The ICFAI University, Tripura: News & Events

Guest Lecture on Consumer Rights Awareness: Justice, Problem & Prospects

March 6, 2020: Tripura-based The ICFAI University recently orgasnied a special lecture for students of Law and Management department on the topic Consumer Rights Awareness: Justices, Problem and Prospects. The lecture aimed at creating awareness among students about the social responsibilities of modern business towards the well-being of society. A consumer is the final point of consumption of any goods or services and hence, offers to opportunity to serve him better. The University invited President of Tripura Consumer Society, Amrit Lal Saha and Former Associate Professor & President of Society for Fast Justice, Tripura Dr Anjali Chakraborty to facilitate the lecture.

The speakers had set up ceratin objectives of the lecture, which includes:

1. To educate the Management and Law students, who in the future will act as a consumer, investors, manager or lawyer about consumer rights and create awareness, and enable them to protect themselves from being exploited
2. To guide consumers about malpractices such as misinformation, cheating and overcharging, non-adherence to various legislation, etc., leading to their exploitation
3. To guide, counsel and create awareness amongst agencies and investors relating to the ethics for creating an atmosphere of trust and confidence amongst consumers and investors
4. To identify the challenges and benefits relating to the Consumer Protection Act
5. To promote free interaction of students with the experts

The lecture addressed the different ways in which suppliers and retailers manipulate customers and also discussed various initiatives that every individual can take to enhance consumer protection.

Workshop on Application of Control Systems in Modern Industries

January 24, 2020: The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering organised a one-day workshop on Applications of Control System in Modern Industries. The workshop was intended for the students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering domain.

In the initial phase of the workshop, the speakers addressed the need for automation in industrial manufacturing in the same way as the robotics and automation were introduced at the workplace. During the workshop, the participants were divided into groups to perform hardware experiments.

The second phase of the workshop included training programme on Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). In this phase, the speaker demonstrated the ladder diagram and simulation of block diagram with the help of a computer system that was connected through Ethernet as the input and LED and DC Motor load were connected with the PLC as output.