Next Tech Lab at SRMAP
What Do We Do
Next Tech Lab (NTL) is where similar intellectual minds meet, interact, and ideate to bring solutions to world-class problems cost-effectively using cutting-edge technologies. We at NTL-AP try to create an environment to harness the feeling of community and togetherness.
Next Tech Lab’s environment has seen a ton of inspiring feats that will make you soak up motivation and take a leap towards your passion and career.
Events such as – Paper Reading Sessions, Game Jams, and Workshops on Booming Technologies can be seen regularly in the lab. Individuals are highly motivated to accomplish their dreams and interests in the lab with the highly advanced equipment. We’ve also been given an award for the accolades received.
This QS-ranked student-run laboratory has its wings spread across various cutting-edge technologies like Deep Learning (Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence), Human-Computer Interaction (AR/VR), Game Development, Computational Biology, Electrical Systems, Cryptocurrency (Blockchains/Cryptography), UI/UX(Designing), Web and App Development and Internet of Things.
Events and Activities
Events and Activities
August 2022
Community Interaction
After the Summer break, the core community of Next Tech Lab has organised a meetup for all the members and associates. The purpose of this event was to spark up the community’s connection with each other and further be able to plan project collaborations based on the individual skillset. A movie and a gaming night followed the meetup. The event led to many collaborations between the members for various projects and hackathons.
Importance of Projects by Utkarsh
The session was organised by Utkarsh(3 Year NTL member). The event focused on explaining the importance of building a project, the significance of promising projects in resumes, encouraging people to work on cross-domain projects, how to get started with building projects, the Tech stack required, How to deploy, GitHub, and discussions about popular projects by NTL’s alumni, Open Session (People come in and discuss their projects in front of an audience).
Research and Networking by Karthikay
Maths behind Data Science by Sri Harsha
Interest in data science was growing among new and old lab members. However, there existed an ambiguity as many only know the syntax of “.fit” and “.predict”. To sort this out and to provide a sense of direction, a session on “Maths Behind Data Science” was organised by Sri Harsha (MBA- Data Science NTL member). The session gave a complete road map for machine learning and deep learning. An in-depth focus was on maths used in various ML and DL algorithms. Moreover, the event also focused on ways to master these algorithms and have a deep comprehension of their work. More Events
NextTech Lab Expo
Members of Next Tech Lab showcase their projects that promote learning about the tech stack and have a one-to-one knowledge transfer. It ignites individuals’ passion for working towards their dream projects and encourages individuals to join Next Tech Lab to pursue something they are fascinated about.
Smart India (Internal) Hackathon
HackSRM
An open-to-all hackathon – NexT Tech Lab conducted HackSRM on Devfolio to encourage budding developers and engineers. It is a 48 hours hackathon with a group of mentors looking to help the developers. We screened over 100+ compelling submissions to filter out the top 10 Finalists whose projects were pitched to decide on a winner. There were multiple tracks with a prize pool of more than 1,00,000 INR and internship and part-time opportunities with further connections.
Round Table Sessions
Members of their respective labs meet, discuss and share knowledge about domain-specific topics and technologies. We have divided this session into two. One is the paper reading session, where everyone is welcome to discuss and talk about research papers specified in the field of interest. The other is Field study, where discussions take place on tech news and recent advancements across various places.
Dawn of Data
Dawn of Data, organised by Next Tech Lab, was an interactive and live seminar on applying tools and statistical models to vast amounts of data. We ensured that we touched on the basics in the session we held.
- How can Python help do different data operations?
- Discussion and revamping of various Python libraries like numpy, scipy and matplotlib.
- How do we visualise and analyse the data to give proper insights?
These events ensured that individuals had hands-on experience on the above-said things. Students enjoyed a lot in learning and implementing it side by side.
Python in Pyjamas
The members of the Next Tech Lab organised this event with the help of the ACM women chapter and IEEE women chapter. This women-only event was conducted to share their knowledge of python. The tasks were given accordingly, and students were encouraged to perform and get involved in the activity. The students were taught the basics of python, and the mentors resolved the issues they faced while learning the language from Next Tech Lab.
- Basics of python in a very beginner-friendly way
- Different assessments with prizes for the ones scoring the highest
- Games and fun learning using Kahoot!
- Pizzas served to students as refreshment
9-Hacks
It is a signature hackathon conducted every year, post the recruitment drive every year at Next Tech Lab-AP for the members in the lab. This is an amazing opportunity to introduce the community to the industrial standards of hackathons – think of the current problems, make a basic fast prototype and think of its scalability. It is an offline, internal lab hackathon where all the lab members participate and dig to find new innovative ideas that solve real-world problems. It is generally their first team activity as members of the lab. This event helps to bridge the gap between the seniors and juniors, as the seniors act as mentors during the entire process. Additionally, sense of community and the scope of new collaborations among the newbies. The fun side of the event is to share stories and experiences of the hackathons by existing lab members, some snacks and fun games as icebreakers.
Not only do we promote technical events, but we also encourage the new members to grow life-long connections with their seniors and other members of Next Tech Lab. We promote such events by doing a few fun activities in leisure times like Movie watching sessions, Gaming nights, Pitch sessions, games, and many more fun activities.
ENNOVAB at SRM University-AP
What Do We Do
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
― Walt Disney
In order to create an active startup ecosystem, the lab focuses on adopting the working style of Silicon Valley. The functions in a very channelised manner. The journey of an aspiring team of entrepreneurs begins by entering the lab with a desire to change the world for the betterment of society. We guide the Startup founders through the steps of Ideation, Validation, Market Research, Business Model Construction, and then Venture Capitalist Presentations. Frequent case studies and discussion sessions on the aforementioned topics constitute a significant part of our meetups.
Projects
“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” ― Elbert Hubbard
Ennovab has garnished multiple startup projects under its name: amIOT: “Bringing network technology to your fields”, Hydra: “An innovative attempt to revive the dying waters”, Fable: “Online Shopping made even more fun!” and ASCAB: “An efficient SOS system on highways!”. The interesting fact about all these budding startups was that they were complete freshmen ideas being executed by the new-age entrepreneurs. Apart from the startup projects, Ennovab commenced an incipient initiative called “Mini projects”. The conceptions under “Mini Projects” should be money-making that provide fellow students of the college some kind of service that they can pay for so that its innovators could generate money that can satisfy their monthly expenses to avail its innovators to get financially independent. Some of the ideas under this belt: ENTUNE: Aims at providing guitar lessons at a very low price to the students who are keen to learn, ENRIO: “Rent In and Out” platform that provides students with necessities on rent during the college hours, ENNOTE: a one-stop platform for students and faculty members that provides various features to help them excel in their respective fields and academic curriculum.
EVENTS
Ennvoab Events 2022
PITCH DAY - 101
Paper Clip Challenge 2020
Pitchathon 2020
Hacktoberfest
ENNOVAB SESSIONS and PROJECTS
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Enrio
Enrio, A "Rent In and Out" platform for the students of SRM University-AP, will provide the students with necessities on rent during the college working hours to make the best use of their time, boost productivity and even save money. -
Ennote
Ennote is a one-stop platform for students and faculty members that provides students with various features to help them excel in their respective fields and academic curriculums. Students are free to choose their subjects according to their semesters. -
Ennovab Sessions
Ennovab Sessions is the one-stop solution for Ennovators (members and associates of Ennovab) to learn and experience the team, ideas, plans, validation and pitching on a student level and make sure to know the ins and outs of entrepreneurship and building a startup. -
Pitch Day 101
Pitch days at ennovab are where ennovab-sessions ideas like Hydra, ASCAB, Fable and amIOT are born into reality through pitch in sessions.
