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JAN-MAR 2026 EDITION
JAN-MAR 2026 Digital Edition · Computer Science & Engineering
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This magazine is crafted with passion by students who believe in celebrating every milestone. Our editorial team worked tirelessly to bring you stories that inspire, moments that last, and achievements that define us.
"We dedicate this magazine to every student who dared to dream, to every faculty who inspired, and to every moment that made REC CSE unforgettable."
"Navigate page by page — every chapter carries a fresh REC CSE highlight."
"Every number here comes from our own magazine pages — real wins, real stages, real student impact! 🏆"
Our CSE Department student Sakthivel (II Year) made us proud by emerging as a winner at the prestigious Hackathrone 2025. Competing against top innovators from across the country, he showcased exceptional problem-solving skills and creativity, earning recognition among hundreds of participants.
3rd Prize · ₹30,000 · 100+ Teams
Showcasing exceptional innovation, Sarveshvaran D (II Year) made a remarkable mark at Codeathon 2026, a 30-hour national-level hackathon. His project stood out for its practical approach and impactful execution, bringing pride to the department.
2nd Prize · ₹5,000 · National Level
Piraisoodan R & Periya Nayagam M (CSE) secured First Prize in a national-level Prompting Event. From accurately recreating images in Round 1 to crafting high-quality prompts in Round 2, their performance showcased exceptional creativity and precision in AI-driven problem solving.
1st Prize · AI Creativity · National Level
Mukesh V (II yr) secured First Prize at TechHacks 2.0, conducted by SRM Ramapuram. His project, CuraTrack, is a Smart Beneficiary Health Record and Medication Tracking System integrating AI-based medication reminders, unified digital health records, and intelligent health insights.
1st Prize · ₹20,000 · AI Healthcare
Bringing pride to the CSE Department, Darshan M (III yr) secured 2nd Runner-Up at the Lithos Hackathon, held on February 10th at CIT, Chennai. After being shortlisted through an initial online screening, the team advanced to the final stage demonstrating strong problem-solving skills.
2nd Runner-Up · CIT Chennai
Sejal Sai S (II yr) emerged as a Top 3 Track Finalist in DEFY'26 Hackathon from VIT Chennai under the Public Goods track. The solution focused on building a decentralized system to securely preserve online evidence, ensuring proof of integrity and existence.
Top 3 Finalist · DEFY'26 · Decentralized Tech
Krithik D , LAKSHAN S , MAHESWARAN V secured First Prize in the Prompt Craft event at ZORPHIX, a Techno-Management Symposium by CSBS at Chennai Institute of Technology. The competition tested precise and effective prompt design, showcasing creativity in emerging AI domains.
1st Prize · ZORPHIX 2026 · CIT Chennai
Prasanna K, Pooja S A, Ragavi N, and Prakash R (II Year, CSE) participated in EDXTRA 2026, an intensive 8-hour hackathon by the Department of IT. The event challenged participants to develop impactful solutions aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
8-Hour Hackathon · SDG-Based Innovation
Sarveshvaran D & Sejal Sai S received the Best Paper Award at an international conference for their research on detecting financial anomalies using a Random Forest-based ML system.
Best Paper · International Conference
Demonstrating strong research and presentation skills, Haritha M (III yr) secured First Position in Paper Presentation at the IKS Conference conducted by SSN College of Engineering. The conference focused on Indian Knowledge Systems: Tradition, Culture & Technology.
1st Position · IKS Conference · SSN College
Sarvesh Sivasankaran (II Year) served as a Speaker at FT. Codesapiens Meetup 2k26, sharing technical insights and engaging with the developer community.
Speaker · Tech Community Engagement
Aadithya Rajasekaran (II Year) successfully organized the IPL Auction event at Recharge Fest 2026, demonstrating leadership, coordination, and event management skills.
Event Organizer · Recharge Fest 2026
Shreenidhi T (II Year) served as Project Secretary for the Irumugan mono acting event, successfully planning and executing a three-round competition focused on creativity and performance.
Project Secretary · Leadership & Event Management
Hari Keshav K from I-CSE secured a Silver Medal in a State-Level Chess Tournament organized by Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology on 08.02.2026, demonstrating strong analytical thinking and strategy.
The Cricket (Men) team secured Runner-Up in the Loyola ICAM Trophy 2026. CSE students — Lithan G, Mohith, Hirthic Vasan R, Dhanush Karthick, and Gowtham Raj M — played a significant role throughout the tournament.
Sakthivel R has emerged as a high-impact student innovator, turning AI ideas into nationally recognized sustainability solutions. His progression from campus hackathons to international representation reflects exceptional technical depth.
In a multi-stage national challenge, he developed AI-driven solutions for renewable-energy verification and governance systems. The win was recognized in the MeitY-aligned IndiaAI Impact ecosystem.
AI Innovation · Sustainability GovernanceSelected for the Villars Symposium, Switzerland; shortlisted for the Indian Bank innovation event; contributing to a government-funded project with strong public-impact relevance.
Hackathon → Ideathon → International Stage
Atchaya Senthilkumaran is a student entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of AT Speaks, an edtech initiative focused on bridging the gap between learning and real-world application. She has organized 30+ events, impacting over 1000 learners, and delivered 50+ sessions as a speaker and instructor in AI and technology. She has also worked as an AI Tech Associate at c2x (New York, remote), while actively mentoring students as a tech educator. She is currently building Nexus, a nationwide student community aimed at fostering collaboration and innovation. With experience across AI, development, design, and entrepreneurship, and a growing digital presence of 15K+ followers, she advocates for practical, hands-on learning and student-led innovation.
"One strong frame is enough when the effort behind it is real. Keep showing up, keep learning, and let consistency become your signature."
This section celebrates the faculty voices shaping REC CSE through academic leadership, research publications, expert sessions, institutional collaboration, and continuous upskilling.
"Faculty achievements are quiet power: they lift classrooms, research culture, and every student who learns from that momentum."
Faculty members contributed through academic governance and emerging technology outreach, connecting leadership with hands-on innovation.
Dr. E. M. Malathy, Professor and Head, represented CSE at the 22nd Academic Council meeting on 23 Jan 2026.
Academic governance · Department representation
Dr. J. Jinu Sophia, Associate Professor, showcased an AR/VR project in a Technical Expo stall at Titanium on behalf of IIC-TANSAM.
Innovation display · Emerging tech outreach"Departments grow when faculty lead and create opportunities beyond the classroom."
Dr. V. Murali Bhaskaran, with B. Rajalakshmi, authored Vit-Lung: A Vision Transformer Framework for Lung Cancer Detection, published in the IEEE proceedings of ICCCES-2026.
Conference publication · Vision AI research
Dr. Prakash V, Associate Professor, authored Enhancing Semantic Web Application Delivery with SemaGuard, accepted for publication in the International Journal of Information Technology and expected to appear in 2026.
Accepted article · Quality, security and CI/CD"Faculty research does more than add publications. It sets the academic tone for curiosity, rigor, and long-term impact."
Dr. E. M. Malathy and Dr. M. Ayyadurai had an insightful discussion with Dr. R. Srinivasan, Scientist, during an industrial visit to the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.
The visit explored possibilities for future collaboration on research projects and technology-oriented academic engagement.
A hands-on workshop titled AI for All Initiative: Next-Gen Full Stack Development was scheduled on 11 February 2026 to connect Artificial Intelligence with modern full stack development.
The sessions focused on practical learning, real-world use cases, and emerging development practices with external expert Mr. A. Velliraj, Tech Manager, Virtusa Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
"Collaboration begins when faculty step into research spaces, listen closely, and bring that energy back to student learning."
A proud special mention to Dr. J. Manoranjini, Deputy HOD of CSE, for active participation in academic development, emerging technology discussions, and national-level awareness initiatives during 2026.
Participated in a 5-day International FDP on Federated Learning for Privacy-Preserving AI (FLPPAI-2026), organized by Bennett University.
Coordinated an international guest lecture on AI-enabled blockchain and research writing, featuring Dr. Shyamala Devi Munisamy, at Rajalakshmi Engineering College.
Successfully participated in the National Intellectual Property Awareness Program conducted by the Intellectual Property Office, India.
"Faculty growth keeps the department future-ready."
A proud special mention for continued faculty participation across educator training, student knowledge sessions, and research presentation platforms during 2026.
Dr. Chettiyar Vani Vivekanand, Professor/CSE, attended the PALS Faculty Development Program on AI for Educators conducted at IIT Tirupati.
A guest lecture on NextGen Technologies - Driving the Future was delivered by Dr. K. Mourugayane, Former Scientist, SAMEER-Centre for Electromagnetics, Chennai, for II Year students with 120 participants.
Dr. Chettiyar Vani Vivekanand presented the paper A Technology Driven Framework for Water Scarcity Prediction at ICICCS 2026, organized by Nandha Engineering College, Erode.
"Faculty curiosity becomes classroom momentum."
"A good writeup is a student thinking in public. These pages turn curiosity into clarity."
A casual Rs.100/day lifestyle spend across 4 years becomes nearly Rs.1.44 lakhs. The winning move is simple: keep lifestyle joy, remove money leakage.
"Financial freedom is a system. Automate savings, avoid ego trades, and let compounding become your silent teammate."
Generative AI has moved from research novelty to a defining force in technology. A full stack has formed from silicon to applications, and software is being rebuilt with AI as a core reasoning layer.
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are investing at historic scale in GPU clusters and custom AI chips.
Nvidia leads training while AMD, Gaudi, Cerebras, Groq, and others compete hard in inference.
OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Meta, and Mistral drive multimodal systems across text, image, audio, video, and code.
Chain-of-thought and reasoning models have significantly improved complex problem-solving reliability.
Real product value emerges between models and users: RAG, vector databases, orchestration, evals, and domain tuning.
Open-source models keep pace with frontier labs, enabling private deployment and data residency control in sensitive sectors.
"The winning products will not bolt AI on top. They will rebuild software around AI as the default reasoning engine."
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) combines the power of large language models with external knowledge bases. Instead of relying solely on training data, RAG systems retrieve relevant information at query time to generate more accurate, context-aware responses.
1. Index: Documents are chunked and embedded into vectors.
2. Retrieve: Query matches most relevant context from DB.
3. Augment: Retrieved context feeds the LLM prompt.
4. Generate: Model produces grounded, accurate output.
Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, and pgvector store embeddings for fast similarity search.
BGE, sentence-transformers, and OpenAI embeddings convert text to semantic vectors.
"RAG is the bridge between static model knowledge and dynamic, real-time enterprise data."
Equity is a long-term ownership game. The biggest student advantage is not insider knowledge; it is time, discipline, and consistent capital allocation.
Diversified SIP, patience, and business quality focus. Low churn, high survival.
Needs defined setups, strict stop-losses, and emotional control during drawdowns.
"The market rewards students who stay curious, start small, and protect capital. Learn the business first, then let patience do the heavy lifting."
The Department of Computer Science & Engineering celebrates the successful placement of its students at embedUR Systems, a global product engineering company specializing in embedded systems, networking, and IoT solutions.
With a strong presence in firmware development, device connectivity, and system-level software, the company works on real-world products used in industries such as telecommunications, healthcare devices, and smart infrastructure.
Notably, these students secured their placements during their III Year itself, reflecting early preparedness and a strong foundation in core technical skills.
After a rigorous campus recruitment process involving technical assessments and interviews, the following CSE students were selected:
"These numbers aren't just stats - they're dreams fulfilled! Every offer letter is a story of late-night coding sessions paying off! 💪✨"
"Every page of this magazine carries the energy of our department and the support of the people who believed in us. REC CSE is not just a place of learning, but a space where ideas are encouraged to become something real."
"A special thank you to our HOD and faculty coordinators for their constant encouragement, guidance, and trust throughout this magazine journey. Your support helped our ideas take shape, our team stay motivated, and this edition reach the finish line with pride."
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