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Centre for Innovation & Social Transformation

Centre for Innovation & Social Transformation

The Centre for Innovation and Social Transformation has a goal to help students contribute to socio-economic environmental growth in various communities. Encouraging innovative thinking and problem-solving skills, CIST gives students the opportunity to work with local community members, and identify their most pressing challenges. They then design and develop technology –based solutions, to improve the quality of living in these areas. Through capacity building and community- based learning programs, CIST aims to instill principles of Sustainable Development and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Students involved in CIST activities are expected to emerge as leaders in the community, with a high sense of moral and civic responsibility towards the development of the country.

The Vision:

To become a centre of Excellence that fosters an ecosystem to promote engagement, innovation, and research leading to sustainable socio-economic development in the community.

The Mission:

  • To inspire faculty and students to become innovators and change makers who promote sustainable living and development in the community.
  • To facilitate reciprocal partnerships with rural communities through community-based learning experiences designed to identify and solve real-time problems.
  • To provide students with service-learning experiences in collaboration with non-profit organizations to develop student-driven innovations aimed o achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
  • To undertake research projects in partnership with local communities through community-based participatory research methods.

Core Team:

S.No Name of the faculty Position Department
1 Dr. Rohit Kandakatla Director ECE
2 Mrs. P. Samyuktha Head EEE
3 Mr. B. Lingam Associate Head EEE
4 Dr.D.Chandra Prakash Member ECE
5 Mrs.Sandhya Tuti Member ECE
6 Mrs.Chandana Member MBA
7 Dr.P.Magesan Member H&S
8 Mr.D.Srinivas Member EEE
9 Dr.S. Venu Kumar Member ME

United Nations Sustainable Development goals:

Focus Areas

 

Out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, KGRCET is mainly focused on the following areas:

S.No Focus Area SDG Logo
1 Decent work and Economic Growth. CSIT logo
2 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. CIST 2
3 Climate Action. CIST 3
4 Affordable and Clean Energy. CIST 4
5 Sustainable Cities and Communities. CIST 5
6 Clean Water and Sanitation. CIST 6
7 Quality Education. CIST 7
8 Gender Equality. CIST 9
9 Zero Hunger. CIST 8

Courses Offered: 

S.No Course Year Semester
1 Design Thinking and Sustainable Development I I
2 Social Innovation I II

Activities-2022-23:

  • Extension Activities:
S. No Activity From  To No. of Participants
1 Session on Technological Readiness levels and 3D Modelling in Fusion360 20-07-2023 20-07-2023 10
2 An 8 Week Internship program on Product Design 22-05-2023 12-07-2023 45
3 Pitching Event for ideas scouted 10-02-2023 11-02-2023 173
4 One day Faculty Development Program on Design Thinking 19-01-2023 19-01-2023 29
5 Session on Plastic Waste Management 16-12-2022 16-12-2022 184
6 Presentation of Scoped problem statements 07-12-2022 10-12-2022 204
7 Faculty Training on Design Thinking 15-11-2   022 15-11-2022 9
8 Faculty Development Program on Mentoring Engineering Design Projects 29-09-2022 29-09-2022 19

 

  • Participation Outside:
S. No Name of the Activity From  To No. of participants
1 Gyan Shodh 08-06-2023 10-06-2023 29
2 Impulse-2023 04-02-2023 04-02-2023 13
3 Train the trainer Design Thinking FDP at IIIT Hyderabad 27-01-2023 28-01-2023 10
4 ICTIEE-2023 IUCEE Conference Mysore 03-01-2023 07-01-2023 02
5 EDU Summit on Inspiring Innovation for Transforming Planet & People’s Lives 16-12-2022 16-12-2022 121
6 IEEE Smart Cities Futures Summit 2022 13-12-2022 15-12-2022 13
7 Telangana Assistive Technology Exhibition 2022 03-12-2022 03-12-2022 12

 

  • Village visits:
S. No Name of the Activity From  To No. of participants
1 Jaggaipally Village Visit-Interaction with User for problem scoping and Background Research 08-06-2023 08-06-2023 61
2 Solipur Village Visit-Interaction with User for problem scoping and Background Research 08-06-2023 08-06-2023 61
3 Kandur Village Visit-Interaction with User for problem scoping and Background Research 08-06-2023 08-06-2023 61
4 Upparpally Village Visit-Interaction with User for problem scoping and Background Research 08-06-2023 08-06-2023 61
5 Marri Thanda village visit-Problem Scoping 10-06-2023 10-06-2023 94
6 Banjepally village-Interaction with User for problem scoping and Background Research 11-06-2023 11-06-2023 50
7 Chinnapally village visit-Interaction with village people 12-06-2023 12-06-2023 70
8 Surangal Village visit for Gap Analysis 02-02-2023 02-02-2023 49
9 Village visit-Tholkatta Interaction with user for background research 02-02-2023 02-02-2023 26
10 Village visit-Sajjanpally to identify existing solutions for problem statements 02-02-2023 02-02-2023 22
11 Village visit-Nakkalapally Interaction with user for Background research 02-02-2023 02-02-2023 22
12 Village visit-Chilkur Interaction with user for Background research 01-02-2023 01-02-2023 22
13 Village visit-Tholkatta Interaction with user for Background research 01-02-2023 01-02-2023 22
14 Nakkalapally Village visit- for Gap Analysis 01-02-2023 01-02-2023 33
15 Village visit-Sajjanpally to identify existing solutions for problem statements 01-02-2023 01-02-2023 32
16 Surangal Village Visit-To identify Criteria and constraints of problem statements 06-12-2022 06-12-2022 16
17 Nakkalapally Village visit- Interaction with Farmers 02-12-2022 02-12-2022 31
18 Village visit- Surangal To identify Criteria and constraints of problem statements 02-12-2022 02-12-2022 31
19 Interaction with Chilkur Village People 02-12-2022 02-12-2022 31
20 Yethbarpally Village visit- Identifying Criteria and Constraints 02-12-2022 02-12-2022 17
21 Sriram Nagar Village visit- Interaction with Girls and Women 01-12-2022 01-12-2022 31
22 Interaction with Chilkur Village People 01-12-2022 01-12-2022 31
23 Yethbarpally -Village Visit- Identifying Criteria and Constraints 01-12-2022 01-12-2022 13
24 Nakkalapally Village Visit-Interaction with User for Problem scoping and Identification 01-12-2022 01-12-2022 13
25 Nakkalapally Village Visit-Interaction with User for Problem scoping and Identification 30-11-2022 30-11-2022 35
26 Yethbarpally Village visit- Identifying Criteria and Constraints 30-11-2022 30-11-2022 27
27 Chilkur village visit-Interaction with Chilkur village people 30-11-2022 30-11-2022 27
28 Tholkatta Village visit-Interaction with Village people and farmers 30-11-2022 30-11-2022 27
29 Surangal Village Visit-To Identify Criteria and constraints of problem statements 30-11-2022 30-11-2022 27
30 Tholkatta Village visit-Village people and farmers 24-11-2022 24-11-2022 31
31 Sajjanpally Village visit-Interaction with Farmers and Elderly People 24-11-2022 24-11-2022 31
32 Chilkur Village visit- Interaction with Chilkur village people 24-11-2022 24-11-2022 31

 

Activities: 2021-22

  • Extension Activities:
S.No Activity From  To No. of Participants
1 Village Development Plan Poster Presentation 26-08-2022 26-08-2022 50
2 Plastic Waste Management 23-08-2022 23-08-2022 108
3 Ignition of Rural Entrepreneurship for Social Wellness 02-07-2022 02-07-2022 90
4 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship and Opportunities 21-06-2022 21-06-2022 30
5 Rural Internship 22-05-2022 28-05-2022 80
6 Session on Rural Innovation and Sustainable Development 07-01-2022 07-01-2022 30
7 Sustainable Development of Villages 06-01-2022 06-01-2022 30
  • Village visits:
S.No Activity From  To No. of Participants
1 Interaction with Farmers – Yelkaguda village 15-09-2022 15-09-2022 30
2 Interaction with Youth in the village -Peddamangalaram village  15-09-2022 15-09-2022 30
3 Interaction with all village community People – Appoji guda Village  05-08-2022 05-08-2022 30
4 Interaction with Elderly people -Yelkaguda village  05-08-2022 05-08-2022 30
5 Interaction with all village community People –Nagireddiguda Village 05-08-2022 05-08-2022 30
6 Interaction with all village community People –Nakkalapally Village 05-08-2022 05-08-2022 30
7 Interaction with all village community People –Tholkatta Village 04-08-2022 04-08-2022 30
8 Interaction with all village community People –Appareddyguda Village 04-08-2022 04-08-2022 30
9 Interaction with farmers and marginalized groups-Nagireddyguda 07-07-2022 07-07-2022 30
10 Interaction with farmers and marginalized groups-Nakkalapally village 07-07-2022 07-07-2022 30
11 Interaction with farmers and marginalized groups-Tholkatta village 06-07-2022 06-07-2022 35
12 Interaction with farmers and marginalized groups-Appareddy Guda village 06-07-2022 06-07-2022 35
13 Interaction with all Beneficiaries- Yetbarpalle village 06-07-2022 06-07-2022 24
14 Interaction with farmers and marginalized groups- Appojiguda Village 05-07-2022 05-07-2022 30
15 Interaction with farmers and marginalized groups- Peddamangalaram Village 05-07-2022 05-07-2022 30
16 Interaction with Women’s-Bakaram Village 01-07-2022 01-07-2022 30
17 Interaction with Youth Community-Bakaram Village 01-07-2022 01-07-2022 30
18 Interaction with School students and Elderly people –Nakkalapally Village 30-06-2022 30-06-2022 30
19 Interaction with youth and women -Nagireddiguda village 30-06-2022 30-06-2022 30
20 Interaction with youth and women -Tholkatta village 29-06-2022 29-06-2022 35
21 Interaction with youth and women – Appareddiguda village 29-06-2022 29-06-2022 35
22 Interaction with women community -Yetbarpalle village 29-06-2022 29-06-2022 24
23 Interaction with farmer community of Yetbarpalle village 29-06-2022 29-06-2022 24
24 Interaction with Elderly people -Pedda mangalaram village 28-06-2022 28-06-2022 30
25 Interaction with Women community of Medipalle Village 28-06-2022 28-06-2022 30
26 Interaction with Youth and Women –Appojiguda Village 28-06-2022 28-06-2022 30
27 Interaction with School Students –Bakaram Village 24-06-2022 24-06-2022 30
28 Interaction with Youth and Women-Nakkalapally Village 23-06-2022 23-06-2022 30
29 Interaction with School students and Elderly people- Nagireddy guda Village 23-06-2022 23-06-2022 30
30 Interaction with School students and Elderly people-Tholkatta Village 22-06-2022 22-06-2022 35
31 Interaction with School students and Elderly people-Appareddiguda Village 22-06-2022 22-06-2022 35
32 Interaction with Women-Peddamangalaram Village 21-06-2022 21-06-2022 30
33 Interaction with School Children-Medipalli Village  21-06-2022 21-06-2022 30
34 Interaction with School students and Elderly people-Appojiguda Village 21-06-2022 21-06-2022 30
35 Chilkur village Visit 01-11-2021 01-11-2021 05
36 Interaction with women community of Chilkur by Faculty 27-10-2021 27-10-2021 05
37 Interaction of Faculty in Surangal Gramasabha  08-09-2021 08-09-2021 04
38 Interaction With Murthuzaguda farmers by Faculty 11-06-2021 11-06-2021 10
39 Murthuzaguda village visit by Faculty 26-03-2021 26-03-2021 10
40 Surangal Village Visit by Faculty 03-03-2021 03-03-2021 10

Achievements:

  • Mrs.P.Samyuktha received an award Community Outreach Through projects by IUCEE at ICTIEE-2023 Conference at Mysore
  • Mr.B.Lingam received an award Community Outreach Through projects by IUCEE at ICTIEE-2023 Conference at Mysore

Vision

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India.

Mission

The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth. It also aims to create a virtuous cycle between society and an inclusive academic system by providing knowledge and practices for emerging professions and to upgrade the capabilities of both the public and the private sectors in responding to the development needs of rural India.

Goals

  • To build an understanding of the development agenda within institutes of Higher Education and an institutional capacity and training relevant to national needs, especially those of rural India.
  • To re-emphasize the need for field work, stakeholder interactions and design, societal objectives as the basis of higher education.
  • To stress on rigorous reporting and useful outputs as central to developing new professions.
  • To provide rural India and regional agencies with access to the professional resources of the institutes of higher education, especially those that have acquired academic excellence in the field of science, engineering and technology, and management.
  • To improve development outcomes as a consequence of this research. To develop new professions and new processes to sustain and absorb the outcomes of research.
  • To foster a new dialogue within the larger community on science, society and the environment and to develop a sense of dignity and collective destiny.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan at KGRCET

As a participating institute of the program, KGRCET has partnered with 5 nearby villages – Amdapur, Murthuzaguda, Sajanpally, Sri Ram Nagar, and Surangal. Students in the last two years visited the 5 villages to get to know the community members and conduct multiple surveys that helped identify the most pressing challenges in the villages as mentioned below.

Name of the village Problems Identified
Amdapur
  • Sanitation
  • Water conservation
  • Lack of awareness of government policies
  • Lack of required medical facilities
  • No availability of garbage disposal mechanism
Murthuzaguda
  • Network connectivity issues
  • Water conservation
  • Unavailability of high school for students
  • Lack of knowledge on modern farming and crop plantation techniques
Sajanpally
  • Lack of drinking water storage facilities
  • Open electric wires touching ground
  • Unavailability of secondary schools for students
  • Lack of basic medical facilities
  • Improper roads for transportation
  • Lack of awareness of government policies
Sri Ram Nagar
  • Improper roads for transportation
  • No knowledge of basic sanitation
  • Lack of knowledge and infrastructure for water conservation
  • Medical facilities are not available
  • Open sewage system and drainage problems
Surangal
  • Increase in salt levels in drinking water leading to health issues
  • Medical facilities are not available
  • Un availability of government garbage vehicle
  • Lack of support to farmers on modern agriculture practices
  • Irregular internet connectivity
  • Unavailability of secondary schools

Funded Projects:

S.No Funded Project  Funded by Amount Funded
(RS in lakhs)
Beneficiary Village
1 Low cost, high speed solar based automated incense stick making machine TSIC 1.0 Sriram Nagar
2 IoT Based Cooling Chamber TSIC 1.0 Surangal
3 Grim Reaper Binder TSIC 1.0 Surangal

 

S No Community Partner Problem Identified Proposed Solution
1 Sriram Nagar Village Wastage of flowers cultivated resulting in low income to the farmers Establishment of small scale manufacturing unit to process flowers into incense sticks
2 Sriram Nagar Village Lack of employment opportunities to women from SC/ST communities Empower women through skilling courses on embroidery and garment design that would enable them to become financially independent.
3 Sajjanpalle Village Protection offarm crops from wild animals Development of solar-powered IoT alert system that detects the presence of wild animals and activates alert signals in the form of light, sound, and text messages.
4 Surangal Village Low income of farmers from cultivation for leafy vegetables Design of indigenous low-cost cold storage system to preserve crops and sell them at the highest market value.
5 Surangal Village Bad quality of seeds leading to inconsistent quality of crops Development of low-cost device to detect DNA of seeds and separate high and low-quality seeds.
6 Murtuzaguda Village Difficulty in plucking tamarind and Kala Jamun due to the tall height of the trees. Design of ergonomic fruit plucking mechanical device
7 Murtuzaguda Village Increase in number of middlemen in the agriculture supply chain leading to low income of farmers Development of e-Marketing platform to sell farmers products directly to the end consumers
8 Chilkur Village Segregation and Disposal of waste products Development of low-cost device to segregate plastic, wet and dry waste.
9 Sriram Nagar village Unavailability of Kindergarten School Design, Construction, and Development of Kindergarten school with integrated, STEM facilities, open play area, and care space to support children learning, health, hygiene, and food needs.

Contact Info

Samyuktha EEE HOD
Prof. P Samyuktha

Associate Professor & Head CIST
+91 9700166315
cist@kgr.ac.in