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Volume 9 : Issue 8 : February 2018

AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Bengaluru

NEWS LETTER

Nrityanjali 2nd February 2018

Amrita TBI Pitchfest 3rd & 4th February 2018

Blood Donation Campaign 6th February 2018

Public Speaking Workshop 9th February 2018

Maha Shivarathri Celebrations 13th February 2018

Live Streaming of PM Address 16th February 2018

RASE’18 16th to 18th February 2018

Annual Athletics Meet 17th Februaryy 2018

Toastmasters 19th February 2018

Spiritual Discourses 21st February 2018

AMMA’s Visit to Bengaluru 24th & 25th February 2018

VU Amsterdam Team Visit 27th Februaryy 2018

Nrityanjali

February 2018 PAGE 1

School Highlights

Nrityanjali a classical dance competition took place on 2nd February 2018. The first round witnessed participation of many graceful classical dancers. The second round saw Ms. Anagha, Ms. Devasena, Ms. Ankita and Ms. Medha battle it out for the title of the best classical dancer in Amrita. The finals was a round where a theme and music were given on the spot and dancers were asked to perform. This was the round that tested the creativeness as well as the choreography skills that every classical dancer should have imbibed. Ms. Anagha from III Year CSE was declared the winner of the title and Ms. Devasena from II Year ME was declared the runner-up. Being the first event of Narthana during the semester, it turned out to be a very successful event.

Amrita TBI Pitchfest


School Highlights

The 6th Annual Pitchfest was held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus on 3rd & 4th February 2018. The response to the Amrita TBI's incubation program was overwhelming as the number of applications touched over 800+ from 22 different states competing for US$200,000 prize money to help fund and kick-start their idea. The highlights of the Pitchfest were the new developments based on the past experiences in the TBI Incubation programme. Firstly, the culmination of the first time executed ‘100 day Acceleration Program’. Several Amrita TBI accelerated startups have graduated successfully after changing their business plans and strategies resulting in follow on funding. Secondly, a new programme designed specifically for Amrita students and faculty to encourage mentor entrepreneurial talent within Amrita through which they have not only be exposed to the country’s top startups during the event but also had an opportunity to interact and receive feedback on their own startup ideas prior to long term mentorship. On day-1, the selection of the top 30 start-ups went through a half-day mentorship program. On day-2, these top start-ups had to pitch their ideas in front of an elite panel of investors and dignitaries. The winners of the TBI pitchfest were ‘Yellow Messenger’, a company which uses conversational artificial intelligence platform to automate and orchestrate intelligent conversations across social media platforms, ‘Linksmart DNA’, an IP-oriented mass marker start-up that secures products and packages from counterfeiting,tampering, re-fill and warranty fraud, and ‘Book My Diamond’ a technology platform that helps jewelry retailers to search a live inventory of loose, certified diamonds, and buy them. The event saw several stalwarts from the Startup Ecosystems from the Govt. (DST, NITI Aayog), Investor Community (Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists) and Industry participating as Judges.


School Highlights

Math Week


School Highlights

Sankhya, The Mathematics club, commemorated ‘Math week’ from the 5th to 8th of February 2018 in the campus. ‘Brain Twisters’, the first event of the week, was held on 5th February 2018. The event was conducted by Mr. Surya R. (S6-ECE), Mr. Jithin V.J. (S6-ECE), Mr. G. Srinath (S6-ECE) and Mr. G. Manoj (S6-ECE). The event had 3 rounds, with each round comprising of a puzzle that required the skills of lateral thinking and time management. The event witnessed a participation of 45 teams, with each team consisting of 2 members. The puzzle of the first round required the participants to find the shortest way possible through a grid to reach a goal while making only the right turns. Rounds 2 and 3 comprised of finding a ‘hidden pattern’ in a sequence of numbers and solving a ‘Magic Square’. After the completion of 3 rounds, the participants were provided with the solutions to the puzzles and were thanked for their enthusiastic involvement. On the 2nd day - 6th February 2018, Sankhya hosted ‘Math Taboo’. Ms. Preethi B. (S6-CSE), Secretary, Sankhya briefed the gathering about the event and outlined the rules. It was a classic game of Taboo where teams were presented with a set of basic mathematical words, and given a time limit of 2 minutes. The events witnessed great enthusiasm from the participants and proved to be great fun. The third event of Math Week ‘Easy tricks’ hosted on 7th February 2018 focused on solving some well-known tricky math questions in simplest possible manner. For this purpose, attendees were taught 5 shortcuts which employed aptitude and logical reasoning. After the demonstration concluded, contestants were presented with questions based on tips taught earlier. The participants who answered the questions correctly were awarded with chocolates. The fourth event of Math Week ‘Break the Code’ was held on 8th of February 2018. Cryptic codes were given to the participants, who participated in teams of utmost 2. There were 9 questions in all, which were to be completed in 30 minutes. Mr. Nikhil N. (S4-EEE) acquainted the audience with the rules of the event. The participants relished the potpourri of various puzzles which comprised of the classic letter-to-number code, binary-to-letter encryption, the Fibonacci series and Rebus puzzles. The successful event concluded with Mr. Surya (S6-ECE) and Mr. Jithin (S6-ECE) providing solutions to the problems. Overall, Math week was a success and accomplished the task of making mathematics fun.

Blood Donation Campaign


School Highlights

Blood donation is one of the most significant contributions that a person can make towards the society. This noble act is often considered akin to providing a gift of life to an individual.

With an aim to the raise students' awareness of such humanitarian activities, Prerana, the social outreach club, organized a blood donation camp in association with the Rashtrothana blood bank on 6th February 2018 in the campus. The event witnessed a massive turnout with 324 individuals donating blood. The donors included not only students but also Br. Dhanraj Swamiji, Director, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru, Mr. Dinesh, Asst. Prof., Dept. of ME, Mr. Shashi Kumar, Asst. Prof., Dept. of ME and several other members of staff. The event was a huge success and helped spread the message of providing selfless service to the society

Public Speaking Workshop


School Highlights

A public speaking workshop was conducted by Maardhani, the literary club on 9th February 2018.

The session began with Ms. Harini Srivatsan (S6-ME), Secretary, Maardhani polling the audience to solicit their views on the necessity of good public speaking skills. It was de-duced that a good orator is someone who can persuade people into believing his ideas and vision. The four major parts of public speaking, namely Presentation, Points, Precision and Practice were described in detail. The participants were made aware that presentation, rather than vocabulary, plays a vital role in building a good communication. The importance of active hand movements and timely pauses was highlighted using illustrations. It was emphasized that a good speech should consist only of points that are factual. The participants were taught to keep their content to the point and convey their views clearly. It was suggested that they ask rhetorical questions while they speak to keep their audience engaged. The importance of precision in their content was clarified by conducting a small activity in which the participants were asked to answer a question in seven to ten words. The participants were suggested to keep their daily conversa-tion precise and crisp to help incorporate the same technique in public speaking. The final part of the workshop was ‘practice’. An on the spot demonstration of turncoat by Ms. Harini impressed the participants, following which they were given an opportunity to exhibit their spontaneity and oratory skills. The workshop concluded with Ms. Harini thanking the attendees and encouraging them to consult her for any support that they may require in improving their speaking skills. The event ended on a high note with the participants looking forward to many more resourceful events.

Maha Shivaratri Celebrations


School Highlights

The School celebrated Mahashivarathri on 13th February 2018. The ceremony was inaugurated by performing ‘Ganesh Homam’ by Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G. & his family with Director Br. Dhanraj Swamy leading the rituals, while the staff members and students sought the blessings of the Almighty. The celebrations commenced with Ms. T. Akhila (S4-CSE) rendering a melodious invocation song on Lord Shiva. Mr. Shankar Kumaran, Faculty, Cultural Education instilled enthusiasm in the audience with his dynamic words of devotion. He explained that the 12-hour event would be divided into 4 ‘Yamas’, each Yama lasting for three hours. At the end of each Yama, there would be an ‘Aarti’ and ‘Prasad’ would be distributed. The Quiz Club kept the audience captivated with a mythological quiz. EPIC, the movie club screened devotional movie clips of worshippers of Lord Shiva thus promoting the message of faith and optimism. Further, Narthana, the Dance Club enthralled the audience with graceful and powerful classical dance performances. Vedanta, the Cultural Club helped students gain insights on various aspects of ‘Shaivism’ which was followed by the screening of thought-provoking short films on various social campaigns. As midnight approached, the audience was taken on a ‘Smashana Yatra- a walk through the graveyard’, a ghost house. Thus the night of bhajans and devotional trance culminated at the end of fourth Yama with ‘Mahamangal Aarti’ being performed and the distribution of ‘Maha Prasadam’.

Live Telecast of PM’s Address


School Highlights

Hon'ble Prime Shri Narendra Modi addressed the students of all educational institutions on Friday, the 16th February 2018 through Live on handling examination stress and making exams Although the Prime Minister addresed select students at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi at 11 AM on February, this programme was made available through Live Telecast and also through webcasting so that all institutions could have access to the message of the Prime Minister and the discussions reof. At ASE-B we had organized for the live streaming in Sudhamani Hall which was attended by about 250 students . In this website has also been opened for facilitating students to ask questions to the Prime Minister on issues pertaining to examination and academic stress.

RASE’18


School Highlights

ACROM and IEEE RAS in association with IEEE RAS Bangalore Chapter joined hands to organize RASE’18 (Robodium@ASE), ASE-B’s annual national level robotics competition during 16th to 18th February 2018. The event was conducted with an aim to lay a platform for young college students to compete in lively battles ranging from mind puzzling, algorithm testing and design improvement seeking competitions through the robots they built to showcase in the competition. RASE’18 had a total of 68 teams form 25 Engineering Colleges, partici-pating across five different competitions, namely Lifo, RoboWars, Robo Soccer, Death Race and Maze Runner.

The event was flagged off by the dignitaries Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G, Dr. Shikha Tripati, Chair, IEEE RAS Bangalore Chapter, Dr. Nagaraja S.R., Chairman Department of ME, Dr. Amudha J., Chairman Department of CSE and Mentor ACROM and Mr. A. A. Nippun Kumar, Mentor IEEE RAS ASEB Student Chapter.

Following the flag off, the first event to start was Death Race. This event challenged the participating team’s bots on different terrains and mediums which saw a certain team finish the track in just a matter of 28 seconds which left the audience dumbfounded. The subsequent event, LIFO, the line follower based competition put to test the coding skills of the participants along with their calibration and design strategies, a competition which witnessed a heated battle owing to the high skill sets of the participants.

The second day was kick-started with ‘Robo Soccer’, a fun yet exacting event which demanded teams to control their high power driven bots in order to score goals in a race against time. The next event, Maze Runner’s first round played to the interests of many inquisitive minds in the first of its kind event that involved the bot to maneuver itself out of a maze that was created at the site of the event. However, the complexity of the challenge proved too hot to handle as no team qualified for the second round. After a sumptuous lunch, Robo Wars attracted large crowds as participants took turns at battling each other’s robots which were equipped with weapons and armours for the highly-anticipated clash. Event saw the best 3 teams in each of the five events winning a total whooping amount of Rs.1,17,000/-. The three day event came to a close after the distribution of certificates and prizes for all the events in their respective arenas. Given the increasing influence of robotics in the modern day, it was overwhelming to see the response from the participants who turned up in large numbers to exhibit their skill and understanding in building robots. Following an extremely successful stream of competitions that played host to some exciting, prospective talents in the field, the event concluded with participants leaving with broad smiles and moments to cherish for time to come along with a deeper understanding of robotics.


School Highlights

Event I Prize II Prize III Prize

LIFO Immortals Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru

MRM MVJ College of Engineering Bengaluru

LMNR Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru & Team Gladiators Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru

Death Race Mark 2 Jain College of Engineering, Belgaum

Team MVJ MVJ College of Engineering Bengaluru

Devastator 2.0, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering

Robo Wars Team Pondy Pondicherry University Pondicherry

Mythheads Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Pondicherry

Antivenom VIT Chennai

Robo Soccer Team Gladiators Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangaluru

Mark 2 ain College of Engineering, Belgaum

Stryker Force MVJ College of Engineering, Bengaluru

Maze Runner - - -

PRIZE WINNERS

Annual Athletic Meet


School Highlights

The School hosted the Annual Athletic Meet on the 17thof February 2018 in the campus grounds.

Captain Sanjay Sharma, Joint Director, Indian Navy was the guest of honour for the occasion. The event commenced on an auspicious note with the lighting of the lamp by Director Br. Dhanraj Swamy, Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G. and Chair-Amritadhara Dr. S. Ravishankar. Following this, Capt. Sanjay Sharma shared some words of wisdom with the gathering. He emphasized the significance of sports & sportsmanship and shared some of his experiences as a sports fanatic.

The inauguration was followed by the branch-wise march-past by students, with Mr. Naveen Kumar (S8-ECE), leading the contingent. He was followed by six members of the university sports team carrying the university flag. All the Engineering departments showcased their remarkable coordination in their parades. The Department of Mechanical Engineering won the march-past shield, with the Department of ECE finishing as the runner-up. Mr. Ramakrishnan, Head, Dept. of Physical Education extended a word of gratitude to everyone for their contributions in organizing the event. Capt. Sanjay Sharma then declared the Sports Meet open to widespread ap-plause.

The sports enthusiasts competed with vigour in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m sprints, and in shot put and discus throw competitions. A 100m dash race was also organized for the staff. Cheers echoed at the end of each race which was an exceptional display of sportsmanship and competitive spirit. The audience constantly invigorated the participants with applause and encouraged them to put their best foot forward.

The eventful day culminated with the presentation ceremony. The prize distribution ceremony was presided over by

Mr. Ramakrishna and saw the winners being conferred with medals and certificates. The individual women’s cham-pionship was bagged by Ms. Ashwini Nayak (S6-CSE) and men’s championship was won by Mr. R. Balaji.


School Highlights

Toastmasters


School Highlights

Toastmasters of the School organised ‘One-of-a-kind’, the club’s opening event on 19th February 2018.

The event began with Glitterati – ‘Expectation and reality’, where Sanjay (S8-ME) and Sriram (S8-ECE) took turns to describe pictures being displayed on the screens and in turn countering each other’s arguments. This fun-filled witty presentation was presented at the district level conference, Jamboree 17’ at Leela Palace, Bengaluru. The event continued with a speech from Aalap Mehta, a renowned toastmaster known for his humorous speeches. His talk titled ‘You there, come on stage. Me? No.’ focused on the essentials of effective communication. He highlighted the importance of ‘presenting yourself’ and the key role it plays in communication. Talking about a few real-life experiences and embarrassing moments of his on stage, he enlightened the audience on what sort of situa-tions one would come across while communicating and also laid out tips to overcome such issues in the most effec-tive and smartest way. The event culminated with an interactive session, giving the audience an opportunity to speak out their thoughts

and leaving them with a different opinion about speaking and the importance of conveying thoughts.

Voice of Amrita Raaga, The Music Club, conducted ‘Voice of Amrita’, its flagship event, during the 2nd week of February 2018

at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The first round was closed auditions wherein contestants were asked to sing any song of their choice with or without an accompanist with a time limit of 3 minutes. The top 15 singers were shortlisted for the second round. It was a karaoke round and the Participants were asked to sing any of the classics that were originally sung by singers like Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Alka Yagnik and Chithra. They were given a time limit of 4 minutes for the same. The contestants grabbed the opportunity and enthralled the audience with their performances. The top six were then shortlisted for the third round which comprised of three rounds. The first one was the retro medley round where the participants had to prepare a medley of 3 songs which were released before the year of 1970 and perform them with an accompanist. For the second round, the contestants had to choose a song with a fast beat and sing it with a karaoke setup. The third and final round was the vocal challenge round where they were allowed toper form the song of their choice with either an accompanist or a Karaoke within a time limit of 6 minutes. The performances were entrancing and succeeded in mesmerising the audience. The event came to close with Ms. Karthika Vinod (S2-CSE) being crowned the winner of Voice of Amrita 2018.

Spiritual Discourses


School Highlights

Poojya Swami Ramakrishnanandapuri and Poojya Swami Amritageetanandapuri from Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Bengaluru, graced the school on 21st February 2018. They addressed the first year students, and resonated Amma’s thoughts in a unique manner. The importance of value based education, and its essence in our daily life was also remarked upon. The event

served as a precursor to our beloved AMMA, Mata Amritanandamayi’s visit to Bengaluru. Anecdotes of Amma’s life, her unconditional love and magnanimity preceded a discussion on the various seva activities that the Math

undertakes.

AMMA’s Visit


School Highlights

The days of 24rd and 25th of February 2018 were a time of great rejoicing and festivity at the Kengeri Brahmasthaanam, Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Bengaluru as it witnessed the divine presence of our beloved AMMA Satguru Mata Amritanandamayi.

The day started with the chants of Amma’s archana and Lalita Sahasranamam recitation, followed by Rahu and Shani-doshanivarana poojas. Rituals like Ganapathi homa, Sudarshana homa and Mruthyunjaya homa were also piously performed in the Brahmasthaanam. The rhythmic chanting of mantras created a tranquil atmosphere and nurtured positivity in everyone present. Amma was welcomed and garlanded by dignitaries including Mr. Subash Chandra Kuntia, Former Chief Secretary, Karnataka and famed film actress, Ms. Nandhini. Prominent personalities like Mr. B. S. Yeddyurappa, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Ms. Shobha Karandlaje, Member of Parliament, Karnataka and Mr. Kamal Pant, Additional Director general of police, Karnataka state police also met Amma and took blessings from her. In Amma’s satsang, she underlined the need for developing a loving personality and maintaining a balance of thoughts and emotions. The satsang comprised of several anecdotes which shed light on amultitude of issues that the modern society is faced with. This was followed by bhajans and Manasa pooja which saw the devotees find serenity and free them-selves of any emotional distress. The most breath-taking sight for the devotees was Amma’s Darshan wherein she greeted every individual with a soothing countenance and hugged them with great compassion and love. Students and teachers of Amrita Vidyalayam and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham joined hands with the residents of Ashram to engage in seva activities like preparation and serving of food, cleansing of utensils, and managing the massive gathering of devotees. The efforts of the volunteers were commended by Amma as well as all the attendees. A wide array of cultural events presented by the students of the school garnered great appreciation. A musical drama showcasing the life of Lord Krishna and a mime highlighting the hardships faced by the farmers in our country were presented by Abhinaya, the drama club. Vedanta, the cultural club, mesmerized everyone through a heartfelt rendering of bhajans and mellifluous melodies praising Lord Krishna by Raaga, the music club, ensued. The boys of Nartana, the dance club, paid homage to lord Ganapathi through a scintillating performance and an elegant dance by the girls was an offering to Lord Krishna. The performances by the students came to a culmination with the Yoga dance which served as a magnificent display of nimbleness. Amma’s Darshan ended in the early hours of 26th February. The two-day program witnessed unparalleled enthusiasm and served as a reminder for everyone to work for the development of the society as a whole.


School Highlights

Visit of VU Amsterdam Team


School Highlights

As a part of Innovation Study Trip 2018, 20 Students (Masters and Bachelors) and 2 Professors from VU Amsterdam had visited Bengaluru in the week beginning 26th February 2018. During this trip they visited several companies in the healthcare and energy sector to see how they deal with innovation. To make the trip complete, they had plans to visit a university and get more insight in the research and innovation culture from their perspective. VU Amsterdam group chose Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru to explore the Research, Innovation and Culture. In this connection, this team was in our campus on Tuesday, the 27th February 2018. The team was hosted by Prof. P. Manoj, Chair, School of Business and Dr. S. Ravishankar, Chair-EEE, School of Enginerring. After a brief meeting, the team visited some of the labs in the School of Engineering and also had interaction with the student community. The team focused on understanding the innovation within the Energy & Sustainability and Life & Health sector, understand the innovation culture in the campus and how we Amritians interpret and implement innovations.

Papers Presented

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE

Presented By: Tripty Singh Author(s): Prachee Tyagi Tripty Singh RaviNayar Shiv Kumar

“Performance Comparison and Analysis of Medical Image Segmentation Techniques”

1st -2nd February 2018

7th IEEE International Conference on Current Trends in Advanced Computing (ICCTAC-18), Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru

Dr. Tripty Singh

Organized an invited talk on "Bio Innovation" by Dr. Ravi Nayar Dean Academics, HCG Hospital on 8th February 2018. Participants were research scholars and M.Tech. students. He emphasized on Coordinating efforts across government, academia, and industry for establishing consortia in India.

Organized an invited talk on “Incubate Your Ideas" by Dr. T. K. Ramesh, paediatrician at Manipal Hospital on 8th February 2018. Participants were research scholars and M.Tech. students. Dr. T. K. Ramesh spoke about the increasing multi-dimensional nature of innovations, which are required to address the paediatric problems.

Reviewed a Research paper for Springer, Journal of Telecommunication Systems.

Ms. Nalini S. and Ms. Lakshmi P. attended a workshop on ‘Android Security and Secure Coding’ at 91 Springboard Koramangala, Bengaluru on 15th February 2018 by JPCERT (Japan CERT) in association with Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).The workshop addressed the various security attacks on software applications for mobile devices. Most of the attacks are as a result of programming errors. The aim of this workshop was to enable both experience and novice mobile developers steer away from security and reliability pitfalls in their code while delivering efficient and robust applications.

Faculty Achievements/Participation/Recognition

Department of CSE


Student Participation

S6-CSE Students had attended the Seminar on "Agile Technology and Scrum" as part of the Project based Software

Engineering course, organized by TCS, Chennai on 16th February 2018.

Forum Activity

Department of CSE


I/O Week Talk on Data Science

A talk on the growing sphere of data science field of computer science was delivered on the first day of IO week on the 5th February 2018. The talk was put forth by Mr. JD Mandal (S4-CSE) and Mr. Arvind Sudheer (S4-CSE). The audience were imparted a brief knowledge on the basics and the advancements of data sciences.

The first half covered by Mr. JD Mandal consisted of the need of data science, the factors that had lead to the rise of data science, basic definition of data science and what it basically does. He further gave examples on data sciences and shed light on the skills of a data scientist and the various assets required to be a data scientist. He concluded with a last analogy of the Walmart stores. The second half of the talk, given by Mr. Arvind Sudheer dived into the deeper concepts of data science. He spoke about various technically related basics of data sciences with interesting examples which gave the audience a brief knowledge on all the technical spectrum of data science. The talk had a good turnout and the audience were able to grasp whatever was imparted. The students were keen to learn about the topic further.

Talk on Machine Learning A talk on Machine Learning was delivered on day 2 of IO Week, on the 6th February, 2018. The speakers for

the event were Mr. Ramshankar Yadhunath (S4-CSE) and Mr. Rahul N Kamath (S4-CSE). The talk covered the basic concepts of ML and motivated the audience to explore the field.

The first half of the event involved Mr. Rahul covering the basics of Machine Learning, which included the definition of ML, difference between ML and AI, types of ML and basic algorithms used in ML. Real-life application of each algorithm was discussed. He concluded by talking about the general applications of ML. The second half involved the discussion on the practical application of the concept by Mr. Ramshankar. He started with a basic introduction to Python and the libraries important to ML. He proceeded with discussing the application of ML in predicting the survival status of passengers who travelled in the Titanic using Titanic dataset. The event had a large turnout and the audience was left content with the talk. A few students expressed their interests in exploring the topic. Talk on Blockchain and IoT Smart Cities

A talk on Blockchain and IoT Smart Cities was held on the 3rd day of IO Week, 7th February, 2018. The speaker, Ms. Ashwini Nayak (S6-CSE) started off promptly with Blockchain, a digital ledger.

Moving on, she spoke about how it works and its advantages over the traditional system. She gave day to day examples which the audience really digged. She interacted with them and made them examples of transactions to explain the concept. The second half of the talk was an introduction of IoT Smart Cities, a new concept where cities are made to evolve for a better quality of life. She explained how our limited natural resources with multiple uses are being burdened because of globalization, connecting cities and urbanization, enabling people to migrate to cities. She further enlightened the audience how by connecting devices, gadgets, people etc., and with the help of sensors we can generate useful data which can be analysed to provide people with insights, which help them take better decisions. She gave the audience live examples like Modi's smart cities mission in June 2015 which aimed to develop 109

cities to make them citizen friendly and sustainable.

Department of CSE


Talk on Artificial Intelligence As part of the I/O week conducted by Forum for Aspiring Computer Engineers (FACE), the topic chosen for

the fourth day, 8th February ’18 was Artificial Intelligence. Ms. Lakshmi R. Nair (S4-CSE) and Ms. Amrutha Krishnamoorthy (S4-CSE) gave a complete introduction and an insight into the new emerging technologies in this field.

The features used in Artificial Intelligence were covered by Ms. Lakshmi. She explained how each feature adds to the emergence of AI and the theory part. The explanation was given in a very simplified manner with reference to real life examples so that students could relate to it. The second half was taken by Ms. Amrutha. She spoke about the applications of AI in the present world and its future advancements. The presentation included videos so that students could visualise them. It was an interactive session with a good turnout. At the end of the session, students shared some of the interesting developments in this field that they knew about and also clarified doubts. The kick-start to Developer Weekend thus had only one more day to go!

Talk on Cyber Security, Networking, Cyber Forensics and Software Systems The speaker for the fifth day of IO-week on Friday, the 9th February 2018 was Mr. Aravind V. Nair (S2-CSE).

He spoke on the four main divisions of computer security namely, Cyber security, Networking, Cyber Forensics and Software Systems.

The seminar witnessed a sizeable turnout with students from all 4 years who were keen to know more about the aforementioned topics. The session mainly focused on providing an overview of IT security industry and the purview of jobs in the field. Taking few examples, he exemplified few notable cyber attacks on organizations across the world. To emphasize on the idea that hacking has an ethical side too unlike the darker side which is predominantly emphasized in movies and other media, he highlighted the productive and proactive usages of cyber security in this day and age. The upcoming fields of research interest in this domain and the career opportunities in the realm of cyber security were shed light upon. Lastly, the attendees were explained on how to venture into this field and keep abreast of its fast growing ideas. Following this was an interactive session where the students’ queries were resolved. Talk on IBM Watson

IO Week conducted by FACE was wrapped up by a talk on Question Answering System and IBM Watson, on the 12th February 2018.

The first half of the event involved Ms. Nuha S Varier (S4-CSE) covering the basics of QA Systems, working of QA System, types and the architecture of a QA System. She further explained how working of a QA System is very similar to the processing of a human brain. She further gave examples to differentiate between the working mechanism of QA System and a Search Engine. She concluded her talk by showing the audience a video of the latest QA System, IBM Watson. The second half involved Ms. Abhirami J. (S4-CSE) discussing the history of IBM Watson, Goals of IBM Wat-son, working and applications of IBM Watson in the field of medicine and business. She shed light on the advancement of Watson in every field. She further explained about the hardware and software components used and how it brings together a set of transformational technologies to drive optimized outcomes. The event came to a closure with the speakers showing another fascinating video of Watson’s evolvement on understanding natural language.

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION

Aravinda Koithyar T. K. Ramesh

“Frequency Equation for the Submicron CMOS Ring Oscillator Using the First Order Characterization”

February 2018

Journal of Semiconductors, Vol. 39, No. 6, Impact Factor 0.82

The Annual General Meet (AGM) of IEEE Bangalore Section was organized on Sunday, 7th January 2018 in Shangri-La Hotel. More than 50 IEEE Student Members from Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru attended the Meet. The gathering consisting of students as well as professionals celebrated the exponential growth of IEEE in terms of membership, activities, achievements, contributions and recognition. The report presented at the AGM described about the numerous activities by Bangalore section and various initiatives taken by IEEE members all over the section. The financial report was also presented. The outstanding volunteers were felicitated with the awards and cash prizes. IEEE ComSoc Bangalore Chapter received the award for the Outstanding Chapter Award. The award was received by Dr. Navin Kumar, Chair, ComSoc Bangalore. The award for the Outstanding Student Volunteer was received by Shaambhavi Shrivastava. During the technical quiz organized post lunch, the students of Amrita School of engineering bagged many prizes and brought back goodies. Mr. Sagar B, Assistant Professor, ASEB, was elected as treasurer for IEEE ComSoc Bangalore Chapter.

Ms. Kirti S. Pande reviewed the manuscript for Springer Journals, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal

Processing (ALOG) during February 2018.


Department of ECE


Papers Presented



Presented by: Alok Kumar Jha Author(s): Neeraj Sunil Jayakrishnan V. Harish Somanathan Alok Kumar Jha

“Transmission Spectrum of a Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator with Different Bus Configurations: Simulation Based Observation”

9th to 11th February 2018

3rd International Conference on Microwave and Photonics (ICMAP) 2018, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad

Forum Activity

Gadget Geek was conducted on 28th February 2018. The session was started by Mr. Pavan (S4-ECE) talking on Nano Technology and its importance by stating facts of the investments being made by major nations towards the technology. The session was taken over by Ms. Navya (S4-EIE) introducing about photonic integrated circuits to the audience. Importance of this field was elaborated through examples of various organizations like NASA working on projects to harvest the energy of the sun using this technology. The session was concluded by discussing the future of photonic integrated circuits in major fields such as Li-Fi and Quantum Computing. Both the presentations were highly interactive with fun facts, images and questions.

Department of ECE


Papers Presented



Presented By: Dakshit Chalagulla Author(s): Dakshit Chalagulla Jeevanigi Jayateertha Charishma Reddy Kudimi Manitha P. V. Mini Sujith

“Efficient Energy Utilization Control with Remote Network Access”

15th - 17th February 2018

International Conference on Communication, Computing & Internet of Things (IC'1OT' 18)

Dr. K. Deepa was invited to deliver a key note address on "Battery Management System in Electric Vehicles", for IEEE technically sponsored first international conference on power, energy, control and transmission systems 2018 organized by Department of EEE at Sri Sairam Engineering College, Tambaram, Chennai on 23rd February 2018. And also she chaired a session in the conference.


Department of EEE


Session on “Supercomputers & E-Science Activities in INDIA” IEEE WIE (student affinity group- SBA63931), Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru organized a talk ‘Supercomputers & e-science activities in India’ on 10th February, 2018 from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm in E-Learning Hall, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. The talk was arranged by Dr. K. Deepa, Advisor, IEEE WIE student affinity group, ASE-Bengaluru. The speaker Ms. Divya M. G. is currently working as “Joint Director” at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bengaluru. She is working for “GARUDA project” and “National Supercomputing Mission project”. Earlier she was working as Scientist at Core R&D, ITI Ltd Bengaluru. She has over 20 years of experience in Telecommunication and Grid Computing. Her education background is B.E., M.S., and MBA. Her areas of interests are Telecommunication, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Grid & Cloud Computing. She has various publications to her credit and has given presentations at national and international conferences. She is IEEE Senior member. She is EXECOM member, IEEE Bangalore section and EXECOM member WIE Bangalore section. The speaker Ms. Divya M. G. started with brief introduction of supercomputers and its importance in present technology. She gave a crisp detailed view of supercomputers in different domains. Followed by grid & cloud computing, its applications. The event saw a good participation from students of B.Tech. The event gathered 30 members in which 10 were IEEE members.

Departmental Activity

Department of EEE


This session was followed by "e-Science activities in India" where the present projects undertaken in India were highlighted. The entire fields like forecasting the climatic variations, supercomputers in medical field, smart city, smart grids, etc was discussed. After the session, all the IEEE- WIE members were given a mock interview by Ms. Divya M.G., where students were given an exposure to technical interview. Guidelines and tips for attending technical interview were given to the students. The talk & mock interview earned a good response from all the participants who in turn requested us to conduct more programs in future. The importance of IEEE membership was highlighted in the same program.

IEEE-PES & IAS joint student branch chapter [PE31/IA34-SBC63931] The School hosted a quiz on the 8th February 2018. Mr. Sanju Srivasthav (S4-EEE), Co-Chair, expounded the rules and regulations of the quiz to the participants. In addition to that, Mr. B. Vinayak (S4-EEE), Joint Secretary, enlightened the crowd on the importance of joining the chapter. The quiz comprised of two rounds. The first round was a set of 20 questions based on the current affairs and quantitative aptitude. The participants were given a minute to write the solution for each question. This was followed by the second round. It involved 10 slides depicting the images of renowned scientists who contributed towards electrical engineering. The participants were given a minute to identify the scientist. The event ended on a high note with the organizers thanking the audience for their partaking and the students looking forward to many such events. A total of 57 participants attended the event.

Department of EEE


Forum Acvitivy

A Talk on “Electrical Grid”

“ELECTRICAL GRID”, an informative descriptive session was organized by Vidyuth- the Departmental forum of Electrical and Electronics Engineering branch on 15th February 2018 in E-Learning Hall, Amrita School of Engi-neering, Bengaluru.

The talk was given by the executive committee members of Vidyuth forum. The audience included eager minds from S2, S4 and S6 EEE students, who were waiting to be enlightened. The event began with the introduction of the topics: Electrical grid which constitutes Generation, Transmission and Distribution. A brief indication regarding the subsequent topics was expounded. Various sources of energy were mentioned and different ways in which electricity can be generated were elaborated. Following which, the methods of transmission of generated power and how efficiently and safely the transmission takes place was explained. A brief idea about the distribution systems of electrical network including the power sub-stations were also shared with the audience. The audience gave a positive feedback about the talk and requested to arrange more such talks which will enable them to learn new things.

Papers Published INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL


Prakash Marimuthu K. Thirta Prasad H. P.

“3D Finite Element Model to predict machining induced residual stresses using ALE approach”

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, School of Engineering, Taylor’s University, Vol. 13, Issue 2.

February 2018

Prakash Marimuthu K. Srinivas Rao T.

“An Ant colony approach to solve a vehicle routing problem in a FMCG company”

International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Re-search and Development (IJMPERD)

Mohammed A. N. Jithin E. V. Dineshkumar L. Ratna Kishore V. Mohammed A.

“On the Tip opening of burner stabilized flames”

Energy and Fuels; ACS Publications 32 (2), pp 2344–235

JIDO Club Activity JIDO, the Industrial Automation Club, hosted UNRAVEL, on the 7th of February 2018 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. The main objective of the session was to familiarize the students with the working of various machines used in the field of Industrial Automation. The event consisted of 3 rounds and had students from various branches of study participating. The first round began with Mr. V.S.S. Akarsh (S4-ME) briefing the instructions to the participants. The audio noises made by various machines and tools such as the drilling machine, the grinding and coin printing machine were played and the participants were asked to guess the tool in question. This was followed by the second round which saw Mr. M.J. Akhil (S4-ME) shedding light on the rules for the round. A series of pictures related to a machine or a process were shown, whose names the participants had to deduce. The third round was hosted by Mr. Akarsh. A sequence of videos of 90 seconds each, describing the functioning of milling machine, planing machine and shaping machine were presented based on which the participants had to answer a series of questions. The event ended on a high note with the organizers thanking the audience for their participation and the students looking forward to many such events.

Departmental Activity

Department of ME


SAEINDIA Collegiate Club Activity

The team ‘VEGAM’ from Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru designed and built a GOKART and participated in fifth GKDC GOKART competition held at Kari motor speedway (F3 race track)Coimbatore from

12th to 16th February 2018 . They cleared preliminary rounds like technical inspection, Turning radius test,

Assembling and disassembling of the cart, Brake test and on the final day they participated in Endurance test, known

as the “Final Race”. The team consisted of 25 student members from third and second year Mechanical and it was led by the team captain Mr. Sai Krishna. The team was mentored by Mr. Vinod Kotebavi.

Department of ME


Industrial visit to “The Varahi Hydroelectric power station and Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant” On 2nd February 2018, 50 students of S6-ME, A and B sections, accompanied by Mr. Shashi Kumar M.E (Mentor-

Ingenium) and Mr. Prashanth B.N. went for an industrial visit to “The Varahi Hydroelectric Power Station and Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant” located along the Varahi river and along Kali river respectively. This visit was organized by Ingenium with the sole purpose of an industrial exposure to the students.

Initially, they visited Varahi Underground Hydroelectric power plant, where students got an insight about Turbo machinery, Pelton wheel and other design aspects. Also learnt about transmission of power and it’s how about. Then they visited Kaiga Nuclear power plant located in northern Karnataka, where they were familiarized with production of electricity from nuclear fission reaction and stages of nuclear power generation in India. They had an interactive session with the experts. On a holistic note, this industrial visit indeed fulfilled its purpose with the students gaining valuable experience and knowledge. RC Aircraft Workshop

Two wrongs can never be right. But a team of Wright can make one heck of a plane.

Inspiring the impending engineers to ideate and innovate for an enhanced future, INGENIUM, the departmental forum of mechanical engineering, in collaboration with AerotriX conducted a workshop on RC AIRCRAFT, on 17th and 18th February 2018. The two-day workshop where tech congregates fun turned out to be a mind-boggling and stupefying event of the year. Mr. Lalithkumar D., Secretary of Ingenium hosted the event. A total of 10 teams (50 students) participated in the workshop. The chief trainers of SKYFILABS Mr. Dhilan Mandaliya and Mr. Bhaskaran took over the session for the day. Mr. Dhilan explained the students about the theories and principles behind the hasty speed of aircraft in a succinct style and provided valuable insights on fundamental forces acting on aircraft followed by a session on design algorithm which involved various calculations related to wing and fuselage design. An awe-inspiring afternoon session started with giving kits to all the teams to fabricate fuselage and the wing of the aircraft. At the end of the first day teams were ready with their models. Second day started with installation of various electronic components on the fabricated models. Testing was the biggest task for all the aficionados who were on tenterhooks and yearning for their aircraft to fly. The airborne aircraft hauled the students to cloud nine. The soothing sight of aircraft dancing in the firmament gave glee to the spectators present. The final round consisted of a written test round, where students had to answer few logical questions and model a

paper plane. Mr. Ebin Jose, Co secretary of Ingenium announced the winners list and certificates to the participants

and merit students were distributed. At the end, session was concluded by D. Lalith Kumar with a formal vote of

thanks. The two-day session of exuberance saw an end with a lot of expertise and exhilaration to take along. All the

students who participated in the workshop were very happy for being a part of it.

Forum Activity

Papers Published

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL


B.H. Nanjunda Reddy T.M. Mohan kumar V. Venkata Lakshmi Swamy Sreenivasa

“Synthesis and characterization of closite-30B day dispersed poly(acryl amide/sodium alginate)/AgNp hydrogel composites for the study of BSA protein drug delivery and antibacterial activity”

Materials Research Express, (2017) 025403 Indexed in Scopus, Impact factor 1.068

February 2018

Amrita Thakur Giridhar Reddy S.

“Development of Water Stable Lignosulphonic Acid Biocomposite Material Containing Silver Nanoparticles”

Journal of Bionanoscience American Scientific Publishers, Vol. 12, pp.64-71, 2018. Indexed in Scopus

Department of Humanities & Sciences


Chemistry

Papers Presented



Presented By: Jyotsna G. S. Author(s): Jyotsna G.S. Rekha Bhat

“Devising Structured Assessment Parameters in ELT for Enhanced Self Expression”

10th February 2018

National Conference on Empowering students of Bharat with English for Career Development’ at English language teaching institute of Symbiosis, Pune

Presented By: Smita Sail Author(s): Smita Sail

“Translation: A Means for Recreating Regional Ethos”

22nd February 2018

International Conference on Translation: An Art of Examining Cultural Proximity and Political Transmission Across Boundaries

Presented By: Deepakumari S. Author(s): Deepakumari S.

“Translation: An act of Political Representation”

English


Department of Humanities & Sciences


English

Cultural Education - Amrita Darsanam

Paper titled “Devising Structured Assessment Parameters in ELT for Enhanced Self Expression” co-authored by Jyotsna G.S. and Rekha Bhat was certified as the third best paper at Two Day National Conference on ‘Empowering Students of Bharat with English for Career Development’ held at English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis, Pune on 9th and 10th of February 2018.

On 3rd February 2018, Mr. Arjun Bharadwaj, Asst. Prof., Amrita Darshanam, Bengaluru was invited to deliver two lectures at the Centre for Indic Studies (CIS), Indus University, Gujarat. He delivered lectures on “Classic by any Definition: Aristotle’s Standards and their Application to Abhijñā na-Ś ā kuntalam” and “A Study of the Significance of Travel in Classical Sanskrit Epics with Parallels in Greco-Roman Epics”. The talks are available on YouTube Channel “Centre for Indic Studies”.

On 13th February 2018, Mr. Arjun Bharadwaj gave a talk on “Comparative Arts and Aesthetics - India and

Greece” at the National Dance Symposium organized by Noopura Bhramari. It was featured in three Kannada Daily Newspapers- Vijayavaani, Prajavaani and Hosa Diganta.


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