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‘Amritotsava-14’ (Institution Day)
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„Amritotsava-14‟, the Institution Day was held on 2nd May, 2014. Dr. Madhusudan Atre,
Managing Director, Advanced Micro Devices Ltd. was the Chief Guest of the day. The occasion
was graced by Director Br. Dhanraj and Associate Dean & Head Dr. Rakesh S.G. The
programme began at 10 AM with the lighting of the lamp by all the dignitaries and was
followed by invocation by Ms. Madhura of S8 CSE. The welcome address was delivered by
Chair-ME Dr. Nagaraja S.R. This was followed by an enlightening talk by Director Br. Dhanraj,
who spoke about the importance of spiritual significance and the privilege of being blessed by
a spiritual Guru like „Amma‟.
Dr. Rakesh S.G., presented the annual report of the School, very effectively covering the
entire activities of the year. This was followed by the address by the Chief Guest
Dr. Madhusudan Atre, who gave an insight into the practical aspects of engineering learning and
its relevance to the industry. He also emphasized the importance of industrial and academic
institutional relationships.
„Sanchita-14‟, the school magazine was released by the dignitaries on this occasion.
This was followed by the prize distribution ceremony where the achievements of the
students in all the fields were recognized and awarded. The Academic Excellence Awards,
Karthik Kalaichelvan Memorial Award, awards for cultural events, co-curricular events and
sports events were given away by the Chief Guest and the dignitaries.
The programme which was successfully coordinated by the Department of Mechanical
Engineering concluded with vote of thanks followed by singing of the National Anthem. All
staff members and students were served with lunch on the occasion.
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‘Amritakalanjali’ - The Annual College Fest
The annual college fest „Amritakalanjali‟ was conducted on 2nd and 3rd May, 2014. The
fest was flagged off at 2 PM on 2nd May, 2014. The various clubs of Amritadhara conducted
competitions in which there were active participation. Singing, instrumental, dancing, acting,
debate, quiz, creative writing, photography, painting, sketching, short film making and gaming
were the highlights of the fest. The fun & food stalls added great gusto to this mega event. The
campus was buzzing with activities on these two days.
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Two week ISTE Workshop on Fluid Mechanics
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The two-week ISTE Main Workshop on „Fluid Mechanics‟ was conducted at ASE-
Bengaluru from 20th to 30th May, 2014. The initiative which is a part of the „National Mission on
Education through ICT‟, was supported by the MHRD and was taken up by IIT Kharagpur to
work with Engineering Colleges in the country to enhance the teaching skills of faculty members
in core Engineering and Science subjects. This is the second phase of „Teach One Thousand
Teachers‟ programme run successfully earlier by IIT Bombay, under the project called
„Empowerment of Students and Teachers through Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction‟.
During this workshop, Prof. Sankar Kumar Som, Prof. Suman Chakraborty and Prof. Sandipan
Ghosh Moulic all from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur delivered
lectures and it was transmitted in distance mode using the A-VIEW software. Faculty members
attended live lectures, tutorials & lab sessions and were immensely benefitted by it. The
workshop was co-ordinated by Mr. Vinod M. Kotebavi Assistant Professor in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. A total of 19 participants
attended the workshop which was held in Krishna Hall.
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International Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Tripty Singh Nikhil K. Mithun R.
“A Novel Method of Head Tracking Cursor Control System Using Open CV”
2th April, 2014.
International Conference on ‘Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ICCECE’ organized by Institute for Research & Development India (IRD), Pune, Maharashtra.
Papers Presented
Ms. Tripty Singh:
Served as Technical Programme Committee Member for the IEEE Colloquium on
Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER 2014) held between 7th & 9th April,
2014 at Secretariat Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Served as Technical Programm Committee Member for the International Colloquium
on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering & Technology (ICoSSEET 2014), Penang,
Malaysia held between 7th & 9th April, 2014.
Mr. Aniruddha Bhattacharjya:
Was chosen as an International Program Committee Member for the IEEE Third
International Conference on Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensic
(CyberSec2014) held at the Faculty of Engineering, ¨C Lebanese University, Campus
of Hadath, Beirut, ¨C Lebanon held between 29th April & 1st May, 2014.
Was chosen as an International Program Committee Member of the IEEE Fourth
International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology
and its Applications (DICTAP2014) held at University of the Thai Chamber of
Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand between 6th & 8th May, 2014.
Was chosen as Program Committee Member for the 2014 International Conference
on Materials Engineering and Environment Science (MEES 2014) held on 10th &11th
May, 2014 at Changsha, China.
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition
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Was chosen as the Program Committee Member for the 2014 International
Conference on Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (MME 2014) held on 10th
&11th May, 2014 in Changsha, China.
Was chosen as the Program Committee Member for the 2nd International Conference
on Materials Engineering (ICMEN2014) held on 17th &18th May, 2014 in Nanjing,
China.
Was chosen as Technical Program Committee Member for the 2014 IEEE
International Symposium on Technology Management and Emerging Technologies,
held from 27th to 29th May, 2014 at Bandung. Indonesia.
Mr. Rajesh M. attended the ISTE coordinator‟s workshop on „Computer Networking‟ at IIT,
Bombay from 5th to 9th May, 2014. In continuation of this, a workshop on the same will be
conducted through Distance Education mode at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru
between 30th June & 5th July, 2014.
Ms. Supriya M. attended the ISTE coordinator‟s workshop on „Cyber Security‟ at IIT,
Bombay held between 17th & 21st May, 2014. In continuation of this, a workshop on the
same will be conducted through Distance Education mode at Amrita School of Engineering,
Bengaluru from 10th to 20th July, 2014.
Farewell
A Farewell function was arranged on 1st of May, 2014 for the final year B.Tech. students
of CSE and final year students of M.Tech. (Embedded Systems). This get-together was attended
by all the staff members, final year students and pre-final year students of Department of CSE.
The program started with an invocation song followed by farewell note from the Chair of the
Department Dr. T.S.B. Sudarshan. The Vice-Chair Mr. G. Radhakrishnan, Prof. Raj Sreedharan
and Ms. Supriya M. spoke on the occasion and wished them all success.
Other News
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A farewell toast to the outgoing students was raised by Mr. Nischal, a student of S6 CSE.
A reply to the toast, on behalf of all the final year students, was given by Mr. Gautham Nair, Mr.
Subramanaian - both from S8 CSE and Ms. Mary from S4 M.Tech. (ES). The event also
witnessed few cultural programs including music and dance.
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Dr. Shikha Tripathi:
Has been chosen as a „Technical Program Committee Member‟ for the Second
International Symposium on „Women in Computing and Informatics (WCI-2014)‟,
to be held from 24th to 27th September, 2014 at Delhi. The event is supported by
IEEE.
Has been chosen as a „Technical Program Committee Member‟ for the International
Conference on „Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics -
ICACCI 2014‟, technically sponsored by IEEE Communications Society & IEEE
Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, Delhi to be held from 24th - 27th September,
2014.
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition
International Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Navin Kumar “New & Effective Modulation & Dimming Control for VLC”
18th - 21st May, 2014
IEEE VTC 2014 - Spring
Conference at Seoul, South
Papers Presented
Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences organized
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE
Dr. Navin Kumar “Visible Light Communication for Vehicular networks (VLCVN 2014)”
18th - 21st May, 2014
IEEE VTC Spring, Seoul, South
Korea
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A paper titled "Performance of EPC Global Gen-2 RFID System Using GNU Radio" was
published by Mr. Kiran T., Mr. Venu Teja M., Mr. Aditya M.V. students of S8 ECE under
the guidance of Dr. Dhanesh G. Kurup and Prof. Braj Bhushan Jha in the International
Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering , ISSN 2250-2459, ISO
9001:2008 Certified Journal, Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2014.
Students’ Achievements
Dr. Vamsi Krishna Tumuluru joined the department in the capacity of „Assistant Professor
(SG)‟ in May, 2014. He completed his M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from National
Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 2008 and Ph.D. in the field of „Computer
Engineering‟ from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2011. He
worked as a Research Associate in NTU from February to October, 2011 and at Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology from November, 2011 to February, 2014. He has
served as a Reviewer and Technical Program Committee Member for various international
conferences and journals. His research interests include computer networking, queuing
theory and optimization especially in the area of smart grid.
Other News
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Farewell 2014
A farewell to the final year students of ECE & EIE was arranged on 5th May, 2014 by
the department. The farewell was coordinated by the ECI Forum. Chairman of the department
wished the students success in all their endeavors. Many senior faculty members addressed the
students and wished them all success too. All the faculty members from the department and the
outgoing students of ECE attended the event.
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Ms. Lakshmi P., who has had to relinquish her job due to personal commitments has been
relieved from duty with effect from 31st May, 2014.
Farewell 2014
The Department of EEE organized the farewell function for the outgoing batch of
students on 6th May, 2014. Dr. Shikha Tripathi and Dr. Rashmi M.R. wished the outgoing
students all success. All faculty members and students of final year attended the function.
Other News
Papers Presented
International Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Anuraj S. Rashmi M.R. Suresh Alex
“A Control Strategy for Harmonic Reduction in a Single Phase High Step Up AC - DC Converter Based on Matrix Converter and Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multiplier with PFC for Low Power Application”
22nd -23rd April, 2014
Springer International
Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Evolutionary
Algorithms in Engineering
Systems (ICAEES 2014), April
2014.
Rohit Bakaliya Archana K.M. Karthik Prabhu Anjana Jain
“Four Quadrant Operation of a Separately Excited DC Motor Using Dual Converter”
11th May 2014
3rd International Conference on Engineering and Technology - ICET 2014, organized by IRD India & IT Society India.
V. Sailaja Nannutreesa
“DSP Controller based double
stage boost topology for Photo
voltaic Application”
MAY 2014 PAGE 13
Papers Presented
Papers Published
International Journal
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION
Shankara K.
“Sorption of iron & copper on Sand-Bentonite -Fly Ash Mixtures”
April, 2014
International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment
“Modelling of the Cu and Fe transport in sand-bentonite and sand-fly ash mixtures”
February, 2014
International Journal of Earth
Science and Engineering
International Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Shashi Kumar M.E. Pramod R.
“Experimental Investigations on Mechanical and Insulation Properties of Nomex and High Silica Polymer Matrix Composite” (Received Best Paper Award)
2nd - 3rd May, 2014
IEEE ICAET-2014 International Conferences on Advances in Engineering and Technology, held at E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu. India.
Prashanth B.N. Pramod R.
“Waste Segregation System using Automatic Garbage Bin”
Mohan Kumar S. Pramod R.
“Investigation of Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Electroplated High Strength Aluminum 7075,T6 Alloy”
2nd - 3rd May, 2014
International Conference on
Advances In Engineering and
Technology(ICAET’14),organized by
Institute of Research Engineers and
Doctors & Rourkee Institute of
Technology in Association with
Uttarakhand Technical Univeristy at
Roorkee, India
Veeresh Kumar G.B. Pramod R.
“Artificial Neural Networks For Predicting the Tribological Behavior of Al7075-SiC Metal Matrix Composites”
National Level Project Exhibition /Paper Presentation Mr. Debanshu Babu Mr. Vinod Kotebavi
“Integration of Selective catalytic reduction components in the engine dynamometer test bench”
13th May, 2014
MECH Manthana /Darshana 2014,
organized by FOSAMECH(Forum of
Sambhram Mechanical ) in co-ordination with Department of
Mechanical Engineering
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Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER
Ms. Smita Singh One day Authors’ workshop
13th February, 2014
Senate Hall, Central
College, Bengaluru. VTU and Springer
Mr. Prashanth B.N. One day event on “Aerospace and Defence Co-Design to Target”
Altem Technologies in partnership with Dassault Systems, Bengaluru.
28th May, 2014
Taj West End, Bengaluru.
Ms. Smita Singh Mr. Magarajan U. Mr. Akhil Jayasankar Ms. Shali S. Mr. Shankara K. Mr. Mohan Kumar S. Mr. Balasubramanya H.S. Ms. Y.P. Deepthi Mr. Phanibhushana M.V. Mr. Ulhas K. Annigeri Ms. Mrudula Prashanth Mr. Raghavendra Ravi Kiran K. Mr. Dileep B.P. Mr. Shashi Kumar M.E Mr. Prashanth B.N. Mr. Ravi Kumar V.
Two-week ISTE Workshop on “Fluid Mechanics”, under the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD (Govt. of India),
IIT, Kharagpur 20th - 30th May, 2014
Amrita School of
Engineering,
Bengaluru.
Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences organized
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE
Mr. Vinod Kotebavi
Two-week ISTE Workshop on “Fluid Mechanics”, under the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD (Govt. of India).
20th - 30th May, 2014
Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru through distance mode using the A-VIEW technology from IIT, Kharagpur.
Mr. Prakash Marimuthu “Effective use of MS word and Endnote software”
26th May, 2014
Embedded Systems lab at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.
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Dr. Veeresh Kumar G.B., Associate Professor, delivered a lecture on the topic “Advances in
Metal Matrix Composites” at a four-day VTU-VGST sponsored Faculty Development
Program held between 9th & 12th of May, 2014 organized by the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Basavakalyan Engineering College, Basavakalyan, Bidar.
Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition
A project titled “Design and Development of Manual and Electrical Type Water Based
Weed Remover” was carried out by Mr. M. Sandeep Jayaram, Mr. M. Datta Sandesh and
Mr. Kalasagar Reddi students of S6, under the guidance of Mr. R. Pramod, Assistant
Professor for TECHNOLOGY RELATED INNOVATIVE PROJECTS (TRIP–2013 -
14), VISION GROUP ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Department of Information
Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka and had
received a grant of Rs. 30,000/-. The project has now been completed successfully and
submitted to VGST. It has also been adjudged as one of the best projects and will be
displayed at VGST sponsored project exhibition to be held at Vidhana Soudha on 18th June,
2014.
The following B.Tech. projects guided by the faculty in the department have been sponsored
by KSCST for the year 2013-14 under 37th Series Student Project Program (SPP). The
projects were evaluated successfully at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru on
10th May, 2014 and an amount of Rs. 6500/- was sanctioned for each of the projects:
Students’ Achievements
Guide Project Mr. Prashanth B.N. “Design and Development of Drainage Inspection and Anti-Clogging
Robot” Mr. Shashi Kumar M.E. “Development of an Eco-friendly Pneumatic Engine for Reduced Fuel
Consumption” Mr. Pramod R. “Design and Development of Automobile Driving Mechanism for
Disabled Arm People”
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Farewell 2014
The Department of Mechanical Engineering held a farewell party to bid adieu to 2010
batch students on 9th May, 2014 in Sudhamani Hall at 2.30 PM. The party started with an
invocation followed by welcome address by Ms. Mrudula Prashanth. Associate Dean & Head
Dr. Rakesh S.G., administered the oath. He spoke on the occasion and wished them all success
for their future. Dr. Nagaraja S.R., Chairman of the department also addressed the students and
wished them best of luck. Some of the faculty members like Mr. Pramod R., Mr. Vinod
Kotebavi & Mr. Ravi Kumar also addressed the outgoing students. Students shared their
experiences at Amrita. Mr. Vinod Kotebavi delivered the vote of thanks. The programme ended
with cultural programme by students and high tea.
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Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition
Dr. K.V. Nagaraja reviewed a paper titled “Numerical solution of second order linear and
non-linear integro-differential equations by cubic spline collocation method” for the Journal
of Advancement in Scientific and Engineering Research.
Dr. Neetu Srivastava:
reviewed a paper titled “Studying performance of Dubinin-Astakhov and Dubinin-
Raduchkevic equations to evaluate nanopore volume and pore size of MCM-41
particles” for International Journal of Engineering, Material and Energy Research
Centre, Iran.
has been selected as a member of International Association for Engineers.
Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences attended
NAME TITLE DATE VENUE NAME OF THE ORGANIZER
Dr. Neetu Srivastava Dr. V. Kesavulu Naidu
Two-week ISTE Workshop on “Fluid Mechanics”, under the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD (Govt. of India),
20th - 30th May, 2014
Amrita School of
Engineering,
Bengaluru
IIT, Kharagpur
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International Conference
NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT
Venkatachalaiah K.N. Kumaraswamy G.N.
“Effect of low energy oxygen ion beam irradiation on structural and electrical properties of PEDOT:PSS and PEDOT:PSS/TiO2 Nanocomposites”
30th - 31st May, 2014
International Conference on Polymers and Allied Materials (ICPAM2014) IIT, Patna
Papers Presented
Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head
Chief Editor
Ms. Meera K.N. Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
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. Kirti S. Pande (Department of ECE) Ms. Sreevidya B. (Department of CSE) Ms. Lakshmi P. (Department of EEE) Ms. Mrudula Prashanth (Department of ME) Dr. Amrita Thakur (Department of Chemistry) Ms. Sarada Jayan (Department of Mathematics) Mr. Shankar Kumaran (Department of Cultural Education) Mr. Shiju Kumar (ICTS)
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