An exclusive newsletter for computer science faculties of University of Madras affiliated colleges..

1. Computer Science
December 2019
Faculty
Greeting… December is
a colorful month, be-
yond Christmas … for
many of us it is a much
awaited holiday sea-
son.. Planning for a
winter vacation, and
many would have been
held up in FDP’s and
workshops… and of
course our valuation. In
this Issue, it gives me
pleasure to publish the
NPTEL crackers among
our faculty friends..
These people once
again proved.. things
are quite possible. If you
believe yourself.. Con-
gratulations to all...
Inside this issue:
BoS Meeting 1
Department Events 1
A Ph.D fairy tale: 2
Swayam NPTEL
achivers
3
Seminars and Work-
shops
4
Catalog 4
Lions Club Book
Bank college visit
4
Chevalier T Thomas Elizabeth College for Women organized
a “Workshop on R Programming” on 3 December
2019 by the eminent Resource person Dr. K.B. Priya Iyer,
MCA, Ph.D., Assistant Controller of Examinations & Associ-
ate Professor, Department of Computer Science, M.O.P.
Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. The students were
given hands-on training in R Programming Tool.
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Board of Studies Meeting @ Anna Adarsh
Anna Adarsh College of women
conducted a seminar on “The
passionate teacher” for their
carrier orientation program on
18th
December 2019. Dr. C.V.
Suresh Babu was the Resource
Person. Students who are pas-
sionate to take up Teaching Pro-
fession as their carrier choice
attended the program
FromEditorsDesk
Volume 3, Issue 5
BoS meeting was conducted at Anna
Adarsh college on 17th December 2019
in view to get the views from faculties
from various colleges affiliated to
University of Madras
The Passionate Teacher @ Anna Adarsh
R Programming @ CTTE

2. Once upon a time.. long long ago, so long ago.. … and nobody
knows how long ago… there lived a teacher…. Desperate about
getting a magic paper called “Ph.D”…
Ph.D. What’s in a Name…
The term originates from the Latin "docere", which means "to
teach", since that's what you'll be doing. And, of course, com-
pleting a doctorate will earn you the privilege of placing the
letters "Dr." before your name. The most common doctorate
degree is the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), which has nothing
do with philosophy.
Ph.D. the Buzzword
PhD is highest degree one can get in any field. It assures that
not only you have knowledge of the field of your specialization
but also it is a certificate that you are capable of carrying out
state of the art research and communicate it to the wide com-
munity of the respective field.
Ph.D because…
Many students say they are pursuing their Ph.D out of love, to
contribute towards their field by demonstrating their intellectu-
al potential and being an authority in a certain area. Of course
there were few interesting reasons like: to bypass the UGC NET
qualification criteria, career flexibility and security, earning
potential, etc..
Ph.D Myth
From being loyal to these Ph.D. myth, many doctorates are be-
coming a shocking reality. And those Myth are: Doctorates will
invent GREAT IDEAS and give solution to all problems and
they are expert in a specific subject, and want to use their re-
search experience to make important discoveries within that
field.
Ph.D. Reality
Some doctorate's craziness had made today’s pathet-
ic situation a reality, and few common realities are:
Drop-out rates keep increasing as many students
become depressed and dissatisfied. In fact it becomes
more difficult to get a job after Ph.D. and all your col-
leagues would have in their second or third increment and
promotion by the time you’ve complete your PhD, since it usu-
ally takes 5 to 7 years against 3 years as you were planned earli-
er. There is not much difference in salary with people don’t
have a Ph.D. The skills learned in the course of a PhD can be
readily acquired through much shorter courses.
Ph.D. and its relevance…
Knowledge supposed to transfer from universities into society,
making it more productive and healthier, but it hardly happens,
the research needs of society and current PhD researches of the
universities are not well aligned.
No Pain No gain
The reason you’re going through what you’re going through is
to receive your Ph.D. degree which needs sacrifices, especially
when you are a family person; a wife, mother, husband or dad.
In this Ph.D journey your family members should be making
sacrifices that are necessary. That is why when you finally get
your PhD degree, they are more proud of you than you your-
self, because it is as much their accomplishment as it is yours.
Ph.D.. now what?
After acquiring a doctoral degree, individuals generally join
educational institutions. Very few join industry. Some become
entrepreneurs, if they have some financial backing. Some pur-
sue a post-doctoral fellowship abroad. Others keep their
interest in research alive by publishing papers in renowned,
peer-reviewed journals and guiding young doctoral schol-
ars.
Demand vs. Supply
Today, there is an oversupply of PhDs, although a doctorate
is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of
PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings.
PhD production zoomed up most dramatically in India.
Which resulted in our Institutions have started getting
PhD’s has a cheap disposable labour.
Unemployable Ph.D’s
Many PhDs find it tough to transfer their skills into the job
market. In recent times it is found that those who finish are
no cleverer than those who do not. The Universities started
complain about shortages of high-level skills, suggesting
PhDs are not teaching the right things. Poor supervision,
peer pressure, urgency in completion and bad job prospects
makes the situation bad to worst.
Scope for Ph.D’s
Institutions will often be interested to hear how you will
help them to bring funding research projects beyond super-
vising Ph.D students. Beyond that, there are more scope
available in industry especially the R&D divisions. Modern
doctoral research programs also prepares researchers for
employment in non-research industries, including govern-
ment and the private sector beyond academics. The analyti-
cal and research skills learnt on a PhD course are highly
transferable to other industries if your thesis and your
findings are strong and relevant. These trends will
continue as the economy continues to favour inno-
vation. An important thing is that you can always
switch from academia to industry and vice-versa,
though it may be quite challenging sometimes,
but it is definitely possible.
The takeaways…
Ph.D. is only a label to define a certain level of achievement -
not an end point. Albert Einstein, Steven Hawking, Abdul
kalam… many of the people whose names are synonymous
with the word genius were also PhD graduates. But all
Ph.D’s are not genius. “Ph.D’s are diligent but not neces-
sary intelligent”.
While doing your research, if the path before you is clear,
you’re probably on someone else’s… because the actual aim
of a PhD's to ensure that no one, including your supervisor,
understands what you're doing at initial couple of years
A great career, purpose, wealth, and happiness is the end
product of facing continues struggle, rejections, and failures
in the PhD life. Yes, PhD is not a degree for many of the
scholars it almost a life. The PhD might make you poorer,
without money, but richer in thoughts and above all PhD is
possible at any age!. If you have a PhD or are on your way
to having one and you’re reading this, the future is yours.
Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don’t give up.
Your PhD degree is just a Passport, the real visa lies in mak-
ing connections with other researchers in your field, pub-
lishing high quality papers in conferences, writing research
proposals, This isn’t Ph.D’s are living happily ever after,
since “the Research begins only after the end of PhD”
A Ph.D. Fairy tale:
…. and they lived happily ever after
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Computer Science Faculty
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu

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Volume 3, Issue 5 December 2019

4. Computer Science Faculty
Lions Club of Chennai
Elite Stars (District 324
A1) has initiated a perma-
nent project to serve
“Economically weaker
section” students by
sponsoring them for their
Academic books for their
entire course with associ-
ation with Anniyappa Publi-
cations.
There was a famous say-
ing…“When I have a little
money, I buy books; and if I
have any left, I buy food
and clothes.”… but when
you have no money.. don’t
worry… we at Lions Club
of Elite Stars come to your
college and distribute
books to make sure your
learning continues….
For further details please
contact
anniyappapublica-
tions@yahoo.com
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I. You can do it yourself” series:
1. Writing Journal Papers
2. Doing Project
3. Self Learning
II FDP’s
1. Teacher—Do’s and Don’ts
2. Personalized Teaching
3. Teaching Beyond Syllabus
4. Project Based Teaching
5. Teaching with Technology
6. My Teacher—student’s perspective
7. Challenge the Challenge—A Road Map UGC
NET
8. Once upon a time long long ago-Teaching
through stories
9. From Guru to Teacher, Trainer, Coach,
Mentor — Channing role of a Modern
Teacher
III SEP—Student Empowerment
Programs:
1. I am ready for University Exam
2. 5 units in 150 minutes
3. After UG what NEXT…
4. Activity Based Learning
IV Skill Development Programs
1. Document Management System through
Word processor
2. Effective Presentation
3. Build your own website
4. Decision Making through Spread sheet
5. Data Analysis through Spread Sheet
6. Problem solving using C / C++ / Java
7. Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction — Multimedia product
development
V Quiz Programs on following subject areas:
1. Computer Science
2. Information Technology
3. Management
4. Teaching Methodology
5. Research Methodology
Titles available
For Previous issues of our Newsletters visit: https://www.slideshare.net/anniyappa
Book Bank initiative was been
rolled out in the following insti-
tutions:
1. Alpha arts and Science College
2. Anna Adarsh College for Women
3. Annai Veilankanni's College for Women
4. CTTE College for Women
5. Dr. M.G.R. Janaki College of Arts and Science
6. Guru Nanak College
7. KCS Nadar College of Arts and Science
8. Kumarani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and
Science
9. New Prince Shri Bhavani Arts and Science Col-
lege
10.Prof. Dhanabalan College of Arts and Science
11.Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College
12.Sir Theyagaraya College
13.Sri Devi Arts and Science College
14.Vidhya Sagar Women's College