“SMART HOME POWERED BY SMART MONEY “
A session on Smart Home Powered by SMART Money was organized by Sargaa, the VAST women’s club on 10th January 2017 at 09.30 AM. A total of 30 staff participated in the workshop. Ms Divya Radahakrishnan, Assistant Professor Humanities and Covenor, Sargaa welcomed the participants to the function. After this Dr Latha Raj, Director, Social Welfare and Projects and Advisor Sargaa addressed the audience on good parenting. Thereafter Ms Divya Radhakrishan gave a session on how financial literacy can be imbibed in kids from an very early age. This was followed by an awareness session on various modes on digital transactions. A detailed discussion was given on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), Aadhar Enabled Payment Service (AEPS), E-wallets and UPI based methods of digital transaction. A demo on the Paytm app was done by Mr Gokul, Mr Godwin and Mr Vineeth, students of S8 ECE B. Finally Mr Hareesh, Assistant Professor, ME gave a small awareness on Cyber Issues and Network traps. It was a truly enriching experience for all the participants. The programme came to an end at 11.30 AM.