1. St.Francis Institute Of Technology
Mt Poinsur, SVP Road, Borivali (W), Mumbai
R & D Cell
Prepared by Dr. Uday Pandit Khot

2. R & D Cell A Centre of Innovation: Started in 2005 Aim:
St. Francis Institute Of Technology
R & D Cell
A Centre of Innovation: Started in 2005
Aim:
To promote R&D activities and Technological up-gradation of staff and students.
R & D activities:
Academic Research
Applied Research
Faculty Induction Programmes

3. Academic Research Technical Magazine-Sanshodhan
Conducting IIT Workshops for Faculties
R & D Lecture Series & Webinars
National/International Conferences
In-house Workshops

4. Technical Magazine: Sanshodhan
Academic Research
Technical Magazine-Sanshodhan
Conducting IIT Workshops for Faculties
R & D Lecture Series & Webinars
National/International Conferences
In-house Workshops
Technical Magazine: Sanshodhan
- Total 10 issues published since May 2006
“Sanshodhan” is an Annual Technical Magazine primarily meant for publishing the research papers and technical articles written by the Faculty and students of SFIT.
To encourage and motivate the authors, Institute has ear-marked sufficient prize amount to be given for the best two papers appeared in each issue.

5. Academic Research
Technical Magazine-Sanshodhan
Conducting IIT Workshops for Faculties
R & D Lecture Series & Webinars
National/International Conferences
In-house Workshops
ISTE Approved IIT Workshops are conducted to Train the Faculties from Research Point of View
Year
No. of STTPs 04 03

6. Webinars are arranged in collaboration with Infosys Webinars
Academic Research
Technical Magazine-Sanshodhan
Conducting IIT Workshops for Faculties
R & D Lecture Series & Webinars
National/International Conferences
In-house Workshops
Lecture Series
Series of science and technology lectures and training workshops are delivered / conducted by our own faculty members and/or by the experts from other institutes.
This is designed to promote the culture of research and development amongst faculty members. 
Webinars are arranged in collaboration with Infosys
Webinars

7. Academic Research
Technical Magazine-Sanshodhan
Conducting IIT Workshops for Faculties
R & D Lecture Series & Webinars
National/International Conferences
In-house Workshops
Conferences are conducted to exchange the Research knowledge with world-wide Researchers
National Conference, 2007
1st IEEE International Conference on “Circuits, Systems, Communication and Information Technology Applications 2014” (CSCITA 2014) on 4-5 April, 2014.
2nd IEEE International Conference on "Communication System, Computing and IT Applications 2017" (CSCITA 2017) on April, 2017.

8. Academic Research
Technical Magazine-Sanshodhan
Conducting IIT Workshops for Faculties
R & D Lecture Series & Webinars
National/International Conferences
In-house Workshops
Workshops are conducted regularly for the staff to keep them updated about the latest technology and the practices prevailing in the university and industry.
Also, the institute takes initiative to arrange orientation programs for the newly introduced courses in the syllabus prescribed by Mumbai University. (Every Year)
A workshop on ‘RF Filter Design’ was organized in September 2015, involving design of Microstrip Butterworth filter followed by fabrication and measurement.

9. Projects on Aakash Tabs at Aakash Lab, IIT Bombay
Applied
Research
Projects on Aakash Tabs at Aakash Lab, IIT Bombay
Minor Research Grants Projects
Industry related Research Projects
ROBOCON

10. Applied
Research
Projects on Aakash Tabs at Aakash Lab, IIT Bombay
Minor Research Grants Projects
Industry related Research Projects
ROBOCON
Projects on Aakash Tabs are done by faculty and students to enhance their research
Sr. No
Faculty
Projects ( )
Grants Received (Rs.) 1
Mr. Bhavesh Pandya
Android based Total Security for System Authentication
1 Lac 2
Ms. Safa Hamdare
An Adaptive Evaluation System to Test Students’ Caliber using Item Response 3
Ms. Nazneen Ansari
Performance monitoring for College result and placement  using dashboard 4
Mumbai University Mobile Portal

11. Minor Research Grant from Mumbai University
Applied
Research
Projects on Aakash Tab at Aakash Lab, IIT Bombay
Minor Research Grants Projects
Industry related Research Projects
ROBOCON
Minor Research Grant from Mumbai University
Sr. No
Year
faculty
Project Title
Grant Amount (Rs) 1
Dr. Uday Pandit Khot
50,000/- 2
Ms. Joanne Gomes
Smart Classroom Lightning System with Integrated Equipment Security
Dr. Uday Khot
Smart Sensing using Bayesian Network for Computer aided Diagnostic Systems
2.15 Lakh
Dr. Gautam Shah
Smart Elevator 3
Ms. Jayasudha Koti
Smart Appliance Control for Overloaded System 4
Mr. Vaqar Ansari
Self-Reconfigurable Robot 5
Ms. Anjali Chaudhary
 Efficient Energy Harvesting System 6
Ms. Safa Hamdare
 Adaptive Evaluation Systems to Test Students Caliber using Item Response Theory
Ms Varsha Nagpurkar
E-Toll: Automatic Toll Collection System
66,000/-
Ms. G. Anuradha
Smart Traffic Controller using Fuzzy Inference System (STCFIS)

12. Applied
Research
Projects on Aakash Tab at Aakash Lab, IIT Bombay
Minor Research Grants Projects
Industry related Research Projects
ROBOCON
Industry related Research Projects are done by our faculty to help the society
Bagged the project to develop “Maximum Power Point Tracking in Solar System” for Microtech Ind. Ltd. by Dr. Uday Pandit Khot & Dr. A.K. Sen ( )
Successfully completed the project to develop “Hazardous Gas Detector & Alarm System” for M/C Dil Udyog Electronics Pvt. Ltd ( )

13. Applied
Research
Projects on Aakash Tab at Aakash Lab, IIT Bombay
Minor Research Grants Projects
Industry related Research Projects
ROBOCON
It is a Robotics Competition for undergraduate students at International Level (Asia specific)
Since 2005 (Every Year)
Received Participation Certificate from MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions, Pune and Doordarshan India for Consistent Performance (2016)

14. Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs)
FDPs are conducted to Train the Faculties from Teaching Learning Point of View
Dr Thomas Schwatz, Expert on Data Science with Python Security from USA, 2016
Invited talk on Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime on 7th July 2016
Invited talk on Data Storage and Digital Cryptography on 8th July 2016
Two days PhD Preparatory Workshop
Date: 8th Jan., 2016 to 9th Jan. 2016
One weeks Faculty Induction Programe (Every Year)

15. St. Francis Institute Of Technology
Thank You

16. ISTE Approved IIT Workshops
Sr. No
Workshop
Date 1
Two weeks ISTE approved STTP on Technical Communication
8th Oct., 2015 to 18th Nov. 2015 2
Two weeks ISTE approved STTP on Analysis of Algorithms 3
Two-Week ISTE Approved Workshop on Engineering Physics, conducted by IIT Bombay
08th Dec to 18th Dec 2015 4
Two-Week ISTE Approved Workshop on Technical Communication, conducted by IIT Bombay
26th Oct to 5th Dec 2015 6
Two-week ISTE Approved Workshop on Control Systems, Conducted by IIT Kharagpur
02nd Dec to 12th Dec 2014 5
Two-week ISTE Approved Workshop on Cyber Security, conducted by IIT Bombay
10th Jul to 20th Jul 2014 7
Two-week ISTE Approved Workshop on Computer Networks, conducted by IIT Bombay
31st Jun to 05th Jul 2014 8
Two-week ISTE Workshop on Computer Programming, conducted by IIT Bombay
16th Jun to 22nd Jun 2014 9
Two-week ISTE Workshop on Signals and Systems, Conducted by IIT Kharagpur
02nd Jan to 12th Jan 2014 10
Two-week ISTE Approved Workshop on Database Management Systems, conducted by IIT Bombay
21st May to 31st May 2013 11
Two-week ISTE Approved Workshop on Analog Electronics, Conducted by IIT Kharagpur
04th Jun to 14th Jun 2013
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17. ISTE Approved STTP 2015-16 Sr. No. Title of Program Date Duration
Target Audience
Venue
Significance 1
Industrial Visit
05/09/2015 and 06/09/2015
2Days/
1Night
SE ,TE & BE
(All branches)
Lavasa
Pune
Gain knowledge
about Manufacturing
of car parts 2
National Robotics
Championship
2016 Workshop/
Competiton
12/09/2015 and 13/09/2015
9.00 am -
5.00 pm
FE,SE,TE
(All
branches)
Cadd
Lab 601
Hands On workshop,
Use of matlab/arduino
For programming Selection of teams to
represent IIT Madras 3
Workshop on Cyber
Security, Network
Threats and Attacks
19/09/2015
10.00 am -
4.00 pm
Assembly
Hall
about Cyber Security,
Network Threats and Attacks 4
Cleanliness drive at
Borivali railway station
26/01/2016
2.00 pm
SE ,TE
& BE
branches
Railway
station
Borovali
To clean Borivali
Station and spread
awareness about
cleanliness. 5
Bridging The
Employability Gap Between Students And
Industry
07/10/2015
10.15am pm
Assembl
y Hall
The students were
explained, different
ways to become employable and fulfill the expectations of the employers 6
C Programming Workshop
09/01/2016 and 10/01/2016
9.00 am pm FE
STUDE
NTS
AUTO
CAD
LAB
To cover the Pre -requisite of their II semester subject as
Structured Programming
Approach(SPA).