aishwarya Gore,Mihir Paygude and Hrushikesh Sahane conducted the social Awarness workshop on” Cyber Security” in association with Rotary club at ES Divekar College,Varvand,Daund, Dist.Ahmednagar on 21^st Dec,2018.
• Mandar Waghmare, Hrushikesh Sahane, Aishwarya Gore and Mihir Paygude, Students of BE Electrical, conducted a workshop on Cyber Security “ANONYMOUS 2K18” organized by Electrical Engineering Students association on 29^th Sept,2018.
• Mandar Wagmare conducted a Workshop on “Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking” on 8^th and 9^th Sept, 2018 at PCCOE, Pune in association with Newton’s Apple, Pune.
• On 22^nd October, 2018, students from SE and TE Electrical Engineering (EESA) performed dance program for Sinour citizens at Shatayu Bhava and Celebrated KOJAGIRI Poornima with them.
• Cloth donation drive activity was successfully completed in coordination with Approach Foundation from 1^st to 3^rd April 2019.
• Three students from TE class participated in one day workshop for Youth on Carbon Neutral Campus organized by Yuva Drishti on 16/09/2018.
• Every year, female topper from T.E. Electrical class, is awarded by Atlas Copco with a scholarship of Rs. 50,000/- towards “Female Engineer Scholarship Award – Kruttika”. This event is jointly organized by EESA on 14^th March, 2019. This year 2018-19, Pranjal Wagh had received this prestigious award.
• Department of Electrical Engineering organized one day workshop on “Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning” on 29^th March 2019.Students from S.E,T.E and B.E Electrical Engineering with many faculty members attended this workshop .Dr. Mrs. Surekha Deshmukh and Dr. Rahee Walambe were invited resource persons for this workshop.

• Industrial visits during the year:

Projects

Academic Year: 2023-24

Special Recognitions to students through BE Projects

• ‘Design and development of a robotic hand and corresponding Control Glove’ project completed by Mangave Avadhut, Bharaskar Swaroop, Pitre Madhav, Nagargoje Aditya guided by Dr. V. A. Joshi won First Prize in DIPEX 2024.
• ‘Design and development of a robotic hand and corresponding control glove’ project completed by Mangave Avadhut, Bharaskar Swaroop, Pitre Madhav, Nagargoje Aditya guided by Dr. V. A. Joshi secured First Rank at National Level Project Competition held in Kolhapur Institute of Technology, Kolhapur.
• ‘Design and development of a robotic hand and corresponding control glove’ project completed by Mangave Avadhut, Bharaskar Swaroop, Pitre Madhav, Nagargoje Aditya guided by Dr. V. A. Joshi won first prize in National Level Paper presentation competition for Research Paper on “Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand” in Kolhapur Institute of Technology, Kolhapur.

Academic Year: 2022-23

Special Recognitions to students through BE Projects

Interdisciplinary Project

e-Yantra Robotics Competition 2022-23
Hola Bot : eYRC#1562. Following students from PVG’s COET & GKPIM has secured the 4th place in *International level Robotics Competition E yantra organized by IIT Bombay. They competed with 370 teams at international level for their theme. These students are from different disciplines as follows

1. Aditya Yeole – Electrical Engineering Department
2. Atharva Bharti– Electrical Engineering Department
3. Pranav Shinde– IT Engineering Department

Prizes at project competitions

• A project by Varad Ninal, Hritik Waje, Gaurav Patil and Kunal Marulkar, titled Development of Automated FC-TCR (Fixed-capacitor Thyristorised Control Reactor ), won 1 st Prize at National level project competition at Modern COE, 29th April 2023
•  A project by Akshay Badhe, Anushka Lad, Aniket Atre and Samruddhi Sutar, titled Multifunctional agricultural BOT, won 2 nd Prize at National Level Project Competition at MMCOE, 25th March 2023
•  A project by Vedang Kulkarni, Narendra Dikole, Yashraj Jambhale, Jiwan Pawar and Devwallabh Kulkarni titled IoT-Based Electrical Multi parameter analyzer, won 3 rd Prize at
  State level competition at AISSMS on 6th May 2023

Awards by Shri. Bhuvanesh Kulkarni- Edutech Catalyst, in the memory of Late Ravindra Prabhakar Kulkarni, to the best projects from Electrical Engineering departme

1. ‘IoT-Based Electrical Multi parameter analyzer’ project completed by Jivan Yashwant Pawar, Vedang Acchyut Kulkarni, Narendra Mahesh Dikole, Yashraj Sharad Jambhale, Devwallabh Narendra Kulkarni guided by Prof. O. S. Pawaskar received cash prize of Rs 5000/- from Mr. Bhuvanesh Kulkarni on 15th September 2023.
2.  ‘Dual axis solar tracker’ project completed by Suyash Satish Kothawade, Prashant Prakash Kharat, Satyam Sunil Kakade, Vishwajeet Santosh Nanwate guided by Prof. U. B. Sarode received cash prize of Rs 5000/- from Mr. Bhuvanesh Kulkarni on 15th September 2023.
3.  ‘Design and analysis of IOT interfaced E-bike’ project completed by Shivani Tajane, Payal Tadavi, Tanaya Jadhav, Anuja Patil guided by Prof. Dr. M. S. Thakare received cash prize of Rs 3125/- from Mr. Bhuvanesh Kulkarni on 15th September 2023.

In 2022-23, all the project groups participated in multiple project competitions held at International, National and State level, such as –

• National Level Project Competition at MMCOE, 25th March 2023
•  International level Technical Symposium at PICT, 21-22 April 2023
• National level project competition at JSPM, 26th April 2023
•  National level project competition at Modern COE, 29th April 2023
•  State level competition at AISSMS on 6th May 2023
•  Project competition at PVG’s COET & GKPIM on 5th May 2023

Academic Year: 2021-22

Special Recognitions:

• ‘Autonomous car using image processing’ project completed by Shreya Tukaram Surwase, Siddhi Swapnil Naik, Renuka Shirish Joshi, Yukta Bhagwan Naik, Surbhi Bhandari guided by Dr. U. S. Thakar won Rank 1, first prize in Others track at Versatalia- IEEE sponsored National level project competition organized by PVG’s COET & GKPIM, Pune on 30th April 2022. They received certificates and prize money Rs 10,000/-.
• ‘Power quality improvement using active harmonic filter’ project completed by Prasanna Warad, Apurva Nikam, Pranav Kale, Suyash Chavan guided by Dr. M. P. Bhawalkar won Rank 2, second prize in EV and Power system track at Versatalia- IEEE sponsored National level project competition organized by PVG’s COET & GKPIM, Pune on 30th April 2022. They received certificates and prize money Rs 5,000/-.
• ‘DIGITAL MIRAGE’ project completed by Aniruddha Kasture, Gururaj Rajmane, Sayali Kulkarni, Ishwari Kochak guided by Dr. U. S. Thakar participated at Versatalia- IEEE sponsored National level project competition organized by PVG’s COET & GKPIM, Pune on 30th April 2022.
• ‘Design and Implementation of active power filter for mitigation of power quality issues due to integration of solar photovoltaic system into the grid using MATLAB Simulink’ project completed by Vikrant Gaikwad, Karan Narang, Digvijay Kor, Yuvraj Aher guided by Prof. Mrs. G. M. Karve participated at Versatalia- IEEE sponsored National level project competition organized by PVG’s COET & GKPIM, Pune on 30th April 2022.
• ‘PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SOLAR PANEL’ project completed by Nishant Kulkarni, Sumeet Khannukar, Shreyas Pawar, Ketan Kulkarni guided by Dr. M. S. Thakare participated at Versatalia- IEEE sponsored National level project competition organized by PVG’s COET & GKPIM, Pune on 30th April 2022.

Academic Year: 2020-21

Special Recognitions:

• ‘House cleaning and sanitization Robot’ project completed by Vishakha Gund, Shridhar Shinde, Manjiri Shinde, Vedant Manchare guided by Dr. U. S. Thakar won Rank 1, first prize in Electrical Control Systems ,Drive and Automation domain of Online National level Project Competition organised at PES’s Modern College of Engineering in association with IET held during April –May 2K21. They received certificates and prize money Rs. 1500/-.
• ‘AI based trash collector boat’ project completed by Akshay Gaikwad, Snehal Vasankar, Yogesh Gadnaik, Prasnna Gramopadhyay guided by Prof. Mrs. R. A. Ranjekar won First prize in Renewable, EV and Multidisciplinary domain of Online National level Project Competition organised at PES’s Modern College of Engineering in association with IET held during April –May 2K21. They received certificates and prize money Rs. 1800/-.
• ‘Design simulation and Analysis of Dynamic Wireless Charging methodology for Electric Vehicles’ project completed by Anuja patil, Sania Walunjkar, Prathamesh tagare, Aditya Yeole guided by Prof. O S Pawaskar Published a paper entitled Design Simulation and Analysis of Dynamic Wireless Charging Methodology for Electric Vehicles in IJIRSET, Volume 10, Issue 5, May 2021.
• ‘Design simulation and Analysis of Dynamic Wireless Charging methodology for Electric Vehicles’ project completed by Anuja patil, Sania Walunjkar, Prathamesh tagare, Aditya Yeole guided by Prof. O S Pawaskar Participated in Renewable,EV & Multidiscplinary domain of Online National level Project Competition organised at PES’s Modern College of Engineering in association with IET held during April –May 2K21.
• ‘Design simulation and Analysis of Dynamic Wireless Charging methodology for Electric Vehicles’ project completed by Anuja patil, Sania Walunjkar, Prathamesh tagare, Aditya Yeole guided by Prof. O S Pawaskar Presented the Paper titled “Design Simulation and Analysis of Dynamic Wireless Charging Methodology for Electric Vehicles” in National Level student’s conference (online mode) IEEE TECHNICOKNOCKDOWN 2021 TKD-21 organised by SIT Lonavala On May 30, 2021.
• ‘Reactive power control and Voltage control using Machine Learning’ project completed by Amey Mahajan, Chaitanya Umbergekar, Radhika Lele, Pranoti Honrao guided by Dr. U S Thakar participated in Online National level Project Competition organised at PES’s Modern College of Engineering in association with IET held during April –May 2K21.
• ‘Design and simulation of E-VEHICLE’ project completed by Swarupa Joshi, Roshni Ahirrao, Anuja Brahmankar, Hrishikesh Divate guided by Dr G A vaidya participated in Online National level Project Competition organised at PES’s Modern College of Engineering in association with IET held during April –May 2K21.

Academic Year: 2019-20

Special Recognitions:

• Project groups guided by Prof. Dr. Mrs. G. A. Vaidya and Prof. Mrs. K. M. Kurundkar won the first prize in Electrical group and also under the theme of betterment of rural life group at DIPEX 2020 in March 2020 at Solapur.
• Project group guided by Prof. Dr. S. R. Deshmukh participated in Avishkar 2019 conducted by SPPU.
• Project group guided by Prof. Mrs. G M. Karve participated in All India Seminar on Green Energy Technology for sustainable environment organised by Institution of India. Presented paper titled “Design and implementation of charging of battery energy storage system using Buck converter and C2000 MCU’s Launchpad in PV based microgrid”
• Project group guided by Prof. Dr. Mrs. U. S. Thakar participated in the competition titled “Ignited innovators of India” held by BHAU at COEP, Pune between 10 Oct 2019 to 9 March 2020. Theme was Entrepreneurship and skill development

Academic Year: 2018-19

Special Recognitions:

• BE project Group guided by Prof.Mrs.Kalyani Kurundkar represented college at MHRD,AICTE, i4c and Persistant Systems. ltd sponsored ‘SMART INDIA HACKATHON’ Hardware project competition. This project is shortlisted as one of the 1000 projects, for the next round of video clip which will be sent in May,2019, out of 20,000 project applications. This team comprises of Aishwarya Gore, Mihir Paygude, Avinash Maykar, Arjun Mandavkar from BE Electrical, Chinmay Relkar from BE I.T and Chaitanya Shah from T.E Electrical.
• B.E Students Aishwarya Gore, Mihir Paygude, Avinash Maykar and Arjun Mandavkar along with their project guide Prof. Kalyani Kurundkar have represented PVG’s COET at AVISHKAR’18, State level Project competition between the Universities. They were shortlisted and completed, Stage 1: Enrolment and Shortlisting of Ideas, Stage 2: Poster Presentation (District Level) on 14th Dec,2018. Stage 3: University Level on 2nd Jan,2019.
• Following group from Electrical Engineering department was shortlisted for level 1 Avishkar 2018 competition
  • Group 1: Vikas Nemane, Sayali Mungase, Suruchi Sinha were shortlisted for zonal level, Project Title: “Design and development of load priority selectionsystem for smart educational campus” guided by Dr.Mrs.S.R.Deshmukh.
  • Group 2: Kshitij Deshmukh, Aishwarya Saraf, Prajwal Honrao,Aniruddha Deshpande “ To Design an Operation  Sytem for a Planned Township considering the Frequent Outages” guided by Prof.G.M.Karve.

• BE project Group Prayag Wakale ,Parag Bangale, Sujit Hirve, Suraj Gaikwad guided by Dr.Prof.M.P.Bhawalkar, was winner and received prize under software category in project competition organized by MMCOE, Pune in July 2019.
• Following groups participated in “State Level Project Competition 2K19” at MMCOE, Pune on 4th April 2019.
  • Smart waste segregation using IOT gyided by Prof. Mrs. K. M. Kurundkar
  • Three level inverter using SVPWM guided by Prof. P. R. Khatri
  • Fire extinguishing model using firebird guided by Prof. R. A Ranjekar
  • Automation in agriculture using firebird guided by Dr. Mrs. V. A. Joshi
  • Wind speed forecasting and experimental analysis guided by Prof. P. G. Jamdade.
  • Design and development of load priority selection system for smart educational campus guided by Dr. Mrs. S. R. Deshmukh.
  • Design (prototype) and analysis of electric vehicle charging station guided by Dr. M. S. Thakre
  • Advanced Metering Infrastructure(AMI) for theft detection, Remote TFTN & IoT based Energy Management guided by Prof. Mrs. L. D. Sovani.
  • Design of dual stator winding induction machine guided by Dr. M. P. Bhawalkar.
  • Evaluation of performance during motoring Vs regenerative braking of BLDC motor for the use in Electric vehicles guided by Prof. U. B. Sarode.
• Following groups participated in “PROTECH” at SIT, Lonavala, Pune.
  • Optimization of solar energy output bt variation of tilt angle and implementation of facades guided by Dr. S. T. Gaikwad.
  • Concentrating solar thermal water heater guided by Prof. P. G. Jamdade.
• Following groups participated in Project Competition, AISSMS, IOIT on 4th June 2019.
  • PLC based Automated fruit industry guided by Prof. O. S. Pawaskar.
  • Gesture controlled robot guided by Dr. A. D. Purandare.
• Joshi Omkar, Landage Atish, Mane Hrishikesh, Mane Samarth having project “Design (prototype) and analysis of electric vehicle charging station” guided by Prof. Dr. M. S. Thakare, participated in PEER Evaluation session at Jnana Prabodhini, Pune on 16th February 2019.
• Mane Hrishikesh, Mane Samarth having project “Design (prototype) and analysis of electric vehicle charging station” guided by Prof. Dr. M. S. Thakare, participated in IETE-Innovation 2019 project competition at JSPM’s Bhivarabai Sawant Insttitute of Technology & Research, Wagholi, Pune on 30th April 2019.
• BE project Group , Prayag Wakale ,Parag Bangale, Sujit Hirve, Suraj Gaikwad guided by Dr.Prof.M.P.Bhawalkar, attended FDP on ANSYS at BVCOE, Pune
• BE project Group Akshay Kengale, Chaitanya Deshpande, Akshay Jadhav, Pranjal Wagh guided by Prof. L. D. Sovani, attended training at MSEDCL, Pune under MOU activity between MSEDCL and PVG’s COET, Pune.

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Guest Lectures Organized by department during Last 5 Years

 Guest Lectures Organized during academic year 2023-24:

• A guest lecture on “Basics of Sliding Mode and Adaptive Control” by Dr. Shaileja Kurode was arranged on 30^th October 2023 for BE Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Energy Storage System” by Dr. Pooja Kulkarni was arranged on 28^thOctober 2023 for TE Electrical
• A guest lecture on “Power Quality Management” by Mr. Aniket Datar was arranged on 27^th October 2023 for BE Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Power Electronics” by Dr. Avinash Purandare was arranged on 27^th October 2023 for TE Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Programmable Logic Controller” by Prof. D. V. Kulkarni was arranged on 26^th October 2023 for BE Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Power Generation Technology” by Mr. Arvind Paranjape was arranged on 26^th October 2023 for SE Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Analog and Digital Electronics” by Prof. Vishakha Tarange was arranged on 20^th October 2023 for SE Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Electrical Machine II” by Prof. M. G. Unde was arranged on 20^th October 2023 for TE Electrical students.
• Department of Electrical Engineering, PVG’s COET & GKPIOM Pune has organized a Guest Lecture for SE Electrical students on “Establishing Career Objectives through Electrical Engineering” with the help of proud Alumni Narendra Gosawi, General Manager TNBi Automation Ltd. Pune on 28th February 2024.
• Department of Electrical Engineering, PVG’s COET & GKPIOM Pune has organized an expert session for SE Electrical students on “Need of Electronics as an Automation in Industry”  in association with  Sanjay Chaudhari of Electronics Study Center, Nasik  on 27th February 2024.

Guest Lectures Organized during academic year 2022-23:

• A guest lecture on “Armature reaction & commutation in D C machines” by Dr. M P Bhawalkar was arranged on 1^st June 2022 for SE students.
• A guest lecture on “Power Quality” by Aniket Datar was arranged on 22 November 2022 for BE students in on line mode.
• Guest lecture on the topic ‘Energy Management’ by Mr. Ratanrajah Ramasamy, Managing Director at Phase-Technic System, was organized by EESA on 25th August, 2022. The main aim of the lecture was to make students aware of new and existing technologies related to Energy Management.
• A guest lecture on “Industrial Project Management” by Mr. Narendra Gosavi was arranged on 19^th March 2023 for Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Career Prospects in Army” by Colonel Vivek Nene was arranged on 24^th March 2023 for Electrical students.
• A guest lecture on “Numerical Methods & Computer Programming” by Chinmay Deshpande was arranged on 16^th May 2023 for SE students.
• A guest lecture on “Power Electronics” by A. D. Purandare was arranged on 18^th May 2023 for TE students.
• A guest lecture on “PID Controllers and Applications” by Umesh Shinde was arranged on 22^nd May 2023 for TE students.

Guest Lectures Organized during academic year 2021-22:

• A webinar on “Writing professional email” by Ms Dhivya Rajgopal was arranged on 16 November 2021 for SE, TE and BE students along with NDLI club of our college.
• A webinar on “Profile Building and Career Opportunities” by Mr Satish Anand was arranged on 17 March 2022.
• A guest lecture on “Power Quality” by Aniket Datar was arranged on 22 November 2022 for BE students in on line mode.
• EESA organized guest lecture on topic “Energy Storage methods: Past, Present and Future” By Dr. P B Karandikar on 9^th December 2021 for TE students in on line mode as their Audit Course.
• A guest lecture on “Armature reaction & commutation in D C machines” by Dr. M P Bhawalkar was arranged on 1^st June 2022 for SE students.

Guest Lectures Organized during academic year 2020-21:

• Guest lecture on ‘Global System for Mobile Communication’ by MRs. Trupti Kudale was arranged for SE Students on 17^th June 2021
• Guest lecture on ‘Tips for Women’s Health Improvement’ by Dr. Medha Sarsambhi was organised for all girls’ students on the occasion of Women’s Day on 8^th March 2021.
• On 10^th October 2020 lecture by Mrs. Manisha Mulay, Country Head HR (India), Vanderlande Industries, on ‘Resume Building’ was organized for SE and TE Electrical Students, under IQAC.
• On 12^th September 2020, a lecture on ‘Plagiarism: Ethics in Technical Writing’ by Dr. M. S. Thakare was organized for TE and BE Electrical Students.
• On 24^th August 2020, an online lecture on ‘Research through UG Projects’ was organized in association with IQAC.
• On 27^th July 2020 a webinar by Mr. Sonjib Banerjee, Manav Energy Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata, on ‘Designing of Lightning Protection Systems for Sky Scrapers’ was organized in association with Vidyut Suraksha Manch, Pune for TE Students and Faculty.

Guest Lectures Organized during academic year 2019-20:

• On 5^th Feb, 2020, Guest lecture by Mr. Manoj Badve from TATA motors on ‘Energy Conservation in Industrial Environment’ was organized by for TE students for the subject of Energy Audit.
• On 20^th January 2020, guest lecture by Alumini, Mr. Srinivas Patwardhan was organized ‘Enabling control of artificial limbs in amputees’ for BE students.
• On 22^nd July 2019, guest lecture by Alumini, Mr.Prasad Joshi on ‘Opportunities for Electrical Engineers’ was organized for TE and BE students.
• Hrishikesh Mehta guided TE and BE students on ‘What is needed for Start-up in India and qualities required to be an Entrepruenur’ on 22^nd July, 2019.
• On 22^nd July, 2019, Guest lecture by Alumini Mr.Miresh Sheth ‘on Leadership skills required to be an Entrepreneur’ was organized for TE students and BE students.

Guest Lectures Organized during academic year 2018-19:

• Mrs. K. J. Kulkarni and Dr. Y. B. Thakare deliverd guest lectures on Report Writing for B.E. Electrical students on 26^th April 2019.
• Yogendra Talware from Strom Energie delivered a guest lecture on “Tariff-effective DSM tool for Energy Conservation” on 30th Jan 2019.This Lecture was attended by SE,TE, BE Electrical Engineering students along with the faculty members.
• Narendra Duvedi from SAS Powertech delivered a guest lecture on “Power quality” on 25^th Jan,2019.Students from T.E Electrical Engineering attended this lecture along with the faculty members.
• Ms. Manasi Patwardhan was invited to deliver a speech on “Research Quality and Ethics” on 16^th October 2018,.
• Charuta Mulay was invited to deliver a speech on “Design of electrical machines” and “Electrical Machines II on 22^nd September, 2018.

Internship – Electrical Engineering Department

• Department has signed MoU with the Konkan Railways Corporation, Navi Mumbai. This year 14 Students of SE Electrical and 02 Students from TE Electrical attended a 5-day training program with Konkan Rail Academy, Madgaon, Goa from 15^th January 2024 to 19^th January 2024, under the banner of “SEPS: Skilling Engineers for Professional Success“. Dr. M. S. Thakare played key role for designing the contents and organizing of trainings and internships for Electrical students. S. H. Yamalla accompanied the students during this program.

Students Internship

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AY 2022-23

AY 2021-22

AY 2020 – 2021