K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering

The K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, abbreviated as KJSCE, was established in 1983 at Somaiya Vidyavihar. It offers 4 year degree courses in the departments of Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering. The college is often ranked as one of the best engineering institutes in Western India, regularly preferred by top candidates of the State engineering entrance examination. KJSCE is Autonomous college affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

Campus

K.J Somaiya College of Engineering is located at Vidyavihar - a term meaning the home of knowledge.It is estimated that the total campus is about 65 acres. It is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India. The Vidyavihar station on the central railway line of Mumbai was also instantiated by one of its founders, for the benefits of the thousands of students pursuing varying programs in the campus. Besides housing the Engineering College Vidyavihar campus enjoys the distinction of housing a Science and Arts College, a Secondary School, a Management Institute - K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR), a Polytechnic Institute and a Commerce College. It thus represents to have a profile of all educational fields.Besides the campus at Vidyavihar Somaiya also has its Medical College -Hospital.

College Management

DEANS

HEADS OF DEPARTMENT

Student Bodies

Students at K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering are given a chance to showcase their leadership and teamwork skills through a variety of student bodies, both technical and non-technical. These student bodies regularly conduct events, workshops, seminars and different activities to keep students motivated even outside the classroom. A number of these bodies have student councils which manage the working of the association. A new council is selected every year for all these bodies. The college also has professional affiliations to national and international associations such as IEEE, CSI, ISTE and SAE.

Abhiyantriki

Abhiyantriki is the annual technical festival of KJSCE. It was born out of the need to express the overflowing creativity and need for innovation. It is a one-day festival held in the first half of the academic year. Abhiyantriki has more than 35 events conducted by the various councils of the college. It also host events like Start up Exp, Auto Expo and Speaker's address. In Abhiyantriki 2014, the guest speaker was Mr. Rohit Suri, the Vice President of Jaguar Land rover, India and was also powered by Mumbai Mirror. The 2015 edition of Abhiyantriki featured Mr. Deepak Marda, the former MD of Cinepolis India, as the Keynote Speaker. Over the years, Abhiyantriki has grown leaps and bounds making it a brand.

Symphony

Symphony, the inter-collegiate cultural festival of KJSCE, has created its name and popularity among Engineering and Management institutes under Mumbai university for the last decade. Every year many students from various institutes participate in the program. The main aim is to promote, encourage and exhibit the talents of the students on a common platform and create interest in the classical, vocal and instrumental music.

The Students' Council of the college organizes the event which was started in 1991 as a small intra campus festival and has now grown to be one which is backed by a solid organization and fun. There are not less than 10000 students that come to symphony every year. The organizers of yesteryears have hosted artists of the magnitude of Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Louis Banks, Hariharan, Indus Creed, Parikrama, KK, Bombay Vikings, Taufiq Quereshi, Dagar, Euphoria, Suraj Jagan etc. The event also has a social touch to propagate a message relevant to the times like AIDS awareness, etc. There have also been Auto Shows and an Army display at Symphony. The organization is done by students which is also a time for building strong camaraderie and teamwork. Many students look back fondly at the memories gathered during this phase of their lives.

Parvaah was the Social Initiative started under Symphony in 2015 with the aim of creating awareness and bringing about a change. Parvaah 2015 took up the cause of Women Safety and associated with the Mumbai Police, the Mumbai Taximen Union, Zicom among others to distribute safety kits for Women Safety and to create awareness. Ranbir Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rahul Ram, Devendra Fadanvis, Kapil Sharma, Sunil Grover, Paresh Ganatra, members of Sparsh, Coshish all actively supported the Parvaah initiative by signing the Parvaah pledge.

Symphony 2015 associated with Coke Studio, Vh1 Supersonic and Yashraj Studios. Sushant Singh Rajput judged the Fashion Show, Anu Malik judged Symphony Unplugged, Ganesh Acharya judged the Dance Events and Sparsh judged the AM Bands Competition. Sparsh also performed at the end of Day 1, Indian Progressive Rock legends Coshish and upcoming playback singer Shraddha Sharma performed at the Coke Studio Night on Day 2. DJ Willy, the resident DJ at Club Royalty, closed Symphony 2015 with the Vh1 Supersonic Night. Symphony 2015 also included a Bike Stunts performance by Rustom Patel and his team and a Bhangra Performance.

CSI - KJSCE

The Computer Society of India Chapter at K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering (CSI-KJSCE) was founded in 2003. The basic purpose of CSI is to promote IT as a profession. To fulfill this objective, the CSI-KJSCE Students' Chapter regularly organizes conferences, conventions, lectures and gives various awards. This is supported by organizing regular training workshops for IT professionals.

The CSI-KJSCE Council comprises a Chairperson, Student Branch Counselor, Faculty Advisors and Heads of Departments (Computer and IT). The General Secretary heads the CSI council.

Tatva Convergence

CSI-KJSCE in association with the Departments of Computer Engineering and Information Technology organize their annual tech-fest each year called Tatva Convergence. Many technical and fun events along with workshops and seminars are organized at this one-day extravaganza. Students of Computer Engineering and Information Technology are felicitated each year for good academic performance. Teachers along with student members participate in the events organized by the CSI Council. The concept of having a theme for the fest started in 2010.

ISTE - KJSCE

The ISTE Student Chapter (MH 60) was established in 2000-2001 and it was inaugurated on Wednesday, 24 January 2001. One of the major objectives of the ISTE is to assist and to contribute the production and development of top quality professional engineers and technicians needed by the industries and other organisations.

The ISTE-KJSCE Council comprises Student Advisors, Faculty Advisors and Heads of Departments (Science and humanities). The Chairperson heads the ISTE Students' Chapter. The other posts in the council are General Secretary Cum Treasurer, Vice- Chairperson,Public Relations Officer,Technical Head, Event Head, Creative Head and Web Administrator.

Zenith

Zenith is the annual fest organized by ISTE that boasts of workshops, seminars and other technical and fun events.

Prakalpa

Prakalpa is State level working models/project/product exhibition which is jointly organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell and ISTE Students' Chapter.

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Orion Racing

"Orion Racing India" Logo

The Stallion. FSG09

Orion Racing India (O.R.I) is a team of enthusiastic engineers from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, India determined to get the most out of their educational experience. Through passion and commitment, students collaborate as a team to design, build, test and race an open-wheeled formula style race car that competes in the annual Formula SAE competition.

Kshitij

Kshitij is the annual magazine of K J Somaiya College of Engineering. This magazine is an attempt to provide the students a platform to bring out their ideas and hidden talents. The choice of articles for students' consideration range from a very scholarly exploration of ideas in order to whet students' intellectual acumen, to a few techniques for aiding personality development and general issues.

"A lot has changed since Kshitij was first released in 1986; it now has more pages, more content and more color. It's got that added dash of vibrance, and covers a lot more events. Still there remains that one thing about the annual magazine that hasn't changed over time, it being the fact that nothing captures the fervor of KJSCE like Kshitij does." - Extract from the Editorial of Kshitij 2010.

See also

• List of Mumbai Colleges
• Somaiya Vidyavihar
• University of Mumbai
• Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya

References

1. ↑ ISTE KJSCE

External links

• K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering website
• CSI - KJSCE Website
• Orion Racing website
• Somaiya Vidyavihar
• ISTE - KJSCE Website
• University of Mumbai
• Entrepreneurship Cell
• KJSCE on DreamAdmission