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M A R C H 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 1 0 The E-Newsletter
Spiritual Life A blessing is something that comes back to us in response to the way we approach something. -Amma
Amrita School of Engineering Bengaluru
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School Highlights
Two-Day Workshop on ‘Texas Instruments C2000 - Microcontrollers for
Digital Power and Control Applications’
Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering of Amrita School of Engineering,
Bengaluru organized a Two-Day workshop on
‘Texas Instruments C2000 Microcontrollers for
Digital Power and Control Applica ons’ on 13th
and 14th March, 2012 in associa on with Texas
Instruments and Cranes So ware. The event was
coordinated by Ms. Nitya M. and Mr. Illango K.
Over 50 delegates from St. Peter’s
University-Chennai, PESIT-Bengaluru, BMS College
of Engineering-Bengaluru, Govt. Polytechnic-
Ramanagara, ASE-E madai and ASE-Bengaluru
a ended the workshop. The workshop
commenced with a formal inaugura on func on
with ligh ng of the lamp. The key note address
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was delivered by Mr. C.P. Ravikumar, Director,
University Rela ons, Texas Instruments, India.
The workshop facilitated a deeper
understanding of C2000 architecture, features and
development tool for Digital Power and Control
Applica ons. The resource persons from Cranes
So ware conducted hands-on-training session for
the par cipants on C2000 Microcontroller
development kits.
The workshop concluded with a
valedictory func on wherein the speakers were
felicitated, and cer ficates were given to the
par cipants. The par cipants found the workshop
highly resourceful and were apprecia ve of the
organizing commi ee.
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School Highlights
‘Global Marathon E-Week’ organised by IBM at Amrita
Engineers’ Week is a coali on of
professional organiza ons and government
partners. IBM has been an ac ve supporter of
Engineers’ Week since 1990, serving as the lead
corporate sponsor. ‘Global Marathon E-week’ is
for, by and about Women in Engineering and
Technology, with an objec ve of enabling
upcoming women engineers.
As part of the E-Week, IBM organized a
session for female students & faculty at Amrita
School of Engineering, Bengaluru, on 14th March,
2012. This event was telecast live to Coimbatore
and Amritapuri campuses using Amrita’s A-VIEW
facility, and was a ended by over 450 women
from all the three campuses.
This event updated the budding engineers
on the various skills required by IT industry, the
so ware domain and the service domain. The
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session by Ms. Lalitha J.S., Senior Manager, IBM
on ‘IT Career Opportuni es’ turned out to be an
eye-opener for many. She recommended the
par cipants to pursue a career rather than a job.
She also presented a roadmap to be followed for a
career in IT domains and its business ver cals.
Yet another highlight of the event was the
technical session by Ms. Sugandha
Srikanteshwaran, Program Director with AIM India
So ware Lab, on ‘Mobile Compu ng’. She spoke
about the evolu on of mobile compu ng, end-to-
end enterprise mobile pla orms and various types
of mobile applica ons. The talk also included a
demo of a mobile applica on in Traffic and
Insurance Management developed by IBM.
The session ended with an interac ve
quiz, which received ac ve par cipa on from all
the three campuses, and prizes were distributed
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School Highlights
A talk on ‘Fasting and its benefits’ by Mr. Mohan
Cultural Educa on Department arranged a
talk on ‘How fas ng, health, and nutri on may be
modelled by mathema cal pa erns in the light of
Vedic thinking’ by Mr. Mohan, who is currently
researching on exo c materials under defence
grant.
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for all correct answers. On this occasion, IBM also
announced the date for the poster compe on.
The event received great apprecia on from the
women’s engineering community that benefited
immensely from the experience. They were
thrilled by the interac on across the three
campuses during the en re telecast.
The event was coordinated locally by
Dr. Shikha Tripathi, Chair, Dept. of ECE,
Dr. Amudha J., Dept. of CSE and Amritadhara
team.
The purpose of the talk was to generate
awareness among today’s genera on about the
importance of a nutri onal diet based on
tradi onal prescrip ons, and benefits of regulated
fas ng.
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School Highlights
‘Vrushti’ at Amrita
In the words of the American Composer
Willam Strayhorn, ‘All music is beau ful’.
Students learnt the truth behind this statement
on the 21st of March, 2012 as they were treated to
a performance by Vrush , a fusion group
combining western percussion instruments with
classical Indian instruments. The event was
conducted in ASE-Bengaluru in associa on with
the Percussion Arts Centre, Bengaluru.
M.K. Pranesh played the flute, V. Krishna
played the mridangam, G. Guruprasanna was on
the khanjari, while B.S. Arunkumar added a
western flavor by playing the drums. Pramath
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Kiran treated the audience to the morching, while
S. Madhusudhan played the tabla. Jagadeesh
Kurthok played the pakhawaj. The en re
performance was co-ordinated and directed by
Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, who played the
thavil.
The event began with the ensemble
performing kadhanakuthuhalam - a rarely
performed Raaga - on both western and Indian
instruments. The group then played a number of
other notable pieces of Carna c music, all to the
enthusias c applause of the audience.
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School Highlights
Of note was the ‘Thani Avarthanam’
wherein all the ar sts performed solos on their
respec ve instruments. The drum solo in
par cular was met with wild cheers and applause
from the students.
The concert also featured a unique
performance on the morching and the congo
drums. The event finally concluded with the same
Raaga as the opening, the kadhanakuthuhala.
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The evening concluded on a high note, as
the troupe was introduced and felicitated by
Br.Jayakanth Swamy, Head of the Facili es
Department. The performers extolled the value of
the Indian arts, and appealed the students not to
forget their roots.
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Department of CSE
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition ⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan a ended the Research Retreat at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri
Campus on 28th March, 2012 and presented an overview of research ac vi es of Bengaluru
Campus.
⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan has been invited to join the program commi ee of ‘Federa on of Interna onal
Robo-Soccer Associa on [FIRA] World Congress 2012’ to be held in Bristol, UK between 20th and
25th August, 2012.
⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan is invited to become the ‘Publica on Chair’ for an Interna onal Conference on
‘Informa on Technology in Educa on and E-learning (ITEeL 2012)’ to be held on 17th and 18th
December 2012, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⇒ Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan will ‘Co-Chair’ the organizing commi ee of Fourth Interna onal Conference on
‘Advances in Recent Technologies in Communica ons and Compu ng (ARTCom 2012)’ to be held in
Bengaluru on 19th and 20th October, 2012.
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NAME TITLE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER
DATE VENUE
Ms. Chandrika K.R. Na onal Conference on “Cloud Compu ng & Enterprise Networks”
AMC Engineering College, Bengaluru
21st - 22nd March, 2012
AMC Engineering College, Bengaluru
Dr. Sudarshan T.S.B. Mr. Radhakrishnan G. Mr. Nippun Kumaar A.A.
“SAP Faculty Day” SAP Labs 16th March, 2012
SAP Labs, Bengaluru
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences Attended
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Department of CSE
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Students’ Achievements / Participation / Recognition
⇒ CSE Students’ Forum, FACE, organized Python - a Technical talk and programming workshop on
‘Bang Pypers’ on 17th March, 2012 at ASE, Bengaluru Campus. It was a ended by about 60 students
from the 4th semester of CSE and ECE.
⇒ The Forum also organized a talk on ‘Careers in IT industry’ by Mr. Ghananil Phukan from Intel
Technologies on 18th March, 2012.
⇒ Students of VI semester CSE and the faculty members a ended the talk on ‘Joy of Compu ng’
delivered by Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar from ISI, Chennai on 28th March, 2012 at ASE, Bengaluru. The
talk was on P/NP and NP problems.
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Department of ECE
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences Attended NAME TITLE NAME OF THE
ORGANIZER DATE VENUE
Mr. Karthikeyan R. Seminar on ‘Matlab and Simulink for Engineering Educa on’
Mathware India Pvt. Ltd 7th March, 2012
Bengaluru
Mr. Karthikeyan R. Workshop on ‘State Es ma on & Mul sensor Data Fusion for Engineering Applica ons’
Instrumenta on & Control Systems Engineering, PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore
10th March, 2012
PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition ⇒ Dr. Shikha Tripathi a ended the Research Retreat Programme conducted by Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, on 28th March, 2012.
⇒ Dr. Shikha Tripathi delivered a keynote address at the Interna onal Conference on ‘Informa on
Technology, Electronics & Communica ons (ICITEC-2012)’, at Bengaluru, conducted by
Interna onal Academic & Industrial Research (IAIR), Sussex University, UK.
⇒ Prof. Sa sh Manocha a ended the Conference on ‘Innova on’ as invitee, organised by MIT Boston
(USA) & Cyber Media on 27th March 2012. It was held at Hotel ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru on 27th and
28th March, 2012.
⇒ Mr. Ganapathi Hegde was an ‘External Examiner’ at Jain University, Bengaluru to evaluate the
projects of M.Tech. students of Signal Processing and VLSI Design on 7th March, 2012.
⇒ Mr. Giriraja C.V. successfully completed the comprehensive viva-voce for his Ph.D. thesis tled
“Performance Analysis of Edge Emi ng and Surface Emi ng Semiconductor Lasers” on 7th March,
2012 at ASE - Bengaluru. The following were the External Examiners:
Dr. J. Majhi (Retd. Professor, IIT Madras)
Dr. T. Srinivas (Associate Professor, IISc, Bengaluru)
Doctoral Commi ee Members:
Dr. Shikha Tripathi - Convener
Dr. P.R. Vaya - Thesis Advisor
Dr. K.V. Nagaraja - Faculty from Minor Area
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Department of ECE
Students’ Achievements / Participation / Recognition ⇒ The team comprising of Suraj, Venkat, Vasanth & Vinay of VIII semester ECE is among the top 15
teams selected for final phase of ‘Analog Design Contest’ conducted by Texas Instruments. They
have been selected out of 156 teams which qualified to phase-I of the contest. The final phase to
select top 3 winners is scheduled on 6th April, 2012 at TI, Bengaluru.
⇒ ECI Forum conducted a seminar by Mr. Viswajith S.V. on various compe ve exams for students of
all branches.
⇒ ECI Forum conducted a workshop on ‘PCB Designing’ for students of ECE & EIE under the guidance
of Mr. C.V. Giriraja. The workshop was conducted by EFY Pvt. Ltd. on 23rd and 24th March, 2012.
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⇒ Mr. Ganapathi Hegde reviewed a research paper for the journal on “IET Image Processing” during
February, 2012.
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition
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Department of ME
Interna onal Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Shankara K.
“Biodegrada on of Malachite Green by Fungal Isolates”
31st March, 2012 Two-Day Interna onal Conference on ‘Role of Green Technologies for Sustainable Development (RGTSD 2012)’, organized by Guru Naanak Ins tu ons Hyderabad
Shankara K.
“Ambient Air Quality Trends & Prepara on of Air Quality Atlas: A Case Study of Bangalore City”
31st March, 2012 Two-Day Interna onal Conference on ‘Role of Green Technologies for Sustainable Development (RGTSD 2012)’, organized by Guru Naanak Ins tu ons Hyderabad
Papers Presented
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Na onal Conference
Deepthi Y.P. Bhanu Prakash S.
“Effect of Double Tempering a er Cryogenic Treatment on Coated Inserts”
23rd March, 2012 Na onal Conference on ‘Emerging Research and Advances in Mechanical Sciences (ERA-2012)’, organized by Velammal Engineering College, Chennai
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences Attended NAME TITLE NAME OF THE
ORGANIZER DATE VENUE
Mr. Bhanu Prakash S. AICTE QIP Curriculum Development Programme on ‘Advanced Topics on Modelling of Turbulent Flows’
Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras
23rd - 24th March, 2012
Indian Ins tute of Technology Madras
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Department of ME
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⇒ Dr. Rakesh S.G. has been appointed 'Chairman', Board of Studies for Mechanical Engineering (UG)
for a period of three years from March 2012. This body consists of 19 members from Amrita
fraternity and two external experts from Indian Ins tute of Science and Na onal Aerospace
Laboratories. The primary func on of the Board of Studies is to consider and recommend the
curricula and syllabi for B.Tech. programme under its purview for approval of the University.
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition
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Department of Chemistry
Interna onal Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Nanjunda Reddy B.H. Akanska Saxena Pandit
“Study of Compression Strength, Hardness and Chemical Resistance of Short Glass/Sisal Hybrid Fiber Epoxy Nano-composites”
23rd - 25th March, 2012
Third Interna onal Mul component Polymer Conference (IMPC 2012) Mahatma Gandhi University, Ko ayam
Giridhar Reddy S. Akanksha Saxena Pandit
“Thermal and Morphological Characteriza on of Sodium Alginate and Lignosulphonic Acid Sodium Salt Blends”
23rd - 25th March, 2012
Third Interna onal Mul component Polymer Conference (IMPC 2012) Mahatma Gandhi University, Ko ayam
Papers Presented
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Other News ⇒ ‘Aavishkara’ the Science and Humani es Forum, organized a talk on ‘The Joy of Compu ng’ by
Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar, ISI, Chennai 28th March, 2012.
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Library
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Book Exhibition The college library o en organizes book exhibi on by reputed publishers in the college
premises. Such exhibi ons facilitate recommenda on for procurement of books to the library, and also
encourages the students and faculty to purchase them for their personal use. These books are made
available at discounted rates.
The library organized yet another exhibi on from 26th March to 28th March, 2012. Wide range
of exclusive books on Engineering and Management was displayed by some of the prominent
publishers and vendors. The fair began with an inaugural ceremony a ended by Correspondent,
Br. Dhanraj; Dean Academics, Dr. Nagaraj B.N.; Associate Dean, Dr. Rakesh S.G.; Chair - ASB, Mr. Manoj
P.; Head of Facility Department, Br. Jaykanth and Chair - CSE, Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan, along with the
library staff.
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Amma’s teachings on Spiritual practices
AMRITA
Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head
Patron
Ms. Smita Sail Assistant Professor
Department of English Editor
Mr. Rajesh M.
Assistant Professor Department of CSE
Editor
Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean
Editor
Board Members ⇒ Ms. Paromita Ganguly (Department of English) ⇒ Ms. Kir S. Pande (Department of ECE) ⇒ Ms. Vidya K.V. (Department of CSE) ⇒ Ms. Janaki R. (Department of ME) ⇒ Dr. Amrita Thakur (Department of Chemistry) ⇒ Ms. Sarada Jayan (Department of Mathema cs) ⇒ Mr. Shruthidev (ICTS) ⇒ Mr. Shiju Kumar (ICTS) ⇒ Ms. Soma Mukherjee (CIR)
Optimism is the
light of God.
It is a form of Grace
which allows you
to be much more
perceptive and to
look at life with
greater clarity.