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NEWSLETTER

April-June 2016

ISSUE NO-3

CENTURION UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

BHUBANESWAR

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CONTENTS

Editorial 1

Distinguished Visitors 3

Corporate News 3

Announcements 4

CUTM Seminars, Workshops and Lectures 6

Conferences and Publications 8

Culture Sports and Responsibility 10

Gram Tarang 11

Obituary 12

EDITORIAL

Greetings from the Editorial Team!

This edition of the Newsletter covers events and news of the third quarter of 2016. In continuation

with Centurion University’s strive to expand its skill programmes in different parts of the country,

it has signed an MoU with Adani group to set up a skill development centre in Chhattisgarh.

Centurion University has received approval from Government of India to undertake testing of

faculty as assessors in different skills at the University itself. To further strengthen its laboratory

facilities, the University has added a set of advanced testing and calibration instruments for

manufacturing and combustion processes.

The World Environment Day (5th

June) and World Yoga Day (21st June) were celebrated in the

University with great fervour by students, staff and faculty. Tree plantation and cleanliness

(Swatch Bharat) were an integral part of the celebrations. Padmashree Dr. D.P. Pattanayak and

Prof. Radha Mohan were the chief guests for the World Yoga Day and WordEnvironment Day

respectively.

Gram Tarang has added many feathers to its cap by initiating several activities outside the state of

Odisha. It continues to attract visitors from different parts of the country.

The Newsletter also contains faculty publications and achievements; and seminars/workshops,

cultural, sports and other responsible activities held at the University.

Smita Mishra Panda

(Chief Editor)

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Smita Mishra Panda Chief Editor

Abhinav Madan Member

Chinmoy Mohapatra Member

Prajna Pani Member

Sangram Kesari Swain Member

Sibakripa Bose Member

Shiv Sankar Das Member

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Shri .Vikas Joshi, Adani Enterprises Ltd, Gurgaon.

Shri. S. Shanmugam Sundaram, SP. Apparels Ltd.

Shri. Hemal R. Doshi, Adani Group.

Mr. Kasi Raju, Care Hospitals, Hyderabad.

Dr. Tapas Kumar Panda, Regional Labour Commissioner.

Dr. B.K.Ray, MSDE, Director, ATI, Bhubaneswar.

Smt. Ranjana Chopra, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of School and Mass

Education, Government of Odisha.

Shri. LN Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary, Skill Development & Technical Education Department,

Government of Odisha.

Shri. Surendra Kumar, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, ST & SC Development Department,

Government of Odisha.

Shri. G.V.V. Sarma, IAS, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of

Odisha.

Shri. Asheesh Sharma, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship,

GOI.

Shri. Subroto Bagchi, Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority.

Dr. Padmaja Mishra, Vice Chancellor Rama Devi University, Bhubaneswar.

CORPORATE NEWS

MoU with Adani Mining

Centurion University signed a MoU with Adani Mining to setup and manage skill development

center in Chhattisgarh. This center is expected to be built with an investment of over 5 Crores and

will be ready for operation by next year.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

FACULTY RELIEVED

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Name Designation Department

1 Mr. Ajit Kumar Acharya Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering

2 Mr. Ajit Kumar Pradhan Lecturer English

3 Ms. Gayatree Rout Pro-term Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

4 Mr. Susanta Kumar Sial

Assistant Professor Civil Engineering

COMPETENCY TESTING

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India has allowed CUTM as

Assessing Body to get the competency of their faculty as Assessors, tested at the University.

ADVANCED TESTING AND CALIBRATION LABORATORY

The following machines have been added to the various Laboratories in CUTM:

1. Profile Projector PJ-A3000 SERIES (Model: PJ-A3005D-50 Mitutoyo, Japan) This is a multi-purpose machine which can be used for factory inspection use. It can perform precision measurement of work piece dimension, contours and surface feature.

2. Ashing Furnace (Model: AAF 11/7 Make: CARBOLITE Limited, UNITED KINGDOM)

the AAF ashing furnace is designed specifically to provide optimum ashing conditions to

ensure complete combustion of the sample.

3. Volatile Matter Furnace (Model: VMF 10/6 Make: CARBOLITE Limited, UNITED

KINGDOM). The VMF 10/6 designed for testing the volatile matter of coal according to

ISO 562:2010.

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4. Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine –Digital (Model: A300 (HR 320MS) Mitutoyo,

Brazil). The Hardness Tester is designed to test the hardness of general steel, metals and

some non-metals to the Rockwell Hardness Test Method using A, B, C scale.

5. Analytical Sieve Shaker (Model: AS 200 digital Retsch GmbH, Germany)

AS 200 have digital time display, interval operation and analogue adjustment with optical

monitoring of the vibration height. (Vibration height adjustable from 0 to 3mm).

6. Parr Isoperibol Bomb Calorimeter (Model: 6200 with 1108P Vessel PARR INSTRUMENT

COMPANY, USA).The heat of combustion or calorific value is determined in bomb

calorimeter. It is measured by substitution procedure in which heat obtained from sample is

compared with heat obtained from combustion of similar amount of benzoic acid or

standardize material whose calorific value is known. A variety of vessels can be used for

testing samples releasing from 52 calories to 12,000 calories per test.

7. Roughness Checker Surtroni 25 (Model: Surtroni 25 Taylor Hobson Limited, England)

Every component surface has some form of texture. It is due to structure and

manufacturing. These surfaces can be broken down into three main categories: Surface

Roughness, Waviness and Form. Roughness Checker is used to quantify these parameters.

8. Xrf Spectrometer (Model: Epsilon 1 PAN Alytical B.V. The Netherlands)

The Epsilon 1 X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer is used for elemental analysis. The

spectral analysis of wide variety of materials can be done composites, metals, drugs,

coins, animal feed with a wide variety of sample compositions from sodium to americium

across the periodic table.

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SEMINARS/CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

School of Management

Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp

The fourth and fifth Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp of SOM was held in the campus, during

21-23 April 2016 and 17-19 May 2016 respectively. The project was sponsored by DST-NIMAT

and facilitated by Entrepreneurship Development of India (EDI). Students from Diploma

participated in this programme and learnt about the various concepts, competencies on how to

become an entrepreneur. The focus was on how to prepare a business plan. It was organized and

coordinated Prof. Umakanta Nayak. The resource persons for the programme were Prof.

Haribandhu Panda, Pro-VC, School of Management, Prof. Pramod Patjoshi and Prof. Shiv Sankar

Das.

Third Solar Entrepreneurship Training Programme

A 10 day programme on Entrepreneurship Development for Solar Energy Products and Services

was held from 10 June 2016 at Centurion University of Technology and Management,

Bhubaneswar Campus. The programme was jointly conducted by SELCO Foundation and

Centurion University Centre for Renewable Energy and Environment (CUCREE) and School of

Management. Seventeen participants from Rural Odisha were trained on various

aspects ranging from Electricity Basics, House Wiring and Safety standards, Installation and

Maintenance of Solar Home Light System, Solar Portable Systems to Business Plan

preparation, Banking and Financial issues, Selling Techniques and Behavioural aspects etc. It was

organized and coordinated by Prof. Shiv Sankar Das, Deputy-Coordinator, CUCREE and Faculty,

School of Management and Mr. S.B. Rath, National Head-CUCREE.

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World Environment Day

June 5th

, World Environment Day was observed by the University. Dr. Supriya Pattanayak (Deputy

Vice Chancellor) and Mr. Sibakripa Bose (Chief Mentor) of the University. Students, staff and

faculty formed a chain and took a pledge to do their bit towards conservation of nature. Prof. Bose

along with Prof. Chandrabhanu Pattanayak explained the significance of the day and the theme of

this year - Conservation of Wild Life. All participants went around the campus cleaning the

premises and students took part in symbolic tree plantation.

School of Wellness and Yoga

International Yoga Day was celebrated on 21 June 2016 at Centurion University. The Deputy Vice

Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor, students, staff and faculty of the University participated in the

programme with great enthusiasm. The programme was conducted by Life Coach Sibakripa Bose.

The participants formed a human chain and took pledge to take care of self development in unison

with nature. Shri Debi Prasanna Pattnayak, the Chief Guest lucidly summarized the essence of

Yoga and how it is integrated with nature. The participants enthusiastically performed Yoga for 30

minutes as per the AYUSH Protocol. The event concluded with the chief guest awarding Yoga

Foundation Course Certificates to 35 students of the University.

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CONFERENCES/SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS BY FACULTY

Engineering and Basic Sciences

N. Dalai, S.N. Padhi, R.C. Mohanty, T. Rout, participated in Recent Advancement in

Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Materials (RAMEEM-2016) and presented a paper

titled “Buckling Sigmoid Timoshenko Beam on Variable Elastic Foundation”, 29-30 April 2016,

Gandhi Institute of Technological Advancement (GITA), Bhubaneswar.

Sangram K. Swain, participated in the National Workshop on Machine Learning for Big Data

Analysis conducted by Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar held between 6-11 May

2016.

Smita Jana, Monalisa Mohanty, Biswajit Mohapatra and Surya Narayan Sahu participated

in a a TOT (Electrical Safety, Security and Domestic Wiring) organised by Schneider India in

collaboration with IEEM at Bangalore, 20 June to 1 July 2016.

Publications

Nabnit Panigrahi, Mahendra Kumar Mohanty, R.C. Mohanty, Sruti Ranjan Mishra,

“Performance of a C.I. Engine with Energy and Exergy Analysis Fuelled with Neem Oil Methyl

Ester”, International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology (IJRET), Inderscience, Vol. 7,

No. 3, pp. 264-287, 2016.

N.H.S. Ray, M.K. Mohanty, R.C. Mohanty, “Biogas Compression and Storage System for

Cooking Applications in Rural Households”, International Journal of Renewable Energy

Research (IJRER), Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 593-598, 2016.

Pabitra K. Mishra, “Internet of Things for Remote Healthcare”, International Journal of Soft

Computing and Engineering, April 2016.

Pankaj Charan Jena, Nityananda Biswal, R.C. Mohanty, “An Art of Review on Dynamic

Behaviour of SiC Particulate Reinforced Polymer Composite Beams”, International Journal of

Engineering Sciences & Research Technology (IJESRT), Vol. 5, Isuue 3, pp. 30-33, 2016

Rashmi Kanta Panda, Biswajit Nayak, Saroj Kumar Sarangi, "Active Vibration Control of Smart

Functionally Graded Beams” Procedia Engineering, 144 (2016) 551 – 559.

Sandeep Das, Biswajit Nayak, Saroj Kumar Sarangi, Dillip Kumar Biswal, "Condition

Monitoring of Robust Damage of Cantilever Shaft using Experimental and Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy

Inference System (ANFIS)" Procedia Engineering, 144 (2016) 328 – 335.

S.N. Padhi, R.C. Mohanty, T. Rout, “Parametric Instability of Sigmoid Timoshenko Beam of

Variable Elastic Foundation”, International Journal of Engineering Research (IJER), Vol. 4,

Issue 3, pp. 267-273, May-June 2016.

S.N. Padhi, R.C. Mohanty, T. Rout, “Buckling of Sigmoid Timoshenko Beam on 2-Parameter

Variable Elastic Foundation”, International Journal of Engineering Technology and Computer

Research (IJETCR), Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 12-18, May-June 2016.

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Susobhan Samata and Smita Jana, “Design of multiphase Boost Converter for Photovoltaic

Application”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Application, April 2016,

ISSN: 224 8-9622.

Surya Narayan Padhi, R.C. Mohanty, Trilochan Rout, “Sigmoid Timoshenko Beam on Variable

Elastic Foundation”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Science & Technology

(IJERST), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 96-106, May 2016.

Swakantik Mishra and Dibyajivan Dutta, “Modelling and Design of Automated Industrial

Process System by using NF System” IJAREEIE Journal Proceedings ISSN (Print) : 2320 -

3765, Vol. 5, No.4.

Humanities and Management

Participation in Seminar/Conferences/Workshops

Bibhunandini Das participated in “National Seminar on the Subjects Covered during 68th and

69th rounds of National Sample Survey (NSS)”, held at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development

Research, Mumbai and presented a paper, “Toll of Water and Sanitation on Human Capital in

India” held during 26 - 27 May 2016.

Umakanta Nayak and Rashmi Ranjan Parida participated in a workshop on “Sustainability

Action, Learning and Teaching (SALT), held at XIM, Bhubaneswar held during 27-28 May 2016.

Publications

Pramod K. Patjoshi “Measurement of Sectorial Indices Volatility with Reference to Bombay

Stock Market”, International Journal of Research and Development- A Management Review

(IJRDMR- 2016).

Pradeep K. Patnaik “Analysis of Retailers Perception in the Marketing of Milk and Dairy

Products in South Odisha”, Siddhant- A Journal of Decision Making, SJDM, Vol-Issue 16-2(1),

2016.

Lund, R; K. Kusakabe, Smita Mishra Panda, Yunxian Wang, “Building Bridges across

Transnational Boundaries: Collaboration and Friendship in Research”, Emotion, Space and

Society, Vol.20, pp 18-24, 2016. Elsevier.

Faculty Achievements

1. Sangram K. Swain was awarded “Highest Regular Voluntary Blood Donor” on the occasion of

World Blood Donor Day on 14th

June 2016 at Redcross Bhawan. He received the award from the

Industry, School and Mass Education Minister Shri Debi Prasad Mishra n presence of MLA Sri

Bijay Kumar Mohanty, MLA Sri Priyadarshi Mishra, Honorary Secy-Odisha State Red cross Dr.

Chakradhar Panda, Director- SBTC Dr. Gyanabrata Mohanty and YRC Officer Dr. Kalpana Das.

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2. Anita Patra had been the External Examiner for the Viva-Voce of Mr. Chandra Bhusan

Kumar for award of PhD, held on 13/6/16 at Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata.

CULTURE, SPORTS AND RESPONSIBILITY

Orissa Post Quiz Competition

Orissa Post, a leading English news paper of Odisha organized a state level quiz competition

‘Mettle Meet’ among the students of Universities on April 15, 2016 at Swosti Premium Hotel,

Bhubaneswar. Saubhagya Ranjan Parida, Biswajeet Maharana, Ashutosh Nayak, Ritik Kumar

Shaw participated in the event and stood at fourth position and won cash prize of Rs. 4, 000/- and

certificate.

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GRAM TARANG NEWS

1. Gram Tarang launched two Corporate Social Responsibility liked Skill programmes at the

Vishakhapatnam centre in Andhra Pradesh.

2. ITC funded programme for FMCG salespersons and NTPC funded skill development

programme for Fitters and Hospitality Associates.

3. Gram Tarang was selected by the Govt. of Rajasthan to impart vocational education in

apparel, electronics and electrical, tourism and hospitality sectors across 92 schools.

4. The Himachal Pradesh team could place 100% of the eligible students in different skill

related jobs

5. Gram Tarang has been selected for Sports education in 50 Haryana schools. In the

Chhattisgarh schools project, Telecom sector was also added.

6. During the launch of Odisha Skill Development Authority, the stall put up by Gram Tarang

was judged as the best. Some of the skill students were felicitated by the Chairman Shri.

Subroto Bagchi.

7. Gram Tarang is in the process of training its Partner Institutes (more than 50 ITIs) across

India to implement work integrated training programmes. Some of these partners will also

be selected for upgradation of their infrastructure where they can offer industry

certifications / placement assistance, language training as well as provide international

certification linkages to local students

Success Story in her own Words – Jayanti Patra

“I am Jayanti Patra from Sundargarh District of Odisha. I lost my father at a young age. We are

three members in my family (mother and brother). We are a very poor family and my brother does

not keep well and it was very difficult for us to survive. I have studied up to +2 and was

unemployed. Then I heard about Gram Tarang Sewing Machine Operator Training in Naranpur,

Keonjhar Centre. I went to visit the Centre and was very happy to know that I will be employable

once I complete the training. I decided to take the training at Gram Tarang for 2 Months. Apart

from sewing, I was also trained in Life Skill and Computer. I have successfully completed the

training at GTETS and was offered a job at Bangalore in the International Clothing of Gokul Das

Exports Company. I am getting a salary every month and supporting my family. I am happy

because I am independent and able to fulfil the basic needs of my family. I am really thankful to

Gram Tarang and DDU-GKY Programme for making me skilled and employable. I am really very

happy now. Thanking you once again.”

Jayanti was awarded by Shri Naveen Patnaik and Shri. Subroto Bagchi during the inauguration of

Odisha Skill Development Agency in Bhubaneswar (see photo).

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OBITUARY

(Ananta Narayan Naik) (Asutosh Mohanty)

Centurion family deeply mourns untimely demise of its students Mr. Ananta Narayan Naik, 4th

Year Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Asutosh Mohanty, 3rd

Year Electrical Engineering.