One Day Workshop on "Virtual Labs"
8th November 2024
Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram as the Nodal Center of Virtual Labs for IIT Delhi, organized one-day workshop on "Virtual Labs" in collaboration with IIT Delhi on 8th November, 2024. Virtual Labs is an initiative of Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India (GOI) under the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) aimed to enhance the practical knowledge in the field of Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Applied Science. Prof. Dimple Saproo (Faculty, DCE) coordinated the event.
A total of 217 participants including students and faculty members of Electronics and Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science Engineering engaged actively in the workshop. The event featured Mr. Shivam Yadav (Executive Trainer, Virtual Lab, IIT Delhi) and Mr. Ubaid Mushtaq Najar (Field Engineer, Virtual Lab, IIT Delhi) as the esteemed experts from IIT Delhi who played a pivotal role in conducting the sessions.
Mr. Shivam Yadav (IIT Delhi) initiated the workshop with a comprehensive introduction to Virtual Labs, emphasizing its features and benefits. He highlighted the primary objective of Virtual Labs, which is to provide remote access to laboratories in various scientific and engineering disciplines. The approach enables sharing of expensive equipment and resources, overcoming limitations posed by cost and geographical distances. The session examined into making Virtual Labs more immersive by incorporating audio and video streaming, simulating actual lab experiments, and remotely triggering experiments with real-time results.
The expert also provided insights into the Virtual Lab portal, its key features, and access to labs developed by various participating institutes. The interactive sessions actively engaged students in understanding the concepts of the labs.
Students were given the opportunity for hands-on practice on the Virtual Lab Portal. Divided into three computer labs, they conducted experiments in areas of Basic Electronics, Digital Electronics Lab Analog and Digital Electronics Lab for Electronics and Communication Engineering students, Electrical Measurements, Power Electronics Lab, Sensors Modeling & Simulation Lab Substation Automation for Electrical and Electronics students, Inorganic Chemistry Virtual , Python Programming Lab , Problem Solving Lab Computer Programming Data Structure, Python, and Computer Organization and Architecture, Creative Design, Prototyping & Experiential Lab for the Students of Computer Science and Engineering.
Benefits/Outcome: the Workshop provided valuable exposure, allowing students to actively engage in experiments and solidify their understanding of Virtual Labs using the Virtual lab portal.