BarCampKerala is one of the oldest and biggest tech related unconferences in Kerala which attracts techies, geeks, bloggers, IT professionals, freelancers entrepreneurs and students from many many colleges. Barcamp is an intense but fun event with lots of discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. There are no registration fees or any charges for a barcamp as this is a user-generated conference. There are numerous sessions which are taken by the interested participants. Are you looking to share some knowledge? You can register for a session too! As of today the following sessions are scheduled and more sessions will come up as the event date nears.

Why do people compare Apples and Oranges ? by Praseed Pai
Most Software companies in Kerala has got a shallow hierarchy and emphasis is on technical aspects of Software engineering. People who started their career and stayed back are mostly satisfied lot. In Contrast , Companies from Bangalore , Chennai and Hyderabad are build with scale in mind. Their emphasis is on Business Continuity. By reducing so called “Unit of Work Per Employee”, they reduce risks in operations. Both set has got their own world views shaped by their respective context. The session talks about the impedance mismatch between a Metro Software professional and a Kerala Software professional.


Making your First Dollar with your PC
by Arun Basil Lal
We all know there is money online, but how to get to it? All you need is a PC, and an internet connection. In this talk, I would help you make your first dollar with the greatest invention of our times, the personal computer. Your mantra should be, “If he can do it, I can do it better”

Sound of Music
by Ashwin K
WE have been witnessing the rise of web as a social media. On forecasting the growth, as the bandwidth and speed becomes cheap and more popular the conventional broadcasting media will switch over to web because of its wider reach. I would like to discuss the future of Internet Radio in India, as a media that reaches to common man. Also, I would like to present the experimental technology we have been developing for RadioCloud.


Intelligence And Some Questions
by Kenney Jacob
How can we define intelligence ? Is there a connection between Intelligence and success ? Do you think language skills is a measure of ones intelligence ? Do you believe that intelligence can be acquired ? Lets try to answer these questions together.

Public Relations – Let the world know about you
by Richy D Alexander
We often get asked what is a successful public relations program? What does it cost? How long do I need to do it? Why do my competitors always get in the papers? A public relations (PR) strategy may play a key role in an organization’s promotional strategy. A planned approach to leveraging public relations opportunities can be just as important as advertising and sales promotions. Public relations is one of the most effective methods to communicate and relate to the market. It is powerful and, once things are in motion, it is the most cost effective of all promotional activities. The success of well executed PR plans can be seen through several organizations that have made it a central focus of their promotional strategy. Lets share the idea of a successful PR See you on May 8th.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting the trophy along with team India

Mahendra Singh Dhoni kept his word. The cup is dedicated to the legendary Master Blaster, the God of cricket, SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR

The God of cricket

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Charlie Chaplin’s famous movie ‘The Kid’(1921), was shown on 16th Feb 2011 at our college by the Movie Club of SBCE. The movie created waves in the hearts of viewers. The movie club has been organizing shows of Documentaries and Classical Movies from all around the world. The club had already brought us CJ7 (Stephen Chow), Nacho Libre (Jared Hess), Home – Documentary (Yann Arthus Bertrad), Bicycle Thief (De Sicca) and Children of Heaven (Majid Majidi).

‘The Kid’ got very good response. The audience cheered with a big hand of applauds.

SPICMACAY chapter of  SBCE organized  Purulia Chhau Dance on 10th February 2011.

SPICMACAY stands for ‘Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth’. The soceity promotes awareness of  rich and heterogeneous cultural tapestry of our country amongst the youth through focus on the classical arts, with their attendant legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy and to facilitate an awareness of their deeper and subtler values. ‘Purulia Chhau’ is the third event conducted by the SPICMACAY chapter of  SBCE.

The joint news letter of SBCE and SBCEW ‘Bodhi Vol1 No2′  (June 2010 – December 2010) released on 2nd February by Prof.K Sasikumar (Chairman,SBCE) by handing over the first copy to Dr. Somi Sebastian (Principal, SBCE).

Click Here For the E – Copy…Bodhi Vol 1 No 2

International students who come here for graduate studies find themselves in a totally different environment than they are used to back in their home country. Here is a comprehensive list of what you need to know when you come for graduate studies in US.

Assignment: Once a semester starts, a graduate student shall be doing at least one assignment a week. Most of the assignments may not be that easy as your undergraduate assignments back in your home country. Again if one starts working on it just the day before the submission, one may not finish it in time. For most of the courses, assignment plays a big role in the overall grades.