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Activities

The record so far

AIM was founded in 2024. This is its record so far — two inaugurations, a club launch, and the first applications built by its students.

From the AIM 2024 and AIM 2025 inauguration reports, Department of AI & DS, NSCET.

Highlight

Chief guest

Who addressed AIM 2025.

Chief guest · AIM 2025

Mr. M. Saravanan

Full-Stack Developer (React, Django)

Victopia Labs, Chennai

NSCET alumnus — B.E. Computer Science & Engineering, 2019–2023 (CGPA 8.29)

A full-stack developer with two years of experience building scalable web and mobile applications with React, Django and React Native. He joined Victopia Labs as one of its earliest employees, moving from no-code (Bubble.io) to full-stack and mobile development, and works from requirements through to deployment — with a focus on API optimisation, lazy loading and real-time systems, and on using AI coding tools to move faster.

Recognition

  • Winner — Smart India Hackathon 2022: a multilingual transliteration web app built with Flask & NLLB, chosen from over 1,000 teams
  • Finalist — Tamil Nadu Students Innovator: a self-learning progress-tracker concept, shortlisted from 12+ regional teams
  • Optimised Django REST APIs, cutting response time by 40%
  • Built 30+ reusable React components, cutting frontend development time by 25%

Experience

  • Software Developer, Victopia Labs (Aug 2023 – present): built a real-time chatroom with WebSockets; led frontend for “Billion Teams” with Next.js and Tailwind CSS; managed App Store and Play Store releases
  • Developer Intern (Mar – Aug 2023): evaluated 10+ LMS platforms; built interactive UI and workflows with Bubble.io and React

Works with

  • React
  • Next.js
  • React Native
  • Tailwind CSS
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Django
  • Flask
  • REST APIs
  • WebSockets
  • PostgreSQL

Inaugurations

Year by year

  • Lighting the lamp by the dignitaries of the day
  • Presidential address by Dr. C. Mathalai Sundaram, Principal, NSCET
  • Chief-guest address by Mr. M. Saravanan, Victopia Labs

Association Inauguration 2025 — Launch of the C² Club

AIM 2025

1 September 2025 · Sir C.V. Raman Auditorium, NSCET

AIM's second inauguration introduced the 2025 office bearers, launched two new student clubs, and put seven student-built applications in front of the Principal and the chief guest. The welcome and the special-guest address were delivered with AI assistance — the department's own nod to the field it teaches.

Highlights

  • Lamp lighting by the dignitaries of the day
  • Presidential address by the Principal, Dr. C. Mathalai Sundaram
  • Chief-guest address by Mr. M. Saravanan, full-stack developer at Victopia Labs and an NSCET alumnus
  • Launch of the C² Club — the Coders Club and the Communication Club — by the Principal
  • Seven student-built applications demonstrated live to the Principal and chief guest

Clubs launched

  • Coders Club — Technical depth, logical thinking and programming ability
  • Communication Club — Soft skills, public speaking and confidence

Presidential address — Dr. C. Mathalai Sundaram, Principal, NSCET

  • Lighting the lamp by the dignitaries of the day
  • Presidential address by Dr. C. Mathalai Sundaram, Principal, NSCET
  • HOD Mr. L.S. Vignesh introduces the AIM office bearers

Association Inauguration — “Intelligent Minds” & “Nexus”

AIM 2024

9 November 2024 · Sir C.V. Raman Auditorium, NSCET · with the Department of Information Technology

The inaugural function of AIM, held jointly with the Information Technology department's association “Nexus”. The session set out the association's purpose: to build students' technical, organising, soft and leadership skills, and to run symposia, workshops, conferences and guest lectures through the year.

Highlights

  • Lamp lighting by the dignitaries of the day
  • Presidential address by the Principal, Dr. C. Mathalai Sundaram
  • Introduction of the AIM office bearers by the Head of Department, Mr. L.S. Vignesh
  • A students' event presented by third-year IT and AI & DS students

What the association set out to do

  • Improve the technical aspects of the students
  • Develop the organising skills of the students
  • Build interaction between students and keep them updated with the field
  • Organise functions such as symposia, workshops, conferences and guest lectures
  • Improve soft skills and leadership qualities

Presidential address — Dr. C. Mathalai Sundaram, Principal, NSCET

All photos from both years are on the About page.

Built by students · AIM 2025

Student innovations

Applications demonstrated live to the Principal and chief guest.

  • Exam Hall Allotment

    Generates exam-hall seating from faculty, register numbers, subject, date and hall list, with hall strength fixed at 28 and cross-department distribution to reduce malpractice.

    • Flutter
    • Android Studio

    S. Pranav · S. Naveen Kumar

  • Lab Monitoring System

    Digitally tracks who is using which system, for how long, and whether lab safety and discipline are being followed — for accountability and performance review.

    • HTML/CSS
    • Python (Flask)

    R. Logesh Kumar · Yokesh · B. Balaji · M. Gokul · P. Devendra Kumar

  • Smart Leave Tracking System

    An online leave portal for students and staff with an automated faculty → HoD → Principal approval flow, real-time status and centralised digital records.

    • HTML/CSS/JS
    • PHP

    Hari Prabha S · Malarvizhi S · Muthulakshmi P · Aneesha S · Loga Priya M · Lavanya A

  • Intern & Hackathon Tracker

    A central place for students to record internships and hackathons, for faculty to validate them, and to generate placement and evaluation reports.

    • HTML/CSS/JS
    • Django

    S. Sriharini Priya · S. Susmitha · Divya Varshini · Harshini · Vaishnavi

  • Automatic Timetable Generator

    Builds conflict-free timetables — allocating subjects, faculty and rooms automatically with balanced workloads and dynamic updates when things change.

    • HTML/CSS/JS
    • Flask

    N. Vishvaroobini · J. Nithin Karthick · A. Keerthan

  • Stock & Inventory Management System

    A digital record of lab equipment, tools and consumables — issue/return tracking, low-stock alerts, audit reports and role-based access.

    • HTML/CSS
    • Django

    B. Sridevi · O. Dinesh Babu · Abdul Rahman · A. Thanga Prabhu

  • NSCET GPT

    A generative-AI assistant for academics and research — generating notes, answering queries and supporting project documentation, with voice input and output.

    • Flask
    • Ollama
    • Speech recognition
    • gTTS
    • WebRTC
    • JWT

    A. Keerthan · A. Thanga Prabhu

Since 2024

AIM was inaugurated on 9 November 2024, alongside the Information Technology department's association “Nexus”, at the Sir C.V. Raman Auditorium, NSCET. It has held an annual inauguration since.