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Volume : 7 Issue : 11 November 2010 Price : Rs. 3.00

Chairman’s Message

Dr. T. [email protected]

From The Editor’s Desk

H.R. [email protected]

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Editorial Team

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Dr. S. Salivahanan,

Dr. P. Suresh Chander Pal, Mr. T.S. Rangarajan, Mrs. M. Ramalatha

Esteemed Members,

Wish you all a happy festival. You willbe happy to note that October was a festivalmonth for the IEEE Madras Section. The IEEE-day was celebrated on 8th October 2010. Onthe same day new IEEE Microwave Theory andTechniques Society (MTT-S) Madras Chapterwas inaugurated. Again on 30th October, IEEERobotics Society Madras Chapter was

inaugurated. More than 25 Engineers from L &T became the members ofIEEE. Four new student branches were also started functioning from themonth of October. You will now agree with me that October was a reallyfestival month for us. I am sure with your encouragement, guidance andsupport the executive committee will make many more months as festivalmonths.

By the by, in my last month’s message, I shared my thoughtsabout, ‘Looking West wards’ for pursuing MS program for the benefit ofstudent members. This month let me present some details on, “Howto plan for pursuing Management Courses?” (Ref: GMAT: Thepassport to global management study, article written by B.S. Warier,page No.14, The Hindu, Monday, August6, 2007, Education plus). Youhave to look into updated formats and procedures (www.mba.com,www.hindu.com/nic/0051) as they change time to time.

PG Level Courses: Master of Business Administration, Masterof Personnel Management, Master of Human Resource and OrganizationalDevelopment. P.G. Diploma Level courses: P.G. Diploma in :Management, Business Administration, Business Management, HumanResource Management, Human Resource Development, Marketing andSales, International Trade, International Business Management, RuralManagement, Environment Management, Materials Management.

Some of the important Admission Tests (Conducted duringDEC/ JAN/ FEB) are listed below:

CAT: Common Admission Test – conducted by IIMs

MAT: Management Aptitude Test – Conducted by All IndiaManagement Association, Delhi

GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test – Conducted byglobal B-schools

XAT: Xavier Admission Test – Conducted by Xavier LaborRelation Institute, Jamshedpur

Dear Friends,

As the industry prefers to employmanagement graduates with engineering background,a significant no. of engineering graduates take uphigher studies in management. In this regard, to helpthe student members, our section chairman hasprovided the tips and also listed the opportunitiesin management areas.

LINK congratulates Mr. S. Rajavel, Vice Chairman, IEEE MadrasSection, Chairman, IEEE Industry Automation Society Madras Chapterfor becoming a Senior Member of IEEE

LINK congratulates Mr. S.Jegan of Kongu Engineering College andMr. M.S. Haresh of Velammal Engineering College, the winners of theInfo Contest -1009 who will receive a prize of Rs. 500/= each sponsoredby SRA Systems.

Third time in a row, we are unable to publish all the reports on theactivities held at different student branches due to space constraints.However, we have managed to publish about 20 activities and the balancehave been carried forward. It looks that either we may have to increase thecurrent page limit of 12 to 16 or explore to publish the information on the Web.

Our section has started the new society chapter, IEEE – Robotics& Automation Society under the chairmanship of Dr. G.V.Rao on 30th

Oct 2010. A detailed report on this will appear in the next issue of LINK.

LINK is pleased to present the readers a summary of the findingsof a study on “Motivational Level of Youth towards Entrepreneurshipin Tamil Nadu” carried out by Mr. Hari Krishnan, a student of MechanicalEngineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering. For the detailed 10+pages report, pl. contact him at [email protected]

We wish to draw the attention of the student counselors that thespecial offer at USD 40/= has been exted for the year 2011 for the combinedmembership of IEEE & IEEE CS along with the access rights to IEEE CSDigital Library. Pl. encourage the students to avail this offer and benefit.

The month of December is famous for Music and Conferences.The readers may find the following conferences are of interest to them.

ICoAC-2010: 2nd International Conference on AdvancedComputing, 14-16, Dec 2010 at Anna University Chennai, MITCampus, Chennai. www.annauniv.edu/icoac2010

ICSIP-2010: International Conference on Signal and ImageProcessing, 15-17, Dec 2010 at RMD College of Engineering,Chennai www.rmd.ac.in/icsip2010/

INDICON-2010 on Green: Energy, Computing andCommunication, 17-19 Dec 2010 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/india_council/indicon/indicon10.pdf

LINK requests the matter for publishing is sent by 8th of every monthas per the guidelines available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/guidelines-matter-for-ieee-mas-link.pdf Pl. note that we will beconstrained to ignore the matter if not submitted as per the guidelines.

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IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 7 Issue : 11 November 2010

ATMA: AIMS Test for ManagementAdmission- Conducted by associationof Indian Management Schools

ICET: Integrated Common Entrance Test- Conducted by Osmania University, AP

JMET: Conducted by IITs and IISc

IIFT: Conducted by Indian Institute ofForeign Trade, Delhi

IRMA: Conducted by Institute of RuralManagement, Anand

TISS: Conducted by Tata Institute ofSocial Sciences, Mumbai

SNAP: Conducted by SymbiosisInstitute

There are many more leading institutes/universities who conduct their own admissiontests for entry into their B-schools. In general

the test duration is of 2 to 4 hours includingbreaks. The test comprises of 3 parts namelyAnalytical Writing Assessment (analysis ofan issue, analysis of an argument), Quantitative{(problem solving, number systems, HCF,LCM, ratio and proportion, percentages, profit& loss, interests, time work, time and distance,clocks, calendars, set theory, quadraticremainder, permutations, probability,trigonometry etc) and (data interpretation -charts, tables, graphs)} and Verbal (readingcomprehension, sentence correction, antonyms,synonyms, English usage, sentence sequencing,logical arrangements).

Selection Process: It will be based onTest Performance, Academic Performance,Group Discussion, Personal Interview, andWork Experience.

Career Opportunities in the field ofManagement: FINANCE: (Finance Manger,

Portfolio Manager, Internal Auditor), HR:(Personnel Manager, Industrial Relations

Manager, Welfare Manager, Estate Manger,

PRO), PRODUCTION: (Production Manager,

Project Manager, Quality Control Manger,

Purchase Manager, Production Planning

Manager), SYSTEM MANAGEMENT:

(System Manager, Project Leader, Analyst,

Database Administrator, System Maintenance

Manager), MARKETING: (Brand Manger,

Marketing Manager, Advertising Manager, Sales

Manager, Marketing Research Executive,

Customs Relations Officer, Logistics Manger,

Manager Retailing)

I shall share some of my thoughts about

higher studies pertaining to ME/M.Tech in my

December month message.

Affectionate office bearer

Dr. T.Thyagarajan

NCRTIT-10: National Conference on "Recent Trends in Information Technology”

The Department of Informationtechnology of B.S. Abdur Rahman University(BSAU) organized its second NationalConference on 12th and 13th August 2010 inassociation with the IEEE Computer Society,Madras Chapter and the Division IV of theComputer Society of India on the theme"Recent Trends in Information Technology”.

The NCRTIT-10 conference began withthe inaugural programme which was presidedover by the Vice Chancellor of BSA UniversityDr. P. Kanniappan. Registrar Dr. V. M.Periasamy welcomed the gathering. A specialwelcome address was given by the Head of theDepartment of IT Dr. T. R. Rangaswamy. Ms.P.Usha, Associate Professor / IT briefed theaudience about the conference.

Dr. Latha Tamilselvan, Professor / ITintroduced the chief guest Mr. ViswakumarSubramanian, Vice President (Technology),Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai.After the release of the conference proceeding,

in the inaugural address, Mr. ViswakumarSubramanian, elaborated the current trends inIT and pointed out that IT services sector isgaining importance and IT services managementwould play a key role in the near future.

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, Div IV, CSI& IEEE CS, AVP (Systems) The Hindu Chennai,in his address appreciated the activities of thedepartment and emphasized the importance ofIT in the near future. He also encouraged thestudents to become members of the professionalassociations such as CSI & IEEE and conductmore such conferences to enlighten theimportance of IT. He was introduced to theaudience by Mr. S. Subburam, AssociateProfessor / IT. The inaugural program wasconcluded with the vote of thanks by Mrs .P.Latchoumy, Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)of IT department.

The conf. had an esteemed group ofeminent speakers giving their ideas through thefollowing invited talks on current trends in IT.

Dr. R.K.Subramanian, Former Professor ofComputer Science, University of Mauritiusgave an invited talk on “Recent &Emerging Developments in IT”.

Dr. V.Ramachandran, Former VC AnnaUniversity, Trichy, Professor CSE, AnnaUniversity, Chennai, in his invited talkhighlighted the importance of DistributedService Model in the IT scenario.

The third invite talk was on “e-Governance initiatives in Tamil Nadu – Acase study.” by Mr. E. Iniya Nehru, SeniorTechnical Director, NIC, Chennai.

The last invited lecture was on ”NationalKnowledge Network” by Mr. S. Gopinath,Principle Systems Engineer, NIC, Chennai.

Out of the 44 papers received for theconference, through a a peer review process,11 were selected for presentation in two sessionswhich were presided by Dr. K. M. Mehata,Dean / SCIS & HOD / CSE, BSAU and Dr. P.Sheikh Abdul Khader, HOD / MCA, BSAU.

The valedictory session was presided byMr. E. Iniya Nehru, Senior Technical Director, NIC,Chennai. After the feedback by the participants,the delegates were given the participationcertificates by the Registrar of BSAU. Theconference was concluded with the vote of thanksby Ms. P. Usha, Associate Professor / IT.

Report by Dr .T. R. Rangaswamy,HOD/IT, BSA Univ., and

Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman,IEEE CS & CSI Div IV

Chairman’s Message continued....

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IEEE PES Intra Dept. Students Paper Presentation& Talk at AVIT

A special technical event ‘Intradepartment student's paper presentation’ wasconducted by the Student Chapter of IEEE PESAVIT on 30th Sep 2010. Dr. N. Veerappan, HOD/ EEE & EIE presided. Mr. K.V.Rupchand, ChairIEEE PES Madras chapter was the Chief Guest.

Ten papers pertaining to RenewableSources of Energy were presented by the thirdand final year students. Meritorious papers

IEEE-Day Celebration and the Inauguration of IEEE- MTT Society Chapter

The Madras Section celebrated the IEEE-Day Celebrations on 8th Oct, 2010 evening atthe Alumni Center, CEG Campus, AnnaUniversity, Chennai. Prof. Dr. P. MannarJawahar, Vice Chancellor, Anna University,Chennai, was the Chief Guest at the function.

On the same day, the IEEE MicrowareTheory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)

Madras Chapter was also inaugurated by Dr. P.Mannar Jawahar.

After the inauguration of the MTT-Schapter, Dr. P. Hanumantha Rao, SeniorScientist, SAMEER, delivered a keynote talkon “Advances in Microwave Technologies”.

Dr. T. Thyagarajan, Chairman IEEEMadras Section welcomed the gathering andintroduced the Chief Guest. Dr. S. Salivahanan,Immediate Past Chairman introduced the keynote speaker. Dr. N. R. Alamelu, Secretaryproposed the vote of thanks. Around 100 IEEEmembers participated in the function. Tocommemorate the occasion, past chairpersonsand the execom members were honored and ablue tie with IEEE logo / a USB drive (for ladies)was distributed to all the IEEE memberspresent.

were awarded cash prizes, three for the finalyear students and one for the third year students.Authors of all the papers were given certificatesof participation. The efforts taken by theparticipating students are commendable.

Following the paper presentations, thechief guest Mr. K.V.Rupchand made apresentation on ‘Renewables Inevitable forSustainable Energy’. He gave an Overview ofIEEE & PES and Renewable energy sources withparticular emphasis on Hydro Power. Hedescribed the details of ‘Indian River Grid’ as aviable alternative to Interlinking of Rivers inIndia with multiple benefits including 65,000MW of Reversible Hydro Power.

Report by: Er. K.V.Rupchand, Chair/IEEEPES Madras Chapter

BooksComputer Architecture and Organization– Design Principles and Applications

This book, authored by Prof. B.Govindarajulu is the 2ndand a revised edition ofthe popular one on thesame title published in2003. Structured in threelayers, the book coversthe fundamentals ofcomputer architectureand organization, designaspects of different subsystems of a computerand deals with special topics such as parallelismand advanced computer architecture. Supportedby solved problems, case studies, and examples,it provides a complete description of computerarchitecture for professionals ranging frombeginners to experienced ones. Salient Featuresin the revised edition include: Comprehensivecoverage of concepts. Revised and enhancedreview questions. Modifications in the chaptersaccording to the latest developments. Publishedby: Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd.Pages: 860+xxxvi. Price: 495. CSI & IEEEmembers can get a discount of 20% and freecourier shipment within 3 working days onplacing the direct orders with the publisher’srepresentative Mr. Suman Kumar Datta [email protected]

Software Engineering – Concepts andApplications

This book, organized in five parts namelyUnderstanding the Realmof Software Engineering;Planning and ManagingSoftware Development;Making Software;Testing, Maintaining andModifying SoftwareSystems and LatestTrends of SoftwareDevelopment tries the bridge the gap betweenwhat is taught in the classroom and as practicedin the industry. Each of the 23 chapters startswith Learning Objectives, a motivation to engagethe readers’ interest and ends with a summaryand takeaways, exercises and review questionsto test the understanding and references relatingto the chapter coverage. Case studies in manychapters highlight the real world scenario. Adedicated chapter dealing with concept to codeillustrates the development of a software system.Author: Dr. Subhajit Datta. Published by OxfordUnversity Press. Pages: 496+xx. Price: Rs. 325/-More about the book at http://bit.ly/dht3hH

IEEE Day Celebration at K.S. Rangasamy College ofTechnology

The IEEE student branch ofK.S.Rangasamy College of Technology,Tiruchengode celebrated the IEEE day on 8thOctober 2010. The day began with theceremonial tribute to the Almighty. Ms. C.Indhumathi, IEEE graduate student memberwelcomed the gathering. Dr. K. B. Jayanthi,HOD/ECE addressed the gathering, Dr. K.

Thyagarjah, Principal delivered the principaladdress and Dr. K. Duraiswamy, Dean deliveredthe presidential address.

Mr. S. Saravanan, IEEE coordinatordelivered the presentation on “The IEEE andthe benefits of IEEE membership”. Variousevents like technical discussion, quiz wereconducted. All the IEEE student membersparticipated and enjoyed the celebration.

The function came to a formal closurewith Mr. M. Navaneetha Krishnan, IEEEgraduate student member, thanking everyonewho made the event a grand success.

Report by: Mr.S.Saravanan, AP/ECE, [email protected]

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IEEE Student Conclave’10 at Jeppiaar Engineering College

The IEEE Student Branch of JeppiaarEngineering College, in association with IEEEMadras section successfully organized “IEEEStudent Conclave’10, on 20th and 21st August,2010. The event was a convergence of technicalseminars; innovative talks on career building andpersonality development etc…

The program began with a ceremonialtribute to the Almighty. The Student BranchChairman Mr. Anand welcomed the gathering.The event has formally inaugurated by lightingthe “kuthu vizhaku”.

Dr. Jeppiaar, Chancellor, SathyabamaUniversity released the “Souvenir” of “IEEEStudents Conclave 10” through on line in thestudent branch website www.jeppiaarieee.org.In presidential address, he had emphasized theimportance of IEEE student membership thekey benefits student member can get out of it.In the chief guest’s address Dr. T. Thyagarajanhas outlined the motto behind this mega eventand he briefed the awards and recognitions forthe IEEE student members from IEEE MadrasSection and IEEE Head Quarters. Dr. SureshChandar Pal spoke on the role of IEEE in theacademics. Mr.Somjit Amrit, Vice presidentWipro Technologies enlightened the event bygiving an awareness speech on the trends in IT.Mr. M. K Sudarson, Senior Manager, CTSspoke about the soft and technical skills thestudent must develop to become a part of ITindustries.

Dr. Thyagarajan, in his interactivesession, briefed about, “Soft SkillDeve lopment” , “Ent repreneursh ip” ,“Personality Development” and also delivereda talk on “Emerging areas of various engineeringdisciplines”. He had alos highlighted theimportance of Lateral Thinking, Which wouldenhance professional skills among the studentmembers of IEEE.

In the next session Mr. Rangarajan fromTCS, Chennai dealt with RFID solutions. Fewvideos were screened to explain the way the

RFID technology is being used in departmentalstores.

Dr. V. Rajendran, in his session dealt with“Recent Trends in Marine Engineering” and alsodiscussed on his research topic “Acoustics”.

In the post-lunch session-I, Mr. PrasadMadavan dealt with the topic entrepreneurship.He briefed on the need of entrepreneurs,equalities needed for entrepreneurs and choosingbusiness in the competitive market. He briefedon the importance of small scale industries as,the most striking aspect of the industriallandscape of India is its Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. Headded that MSMEs account for almost 45% ofthe total industrial production and 40% of thetotal exports in the country and the functioningof over 3 million units stands testimony to thedominance of this sector, which provides moreemployment than any other sector, stimulatesindustrial growth, and nurtures entrepreneurialtalent.

In the post lunch session-II, Mr.Sathyam, CEO, Neo Silica, Hyderabad,inculcated the qualities and virtues one mustpossess in this competitive world and attributedthese characteristics to success of the person inone’s field. He was discussing that - Everysuccessful entrepreneur has a novel idea behindhis success, we all know “winners don’t dodifferent things they do things differently”, solet us see how to think different and keep thekey factors in our palm. Various other strategiesfor the business management were alsoanalyzed and shared during his session. Thefinal session of day one was handled by Mr.Paranthaman Sararvanan, Software DesignEngineer, Microsoft. He said that research isthe backbone of industrial revolution and it leadsto innovative solution. He brought awarenessto the field of research and showed light to areaswhere active investigations are going on. Theparticipants were happy with his session as hewas giving exclusive prizes to those wereanswering his questions during the session. He

urged the students to participate in manyevents, competitions and get inspired to buildthe future.

In the evening cultural program conductedby the IEEE student members of JeppiaarEngineering College, the girls started with a danceperformance depicting the different festivals thatare being celebrated across India. Next was askid by boys which made everyone to thinkabout the real craze that the younger generationshave towards the cini field. Following this, therewas a dance by boys and the final rockingperformance was given by “The 18 DegreesDance Crew” of Jeppiaar Engineering College.

The day two events started with a sessionon “Wireless Communication” by Mr. Balaji,Senior Design Engineer, Nokia dealing with theoverview of wireless sensor networks. Heexplained that “wireless communication hasbecome an essential part of our and presented acase study and also gave an introduction tovarious research areas in wirelesscommunication. In the following session, Mr.N. Santosh Arjun, ASIC Design Engineer,NVIDIA, Bangalore spoke on informationhiding technology, (also known as Data hidingor Steganography), which is a process ofembedding secret message into a cover mediafor the purpose of covert communication,authentication, security and copyright.

Mr. Felix of Infosys, Mysore and alsothe founder cum immediate past studentchairman of JEC, IEEE Student Branch gave anenlightening speech on the topic “MarketingYourself”. He also presented on the importanceof “The graduates of last decade” [GOLD] andhow much important is GOLD, for aprofessional to create a unique identity forhimself.

In a session by Mr.Gowtham Prasad,Technical Consultant Microsoft, Bangalore, thespeaker shared his experience with IEEE,uncovering the challenges faced throughout thejourney of success. In his talk, he was rendering

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a fun filled story of '4 Idiots' and their journeythrough IEEE from their student life. Heuncovered the challenges they were facing, howthey grew in their careers and gave back to IEEE.He was involving the students in the conclaveto do some marketing like stuffs, which reallyhad a good impression on the minds of delegateswho attended the conclave.

In the final session, a very entertainingand enthusiastic speaker, Mr. Visan KoshyVargeese, from Accenture, Bangalore stressedon the importance of Personality Development,

which would help to personalize individuals inthe modern world. He helped the delegates todevelop the self-confidence, vision, wisdom,motivational impact and delivery skills that themost effective quality leaders have. He taughtthe "magic" of building a team whose memberswork together effectively and positively,bringing the exceptional performanceimprovements that good leadership andsuccessful teamwork can bring.

The queries among the student membersin working with IEEE Student Branch and

running a successful student branch were beendiscussed by the four Gold members fromdifferent sections as it was an essential themeof the IEEE Students Conclave.

The function came to a formal closure,with Anand.B Student Chairman, thankingeveryone who made the event a grand success.The guidance from the directors of JEC, theable support of the branch counselor Mr.Sellakumar and the assistance and guidance ofthe IEEE Madras Section in conducting theconclave successfully were highly thanked.

Inauguration of Activities and Guest Lecture at National Engineering College

The IEEE student branch activities atNational Engineering College, kovilpatti for theacademic year 2010-11 were inaugurated on 30thAugust, 2010. Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthu,IEEE R10 WIE coordinator, Prof and HOD/ECE, Karpaya Vinayaga College of Engineeringand Technology, Chennai, was the chief guest.The function was graced by the presence ofDr.N.S. Marimuthu, the Principal and Dr.Kn.K.S.K. Chockalingam the Director andMr.M.Willjuice Iruthayarajan, IEEE studentbranch counselor.

The function began with a tribute to the

almighty. Mr. S. Kumaresan, secretary IEEEstudent branch welcomed the gathering, andMs.M.Karthika, treasurer, IEEE student branchintroduced the chief guest. Dr. N.S. Marimuthu,the principal delivered an inaugural addresswhich emphasized on the involvement of IEEEmembers in various technical activities at thecollege. S. Arun, chairman, IEEE student branchintroduced the office bearers for the academicyear 2010-2011 and also listed out the IEEEactivities for this academic year.

Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthu launched the

animation describing the IEEE student branchactivities and delivered a special address. Shebriefly described about the benefits of being an

IEEE members and WIE activities. She spokeabout the achievements of an Indians in theinternational level, which inspired many of the

young minds. She also briefed about the‘sangamam’ project. Dr. Kn. K. S. K. Chockalingam,the director presented a memento to the chief

guest. Mr.S.Naveen, joint secretary, IEEEstudent branch delivered the vote of thanks.The function ended with the national Anthem.

In the afternoon session, Prof. RamalathaMarimuthu delivered a guest lecture on“Improvement of Processor Architecture usingVedic Mathematics”. In this lecture, a briefintroduction about VLSI was discussed and alsodesign of a multiplier using different algorithmsusing Vedic Mathematics was explained. Theevent was a great success and it inculcated andenthusiasm among the students to update themself with recent trends in the field of VLSIDesign. Mr. M. Willjuice Iruthayarajan, IEEEstudent branch counselor, Mr. Arul Edwin Rajand Mr. S. Rajagopal under the able guidance ofthe Principal and the Director organized theinaugural function and the guest lecture.

Report by M. Willjuice Iruthayarajan,Student Branch Counselor, NEC,

[email protected]

Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch at National College of Engineering

The IEEE Student Branch of NationalCollege of Engineering, Maruthakulam,Tirunelveli was inaugurated on 7th August 2010by Mr. T.S.Rangarajan, Vice-Chairman, IEEEMadras Section, Chennai. The function startedwith the Quirath and Tamil thai vazhthu. Mr.M.Vinoth, Student Chairman welcomed thegathering. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sitheeq, Principal,

National College of Engineering delivered thepresidential address. Mementos were given tothe guests Mr. T.S.Rangarajan and Dr.R.K.Selvakumar, Secretary, IEEE PodhigaiSection. Mr. T.S.Rangarajan handed over thestudent branch certificate to Prof. Dr. MohamedSitheeq, IEEE Department Head. Then, theguests Mr. T.S.Rangarajan and Dr.R.K.Selvakumar delivered special talks andhighlighted on the “Responsibilities of IEEEStudent Branch in Engineering Institutions”. Atthe end of the function, Prof. S. MohiadeenAbdul kadhar, Student Branch Counselor andHOD/IT, National College of Engineeringproposed the vote of thanks.

In the afternoon, as a part of IEEE studentbranch activities, a seminar was organized. Mr.

T.S.Rangarajan delivered a special talk on

“Research Issues on RFID” and Dr. R.K.Selvakumar delivered a special talk on“Designing and Modeling the Student Project”.

The function was indeed a grand success.

Office Bearers of the student branch:

Mr. Vinoth Muthukani - Chairperson

Mr. Mohamed Basil - Vice-ChairpersonSirajudeen

Ms. Jeswin Berlin Shalini - Secretary

Ms. R.Christy Goldlin - Treasurer

Report by: Prof. S.Mohiadeen AbdulKadhar,Student Branch Counselor,

[email protected]

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SYMPOMKCE’2010 at M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering

IEEE Student Branch of M.KumarasamyCollege of Engineering, Karur had organizedSYMPOMKCE’2010, a National LevelTechnical Symposium sponsored by IEEEMadras Section during 3-4, Sep 2010. At theinaugural session, welcome address was givenby Er.K.Ramarishnan, Secretary ofM.Kumarasamy College of Engineering. TheChief Guest for this inauguration program was

Mr.S.Sekar, Chief Information Officer and

Assistant General Manager of Karur Vysya Bank.

His address was interactive and dealt with the

current status of Industries and Corporate houses.

During the felicitation speech, the

principal of MKCE Dr.D.Valavan thanked the

IEEE Madras Section for sponsoring this

symposium. Dr.S.Chitra, Vice-Principal / IEEE

SB Mentor, Prof.K.Sundararaju IEEE SB

Counselor/ HoD of EEE & EIE, Prof.V.KavithaIEEE SB Advisor / HoD of ECE also felicitatedthe programme.

There were 8 technical sessions dealing

with individual engineering branches such asECE, EEE, CSE, IT, EIE, MECH, MCA, CIVILwith presentations judged for three cash prizes.

The Judges for the sessions were from DRDO,ISRO, TNPL, BHEL, IOCL, and SoftwareIndustries and Research Institutes. Apart from

technical non-technical events likeprogramming, website designing, circuitdebugging, treasure hunt, few more eventsexcited the contestants.

More than 400 participants from variouscolleges across the state participated in thisprogramme and over 200 papers werepresented. The participants were provided withone way travel expenses reimbursed.

Report by: J.Gouthaman, [email protected]

S-PAC 2010 at M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering

IEEE Student Branch of MKCE hadorganized S-PAC (Student ProfessionalAwareness Conference) on 16th Sep 2010 with133 students from various colleges across thestate along with 226 students from MKCE.

The morning session had begun sharplyby 9.30 am. For this program we had two specialguests. The guests were Dr. T. Senthivel, anotable professor in GRI (Gandhigram RuralInstitute) and an expert in Agricultural and AnimalHusbandry and Mr. Felix Fedalis, the hub leaderof Chennai Circle IEEE Colleges. Dr. T. Senthiveldelivered an effective speech about medical,industrial and agro importance of our futurenation. His slide presentation was quite differentand innovative. After his speech, he clarifiedthe queries raised by the students.

The second session started with the hostcollege MBA Director Dr. S. Kuppusamy givinginteresting points relating to “self developmentskills” in an effective and humorous manner. Inthe final session, Mr. A. Srikanth from TCSspoke about IEEE’s history, its importance,

salient features, utilities and role of IEEE inengineering.

In order to cheer up the participants fromvarious colleges we had organised some mindtwisting activities like sudoku, quiz with bothtechnical and non technical and IEEE relatedquestions which was conducted by the vicechairman of IEEE MKCE Ms. Joce ancy ofPre-final year EIE.

The afternoon session started withTreasure Hunt followed by a session by Mr.Felix which dealt with the ways and means ofdeveloping students for the future needs oforganizations by meeting the needs of employersand highlighting the skills needed for an engineerto fulfil the future needs. He also spoke aboutthe IEEE’s importance which plays a role in theplacement of a student.

Most of the participants were Non-IEEEmembers. Hence, IEEE Membership Drive wasorganized by Mr.J.Gouthaman, Past Chairmanof IEEE SB-MKCE who had enrolled aremarkable number of IEEE student membersin the academic year. He had received thecertificate of Appreciation from IEEE USAsigned by IEEE 2010 President Dr.Pedro Rayfor his outstanding support for the StudentBranch activities as Chair along withMr.S.Gokulraj, Vice-Chair and Mr. R.Bharatwajanprabu, an active member in thisstudent branch.

Towards the end, “who am i along withspell bee” event was conducted with audience’sactive participation. Certificates for all theparticipants and prizes for winners wereawarded by Dr.D.Valavan Principal ofM.Kumarasamy College of Engineering alongwith Prof.V.Kavitha, IEEE SB Advisor / HoDof ECE department. The programme end withthe national anthem and wishes from all for ourupcoming IEEE events.

Report by: S.Arunkumar, Chair-IEEEMKCE, [email protected]

Section Membership as on15th November 2010

Life Fellow - 2

Fellow - 1

Life Senior - 7

Senior Member - 80

Life Member - 4

Member - 1930

Associate - 122

Affliate - 38

Graduate Student Member - 1167

Student Member - 6256

Total - 9,607

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IEEE MAS LINKSRA Systems

Info ContestH.R. Mohan

Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras ChapterEditor, IEEE MAS LINK

AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai

Info Contest - 1011

Email your answers to this 29th editionof Info Contest by 5th Dec 2010 [email protected] withsubject “Info Contest 1011”. Please provideyour name, membership no. company/collegename and your full postal address along withcontact phone nos. after the answers. The firstperson to answer correctly and one randomlyselected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/=each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com).Answers along with the winner info will bepublished in the next issue.

Provide the answers

1. WiMAX is faster than 3G. State True orFalse

2. NComputing is a player in desktopvirtualization. State True or False.

3. Which Indian mobile phone has entered into the Guinness World Record for being thelightest touch mobile phone in the world?

4. TravelMate is a notebook from ———

5. Chip : Chip Plus = Digit : ———

6. What is common: Brutus, ObiWan, BurpIntruder

7. SMS : 160 = Tweets : ———

8. Name the hardware independent OScreated by 14 year old class IX studentSuyash Srijan

9. Identify the company whose tagline is“Power Your Laptop”

10. Buzzword is an online word processorfrom ———

Info Contest – 1009Answers & Winners

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NCISE-2011

3rd National Conference onInformation and Software

Engineering

18-19, Feb 2011 at AVIT, Chennai

Organised by

Dept. of Information Technology, AVITIEEE CS Student Branch, AVIT

Supported by

IEEE CS Madras Chapter

Call for Papers

Paper Submission : 21st Dec, 2010Intimation of Acceptance: 18th Jan, 2011

Camera Ready Paper & Registration:28th Jan, 2011

Registration Fee

Industrial Delegates: Rs. 1500/-Academic Staff & Research Scholars: Rs.1000/-

Students: Rs. 750/-

IEEE Members: Rs. 500/-

Delegates (Only Participation): Rs. 500/-

For further details, pl. contact

Dr. A. Anthony Irudhayaraj

Convener, NCISE 2011

Department of Information TechnologyAarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology

Old Mahabalipuram Road, ChennaiPaiyanoor – 603104, Tamil Nadu

Cell phone: 09443884732

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.http://ieeecs-ncise.com/

Engineer’s Day at Sri Krishna College of Engineeringand Technology

IEEE student branch of Sri KrishnaCollege of Engineering and Technology,Coimbatore conducted a Mini Project Exhibitioncum Competition, to commemorate theEngineer’s Day on 15th Sep 2010.

The event was organized to challengestudent’s theoretical and practical knowledge

and help them in applying knowledge fromstudies to practical problems in real world. Theexhibition was formally inaugurated by the IEEEBranch Counselor Prof.MuthuramanRamaswamy and was coordinated byMr.Rinishanth Kumar and Mr.Hari Venkatesh,Ex-com Members, SKCET IEEE studentbranch.

The event attracted a lot of participation,where students from different departmentsshowcased their innovative and stupendousideas. Witricity - the power transmission,Labview interfaced Robot, wireless securitysystem, smart grid, Electronic Simulationsoftware developed by student team, industrialautomation using GSM were a few whichattracted the audience.

The judges for the event were ProfV.Chandrasekaran, Head of Electricaldepartment, Prof. Dr.S.Sophia, Electronics andCommunication department, Ms.N.Manonmani, Senior Lecturer, Electricaldepartment, Mr.Venugopal, Lecturer,Mechatronics department. Totally, 74 teamsof about 220 students from differentdepartments participated in the event.

Report by: Mr N Krishna Prakash,IEEE Student Branch Faculty Advisor,

[email protected]

LINK congratulates Mr. S. Rajavel, ViceChairman, IEEE Madras Section, Chairman,IEEE Industry Automation Society MadrasChapter and the Executive Vice President,Electrical Construction (Domestic), Larsen& Toubro Limited, Chennai for beingelevated as a Senior Member of IEEE

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Awareness Program on “CSDA & CSDP Certification” at AVIT

IEEE Computer Society Branch Chapter– AVIT, Association of Information TechnologyEngineers and the Dept of InformationTechnology, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of

Technology organized an awareness program on“CSDA & CSDP Certification” on 20th Sep

2010.

Mr. Dhian Singh, Technical Head, PurnaCareer Solution (IEEE Registered Education

Provider), Chennai was the resource person at

the programme. He highlighted the importanceof professional certifications and explained in

detail the salient features of the programmes

offered by IEEE CS such as CSDA & CSDPand informed on how to go about taking part in

these certification examinations.

Dr. (Mrs.) N.R. Alamelu Principal, AVIT,

gave away the presidential Address. Dr. A.Anthony Irudhayaraj Dean (IT) Aarupadai

Veedu Institute of Technology welcomed thegathering and briefed the importance of

professional certifications in career development.

Faculty members and students from theDepartment of Information Technology

participated and benefited by this awareness

programme. Mr. C. Karthikeyan HOD(Information Technology) delivered the vote of

thanks.

IEEE Day Celebrations at CEG Campus, Anna University

The staff and student members of IEEEStudent Branch, CEG campus celebrated theIEEE day on 7th Oct 2010. Dr. P. Suresh ChanderPal, Chairman of the Students ActivitiesCommittee, IEEE Madras Section was invitedas the Chief Guest while the event was presidedover by Dr. N. Kumaravel, HOD, ECE & Seniormember of IEEE. Mr. S. Padmanaban, Chairman,IEEE Student Branch, CEG campus was alsopresent.

The event started with an invocation tothe Almighty. Mr.C. Nagarajan, Secretary, IEEEStudent Branch, CEG campus welcomed the

Chief Guest with a bouquet and also welcomedthe gathering. It was followed by the presidentialaddress by Dr. N. Kumaravel who shared hisexperiences with IEEE. He said that he hadjoined the IEEE as a student member during hispost graduation at PSG College of Technology,Coimbatore and continues to be a member ofIEEE. He cited several incidents how IEEEhelped him to gain information about the latesttechnological advancements.

Followed by the presidential address wasthe special address by the Chief guest Dr. SureshChander Pal. He had joined the IEEE as a studentmember during his studies in Alagappa ChettiarCollege of Technology, Chennai and had beenan active member in the IEEE since then. Beingthe Chairman of the Student ActivitiesCommittee, he was able to give a wide range ofinformation about the advantages of joiningIEEE. The structure of IEEE and also thevarious committees in a Student Chapter werepresented. The chairpersons of the committeeslike Networking, Website were selected by himand the timeline for the inauguration of the

activities by these committees were alsoannounced.

The chief guest, then informallydiscussed with the students about engineeringand career. It was well received by the studentsas it was interactive and thought provoking. Avariety of soft skills like time management,leadership quality, planning skills werediscussed. A handful of tips regarding placementand interviews were also given by the chief guest.On the whole, it was a very informative anduseful session conducted for the benefit ofstudents.

As the function drifted towards its end,Mr. Padmanaban presented a memento the Dr.Suresh Chander Pal as a token of thanks andlove while Mr. C. Nagarajan presented a mementoto Dr. N. Kumaravel thanking his constant careand support.

Ms. T. Abinaya, Vice Chairperson, IEEEStudent Branch, CEG campus proposed theVote of Thanks. The function was ended withthe National Anthem.

Workshop at Vivekanandha College of Engineering for Women

IEEE Student Branch of VivekanandhaCollege of Engineering for Women organized aworkshop on “Progamming Logic Controllers”on 6th & 7th Oct 2010. The workshop wasinaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. R.

Jothinathan, Executive Engineer, MetturThermal Power Station. The Inauguration ofthe activities was embarked in a traditional wayby lighting a kuthuvilaku.

The Presidential address was deliveredby Prof. Dr. M. Karunanithi, Chairman &Secretary of the college. The Principal Dr. R. K.Gnanamurthy welcomed the gathering. TheAdministrative Officer Mr. M. Chokkalingamoffered the felicitation. Mr.B.GopinathAsst.Prof/Head /EEE introduced the officebearers.

Er. R. Dinesh Potti and Mr.V. Ravishankar,

CRG Engineer, Prolific Systems, Coimbatorewere the speakers at the workshop. Theworkshop covered the topics such asImportance of Controllers; Implementation ofControllers; Tools for Programming and RealTime Systems. The participants found theworkshop informative and interactive.

Ms. S. Jennifer, Secretary, proposed thevote of thanks. Around 120 students fromvarious colleges in Tamilnadu participated inthe workshop.

Report by: Mrs.T.R.Sumithra,AP-EEE,IEEE Student Branch Counselor

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Student Chapter Inauguration & Technical Seminar at St. Joseph’s College ofEngineering & Technology

The Inauguration of IEEE StudentBranch at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering& Technology, Thanjavur was held on 6th Oct2010. The event started with the prayer songand the lighting of lamp and the blessings ofour correspondent Rev. Sr. Sasikala, D.M.I and

our Admin Rev. Sr. A. Arul shobha, Our Principal

Dr.C. Loganathan enlightened the students

about the importance of professional

associations and its objectives. Asst. Prof. Mrs.

S. Devi, HOD of ECE department welcomed

the gathering and proposed the activities and

activities planned during the academic year

2010-2011.

The Chief Guest, Major V.V.

Chandrasekaran, Treasurer IEEE Madras

Section delivered the inaugural address in which

he had stressing the need for the students to

keep in pace with the competitive world through

cultivating the mandatory skills like

communication skills, project management skilland leadership skills. He also highlighted thebenefits of being the members of IEEE. Whileoffering felicitations at the inauguration of thestudent branch, he appreciated the whole-hearted support and encouragement given bythe management and the facility. He requestedfaculty to start IEEE student branch societychapters in various engineering disciplines withthe blessings and support of the management.

The interactive session with the studentswas very lively and it was nice to witness theoverwhelming enthusiasm displayed by thestudents to join IEEE in large numbers. Ms. V.Mahalakshmi of final year ECE delivered thevote of thanks.

Inauguration of Student Branch at Sudharsan Engineering College

The inauguration of the IEEE studentbranch for the year 2010 took place on 6th Oct2010 at the Department of Electrical andElectronics Engineering, Sudharsan EngineeringCollege, Sathiyamangalam, Pudukkottai district.

The chief guest for the program was theTreasurer-IEEE Madras Section, Major V.V.

Chandrasekharan. The dais was shared byseveral dignitaries such as the Vice-Chairman ofSudharsan Engineering College Shri. VijayK.Sundaram, Principal Dr. M. Radhakrishnan,Academic Council Officer Dr. M. Prabhagar,Head of EEE Department Mr. A. Ravi, andStudents Chairman Mr. S. Shine Johnson.

The program started with the prayer songby Ms. G. Akilandeswari, Final year EEEStudent. Following this the welcome addresswas delivered by Mr. C. Raja shanmugha,Assistant Professor, Department of Electricaland Electronics Engineering.

Mr.A.Ravi, HOD/EEE introduced thechief guest. Later, Shri.Vijay K. Sundaram, the

Vice-Chairman of Sudharsan Engineering Collegehonored the chief guest. Dr. M. Radhakrishnan,the principal of Sudharsan Engineering College,in his address expressed happiness in fulfillinghis dream of starting IEEE student chapter at SEC.

Major V.V. Chandrasekharan in hisvaluable speech, stressed the importance ofhaving an active student branch and encouragedthe students to participate in various activitiesof IEEE.

The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr.B. Pradeep, Final year EEE Student. Theprogram ended with the national anthem by Ms.G. Saraswathy and Ms.R.M.Uma, Final yearEEE Students.

Technical Awareness Programme at JayaramCollege of Engineering and Technology

A thing of beauty is joy forever-JohnKeals.

Here, we can say a thing of technicalactivity is worth forever in nurturing the youngmind towards engineering & technology. IEEEstudent branch of Jayaram College of Engineering& Technology organized a one day technicalawareness programme on 28th Sep 2010 which

gave the students the tremendous opportunity

to exhibit their talents and skills in engineering

& technology. More than 50 students from

various department of JCET made their presence

to enrich the knowledge with latest

technological reviews and awareness.

Dr. N. Kannan, Principal & Branch

Mentor delivered the presidential address.

Welcome address was given by IEEE Students

Branch Counselor Prof. A. Kavitha. The

highlight of this technical awareness programme

was the technical paper presentation. Papers

were invited from various departments of JCET.

The best papers were awarded with cash prize

of Rs.1,000, Rs.750,Rs.500 for I,II,III positions

respectively.

The other event in the programme wasThe Brain Testual (Quiz)in which the studentsenthusiastically participated. They were notonly answering the questions but also updatedwith profound knowledge. The best threeperformances were awarded with cash prizeRs.500, RS.350, Rs.200 for I,II,III positionsrespectively.

At the end of the session, the winnerswere awarded with cash prizes and certificates.The certificate of participation was distributedto all the participants.

At the end of the programme, vote ofthanks was proposed by student branchTreasurer Mr. M. Manoj Prabakar (ECEDept) and the programme ended by nationalanthem.

Report by: Prof. A. Kavitha,Branch Counselor

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A Study on Motivational Level of Youth towardsEntrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu

Hari Krishnan.RDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Thiagarajar College of EngineeringMadurai.

[email protected].

The days are gone where parents expecttheir children to work under the roof ofGovernment. With Entrepreneurs booming theindustry in almost all the sectors encompassingretail, manufacturing and Informationtechnology, the advent of first generationentrepreneurs have become more predominant.Furthermore, Innovations in every industry arethe crux for its sustenance. This is where theEngineers shoulder the responsibility ofInnovating and managing their own innovationto market viable products and becomesuccessful entrepreneurs.

“No risk is big if the entrepreneur has theintuitiveness and the intensity of effort tosucceed whatever the market conditions are”says the Vice-chairman of Cognizant Mr.Lakshmi Narayanan. Thus the study on theirmotivational level becomes vital.

This case study done on the engineerslead to an interesting conclusion. Here 71respondents from different background wereselected and their response was got in a 5 pointLikert scale.

The initial hurdle to be climbed in anyissue is the willingness to do that thing. Herethe willingness of the target people to becomean entrepreneur along with theirEntrepreneurship coefficient was analyzed.80% of the girls have a positive coefficient/attitude towards entrepreneurship, but a huge65 % of these girls go back when it comes towillingness to take entrepreneurship as a career.On the boys front, 60% have a positivecoefficient/attitude towards entrepreneurship,but only 15% among these boys go back whenit comes to taking this as their career. This clearlygives the picture; girls are much motivatedtowards doing entrepreneurship but given topractical conditions it’s the boys who come out.The societal situation of the girls proved to bethe main reason for this behavior.

The next step after the willingness andmotivation is, getting accustomed to the practicalambience of the market and entrepreneurship.This is what sustains the motivation/ fire builtinside. This was dealt with as the awarenessfactor. Boys had a coefficient of -0.04 and girlswith -0.23 in a scale of -1 to 1. These negative

coefficients suggest that the high level ofmotivation struggles to go to the next step ofmaterializing due to poor awareness of the youthof the Entrepreneurial environment.

Beyond awareness, some other vitalfactors affecting the Engineers’ turning out toEntrepreneurs were found to be

The Initial investment,

Self Confidence and Risk taking ability,

Stress and Time Management,

Business Mind and the motive for socialcause.

The initial investment is a concern; thisgot an Acceptance Level of 76.6% from therespondents. This interpreted the lack ofawareness of current financial assistance by thegovernment, Incubation centers, and the venturecapitalists. Also lacks of practical ideascontribute significantly to this concern. Therewas a 78.2% AL* for the statement that “I willbe rewarded once I take risk”. This shows highself confidence, owing to the considerable highmotivational level. But the 60.2% AL from thesame people for the statement “On choosing tobe an Entrepreneur I have a fear of failure”, (asfailures would de-motivate them) shows thatpeople step back from taking risk despite goodself confidence.

An ample 63% AL* was found amongthe respondents for the statement meaning“Entrepreneurs have a stressed life and a toughtime in managing their time”. This indicates thecurrent youth are prone to stress and areinadequate to manage the stress due to poorTime Manageing skills. An astounding 80% AL

was found among the Engineers favoring thestatement “I takeup entrepreneurship for asocial cause/Social Motive, Eg. Providingemployment to people through their company”.

Suggestions based on the study to improvethe Entrepreneurial potent among the targetgroup:

Setting E-Cells and conducting variousB-Plan competitions.

Organizing stress management competitions/workshops, educating the youth onproper time management methods.

Concentrating more on the women toincrease and bring out theirentrepreneurial talents.

Incubation centers sponsored bygovernment at district levels.

Steps taken by our college:

The study groups at the ThiagarajarCollege of Engineering have implemented theEntrepreneurship Development Forum whichconducts Business Plan contests and alliedcompetitions. It has considerably helped indeveloping the awareness of the students onentrepreneurship.

An Innovation club ‘Students Club forAugmenting Innovation’ under the NationalInnovation Foundation has been implementedand the innovations are being scouted and giventhe suitable platform to showcase it.

On a conclusive note, the motivation andthe attitude of the engineering youth in TamilNadu is up to the mark, but the lack of practicalknowledge and the cognition of real world issuesalong with the fear of failure and stress preventthem from becoming Entrepreneurs andsustaining in the field.

TECH FEST’10 at Jeppiaar Engineering College

The IEEE Student branch of JeppiaarEngineering College conducted “TECHFEST’10’” on 29th Sep 2010. The eventbasically consisted of two sessions, hosted bythe 2nd year students under the guidance of the3rd year students. Around 80 students fromEEE, E&I and ECE departments participated.

The student branch chairman Mr. Anand

(3rd year EEE), began with a briefing on theevent. Two tech videos on “6th sense digitalinterfacing” and “x box 360” were displayed inthe first session. It proved to be mind capturingand kept the audience under wrap attention.The credit goes to Arun Noel Victor of 2nd year.

In the next session, Interhouse quiz wasconducted in which 10 teams participated. Therealm of “Quiz” is vast and unfathomable. Thequiz teams performed marvelously and werefound to be filled with enthusiasm. Studentswere benefited from this activity as the questionsraised were from various fields like Sports,Current Affairs, Literature, Puzzles and theyreported a positive feedback. At the end of theevent, gift vouchers were distributed to the 1stand 2nd ranked team members.

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Achiever’s Meet - Panel Discussion at Dr. NGPIT

Dr. NGPIT IEEE-WIE organized the“Achiever’s Meet” on 24th Sep 2010 by invitingrenowned persons in various domains andconducted a Panel Discussion on “EngineeringEducation: Today’s Context & Tomorrow’sChallenges”. The panel members were Prof.Ramalatha Marimuthu, Chair, WIE GlobalCommittee, Prof. K. Jayaraman, Mentor &Competency Developer in ICET,Dr.N.Murugananth, Director, Research &International Relations, Karpagam University,Dr.K.Porkumaran, Vice Principal Dr. NGPInstitute of Technology, Dr. R.V. Pujeri, VicePrincipal KGISL Institute of Technology, Ms.Saranya Damodaran, CEO, TechnocratSolutions.

Dr.K.Porkumaran,Vice Principal/BranchCounselor – Dr.NGPIT IEEE introduced thepanel members and then highlighted theimportance of the theme and pointed out thefour major phases in engineering education Viz.,Knowledge, Skill, Employability and Competency.

Prof. Ramalatha Marimuthu initiated thatstudents lack in imagination in the currentscenario. Only creativity leads to innovations.A forum of such kind should be created forstudents to make them employable.

Prof. K. Jayaraman added that theindustry look for adaptable engineers who enrichthemselves with the capability of learning. Heinsisted that the technology gap between theInstitution & Industry should be filled toenlighten employability & competency can beachieved only when knowledge and skills areapplied.

Dr. N. Murugananth differentiated thedefinitions of Engineering & Technology byquoting Aristotle. He suggested that learningengineering flaws will help in innovations thanmemorizing engineering laws by relating withEdison’s experiment in inventing incandescentbulb.

Dr. R.V. Pujeri stated that the industrykeenly observes the attitude of students whenthey are interviewed.

Ms. Saranya Damodaran shared thatquantity hardly makes any resource valuableand a disparity exists in today’s engineeringeducation.

Dr. K. Porkumaran concluded that theintellectual ability of students should be

triggered in the right sense to confer futurechallenges.

A forum has been created in whichacademicians & resource persons share theirviews on the topic through e-mail.

The outcomes of the discussion were

It was observed that today’s EngineeringEducation is highly focused on theoreticalconcepts than insisting upon thepractical applications.

The students should in cultivatecreativity and innovations.

They should develop listening, analyzing,synthesizing and applying skills.

Faculty should train the students tobecome adaptable to the industrialrequirements.

The challenges our system of educationlies in interfacing the students with theindustry.

The session concluded with the vote ofthanks by Dr. K. Porkumaran, Vice principal &HOD of EEE department. Over three hundredparticipants including faculty & studentsattended and interacted with the panel members.

This programme imparted an amplestimulus on the student community to innovate,achieve and serve the society. The functionturned to be a sensational milestone in theIEEE-WIE history of Dr. NGPIT.

Guest lecture on “AVIONICS and Space Research” at Kalasalingam University

The IEEE Student Branch ofKalasalingam University celebrated the IEEE

day on 7th October, 2010.As part of this, a

guest lecture on "AVIONICS and SpaceResearch-An Indian Perspective" was

organized. The resource person was Mr. T.R.

Radhakrishnan Nair, from ISRO InertialSystems Unit, Trivandrum. The Welcome

address was given by Dr. D. Devaraj, R&D Head

and IEEE Student Branch counselor of

Kalasalingam University. He spoke about theKalasalingam University IEEE Student Branchactivities and urged all students to join IEEE.The introduction of the resource person wasgiven by Kalasalingam University IEEE Studentchairman Mr. S. Arun Kumar,2nd year, M.Techin Embedded systems.

Mr. Radhakrishnan Nair, in gis lectureexplained about the Avionics Equipments usedby Indian space launch vehicles and how

different testing and standards are performed

for each systems. The lecture covered a brief

introduction about Gyroscopes principles and

its application in the control area. He covered

some of the real life experience he had with

design, development and testing of some of

these devices both in testing conditions and in

real flight conditions. Some of the related topics

he covered are on Rate gyro system

development, inertial measurement unit devices

and navigation systems. The series of testing

procedures done on the devices are the main

highlight of the talk and on how to maintain

reliability of the device with respect to so many

changing parameters. The talk covered on the

basic difference of components used in ground

conditions and on space level conditions and

its features.

This guest lecture event was attended

by about 250 students from various

departments. At the end, Ms Abhinaya of 3rd

year B.Tech proposed the vote of Thanks.

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Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Communication Systems and Technologies”

IEEE Communications Society MadrasChapter organized a one day seminar on“Emerging Trends in Communication Systemsand Technologies” at Alumni Center, AnnaUniversity on 9th Oct 2010. The seminar wasorganized as the culmination of seminarsorganized on 28th Aug and 15th Sep 2010.

The inaugural function was presided byDr T Thyagarajan, Professor, Department of

Instrumentation Engineering, MIT Campus,Anna University and Chairman, IEEE MadrasSection. In his presidential address Dr TThyagarajan stressed upon the membershipservices offered by IEEE. Earlier Dr N RAlamelu, Chairperson, IEEE CommunicationsSociety Madras Chapter, welcomed the gathering.

The seminar was declared inaugurated byDr K Francis Jacob I.T.S. General Manager,

FCI South Zone, Chennai. In his inaugural keynote address Dr K Francis Jacob spoke on theneed of convergence and emerging trends intelecom industry.

Dr K Gunavathy, Professor, Departmentof Electronics and Communication Engineering,PSG College of Technology, spoke on Fouriertransforms and its applications in communicationengineering.

Dr H Mangalam, Professor, CoimbatoreInstitute of Engineering and Technology,Coimbatore spoke on Low Power signalprocessing.

In the afternoon session, Mr S Shivkumar,Managing Director and CEO of Axis-V, spokeon ICT enabled learning concepts.

Mr Praveen Sekar of CypressSemiconductors, Bangalore spoke on pSOC-programmable Silicon on chip the flagshipproduct of Cypress. He also spoke on theUniversity interaction program that Cypresswas having with colleges and universities.

The seminar was attended by around 90participants from engineering colleges anduniversities from various parts of Tamil Nadu.

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