Tour Report

Ooty - Hogenakkal - Bangalore -

Coorg Educational Tour

A Report on educational toursubmitted in partial fulfilment of

the requirements for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Technologyin

Computer Science and Engineering(University of Calicut)

byCSE-B (SEMESTER-6) YEAR 2010-14

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram(ISO 9001 : 2000 Certified Institutions, Affiliated to University of Calicut)

Thrikkanapuram PO, Malappuram Dt, Kerala - 6795732013

Certificate

This is to certify that the Report on Educational Tour entitled “Ooty -

Hogenakkal - Bangalore - Coorg Educational Tour” is a bonafide record

of the work done by CSE-B (SEMESTER-6) YEAR 2010-14 under our

supervision and guidance. The report has been submitted to the Department

of Computer Science and Engineering of MES College of Engineering

in partial fulfilment of the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology in

Computer Science and Engineering.

Prof. Mredhula LProfessor and HeadDept.of Computer Scienceand EngineeringMES College of Engineering

Mrs. Jasila E K(Coordinator)Assistant ProfessorDept.of Computer Scienceand EngineeringMES College of Engineering

Miss Sitara K(Accompanying Staff)Assistant ProfessorDept.of Computer Scienceand EngineeringMES College of Engineering

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Abstract

As the per the university curriculum, the industrial visit is an indispensable

aspect for the successful completion of the course. The aim is to introduce the

students to the working environment of the industries. It also aims to relieve

the students from the academic pressure experienced by them. Keeping in mind

this aim, we decided to conduct a five-day educational tour from March 1st to

6th. After a round of negotiations, the students decided to visit places like Ooty,

Hoganikkal, Bangalore, etc. The tour was well organized by the tour coordinators

and on the whole, every student enjoyed the trip.

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Acknowledgements

We take this opportunity to convey our deep and sincere thanks to our

Principal Dr.V.H Abdul Salam and head of the department Prof. Mredhula

L We also extend our deep gratitude to the staff accompanied us Mr. K A

Sharafudheen, Miss Sitara K and Miss Nithya A, Assistant Professor,

Department of Computer Science and Engineering for their valuable help

and support. We express our sincere gratitude to all the staffs of Computer Science

and Engineering Department and our beloved family members who helped us with

their timely suggestion and support. We would also like to thank the coordinators

who have really done a great part in coordinating the tour. We also express

our sincere thanks to all our friends who helped us through out the successful

completion of the tour. All glory and honour be to the Almighty ,who showered

his abundant grace on us to make this tour successful.

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Contents

Chapter

1 Introduction 1

2 Industries Visited 4

2.1 Mpower Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.2 SilverLake Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3 Wonderla Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Places Visited 8

3.1 Ooty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2 Hoganikkal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.3 Bangalore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.4 Coorg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4 Conclusion 25

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Figures

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Chapter 1

Introduction

March 1, 2013 was a memorable day, the day we started our five-day study

tour. 42 students, accompanied by 3 staffs boarded the bus the bus left the college

premises at 4:00 pm.

Our first destination was Ooty. All the way we sang, danced and together

we enjoyed our journey to Ooty. We reached there early morning at around 3:00

am. Ooty cuddled us with its cold climate and we spent the rest of the morning

there at a hotel.

At 8:00 am we all got ready for our first day journey. We ate our breakfast

and started our trip. We first went to Ooty lake, famous for its boating. We spent

our 3 beautiful hours there and then continued our trip, this time to a tea factory

in Ooty. There, we were taught about the manufacturing process of tea- it was an

informative session.

After our lunch, we carried on with our trip to the botanical garden in ooty.

As the name suggests, the garden is well-known for its wide variety of plants and

flowers. We wandered in groups, posed for photos, played games and overall made

a lot of fun. We spent our night in the hotel and next day made our way to

Hoganikkal.

We left Ooty early in the morning. The trip to Hoganikkal was really long

but we never expected that it would be a nostalgic one. We sang all the way and

we found many singers in our class. A surprising thing was that even our teachers

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were good singers. Finally, we reached hoganikkal. The place is famous for its

boating and of course, it was simply superb. A thrilling experience and another

memorable day ended.

The next day, the garden city Bangalore, was waiting for our arrival. We

reached Bangalore in the midnight, had a late dinner and spent the rest of the

night waiting for the city to wake up. Our morning started with a visit to the

famous Cubbon park. We also visited Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological

Museum . In the afternoon we went to Lal Bagh.

After that, we visited two industries- mpower global, silver lake. They took

a brief class on the emerging technologies. The session was knowledgeable.

The metropolitan city was famous for its shopping malls. So we boarded on

the metro and shopped at MG road. Everybody was busy purchasing and after a

big shopping everybody returned to the hotel .

March 5- the schedule was to visit another industry: wonderla. After the

visit we had a full-day fun at the water-theme amusement park. Thrilling rides

excited everyone. A full-day enjoyment with lots and lots of fun-that was all about

that day.

March 6-was the last day of our tour. Though we were sad about the end

of the trip, we were not ready to give up that days entertaining moments. Our

final destination was coorg. We reached there early in the morning, and stayed at

a hotel. Our morning trip was to a Nisargadhama Forest, adventurous in a way.

We enjoyed elephant ride, had some more shopping and returned to the hotel for

lunch. The afternoon trip was destined to Golden temple, Tibetan temple . We

were astonished by the beautiful sculptures and carvings inside the temple. The

Tibetans here worshipped budha, and lead a peaceful life.

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We returned in the evening. But no one enjoyed this return trip as the joy

ended. The five day tour ended just like five seconds. We enjoyed a lot and above

all we carried back the beautiful moments of the trip. An exciting trip that well

always remember.

Chapter 2

Industries Visited

2.1 Mpower Global

As a part of our syllabus we had our first industrial visit to Mpower global,

Bangalore. We reached Mpower global at 1.30p.m.This company is situated in

Lalbagh fort road.

We waited on the rooftop of the company waiting for the chief training officer.

We were welcomed by the smiling face of the training officer who took us into the

conference hall of the company .There he explained to us about the company and

the technologies used by the company to deliver products to their clients .There

he explained that they specialized in the area of web portal development and used

open source technology (more specifically Liferay) in India and stands amongst the

top few globally in this area. They consult, develop projects, conduct trainings,

build high-end portals and provide comprehensive service to companies and clients

seeking IT solutions. He also mentioned that they won the Lockheed Martin India

Innovation Award for building an Auto Code Generation tool - ”mPire”.

He went on to explain about the Liferay, the main technology used by the

company to build web portals. He explained why they chose to use the technology

and what are its benefits. He also mentioned that the number of Liferay experts

were high in demand but short in supply due to the fact that the cost of training

in Liferay was very high. Liferay is based on java and he described a small code

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snippet just to give us a taste in Liferay.

The company provided training for students in web development technologies

along with Liferay for 6 months provided a catalogue describing the topics covered

in this training period. He also mentioned that students can also take up their

final year projects from the company and they can provide support for the project.

If the students performed well in the training or project they would be recruited

in the company.We then left the office and went on to our next destination.

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2.2 SilverLake Information Systems

Our next industrial visit was to SilverLake Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Bangalore.

Silver Lake is one of the IBM Business partners in India. We reached the

industry at 10:00 am on 4th March,2012. We had spend 2 hours there. Silver-

Lake Information Systems Private Ltd. Was established in 2002 with a mission

to deliver consistent and eminent quality IT solution. They cater to the domains

of training, Consulting, Development and outsourcing which would leverage maxi-

mum efficiency and benefit to meet the customer requirements. They have industry

domain expertise in virtually most of the buisness sectors.

Governance, Commitment and Accountability are the core values which

drives the organization with its employee being its core assets. They are a synergy

driven company with great belief on the articulation of its activities in sync with

the Indian as well as Global clients with regards to the services they provides.

Their team has rich experience and skill to built open standards based solutions

for customer specific requirement. SilverLake evolved as an organization for all

IBM trainings on midrange server, today, it’s one of the well known names among

the IBM learning service providers for all the i series, z series and p series related

education.

SilverLake not only caters to the training needs of its clients but also has full

hand experience in executing projects and consulting on various IBM platforms

like i series and p series.

We studied the principles of software management and how they are mar-

keted. We understood that softwares are divided into modules and given to the

workers. They present the modified modules to the group leader and leader com-

bines these modules into a project.

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2.3 Wonderla Holidays

On 5th March we had our last industrial visit to Wonderla Holidays Pvt.

Ltd. We reached there at 11am and spent upto 6pm. Wonderla Bangalore India’s

favourite amusement park is located on Bangalore - Mysore road, just 28 km’s away

from Bangalore city. Set in 82 acres of landscaped gardens in 2005. Wonderla has

54 thrill packed rides offering a monster dose of entertainment and fun for all age

groups. Wonderla Bangalore has entertained 5 million people in just 8 years.

Wonderla is a vast industry in which it provides a lot of knowledge about

their technologies. All the rides are working with advanced technologies. We

visited the section that deals with this technologies. Each rides are controlled

by separate sections. We visited each section one by one, from this we very well

understood that electrical energy is converted into mechanical energy. We can

never deny that all this electronic devices work on the basis of programming. This

programming have been installed at the very beginning when these devices were

constructed. The water rides especially wave pool, play pool etc. is well controlled

in a computerized manner.

We were able to understand that the root of every technology is computer

and programming. This visit helped us to clear our doubts and we had really

enjoyed the rest of the day in the park with full of vigour and enthusiasm.

Chapter 3

Places Visited

3.1 Ooty

Journey commensed on 1st march 2013 at 4.00 pm from the college. We had

a lot of expectation of our tour and we started journey with a prayer. Our first

destination was ooty. We reached ooty at about 4.00 am. After a long journey

Hotel Astoria Residency welcomed us .

After a peaceful night , a pleasant morning awaited with new destination

lake in ooty. The Boat house situated by the lake, which offers boating facilities

to tourists, is a major tourist attraction in Ooty. It also features a garden, a mini

train and an amusement park. The other notable features include a canteen run

by the TTDC and pony rides in front of the boat house.

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Our next destination was Tea factory. We spent a lot of time and effort on

research, gathering and sifting information for authenticity and have also validated

our version of the evolution through discussions with some of the early pioneers

of tea in the Nilgiris. Of course, the information we present at the Tea Museum

does not purport to be the truest and most decisive version of the evolution of tea.

However it has been an honest attempt to shed light where there was none.

At the Tea Museum, you will find three broad sections of Tea History -

Origins of World tea, Tea history in India and finally Evolution of Tea in the

Nilgiris. You will come across interesting snippets on how tea as a beverage and

a trade commodity influenced social, economic and cultural nuances across the

world, and how these factors in turn, influenced the growth of Tea. We do hope us

enjoy our journey through the Tea Museum as much as we have, while compiling

it!

After having the delicious lunch our next destination was botanical garden.

It’s the best garden ever known in India and is a great tourist destination. It is

located on the hillock of Ooty which is one of the most popular tourist destinations

in India.

It has a wide span of more than 50 acres and is spread along the Dodabetta

peak, which stays to be the highest peak in the region of Ooty. The garden is

taken great care of by the government and the Horticulture department and has

a wide variety of plants and trees. We captured a lot of photos then played many

interesting games and enjoyed a lot. As far as that we went to shopping and return

back to our hotel at 8.00 pm.

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3.2 Hoganikkal

We reached Hogenakkal at 3.00pm after a long masthi journey from Ooty.

We had a special Hogenakkal lunch . After a small relief from hunger we proceeded

to Hogenakkal falls.

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Hogenakkal(smoking rocks) Falls is a waterfall in South India on the river

Kaveri. It is located in the Dharmapuri district of the southern Indian state of

Tamil Nadu.Hogenakkal is absolutely in the border of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

During rainy Seasons the lush green ambience of Hogenakkal presents a visual feast

to the tourists pouring in. The unique sight of the tall trees mounting upon the

small island-like mounds clustered with giant rocks on the way and the fiercely

flowing river pounding upon it makes even the dull hearts go awe-stricken.

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Major attraction of hogenakkal is Boating . we enjoyed our boating in kaveri

river. It is considered to form at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri hills in the Western

Ghats of south India and gathers momentum as the land drops in elevation. It

becomes larger as various tributaries feed into it on the way down. At Hogenakkal,

the Kaveri, now a large river, drops and creates numerous waterfalls as the water

cuts through the rocky terrain.

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Boating in Hogenakkal is allowed during the dry-season as the water falls

are not strong enough to disrupt the passage of the boats. This is the main source

of income for these boat operators. The coracles are about 2.24 m in diameter,

but still can take a load of eight persons at a time. These coracles are made of

bamboo, and with all materials available takes about a day to build. The bottom

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of the boats are made waterproof by the use of hides, but sometimes with sheets

of plastic. Use of plastics in the Hogenakkal vicinity, not just for boats, has been

criticised due to problems with pollution. These boats are steered and propelled

using a single paddle, making them unique.

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All were tried as we enjoyed at our peak in water. Hogenakkal was one of

the memorable location of our auspicious journey. And with more expectation we

headed towards our new destiny banglore.

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3.3 Bangalore

We reached Bangalore at about 10pm. After the long and tiresome journey

Hotel Deva Residency welcomed us as an oasis welcomes the desert travelers!

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After a peaceful night of deep slumber , we were all very relaxed and were

really looking forward to the sightseeing. Our first destination was Cubbon Park.

Cubbon Park is a landmark ’lung’ area of the Bangalore city within the heart

of city in the Central Administrative Area. Originally created in 1870, when Major

General Richard Sankey was the then British Chief Engineer of Mysore state, it

covered an area of 100 acres and subsequent expansion has taken place and the

area reported now is about 300 acres .It has a rich recorded history of abundant

flora and fauna plantations coupled with numerous impressive and aesthetically

located buildings and statues of famous personages, in its precincts.

The walk through the lush green park was indeed relaxing and peaceful. We

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were humbled by the true beauty of nature but also managed to take a large number

of photos in this serene backdrop. Our next Destination was the Visvesvaraya

Industrial and Technological Museum.

The museum was instituted as part of the centenary celebrations of the

engineer-statesman Sir M. Vishvesvaraya (1861-1962).

Vishveshwaraya Museum is not a ’museum’ in its classical sense, because it

has interactive exhibits unlike stationary models of a museum. It is more of a

”Science Centre”. Each floor of this museum is dedicated to a scientific discipline.

The ’Engine Hall’ exhibits engines of various automobiles, machines used in

industry, a jet aircraft engine, and other mechanical devices. The predictability

and precision of mechanics is demonstrated by the rolling balls that travel end-

lessly within metal tracks. It is delighting to watch the balls moving over roller

coaster, looping a loop and bouncing high to be caught by a basket. Principle of

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conservation of energy can be explained convincingly through this exhibit.

The ’Electro Technic Gallery’ contains interactive electrical exhibits which

work on the basic principles of electricity, electronics and communication. This

gallery exhibits the classical experiments like Oersted’s experiment, Barlow’s wheel,

Faraday’s ring, etc. A demonstration on electrostatics, which include Tesla coil,

Van de Graaff generator etc. is on display. This is a must visit for all the students

of electricity at basic and advanced level and all those who are attracted by the

marvels of electricity.

On the first floor of the Museum we have the ’Fun Science gallery’ that

displays exhibits on sciences of sound, optics, fluids, math and perception. This

is a real fun-filled exhibition and people throng each and every exhibit in large

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numbers to operate them. Space gallery The ’Space Gallery’ is about rocket science

and the history of space exploration. Biotechnology hall also on the second floor of

Visvesvaraya Museum has exhibits on basics of Biotechnology and its applications.

The ’Dinosaur alive’ has a moving replica of a Spinosaurus. The ’BEL Hall of

Electronics’ has interesting exhibits on Electronics.

Another gallery named ” Science for Children” houses exhibits that engages

children in activities that help them to enjoy science. There is a giant piano over

which they can dance to play music. A pin-wall helps the children to make the

impression of their body parts on it.

There is a virtual game area, where children can play music using virtual

instruments. An attractive mural made of colored beads welcome the visitors to

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this gallery, which is filled with fun and enjoyment.. This is the only museum in

the world other than the Smithsonian Institutions in the US, to have a full scale

replica of the 1903 flyer of Wright brothers. A new 3D theater using technology

from LightSpeed, USA is open to the public now. Interesting films on deep sea

diving and brain are screened here.The 3d effects are just spectacular.

After having the lunch at the museum we went straight to Lal Bagh.

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Lal Bagh or Lal Bagh Botanical Gardensis a well known botanical garden in

southern Bangalore, India. The garden was originally commissioned by Hyder Ali,

the ruler of Mysore, and later finished by his son Tipu Sultan. It has a famous

glass house which hosts an annual flower show. Lal Bagh houses India’s largest

collection of tropical plants, has an aquarium and a lake, and is one of the main

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tourist attractions in Bangalore.

We had a chance of getting into the Bangalore metro which in itself was an

spectacular experience!

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After that we went straight to MG Road to full fill all our shopping ambitions

though most of us were quite content with window shopping!

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3.4 Coorg

The long journey from Bangalore lead us to our last destination Coorg. Team

reached there at the midnight and it was freezing cold too. After the peaceful night,

we were eager to celebrate our last day of 6 days long trip.

Our first destination was Nisargadhama Forest. It is an island formed by river

Kaveri and is used as a picnic spot near Kushalnagar in the district of Kodagu in

Karnataka. We had crossed a overhanging bridge to get there. The forest has lots

of bamboo plantations and tall trees. we had strolled across the river too. There

was a deer park inside where we feed them. The main attraction was the elephant

ride.

After an ever memorable elephant ride we were welcomed by kaveri river

flowing around the island. Visitors were allowed to get into water at a few shallow

and safe points along the river. We spent a lot of time there by loving nature and

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we had a wonderful photo sessions too.

At the peak of enjoyment we had even forget our lunch. By the time 2:30 we

had the delicious food and our last destination was Golden temple at Bylakuppe.

The Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery (or Thekchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargye

Ling) is the largest teaching center of Nyingmapa- a lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

- in the world.

We spent most of the time there inside and tried to understand the history

behind the temple. The amazing fact was that the monastery is a home to sangha

community of over five thousand lamas. It was a great experience for all of us.

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Finally we went for a fire camp which make the long 6 days journey an ever

memorable one in our life. By 9 we had the delicious biriyani of coorg and start

our journey back to kerala. It was a stunning night that we all sing together. At

the early 5 am we had reached our MES college.

Chapter 4

Conclusion

As we bid goodbye to this last day we have nothing left except some memo-

ries. There were many highlights of the tour, particularly all the students settled

very well to their host families daily routine and enjoyed being a member of them.

The cooperation from the teachers was also appreciable. The whole program really

brought us together to appreciate the true value of friendship and respect of each

other. And for sure we are longing for another tour because it did give us a new

experience and the bond between us grew stronger.