This issue of the Computer Science newsletter provides summaries of events at various colleges in March 2018. It includes a guide to preparing for the PhD viva voce exam with tips on choosing examiners, knowing your argument, and handling criticism positively. It also features a campus connection profile of Pattammal Alagesan College and their activities, and a book review of a Java programming book. Upcoming issues are planned to include more campus connect sections, faculty development programs, and student skill development programs.

1. I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Editor’s Desk 1
TRB/ UGC
Notification
1
Department
Events
1
A Konar Guide
to Ph.D viva
voce
2
Pattammal
Alagesan Col-
lege
3
College
Roundup: Al-
pha College
4
Book Review 4
Computer Science
FacultyM A R C H 2 0 1 8
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S
O F I N T E R -
E S T :
 Department
Events
 Article: A
Konar Guide
to Ph.D Viva
voce
 Campus
Connection:
Pattammal
Alagesan
College
 College
Roundup
Welcome every
new month so
pre- ciously that it show-
ers its lights on you. Have a nice
day with welcome March. This
month we started with a new col-
umn on College roundup, the objec-
tive is to have Networking beyond
WhatsApp, since Networking is not
about just connecting people. It's
about connecting people with peo-
ple, people with ideas, and people
with opportunities and our Campus
connect section gives us an oppor-
tunity to know the team behind
every department which has al-
lowed collaborating our faculties to
capture each other's strength of
collective intelligence. I am becom-
ing more curious about ideas than
the people who share it, our articles
idea have been getting generated
only through our forwards, in that
row, I touch the Ph.D. Viva voce
part this month. Once again I invite
all to make use of this platform to
showcase your ideas. Please feel
free to give suggestions apart from
your contributions. Thank you.
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 8
CBSE NET 2018 Exam Events
Starting date of online application 6th March 2018
The last date of application 5th April 2018
Downloading Admit Card 10 days before exam
CBSE NET 2018 Exam Date 8th July 2018
Python Workshop @ Sridevi,
Ponneri on 27 and 28 Feb. 2018
"CYBER BOUT 2K18" @
KRMMC on 21st Feb. 18
Vidhya Sagar Women's College graduation day held
on 24/02/18 @ college premises. Honourable Gover-
nor Shri. Banvarilal Prohith graced the occasion
20th convocation in Kanchi Shri Krishna college of arts and science Chief guest
Prof Dr.M.R.srinivasan, hod statistics, UoM and academic dean
NSGIODE18 at Anna Adarsh College for Women organized by CS
Dept. of Computer. Sc.
on 27.02.2018

2. P A G E 2
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E V O L U M E 1
Guide for Ph.D. viva voceA
1. Submit a thesis, which make you
proud
2. Choose the right examiners
3. Read your thesis as many times as
possible
4. Know your argument
5. Realise what you could have done
differently
6. Never doubt yourself
7. Relax the night before
8. Dress to impress
9. Take a copy of your thesis to the viva
10. Be positive on any comments and
criticisms
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
We are all grown up and groomed with Konnar
Guides, which always given us a confident and made
us exam ready, here is a tips in the same format for
you to face your Ph.D viva voce examination. Submit-
ting your PhD thesis is a massive achievement – but
it’s not the end of the journey, next comes, viva voce.
There are Ten Commandments for Viva voice prepa-
ration. The primary objective of viva voce is to:
 confirm that the thesis is your own work;
 confirm that you understand what you have writ-
ten;
 investigate your awareness of where your original
work sits in relation to the wider research field;
 Provide a developmental opportunity for consider-
ing future publication and research options.
Examiners
Examiners have different personalities,
styles, and levels of experience. Some-
times a candidate may feel that a chal-
lenge has been made in a offensive way.
They will seek to find and discuss weak-
nesses in all theses. You should not in-
terpret criticism as an indication that
you will not get a constructive outcome.
Examiners will not be improperly chal-
lenging, but some individuals are popu-
lar for such approaches. In such situa-
tions, follow the Do’s and Don’ts they
are:
Don’t:
 give a general, resigned declaration
that ‘this happens in every study’;
 blame your supervisor for the weak-
ness;
 blame your data;
 say ‘that was beyond the scope of my
study’, without giving a cogent argu-
ment to support the statement;
 dismiss what is identified as a weak-
ness as unimportant.
Do’s: A better approach is to:
 take time to consider before replying;
 remember to breathe and to speak
reasonably slowly;
 don’t take criticism personally;
 don’t take offence;
 don’t get angry;
 enjoy the opportunity to talk about
your research.
Create a list of viva questions, here we
have a 40 Frequently Asked viva Ques-
tions (FAQ), like Alibaba, keep yourself
always equipped to encounter these
questions.
1. Can you start by summarising your thesis?
2. Now, can you summarise it in one sentence?
3. What is the idea that binds your thesis together?
4. What motivated and inspired you to carry out this research?
5. What are the main issues and debates in this subject area?
6. Which of these does your research address?
7. Why is the problem you have tackled worth tackling?
8. Who has had the strongest influence in the development of your subject
area in theory and practice?
9. Which are the three most important papers that relate to your thesis?
10. What published work is closest to yours? How is your work different?
11. What do you know about the history of [insert something relevant]?
12. How does your work relate to [insert something relevant]?
13. What are the most recent major developments in your area?
14. How did your research questions emerge?
15. What were the crucial research decisions you made?
16. Why did you use this research methodology? What did you gain from it?
17. What were the alternatives to this methodology?
18. What would you have gained by using another approach?
19. How did you deal with the ethical implications of your work?
20. How has your view of your research topic changed?
21. How have you evaluated your work?
22. How do you know that your findings are correct?
23. What are the strongest/weakest parts of your work?
24. What would have improved your work?
25. To what extent do your contributions generalise?
26. Who will be most interested in your work?
27. What is the relevance of your work to other researchers?
28. What is the relevance of your work to practitioners?
29. Which aspects of your work do you intend to publish – and where?
30. Summarise your key findings.
31. Which of these findings are the most interesting to you? Why?
32. How do your findings relate to literature in your field?
33. What are the contributions to knowledge of your thesis?
34. How long-term are these contributions?
35. What are the main achievements of your research?
36. What have you learned from the process of doing your PhD?
37. What advice would you give to a research student entering this area?
38. You propose future research. How would you start this?
39. What would be the difficulties?
40. And, finally… What have you done that merits a PhD?

3. Mrs. Shobana, Ms. Deepika, Mrs. Punithavathi, Mr. Rajagopal, Mr. Manoharan,
Mrs. Subhashini, Mrs. Rakkammal Boomadevi, Ms. Revathi.
P A G E 3
Prof. N. Manoharan
M.Sc, PGDCA, M.Phil
HoD Dept. of Comp. Science
Pattamal Alagesan College of
Arts and Science, Athur,
Chengalpattu
Next Issue
Campus connect
Prof. B. Anandapriya
M.C.A., M.Phil., (Ph.D)
Dean Academics
Patrician College of Arts and Science,
Adyar, Chennai
CampusConnect
Coordinator
TECHMEET‘18
Conductedon22ndandto
23rdFeb18
Prof. V. Raja, SRM, Mr. Muthukaruppan, Wipro,
Dr. Rajakumar, Principal, Prof. N.Manoharan, HoD. CS

4. BookReview
Lions Club of Chennai Elite Starts
(District 324 A1) has initiated a
permanent project to serve
“Economically weaker section”
students by sponsoring them for
their Academic books for their
entire course with association
with Anniyappa Publications. For
further details please contact
anniyappapublications@yahoo.com
Prof. S. Gokila, MCA., M.Phil. NET (Ph.D),
Md. Sathak College of Arts and Sc.,
"The book JAVA Programming clearly
defines each concept with suitable sim-
ple examples. It helps to learn the Object
Oriented Programming techniques
straight away even reader is not clear on
C++. The visual representation of pro-
gram output makes the concepts under-
standable and remember able. The grad-
ual increase and the flow of explanation
make the reader to involve and create
own programs. The chapter wise test
yourself, FAQ questions are very much
supportive for the students to get ready
for exams and to know the possible ways
of approaching the topic. Reading this
book create interest in leaning the pro-
gramming language."
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
Alpha College
HoD’s of B.Sc. & BCA with their Team
Book Bank @ KRMMC
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20/02/2018 by Mr. J. Jehoshapat
and Mr. R. Nallabhagan from
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