Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad Arts, Science & Commerce College

“e-Sophy”

Goal of Practice:

To make the stakeholders aware of the proper use of electronic items along with nurturing and sustaining environment To foster the spirit amongst students of Electronic Department for making, creating eco - friendly electronic gadgets. To make them competent for making the Best from the e-Waste To train students for starting up business after their Graduation & Post- Graduation To plan and plant more trees to reduce radiation. Seed Broadcasting is one of the activities that takes us further outside the campus To develop e-library. To use renewable energy resources like solar panels.

The Contexts:

Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandir’s Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad Arts, Science and Commerce College, Malegaon Camp, Nashik is situated in the heart of the city. Our institution is committed to the welfare of each and all, not only in terms of prescribed syllabus and career orientation, along with this we have been trying to foster the importance of crosscutting issued in the minds of the students. The crosscutting issues include Professional ethics, Gender Equality, Human values, Environment and Sustainability.

The Practice:

. In order to bring an awareness of Creating, Reusing, Properly Using electronic gadgets and Saving Environment, we have been diligently working on the idea of e-Sophy that includes the wise use of electronics and wise activities of environment and sustainability arranged by Electronic Department, NSS, NCC, Botany Department, & Computer Science Dept. The activities are as follows:

• Hands on training on Repairing and maintenance of electronic gadgets
• Electronic project competition for UG students.
• Hands on training programme on “Domestic Appliances Repair and their Reuse.
• Workshop on “e- Waste Management
• Hands on Training on Ardiuno and its applications\
• Workshop on Mobile repairing for UG & PG students
• Webinar on IoT And its application
• Simulation Software training

Plantation of various types of saplings has been done with the help of Botany department along with NSS, NCC volunteers Teaching and non-teaching staff of the college. These plants are made available from the the local municipal corporation and private nurseries mostly at the onset of monsoon every year and otherwise. These are successfully maintained by providing fertilizers and irrigation facility. We conduct the program of “Shramdan” every Friday by NSS volunteers for the maintenance of our campus. The faculty members celebrate their birthdays with plantation of a sapling. This cake free initiative under this best practice has proven very fruitful so far more than hundred trees have been planted by the faculty members. The college has conducted green audit of the campus

Right from the beginning the college has carried out Labelling of Plants in the college campus which helps students to understand the botanical names and specifications of the plants. The college has preserved Flora on the campus and documented the Flora with photographs. Signboards/Posters are displayed on the college campus for encouraging ideas of Plastic-Free Campus, Noise Pollution, and Environmental Awareness. For Solid Waste Management the college has functional Vermicomposting units on the campus. The Energy Audit of Consumption of Electricity in the college is conducted recently by certified external auditor LED bulbs are installed in the college buildings to save electricity. The college has made agreement with the agency for e-waste management. The college has Solar Power Generation Plant The college has robust rain water harvesting mechanism that has resulted in the increase in ground water levels of borewells on the campus. The chemistry laboratory uses rain water as distilled water for practical.

Evidence of the Success:

• Digital Notice Board for the college
• Smart Irrigation
• Water Level Indicator.
• Moisturize Sensor for Plant Automation
• Humidity Measurement Panel.
• Solar Tracker Sensor.
• Mini Solar Panels have been fixed on the Poles of the LED in the Campus.
• faults in the circuits and can repair them.
• Electronic gadgets out of the e- waste.
• Robot Surveillance
• Computer Simulation Tools
• Cloud Based Smart Dustbin

• We are a semi- urban area, students come from outskirts, hence due to not having Industrial Area in the vicinity, we don’t get the required material immediately. For that we have to order it or have to travel to the district place for those things.
• Also, we don’t get the technical support immediately hence we have to work on trial- and-error basis which consume time.
• Students though are willing to make project but the paucity of funds is an obstacle on their way.

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