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Annual Sports Day

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The Annual Sports Day is an important event in a student‟s life. It gets all the sporting

talent of the School into limelight. They fiercely compete against each other for glory, honor

and the prizes awarded. This results in a very entertaining and high-octane display of talent.

This year, the School Sports Day was conducted on 3rd April, 2015. A great deal of

planning, practice and hard work ensured that this day turned out to be memorable. The Sports

day began on a high note with a welcome speech by the Associate Dean Dr. Rakesh S.G. The

whole atmosphere was vibrant with parade by the five branches and the dignitaries took the

salute. Next was oath taking by athletes, followed by flag hoisting by the Chief Guest Col. Y.K.

Ahuja, Deputy Commandant, MEG & Center, who then declared the Sports Meet open. He

addressed the students about the importance of sports and inspired them to work hard in both

academics and sports with determination.

The Sports Meet involved enthusiastic participation of all the students. The track events

including 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m running and relay for both boys and girls. Running events

1500m and 3000m were conducted for boys, where active participation was seen. The field

events included shootout, javelin throw, discus throw and high jump.

The individual Women‟s Championship was bagged by Ms. Nikhila and Men‟s

Championship was shared between Mr. Manikanta and Mr. Navneet. The Overall Rolling Shield

was bagged by the Department of ECE. The winners of various events and march-past were

awarded with trophies, medals and certificates. The event concluded with the vote of thanks and

thereafter the flag was lowered followed by the National Anthem.

Amritotsava

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Amrita School of Engineering has always been synonymous with great academics and

discipline upholding the culture of our society. To treasure Amrita‟s culture, Amritotsava (the

Institution Day) and Kalanjali (the Cultural Fest) are celebrated towards the end of each

academic year. The EEE department was at the helm of this year‟s Amritotsava which was held

on the morning of 20th April, 2015. Dr. K.B. Akhilesh, Professor, Dept. of Management Studies,

IISc., Bengaluru was the Chief Guest on the occasion. He gave an inspirational talk on the

importance of synergistic relation between various departments for research purposes. He

asserted that one has to be distinct in one‟s field if he/she doesn‟t want to be extinct. He also

illustrated how the act of appreciation could make a difference in the lives of both the giver and

the receiver. Continuing the flow of wisdom, Director Br. Dhanraj spoke about the necessity of

reaching out to people in need. „Service before self‟ was the crux of his talk. Associate Dean Dr.

Rakesh S.G. updated everyone with the annual report. Certificates were handed out to students

who achieved academic excellence. Members of various cultural and technical clubs were also

given certificates. The Chief Guest along with others on the dais released the school magazine,

Sanchita. The event came to an end with the Vote of Thanks proposed by Dr. Rashmi M.R. from

the Department of EEE. The staff members were provided with a sumptuous lunch.

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The 20th & 21st of April 2015, constituted an explosion of a weekend. The most awaited

time of the year, Kalanjali‟15 witnessed most of the students decked up in ethnic wear making

the campus colourful. The main stage provided a platform for the three forms of art: dance,

music and drama. The energy and enthusiasm of the audience were matched by that of the

participants. Simultaneously, many off-stage events were held throughout the campus. Franchise

Mania, Solo Singing-Classical, Duos, Electric Heels, Instrumental-Solo, Mono-Acting, Wheel

of Fortune, Sherlocked, Swaraanjali and Face Painting were some of the events organized by the

various clubs of Amritadhara.

The quadrangle in the New Block was decorated with beautiful paintings and sketches.

This art gallery caught everyone‟s attention. Prakriti Club organized Cooking without Flame

and Art from Waste events. Krishna Hall witnessed the

initial rounds of Sherlocked and Faker News which

stimulated the intellect of the participants. Gamers of the

school had a wonderful time playing Counter-Strike. The

second day witnessed Solo Dance and Group Dance

performances on the main stage. There were a total of six

teams for Stage Play. Solo Singing- Indian and Western

Solo were followed by Group Singing. Amidst all of these events, Tiki Taka was held on the

sports field. Tensions rose as the defending

champions took a stance against their

opponents. Prerana Club did an amazing job of

providing a delicious menu by setting up good

food stalls. For the very first time, a food stall

selling homemade cupcakes was set up by our

students.

Kalanjali 2015

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At the end of the second day, the fact that all the fun was going to end was disheartening.

This mélange of spirit and zeal catered to all the multifaceted and talented youngsters of the

college. The eager participation of students and the support from teachers ensured that this event

was a success.

Sentience 2015

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ACROM conducted robotics competition, SENTIENCE‟15 on 25th and 26th of April,

2015. The competition hosted two events - Line Follower Challenge and Roboslam, both of

which saw a very enthusiastic response and appreciation by the students-participants as well as

the audience.

The fest was inaugurated by Amrita Alumnus Ms. Sanna Syed from iGATE, Bengaluru

in the presence of the school‟s dignitaries, Dr. T.S.B Sudarshan, Dr. Shikha Tripathi and Dr. S.

Ravishankar. The events were coordinated by Mr. Rajesh M. and Ms. Sreeja Kochuvila. The

line follower event saw a participation of 19 teams (57 students) and consisted of three rounds

while the Roboslam competition saw 11 teams (33 students) registration and comprised of one

qualifying round followed by three power packed one-on one battle between opponent robots.

All in all, the event was a grand success serving as a complete package of plentiful

entertainment, technical grooming and developing competitive spirit. At the end of the day, it

helped in instilling a sense of confidence and immense pleasure among participants and boosted

their interest to go ahead in this fascinating field and achieve bigger milestones of success.

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Papers Published

Dr. Sudarshan T.S.B.:

Reviewed a manuscript for Springer International Journal “Circuits and Signal

Processing Systems”

Invited to be a member of Technical Program Committee of the 16th International

Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS) 2015 to be held on 4th - 7th

November, 2015 in Mokpo, Korea.

Invited to serve as Technical Program Committee member for 2nd International

Workshop on Mobile Applications to be held during 24th - 26th August, 2015 in

Barcelona, Spain.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

International Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION

B. Uma Maheswari T.S.B. Sudarshan

“Fenwick Tree Based Capability-Aware Live Multimedia Streaming in Sparse MANETs”

April, 2015

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Research India Publications, ISSN 0973-4562, Vol. 10, No. 5 (2015) pp. 12655-12670 Scopus indexed

Bommisetty Meghana Supriya M.

“A Novel Technique Against Selfish Node Attacks”

April, 2015

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 10, No. 4 (2015), pp. 10685-10695 Scopus indexed

Papers Presented

International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Aravind G. Tripty Singh Andan H.M. Glence Joseph

“Development of Biometric Security System using CBIR and EER Authors”

2nd - 4th

April, 2015

4th IEEE International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing - ICCSP'15, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India

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Dr. Sangeeta K.

Invited to serve as “Technical Program Committee Member” for International

Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications SSCC 2015 and reviewed

papers for the conferences which would be held during August, 2015 at Kochi, Kerala.

Ms. Supriya M.

Invited to serve as “Technical Program Committee Member” for International

Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications SSCC 2015 and

International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications ISTA

2015 and reviewed papers for the conferences which would be held during August,

2015 at Kochi, Kerala.

Ms. Santhanalakshmi S.

Invited to serve as “Technical Program Committee Member” for International

Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications SSCC 2015 and reviewed

papers for the conferences which would be held during August, 2015 at Kochi,

Kerala.

Dr. N. Rakesh:

Invited to serve as a member of “Technical Program Committee” for IEEE Globecom

2015 - San Diego, CA, USA to be held during 6th-10th December, 2015.

Invited to serve as “Designated Reviewer” for IEEE GAME PHYSICS AND

MECHANICS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2015 to be held during 25th - 27th

August, 2015 at Langkawi Island, Kedah, Malaysia.

Invited to serve as “Designated Reviewer” and reviewed technical papers for IEEE

2015 Progress in Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering (PIAMSE) to be

held during 29th September - 01st October, 2015 at Bali, Indonesia.

Invited to serve as “Technical Program Committee” and reviewed technical papers for

International Symposium for Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, to be

held in Kochi, Kerala, India during 10th - 13th August, 2015.

Invited to serve as “Technical program committee” and reviewed papers for 2015

IEEE International Advance Computing Conference which will be held during 12th-

13th June, 2015 at B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India.

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Dr. Tripty Singh:

Reviewed Research Paper “Image Super-resolution based on the Dictionary Selected

Learning and Bilateral Regularized” for IET journal on Image Processing.

Invited as a member of Technical Program Committee for 2015 IEEE CGVIS.

This conference is scheduled to be held during 2nd - 3rd November, 2015 at KIIT

University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.

Joined as Editorial Board Member for:

International Journal of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

International Journal of Distributed Computing and Technology

International Journal of Massive Parallel Processing and Grid Computing

Other News

Visit by IEEE Standards Association

Mr. James Wendorf, Program Director (International) and Mr. Srikanth

Chandrasekaran, Senior Manager of IEEE Standards visited Amrita School of Engineering,

Bengaluru. The meeting on IEEE-ISOC- Amrita Collaboration was attended by Dr. Sudarshan

T.S.B., Dr. Navin Kumar, Mr. Ullas S. and Mr.Vishwas H.N. ISOC Members - Mr. Suhas, Mr.

Anand A.N. and Ms. Sanna Syed also attended the meeting.

Seminar on “Importance of Layer 2 in Transmission of Data across a Network”

Amrita Networking Club (ANC) organized a seminar on 31st March, 2015 on the

importance of Layer 2 in transmission of data across a network. The session witnessed talks

delivered by Mr. Ananth B.S., Technical Manager, India and SAARC regions at Cisco Systems.

The seminar was attended by 120 students from II, III & IV years.

Mr. Ananth highlighted the difference between layer 1 and layer 2 of the OSI model. He

also explained how the internet works by creating a simple scenario on Packet Tracer. This was

extremely useful and helped students in understanding the basic functioning of a network. The

session was made very interactive by the speaker - Mr. Ananth, which was positively

acknowledged by the participants.

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Workshop on MPLS

The forum in association with ISOC Bangalore conducted a 3-day workshop on

Introduction to MPLS in Amrita School of Engineering between 27th & 29th April, 2015. The

instructor was Mr. Srinath Beldona, Senior Technical Consultant at APNIC via Yashasvi

Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd. The instructor began the session by quoting a simple principle

“Keep everything simple. Simplicity always wins over complexity”. As the audience comprised

of representatives from companies and students from B.Tech., the first day was dedicated to fill

the gap. Routing Basics, ISIS, Introduction to BGP were the topics discussed on the first day.

The following days involved the lecture on Introduction to MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label

Switching), followed by configuration of MPLS and Virtual Private Networks (VPN). The

practical session had each participant‟s laptop connected to the instructor‟s laptop through telnet

and configured the routers assigned to them. The last day of the workshop was devoted for

lectures and practical sessions on deploying MPLS L2 VPNs.

Forum Activities

Workshop on Eye Tracking

Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision TAG group of CSE Department

conducted a half day workshop on Eye Tracking on 22nd April, 2015. The workshop was

attended by faculty, Post Graduate and Under Graduate students of ASE, Bengaluru. The focus

of the workshop was to exhibit the audience with the various research work undertaken under

Eye Tracking which is one of the major research thrust area of the TAG . The workshop brought

together people from different areas having common interest in using eye tracking for research

in their respective domain. The workshop had various sessions introducing the need for eye

tracking research, the technology and its various applications. The highlight of the workshop

was the demonstration of various in-house project and usage of available commercial eye

tracking system for application development.

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Workshop on „Drupal‟

Invited the established and rapidly growing, Time Inc. India, to conduct a workshop on

the well-known software Drupal. The workshop was conducted on 29th April, 2015. Drupal

Content Management System is a free and open source platform which caters to the needs of

both amateurs and professionals in the field of web development. Drupal requires no

programming skills to build basic websites, making it easy to use by all. It also offers

sophisticated programming interface for developers.

The five member team from Time Inc. India took the participants through the basics of

Drupal and its prominent features. The Head of Corporate and Industrial Relations (CIR),

Mr. Shanmugha Rajan, attended the session along with the students from II and III years.

Student Developer for Google Summer of Code, 2015

Mr. Sricharan Chiruvolu, S6 CSE has been accepted as a Student Developer for Google

Summer of Code, 2015. Google Summer of Code is a global program from Google that offers

students stipends to write code for open source projects. He will be working with an open

source community called Copy left Games under Python Software Foundation for the upcoming

summer. A stipend of $5500 will be released once he completes the final evaluation.

Student Achievements

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Dr. Shikha Tripathi has been included as member of Advisory Committee in „Healthy World

Conference 2015‟ to be scheduled during 5th to 8th September, 2015. The conference is

being organized by JNTU, Kakinada, India and HEID-VD, Switzerland.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

Dr. R. Karthikeyan organized a seminar on “Emerging Trends in Process Automation with

DCS/PLC and SCADA” on 17th April, 2015 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru.

The speaker for the seminar was Ms. Padma R. (Deputy Manager, Training - Customer

Service Division, Yokogawa Pvt. Ltd., India). The seminar was arranged for II, III and IV

year EIE students. Around 150 students participated in the event.

Dr. R. Karthikeyan and Ms. Anjali organized a seminar on “Embedded System Design for

IOT” on 25th April, 2015 at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru. The speaker for the

seminar was Mr. Gurjeet Singh (Managing Director Gill Instruments Pvt. Ltd., India). The

seminar was arranged for II, III and IV year EIE students. Around 140 students participated

in the event.

Other News

Mr. Nithin Anjaneya (S8 ECE) has participated in the Male category in the 63.5 Kg division

at IFMA Muaythai University World Cup 2015. He was selected to represent India from

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in the World University Cup held in March 2015 at Bangkok,

Thailand under the patronage of FISU International University Sports Federation.

Student Achievements

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Papers Presented

International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

Ria George Sreekala M. K. Deepa

“Single Stage Boost Rectifier for Wireless Charging of Portable Devices through Magnetic Resonant Coupling”

27th - 28th April, 2015

International Conference on Power,

Circuit and Information Technologies

(ICPCIT-2015) organized by

Rajarajeswari College of Engineering

(RRCE), Bangalore.

A talk on “Research trend in Renewable Energy Systems” by Dr. K. Balaraman, Chief

General Manager & Head, Power Systems Group, PRDC, Bengaluru and is also the Vice-Chair

of IEEE PES, Bangalore Chapter on 4th April, 2015 in the campus. The seminar was attended by

the staff and B.Tech. & M.Tech students from the Department of EEE.

The speaker enlightened the students on the trending research topics in the field of

renewable energy and technology. He emphasized the importance of renewable energy as a

substitute for traditional energy sources that do not replenish within a reasonable period of time

and are agents of pollution. There has been a rising dependence on solar and wind energy over

the last decade in India. The challenges in research, installation and electrical compatibility,

strength of foundation, rooftop installation, underwater cabling (for wind mills on ocean farms),

voltage compensation and grid synchronization were addressed. His rich work experience with

European Wind and Solar farms had helped the students to analyze the climatic and financial

issues behind these energy forms.

Forum Activities

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Talk on “Emerging trends in process automation with DCS/PLC and SCADA overview”

A talk on “Emerging trends in process automation with DCS/PLC and SCADA

overview” was organized on 8th April, 2015. Ms.Padma R, Deputy Manager (Training)

Customer Service Division from Yokogawa was invited to conduct a seminar on PLC/DCS.

This event was focused on teaching III year students the need for automation in industries. The

event supported the need for extending the practical need for automation in industries. The basic

concepts about PLC, DCS, and SCADA were explained. The session was very interactive and

provided information regarding the future of automation. The event focused on the importance

of an Electrical Engineer in the field of automation, which is an upcoming interesting field in

engineering along with lot of opportunities available in YOKOGAWA.

Talk on “Possible research avenues in renewable energy and smart grid systems”

Electrical and Electronics Department as part of its “Microgrid” TAG activity arranged a

talk on “Possible research avenues in renewable energy and smart grid systems” by Dr. K.

Balaraman, Chief General Manager & Head, Power systems group, PRDC, Bengaluru who is

also the Vice Chair of IEEE PES, Bangalore Chapter. The seminar was attended by the faculty

and B.Tech. & M.Tech. students of the EEE Department on 4th April, 2015.

In this session, Dr. Balaraman explained few energy conservation techniques using smart

techniques which could be practiced in modern times. The session concluded with possible as

well as open ended solutions on various challenges in this regard.

Dr. Balaraman‟s talk will definitely inspire the faculty and students to take up real time

projects in this area of research. The HOD along with the staff and students of the EEE

Department, thanked him for his generous briefing on this emerging field of renewable energy

sources.

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Industrial Visit

An industrial visit was organized for the students of S6 to Schneider Electric India on

22nd April, 2015. The industrial visit was beneficial for students as they were briefed about new

technologies related to UPS System. The visit gave the information about the different types of

UPS systems available in the market and its the construction, design etc. Applications of power

electronic switches, converters implementation in the system gave the practical view of subject

which made learning interesting. Schneider as a company aims to go green by providing energy

saving systems and complete solutions to the customer. It made students to realize the

importance of renewable energy solution which is the present challenge for engineers today. The

visit gave a broader outlook towards the energy solutions requirement of world. The students

were accompanied by Ms. Syama S. and Ms. Mamath I., faculty members in the department.

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Papers Presented

International Conference

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE EVENT

T. Srinivas Rao Gopi Sampangi

“Solving a Reverse Supply Chain TSP by Genetic Algorithm”

2nd - 3rd April, 2015

International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering ICMME-2015 held at SRI CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI VISWA MAHAVIDYALAYA, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu

R Pramod Shashi Kumar M.E. Mohan Kumar S.

“Modal Analysis of Annular Plate with Crack and its Effect on Natural Frequency”

R Pramod Shashi Kumar M.E. Mohan Kumar S.

“Finite Element Model Development for Structural Integrity of Shafts with Circumferential and Arbitrary Oriented Cracks”

Y.P. Deepthi K. Prakash Marimuthu K. Raghavendra Ravi Kiran

“Performance test of cryogenically treated and coated tungsten carbide cutting inserts”

Twenty S6 ME students accompanied by Mr. H.S. Balasubramanya faculty in the

Department of Mechanical Engineering visited the premises of Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts Pvt.

Ltd. at Bidadi Industrial Estate, Bengaluru on 12th April, 2015. Students were first briefed about

the company, its products and how the entire infrastructure of the plant is spread-out. They were

given a guided tour of the Transmission Assembly Line. A guide was allotted, who explained

the steps involved in the assembly of both R-type transmission of the Toyota Hilux which is of

100% export quality and which consumes less power but provides a higher speed and S-type

transmission of the Toyota Etios and Etios Liva assembled at Toyota. Also a walkthrough of the

basic training activities of the company was given to the students.

The trip bolstered the understanding of the students

in the field of vehicle design and the manufacturing

processes involved in the same. Also it gave an insight on

how shop floors are designed to give maximum production

in least time.

Other News

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Dr.Neetu Srivastava‟s biographical-note is included in “Asian American Who‟s Who”.

Dr. Neetu Srivastava will receive the BHARAT EXCELLENCE AWARD and GOLD

MEDAL (Certificate of Excellence) & (Certificate of Felicitation) for the year 2015. This

award is for the upcoming Indian citizen who has done something extraordinary to attain

greater excellence in their field of activity and enhanced the image of India. This will be

presented to her in the award ceremony of National Level Seminar on “ECONOMIC

GROWTH & NATIONAL UNITY”.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

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Papers Published

International Journal

NAME TITLE DATE NAME OF THE PUBLICATION

B.H. Nanjunda Reddy K.R.Vishnu Mahesh V.Venkata Lakshmi M. Ashok Kumar

“Effect of particulate fillers on the mechanical, Thermal, moisture and fibre performance of unsaturated isopthallic polyester/glass fibre reinforced polymer composites”

April, 2015 Advances in Polymer Science and Technology: An International Journal 2015; 5(2): 11-17

Dr. B.L. Bhaskar participated in the Continuing Education and Quality Improvement

Program (CE and QIP) and attended the CEP course - Coordinators Workshop on

„Environmental Studies‟ conducted by IIT Bombay at Mumbai during 23rd - 27th March,

2015.

Faculty Achievements / Participation / Recognition

Dr. Rakesh S.G. Associate Dean & Head

Chief Editor

Mr. Rajesh M. Assistant Professor

Department of CSE

Editor

Ms. Sangita Khare Assistant Professor

Department of CSE

Editor

Ms. Vasanthi ES to Associate Dean

Editor

Board Members Ms. Sreevidya B. (Department of CSE) Ms. Kirti S. Pande (Department of ECE) Ms. Manitha P.V. (Department of EEE) Ms. Mrudula Prashanth (Department of ME) Mr. H. Manjunath (Department of Physics) Dr. Sarada Jayan (Department of Mathematics) Ms. Deepa K. Narayanan (Department of English) Mr. Shiju Kumar (ICTS)

“Only the attitude, „I am nothing, I know

nothing‟ will help reach the goal.”