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Course Directive
The Technical Seminar is a structured oral and written presentation course conducted in Semester 7. It is designed to develop the student's ability to communicate technical work rigorously and professionally to a peer and faculty audience. There is no fixed syllabus; the content is driven entirely by the student's own technical experience acquired during the preceding summer.
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Seminar Topic Selection
Each student must present on one of the following two categories:
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Category A — Industry or Research Internship:
Students who have completed a minimum 6-week internship (industry or research institution) during the summer following Year 3 must present the technical work undertaken during that internship. The presentation must go beyond a descriptive account and must include: the problem statement and its industrial or research context, the technical approach and tools employed, results and quantitative outcomes, and a critical reflection on limitations and future directions.
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Category B — Faculty-Supervised Minor Project:
Students who have not undertaken an external internship must complete a minor project under the supervision of a faculty member from their department. The project must involve a non-trivial technical deliverable — a working prototype, a simulation study, a literature survey with original analysis, or a dataset and its analysis — and must be initiated no later than the end of Semester 6. The seminar presentation reports the objectives, methodology, implementation, and findings of this project.