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Knowledge Contest:
For campus connect faculty across engineering institutions.
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Platform
◦ A networking platform to accelerate knowledge sharing.
◦ To foster real life application of IT concepts and innovative methodologies to
teach communication and life skills.
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Opportunity
To interact with professionals and faculty and bridge the industry-academia gap.
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Ø To create / transfer effective teaching methodologies and share it with larger
audience.
Ø To help the faculty benchmark themselves with the best-in-state/country.
Ø To focus on the importance of case studies and software development projects for
technical competency.
Ø To roll out an Effective Foundation Program (FP) at institutions.
Ø To create an archive of case studies and projects for faculty which can be used as
student assignments.
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Ø All CC Partnering Institutions.
Ø Techie Track - Faculty members who have handled at least one FP course
and are passionate to learn and share.
Ø Professional Knack - Any faculty involved/ passionate about life skills or
communication.
Ø Faculty Eligibility to be approved by College SPoC via CC Portal.
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To be deployed online through CC Portal
•
For College Level and
DC Level (Infosys
Development Centre)
•
Individual Event
•
For College Level and
DC Level
• Team Event
(Faculty + Students)
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Techie Track – Contest Stages
College Level
 Any number of faculty members / teams can participate from a college.
 Submission of case studies and projects through CC portal.
 Evaluation and selection of participants / teams for DC level contest.
DC Level
 Live Event conducted at Infosys DC.
 10 participants selected at college level will qualify for CaseFolio
Contest.
 10 teams selected at College Level will participate for Hands On! Contest.
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Professional Knack – Contest Stages
College Level
 My Magic Mantra: Case Study / Presentation
• 2 groups (max) of 3 faculty from each college can participate.
• Submission of case studies and presentations through CC Portal.
• Evaluation and selection of best ideas from colleges to qualify for DC Level Contest.
DC Level
 Melting Pot: competitions on life skills and presentation of best ideas
• Live Event conducted at Infosys DC - 12 groups topping the Innovative Idea Challenge
to participate in the day long event.
•
Series of competitions on soft skills, general awareness and others.
• Selected teams to present their ideas / case studies.
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Contest Details
and resources to be
shared with colleges
and uploaded in
CC Portal
Campaign at
Partner
Colleges
Contest Starts
Faculty
Registration in
CC Portal
College Level
Casefolio
Hands On
My Magic Mantra
(Online)
DC Level On Stage
Contests – Casefolio
Hands On, Melting Pot, Quiz
Select
Faculty / Teams
for DC
Level Contest
DC Level
Results
on CC Portal
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Faculty
Registration
approval by
College SPoC
in CC Portal
Completely Technology Centric
Platform
Online Computer Lab
Teleconference
Management Team
Participating College
Internet
iNetFrame
CC Portal
Infosys Anchors
Speaker Phone
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Important Dates
Briefing to Institutions
6th June – 15th June 2011
Registrations
6th June – 30th June 2011
College Round
1st July – 31st July 2011
DC Finals
Aug 2011
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Campus Connect Partner Institutions
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Strong management support
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Motivated faculty members
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Equipped with computer labs with internet connection
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Computers should have requisite software development environment - Refer
Project Specification Guidelines
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Case studies to be generated from focus areas of different courses in FP 3.0 package.
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Template for generating case studies and samples will be shared with the
participants.
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Participating faculty can submit a maximum of three case studies to CC Portal for the
College Level Contest. Each case study contains equal weightage. Top ten
participants for the DC Level Contest will be selected based on the sum of scores
obtained in the three case studies.
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The submitted case studies to be evaluated by the Infosys SMEs on predefined
guidelines followed by selection of top ten teams to qualify for DC Level Contest.
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For the DC Level Contest, selected participants can generate 3 new case studies or
can make refinements on their existing 3 and present it to Infosys jury through a live
event.
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Projects to be generated with linkage to relevant FP 3.0 courses.
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Team event of 1 to 3 members per team with a composition of at least one
faculty member in a team and the rest can be faculty members or students.
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Each team has to submit one project and at least one working module of
the project and its related deliverables has to be completed during College
Level contest.
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Standard templates and samples for requirements specification, design
documents, defect tracker and test plans would be shared with participating
teams.
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Teams to submit the Requirements Specification, Design, Test Plans,
Defect Tracker and Usage Guide to CC Portal for the College Level
Contest.
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Project Code should not be uploaded to the portal but it should be sent to
the Infosys Point of Contact through e-mail.
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The submitted projects to be evaluated by the Infosys SMEs on predefined
guidelines followed by selection of top ten teams to qualify for DC Level
Contest.
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Selected participants can either add more modules into their existing
project or come up with a new project and present it to the Infosys jury
through a live event.
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Teams can use C / C++ / C# / Java for Project Development.
◦ In case of using C or C++ or C#, they have to use Microsoft Visual Studio
2008. For teams preferring C#, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 along with
.NET Framework 2.0 has to be used.
◦ For teams preferring Java, NetBeans 6.5 IDE (bundled with JDK 1.6,
Apache Tomcat and Glassfish Servers) to be used for Project
Development.
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Teams can use any of the following RDBMS as the back end
◦ Oracle 9i
◦ SQL Server 2005
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The case study / presentation should be on the theme of innovative teaching
methodologies in the context of communication and life skills training in a typical
Indian engineering college.
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Each college can have a maximum of 2 groups of exactly 3 participants each.
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The presentation should be sent in a PowerPoint format with maximum of 8 slides
only.
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The submitted projects will be evaluated on predefined guidelines followed by
selection of top ten teams to qualify for DC Level Contest.
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For the DC Level Contests, select participants will be given 10 mins to present their
ideas. They can come up with additional collateral (videos, etc.) and present it to
Infosys jury and peers through a live event.
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This contest will be there only for the DC level event.
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All participants selected from the My Magic Mantra can participate in this
event.
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There will be a series of group competitions focusing on life skills
(communication + soft skills), general awareness, analytical / logical
thinking, etc.
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There will also be presentations by selected participants(who will be
informed in advance).
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1.
Visit Campus Connect Portal and Download Contest Details.
2.
Contact Infosys Single Point of Contact (SPoC) at the Institution
3.
Team-up with your Partner
4.
Completely Understand Contest Rules, Guidelines etc.
5.
Get your Questions Answered
6.
Register Yourself for Contest(s) and Get Confirmation
7.
Participate in College Round, win and prepare for DC Level
8.
WIN in the DC level round!
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Snapshot of the Inspire Page in CC Portal
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Snapshot of the Inspire Page in CC Portal
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Snapshot of the Inspire Page in CC Portal
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Participate in Event Briefings by Infosys.
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Motivate for 100% Campus Connect Faculty Registration.
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Provide Contest Data in timely manner.
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Approve/allocate necessary IT and other Infrastructure needed for the
contests.
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Track and share progress with Infosys team.
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FACULTY
• Showcase unique
achievements /
deliverables while
rolling out FP / SS
• Platform for exercising
the skills on a subject
area
• Recognition from
Infosys
INSTITUTION
• Enhanced Faculty Talent
Base
• Enhanced Faculty
Motivation level to roll
out CC offerings
• Recognition from
Infosys
• Winners will Receive
Infosys Trophies
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INFOSYS
• Recognize faculty
members who are
practicing / performing
well in roll out
• Enrich the repository of
Case Studies and Project
Bank
Certificates from Infosys for shortlisted participants
Exciting prizes for the winners and runners-up of dc
level contests
Infosys DC
Bangalore,
Mysore,
Mangalore
Chandigarh
States Covered
KARNATKA
PUNJAB, DELHI, RAJASTHAN,
UTTAR PRADESH,
CHANDIGARH, HARYANA,
UTTARANCHAL, HIMACHAL
PRADESH
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#Colleges
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Infosys
Anchor(s)
Techie Track
Contests
Professional
Knack
Contests
Name
1. Rithesh Kumble
2. Vani K.N.
1. Swati Jain
E mail
Mobile #
[email protected]
[email protected]
09900585202
09741107510
[email protected]
09845116683
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Infosys
Anchor(s)
Name
E mail
Mobile #
Techie Track
Contests
1. Neeraj Garg
[email protected]
09646786107
Professional
Knack
Contests
1. Manas Tyagi
[email protected]
08054604709
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Questions?