nist e-news(vol 88, april, 2014)

National Institute of Science and TechnologyPalur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha.Phone: 0680-2492421, 2492422, Fax: 0680-2492627e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Website: www.nist.edu.

FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK

NIST is fortunate to have a line of alumni who have done us proud. From having their

snaps on cover pages of Company Annual Reports, to getting Chairman’s Awards, to

being entrepreneurs in education, software, products and the list goes on. But the joy is

unparalleled when we find alumni doing things which we never thought of or trained them for.

One such student Jubanashwa Mishra (2002-06) recently took the unbeaten track to do 28 jobs

in 28 weeks in 28 states to prove that we can do almost anything if we have a passion for it. In

the process he toyed with being a sevak at a temple to a photographer to a boatdriver to a TRP

data analyst. The other alumni Dilshad Ayubi (2004-08) produced a film “Sanjeeda” all of 11

minutes being financed by Eastern Railways on being alert during train travel which will be

screened in all railway stations. We are proud of you.

The country is in the throes of electing its 16th Lok Sabha and simultaneously the Orissa Vidhan Sabha. As responsible

citizens of a democratic country we need to go out and vote. The price of democracy is for citizens to be ever

vigilant. This time we have new ideological parties such as AAP in addition to the existing mainstream political

parties and of course we have NOTA. Hopefully, the new dispensation will lead India and Odisha to rapid development.

Best Wishes Sangram Mudali

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

A few days back, NIST campus reverberated with the activities of Sankalp, the ISTE sponsored techno-

management symposium. Students were found busy organising, participating, and managing the two-day

event in the most successful way. They participated in an array of competitions starting from paper

presentations, poster presentations, art competition, to robo-race, computer games, zorbing, aircraft modelling and

wall climbing where they showed the best of their skills and proving once again that they are the best among all the

students of the university by winning the Champions’ Trophy for the third time in a row.

Now students are once again busy with the on-going even semester examination. Glued to their books and study

materials they are stuck to their avowed aim of performing the best in the university. Sweating out the days in the hot

summer in writing exams and burning the midnight oil for preparing the exams, they are expected to prove that they

are equally best in their academics. The best wishes from all faculty members and staff are with you in this battle of

your life.

The students of NIST will be busy yet another time with the ensuing Employment Oriented Summer Training

Programmes scheduled to start just after the completion of the examination. Being exposed to the best in class

industrial training and certification programmes during Summer Training, the students of NIST will equip themselves

with skills which will make them industry ready. We urge every student to take up one course

appropriate for their career, be it ORACLE, Multimedia, CCNA, VLSI, CADENCE, SAP,

or courses on Spoken English or Japanese Language. The 200-hour rigorous training

programme followed by certification will benchmark the students for their placement activities

and other future endeavours.

Rabi Chandra Singh Dipti Ranjan Lenka

Advisors Editors Cover Page

Prof. Sangram Mudali

Dr Ajit K. Panda

Prof. Geetika Mudali

Mr Dipti Ranjan Lenka

Mr Rabi Chandra Singh

Mr Akhilesh Jena

National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 1 of 18


FROM THE PLACEMENT DIRECTOR’S DESK

The even semester has come to the end and the examinations are knocking at the doors.

I wish the students of NIST ALL THE BEST for their examinations. Thanks to the

BPUT for streamlining the examinations and summer breaks. The citizens of India, as a

nation, are also preparing for the parliamentary elections. All are eagerly waiting to see a stable

and effective government which can lead our country towards a developed nation. The common

man of India needs a clean and corruption free government which can fulfil their aspirations.

The students of NIST must plan and invest their time properly during the extended summer

vacation of 2014. All the students must do at least one employment oriented summer course at

NIST and if possible get the certification. This year we have floated 27 industry oriented summer courses which will

help the students to get placed in the world class companies. These courses are designed based on the feedback

received from the recruiters and alumnus who are working in the industry. These courses will help the students in

their placement activities. During this summer break the students can apply for the Passport, Driving License, and/

or PAN card.

All the students must read some good books on personality development.

NIST is famous for the industry-relations and campus placements. NIST has received many certificates of

appreciations from the world class organizations like Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Sankalp Semiconductor,

Broadcom, etc. The industry is happy and satisfied with the quality of education & training provided at NIST.

I take this opportunity to congratulate the students of the graduating batch for doing well in the campus placements.

Best wishes to the graduates of 2014 for their future endeavours.

Geetika MudaliPlacement Record (till date)

PLACEMENT DETAILS OF

MBA 2014 Graduating Batch

S.No. Name of the Company No.

of

students

1 Armani Jeans 1

2 Calvin Klein 1

3 Reliance Money 1

4 UPS (United Parcel Services) 1

5 ING Vysya 1

6 Shoppers Stop 2

7 Lohiya Motors (TVS SUZUKI) 5

8 RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) 1

PLACEMENT DETAILS OF B. Tech,

MCA 2014 Graduating Batch

S.No. Name of the Company No.

of

students

1 Infosys Limited 135

2 Wipro Technologies 96

3 Capgemini 24

4 Keeves Technologies 1

5 Sankalp Semiconductor 4

6 Merce Technologies 1

7 CoreEL Technologies 3

8 Acumen Consultancy Services 2

9 Cognizant Technology Solutions 8

10 PerfectVIPs 4

11 Caliber Technologies 1

12 Stratbeans Consulting 1

13 R Systems International 2

14 Doxile Technology 3

DST INSPIRE SCIENCE CAMPNIST organised a five-day DST INSPIRE Science Camp from 27th to 31st January 2014. The session was inaugurated

by Prof. Baishnab Charan Tripathy, Vice-

Chancellor, Ravenshaw University in the presence

of S S Bhatnagar Awardee, Prof. Yashwant Gupta,

Dean, GMRT Observatory and National Centre

for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of

Fundamental Research and Prof. Sangram Mudali,

Director, NIST. The participants were informed

and inspired by the talks of eminent personalities

over the span of the five days. They were offered

hands-on experience in the most popular fields of

science including Electronics, Robotics,

Multimedia, CAD/CAM through various lab activities conducted and supervised by different clubs of the institution.

They also showcased their talent not only in academics but also in cultural events. The winners were awarded at the

Valedictory Function marking the grand finale of the five-day DST Inspire Science Camp.Name of Speakers

Prof. Baishnab Charan Tripathy, Vice-Chancellor,

Ravenshaw University

Prof. Yashwant Gupta, Dean, GMRT

Observatory and National Centre for Radio

Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental

Research

Prof. Asok Kumar Nanda, Professor, Dept. of

Mathematics and Statistics, IISER Kolkata

Prof. Uma Charan Mohanty, S. S. Bhatnagar

Awardee, School of Earth Ocean and Climate

Sciences, IIT, Bhubaneswar

Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, NIST

Prof. Suman Chakraborty, S.S. Bhatnagar

Awardee, Prof., Dept. of Mechanical

Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Shankar Prasad Pati, Emeritus Professor,

NIST, Berhampur, Former Prof. of Physics,

Sambalpur University

Prof. Girish Kumar, Dept. of Electrical

Engineering, IIT Bombay

Dr B. S. Pani, Span Resources Management

Services, Bhubaneswar

Prof. Basudev Bhattacharyya, President,Sky

Watchers’ Association

Prof. (Mrs.) Geetika Mudali, Placement Director,

NIST

Prof. G. Panda, Former Deputy Director, IIT

Bhubaneswar

Topic

“Plant Development and Productivity in Space”

‘Pulsars, Interstellar Scattering’: “Exploring the

Universe with Radio Waves: Frontiers and

Challenges in Radio Astronomy”.

“Mathematics and Statistics”

“Tropical cyclone and other extreme weather

events over India”

“Access to Sustainable Energy for All…Scaling

Challenges”

“Microfluidics and Microscale Transport

Engineering in Healthcare: Current Indian

Scenario”

“Get Inspired for Entering Academics (Physics

Family)”

“Cell Tower/Cell Phone Radiation Hazards &

Solution”

“Innovative Plan”

“Mysteries of The Night Sky”

‘Personality Development’

“Current trends on Science and Technology”


ONE-DAY EDC WORKSHOP ON INITIATION TO ENTERPRISE

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell of the Institute organised a one-day

Workshop on ‘Initiation to Enterprise’ on 19th February 2014. Mr Mrinal Das, Vice

President, Sankalp Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. delivered a lecture highlighting the

importance of entrepreneurship in general and ‘Spirit of Entrepreneurship’ in

particular followed by the question answer session with the students. The second

speaker Mr Santosh Kumar Sabat, Chartered Accountant, delivered his talk on

various areas of financial requirements for an entrepreneur. This workshop was

organised to motivate and guide the B. Tech, MBA final and pre-final year students

of the Institute to become entrepreneurs.

ONE DAY SEMINAR ON RESEARCH AREAS IN SOLAR ENERGY

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering conducted

a one-day Seminar on RESEARCH AREAS IN SOLAR ENERGY on

20th February 2014 at TIFAC Seminar Hall. Prof. Hari Mohan Upadhyaya,

Head, Energy Engineering Group Institute of Mechanical Process and

Energy Engineering (IMPEE) and School of Engineering and Physical

Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, was the speaker on this

occasion. Prof. Sangram Mudali, Director, Prof. Ajit K Panda, Principal,

Prof. S. N. Sahu, Emeritus Professor, NIST were also present. Faculty

members and students of Department of Electrical Sciences attended this

Program. Prof Hari Mohon Upadhyaya visited NIST as a part of DST-

UKIERI project signed between NIST, India and Heriot University, U.K.

ONE DAY SEMINAR ON NANO PHOTONICSISTE, Faculty Chapter, NIST organised a one-day Seminar on Nano

Photonics on 21st February 2014 in the Institute Auditorium. Prof. Khozo

Hakuta, Director of Centre for Photonic Innovation, University of Electro

Communication, Tokyo, Japan spoke on this occasion. Faculty members,

students attended this seminar. Prof. Hakuta also delivered a specialized

technical talk on manipulation of Single Photon to the Photonics group.

Prof. Hakuta visited NIST as a part of MoU between NIST and University

of Electro Communications (UEC), Japan.

ROBOTICS WORKSHOPAn autonomous Robotics Workshop was organised at National Institute of Science

& Technology on 19th and 20th January 2014 by Technophilia Systems, Mumbai.

NIST was made the Centre for the Zonal level competition for ‘AAGOMANI

2014’, a national level competition organised by IIT Bombay. The Workshop

covered areas like: Details on AVR microcontroller & its programming using

embedded C; Application of microcontrollers embedded C & vision system in

industry, military, medical, home appliances, home-automation etc.; Interfacing

and controlling various devices like keypad/push button switches, LEDs, motors,

sensors etc. with microcontroller; Making serial communication with PC using

hyper terminal and UART communication protocol; Making obstacle avoider,

obstacle follower and line follower robot; and Developing image processing robots using camera vision system & MATLAB

Making colour detector, MATLAB GUI based PC controlled robot, ball follower robot.

Eleven students from NIST were selected from the Zonal Competition for the national round.


NATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AT NISTSchool students showcased their skills in robotics during the semi-finals of the National Robotics Competition,

RobotzIndia 2013 for school children of the State held at National Institute of Science and Technology. The competition

was organised by Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Foundation (RAIF), a Chennai based non-profit organisation

with the US Consulate, with the support of the NIST Robotics Club. Named ‘the junior scientist’, over 120 school

students took part in the competition. They were trained in robotics for about two months by the engineering

students of the NIST Robotics Club. They were provided support to procure equipment from outside the State.

During the competition, these young robotics enthusiasts tested their skill of running wheeled crafts through wireless

control inside maze like arena which had several hurdles.

Students from DAV Public School, Berhampur, as well as those from St. Vincent Convent School and Sankalp

Residential School of the city were selected during the semi-finals for participation in the finals at IIT Madras

campus on Jan 28, 2014. Apart from them a large number of school going students also got interested in robotics due

to this competition. There was also competition of innovative ideas in robotics. Two models prepared by students of

DAV Public School, Berhampur, drew the attention of the audience. One of these models was that of a humanoid

which could be used by defence forces during hazardous operations. Another was a robot-farmer. This robot farmer

named Ted had the ability to check the PH level of soil, its water content and other aspects of field needed for

cultivation. It would take decision regarding sowing of seeds based on the data it procures from the soil. The

programme was coordinated by Mr Swagat Kumar Samantaray, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and

Communication Engineering and Faculty Advisor, NIST Robotics Club.

CSIR FELLOWSHIP TO NIST FACULTYMr Swagat Kumar Samantaray, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communication

Engineering, has received the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Fellowship to do his

Ph. D. from CSIR - Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh.

ROBOCON 2014The members of NIST Robotics Club (NRC) participated in the national level competition of Robocon-2014 organised

by MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune during 6th to 8th March 2014. Competing with 89 participating teams from

all across the country, NRC secured 23rd position in the contest. The theme

of this year was “Salute to

Parenthood”, where each of the

teams was supposed to present two

robots, a manual (parent robot) and

an automatic (child robot) for

completing four tasks in a time span

of 3 minutes. NRC had to face

tough competition from top colleges

of the country. Only three colleges

from Odisha participated in the same where NRC stood ahead of the other

two participants from the state. Mr B. Rajanarayan Prusty, Assistant Professor,

Dept. of Electrical Engineering and NRC Faculty Advisor accompanied the students to the competition.

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR NISTNIST proposal to the Indo-UK DST-UKEIRI program has been approved amidst stiff competition. The project

funding will be from DST in India and British Council in the UK. With the help of this programme, faculty and

students will be required to conduct a part of their research work in the laboratories of Prof. Harimohan Upadhyaya

(our collaborator) in Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Dr. S N Sahu, Emeritus Prof., Dr Sukanta Kumar

Tripathy, Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Dr Duryodhan Sahu, Associate Prof.,

Dept. of Chemistry were part of the Core Team for this DST-UKEIRI project Award.


IEEE EDS MINI COLLOQUIUM

IEEE EDS NIST Students Chapter organised a one-day IEEE EDS Mini Colloquium on Nano Devices on 22nd

February 2014 in the institute Auditorium. Among the distinguished resource persons were Prof. Jagdish Kumar,

IIT, Delhi; Prof. K. Radhakrishnan, Nanorail, Bangalore; Prof. Chandan Sarkar, Jadavpur University; Prof. G.

N. Dash, Sambalpur University; and Prof. R. K. Mishra, IEEE Antenna and Propagation Kolkata Chapter. The

talks were on the Recent VLSI/Nano Devices. Mr Mukesh Shukla, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Communication

Engineering, Mr Harikrushna Gantayat, Assistant Prof., Dept. of ECE and Mr M. Suresh, Course Coordinator,

B. Tech programme coordinated the colloquim.

TI INNOVATION CHALLENGE: INDIA ANALOG

DESIGN CONTEST 2014Texas Instruments India University Program conducted the Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge: India Analog

Design Contest 2014 for College-Level for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of the institute during

14th February to 14th March 2014. The contest presented a challenge to the students to use TI’s semiconductors

such as embedded processors and Analog ICs in creative ways to solve system-level design problems. A total

number of 450 students participated in the contest and the result is as follows:

Roll No Name

201110094 Deepak Kumar Tripathy

201111010 Shyama Nayak

Winner group 201110076 Sibasish Mohanty

201112179 Gyana Ranjan Panigrahy

201111140 Ipsita Panda

201110365 Akhilesh Choudhury

201110524 Satyajit Dash

1st runner-up 201140283 Prateek Padhy

201110112 DibyaJyoti Panda

201110353 Parthageet Samantaray

201140145 Sriman Pathy

201110217 Sumeet Dash

2nd runner-up

201140032 Aditya Prasad Tripathy

201140034 Bishnu Charan Bhanja

201140050 Aditya Kumar Nayak

The programme was coordinated by Mr Mitu Baral, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Communications

Engineering.


TRAINING ON EXATA TOOLSA training program on Installation and usage of Exata Tool was organised in the Network Security and Computer

Vision Lab on 22nd January 2014). EXATA helps in planning cell design for efficient networking. For more details

contact faculty Bhawani Shankar Pattnaik.

ACCREDITATION BY TATA STEELThe senior delegates from Tata Steel visited NIST campus to accredit the college for future placement activities.

They visited all the buildings, hostels, classrooms, auditorium, conference rooms, laboratories, placement cell, faculty

rooms, etc. They interacted with the Director, Principal, HODs, Coordinators, and Faculty members.

BOOK PUBLICATIONDr Sudhir Kumar Panigrahy, Professor, Dept. of Management Studies authored a

Book, ‘Entrepreneurship Development’ published by Siri Publishers and Distributors Pvt.

Ltd., Hyderabad (ISBN no. 978-8-19-210345-7).

Book Chapter PublicationDr Ratnakar Mishra, Associate Prof., Dept. of Management Studies along with A. Mishra published

a book chapter ‘Industrial displacement and socio-economic rights; a case study of TATA Steel’s

Gopalpur project in Odisha’ in S Debnath (Ed.) ‘Contours of modern management research’, Chapter-

23, pp-344-367, Lap-Lambert Publications, Germany.

PAPER PUBLICATIONSPapers published in National/International Journals

w P. Majumdar, A. Pati, M. Patra, R. K. Behera, A. K. Behera, “Acid Hydrazides, Potent Reagents for Synthesis

of Oxygen-, Nitrogen-,and/or Sulfur-Containing Heterocyclic Rings”, Chemical Review 2014 (ASAP).

w T. Sahu, S. Palo, P. K. Nayak and N. Sahoo, “Enhancement of low temperature electron mobility due to an

electric field in an InGaAs / InAlAs double quantum well structure”, Semiconductors (Accepted) published by

Springer 2014.

w S. Das, R. K. Nayak, T. Sahu and A. K. Panda, “Enhancement of electron mobility in asymmetric coupled

quantum well structures”, J. Appl. Phys. (accepted for publication, in press), 2014.

w S. Das, R. K. Nayak, A. K. Panda and T. Sahu, “Multisubband electron mobility in asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs

quantum well structures”, Superlattices and Microstructures 66, 39–47 (2014).

w N. Sahoo and T. Sahu, “Multisubband electron mobility in a parabolic quantum well structure under the influence

of an applied electric field”. Journal of Semiconductors 35, 012001-6 (2014) (Published by IOP, UK).

w Ch. Murthy, K. Ajay Varma, D. S. Roy, D. K. Mohanta, “Reliability Evaluation of Phasor Measurement Unit

Using Type-2 Fuzzy Set Theory,” IEEE Systems Journal, (Accepted for publication), 2014.

w Venkatesan Srinivasadesikan, Prabhat K. Sahu, Shyi-Long Lee, “Spectroscopic probe on N–H….N, N–H...O

and controversial C–H...Ocontact in A–T base pair: A DFT study, SpectrochimicaActa Part A: Molecular and

Biomolecular”, Spectroscopy 120 (2014) 542–547.

w G. Palai, S. K. Tripathy, “Measurement of glycerol concentration in B-H-G solution using 3D photonic crystal

structure”, Optik –Int.J.LightElectronOpt (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.11.055


w Dr Umakanta Misra, Professor, Dept. of Mathematics along with M. Misra, B. P. Padhy and D. Bisoy,

published a paper entitled “A Theorem on Summability of Infinite Series”, International Journal of Mathematical

Sciences, Technology and Humanities(International e Journal), ISSN 2249 -5460, 112 ( 2014),pp 1209 – 1220.

w Dr Umakanta Misra, along with M. Misra, B. P. Padhy and D. Bisoyi, “On two Absolute index summability

methods”, Journal of Advances in Mathematics (ISSN: 2347-1921) Vol. 6, No.1, (Jan. 2014), pp 859-866.

w Mr Pramath Nath Acharya, Prof., Department Management Studies, along with Dr Rudra Prasanna Mahapatra,

Professor, P.G. Dept. of Commerce, Berhampur University published a research paper titled “Working Capital

Management: A Case Study of NALCO” in the Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 27 No. 2 pp 35-44,

ISSN: 0970-9029.

w Neha Sharma (NIST Summer Research Intern from University College of Engineering, Kota), A. K. Khuntia

(Mech Faculty, NIST), A. K Samantaray (Mech Faculty, NIST, M. Reza (2013): Numerical Investigation of

MHD Flow over a Stretching Sheet with Convective Boundary Conditions, 58th Congress of Indian Society of

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ( ISTAM ). 8th - 21st December, 2013 Bengal Engineering and Science

University (BESU), Kolkata.

w Dr Ratnakar Mishra, Associate Prof., Dept. of Management Studies along with A. Patnaik published an article

on ‘Climate controlled environment and student productivity: An empirical analysis’ in the journal, Parikalpana

(KIIT School of Management). Vol-10(1), 127-141.

w Dr P. S. Rama Sreekanth, Associate Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Anurag Priyedarshi published

a paper: Comparison of elastic modulus of MWCNT polyethylene composites using nanoindentation and

macromechanical analysis’ in the International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology.

w Dr Ram Kulesh Thakur, Assistant Prof., Dept. of English published a paper: ‘Unravelling Pashupati Jha’s

Engineering in Love, Philosophy, Movement, and Peace” in the Journal of the Odisha Association for English

Studies, vol. 4, issue 1, Baleswar 2014 (ISSN: 2249 - 6726).

PAPER PRESENTATIONDr Suresh Patnaik, Asso. Prof., Dept. of Management Studies presented a research paper: “A Study

on Consumers Buying Behaviour in Organized and Unorganized Retailing in Understanding Consumer

Buying Behaviour by Listening to the Voice of the Customer” at the 2014 Annual Conference of

Emerging Markets Conference Board held at IIM Lucknow (Noida campus) on 10th January 2014.

Mr Rama Ranjan Panda, M. Tech., CSE presented a paper: “Analysis and Estimation

of Overflow Probability in Jackson Queuing Networks” co-authored by Dr Motahar Reza,

faculty member, Dept. of Mathematics in the International Conference on ‘Emerging

Trends in Communication, Control, Signal Processing and Computing Applications IEEE-

C2SPCA 2013’ jointly organised by the Dept. of Electronics and Communication

Engineering and Computer Applications, the Oxford College of Engineering, Bengaluru

and the Oklahoma State University, USA on 10th and 11th October 2013.

Mr Rama Ranjan Panda presented a paper: “Optimization of Buffer Overflow Probability

in Jackson Queuing Networks using Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System” co-authored by

Dr Motahar Reza in the 2nd ‘International conference on Business and Information

Management-IEEE-ICBIM-2014’ jointly organised by the Dept. of Computer Applications,

the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Dept. of Management Studies,

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur and Emporia State University, USA on

9th, 10th and 11th January 2014.


Ms Gayatri Panda, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Management Studies presented a paper: “Modern

Technology and Higher Education” co-authored by Dr Sumita Mishra, Professor, KIIT University,

BBSR and Dr Sisira K. Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Management Studies, NIST in the 7th National

Management Convention on ‘The Dynamics of Education to Employment Journey: Opportunities &

Challenges’ held on 21st and 22nd February 2014 at KSOM, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.

Dr P. S. Rama Sreekanth, Associate Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering presented a

paper: “Comparison of Elastic Modulus of MWCNT Polyethylene Composites using Nano

Indentation and Macro Mechanical Analysis: at International Conference on Advances in

Mechanical Sciences, held at Hyderabad during 9th to 11th January 2014. The paper received

the Best Paper Award in Nano Materials Division.

WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES ATTENDEDMr Aditya Prasad Padhy and Mr Dhirendra Kumar Malik, faculty members, Dept. of Electrical

and Electronics Engineering attended the 1st ‘International Conference on Advances In Electrical

Engineering (ICAEE-2014)’, organised by the School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University,

Vellore from 9th to 11th January 2014.

Dr Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering

and Ms Sonali Prava Dash, faculty member, Dept. of ECE attended a 2-day Workshop on

‘Lumerical FDTD Solutions for Photonics Applications held at Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore on 27th and 28th January 2014.

Dr Sudhir Kumar Panigrahy, Prof., Dept. of Management Studies attended the 96th Annual Conference of The

Indian Economic Association held from 27th 29th December 2013 at Meenakhi University, Tamilnadu.

INVITED TALKSw Dr P. A. Sreeram, HPC and Open-Source Consultant, TIS Labs and former faculty, IISER Kolkata delivered a

talk on Collaboration between TIS Labs and NIST in Open-Source Based IT Education on 21st November 2013.

w A lecture series was delivered by Dr Nirmal Hui, Assistant Professor, NIT Durgapur from 12th – 14th December

2013 on Computational Intelligence. The lectures were designed especially for the M. Tech. 1st semester students

and faculty members.

w Prof T. Srinibas, Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc, Bangalore visited NIST

on 22nd March 2014. He spoke to the faculty members about Photonic Band Gap structures for Communication and

Sensor Applications in the TIFAC seminar Hall. The different research works in Photonics at NIST and Applied

Photonics Department at IISc Bangalore were also discussed.

UNDP GEF MNRE PROJECTNIST as the local consultant organised a one-day workshop for

designing a “UNDP-GEF (Global Environment Facility) MNRE

(Ministry of New & Renewable Energy) project to scale-up

access to clean energy for rural productive uses” on 17th

January 2014 at Apex Institute of Technology and Management,

Bhubaneswar. The aim of the workshop was to share the project

concept with the stakeholders in the focus states; collect

information on the past and on-going renewable energy initiatives

having similarities with the proposed initiative in the state;

understand state development priorities/programmes and

collaboration possibilities; and to prepare a first list of cluster

level renewable energy project ideas (5-8 Nos, where energy


will be primarily used for productive applications) that can be further explored and developed in future and can be

included in the proposed project for implementation. Delegates from Government of Odisha, NGOs, Renewable

industries of the state and neighbouring states, and academicians working on rural development projects participated

in the workshop gave a number of innovative ideas for creating microenterprises in rural areas using renewable

energy sources.

Some of the enterprises are:

· Rural Tourism with solar houses

· Solar boats for eco-tourism in Chilika, Satapada

· Oil Milling/Extraction from Seeds for oil, biodiesel

· Cashew apple/Custard apple/Pineapple/food processing

· Algae farming for extraction of biodiesel

· Lifting drinking water to hilltop villages

· Using Poultry litter/Cow Dung for Biogas

· Small Cold Storage for vegetable farming/potato.

· Spice Processing/Leaf Plates Stitching/Kewda processing

· Night Schools

· Home Cooking Stove

· Small Health Diagnostic Centre

· Handicrafts (wood/metal carving)

· Solar Dryers/Threshers for Agricultural use

· Supplying to Cell phone towers

WORKSHOP ON LEARNING CONTENT PREPARATIONMr Srikant Acharya, Founder, Director and CEO, Quampus visited the institute to deliver a talk on “Learning

Content Preparation” in a workshop held on 8th February 2014 at institute Auditorium. The workshop included

hands-on Tutorials, demonstrations on how to prepare the teaching material, video, animation etc. Many faculty

members attended the workshop. Now faculty members of NIST can make their own video lectures using the

Quampus i-Spring software.

TTT ON MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING ANDROID

A three-day Train the Trainer Programme on ‘Mobile Application Development using Android’ co-sponsored by

Infosys Campus Connect was organised at the institute during 18th to 20th December 2013. Faculty members from

different Campus Connect partnering colleges of Odisha participated in the programme. The resource persons for

the programme were Ms Kavya G., Infosys, Mangalore DC and Mr Bhupesh Deka, Infosys, Bhubaneswar DC.

NIST STAFF INVITED AS SPEAKER BY ROTARY CLUB, BERHAMPUR

Mr Gaurav Rath, Assistant Placement Officer, NIST was invited by the

Rotary Club of Berhampur as the Speaker on the topic ‘STOP NOISE

POLLUTION’. Mr Rath delivered an impressive audio visual presentation

on the topic. He introduced the topic by giving examples of noise pollution

by religious organisations and band parties during marriage processions.

He also spoke on the Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control) Act, 2000

and its various provisions and power. Finally he gave a record of all his

interactions with various Govt. agencies in the form of RTIs and letters.

Rtn. E. Siva Prasad Rao, President, Rotary Club, Rtn. R. Murali Krishna,

Hony. Secretary and all the club members were extremely happy about

such a splendid work done by Mr Rath at such an early age.

Among the Resource Persons were Mr Srinivasan

Iyer, Asst. Country Director, UNDP; Mr Frank

Pool, International Consultant; Mr V. K. Jain,

Director, MNRE; Dr S. P. Gon Chaudhuri, NBIRT,

Kolkata; and Dr Sameer Maithel, Greentech

Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Mr Bhagabati P.

Pattnaik, Faculty member, School of Electrical

Sciences, NIST coordinated the workshop along

with Dr Ashok K. Das Sunmoksha, Bangalore.


THURSDAY LECTURE SEMINAR SERIESDate: December 5, 2013

Speaker/s Title

Mr Pradeep Kumar A.B Effective Algorithms in prioritizing and suggesting popular items

Prof. Arun Kumar Mahapatro Ethics as the Spine of Life

Ms Abhyarthana Bisoyi Application of Internet Protocols in Lab VIEW

Date: December 12, 2013

Dr Prabhat K. Sahu On Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 and On Recent Advances in

Computational Drug Design

Mr Tryambaka Mahapatra Swaps as an instrument of financial derivatives


Mr Anal Paul and Mr Chidananda Das RGB Image Encryption by Using Discrete Log with and Lorenz’s

(B. Tech. student) Chaotic Function

Ms Ruma Roy A new approach for vibration based prognosis

Prof. E. Rajarao Read the Dictionary between the Lines


Mr Pinaki Prasad Panigrahi Efficient Optimal Route Stability Routing Protocol in

MANET Using Gauss-Markov Mobility Mode

Mr Asit K.Panda and

Mr Shiva Prasad Patro

(B. Tech. Student) Modeling of Luneburg Lenses for Broadband Communications

Mr Sachidananda Prasad Coordinated Control of PSS and SVC for transient

stability enhancement of Multi Machine Power System

Date: January 09, 2014

Mr Prasant Mohanty An alternate Pumping Lemma Approach for proving Non Regular

Language

Ms Rasmita Ku. Nayak Electron mobility enhancement in barrier delta doped

asymmetric double quantum well structure.

Ms Monalisa Mishra Teaching and learning English as a second language- a real challenge.

Date: January 23, 2014

Mr Priyatosh Mahish Study of magneto-optic sensor using TDG element

Mr Partha Garai Fuzzy-Rough MRMS Method for Relevant and Significant Attribute

Date: February 06, 2014

Prof. Geetika Mudali Healthcare Management

Date: February 20, 2014

Ms Shanti Nanisetti and

Ms Sujata Mudali The what, why and how of BEC...

Date: March 20, 2014

Mr R. K. Shial Finding a trusted and shortest path mechanism of routing protocol of

Mobile ad-hoc Network

Mr Ansuman Das

(B. Tech., student) A survey on effect of Glitch on some digital circuits using EDA tools

Mr Soumya Ranjan,

Mr Arkadipta Chandra and

Mr Bhagabati P Pattnaik Odisha Solar Conference

Mr Sarbeswar Barik Symposium on Complex analysis and conformal Geometry

Date: March 27, 2014

Mr Shom Prasad Das Advanced Engineering Optimization through Intelligent Techniques

Mr Sourav Pramanik Multi Sensor image fusion based on statistical features


ACADEMIC HONORARIUM 23RD JAN 2014Academic Honorarium Award for BEST FEEDBACK in odd semester (Jul–Dec 2013)

DEGREE: B. Tech

NAME OF THE FACULTY MEMBER FEEDBACK SEMESTER

Mr M. Suresh 9.72 7th Sem

Dr Abhro Mukherjee 9.73 5th Sem

Mr Rajesh Kumar Dash 9.87 3rd Sem

Dr Arunanshu Mahapatro 9.76 1st Sem

MCA

Mr Pradeep Kumar Jena 9.705 5th Sem

Mr Bhawani Shankar Gouda 9.85 3rd Sem

Prof. E. Raja Rao 9.295 1st Sem

MBA

Mr Bishnu Kar Nayak 9.66 1st Sem

SANKALP 2013

SANKALP is a national-level techno-management symposium organized by the National Institute of Science

and Technology, Berhampur, with an aim to nurture the technical expertise and skills among youngsters. The

two-day event provides a unique platform to showcase their talents fuelling their innovations in all myriad

forms so that they can defy the odds to achieve the pinnacle of fame and glory. Two days of extravaganza presents

a plethora of events including Robotics, Web Designing, Quizzes, Coding, Paper Presentation and many more. This

enthralling techno-fiesta gives a chance to students to explore and conquer the vast realm of new horizon, redefining

the meaning of success itself.

Carrying the legacy forward ‘Sankalp 2013’ through various technical, management, and fun events tested the

caliber of the enthusiastic participants from NIST and different colleges of the state. It included Invited Talks, Panel

Discussions, RC Aircraft Modeling Workshop, Technical events and contests, and fun events like Star Nite and

Cultural Evening. The Invited Talks included engaging talks by eminent personalities like Mr C. P. Singh, Dr B. S.

Pani, Dr Ganapati Panda, Former Deputy Director, IIT, BBSR and also an amazing talk by the V. P. of ISTE, Prof.

P. K. Desai.

This was the 10th version of the original theme since its inception in the year 2003. Since then, the voyage has been

propelled with the true spirit of team work, cooperation, coordination and determination which was catalyzed by the

motivation and inspiration of our esteemed Director, Prof. Sangram Mudali and Placement Director, Prof. (Mrs.)

Geetika Mudali.

This year, the events were categorized under the ‘Aseemit’ resources as well as the core constituents of the

universe. These elements are Vaayu, Prithvi, Agnee, Aakash and Jal. Various events were held under each of these

categories. The enthralling performances by Kunal Ganjawala, the famous Bollywood playback singer and Sunil

Sawra, the stand-up comedian from the Great Indian Laughter Challenge Season 2 on the Star Nite were the

cynosure of all eyes. The atmosphere was filled with joy and laughter of students, faculty members and staff alike.

People thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

The list of events and the winners is as follows:Sl. No Event Name Prize Winners1 Akshaya (Rec Model Competition) 1st Rashmi Agarwal, Shiulisinha

2nd Subham Das, Tapan Sahu,Mohammad Ali

2 Aavirbhav (Repurpose) 1st Sharmila Barik, Ipsita3 Chittavritti (Art Gallery) 1st Swagat Ku. Mishra4 Dristikone (Photo Exhibition) 1st Barsha Bandita

2ND Manisha Patro5 Paripath (Ideo-Hardware Implementation) 1ST Vivek Kumar, Aviraj Kumar, Gyandip Kumar

2ND (I) Pranita Kumari Swain, Abhijit Patnaik, Gupteswar Mishra, V. Gobind Sagar


(II) Swati Saishree, Pratik Kumar Badu3RD Komal Kumari, Gaurav NehruIdea Veen Mishra

6 Sighra Sancharan (On-Spot Designing) 1ST (I) Vikash Nayak, P. Bishnu Prasad Reddy(II) Daksh Priya Vardhan, Nitish Kumar

2ND Sanjay Kumar, Yoshwant Lal7 Gativad (Robo Race) 1ST Pratik Kumar Badu, Amandeep,

Swati Sai Shree2ND Aman Kumar Singh, Malaya Kumar Giri,

Bibhash N. Dash, Jayesh Ranjan Majhi8 Kurukshetra (Robo War) 1ST Sidharth Sutar, Rupesh Ranjan

Panda, Chandan Kumar Panda, Jite Bajria2ND Durga Prasad Mohapatra, Subhendu, Soumya

Ranjan Patanaik, Soumya Ranjan Sahu9 Margadarshita (Automatic) 1ST Bibhas N. Dash, Malya Krushna Giri

2ND Aman Kumar Singh, Jayesh Ranjan Majhi10 Vidwana (Genaral Quiz) 1ST Vikash Kumar Singh, Debashish Moharana

2ND Sagar Singari, Amit Kumar Pradhan11 Nirvana (Core Quiz) 1ST Jay Prakash, Mithilesh Ku. Rana

2ND Nitish Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar12 Cosm’avatar (Model) 1ST Abhilash Kumar, Dimpal Kumari,

M. Siba Prasad Senapati2ND Soumya Ranjan Senapati

13 Nakshatra (Quiz/Treasure Hunt/Astro Quest) 1ST Sanchit Ranjan, Abhirup Maitra, Arabinda Pradhan,Priyanka Verma, Sumit Kumar

2ND Snigdha Sahoo, Subhasmita Patra, Sanjeev Ku.Rout, Mansi Mohanta, Nishi Gandha Nayak

14 Rachayita (Think-O-Build) 1ST Sanjukta Mohanty, T. Sweety, Subhasmita Pradhan,Priyanka Panda, Subhalaxmi Jena

2ND Pratyasha Mohanty, Pratiksha Das, Mukesh Barik,Devidutta Pandasudhanshu Gadtia

15 Nidhi Anvesanam (Treasure Hunt) 1ST Visakha Singh, Neha Verma16 Vaakpraniti (Writ-Oral) 1ST Rishab Anand

2ND Dipti Bassi17 Antarjaal (Web Designing) 1ST Rahul Roshan, Rani Verma

2ND (I) Subhankar Dutta, Bhagyashree Jena(II) Manojkumar, Varsha Vandita

18 Vismaykriti (Flash/Photoshop Contest) 1ST (I)A. Ashok (II) Suravi Sahu2ND (I) Chiranjeev (II) S. Manisha Dash

19 Gyanashastra (Ethical Hacking) 1ST Pravat Ku. Sahoo, Diwakar Biswal2ND N. Vijay Kumar

20 Astra Mahipate (Tech- King of Computer) 1ST Aditya Raj, Sonu Kumar Rana, Sonali Patnaik,Sagarika Sabat, Sushre Manisha Dash, HimanshiuKashyap, Swayamsidha Swain, TrilochanMahto,Swati Sucharita, BanipriyaMishratanamaya Ku. Guru, A. V. Bharadwaj

21 Kartik & Kritika (Mr & Ms Sankalp) Mr Sankalp Mr Subham KamalMs Sankalp Ms Eva Anant Xara

22 Ranbhoomi (Gaming) 1st NFS Boys: Kaustubh Ku. BholNFS Girls: Aliya FatimaFIFA: Prateek Padhy,UT: Biswajit MahapatraCS: Kaustav Kumar Bhol and TeamMOTOGP: Parthajeet Mohanty

2ND FIFA: Saswat SenapatyUT: Shretabash BeheraCS: Ashutosh BouraMOTOGP: Diwakar Biswal

23 Nritiyangan (Intercollege Dance) 1ST NIST2ND APEX

24 Dhristi (Paper Presentation) 1ST EIE/EEE: Sunil BanerjeeECE: Saurabh Harsh, Sashank SekharMCA/CS/IT: Gopal Krushna Sahu, Shweta

Mech/Civil: Smita Sahu, Sneha KumariMBA: Jyoti Padhy, Spandana Gannavarpu


2ND EIE/EEE: Manashmita Patro, Kishan SahuECE: Swati Kumari, Shweta SinghMCA/CS/IT: Abhirup MaitraMech/Civil: Abhishek Kumar, Sukant Ku. SinghMBA: Manish Majumdar

25 Mrigyati (Business Plan) 1ST Priyanka Dash26 Prarocana (Creative Ad Plan) 1ST Snigdha Priya27 Vshwasharwam (Pspice) 1ST Deepakkumar Tripathy

2ND Satyajit Dash28 Abhigyanam (Xilinx) 1ST Vanamaliajay, Mahesh Ch. Patnaik

2ND Suman Ku. Patra, Amit Kumar Panda29 Prayogshala (Lab View) 1ST Md. Sakir, Nabjyoti Mohanty

2ND Shivangi, Mitali Pradhan30 Nripansh (Share Market) 1ST Tajesh Ranjan Majhi

2ND Abhiroop Moitra31 Tajaspardha (Coding) 1ST Shanaul Haque Raghav Jha, Harkrishn Patro32 Samaya Kramadhesh (Rapid Fire Prog) 1ST Raghav Jha, Shanul Haque, Ravikant

2ND Vikash Singh, Abhinash Mishra, Tanmay Guru33 Chitrayaan (Poster Presentation) 1st Nishi Gandha Nayak, Jyoti Padhy

2nd Soumya Ranjan Senapati

SOCIAL WORK BY NIST NSS UNITThe NSS volunteers of Institute conducted an Old Newspaper

Distribution Programme at Odisha Service Centre for the Blind

near Nalini Vihar, Berhampur on 29th December 2013 (Sunday).

The team donated 2500 units of old newspapers to be used for

writing. Further, the team discussed the development and future

needs of the students. Dr Pradyumna Kumar Patra, faculty

member, Dept. of ECE being at the venue encouraged the blind

children for their better future endeavour. This programme was

coordinated by Dr Duryodhan Sahu, faculty member, Dept. of

Chemistry and coordinator, NIST NSS Unit.

HEALTH AND SANITATION AWARENESS CAMP BY NSS VOLUNTEERS

The student volunteers of NIST NSS Unit organised a Health and Sanitation Awareness Camp at Garamapeta, a

coastal village 20 Kms away from NIST Campus on 22nd December 2013. In the program the student volunteers

with the able co-ordination of Dr Duryodhan Sahu, made the villagers aware on health issues through prevention of

human contact with the hazards of wastes as well as the treatment and proper disposal of sewage wastewater.

Furthermore, they conducted different competitions like essay writing, quiz and painting, among the 150 school

children of that village and distributed prizes to the winners.

A KIND GESTURE FROM NISTIANSThe student volunteers of NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS), NIST unit has collected a sum of Rs. 10565

(Ten thousand five hundred sixty five rupees) through the wish tree event organised during SANKALP 2013. The

collected money will be used in the blind school for their specially designed study kit.

ANNUAL LIBRARY BOOK FAIR 2014The Annual Library BOOK FAIR was held on 21st and 22nd February 2014 in the Library premises. The publishers

from different places of the country displayed their books on science, technology, literature and others in the fair.

Faculty members, students, and staff members visited the fair in large number. Many faculty members suggested a

number of books for the college library.


6TH INTER SCHOOL LITERARY COMPETITIONThe Club Eureka of the Institute successfully organised the 6th

Inter-School Literary Competition for the class VIII, IX, and X

students of Berhampur on 5th January 2014 at the college

premises. A total of 225 students from seventeen different schools

participated in various competitions like Debate, Essay Writing,

Poem Writing, Story Writing, Poster and Collage Composition,

and Quiz. St. Vincent Convent School students grabbed the

Champions’ Trophy for the second time in a row. Prof. Geetika

Mudali, Placement Director, NIST being present on the Closing

Ceremony congratulated the winners and spoke on the importance of such competitions.

GRIEVANCE CELL IN OISThe Grievance Cell module in the OIS has been introduced. This module will allow students, staff, and faculty

members to put in a complaint about any harassment, indiscipline, ragging, academic matter, personal, or corruption

etc. to the notice of authorities. The grievance may be filed with full disclosure of the person or by keeping the

identity of the complainant anonymous. This is in addition to the existing Disciplinary Committee for resolving issues

at the institute. Another module, Ask NIST has been introduced in the OIS. It enables students and faculty to ask

questions on any academic topic and to elicit answers through crowd sourcing. The selected correct answer(s) will

be rewarded. It is a discussion forum for academics.

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONAn Annual Get Together with special invite to children for faculty members

and staff was organised at the foothills of Palur near NIST Campus on

5thJanuary 2014 to celebrate the New Year by Prof. Sangram Mudali,

Director and Prof. Geetika Mudali, Placement Director, NIST. A special

Magic Show was performed by Jadugar Kumar - Best of Odisha Finalist

2013. Different activities like sports, painting and other competitions were

organised for children and their parents alike.

PARASAILING AT NIST CAMPUSNIST in association with National Adventure Foundations (Odisha Chapter)

conducted Parasailing for the students, staff, and faculty members of NIST

on 7th and 8th February 2014 at NIST cricket ground. A parachute towed

behind a jeep carried the parasailers hundreds of feet into the sky. Hundreds

of NISTians enjoyed the sport.

NIST WON RIT PREMIER LEAGUE 2013NIST staff and faculty team won the RIT Premier League 2013 organised by Roland Institute of Technology,

Berhampur during 20th to 22nd December 2013 at RIT cricket ground. Six engineering colleges participated in the

tournament and the final match was played between NIST and GIET. Chasing a score of 123 in 15 overs, NIST won

the match by 4 wickets in the 14th over. The winning hit was a massive six over the mid-wicket by the all-rounder,

Mr Brindaban Baliar Singh who was declared Man of the Match for his splendid performance in the match. Mr

Vinay Kumar Das, Coordinator, SAC played in the tournament as the skipper of the NIST team coordinated by Mr

Anisur Rahman, Associate Prof., Dept. of Information Technology.


10TH ASIM MEMORIAL ENGINEER’S CRICKET CUP 2014The “10th Asim Memorial Engineer’s Cricket Cup-2013" tournament was organised by NIST at the College Cricket

Ground from 15th to 18th February 2014. The participating teams were GIET, Gunupur; VITAM, Berhampur;

PMEC, Berhampur; COEB, Bhubaneswar; SMIT, Berhampur; RIT, Berhampur; APEX, Bhubaneswar; and the

host institute, NIST. NIST won the Champions’ Trophy in the finals defeating GIET, Gunupur by 3 wickets. The

final match was inaugurated by Dr Motahar Reza and Mr Asesh K Tripathy and the prizes were distributed by Mr

M. Suresh and Mr Anisur Rahman, faculty members, NIST.

Winner NIST

Runner–Up GIET, Gunupur

Best Bats Man Milan Panda, GIET

Best Bowler Shivam Pandey, NIST

Best Fielder Ambica Prasad, NIST

Best Wicket Keeper Sidhartha, GIET

Man of the Series Milan Panda, GIET

Best Disciplined Team PMEC, Berhampur

Man of the Match Samadarshi Rai, NIST

4TH ARGONAUTS TROPHY-2014The Institute organised an Inter College Basketball Tournament ‘ARGONAUTS

TROPHY’ during 17th to 19th February 2014 as a part of the Annual Sports

Meet. The participating institutes were COEB, Bhubaneswar; GIET, Gunupur;

IGIT, Sarang; VITAM, Berhampur; PMEC, Berhampur; GEC, Bhubaneswar;

TRIDENT, Bhubaneswar. GIET, Gunupur won the tournament.

TREKKING CAMP 2014A 15-km trekking on the sea-line of Bay of Bengal from Ramiaha Patnam to Dhabaleshwar Temple was organised by

NIST Students Activity Centre on 12th January 2014 where

around 320 first year students, staff, and faculty members par-

ticipated. Mr. Rabindra Kumar Shial, Batch Coordinator, B.

Tech., 1st year flagged off the event at Ramiaha Patnam and

the entire group was received by Dr Mihir Hota and Mr Anisur

Rehman, faculty members, NIST. The trekkers were provided

with T-Shirts, Caps, and Food. The programme was coordi-

nated by Mr Vinay Kumar Das, SAC, Coordinator.

YOGA AND AEROBICS FOR NIST FACULTY AND STAFF

A fifteen-day Yoga and Aerobics sessions was organised for the faculty members

and staff of the institute at the college yoga centre. Many staff and faculty

members participated in the programme and tried to release their work stress.

Separate sessions on Health Management and Stress Management were also

organised for the faculty and staff of NIST.

BLOOD DONATION CAMP BY NIST ISTE STUDENT CHAPTERA blood donation camp was organised on 24th December 2013 at the college library initiated by ISTE Student

Chapter. Many faculty and staff members donated blood. The camp was inaugurated by Shri Surendra Mudali,

Chairman, NIST.


ANNUAL INTRA-COLLEGE ATHLETIC MEET 2014The Institute organised the Intra-College Athletic Meet-2014 on 8th March, 2014 at the college athletics ground. The events

include: 100 Mtr Race, 200 Mtr Race, 400 Mtr Race, Relay Race, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, High Jump, and Long

Jump. A high voltage play, the NIST Football Tournament, for the first time, was also held between Director’s XI and the

Students XI which was won by the latter. The result of the meet is as follows:

100 Meter Race (Girls)

Name of the Students Semester Position

Anwesha Ashapurna 2nd First

Krishna Bohidar 2nd Second

Aishwarya Tripathy 2nd Third

100 Meter Race (Boys)

Shyam Mohanty 8th First

Subham Mishra 2nd Second

Mukesh Kumar Mahto 6th Third



Krishna Bohidar 2nd Second


200 Meter Race (Boys)

Mukesh Kumar Mahto 6th First

V. Narasingha Rao 2nd Second

Biswajit Roul 2nd Third


Krishna Bohidar 2nd First

Subhasmita Jani 2nd Second


400 Meter Race (Boys]

Sawan Panigrahi 6th First

V. Narasingha Rao 2nd Second

Shyam Mohanty 8th Third

Javelin Throw (Boys)

Santh Kumar Padhy 2nd First

Jwala Pratap Singh 2nd Second

Akash Ranjan 2nd Third

Javelin Throw (Girls)

Pritam Palai 2nd First

Smriti Rekha Nayak 6th Second

Varsha Vandita Lenka 6th Third

Discus Throw (Boys)

Soumya Ranjan Naak 6th First

Santh Kumar Padhy 2nd Second

Soumya Ranjan Sahoo 8th Third

Discus Throw (Girls)


N. Priyanka Dora 2nd Second

Itishree Priyadarshini 2nd Third

Shot-Put (Boys)

Sabya Sachi Panda 2nd First

Devashish Sahani 6th Second

Shiva Sankar 2nd Third

Shot-Put (Girls)

N. Priyanka Dora 2nd First

Smriti Rekha Nayak 6th Second

Pritam Palai 2nd Third

Lemon Race (Boys)

Anshuman Satpathy 2nd First

Rajkumar Senapaty 2nd Second

Rajat Mohanty 2nd Third

Lemon Race (Girls)

Varsh Vandita Lenka 6th First

Susmita Sahoo 6th Second

Aishwarya Mohapatro 6th Third

First- Relay Race (BOYS)

Subham Mishra 2nd First

V. Narasingha Rao 2nd First

Biswajit Roul 2nd First

Amlan Subudhi 2nd First

Second- Relay Race (BOYS)

Souratendu Praharj 8th Second

B. Dhana Sagar 8th Second

Asish Padhi 8th Second

Shyam Mohan Panda 8th Second

Third - Relay Race (BOYS)

Ritesh Kumar 4th Third

Neeraj Thamba 4th Third

Rohit Tiwari 4th Third

Y. Kartik Dhawan 4th Third

First-Relay Race (GIRLS)



Krishna Bohidar 2nd First

Samikshya Shial 2nd First

Second - Relay Race (GIRLS)

Varsh Vandita 6th Second

Susmita Sahoo 6th Second

Aishwarya Mohapatro 6th Second

D. Sonia 6th Second

Third - Relay Race (GIRLS)

Divya Paikaray 2nd Third

Soumya Subhadarshini 2nd Third

Lipsa Pattnaik 2nd Third

Pratyusha Pattnaik 2nd Third


Mr Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili joined asAssistant Professor in the Department ofComputer Science and Engineering. He hasdone his M. Sc. in Applied Mathematics fromHyderabad Central University and M. Tech. inComputer Application from IIT Delhi. He hasworked in Evalueserve as Senior Research

Associate. He has to his credit research papers publishedin national journals. His research areas include SoftComputing and Data Mining.

Ms Swati Sanghamitra Mudali joined as aSoftware Developer in NIST TechnologyConsultancy Services (NTCS). She has doneher B. Tech. in Information Technology fromApex Institute of Technology and Management,Bhubaneswar. She is interested in SoftwareEngineering, Software Testing and DBMS.

Dr Kameswara Kameswaran Peri joined as AssociateProfessor in the Department of Mathematics.He did his Ph. D. and M. Sc. in AppliedMathematics from Andhra University. He is aPostdoctoral Research Fellow from theUniversity of Kwazulu Natal Pietermaritz Burg,South Africa. He has over two years of teachingexperience and expertise in Cramster. He has

published his research papers in over 24 Internationaljournals and attended 5 International and 2 NationalConferences. He is interested in research on Nano fluids.

Mr Rabi Chandra Singh joined as Assistant Professor inthe Department of English. He has done his MA in Englishfrom G. M. College (Autonomous), Sambalpurand M. Phil. on the thesis, “Construction ofNational Culture in the works of Frantz Fanonand Amilcar Cabral” from SambalpurUniversity. He has worked for 2 years atCVRCE Bhubaneswar as an AssistantProfessor in the Dept. of Humanities andSocial Sciences. His research areas include AmericanShort Fiction and Communicative English. He is aCambridge University certified BEC Trainer.

Mr Bidya Bhusan Padhy joined as SeniorFaculty in the Department of InformationTechnology. He has done his B. Sc. and M. Sc.in IT from PTU, Jalandhar. He has over 11years of teaching experience. His researchareas are Design and Analysis of Algorithmsand Data Structure.

Mr SMAK Azad re-joined as Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Electronics andCommunication Engineering. He has donehis B. Tech. and M. Tech. in ElectricalEngineering from KSRM College ofEngineering, Andhra Pradesh and NISTrespectively. He has more than 6 years ofteaching and over 4 years of industryexperience.

Mr B. Madhusudhan Naidu joined as Assistant Professorin the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.He has done his ME in Control System and B. Tech. in

Electrical and Electronics Engineering fromAndhra University and Dr Samuel GeorgeInstitute of Engineering and Technology,Hyderabad respectively. He has worked asAssistant Professor at Shahjehan College ofEngineering and Technology, Chevella, AndhraPradesh for around two years. His researchinterest is in the area of Control Systems.

Ms Manisha Chhotray joined as Assistant Professor in theDepartment of English. She has done her MAin English from Berhampur University. She hasreceived Narasingh Nayak Memorial Award andHarihar Tyadi Memorial Prize for securinghighest marks in her Post Graduation. Prior tojoining us she was working at RIT Berhampur.Her research area is 18 th Century Women

Novelists and Feminism and British Literature.

Mr Ajit Kumar Panda joined as Lab Assistantin the Department of Electrical Engineering.He has done his DEE from Gandhi Polytechnic,Berhampur and has over 6 years of workexperience.

Ms Samapika Pattnaik joined as Lab Assistantin the Department of Civil Engineering. Shedid her Diploma at UCPES Berhampur andhas received Apprentice training atGovernment Irrigation Department. She hasover 2 years of work experience.

Mr Amresh Chandra Gouda joined as LabSupervisor in the Department of Electronicsand Communication Engineering. He has donehis Diploma in ECE from IEM, Jeypore. He hasworked as GIS Engineer at Infotech, Hyderabadfor one year.

Mr Aswin Pradhan joined as Lab Supervisorin the Department of Mechanical Engineering.He has done his Diploma in MechanicalEngineering from JSET, Jeypore. He hasaround 2 years of industry experience.

Ms Binayak Sahu joined as Lab Supervisor inthe Department of Mechanical Engineering. Hehas done his Diploma in MechanicalEngineering from HIT, Gobindapur. He has 3years of work experience.

Ms Rashmi Rekha Satapathyjoined as Lab Supervisor in the Department ofElectrical Engineering. She has done herDiploma from UCPES, Berhampur. She hasover 5 years of work experience.

Mr E. Krushna Murty joined as Lab Supervisor in the Dept.of Mechanical Engineering. He has completed his Diplomafrom CIPET, BBSR. He has over 2 years of working experienceand 1 year of industry exposure.

Ms Tapasi Beura joined as Lab Assistant in the Departmentof Electronics and Communication Engineering. She hasdone her Diploma from UGMIT Rayagada.


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